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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-09-19
SILVER PICK TO
INCREASE FORCE
DRIFTS WILL BE EXTENDED
FROM BOTTOM OF
WINZE

Although the management of the
Silver Pick Consolidated Mines COM
pany has abandoned, for the i'm
mediate future, the plan of increas-
ing its operation in the property to
the scale that prevailed at the time
of the reduction in the number of
employees, made necessary by the un-
certainty of financial conditions fol-
lowing the inception of the European
war, the present force of four miners
will be doubled within the next few
days. This statement is made upon
the authority of General Superinten-
dent Walter S. Norris, who further
states that he expects to resume with
in the next sixty days sinking opera
tions in the shaft below the 500-foot
level, with depth of GOO feet as the
objective point.
AS for several weeks past. opera
tions in the property at present are
being confined to the sinking of a
winze below the south drift along the
footwall of the big vein from the
1t is now seventy feet deep, with the
bottom exposing foot and half of
ore that yields average assays of $23
ton. 1t is the intention of the
management to sink the winze total
depth of eighty feet, from which
point drifts will be extended north
and south on the vein. After the
vein has been explored on the sub
level, the force of miners employed
will be further increased and the
shaft sunk to depth of 600 feet
and laterals extended.
The water which several weeks
ago began to find it's way into the
winze is not hampering operations
there, the flow, amounting to about
10000 gallons daily, being handled
by the pump recently installed. APP
proximately 100000 gallons of water
a day is being pumped from the
sump of the shaft below the 5O0-foot
level.
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LATERAL OPERATIONS SOON To
Be RESUMED BY Merger Mines

Following the installation of the
two big pumps ordered about two
months ago for it's 1SO0-foot shaft,
the Goldfield Merger Mines company
will not only resume lateral work
upon an extensive scale, but the At
lanta Mines company will undertake
the further exploration of the big
vein exposed in it's ground about six
months ago by the long southwest
crosscut from the 1750-foot point of
the Merger shaft Such was the
statement of c. o. Whittemore of
Los Angeles, vice president of the
former company, based upon plans
mapped out at meeting here Mon
day of the board of directors.
In addition to outlining plans for
the future development of the Mer-
ger property. the board of directors
fixed October IA as the time of the
postponed annual meeting of the
stockholders of the company in Sc
attic, Wash. The board accepted
the resignation of Harry Hudson.
who recently left Goldfield to perma-
nently reside in Colorado, as secre-
tary of the company, and elected j..
o. Walther to fill the vacancy. The
directors also confirmed the appoint
ment about three months ago by
Vice President Whittemore of A. l.
Darcy as general manager, succeed
ing X. NJ Simpson, who rendered his
resignation and who subsequently ac-
cepted the position of assistant gen.
eral manager of the Goldfield Con-
solidated Mines company. Manager
Darcy was instructed by the board
to prepare a full report on the OPP
erations of the company from Octo-
Der, 10, 1911, when the present man
agement took charge Of the affairs
of the corporation, up to the present
time, for submission to the stock
holders at the annual meeting in
Seattle next month, at which time a
financial statement will also be sub
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-09-19
GOOD HEADWAY
MADE IN WORK
DRIFTING CONTINUES ON 800
FOOT LEVEL OF SAND
STORM-KENDALL

Excellent progress continues TO pe
made in the development work at the
property of the Sandstorm-Kendall
Consolidated Mining company, un-
der the supervision of General Man
ager A. /. Darcy. A total OF 267
linear feet of work was accomp-
plished during the month of August.
On the 350-foot level. the north
drift was extended a distance of 81
feet along the contact of the Mill
town andesite and Sandstorm rhyo-
lite, while the south drift was ad-
vanced along the same contact ap-
proximately the same distance. Pros
pect raise 623B above the south drift
on this level now has a height OF
1O3 feet. 1t is being advanced TO
intercept the downward extension
of the ore body which gave such
good account of itself on the zoo
foot level and above several months
ago. A small tonnage of ore IS be-
ing extracted from raise 621A in
the same ore body at point further
south in the same drift.
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new UTAH CAMP
HAS GOOD CHANCE
SO SAYS THOMAS KENDALL
AFTER EXTENDED VISIT
THERE


