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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
PRODUCING AT RATE
OF $12O,O 600 A YEAR

The Mendha-Nevada Mining COM
pany, in compliance with the pro-
visions of the revised statutes of Ne
vada, has issued a statement relative
to the operation of it's properties in
the Highland mining district, eight
miles west of Phoebe, New, covering
the period beginning May 1, 1912.
and ending December 81, 1913.
According to this statement, the
company has paid out for wages $751;
1867; for mine supplies $~49S5.S3.
for water pipe line and mill construa-
ton, $~16,52S.SS; for wagon freight
on ore, $67O4.2S; for railroad freight
or ore, $11,S23.5O; on old indebted
Eess, $17,739.3S; to the mine super
intendent, whose duties consist OF
work in and around the property.
$1910; to the president for services
as such, and office work, $1,000; for
office rent, 1870.
The gross value of the ore produc-
ed and marketed since the last state
ment MAY /, 1922 was $~S0,2S5.S7.
shipped and sold to the United States
Smelling company, Salt Lake City,
Utah.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04

plaintiff was ordered by the defend
ant company's superintendent to
cease operations, as the working of
the lease through the Four ] tunnel
had not been authorized by the par
ent company. Plaintiff then con-
tracted with the Four J company to
drive the tunnel to it's boundary line,
which was done, and on March 25 the
plaintiff started work on its own
premises through the Four ] tunnel.
The plaintiff vas again ordered to
cease operations and did so. The
institution of the suit followed, the
plaintiff asking for an injunction to
restrain the defendant from further
interfering with it in the operations
of it's lease and for such damages as
it can be proved have resulted from
the interference.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04

Chief OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES r.
L. Wood. United States cavalry (tem-
porarily, pending reorganization of
the supply Department..
Auditor--H. A. A. Smith; assistant,
Chief health officer-Lieutenant
Colonel Charles F. Mason, medical
corps, U. S.. A.
Chief officer of the quarantine di.
vision-Passed Assistant Surgeon
Marshall c. Guthrie, U. s.. bureau of
public health.
Executive secretary-C. A. Nc
Ilvaine.
Only a small portion of the per-
manent organization became actual
~ effective today. 1t probably will
not be perfected until all of the con-
struction work has been done, which
will require probably another year.
That part of the old organization
that will feel the new order of things
administration over which Richard l..
Metcalfe presided. AS fast as prac-
ticable, Col. Goethals said, this will
be reorganized and will be placed
under the new executive secretary.
The courts, which formerly were o n
sidered a part of this department, al
ready have been separated and con
s%oiidated under the one federal
Judge and his two assistants at either
END of the canal.
Tho SonitorV and health dnnort-
ments also will soon be on the per
manent basis. The work practically
has been completed and the new de-
partment of health with Col. Mason,
at its head, will in future look after
ire sanitation of the zone and the
isthInIs of Panama generally.
Tie departments of operations and
maintenance will not be fully estab-
lishcd until the canal has been fully
completed.
The accounting department of the
permanent organization will succeed
to the work formerly done by the d.
vision of disbursements and the ex-
aminer of accounts. Nothing more
than a consolidation and a slight
contraction of working force will be
needed to make them ready for their
new work.
All departments will be directly
responsible to the governor of the
Panama canal who, in turn, is
responsible to the president of the
United States through the wal de-
partment.
When in operation it is estimated
there will be about 1000 American
white employees on the canal, and
perhaps a few hundred negro labor
ers, all residents of the Canal zone.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
INMAN CASE Is SENT
TO SUPREME COURT

The Day-Bristol Consolidated Min
ing company, which lost the fight
in the lower courts for the possession
of the Inman lode mining claim at
Bristol, has appealed the case to the
supreme court of the state.
The Inman is an unpatented claim
upon which the company failed to do
the annual assessment work for the
year 1912. The ground was then To-
Gated by A. l.. Scott and his title
was declared to be valid. In the last
steps taken in the district court the
Day-Bristol company, then under the
management Of Geo. e. Bent sought
to have the case re-Opened, but Chas.
Lee Horsey, Scott's attorney, set up
the contention that the Day-Bristol
had no standing in the Ne
vada courts upon the ground that the
company had no complied with the
laws of the state requiring the filing
OF it's articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state. Judge Taber,
before whom the case was tried, sus-
tanned Mr.. HOrsey's contention.
The Inman is declared to be a val
liable property and is located near
the principal workings of the Day
Bristol company-Pioche Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
ROCHESTER, ENLIVENED
BY ANOTHER LAWSUIT


