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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-18

platforms a number of years They
hold those groves In great reverence.
AS We came up to this grove large
party OF Sioux came at the same
time to hang their dead and when
they saw us they showed some signs
Of fear. but our half-breed took his
blanket from off his saddle (he had a
splendid Sioux blankeD and, holding
1t up so they could see that we were
friends and not soldiers, removed
all their fears at once. ! rode down
to them and invited one of them to
go with me and we rode back to our
wagon. ] gave him the elk hide and
few yards OF calico and We went
back to the grove, They were much
pleased with us. We found out that
we were about two days drive from
Little Kettles band of Sioux. After
spending the night in camp, we went
on down the river. The river was
getting some larger and we found it
more difficult to cross
As we went into camp this night
our conversation was on our mis-
sion and how well We might sue
coed. We did not have much faith
in the Sioux Indian. There was too
much unoccupied territory at that
time, but our civilization was coming
from the east and also from the
west and when they came together
the poor Indian would find himself
without his hunting ground and that
OF itself would whip all the Indians
on our frontier The next day We
all expected to see some Of Little
Kettles Indians at any time, but the
DAY went away without our seeing
any of them. Two days later we
went into camp and the major said
We would remain there until We could
locate Little Kettles band
While In this camp our colored sol
diers showed signs Of nervousness.
They were getting a long Wv from
home, they said, but, poor Fellows,
they we're getting closer to their long
home than they thought or A. least
some of them were.
The Indians Are Located.
When morning came Pawnee Pete
and myself had orders from Major
Holbrook to see If we could locate
Little Kettles camp. After going
about six miles down the river we
came to very high bluff and found
a good place to secrete our horses.
We left them and went Up this bluff
on foot On the top of this bluff we
had splendid view of the country.
This bluff was the forks where the
two rivers came together, the north
and the south fork Of the Cheyenne
river. and as this bluff extended up
the north fork for some miles we
went back and got our horses and led
them up to the top and then went on
up the ridge for few miles when
We discovered small Indian village.
We knew that must be Little Kettles
band and went back and reported to
Major Holbrook.
In the morning we made extra pre-
parations to meet the sly old fox
and then started down the river to go
to his village. We arrived at the
village some time In the afternoon.
There were but few Indians In the
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suspicious way that | was not half 30
much inclined to laugh. As he stood
SO as to give me a good shot / shot
him behind the left fore leg and am
glad to say that Pete stopped his
profanity after we had looked at the
beautiful beast long enough.
/ said to Pete that we would take
look for the elk had shot ar
and ! could not make Pete believe /
had shot at one. So we walked
down to the place and found his
tracks. There were lots of blood on
the grass and after going few
yards We found him lying dead. I
had made a splendid shot took
Pete's gun and left him my gun AMI
went back to camp and got the negro
soldiers and we went back and got the
meat and took it into camp
An Indian "6urying Ground"
In the morning early We were on
the move down the river and that
night went into camp at the mouth of
Rapid Greek. The next morning the
major concluded to stay in this camp
one day and let the mules and horses
rest up. He wanted Pete and me to
go UP the creek and see what the
country was like and If we could
strike a more westerly course. After
breakfast Pawnee Pete, the ha1f-breed
and myself, started up the creek bot.
tom.
After going about three miles we
came to Where the creek bottom
was quite wide and there was a cot
tonwood grove Of large trees. The
Sioux Indians used this grove In
which to hang up their dead. They
never buried their dead in the ground
as the whites do, but they build
hanging scaffo1is up among the limbs
of the trees and lay their dead on
them. covered with some green hide
When the hide dried It drew around
them and they remained on those
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ed and every man had all he could
do to entertain his own companf
PaWnee Pete received an ugly knife
wound, but he got away with his man
This was not pleasant prospect.
knowing we had to fight six or sew
en- times our own numbers but jus
at this time they pulled of for some
cause and that gave US time TO find
out how we came out Of the fighi :
| After looking UP all the men we hal
| left We found five white men wounded
and IS negro soldiers dead out Of
seven whites and sixteen negroes
/ that started on the expedition. Non"
of the wounds were very serious, hu'
they were not pleasant and our situa-
ton demanded the full strength OF
sound men.
/ Escape by Swimming.
j At this time the major had a short
/ talk with the men. He said It wa
useless to fight any longer defending
our wagons for If we succeeded in
defending them We could not take
them with US as We had lost all Or
our horses and mules and he though
We had better endeavor to make our
retreat while it was yet dark as ~
cout not hope to get away from,
!
/ After short talk with the hal
breed he said we Rad better take to tn
water n this creek and get past tho
Indians and use the remainder Of I'll"
night in getting as far AZ we could
away from them. We were all OF
the same opinion and the half-hreed
went ahead. When he came to the
right place he would stop there and
{ rs ctr all he
| came along Pawnee Pete said h
would be the last one and then We
would know when they had all gono
down the creek and when they had
all come out. You see It was yet
very dark.
As Charley, our half-breed, had
gone We took the water by our turns
Let ne tell you it did not take lon"
to go a good ways in that creek and
as my turn had come and all the
others had gone but Pete and m
| self, I took the water and Pete wa
to follow me. This creek emptied
into bayou that was quite wide and
not so deep a good half mile down
from where We started and when
we came to this bayou We found tn
major and Charley at the mouth Of
| the creek to see that we all stop
ped there When I came we waited
for Pete and in a few moments he
! came ard we went out on the ban
together We found the others a.
they had gone out of the water a
fast as they came down The. waite
, was very cold, as the hail was IN II
yet and we were all as cold as ""
could be and live, at least we though
SO.
| When we counted up our little band
We found one colored soldier short
who was probably drowned This lef'
only two out Of the original sixteer
negroes. There was no time to
/ lose and We started down the
river. When we came to thu
forks we crossed oyer the south
fork and went down on the east sid
as fast as we could go in the dark
We saved only four of our guns a :
it was almost impossible to come
down that creek and not lose you
gun, but we felt as II We were not
/ friendless as long as we had four of
/ them.
! During this nights travel VIC found
out we would have to leave the rive.
bottom and get farther out from tn
river as there were SO many revines
and gulleys emptying into the river
we could not make much Roadway
| Continued on Page II, Section ~
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
GIVING RAILWAY THE
TITLE TO Much Land

