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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
ROUND MOUNTAIN CO.
GETS THE DECISION
SUPREME COURT REVERSES
FINDING AND ALL TITLES
ARE NOW CLEARED

The supreme court of Nevada has
the former finding in the Round
Mountain Mining cOmpany-ROund
Mountain Sphinx company litigation,
constituting complete victory for
the Round Mountain Mining COM
pany and establishing it's title to the
Los Gazabos claim, which has been
the bone of contention. In the trial
of the case before the district court
in GOldfield, before Judge Theron
Stevens, the decision was in favor
of the Sphinx company. The Round
Mountain company took an appeal
to the supreme court, which affirmed
the decision of the lower tribunal.
Subsequently the Round Mountain
company applied for a rehearing be-
fore the supreme court and this re-
hearing was had some time ago,
with the result that the higher court
has reversed it's former finding and
decided in favor of the Round Noun
tain company An injunction was
obtained at Tonopah against the lat
ter company by the Sphinx company
some time ago, prohibiting the for
mer from extracting ore from the
Los GaZabo claim in the absence of
a heavy bond to indemnify the
Sphinx company, in the event of it's
gaining a final decision on the re-
hearing. This injunction will be dis
solved and the recent decision re-
lieves the Round Mountain company
of all litigation.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
SILVER PICK TO
START lATERAlS
DEPTH HAS BEEN ATTAINTD
TO OPEN DRIFTS

Sinking has continued in the main
shaft of the Silver Pick Consolidated
but it is probable that the present
bottom of the shaft will be used
temporarily as sump and that a
station will be cut at a depth of about
500 feet, beyond which depth the
shaft has progressed but a short dis
tance.
This matter will be decided up
on within few days, following the
arrival here on Friday of e. S. Van
Dyck, general manager for the COM
pany. 1t has been the plan of the
management to continue singking to
a depth of 1000 feet but the heavy
flow of water in the shaft has rem
dered it necessary to cut station
sump around the 500-foot point, in
order to handle the water to better
advantage, and as the bottom of the
shaft is still in the great vein through
which it has passed for about 20
feet it is likely that some develop
ment work will be done on the 500
foot level.
Il. S. Haskell consulting engineer
for the company, stated to the Gold
field News and Tribune, while on a
visit here few days ago, that suffi-
cient depth had been attained to
justify the performance of some de-
velopment work in order to deter
mine the character of the big ledge
The work will be carried to greater
depth at later date
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
.M|LlARD LEASE
GETTING ASSAYS
NEW WORK EXPOSES EXTEN-
SION OF FAULT EAST OF
SLOPES

For the first time since operations
were started under the present sys-
tenn on the Millard lease, on the
DiamOndfield Black Butte property,
just a year ago, results have been
obtained in the past few days that
are regarded as practically insuring
the success of the undertaking and
that have given much encouragement
to Lessee Guy Millard and to those
who have been associated with him in
the enterprise. Assays taken at a
point near the old Quartzite Slopes
have returned figures indicating that
the true direction of the fault move
ment has at last been determined and
that the continuation of the famous
orebody may be opened up within a
short time.
During the past year approximate
ly 700 linear feet of work has been
accomplished, for the most part fol-
lowing the line of the fault in a
westerly direction. In all this time
no vein was exposed and the only
assays obtained were AZ and "A cents
in silver and $3.50 in gold. Recent
ly, upon the advice of three promi-
nent mining engineers, all of whom
have examined and are familiar with
the ground, it was decided that the
distance driven was sufficient to
prove that the throw of the fault
had not been in this direction and
Manager Millard started a drift on
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
JUMBO EX. BOARD
NAMES OFFICERS
SCHWAIkERT is MADE PRESI.
DENT AND TURNER CON-
SULTING ENGINEER

