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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
RICH SILVER CONTINUES
IN NEW YORK NINE

The pay-streak in the west drift
from the main shaft in the Watt
mine, at New York canyon is hold
ing it's values since the report of a
week ago. Proof sufficient is the
a~ssayer's certificate, which from
two carefully averaged samples
gives returns of $97G.50 and ST.
142 per ton. This is figuring sill
yer at SO cents an ounce.
The progress made the past week
in the drift has been slow owing to
hard ground and the fact that but
one shift has been working.
The rich pay dirt continues to
average from three to foul inches in
width. After some little further
drifting on the ledge, stopping will
be started, after which the leasers
expect to be inside the money. =
Austin Dew sille.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
ELKO PAPER REPORTS
NEW COPPER STRIKE

c. E. Woodward of Mountain City,
arrived in the city yesterday with a
lot of ore for assay. The ore was
found on the property of Riordan
and Alexander on Van Duzer creek,
better known as the old Smith claim,
which assayed proved to be rich,
very rich, in copper besides run
ming from 33 cents to $1.20 in gold
and twenty in silver. Mr..
Woodward says that the strike is the
best that he has ever seen and he has
had considerable experience in min
ing. The vein runs as wide at 100
feet in several places, and no better
ore can be found anywhere. He is
satisfied that it will prove to be n
of the greatest strikes ever seen in
this part of the west. The local as
say office shows the ore to be of the
highest quality and the property
gives promise of being another Ely.
if the proper capital can be inter
ested in the matter. Mr.. Woodward
who owns some placer property on
Cobb creek, a tributary to Van Du-
ger, will remain in the city until to-
morrow before returning to his
home.-Elko Independent.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
EXPERIMENTS WITH
OIL FLOTATTON PROCESS

Experiments in the new oil flo
tation pocess of concentration are
being steadily carried on at the
Steptoe plant of the Nevada Con-,
and are said to be highly satisfact-
DRY. A large consignment Of new
equipment for experiments was re-
Gently received at the Steptoe con-
contractor. The experiment plant in
connection with n section Of the
concentrator is fitted up, and ore
is handled in large quantities so that
the experiments are practical demon
STATIONS of the capabilities of the
process. Aside from ~effecting an
additional saving in values the oil
flotation process may provide a
means of cutting u a part of the
present concentrating system and
thus still further reducing costs. -
Ely Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
WILL OPEN PROPERTIES
AT WELLINGTON, NEVADA

Plans are being laid for the de-
velopment of the Happy New Year
group at Wellington, New, under
the management of Fred A. Fair OF
Boulder, Colo. president of the Or
ganizers' Consolidated Gold Mines
Mr.. Fair was recently
elected surveyor of Boulder county.
These properties were first develop
ed during the Nevada boom, but
have recently been idle except for
the work necessary to protect title.
According to a report by Mr.. Fair,
the showings in the present work.
ings give promise of a coming mine
of exceptional Importance. The
Happy New Year group OF claims
are developed by two shafts, one
having a depth of 125 feet and the
other 1O5 feet. The properties are
located twenty-six miles from Gold
field and twenty miles from the Las
Vegas railway. The camp of We'll
lington lies eleven miles from Gao
tus springs and the first locations
were made in 1904. In addition to
President Fair, the company's Off
GERS are M. B. Tombin, president OF
the Boulder County Metal Miners
association, who is vice president,
and Dudley A. Degge, secretary.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
T

The following is a list of letters
remaining unclaimed in the Goldfield
post office up to and including the
week ending November 26th, 1914.
When calling for the same please say
Advertised"
Mr.. Jack Banta; Mr.. Sam Black
more; Mrs. E. Beaver.
Walter e. Dowles.
Mr.. John S. Foster; Mr.. VIM. Fair
BARN "a; Mr. David Fitzwater.
Mrs. j. P. Gallagher; Senior Juan
CULLEN.
j. B. Happen; Mr.. Frank Hicks:
Mr.. Will Hayes.
Vase Krivokapich.
Mr.. ]. e. Lucey.
]. l.. Masters; Miss Maggie Moon
ey; Mr.. VIM. H. Mott; Mr.. Chas
Moffitt; Mr.. H. Moore.
Mr.. John E. Peterson CD; Mr.
Joseph Page.
Mr.. William Rainey.
Mrs. Josie Smith; Mr.. Chas F.
Salter.
Mr.. Top'l,z; Mr.. Henry Thomp-
son (2).
Mr.. Chas. Young.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
ENCOUNTERS STREAK
OF HIGH GRADE ORE
SEVEN TROUGHS COALITION CO.,
CUTS RICH VEIN IN SINK
ING WINE