A large corps of surveyors is at work
on the desert surveying the mineral
lands claimed by the Southern Pacific.
A party of fifteen men is running lines
east and west from Daggett. The In
terror Department has decided 'he cen
~troversy raised by she mining inter
ests, the railroad winning its clam.
Last winter the controversy broke
cat in earnest, a big crowd ct mlners
meeting in Los Angeles, and under the
auspices of the Chamber of Mines,
formulated a protest which was sent to
Washington. A most thorough investi-
CATION was commenced.
It was e4aimed thi. The M Is ciaimc1
ov .hf railroad were not II reral, Blu
agricultural lands and embraced in the
railroad claim were all the water
sources in that section, which embrac-
es a wide expanse. The experts ap-
pointed to look the land over reported
the lands mineral, and now the railroad
will take over title, under the old At
lantic and Pacific grant.-Searchlight
Bulletin.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
PLACER MINING ACTIVE
NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Considerable activity is being shown
in Copper, Philadelphia and Bannoek
CANYONS. in Lander county, Nevada,
about fifteen miles north of Battle
Mountain, according to j. }. Broecher'
a mining engineer, who has just return
ed from that district after starting a
force of men at work on the Hlder-Ne'
vada company's copper property. lie
declares that one nugget, carrying sou
in gold. was recently found in placer
operations. 1t is not to get
as high as $50 a PAN
Quite a number of placer operators
ora making considerable Roadway IN
the district. And as nearly all of ne
Generations can be carried on nearly tee
entire winter many more operators arc
expected in the field.
The o. K. shaft on the Hider-Nevad
is down nearly 100 feet on the VEN
and the management expects to STRIKE
The secondary deposits within the mex
Twenty or thirty feet. Mr.. Broeehel
expects to return to the property mex
week to put on an increased force.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
KILLED BY FALLING
so feet in A SHAFT