At a meeting of the newly elected
board of directors of the Jumbo Ex-
tension Mining company, held in
Goldfield this week, the following Of
ficers of the company were chosen to
serve for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Harry Schwaikert; vice-presi-
dent and treasurer, Charles s.
Sprague; secretary, Ben Gill. A
meeting was also held of the direc-
tors of the Jumbo Reduction COM
pany, when the following officers
were named: President and treas
urer, Charles S. Sprague; vice-presi-
dent, ]. X. Turner; secretary, Ben
Gill.
The Jumbo Reduction company is
a separate corporation, operating the
leased mill at Bonnie Glare, which
treats the milling ore from the Jum-
bo Extension property. E. S. Van
Dyck, who has been superseded as
president of both companies, will
continue in the position of general
manager but the conduct of mining
operations will be largely under the
personal direction of J. X. Turner,
who has been retained as consulting
engineer and is director in both
companies.
Charles S. Sprague and Ben Gill re-
turned from San Francisco in the
early part of the week. Mr.. Sprague
and Mr.. Gill, the latter secretary of
the Jumbo Extension, went to San
Francisco to attend meeting Of the
board of directors of tine company
ing at II a. m. Monday.
At this meeting, Mr.. E. S. Van
Dyck, director and president of the
Jumbo Extension company, resigned
both positions and Messrs. Olney and
Newcomer also rendered their resig-
nations as directors. .whereupon the
vacant dirSe9cxships 1yere filled by
the election of M sprague, H.
Schwaikert and J. X. Turner. The
other directors are T. G. Lockhart
and BeB Gill. -
Latest returns from two carloads
of higher grade material, shipped to
the Millers sampler of the Western
Ore Purchasing company, were over
500 per ton. Some new work is now
being done on the fourth or 920-
foot level and the deepest level, at
a depth of 1917 feet, is being ex-
tended to get under the ore opened
on the fourth level.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
COD. CON. NOW
RAISING ON ORE
SEAMS OF EXCELLENT MATE
RIAL SHOWING ON THE
35O-FOOT LEVEL

Some ore of excellent grade is now
showing in the workings of the G.
o. ID. Consolidated and is being de-
veloped by raising from the 3OO-foot
level. This ground is being worked
by the Nevada Cooperative Mining
company, which is the title of the cor
poratiOn that has succeeded the Gold
field Mines Operating company and
here by the Charles S. Sprague brok-
erage company. The new company,
the stock of which is assessable, holds
under lease the greater part of the
ground of the G. o. ID. Consolidated
company, including the Gold Bar and
Victor mines and the c. o. d. NJ
& l.. and Florence-C. o. d. shafts
and workings.
For some time past the work,
which is under the direction of j.
*. Turner, the company's consulting
engineer, has been confined largely
to the 3o0-foot level of the Victor
workings, where drifts have been ex-
tended from the main cross-cut to
pick up, on its downward extension,
the ore developed on the 20O-foOt
level. This ore has now been ex-
posed on the deeper level and while
as yet it has appeared only in seams
OF comparatively small size, it is
of excellent average grade and of the
same character as that exposed
above.
Several shipments of good ore
have been made by the lessees and
in the progress of company work this
vein has produced considerable
quantity of shipping ore. In this
ground and farther to the north.
Drifts are being extended east and
west on the 350-foot level, which
corresponds with the 300-foot level
that was opened from the Gold Bar
shaft, the two workings being con-
nected at this depth. The main Vic
tor ledge is of large size and is now
being explored at depth of 700
feet and at a point farther to the
east by the Blue Bull company, which
has Il lease on the east half of the
Victor claim for period of five
years.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
ATLANTA OPENS
LATTE CONTACT
CROSS-CUT ON 1850 LEVEL PEN
ETRATES FORMATION FA-
VORABLE TO MINERALS

1t is stated by the management
of the Atlanta Mines company that
the cross-cut, which was driven at
depth of 1850 feet, from the st.
Ives shaft of the Merger Mines COM
pany to the boundary of the Union
Jack claim of the Atlanta, was driven
forward in Atlanta ground for 140
feet, where it penetrated material
marking the contact between the
shale and the latte. From this point
it has been extended 40 feet in the
latte, beyond the line of contact.
The latte is now showing a higher
degree of silicificatiop and carries
a little copper. Some water is now
coming in the breast of the cross
cut but not sufficient to cause any
difficulty in the conduct of the work.
In driving this cross-cut, in both
properties, the ground passed through
has been the heaviest and worst that
has been known in the district, rem
dering the work slower and more
costly than it would otherwise have
BEEN
The presence of the latte, with
the silicificatiOn, the mineralized
character of the formation and the
appearance of water, are accepted as
indicating that the cross-cut is ap
preaching the large vein that ira
verses the adjoining ground of the
Goldfield Consolidated and the ex-
tension of which it is expected will
he penetrated within a comparatively
short distance in Atlanta ground.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
MANHATTAN OPERATIONS IN 1918
OUTLINED BY CHAMBER OF MINES