1T has a good chance better than
an even break" Such were the
words of Thomas ". Kendall, local
mining operator, in giving his opin-
ion of the new Fortuna district in
the eastern part of Beaver county,
Utah, from which he returned to
Goldfield several days ago after
spending more than three months
there. The new camp came into
prominence through discoveries re-
ported by two prospectors grubstak-
ed by syndicate of local mining and
business men, and it is now the
scene of considerable activity. While
there. Mr. Kendall acquired numer-
Gus holdings and intends to return
after an indefinite stay here. Speak
ing further of the new camp, Mr..
Kendall said:
considerable capitai is being at
tracted to the new camp, which is
fourteen miles north of the town
of Beaver, and the outlook for it is
exceedingly promising. Salt Lake
City mining men, in particular, are
interesting capital in the properties
in the district. and the activity is
steadily increasing The district has
a great network of veins, and there
is every reason to believe that it will
develop into a big milling camp. AL
though home high grade ore has been
found in number of places, the i'm
mense bodies of comparatively low
grade ore-rock running from $40
to $40 a ton-will. in my opinion,
prove the foundation OF the perma-
nency of the district The COM
panies and individuals operating
there are just now getting down to
real work, and I am confident that
they will be amply rewarded for
their efforts; in fact, they are al
ready obtaining results which augur
well for the future of the district.
Fred Lumley of Goldfield and j.
Moore of Rhyolite, who were among
the early locators in the district,
have an excellent property, consist
ing of two claims. In a crosscut tun-
mel, which they have extended 10
feet, they recently intercepted their
vein and opened up from three to
three and a half feet of ore, much
of which shows free gold. The tun-
mel gives them a vertical depth of
about seventy-five feet on the vein,
at the point exposed.
"a. B. Lewis of Beaver has taken
an option of purchase upon the
Sheen Rock mine. which has been
under development for several years,
as we'll as upon the property of Kel-
ly, Davis and Frazier. and has inter-
ested eastern capitalists in them.
Other transfers have been made late
ly, and there is every condition pres
ent to indicate that the district will
steadily come to the front. There
are many former Nevadans in the
district and all of them express
themselves as highly pleased with
its outlook"
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REVIEW OF mining OPERATIONS IN G0EDF|ELD DISTRICT

Unusual Importance attaches to
ago by Vice-President c. o. White
more, following a meeting of the
board of directors, to the effect that
the Goldfield Merger Mines company
will in the near future resume the
development of it's property by in
augurating lateral operations on the
1750-foot level designed to intercept
the northern extension of the big
vein revealed in the Union Jack claim
of the property of the Atlanta Mines
cut on the same level from the St.
Ives shaft of the former company
simultaneously, the Atlanta company
will resume the exploration of the
vein in it's own territory. The results
attained by both companies will be
anxiously awaited not only by the
stockholders of the two corporations
but by all persons who are in the
least interested in the Goldfield dis
trict, for the primary reason that the
lanta crOsscut constitutes the deep
est discovery thus far made in the
camp.
For about two months, operations
in both the Merger and Atlanta es-
tates have been almost at stand
still, in consequence of the enormous
volume of water that has been finding
it's way to the sump of the Merger
shaft as a result of the exposure of
the big vein by the Atlanta crosscut
about six months ago. 1t has, in
deed, been a difficult task for A. |.
DARCY, general manager of both
companies, to successfully cope with
the flow, but it will soon cease to be
handicap, as the new pumps ordered
for the shaft will arrive on the
ground and be placed in commission.
According to Vice President White
more the pumps will leave the plant
of the manufacturers in Dayton,
Ohio, within the next few days. Ar
rangements have been perfected to
hurry their transportation on the
lines of the various railroads over
which they will travel to Goldfield
and it is expected that they will
reach camp soon after the first OF
next month. Preparations for their
immediate installation have already
been made, the installation of new
six-inch water column from the collar
of the shaft to the sump, 1900 feet
below, having been completed sew
eral days ago. 1t is calculated that
operations in both the Merger and
Atlanta will again be under way upon
an extensive scale by about October
15.
AS the two new pumps each have
a capacity of 500 gallons a minute,
and the present pumps will be per-
mitted to remain in the schaft as
auxiliaries, for use should occasion
demand, it is not likely that water
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-09-19
LESSEES OBTAIN
GOOD RESULTS
SHIPMENT WILL BE MADE FROM
VERNAL IN NEAR
FUTURE