ToNoPAH, Oct. 8. = Ed A. Law.
renee, who has been operating in the
Bellehelen district for several wears
was accidentally killed Friday when he
fell down a shaft. The remains were
brought to Tonopah Saturday morning
by T.. J. ~Ruchenbaugh, T. B. Lavender
and G. L. Story, from whom the details
of the accident were learned.
1t appeared thai Story and Law
renee were exploring the lower levels
of a mine. Lawrence had worked on
the 70-foot level and desired to 90 to
the bottom of the shaft for the pur-
pose of taking samples. He asked Story
to accompany him, and the two started
down the ladder. At the 100-foot level
1T was discovered that the timbers and
ladder had been removed. and as 1t
was impossible to proceed downward,
the two started for The surface. Story
was In the lead and had hardly climbed
ten feet when he heard a fall. IL at
tributed the noise to a rock which had
become loosened and was prcipitated to
the bottom of the shaft by a .jarring
caused by the two men. Almost imme-
diately afterwards he heard a groan,
and on looking down was unable to see
the firm of Lawrence. He haste"cd to
the surface, and was then forced 20
walk about two miles to secure relief
the necessary apparatus to bring
the remains to the top. He secured a
rope and a bucket and was aceompa-
MED back to the shaft by Lavender and
Ruckenbaugh.
Lavender was the first to descend
and found that Lawrence was still
breathing after a fall of about eighty
feet. However, he was expectorating
blood, and it was evident that he
was injured internally. He was hoisted
to the surface, but survived only a
short time.
The remains were placed in a wagon
and brought to Tonopah, the party
travelling nearly all night. Lawrence
interested in the property IN
which he met his death, his partner be-
ing l.. NJ. Harwood, proprietor of the
lumber yard at Columbia. HARDWOOD
was notified of the accident, as was a
laughter, Mrs. Homer C. Staley of Hay
Cal. No arrangements hav"
been made for the funeral, as the au
re awaiting word from the
laughter.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
after EXPRESS
COMPANY TAXES

ELY, Oct. 3. - Showing their utter
contempt for the laws of Nevada by
declining to pay it's just proportion OF
the county taxes, the Well, Fargo com
pany was cited today by Judge Mitch
ell to appear in the district court to-
morrow morning to show cause why 1T
should not be compelled to turn over
to the county assessor a sufficient amouns
of goods to satisfy the taxes against
personal property owned by that cor
poration in this county.
The citation was served upon /. C. c.
/ Whismore, the locai agent of the TX
press company, today by Deputy Sheriff
j. H. Fulmer. He is summoned to APP
pear in court to morrow and show UNI
der oath the value of the holdings IN
this county belonging to the Wells,
Fargo company.
An assessment ef $23, 797 was levied
against She company by the assessor
for the year 1910 on its office fixtures
at Ely, Cherry Creek Copper Flat, Me-
Gill and East Ely, and a railroad mile
age of 1859 miles. The valuation of
the office supplies is $3.50 nd the bal
ance represents the assessment impose I
on its mileage.
Not being able to find or seize prop
erty of sufficient value to insure the
payment of $472.31, the amount OF tax
es due from Wells, Fargo, Assessor
Miles started the movement which mas
resulted in the express company being
~reouired to show why it has attempted
to SEX the laws of this state at dehanee.
The local agent has refused to con
tribute the money due the county los
taxes. having received orders fr1m
headquarters not to pay the apparent
delinquency.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
Serial NO. o53o5.
~srrcE or APPLICATION ron q. q
PATENT.


UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
CARSON CITY. NEVADA. AUGUST
u, 1919.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that e,
p,ake for himself and his oo-owner.
r Humphreys. ~postofhce address.
co,aaeId. Nevada, has made application
cor patent for 1859 linear feet on the
rue Bell lode. bearing gold. silver and
other precious metals. designated as
- 8 survey No. 1855, Section 81. T. 2 s..
n N. ID. NJ, Goldheld Mining Dis
~ Esmeralda County, Nevada, and
u~,,bed as follows, to-wit:
TRUE BELL LODE.
Machining at Cor. No. /, whence the N.
~ car. Sec. 81, II. 2 s., r. AZ E. bears
"a. as, w. 1897 IT; thence s. So
a. ~ q $50 IT. to Cor. No. 2; thence s. Il
~. y 1885 IT. to Cor. No. 3; thence
s7s or w. 656.S IT. to Cor. No A;
s.nce N. l. So w. 1868 IT. to Cor. No.
, ,be place of beginning. Variation IL
Containing 1875 acres, after ex-
.sIv excluding conflict with Sur. Nc.
poo lode; Sur. No. 222S, Dfa-
a lode: Sur. No. 1868 Economist lode
ma Sur. No. 2270 Friday lode.
THE original location certificate OF
la True Bell lode is recorded in Book
- ne Mining Locations. page 3S1, Re-
rords of Esmeralda County. Nevada, in
the office of the County Recorder at
Goldheld, Nevada. ou
Register.
nate of first publication, 1910.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
GEO.. LONG Was in
The Times BUILDING