Judge Quicker yesterday afternoon
issued an order restraining the Ro-
chester Mines company, of which Jo-
seph F.. Nenzel is president and man
ager, from interfering nth the oper-
alton of the Rochester Crown Point
Mines company's lease, known as No.
4, on the Crown Point No. l claim
at Rochester, says the Winnemucca
Star.
The restraining order followed the
institution of a suit yesterday by the
Rochester Crown Point Mines COM
pany. In the complaint it is alleged
that the plaintiff entered into an
agreement about a month ago to use
the latter's tunnel for the purpose OF
operating it's lease and reaching its
own ground, both leases being on
the Rochester Mines company's prop
erty. This work was started, but the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
MISTAKE OF ERECTING
MILLS ON PROSPECTS

A serious mistake hat has been
made altogether too often is to erect
a milling plant on a prospect, says
the Engineering Il Mining World.
This is done sometimes by promoters
to give the property they are boost
ing at least the appearance of a mine,
and sometimes by O~verconfident own
are sure to develop their prospect
into a profitable mine without any
complication or delay. Even assum-
ing that no dishonesty was intended
by anybody, this policy is radically
wrong. A mill should not be built
until the property has been devel-
that the ore reserves are large
enough and rich enough to warrant
the expenditure. Even then, thor
Ough tests should be made to deter
mine just what method of treatment
is best suited to the ore that the
mine Will lel0.
If the mill is built first, the risk
is run hat sufficient ore may never
be developed to keep a mill in prof
liable operation. An equally great,
or perhaps greater, danger is that it
will be discovered too late that the
method of treatment provided can
not be used, and the mill must either
be entirely rebuilt or re-equipped to
meet conditions hat are bound to
exist. All this is expensive and may
prove a heavier drain on the finan-
cial resources of the company than
it can stand. In any case, the own
ers-the shareholders-are very
likely to become discouraged and
quit mining in disgust, leaving the
mill to go to rack and ruin and re-
main to decorate the landscape as
n of the many monuments to folly.
Such ill-advised, or, perhaps, unad-
vised procedure is not good for the
mining industry. 1t has done much
to brighten the true cause of the fail
ure, and probably attributed it to in
herent treachery of mining. The
moral of this is that mining opera
tions should be undertaken only I'M
der the direction of competent min
ing e
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04

The owners and locators of claims
in East Yerington section, or old
Pumpkin Hollow" district, have
changed the name of hat section to
"Piute Flat" as they did not like
the old name of Pumpkin Hollow.
The new name is appropriate as the
first ore ever found there was by a
Piute Indian. This vas about So
years ago and the Indian took the
ore to George Plummer who found
it literally sprinkled with gold. Mr..
Plummer grubstaked the Indian to
40 some work on the ground and
took the sample of ore to Bodie for
assay, and was surprised to receive
an assay of 500 per ton in gold and
silver, gold largely predominating.
Evidently they did not find the rich
shoot from which the float came, and
work was suspended. Afterward the
ground was located by A. o. Pratt,
who put up a small 2-stamp mill on
the line of the Tom Hall ditch. The
property finally fell into the hands of
J. G.. Kaufman and others, who, af-
ter doing considerable work, aban-
doned it. Then, along came Albert
Bovard. who located the ground, and
before he had done the location
work, sold his interest to his father,
Chas. Bovard. AS a co-owner with
Albert Bovard was E. f. Morris, who
still holds his interest. En- is an
''old-timer," who was driving stage
and fighting Indians in the Idaho
country away back in ga. He land
ed in Mason Valley in 1877 and is a
character whose early-day expert
ences would delight a Brete Harte
or Ned Buntline. He was driving
stage between the Barrett and Web
ster ranches and between Wellington
and Bodie, and is the man who
found Jones, the old stage hold-up,
who was killed neal the old Simpson
ranch years ago. Before this, Billy
Hemingway, his partner in Idaho,
was killed by the Indians in the Ban
some six hours after death, and had
it decently inferred. His life has
been one of frontier excitement. In
1898 he left Mason Valley for Alas
ka. going overland with a pack train
and following the old telegraph line
through to the Stickeen river. He
returned to the Yerington district
in time to get in on some Piute Flat
locations and with his associates is
opening up what promises to be a
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
PRODUCTION OF ALUMINIUM
ORE IN THE YEAR 1913