In sinking the winze below the
1,3O0-foot level of the Seven Troughs
Coalition property there was recently
encountered an eight-inch vein that
carried values between $500 and
$500 to the ton in gold, said PresI-
dent l.. A. Friedman yesterday in dis
cussing the physical condition of that
property. No attempt has been made
to follow the new vein, as it is the
purpose of the management to block
out the ore lying below the 1900
foot level.
A tonnage of gold ore is being
extracted at the mine that is return
ing the company a very gratifying
profit. During the month of October
amounted to $42,96O. The ore is CT
a free-milling nature and by amalga-
nation and concentration a recovery
of SO per cent of the values is being
maintained.
Considerable ore has been blocked
out above the 1,300-foot level, the
vein averaging in width all the way
from tour and one-half feet to nine
feet on the 400-foot level. The ore
that is being broken in the mine and
sent to the mill returns an average
gold content Of 1925 to the ton. In
discussing the average content for
fifteen months, dating from Jan. 1,
1912, President Friedman said that
the ore milled since that time re-
turned on the average $1S4.60 to
the ton and carrying ounce for ounce
in geld and silver.
Asked regarding his opinion of the
present silver market, President
Friedman asserted that he believed
the white metal would advance to at
least So cents an ounce by the first
of the year. He could find no rea-
son, he said, for the present low
prices in view of the curtailed pro-
duction of the copper mines and the
lead and silver mines as WE'LL Salt
Lake Tribune.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
CASH BOY R~EORGANIZED

A. S. Ross, prominent mine opera
tor of Idaho and Utah, with head
quarters in Salt Lake City, and E.
H. Mead, operating in Tonopah,
were in Carson yesterday perfecting
the organization of the Tonopah
Cash Boy Consolidated Mining COM
pany. Articles of incorporation
were filed with the secretary of state
naming Carson City as the principal
place of business. The company is
capitalized with 1000, 900 shares at
81 each, and will operate the prop
erty of the old Tonopah Cash Boy
located in the western zone of the
Tonopah district. A. S. Ross, Geo.
B. Thatcher, E. H. Mead, M. M. john
son and H. S. Knight are the direct
ors of the new corporation, and
Johnothan Payne of Carson City is
resident agent.-Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
AGED PROSPECTOR HURT
IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT

Mike Drum, an aged prOspector
and mining operator, ~as seriously
injured Sunday afternoon when
accident near his camp in the Gold
Mountain district. th~irty-five miles
south of Goldfield. Friends found
him on the roadside in an c
scious condition. He vas hurried to
Goldfeld, where an Examination by
County Physician Mccarthy reveal
ed the fact that he was suffering
from a badly ~lacerated scalp. He is
reported to be rapidly recovering.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
OLD CAMP OF BELMONT
SOON TO Be REVIVED

The famous old mining camp OF
Belmont, New. is to take on a new
period of activity, and the old mines
are to be reopened. The Nevada
California Power company is
now talking of extending the trans
mission lines from Tonopah, by
the way of Manhattan, to Belmont.
The history of this old camp is
very interesting. 1t was discovered
before the building of the Union
Pacific railroad, and was known in
its early history as Silver Bend.
Later the name was changed to Bel
mont, and it was the county seat of
Nye county until 1904, at which
time the county seat was moved to
Tonopah. Belmont was $50 miles
from the main line of the Central
Pacific and about "a miles from
Austin, New, which was on a branch
line. There was no opportunity for
water power in the vicinity, and so
steam power was used-made by
burning sage brush and scrub pine
under the boilers. This fuel was
carried into Belmont on pack ami
mails and was sold in early days for
SO a load-a load being what n
burro could carry. Several big mills
and chlorination works were built,
and brick furnaces and smoke stacks
were erected. 1t is said that the
bricks for these were hauled from
Kansas City, and that they cost 81
apiece by the time they landed in
Belmont. Even with all this expense
Belmont produced much profitable
ore and boosted a population of be-
tween 5000 and 10000 people at
n time.
Among the mines of the district
there is none more than 500 or
600 feet deep. and at the present
time all are filled with water. 1t is
now planned to unwater and reopen
the mines, using electric power, and
with the modern methods of mining
and milling hundreds of thousands
of IONS of low grade ore will be
Notwithstanding World.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Sentenced for Theft.