Walter Fitzgerald and Leonard
Peterson, the former employees of the
Vernal Mining company who took a
lease on that property in the Dia-
mondfield section of the Goldfield dis
trict about six weeks ago when the
company ceased operation on account
of the stringency in financial condi-
tiOns. due to the outbreak of war in
Europe, continue to obtain excellent
results in their work. They had in
tended to make a shipment of about
fifteen tons of ore to the Millers'
sampler of the Western Ore Purchas-
ing company about this time but they
have deferred it until it is possible
for them to despatch a larger con-
signment.
Thus far in their operations, the
lessees have extracted about fifteen
tons of ore, which averages around
$40 a ton. They calculate that they
will save an additional fifteen tons
by the first of next month, at which
time they will ship the entire lot The
ore being saved for shipment is being
extracted from an intermediate north
drift, being extended from the raise
connecting the south drift on the 200
foot level with a like drift on the
10O-foot level, about twenty feet
above the former. The face of the
drift is exposing foot and half
of ore that averages around $50 per
ton. The south drift on the 2O0-foot
level, beyond the raise, has apparent
! ly passed out of the rich ore shoot
exposed some time ago, the face at
present yielding two feet of ore as
saying $12 ton. Walter S. Norris,
superintendent of the company, is
much pleased with the conditions
prevailing in the property.
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mitted to them. Speaking of the
plans of the company, Vice President
Whittemore said:
Although our operations at depth
have been greatly hampered in the
past by a great volume of water,
particularly that which finds it's way
in our shaft from the long south est
crosscut on the 1850 1evel into the
Atlanta territory, and consequent
conditions, We are not in the least dis
couraged and have as mucn faith in
the merits of the property at pres
ent as when we began our extensive
operations upon it. we are conf
dent that when the new pumps are
installed we will have successfully
solved the problem for caring for
the water for all time, as they will
be of sufficient capacity to handle
an enormous flow. The two pumps
at present doing service in the shaft
will be permitted to remain and op-
Grated as auxilaries SHOULD occasion
demand. which is not likely.
Soon to Be Shipped
''The new pumps will be shipped
from the plant of the manufacture
ers in Dayton, Ohio, ili the next day
or two. We have made arrange
ments with the managements of the
various railroads over which they
will pass to expedite their delivery.
The pumps should arrive in Cold
field soon after the first of next
next month and be installed and in
operation soon thereafter. There
will be no loss of time in their in
stallation. The installation of the
new six-inch water column from the
collar to the bottom of the shaft was
completed few days ago; conse-
quently everything at the property is
in readiness for the pumps, the ex-
pense of which will be borne pro-
portionately by the Atlanta Mines
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stockholders will have submitted to
port by General Manager Darcy COW
ering operations of the company from
October 19, 1911, when the present
management came into office, up to
the present time.
GOldfield Consolidated
There have been no extraordinary
developments during the last week in
the various properties of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company.
That they continue to give good ac-
count of themselves is shown by the
preliminary estimate of earnings and
operations during the month of Au-
gust, which was recently made pub
lie by A. II. Howe, secretary and
treasurer. According to the estimate,
total of 27,210 tons of ore was
mined and milled during August,
from which a gross extraction of
$297,5 500 was made. Operating ex-
penses amounted to $1GS,00O, leaving
net realization of $129,5OO.
JuI1lhn INNttllSlOn
Operations in the Jumbo Extension
mine during the week were marked
by at least one development of more
than ordinary significance and the
continuance of highly pleasing con-
ditions throughout the property. The
continued extension of the northeast
drift into the Velvet claim, eighteen
feet below the 921-foot level, has re-
suited in the disclosure of seven feet
of ore that has given assays as high
as $500 per ton for it's entire width
AS broken down during the last few
days, the entire width or ore has
been yielding average values ranging
from 500 to $50, which clearly in
diactes that the Goldfield district
Notwithstanding it's wonderful pro-
duction for more than a decade, is
still possessed of large bodies of high
grade ore. The southeast "shale"
drift continues to yield a full face of
mill ore
Excellent conditions prevail in
stope 414-D above the east drift on
the S5O-foOt intermediate level The
stope is being advanced on seven
feet of $27 ore and is yielding a good
tonnage of such rock. Three feet of
$35 rock Is being mined from the
stope above the short raise which
several weeks ago connected the
north "shale" drift with the south
end of the 921-foot level workings.
Above the east crosscut of the main
southeast crosscut on the 1O17-foot
level, raise is being put up to re-
veal the downward extension of the
rich orebody being mined in the
northeast "shale" drift Immediately
below the 921-foot level.
Florence Mine
The Florence mine shipped during
the week to the Millers sampler Of
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ing in Goldfield of the directors, will
extend at the most advantageous
point in it's own ground a crosscut off
the long southwest crosscut into At
lanta ground. The continuation of
the vein revealed, the Merger man
agement will begin it's thorough ex-
ploratiOn by the extension of drifts
along it. The directors. at their re-
cent session here, fixed October IA
as the date of the postponed annual
meeting of the stockholders in Seat
tie, Wash. At that meeting, the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-09-19

