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Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
Oil and Mining
Investment Co.
Oil Lands. Leases and Producing
Companies bought and sold.
ROOM 8, RINDGE BUILDING,
254 so. BROADWAY,
Los ANGELES
LABOR NEEDED TO
CLEAN STREETS OF CHICAGO
Only 200 Protest Against Extra Work,
Considered by Superintendent
as Sanitary Necessity

CHICAGO, March 7.--Eighteen hun
dred shovel and broom men, out of
the 1000 on the city pay roll, an
swered the call of Superintendent of
Streets Frank 7. Fowler yesterday for
men to start Chicago's spring clean
ing.
The absentees remained away by
permission of Fowler, who had an
nounced none need work Sunday un-
less he wished. He estimated that be-
cause of the absence of weekday
traffic on such streets as Halsted and
Madison, three men did as much as
ten could do ordinarily.
"Today's work was a sanitary neces-
sity" said Fowler. 80 far as 1 know,
1t was the first Sunday street clean
ing work on a large scale ever done
in Chicago, No minister has called
me up to protest
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
SALT LAKE WORK
DRAWS TO CLOSE
LEASE NEAR CITY EXPIRES
APRIL |
No. 1o4 Of the Redeo Lease on ANAL
gamated Is completed-oll Flows
Over the Casing Through 200
Feet of Water

The Salt Lake Oil company lease eX-
pires April 1, after which no new wells
can be drilled. The derrick is up and
ready to spud in for No. 240, which is
the last we'll to be drilled on the lease.
This will be started in a few days or
as soon as No. 23S which is being
drilled and is now down about 1900 feet,
is completed. Well No. 219 is going
down rapidly and has reached a depth
of over 1000 feet with eight-inch casing.
The Rancho La Brea Oil company's
three wells in course of drilling are
progressing satisfactorily. No. 20 is
down over 800 feet with ten-inch cas-
ing, which is being underreamed. No.
% is down 700 feet with ten-inch No.
27 is down HOO feet with ~ 5-S, the
fifteen-inch stovepipe having been
landed at $50 feet.
The derrick for No. 12 of the Gill
more Oil company has been completed
and the sump hole is now being
scooped out. Well No. 16 will be com
peted shortly; 1t is now down 2200 fect
After the completion of this well No,
/ viii be redrilled before spudding No.
l2. No. 27 is down 1000 feet with eight
inch casing.
This company recently installed an
air compressor. which is working sat
isfactorily. Nos. A and are now being
pumped by air. and the production of
the latter was increased from seventy
five barrels to 150 barrels a day.
Drills Two Wells
The Arcturus oil company is drilling
two wells--Nos. 40 and 121 The latter
has been held up by fishing job, but
this is now over and drilling is again
in progress.
Well No. 1O4 of the Redeo lease of
the Amalgamated has been completed
and perforated Oil is flowing over the
casing through 2000 feet of water. Civ
ing every indication of being the best
we'll in the field. Nos. 105 and 106,
which were brought in recently, are
flowing about 400 barrels each. No.
107 still has some last casing in the
hole, which is being fis.-ed for. No.
112 has been abandoned, at least tenn
porarily. 1t is over 5000 feet deep and
is troubled with water, which has not
been shut off. No. lis spudded in with
a rotary last week, and tie derrick
is up for No 116. Two boiler plants
with capacity of four 40 horsepower
each are being installed to operate this
end of the lease.
The Pacific Petroleum test well No,
so has reached a depth of 1850 feet
and is drilling in gray shale without
encouraging indications. Ringe No. 1
is making progress at about 1900 feet.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
NO WOMEN'S HATS AT
TAFT BANQUET, SAYS
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE
One Headpiece of GentIer Sex Takes
Up Space Of Two and a Quar-
ter Persons, Is Calcu-
Iation