The demand for aluminium in the
United States in 1913 showed a
steady and rapid growth, according
to w. c. Phelan of the United States
Geological Survey. This resulted in
a marked increase in the production
of bauXite or aluminium ore, the out
put of which, according to final sur
vey figures, was 21O,241 long tons,
valued at $~997,69S, an increase of
50,376 long tons, or 31.5 per cent
and $22S,766 or 29.S per cent, re-
spectively, over the figures for 1912.
This growth of the aluminium indus
try has been marked by healthy eX-
pansions and improvements in exist
ing plants, the commencement of
work at a new plant in the spring
of 1914. and progress in the work
on new power sites where largely in
creased hydro electric power for use
in the reduction of the metal will be
in operation curing the next few
years.
The states which produced bauxite
were, as usual, Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia and Tennessee. Arkansas
led in 1913, it's output exceeding that
of the previous year. The ore mined
in that state came from both Saline
and Pulaski counties. The produc-
ton in Tennessee increased substan-
TALLY. The ore mined in this state
came from the Mission Ridge depos-
it's near Chattanooga, and from the
new mine of the National Bauxite
zeal Keenburg, Carter
county. The production in both Geor-
gia and Alabama declined. In the
former state the decline was slight,
but in Alabama it was considerable.
In Georgia ore was mined near Halls
station, Barlow county; near Hermit
tage, Floyd county; and near Mcln-
tyre. Wilkinson county. Consider
able prospecting and development
work was done in the vicinity or
Rome. Floyd county. In Alabama
ore came from the vicinity of ROCK
Run, Cherokee county.
The average price of bauxite per
long on at the mine for 1913 was
s475. which differed by only a few
cents from the prices recorded for
the three previous years. Their was
Amore aluminium consumed in the
United States in 1913 than in 1912,
but the figures showing this con-
sumption cannot be published at the
present time, as the import figures
are not vet available
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
WYOMING'S MOUNTAINS.

Wyoming has nine mountains X
ceeding $4,000 feet in height and
Of these 8 closely approach the A.
O0O foot mark, according to the
United States Geological Survey
They are Gannett Peak, 1875 feet;
Grand Teton, 1874 feet; and Ere
mont Peak, 1870 feet. Cloud
Peak, one of the most beautiful
mountains in the state, is 1865
feet above sea level. Besides these
mountains, Wyoming has 81 other
named peaks upwards of $4,000 feet
in height and some 40 unnamed
mountains which exceed that altl-
tude. An interesting story might be
written of the thousands of lofty I'M
named mountain peaks of the west
which are nearly double the height
of the very highest mountains in the
entire Appalachian mountain system
in the eastern portion of the country.
Colorado alone has dozen of noun
tains without name which are more
than double the height of u most
lofty eastern mountains.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
NEW CURE FOR LEAD POISON.

The frequency and seriousness of
lead poisoning in the mining and dry
milling of ores containing oxidized
lead minerals, makes pertinent men,
zion of any progress reported in the
cure or palliation of this ill. OF
particular interest, from it's unusual
nature, is a treatment reported to
have been recently called to the at
tention of the Royal Institute of
Public Health in London. A work
man suffering from lead poisoning
was placed in an e~lectrolytic bath
and e~lectrolyzed. 1t is stated that,
after three or four baths, the NOR
bid symptoms disappeared, while
lead was found in the water and on
the electrode. If the method proves
successful in general applicat on,
lead-ore miners and mill employees,
as well as painters and other work.
men who run the risk of lead poison
ing. will feel relieved that the ter
ror of their employment has been re-
moved.-Mining World.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
PERMANENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT
NOW OBTAINS OVER THE CANAL ZONE