will in the least hinder operations in
the two properties in the future. One
OF the pumps is a six-inch centrifugal
and will be placed in position at the
station on the 1750-foot level. The
other, 6R by 15-inch triplex, will
be put into service on the 1325-foot
level station. The former will han
die the water to the 1325-foot level
and the latter to the surface. After
the pumps are placed into commits
sion, the Merger company, according
to plans outlined at the recent meet
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-09-19
NORTH T0N0PAH
IS LOOKING GOOD
''SKUNK" ASSAY SAID TO BE
UNKNOWN IN NEW
CAMP

One of the greatest opportunities
for the making of a good gold camp
has been thrust on TOnOpah, but it
looks as though Tonopah business
men were not alive to the chances
offered them, says the Tonopah Boz
nanza. Opportunity has knocked at
the door and has been told to get
hence. Instead of having a hundred
leases working on the most excellent
showing of North Tonopah there is
less than dozen, and these strug-
Cling for an existence. Scarcely any
encouragement has been extended by
those who should be in a position to
reap the profits from successful de-
velopment of a gold camp on the i'm
mediate outskirts of the greatest gold
silver camp in the world. One
thousand dollars invested in a try
out of the new location would give
heart to the men who are out there
seeking to establish the district as
pay proposition.
North Tonopah has the makings of
a good camp. In the course of three
weeks since the first stakes were set,
prospectOrs and miners have been
panning constantly and there is not
single case on record where there
has been skunk" Colors come
with every pan of dirt and often the
colors are so abundant that they
circle the pan with fine deposit of
coarse rusty gold.
The district has nothing to recon-
mend 1t so far as geological condi-
tions go. On the contrary. the for
nation is repugnant to the keen dis
elimination of the men who look for
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TAKES LEASE IN
NORTH TONOPAH
THOMAS MURPHY LIKES LOOKS
OF THE NEW GOLD
CAMP