CHICAGO, March 7.-Women guests
will not be allowed to wear their hats
at the banquet to be given President
Taft here March II, by the Irish Eel
Iowship club, according to the man
date of the committee in charge of
the affair.
II can imagine how a woman feels
who has bought a $3.50 hat to wear on
such an OCCASION said James
O'Shaughnessy, chairman of the COM
mittee, yesterday. 1T was hard for
us to bring ourselves to issue the
edict, but it had to be done
There is only a limited amount of
space in any hall. We figured up
mathematically that one woman's hat
takes UP the space of two and one
fourth persons. There would not be
room for the walters to get around"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08

depth of 800 feet which was six feet
wide and returned an average assay
value of 2S per cent copper, $3.50 silver
and $3.50 gold ton. When the tun-
mel has cut the Cooper vein drifting on
it for 900 feet will give a vertical depth
OF 1900 feet on the ore.
What is known as the Consolidated
tunnel is being driven on the western
end of the property and has cut four
different veins but has not yet reached
the main ore body To connect with
this tunnel and ventiate the mine q
three accompaniment incline shaft is be-
ing sunk in the ore and this will form
the main hostway of the mine.
To expedite development work the
company is now installing a modern
and complete power plant under the
supervision of George e. Ames of San
Francisco This equipment comprises
a 250-horsepower gas engine and 10
drill Ingersoll- Rand compressor plant
and an electric plant.
The machine drills will be operated
in both tunnels and in the shaft and
the plant is being installed about 1900
feet from the portal of No, l tunnel
and over 5000 feet of air pipe line to
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08

connect the two tunnels and the in
cline shaft have been laid.
The 250-horsepower gas engine, man
ufactured by the Union Iron works or
San Francisco, is one of the largest in
use in this country and in trial runs
has developed as much as 32O horse
power.
This machinery alone represents an
investment of over $4,000. But the
company has still more ambitious
plans. with a cash reserve of over
100000 in the treasury, it will when
sufficient ore reserves have been devel-
oped in the Cooper vein, erect its own
smelling plant as the ores contain all
the necessary materials for f1uxes and
copper can be produced as cheaply as
anywhere in Arizona and to give the
company transportation facilities the
Southern Pacific railroad will build a
branch from Wilcox to the camp.
The Mascot Copper company has of
fees at 125 Monroe street, Chicago, and
the First National bank building, San
Francisco, and its mining operations
are conducted by Capt. B. w. Tibbey
as consulting engineer, assisted by e.
A. Ely, superintendent.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08

HI HE MASCOT COPPER COMPANY
looms up as another of Arizo-
Il mas big producing copper mines
In the not very distant future and Is
now doing pioneer work In the Chiri-
cuchua mountains of Cochise county,
Ariz., the mineral resources of which
are but little understood and still less
appreciated. says the Arizona Mining
Journal.
For nearly two years the company
has pursued a policy of steady devel-
opment of its property, which COM
prises 600 acres OF mineral bearing
land near Dos Cabezas, eighteen miles
south of Wilcox on the Southern Pa
eifc railway. This property is trav-
ersed by an enormous copper bearing
lode, known as the Copper vein, which
on the surface is about 200 feet wide.
Two tunnels are now being driven to
cut this lode at depth. One of these,
No. L tunnel. has about 500 feet to be
driven to cut the ore. and in driving
this blind vein was cut at a vertical
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
METAL MARKET

NEW YORK. March 7.--The market for
standard copper on the New York Metal
exchange was easy today with spot and flu
lures up to the end of June quoted at
S1S.O5@13.25. The English market was
lower and closed easy with spot quoted at
$50 lis Cd and futures at eco 15s. Local
dealers quote lake copper at s13.62la a.
13.S7h; electrolytic, s13.371s 13.62ls; and
casting at S13.121k @13,25. Tin was weak
with spot closing at s32 40d 80 so; March
s32.25Q3 so; April, sS2. 404 80 60; May
and June, sac 40@32.7O. The London mar
ket was weak and lower, with spot quoted
quiet prices unchanged on both markets
SpeIter, quiet: spot, s5.60@5.9O New York
and s5.55Q5.65 East st. Louis. London was
lower at f23 Is Sd. Iron was higher at bls
I'd for Cleveland warrants in London. Lo~
cally the market was unchanged.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
PACIFIC ELECTRIC WILL
CONNECT WITH OLlNDA

The contract has been let for the
construction of the Pacific Electric
railway extension from Pillsbury to
Olinda, and men, material and teams
are being assembled to begin the work
The contract provides that the line be
completed within ninety days.
The distance from Plllsbury, the
present terminus, to South Olinda is
about five miles. The line will not
actually enter the Olinda oil field, but
will pass just south Of the Graham
Lotus well on the flat, which is about
one-half mile distant from the present
producing section of the field
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08