According to statement sent out
by the Manhattan Chamber of Mines,
the gold and silver production of the
Manhattan district for 1919 is figur-
sd at 100000. OF this amount the
quartz mines produced $442,262
from 54,2GO tons. an average Of
$S.15 per ton. The Manhattan
placers show a production of $117,-
1913 from 29,435 yards of gravel
sluiced, an average value per yard of
81.
The tonnage treated, and gross
value of the ore milled during the
year by the various mills of the
camp, as nearly as can be obtained,
is as follows:
Associated Milling company, 3,OS2
tons; value s52,2O9. Manhattan
Milling & Ore company, 1861 tons;
value $130,3S6. Big Four Mill,
1924 tons, value $79,G6S. East
Side Mill, 103 tons; value $1,770.
War Eagle Mill (estimated) 1S,442
tons; value $14O,OOO. Shipped by
White Caps Mining company, 692
tons; value $3S,229. Total amount,
54,269 tons. Total value, $442,-
262.
The Associated mill operated from
the first of 1913 until about the mid
die of May. The White Caps lease
furnished almost the entire tonnage
milled, amounting to 2,S7S tons of
gross value of $47,S1O. Adding to
the local ore millings of the White
Caps, the ore sold to the Western
Ore Purchasing company at Millers,
692 tons valued at $3S,229, the total
millings of the company for 1913
amount to $3.50 tons of gross
value of $4,000, an average per ton
of $24.10. In addition to the ore
milled, the White Caps lease placed
on the ore dumps at the mine dur
ing the last sixty days of the lease
operations, 1890 tons of ore, that
conservatively estimated at $12 per
ton, adds $57 600, making the total
ore mined in 1913 of a valuation of
$143.G39.
The Big Four mill operated from
the first of Marca to the end of Oc-
tober. During the eight months of
the mill operations no custom ore
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
REVIEW OF mining OPERATIONS IN G0LDF|ELD DISTRICT

the company having been devoted to
the preliminary or preparatory work
necessary to reach and open up the
veins at great depth. The fact that
the latte has been penetrated by the
cross-cut from the Merger shaft on
the 1750-foot level, in the adjoining
Atlanta ground, is regarded as a
most favorable factor for the Merger
and the work at this depth in Mer-
ger ground is being directed to open
up and explore the great fissure
through which the shaft, the deepest
in southern Nevada, passed at
depth of about 100 feet.
Atlanta Mines Company
This weeks news from the Allan
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10

was treated, the only ore coming
from the Big Four property. From
the first month of ore milling, the
heads in the mill averaged $S32 per
ton and gradually declined in aver
age value until the mill was closed
down. The average of total ore mill
ed is $4.35 per ton for gold and sill
yer. There is no question but that
the Big Four mill can treat the pres
ent ores of the mine, and make a
good profit over all costs, provided
the mill be enlarged sufficiently, tC
double it's present milling capacity,
The mill classified above as the
East Side mill is a small five-stamp
mill that was operated for short
time on some of the ores developed
in the East Manhattan district.
The Manhattan Milling & Ore
company mill operated almost con-
tinuously on custom ore. Ore was
treated from the Brady leases on
Union No. 9 claims, the property OF
the Manhattan Dexter Mining COM
pany, also from leases under the
same management on the Earl,
Jumping Jack and Stray Dog claims
Several shipments totaling several
hundred tons to the shipment were
made as custom lots, by the present
operators of the mill, Mushett and
Wittenberg, these shipments coming
from their leases on the Big Pine,
Gold Crater, Mayfower and Consoli-
dated properties.
The lessees of the Litigation Hill
Merger Mining company made sew
eral shipments to the mill, the same
as lessees operating on the Seyler
Humphrey, Mustang, Bald Eagle,
Consolidated, Broncho, Little Grey
and other properties
War Eagle Mill
The War Eagle mill, operated by
the Commercial Mines and Milling
company, commenced dropping it's
stamps on the Reilly Fraction glory
hole output about the middle of
May With but few days stoppages
it ran CONT nuously on this ore, with
two or three small lots from the
Crescent property. owned by the
same company, milled during the
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
GOLDF|ELD MIDWAY
WILL Be DEVELOPED
PLANNING TO OPEN
UP GROUND NEAR VINDI-
GATOR MOUNTAIN