PANAMA, April 1.-The Panama
cana zone began business today I'M
der a permanent form of govern
ment.
The isthmian canal commission,
which has governed the zone during
the construction of the waterway,
was dissolved, and a civil admins
tration, semi-military in character,
was established.
Colonel George E. Goethals, by APP
rointment of the president of the
United States, became it's first gov
ernor. His Inauguration was re-
m%arkable. There yer no cere-
monies, no speeches., no display.
In his office on the top of Culebra
hill, overlooking the now famous cut
OF that name, Col. Goethals, chair
man and chief engineer of the 18TH
mian canal commission, simply be-
gan his days work under a new
title-"Governor and chief of the de-
rartment of operation and main
tenance."
In the big cut below, while the
colonel figuratively transferred his
power from one hand to another, the
the foot of Curcaracha slide, and To-
comotives were busy hauling away
more of the daily spoil. Work pro-
crossed as usual along the whole
route of the canal. There were no
extra flags flying, no outward show
CT any kind hat the government OF
the zone was undergoing any
changes. These were changes in
name merely, so far as most of the
canal workers were concerned. Ever
stree Col. Goethals became the guild
ing spirit of the work he has been
the benevolent despot" of the
isthmus, and there are few new faces
in the group of men who have found
q place in the permanent govern
ment.
The list has been announced as
follows:
Engineer of maintenance-Col
Col. Harry f. Hodges, of the army
engineers.
superintendent of Transportation
captain Hugh Rodman, U. S. n.
Electrical engineer-Captain w
II. Rose, of the army engineers.
Captains for the terminal ports
Commander D.. E. Dismukes and
Lieutenant Commander Henry V.
Butler, U. S. N.
superintendent of shops and dry
docks-Naval Constructor d. G. Nut
ting.
/ General purchasing officer-MajOI
VT. c. Boggs, army engineers.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
Mine SUPERINTENDENTS TELL
Of WORK IN COMSTOCK Mines

ore averaging s6.91 to the Mexican
Fill over the tramway.
The Sierra Nevada, aside from
making joint epairs on the 1900
foot level of the Union shaft, has
placed bearers and collar sets,
preparatory to starting the Wine
from the 250O-foot level. They are
also blasting out for the station.
The Savage company, in the winze
in the northwest drift, $50 feet in,
sank for a further distance of 8 feet;
total depth rs feet. One a of ore
was extracted assaying $3.50 per
ton. Two sets of winze timbers were
placed.
The Yellow Jacket mill had a busy
week, 500 tons of ore being received
at the mill bins, and at the mine
bins, 125 tons of Crown Point ore.
General repairs were made to the
shaft and incline.
At the joint Crown Point-Belcher
incline, the incline has been reopen
ed for a distance of 10 feet, and one
set of timbers put in place. The wa
ter now stands at a point 16 feet
below the 1000 station of the incline.
On the 150O-foot level of the Bel
cher, east cross-cut No. g, has been
cleaned out for a distance of 40 feet
and track laid. At the 4O-foot point,
cutting out the ground is in progress,
preparatory to starting a raise. In
raise No. /, located 40 feet in south
drift No. 1. work was carried on at
the sill and first floors. At the sur
face, 80 tons of ore were sent to the
! gloryhole from the shaft.
The Crown Point company deliver
ed to the Jacket company at the
mine bins, 1875 tons of ore averaging
$6.42 per ton. On the 130O-foOt
level, north drift No. 1, was advanc-
ed for a distance of 20 feet and tim.
bered, making a total of los feet,
From this work, 142 cars averaging
$500 per ton were saved. From
raise No. l on this level, 124 cars OF
low grade were recovered.
The west cross-cut started at the
junction of the northeast and south.
west drifts on the 120O-foot level OF
the Overman mine, was extended fol-
eight feet to the 32-foot point, with
the face all in quartz.
At the Confidence-Challenge I'm
perial shaft, the east cross-cut from
the south drift from the shaft station
on the 2O0-foot level, was advanced
to the 12-foot point, with the face
showing porphyry and streaks OF
quartz.
The Caledonia company on the
1200-foOt level, has advanced the
northwest drift IL feet through
quartz of low value; total length 81
feet. Work has been suspended il
the face of this drift, and in the raise
started G75 feet in the drift, work
has been resumed. For the new York
company, on the 12OO-foot level, ir
the east cross-cut at a point 22S feet
in from the shaft, a southeast drift
was advanced 20 feet through quartz
of low assay value.-ChrOnicle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
BENZ. ROSENTHAL NOW
GOLDFIELD POSTMASTER