Roselawn avenue and Newman street
j. H. Shay, owner and builder; one
story five-room residence, $1,000.
Victoria street, 1256-J. V. Riviere,
at lot, owner; H. Horde, builder; al
tcrations of store building, $500.
Verbena drive and Stoll street-E.
M. McGillin, owner; A. j. Buckholz,
builder, one-story six-room residence
$1,000.
Verbena drive and Stoll street-E. NJ
McGillin, owner: A. ]. Bucknolz, build
er; one-story siXroom residence, $4,000
Hellotrope drive and Stoll street-A.
j. Buckholz, 51S South Boyle avenue,
owner and builder one-story siX-room
residence, $1,000.
Coronado street. 604-Mrs. J. d. Fis-
Gus, at lot, owner and builder; one
story garage, 5000.
Dayton avenue. 3226--Mrs. Annie Cor
ham, 963 East Fortieth street, owner
and builder; one and one-half-story
seven-room residence, $500.
Olive street. 2S09 Soutn-May NAL
comb, at lot, owner; b. f. Maskey,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
NJ, K. & T. PUMPS
400 BARRELS A DAY

COALdNGA, March 7.-Old operators
who have visited the property of the
NJ X. & T. Oil company, on section
8, 2O-15, declare that the No. well,
which was put on the pump the first
of last week. is one of the finest pump
ing wells ever brought in in the Coal
inga field. The well has been pump
ing steadily and is simply turning over
the oil at the rate of 400 barrels a
day, and is not making a particle of
Canh
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
TO AUGMENT PuMPER

SALINAS. March THE. Associated
Oil company is about to build relief
pumping plant at Spence Switch, be-
tween stations seven and eight. Ma
chinery is now upon the ground and
construction work will start at once.
The company has been handicapped
for many months in forcing the oil
between stationsand extra crews, flr-
ing the pipes to keep the oil warm,
have been steadily at work. With the
new station it is expected that the
trouble will be overcome.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
LOGAN SAILS FOR MANILA
WITH OFFICERS AND MEN
Transports Departure Delayed by
Nevada Floods, Which Prevented
the Early Arrival of Troops

SAN FRANCISCO. March 1.-The
United states army transport Logan
sailed today for the Philippines with
about 800 officers and men of the Four
teenth cavalry, coast and field artil-
lery, large number of cabin passen-
gers and a cargo of military sup
plies.
The departure of the transport was
delayed two days by the floods in Ne
vada, which prevented the prompt arr
rival of a portion of the troops from
sf
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
WASHOUTS FAIL
TO STOP AUSTIN
ACTIVITY IN NEVADA CAMP
CONTINUES
NEW WORK KEEPS MINERS BUSY
DESPITE HIGH WATERS
Deep Levels on lander Hill, Awaiting
Arrival Of Material, Are Aban-
doned-DeIayed Freight
lnconvenIences Trade
Especial oorrespondence).

AUSTIN, New, March S.-The mis-
fortunes of the Nevada, Central rail-
road by reason of the high waters in
the Reese river valley, resulting In the
complete stoppage of all deliveries OF
materials and fuel at Austin for an IN
definite time will not Lessen the Vigor
with which mining operations Will DO
conducted in this camp. The heaVy
work In the deeper levels on Lander
Hill will of course be abandoned until
materials can be brought In.
But Walter w. Wishon, general
manager for the Austin Manhattan
company, has outlined an extensive
program of new work that II Is ex-
pected will give places for all hereto
fore employed and remove all fear OF a
sag in the activity and prosperity Oh
the camp.
The steam plant at the surface at
the Frost shaft will be removed TO the
Oplir and there utilized for retimber-
ing this shaft to the 400-foot level
after whicn the sixty-horse power
gasoline hoist will be installed at the
Ophir. In the meantime the Frost Will
be equipped with ladders to the sur
face 20 be used for egress in case OF
emergency after operations nave been
resumed.
This company has also let contract
for sinking 100 feet on its Midnlsht
claim which Is on Midas fiat near the
Peerless lease. which is now n pro
ducer. A shaft will also be sunk 100
feet on the Mlzpah.
viii Run Tunnel
On the Golden Eagle a tunnel will
be run a distance of 200 feet, cutting
the ledge fifty feet below the point
reached in the Borrego-D Dayton lease.
- a h
be rCopened and extended fifty feet Tor
exploratory purposes.
Aside from the regular work In the
Jack Pot, which will go on unlnter-
ruptedly, n crosscut east at the 2OO-toot
level from the shaft will be run to cut
the Red Top ledge about 200 feet dls-
tant The work on the Hardy VIII
20 ahead with renewed vigor. "A
winze has been started in this mine
at the point where the Hardy Is inter-
sected by one of the regular series OF
Austin veins. Here the gold values
are better than $50 and the silver con-
tent Is over 600 ounces,
+. l.. Judd of the Maricopa Mines
company will be back from Cleveland,
o., within week, prepared TO go
ahead with his various operations that
were temporarily interrupted by the
floods. The Roosevelt lease is going
ahead steadily. The shaft is down TO
the 15O-foot level, where the ore body
is strong and uniform as at higher
levels. both in size and value.
Merchants in Austin will suffer great
Inconvenience and no small loss in the
DELAYS i'm freight deliveries caused by
the washout on the railroad line. The
county commissioners will follow up
the damage TO roads and bridges be-
tween here and Battle mountain with
repair gangs, and by the time the
streets are dry in Battle Mountain,
freight teams will be on the road with
goods for Austin.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
SARATOGA WILL OPEN