George Long, formerly Of Goldiield,
was one of those who made theIr es-
cape from the Times building IN Los
Angeles after the recent dynamiting
of that place. Long was foreman Of
the corps of engravers employed by the
American Engraving Company, with
rooms on the sixth floor of the Times
building, and was at work when the
terrific explosion occurred. With sew
eral of his fellow workers he rushed to
a window leading to the roof of an
adjoining building several floors below
and in that way managed to make his
escape Just as flames enveloped the en-
tire building.
Long writes that he now expects 30
spend a vacation in Goldfeld.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
M. A. o391o.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION o
uNITED STATES PATENT.
Mineral Survey No. a7s5.

Mineral Survey NO. z1So'
NOTICE 1 GIVEN That in pursuance
of Chap. vi, Title 80, of the REVISED
Statutes of the United States, r.. +.
Blake. whose postoffice address is Gosa-
field. Nevada. has made application iUI
patent to 1855 linear feet on the MIL
Race lode, bearing gold, silver and other
precious metals, designated at y. %
Survey No. 2795, Sec. 2, T. >. IL -
e. M. D.. B. and M, Goldheld Mining
District. County of Esmeralda, State %
Nevada, and described as foilo"s' ~
wit:
Mill Race Lode.
Beginning at Cor. No. l, whence the S'W'
Cor. 10 Sec, &c. T.. 2 s., r. AZ Il. M: D.b.
and M. bears N. 2S' 10 e. 4lz5.f H.
thence s a. 0S' w. 601.10 TT. to cor. NO.
2, thence S. 63o Az w. $3.50 II. TO col.
No. 3. thence N. 40 0S' e. $500 II; 20 20
Cor. Nc. :. r,ence N. go II e. 9os.oo
L. to Cor. No. 1, she place of oeginnlns.
Variation at all corners II degrees
East. o,n,rg
and conflicting claims are Pocahon.as
Sur. No. 1905. and Triangi our. w.
1903.
The original location certificate OF .ne
said Mill Race lode is recorded IN aos
X. of Mining Locations. at pase ooo;
and the amended location certlhcats az
the said Mill Race lode is recordea ~
Book K. of Mining Locations, at rase
$40. both of the records of EsmeraIua
County. in the office of the county
Recorder of said Esmeralda County az
'o IoTGfs ], COIN. Register.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08

OLD PAPERS FOR SALE at the
News Cheap.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
YORK REPORTS SAY
RICE HAS AMPLE BACKING
All Indications are That Raid on Big Curb Brokerage and Pro-
motion Firm was Due to Combination Between Copper and
Nixon Interests for Purpose of Crushing Geo. Graham Rice

The Ely Expositor of Sept. 90 pub
fishes the following concerning the raid
of the postal authorities on the offices
of the 3. II. sneftels Company in New
York:
A little inside history that may be
of assistance in solving the question
may not be amiss to Nevada readers or
the Expositor. About three years ago
George Graham Rice, then located at
Reno, found reason to criticize United
States Senator George s. Nixon for GER
tain actions in connection with his dI-
%rection of the Goldfeld Consolidated
property. Rawhide was then in the
zenith of it's boom and Rice was engag-
ed in heavy exploitation and develop
ment work on a large property there.
The threat was made that the secret
service department of the United
States government was to be placed on
the ''trail' of Rice and his enterprises
and he was to be bounded and ham,
pered until he was driven from she bus
mess. Notwithstanding the fact that
the government at the recommendation
of Senator Nixon, has been working for
three years in an effort to secure evl-
dence tending to show hat Rice's en-
terprises were not legitimate, they have
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08