BENJAMIN Rosenthal today as
sumed the duties of postmaster OF
Goldfield, to which office he was
recently appointed by President VIII
son upon the recommendation OF
United States Senator Francis q.
Newlands and Key Pittman of Ne
vada. Mr.. Rosenthal was formerly
deputy county clerk of Esmerelda
county and chairman of the demo-
cratic county central committee. He
has been prominent here for years.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
THE PURCHASE OF ALASKA
NOW

Today the resources of
Alaska are still unknown,
but the people think so
well of Stewards Ice
Box" that their congress
has voted and their presi-
dent signed a bill for the
expenditure or $35,OOO,-
600 in the building of
1000 miles of railway in
Alaska. Today Alaska
buys some 20,000,O 600
worth of goods from the
United States every year,
and it sends about the
same amount of merchan-
disc to the stf ties. In ad-
dition there has been a
yearly production of near
ly 100000 900 in gold
from Alaska. The popu-
lation, as taken the last
census, is over $4,000
whites and $4,000 nat
ives. Over 1000 miles
of wire communication
have been established,
and some 500 miles of
railway already built. as
we'll as over 5000 miles
of highway and trails.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04

Exploration work has been carried
forward a distance of twenty-four
feet on the 2350-foot level of the
Ophir mine the past week, and the
advance made in both the Hardy and
East veins, shows a very strong for
nation in both places, but with the
value of the ore running along a
lower average for the week. The
ore saved from this level, was los
mining cars of an average assay
value of S13.56 per ton. The east
vein drift was advanced 16 feet for
the week, to the 50-foot point, and
the Hardy vein eight feet, to the As
foot point. The strength shown by
the veins as exposed this week, con-
tinues to make the general situation
in the mine of a favorable and en-
couraging character, with the
chances good for better values APP
pearing in both veins further ahead.
On the %24OO9-foot level, the pros
pecting carried on has been of an in
teresting nature, for at a point As
feet in the seat cross-cut from the
main southwest drift, drifting in a
n%ortheasterly course has been under
way on the vein, and extended 10
feet; total length from the south
west drift GA feet. Twenty cars
averaging $500 were taken from
this work. The total ore recovery
Tor the week was 125 mining cars of
an average assay value of $12.72 per
ton.
The Consolidated Virginia on the
25OO-foot level has extended the
northeast drift, started on the ore
vein at a point 1873 feet in the east
c,oss-cut from the shaft station, a
distance of rs feet; total length loo
feet. The face is in pOrphyry and
quartz stringers, the quartz giving
assays of six bits a ton. Necessary
repairs were made to the main shaft,
The report of the United COmstock
Pumping Association for the past
week, shows that the pumps ran sue
cessfully at the different stations.
and held the water at all points. A
new device for operating the shift
ers on the Starrett pumps, a walking
beam a~ctuated by water power, has
been installed, and is a big improve
meDt over the feed pump that has
been doing this work. In the north
drift from the $500 station of the
Con. Virginia winZe, three tunnel
sets of timbers were placed, and a
ditch dug in this drift.
The Mexican mill ran 81 per cent
of the time, and crushed $50 tons OF
Mexican ore of an average assay
value of $4.43 per ton, and 1927 tons
of Monte Cristo ore of an average
assay value of $6.91 per ton, with
an apparent extraction of SO pei
cent. Jointly with the Union and
Sierra Nevada, necessary repairs
were completed on the 16OO-fOot
level of the Union shaft.
The Monte Cristo hoisted GOT cars
of ore from the different slopes in
the mine, and shipped 1927 tons OF
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-04
THEN

FOrty-Seven years ago
the United States pur-
chased Russian America,
a tract as large as the
Atlantic states put to-
gether, for $1,000, 600.
The bargain was widely
ridiculed. The tract was
called Stewards Ice Box
after Secretary of State
Seward who was largely
responsible for the pur-
chase. The United States
gave it the name Alaska
"a corruption of the ma
tive Al-ay-eska, meaning
"a great country" The
inhabitants numbered a
few hundred whites and a
few thousand natives.
There were no ROADS,
commerce was confined to
fishing and sealing, to the
extent of $2,00O,0 600 a
year. The people laughed,
but Secretary Seward died
with the prediction that
another generation would
say the purchase of Alas
ka was the greatest &C
complishment of his ad-
ministratiOn.