PRESCOTT, March THE Saratoga
Gold Mining company has been finan-
ced and will resume work within the
next thirty days, the intention of the
controlling syndicate being to exploit
the ground extensively and earnestly
The Saratoda people have a good
mechanical equipment on the ground
from former operating, together with
accommodations for many men. I'M
der the direction of the late o. F.
Place a shaft about 250 feet in depth
was sunk, together with the drifting
on the vein.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
10000 ELK STARVING

CHEYENNE, Wyo, March with
the range covered with snow, $4,000 elk
are said to be starving in Jackson's
hole, and the citizens there are organ
izing to devise means OF feeding the
elk and preventing them from pillaging
the ranches The governor and hu-
name officers have been asked to visit
the elk country.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
MINING QUOTATIONS
NEVADA STOCKS

Exclusive dispatch to The Herald by L. A
Crsler & Co, members Los Angeles stock ex-
change, 20O-201 l. w. Helman building, Los
Angeles.
SAN FRANCISCO March 1.-The week
opened with very few changes in the mining
mart this morning. Consolidated recovered 219
points and Fraction 1. Booth droppeG l point
to 17c, while Florence, Jumbo Extension ana
Atlanta remained unchanged.
The Tonopah list came in for its share OF
the trading with Belmont as a feature. This
issue sold high as 81 and closed strong
with si95 bid, a gain Of 7is points over last
weeks figures. Tonopah Mining was UP 10
points, Montana and West End !.
Following were closing quotations:
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
w,lI RESUME DRILLING TODAY

VISALIA, March 1.-THE Devils Den
Consolidated Oil company will start
work on it's we'll again today and feels
hopeful of bringing forth good results.
The we'll has been closed down for some
time for repairs. C. A. Turner of this
city has sunk five wells and has oil
in every one of them. He passed through
oil sand of a thickness ranging from
6 to 35 feet at a depth of from 1856 to
450 feet. He says that some of the
wells will do as much as fifty barrels
a day.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
OTHER DISTRICTS
BOSTON MINING STOCKS
Special service to The Herald by j. c. v
son, u West Fifth street. Los Angeles.

Special service 70 The Herald by ]. {. VIE
son, u West Fifth street. Los Angeles.
BOSTON, March THE market was the best
we have had for long time. In the local
market interest more widespread, and
activity developed in all classes Of coppers.
At the opening interest was ecntered in North
Lake and Indiana on account OF the recent
strike. Advances of a point of two were
made and all profit taking was eagerly alb
sorbed. As soon as the activity ceased In
these stocks speculation was attracted to the
Cole-Ryan group and North Butte, Butte Co
alition and Giroux were steadily bought all
day. Franklin expects to locate he Hancock
lode within a short time, and the stock was
we'll bought on the prospect.
CInsing nnntatinns follow:
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
Mad Rush Into the Oil Fields