Frank Smith, who was arrested
some time 6 on a charge of steal
ing Harry Claussen's Sunday suit of
clothes in Reno while they were be-
line, was recently sentenced to
serve ninety days in the county Jail
by Justice Davis. Smith claimed that
he bought the suit for 81 from a
man he met on the street. He was
given twenty-four hours to produce
the seller and failing to do so re-
ceived the above sentence.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
STILL SHIPPING ORE
FROM HAMILTON MINES

The Hamilton Power, Milling and
Transportation company last week
sent out it's fourth car of lead-sil-
yer ore to the smelters of Salt Lake
valley. The management was be-
coming somewhat discouraged with
the low price paid for lead, but since
the recent rise in the market it sees
the way clear for continued activ-
ity. The recent rise in the price of
lead will make a difference of
than $3.50 per car o the ore shipped
which is encouraging-Ely Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Outbreak of Hog Disease,

An outbreak in Nevada of a pecul-
lar mouth disease of hogs was the
signal for a hurried inspection by
DR.. w. b.. Clark of the state quar-
antine board. 1t was pronounced
that the disease, while similar to
some phases of the foot and mouth
disease lately found to be prevalent
throughout the United States, was
not the same as hat for which cat
tie are being quarantined.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Ore Is Stolen

During the absence of Jacob b.
Anderson one of the heavy owrars
of the Golden Scepter property in
the Quo Vadis district near Las
Vegas. a daring raid was made or
the high grade ore accumulated at
the mine. Much of teh ore, said to
be worth $50 per pound. was taken
by the thieves. whose identity is I'M
known.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
STATE NEWS
Woman In

Don st. Clair, a woman of the
Reno restricted district, robbed a
Southern Pacific passenger of a
purse, a watch and s14 in cash, &C
cording to a complaint of petty lar
ceny filed recently. 1t is said she
took the morning eastbound train to
Sparks, and it is alleged entered the
westbound train and picked up the
valuables. She then started to walk
from Sparks to Reno but was met by
the police patrol.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Freezes to Death.

sic. went to Eureka recently and
secured a demijohn of whiskey,
drank a liberal portion of it, and
then laid down on a acant lot to
eep it off. The night, however,
was extremely cold, the thermome-
ter dropping below zero, and the
next morning when the Indians were
discovered the squaw was dead and
Teveral hours of work was requir-
ed before the buck could be resusi-
Gated. The squaw's sister met iden-
tically the same fate several years
ago.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
TOnOpah Miner Hurt

While working in the West End
mine recently Frank Puncochar was
painfully injured by the explosion of
a box of caps which he was handling
in preparing primes. The caps fell
on his foot and particles of the cop
per was shot into the flesh. The in
jured man was taken to Reno for
treatment by a specialist.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
May Oppose Action

Friends of State Engineer Will
liam Kearney are discussing the pos
sibility Of his %contesting the APP
pointment of David Hayes as his sue
cessor by Governor-elect Boyle on
the ground that his term of office
will not expire until March 22, 1917.
The statute fixes the term at four
years unless the state engineer Is re-
moved for cause
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
ElkO's First Snowfall

Elko county experienced it's FIRST
snowfall of the year recently. t
will mean thousands CT dollars 70
the livestock inca OF the county. Who
state that this has 3een the drycst
year in their memory. The :uer-
curry has drCnDcd to zero AID the
weather conditio m Sive promise of
a heavy snowfall.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05

train near Roseville, Cal. on war
rants issued in San Francisco charg-
ing violations of the state poison
law. Sandmeyer is accused of
having shipped approximately $780,
900 worth of narcotic drugs into
California within the past year. He
is a prominent citizen of Reno and is
president of the Nevada Good Roads
association.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Of SILvERf|tlD
HAS SOME GOOD ORE