Another centrally located property
in the Goldfield district is about to
undergo development and it now ap-
pears certain that this work will be
on scale calculated to fully demon
strate the value of the ground. This
is the property of the Goldfield Mid
way Mining company, situated on the
just north of the Talmage group.
Philadelphia men control the COM
pany, which has performed no work
on it's ground for several years but
has secured a United States patent
for the property.
Charles w. Finninger, now of
Philadelphia and formerly broker
in Goldfield, during the boom period,
has been here during the past week
and has adjusted all claims against
Tuesday, for the purpose of attend
ing meeting of directors of the
Midway company, to be held in Phil
adelphia Immediately upon his ar
rival.
1t is believed that at this meeting
ample funds will be provided to.
carry on extensive development work
on the property, that plans will be
formulated for this work and that
the projected work will be started
without delay. Charles Robertson
will submit report on the property,
which is equipped with a 25-horse-
power electric hoist, with head-frame
and all other ne eessary mining acces-
sories.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10

ia property is of most encouraging
character and the fact that latte
the deepest ore-bearing formation of
the district, and fissured ground, has
been demonstrated at depth of
1870 feet in this territor is regard
ed as of the greatest Importance to
the entire district According to the
surveys and projections accounted
for in adjacent ground it was not ex-
pected that the main vein would be
reached in less than 200 feet from
the point where this broken forma-
tion has appeared and it is apparent
yet too early to determine if the
crOss-cut has reached the footwall
of the vein, but the presence of
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY FIRST
CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD

