The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-01-01


ground in every camp in the state, and
sometimes we are incorrectly informed.
but as a rule you can depend upon what
you gee in these columns. You will OBJ
serve, if you have been a constant
reader of this paper, that in the many
years of the QuQery Department has
been a feature, we nave never advised
a purchase or sale of any particular
stock or property, although we do not
hesitate to give our unbiased opinion
of the merits of the case.
J. B. R., Fulton, Mo.-You will find
an answ to your question in another
place in this department.
e. B., Chicago-You enclose a clip
ping from George Graham Rice IS pa
per, the Mining Financial News, and
ask why their reports and ours on Flor
ence do not coincide. The reason is that
ever since Rice tried unsuccessfully to
get Lockhart into a stock deal when
Rice was long on Florence and bulling
the property, he has been a consistent
knocker of Florence. We realize that
Florence is not selling up to it's former
price, but that is not the fault of the
mine. The company was unfortunate
for a long period in it's various mana
gers and superintendent and it was
some time before the mill got to oper-
ating successfully, but that time has
/ passed; the property is now in capable
hands, is being put into irst-class shape,
the mill is working well and has recent.
ly been enlarged, and we expect to see
Florence a prime favorite the coming
year. You will get your original pur.
chase price and a profit back as we'll
as the dividends earned in the mean
time. 1t is the best buy on the Goldfeld
market at the present price, according
to our judgment.
G. B., Chicago-We have not heard
of any operations of the Nevada Gold
field Mining, Milling and Smelling
company for a long time. John Sparks,
president, is dead, and we have not
heard of the whereabouts of the other
officers of the company, except Frank
l.. Wilds, who can be reached by adj
dressing him at Carson City, Nevada.
G. O., San Francisco-After consid-
cradle correspondence, We have found
that the Unity Consolidated was a Chi
| .aro OUTFIT that ~ ana ftpna ou-ooJ A.
New York and New York No. /, in the
Diamondfeld district, but for years we
have not known of that company car
rying on any operations in this camp.
We are under the belief that they let
their properties GO and the claims nave
been relocated. None of the officers or
directors of the Unity Consolidated are
Goldfeld people. The president of the
company was George Calhoun, and the
see stary Theo. Christensen, both of
Chicago, where they may now, possibly
be reached.
Mrs. s. R., Stamford, Conn.-Write
to Frank E. Horton, Berkeley, Calf.
D. M. F., Dobbs Ferry-You are la
boring under the same diffusion as
scores of others who have bought some
wildcat Goldfeld stocks, but have no
intimate acquaintance with the camp,
as you say there are onl y two mines in
Goldfield. There is the Jumbo, the Com
bination, the Red Top, the Mohawk, the
Florence, the Combination Fraction,
Gold Bar, etc., all of which lave pro-
duced enormously or have ore stand
ing in their workings. When you say
there are but two big mines, you mean
W big dividend paying companies.
The Consolidated has an immense ter
rltory and owns several of the mines
IN question that used to belong to sep
arate and distinct companies. They are
70 less separate mines now then they
were then even if they do belong to a
single company by purchase. 1t is a
error to say there are only two
paying mines in Goldfeld, whereas
there are several, as we nave stated.
Novice, Newark, N. J.--Porphyry is
a general term applied to all porphy-
rite rocks. 1t is useful in describing
texture or in a more general sort OF
or classification, though it is quite in
d~ehnlte, and may mean any one OF
many differing rocks. The mineral con-
of porphyritic rocks are not
uniform size. There is a ine-grained
DR. CLASSY portion called the ground
mass, through which are sprinkled indi-
Vidual crystals of larger size, which
Ire the phenocrysts of porphyritic crys-
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