Gurley Jones and David Long ar
rived in Tonopah Tuesday evening
from their camp at Silverfield says
the Tonopah Miner. They report
that conditions at the different pros
poets in their vicinity are very en-
c%ouraging and particularly so where
they are working on the claims of
the Nevada Winner Mining company.
Messrs. Jones and Long have been
handicapped by a lack of money in
their operations, but in spite of that
fact the grade of ore OF the prop
erty is such that the have succeeded
in making expenses and a living by
shipments of high grade ore which
they have sem out from time to
time. They realize fully, however,
that they should have a mill on the
property to treat the lower grade
ores in order to make real money,
and they hope to be provided in this
respect within a short time The ore
is practically free milling, and the
values occur in a proportion of one
fourth in gold and three-fourths il
silver.
On the Nevada Whine there are
several parallel veins on which more
or less development has been done,
the deepest working being a shaft
sunk in the country rock which is
now 160 feet deep. At the 125-foot
point a small vein which is parallel
to the main vein was cut and it car
ries very good ore. Some develop
ment was done on this vein and
shipments made, the first one of
which returned values of SITS per
ton, of which $40 was in gold and
the balance in silver, the silver cal
culated at the then prevailing price
of 50 cents per ounce.
On the main vein the shaft is
down As feet and at that point the
vein is foul feet wide. A good por-
ton of this vein will average $50
per ton but the high grade has been
sorted and from time to time small
shipments have been made. One of
these went 1920 per ton, of which
$96 represented the gold values. An
other went 1916 a ton and still an
other $500.
Another vein 400 feet distant has
beef opened up which was only five
or six inches in width on the surface
but at a depth of forty feet it has
widened out to nearly four feet.
Over 200 tons of ore from this vein
were milled in the Goldyke mill
some time ago by leasers that were
working on the property. The ore
returned values of $50 a ton from
the plates alone. At other times
something like about one hundred
tons were shipped by wagon to Soda
vile and this shipment, being sorted
more closely, returned values of SIS
per ton.
A popularity in regard to the ore
which has been milled is that it has
never returned less than one ounce
in gold values to the ton. In the
higher grade ores, as before stated,
the values are about one-fourth gold
and three-fourths silver. but in the
lower grades the gold values pre-
dominate.
Messrs. Jones and Long now have
nearly a carload of ore on the
dump which will go better than 800
per ton and a shipment will be made
shortly.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Burke Receives Plum.

According to a statement made by
Governor-elect Emmett d. Boyle, A..
A. Burke, sheriff of Washoe coun-
ty, will receive the position of sup
e%rintendent of state police at the
beginning of his term January /.
David Hayes will be the next state
engineer and Smith, who has work.
ed with Boyle in his engineering
work, will probably be the govern
or's secretary.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Ashes are

Ten milligrams of radium bromide
having an aggregate value of $1,000
were recovered recently from a kitch-
en- stove by DR.. Raymond st. Clair,
a Reno surgeon, and he now faces
the problem of sitting the radium
from the ashes, a thing, it is said
that cannot be done by any other
than a radium factory in Germany.
The substance contained in a cap
sule was mislaid after it's use and
thrown into the stove with
gauze bandages.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Preliminary Examination Held.

In the preliminary examination of
Stanley Abbott and Thelma Lee for
violation of the Mann act, their fou:
alleged victims testified that they
paid their own fares from Broise to
Winnemucca. Evidence as to the
renting of the house by the Lee
woman was lacking as the chief wit
ness for the prosecution could not
be found.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
ROCHESTER
IS MAKING GOOD
A. A. CODD BRINGS ENCOURAGE
ING REPORTS OF DEVELOP
MENT OF MINES