The Midway Oil Co organized this week and
Angeles and Bakersfield oil and business
men, the capitalization being 100000 shares value 81
The company proposes to sell only 100000 shares
stock shares being offered at 200
share and selling readily The location Of the prop
erty that desired, shown by photo
graph-cu and the company expects to bring in big
gusher at about depth of 1900 feet The company's
office located at 622 Laughlin building where full
formation and printed matter viii be given upon
request.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
SEVENTEEN INJURED IN WRECK

FORT SCOTT, Kas.. March .7.-Sev-
enteen men were injured six seriously,
by the derailing of a Missouri, Kansas
& Texas work train today near Hyatt
vile.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
srErsoN ESTATE DISTRIBUTED

SAN FRANCISCO, March THE
$40O. 600 estate Of the late James 3.
Stetson. former president of the Cali
fornia street Railway company. was
today distributed among his three chill
dren.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
PRICES OF METALS
IN NEW YORK MARKET

@ NEW YORK, March lead today e
81 quiet; S4.55@4.65. Copper, steady; e
o standard spot and May, S13.05@13.s5. g
8 Silver, 90 7-8c. g
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08

The rush into the North Midway oil fields continues
The scenes and daily occurrences recall in measure
the mad stampede in the gold fields of Cripple Creek
Tonopah and later Golded. Pullman excursions
carrying capitalists business eager for Invest
ments oil stocks arriving and depart
ing from the little of Moron which s situated in
the heart of the Midway field. In the center Of the
photographcut above shown the property OF the Mid
way Oil Co.. with reference the big gushers Of the
United, Fe, Cranda, California Midway and st.
Lawrence wells
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
NEW YoRG CURE

Special service to The Herald by ]. c. VIII
son, 212 West Fifth street, Los Angeles.
NEW YORK, March 7-Following were the
closing quotations
Bid. Ask Bid. Ask,
Am Tob cm.425 4SO iNev' Utah e. IA 12s
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08

Morning oil sales-10oo Amour at 76c;
100 Monte Cristo at s2.25; 800 Palmer at
81 .27A.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
SAN FRANCISCO OIL STOCKS

Service to the Los Angeles Herald by L. A.
Criser & Co., members Los Angeles stock ex-
change, 2O0-20l 1. W. Hellman building, Los
Angeles
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
Oil by Gravity Flow

"Rlchmond was chosen by the Stand
ard Oil people because of it's location,
it's San Pablo hills, its harbor and its
transportation facilities. The system
is so arranged that the oil Is handled
almost entirely by gravity, the oil
flowing from the highest points into
the tanks lower down, to be thence
drawn off, refined and treated.
Pumping plants are located on the
bay shore and other places where
gravity is not available, the wharf
carrying pipe lines through which are
forced the cargoes of oil carrying ves
sells The plant covers 300 acres and
is laid out systematically in divisions,
streets and blocks.
"A fleet of carrying steamers and
vessels are required, and trainloads of
products go by land every day in the
year. The works has its whale oil
plant near the bay shore, great car
shops for repairing and equipping oil
cars. can and barrel factories on the
wharves at Point Orient, whence are
shipped the case oils to China and
JAPAN"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08

SAN FRANCISCO. March 7.-Followlng were
today's quotations of the California stock and
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
RAILROAD TELLS OF
RICHMOND REFINERY

The Southern Pacific has just issued
a booklet telling of the growing i'm
portance of Richmond, Contra Costa
county, the Standard oil headquarters
on the coast, where the largest refinery
west of Chicago is located. The re-
fnery cost $9,OOO.OOO. The booklet on
this subject says:
Here is the great western plant of
the Standard OIL company, the largest
refinery west of Chicago. Its estab-
lishment at this point involved two
great undertakings-the laying of a
double pipe line from the oil fields In
Kern county 260 miles distant, the
creation of pumping stations at fire.
quent intervals to force the heavy oil
from the wells to the reservoirs at
tidewater, and the building of the com
pleX and immense refining plant. in
cludlng a can factory with a capacity
of 10000 five-gallon cans a day.
1.-TWO large wharves are part of the
necessary equipment, and the assem-
bling of a fleet of vessels to carry the
product.
about 1000 men are employed regu-
larly, many more being required when
the company is doing any constructive
work
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
BUILDING PERMITS
Following are the permits issued
since the last publication of the list
and classified according to wards
Roselawn avenue and Newman stree

Totals. als....."........... 2S
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08
BULLFRoG DISTRICT
na1 A IL
MANHATTAN

Bid. Ask