Thomas d. Murphy, George Allen
and Bob Murta, all of Goldfield,
have inaugurated operations on their
lease, known as No. 6, on the Wyne-
ken and Shipway property. the dis
covery ground, in the new gold camp
four miles north of TOnopah, known
as North Tonopah. Mr.. Murphy,
who accumulated a fortune through
his early operations in the Goldfield
district and who has large holdings
throughout southern Nevada, visited
the new camp soon after the discov-
cry made by Peter Wyneken and A.
H. Shipway of Tonopah became
known several weeks ago and, fol-
lowing an inspection, he was so ia
vorably impressed that he obtained
a lease for himself and associates,
Messrs. Allen and Murta. Their
lease is 100 feet long by the width
of a claim-600 feet-and runs for
one year. In telling of the new
camp, Mr.. Murphy said:
From a distance, the new dis.
trict does not look particularly in
viting, which probably accounts for
the fact that it was rot previously
discovered, especially since it is To-
Gated but short distance from To-
nopah. However, upon close inspec-
ton, the country has much to COM
mend it to the consideration of pros
pectors and mining men. The Sec
tion is covered with a shallow cap
ping, but wherever this has been
penetrated and ledges uncovered
values have been found. Although
development work has just started,
values have been uncovered for
distance, northwest and southeast,
of about 5000 feet, and the outlook
for the camp appears promising.
con our lease We have put small
force at work sinking a shaft on the
middle vein. We are now down
about twelve feet, and at that depth
the bottom is exposing about foot
of mill ore.
"On the Jarvis or No. 2 lease,
some very sensational values have
been found, the highest yielding
twenty-five ounces in gold and nine
teen ounces in silver per ton. The
shaft on this lease is down about 40
feet, and I understand the owners,
Eugene Bertram, c. X. Jarvis and
Bob Richards, intend to crosscut at
a depth of fifty feet to explore their
vein.
Harry Mcnamara, Owen Dough-
erty and Pat Mooney have good
showing on their lease, known as
No. /. At depth of thirty-five feet
in the shaft being sunk a stringer,
measuring four inches in width on
the surface, has widened out to from
two to three feet of good ore, some
of which shows free gold to the
naked eye. The entire bottom of
the shaft, as broken, including vein
and country rock, gives values of $22
a ton OF course, the rock from the
vein itself, if sorted. would run
much higher. There are other
good showings in the camp, which,
with it's tale seams and porphyritic
quartz, much resembles the Goldfield
district in surface indications.
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Fair Well Attended

The annual Truckee-Carson fair
opened Monday at Fallon with a
large and enthusiastic attendance.
Large numbers of visitors are attend
ing. not only to view the farm pro-
ducts from the government Lahon-
tan project, but also to register for
the drawing for government lands,
which is to be held next Friday.
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foot level, winZe has been started
On small streak of ore which gives
values of from SIS to $40 per ton. 1t
is the same streak of ore in which
closer to the shaft find of high
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-27

Looks like or Henry Ford's diVVy
with his employees plan put consider
able ginger in Dan Cupid.
That answers one. question. As
soon as some of the young folks got
the needed dough they hiked to a
preacher.
'Taint so much Dan Cupid's work
that's missin' It's the almighty dol
lar.
And in the course of year all
those newly married young folks
ought to have something besides
rail fence running around the house.
The thought of all these possibili-
ties ought to make Ford feel pretty
good. And We'll bet it does. He listens
like that sort of man.
A New York woman slapped man
in the face, in the subway, accusing
him of rubbing against her.
Then he had her arrested for dis
orderly conduct.
I The only way to avoid such I'M
pleasantries like that in any kind of
crowded cars is to walk.
There is one difference here in Chi
cago,in the surface cars, however.
The men don't rub against the wo-
men. They push, shove or bump
against them.
When riding in Chi. street car,
At night time or at dawn,
A woman often wonders, where
All ChiYaIry has gone.
WheW! Some cells lay 10000, 900
eggs a day. For the love of Mike,
some hens take notice
A street cleaner was run down by
a Chicago American wagon Monday
morning, while he was working in
the street.
'Tsno wonder! If you want to see
q real live chariot race, just stand |
along Jackson boulevard or Madison |
street, most any time of day, and
watch the Hearst paper wagons