A. A. Codd returned yesterday
from a brief trip to Rochester.
where he went to inspect progress
on the Codd lease and the Nevada
Short Line railroad which Is con-
structing into that camp and will
soon be completed says the Reno
Journal. Mr.. Codd states that the
laying of track up Rochester canyon
will be finished to he Rochester
Mines company mill by Dec. 10, and
that by the first of the new year he
expects to have the road completed
to the terminal in upper Rochester
which is within a short distance of
the big mine.
From the upper terminal a wire
tramway will be constructed up the
hill to the mines for the purpose OF
transporting the ore with out the
necessity of continuing the railroad
along almost prohibitive grades to
reach the mines. Big ore bins will
be constructed at the junction of the
tramway and railroad, and the ore
will be automatically dumped into
the bins as it comes down the hill,
and from there will be drawn off
into the ore cars of the railroad.
The shipping ore will be conveyed
to the Southern Pacific railroad at
Oreana for transportation to Salt
Lake City, and milling ore can be de-
livered directly to the new mill that
it now being constructed between
upper and lower Rochester by the
Rochester Mines company. A new
organization headed by l.. A. Fried
man, the famous mining man of Sew
en- Troughs, has recently taken over
the interests of Cowan and other
Salt Lake mining men, in the mill
and the Rochester Mines company,
and will speedily carry OF the big
work so we'll ~inaugurated by Mr..
Cowan and his associates. 1t is be-
lieved that the new mill will be ready
for operation not later than Febru-
airy /.
Some new equipment, including a
Shea engine, will soon be added to
the transportation facilities of the
COdd railroad, which will then be
able to handle all the ore the camp
can produce.
Mr.. Codd expresses himself as
highly pleased with the present
showing of the entire camp and Of
the Codd lease in particular. The
new vein opened some time ago by
a oroCCnrf ON tho Am foot laval foS
showing a large body of $500 ore,
which continues strong with devel-
opment. and a good production is be-
ing made from four different work.
ings in the mine.
Some excellent discoveries have
recently been made in the Lincoln
hill section of the camp, adjoining
the lower town. Cliff de Lorme and
associates are turning out some nice
gold bricks from their two-stamp
mill, the production amounting to
about $4,000 per week.
On the Buck and Charley proper
ty a splendid production is being
made from the ain workings, and
several leases are also making a
good showing.
Good progress is being made in
construction of the electric power
line of the Nevada Valleys Power
company from Lahontan to Roches-
ter. the poles already being set from
Lahontan to Lovelock.
Mr.. Good is thoroughly optimistic
as to the future of the camp, and
believes that its best days are soon
to dawn, with the completion of the
railroad, the big mill, and the cleo
trio power line.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Sell Horse Meat

When accused of stealing cattle
and selling the meat through
butcher shops in Ely, Thomas Eli
son and Jacob Stark proved that
the accusation was false by introduce
ing testimony that they had been
disposing of horse meat and not beef.
as was supposed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Makes Bad Haul.

James Brown, colored, returned
to the Humboldt county court house
after being released from a ninety
day Jail sentence and crawled
through the transom of the treasur-
er's office. He found $4,000 in
paid warrants in the drawer but was
captured before he could get away
with the swag.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Trial is Begun.

The trial of Fred Wilson, clerk
of the Clarendon hotel in Reno.
on a charge of killing George
Wade, Japanese proprietor of the
Southern Pacific cafe, was began
in the district court of WashCe
county recently. Only five jurymen
had been impaneled during the first
session.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Nav BE Insane.

Mrs. Rudolph Jensen who recent
ly confessed to the killing of her
husband, a prominent rancher
near Reno, as he was returning from
a hunting trip, will be tried either on
a charge of criminal insanity or SIM
pie insanity as the district attorney
is convinced that the woman's mind
is unbalanced.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Tragedy at Las Vegas.

Dan Castellana, a half-breed Ital-
ian, who has been hanging around
the red-light district at Las Vegas
since his arrival in that city a few
weeks ago, recently shot Lillian
Roberts, an inmate of the tenderloin,
and then turned the gun on himself,
the bullet passing through his heart
killing him instantly. The woman
will probably ecover. The motive
for the attempted murder and sui
eide is not known.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-05
Mysterious Ranch Fires

Two fires of mysterious origin have
occurred on ranches in the vicinity
of Reno recently. The first was the
burning of the ranch house of L..
Raffetto, and the second was the de-
structiOn of the barn of Edwin
Plumb. The damage amounted to
$4,000.