not been succesSful; every claim made
by Rice in regard to any of the prop
critics in which he is interested has been
borne out by investigation made by
men biased against him.
j. s. Jordan, one of the staff of the
Mining and Financial News, with hea l.
quarters in this district, when seen TO.
Z, said:
1.-THE affairs of the Shefte:s Com
pany should not be confused in any
way with those of the Ely Central com
pany. The Ely Central is a nining
company engaged in the energetic &c.
velopment of what | believe is destined
to become one of The greatest copper
mines in the world. The Shettol Com
pany, on the other hand, is a broker.
age firm engaged in the sale AM pur.
chase of mining IA other securities en-
the curb in New York City. This firm
has handled many shares of the Ely
Central, but merely as brokers and not
as owners of the property. Any brok
erage firm could do the same thing,
and nan in New York have been do
ing so.
"Those who are playing the market
saw al opportunity to send Ely Cen
trail down the t~oboggan with the clos
ing of the Sheftels offices and appar-
emily they have succeeded. The rcsu.t
will he that those who have been foi.
:unate enough to get hold of any of
this stock at the prevailing prices this
afternoon will reap a rich harvest.
Operations at the Ely Central will
continue ~undisturbed. The company
has plenty of funds with which to mee5
its large pay roll and other operating
expenses. The present slump IN Ely
entral will not affect the physical cor
dition of the property in any way.
"As far as this action again the
firm of Shefteis &Co. is concerned, pos
tai inspectors have been on the traii
If the firm for a long time. There $
no secret about this any more than It
is a secret as to who are the real people
vino have been trying to crowd the
firm to the wall. don t know the spe-
cifc nature of the charge which has
heen brought, but everything which
has been done by Sheftels & Co. regard
ing Ely Central has peen open n
above board and there can be no criti-
c1sm of any statement which has been
sent from this camp as to the develop
ment work which has been going ahead
at the mine.
81 do not believe that there is any
property in the United States in which
the public is interested, the affairs of
which have been so thoroughly placed
before the public as have those of the
Ely Central. A complete report of the
operations being c rried ON at the
property has been published and dis
tributed broadcast every week since the
present administration took charge.
The stockholders of Ely Central, in 9th
err words, have not been compelled to
wait for an annual report, a semi-annn-
al report, or even a quarterly or month
ly report; they have been kept III
couch with the development on the
property as fost as it has been made. Z
Has Ample Backing.
NEW York, Oct. 3. Considerable
mystery surrounds the action of the
federal authorities in the closing up of
the brokerage firm of b. I'll. Shefsels O.
Co. of 42-44 Broad street; and up 20
date it has been impossible to learn
just what is the specific charge against
the firm further than the general com
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
|RHYoLITE HAD BIG
FIRE THIS WEEK
cracial TO The News.

RHYoLITE, Oct. 8. Fire which
s.arted shortly before three o'clock this
.fternoon in the center of the man
business block caused damage OF more
tban $4,000, and only through most ef-
so;ent work of the volunteer fire de-
n.r.meut was the entire block saved
from destruction. The fire was placed
,naer control in about forty minutes
So lis inception, SIX lines Of rose be-
80 ,.;d and fine pressure was avail.
able.
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NEW York, Oct. 8. C~onsldeTaDIe
mystery surrounds the action of the
federal authorities in the closing up of
the brokerage firm of b. III. Shefsels d
Co.. of 42-44 Broad street; and up 70
date it has been impossible to learn
just what is the specific charge against
the firm further than the general com
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
NOTICE OF AssEssnnnr
To Stockholders of the Precious Me
lGi-i.- "a MILLING

To Stockholders of the Precious Metais
Mining and Milling Company:
You are hereby notified that at a meet
ing of the Board OF Directors OF the
a-bove-named corporation, held on tne
an assessment of one cent tlcl per
share was levied on all of the issued
capital stock of said corporation; 10 oe
due and payable at once and TO become
delinquent on the 10th day of octoDer'
1919.
That all stock upon which SAID as
sessment has not been paid on or De,
fore the 10th day of October, WV: shaii
be offered for sale at public auction on
the 18th day of November. 1910. at z
o'clock d. m. at the business ofnce OF
said corporation. room AIS. Chamber OF
Commerce building, in the City or fasa<
dena, County of Los Angeles, state o.
California, and unless such assessment.
together with expense of advertislns
such delinquency. is paid on or peiore
said date. then and in that event the
said stock or so much thereof as may
be necessary will be solo at said noui
and place TO pay the delinquent assess
ment together wit expenses incu,reo
President