y Under the auspices of the \
= Engineers club of the Univer- !
y sity of Nevada, an industrial \
y safety" conference will be held \
y at that institution on January \
y 26 and %. Prominent repre- \
y sentatives of the mining. cleo \
y trical and transportation indus \
= tries will participate and num- !
\ ber of exhibits and motion pic \
y lures illustrating the safety \
\ first movement" will be shown. \
= = = = = = = =
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latite at this pOin; IS most interest
ing fact and maye be of great i'm.
portance to the camp.
Florence Goldfeld
Regular shipments of ore of ex-
cellent grade are now going forward
from the Florence mine to the Mil
lers sampler of the Western Ore Pur-
chasing company and it is reported
upon good authority that the mine
is in better condition than for years
past. The extensions of rich ore
shoots are being opened up and are
shown to contain ore that yields
Good profit in milling Superinten-
dent Clapp is conducting develop
ment work in new ground and the
results of this work, particularly
south of the main shaft, are proving
of great interest in demonstrating
the fact that the zone of enrichment
has not been exhausted The Flo.
renee mine is said to be in better
bonanza leasing days.
The GOldficld Orc
With it's main shaft nearing
depth of $50 feet the Goldfeld Orc
has penetrated formation that ap-
pears to mark the approach to the
fault ore channel and it will not ac-
casion great surprise of an orebody
is penetrated by this shaft at any
time. Manager Thomas f. Manning
is greatly encouraged by the present
showing and the results of each
days work are watched with the
keenest interest by all the men con
nected with the property. 1t is the
firm belief Of almost everyone in the
district that the Gro will, with fur
ther development, make one of the
big mines of the district.
Jumbo Extension Mine
At no time in its history has the
POleverde mine of the Jumbo Ex-
tension company given the promise
of substantial production that it now
affords. In addition to the daily
shipments of ore sent to the leased
mill at Bonnie Glare, approx mating
200 tons week, the company has
been shipping some material of high
er grade to the sampler of the West
ern Ore Purchasing company at Mil
lers and the returns for two car
loads, containing over 90 tons, sent
to the sampler recently, were over
S92 per ton. The company is now,
fer the first time i'm many months.
upon a substantial, profit earning
basis. Control has lately passed to
Charles S. Sprague of Goldfield and
associates.
DiamoDdfeld Black Butte
The Millard lease, on the Dia-
mondfield Black Butte property has
lately been getting some good assays
in the new work started east of the
old Quartzite stope, which has yield
ed in the past over 100000 worth
of high-grade shipping ore. The
Vernal property is being developed
and is giving excellent promise of
becoming producing mine. Lessees
are showing up some good ore on the
Daisy, Goldfield Belmont and Great
Bend properties. The Blue Bull
Booth and SandstormK Kendall prop
critics are being developed along es-
tablished lines and with promise OF
making an important production.
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months or more has been marked by
some notable improvement or new
development in the Goldfield mines.
Some of the prospects, the value OF
which has been matter OF doubt
from the beginning. are now demon
strating their possibilities as poten
tial mines and it is plain to those
who are following the results of de-
velopment work here that Goldfield
will eventually have number OF
producing properties, although the
average grade of the ore may not
approximate the value of the early
bonanzas.
The mining business in Goldfield
is now on most substantial basis
and the properties under develop
ment are being worked on scientific
lines and in an economical and busi-
nesslike manner. The "gophering"
methods of the boom days, when
only high-grade ore could be mined
and marketed profitably, have given
way to the most up-to-date and ap
proved processes. The camp has the
benefit not only of the experience of
capable miners and biologists in this
field, but of the knowledge and ex
perience of some of the foremost ex-
perts and mine managers in the
world.
GOldfieId Consolidated
Operations of the Goldfield Con-
solidated Mines company are main
tained on established lines and the
production of gold bullion, while by
no means at the high record, is of
such volume as to keep this COM
pany well in the forefront among
the worlds producers of gold. The
statement of preliminary estimates
fer the month of December shows
that the mines produced 2S,799 tons
of ore, the gross recovery from
which was approximately $336,0
and the net profits realized by the
company were about $156,OOO. AL
most without exception the pre-
liminary estimates of net production
have been we'll below the actual re-
turns as shown by the final month
ly reports.
The Consolidated company is now
developing virgin ground at great
depth and ore has been shipped in
large quantity to the smelters for
treatment that comes from the deep
est levels and that is refractory in
character, the copper content render
ing it unsuited for treatment by the
milling processes employed at the
company's 1OO-stamp MILL The vein
system of the Consolidated is of
great extent and the company has
mined ore of good grade almost to
the boundary lines of four adjoining
properties.
GOldfeld Merger Mines
Development work continues on
the 1750-foot level of the Merger
company's ground, under the direc-
tion of Manager John Mocine. Some
work is also being done on the 1890
foot level, which has been driven
from the ST. Ives shaft of the Mer-
ger to connect with the main work
ings of the Grizzl Bear mine of the
Goldfield Consolidated. The actual
development work planned long ago
for the Merger ground has only re-
Gently been started, the efforts of
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ESTIMATE OF
DECEMBER PRODUCTION

= The preliminary estimate of =
\ production and earnings of the =
\ Goldfield Consolidated Mines =
\ company for the month of De- \
\ cember, 1918, was given out =
\ today by A. H. Howe, secretary =
\ and treasurer of the company. =
y The figures follow: =
\ Total tons mined, 2S,799; =
\ gross value recovered, 1886, \
\ 600; cost of operation. $780, =
\ 900; net realization or the 4
\ month, $4,000.
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URANIUM DISCOVERY

A recent report states that Urani-
um ore of excellent grade has been
discovered at point between Fair
view and Wonder.
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MALE STENOGRAPHERS AND
TYPEWRITERS IN DEMAND

The United States Civil Service
Commission Announces that while it
has no difficulty In securing suffi-
cient female stenographers and type
writer's to meet the needs OF the de-
partments at Washington, the supply
of male eljgibles has NOT been equal
to the demand. Young men who are
at least Is years Of age and who are
willing to accept the usual entrance
salaries. which are $40 and $500 a
year. have excellent opportunities
for appointment. While the entrance
salaries are low, advancement IS
reasonably rapid to those meriting
It. The examinations. which any
competent stenographer should be
able to pass. are held each month in
the year. except December. ct the
principal cities of the United States.
Full Information IN regard TO the