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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
SEEKERS
80 LEAVE FOR UTAH
NEW STRIKE CREATES MUCH
EXCITEMENT IN SILVER
CAMP

The reported strike of high grade
gold quartz in Beaver county, Utah,
just over the line from Lincoln coun-
comment last night around town,
says the Tonopah Bonanza. Local
ly there was not much enthusiasm,
but Goldfield men seem to have been
aroused by ne reports, which they
accepted without question. Some
thirty tickets were sold yesterday to
various points along the Clark road
where stages could be had to the
scene of the supposed find and a few
Eel out by machines. This morning
at daybreak Bob Govan hit the trail
by auto just to satisfy himself of the
facts first hand. He took no n ex-
cept Bob, the porter of the Mizpah
hotel, and expected to reach his des-
tination about 6 O'Clock this even
ing.
Beaver county has been the scene
of several rushes, the most notorious
of which was 25 years ago during the
Silver Reef excitement, when the dis
trict around Milford was staked out.
Most of these claims have been aban-
doned and it is on the old locations
that tho best ore is said to have been
found. Manager Hewitt of the Gold
field hotel told Bob Govan that his
advices were to the effect that assays
ranging from $500 to $500 we're
taken by the first locators two weeks
ago, but whether this result was OBJ
tanned from picked samples or were
to be taken as an average the story
did not state. Furthermore it was
said that a townsite had been laid
out and the groupings were SO rich
that the townsite had to be moved to
a less slightly location.
TOnopah people are not inclined to
be credulous over the highly colored
stories, as it is said that the reports
were circulated here two years ago
by a prospector, who failed to ge,
anybody interested. Then he went to
work in TonOpah Extension mill.
where he remained until several
turned about six weeks ago with a
renewal of the old report, but failed
to awaken any interest in the state
ments of wealth laying loose around
Beaver county. Then he managed to
interest a group of Goldfeld men and
the developments of yesterday are the
sequel.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
REPORT OF NEVADA
SMELLING AND MINES

Report of the Nevada Smelling and
Mines corporation for the year end
ing March 81 last shows total re-
ceipts of $4,227; total expenditures.
$3,667; balances March 81, $3.50.
The report states that the manage
ment is still hopeful that the rail
road necessary to. the successful oper-
alton of the Typo properties of the
company will ultimately be built.
The Nevada company owns 277,O00
shares out of a total of ~3,05S,775 of
capital stock of the Greenwater Cop
per Mines and Smelling company
The report of the Greenwater
company shows that the cost of the
mill on the supply property to date
was $29,195, and disbursements dur
ing the calendar year for equipment,
development, royalties, ETC., in o n
nection with the Dale properties.
amounted to $49,29S. Proceeds
from the sale of bullion, $73.664, and
total cash assets of the company and
subsidiaries on December 81 was
SGT .923.-Ely Expositor.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
MILL ON GOLD CHIEF
PROPERTY BIG SUCCESS

David B. Gemmill. consulting en-
gineer of the Gold Chief Mining Co.,
returned yesterday from a trip to Los
Angeles, where he said he found con-
siderable interest being taken in this
camp.
On his way home Mr.. Gemmill
spent a day at the Gold Chief to
check I'D the work done in his alb
sence and reports having found
everything in good shape. Since the
mill was placed in commission early
in the month 20 tanks of ore, or
about 500 tons, have been treated,
resulting in very satisfactory returns.
The ore averaged about sc to the ton,
the tails running from 80 cents to
81 per ton.
HI. w. Rand, secretary and man
lager of the company, left Thursday
for his home in Portland, but expects
to return in the near future.
Mr.. Gemmill was accompanied by
Mr.. Cloyd, a Los Angeles mining en-
gineer, who has come to assist him
in making an examination OF the
Mendha mine.-PiOche Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
TIMBER BUTTE Mill
cLASSED As UNIQUE
EDITOR OF ENGINEERING AND
MINING JOURNAL GIVES
VIEWS OF PLANT.

w. R. ingalls,, editor and staff
correspondent as we'll for the Engin-
eering and Mining Journal, gives his
impressions of the new mill in the
course of erection by the Timber
Butte Milling company as follows:
Another new plant in the Butte
district that is nearly completed, is
that of the Timber Butte Milling
company. erected on the slope of
Timber Butte, out beyond old Colusa
works. This Is an enterprise of Sen
ator Clark and is to treat the zinc
ore of his Elm Orul mine. 1t will
use the Minerals Separations flOta-
ton process. and in the main the sys-
tenn is similar to that of the Butte
& Superior. However, the flow sheet
is more simple and ,ne design and
construction of the mill are less
mussy. In one respect there is great
similarity, viz, the selection of a
steep hillside as the site. Commiser-
alton may be expressed for the mill
man who has to climb from top to
bottom of thse mills several times a
day.
THE Timber Butte mill is unique
in several things. The coarse crush
ing plant is at the foot of the hill.
The ore goes thence to the top of the
mill by a long belt c%onveyor. In the
mill building reinforced concrete has
been extensively used. The long
cnonc thIC nondn norro icCih1o oiun tho
interior a neat, cOmmodious and light
arrangement, unObstructed by III
merous posts, braces, etc. This is
advantageous in many respects. Con-
crete floors are built. generally
throughout the mill. They are not
only strong and clearly. but they af-
ford excellent foundations for the
concentrating tables. The designers
figure that saving in repairs of the
tables will soon pay for the cost of
the floors. Beneath the floors there
are ample tunnels and conduits for
flow of tailings. concentrates, etc,
and the elevator pits are exception
ally roomy.
"The machinery equipment Of the
mill consists essentially of Hardinge
conical mills, Atkins classifiers, Wifi
ley tables and James tables. There
are tow flotation units. 80 aifta
'The Timber Butte mfll is consid-
cred to be nominalIy Of 400 tons
daily capacity. 1t is expected to make
something like $500 tons of blende
concentrates per month and to be in
operation early in June"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
CHARTERS SPECIAL TRAIN

Mr.. Jac6ling, heavily interested in
the mining companies of Ely, was
slightly disconnected last night when
he arrived in Reno and found that
train No. A that he was expecting to
go east on had been called as a re-
suit of the new time card, says the
Sparks Tribune. Business of utmost
importance requiring his presence in
the copper camp, Mr.. Jackling wasted
no time but at once chartered a spe-
cial train to take him to Cobre' where
he could make connections with the
Nevada Northern. Very little time
was lost in getting the engine ready
and the private car of the mining
magnate was attached and the train
was on it's way.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
GENERAL CONDITIONS IN Mines
ON C0MSTOCK SHOW PROGRESS

Mining operations along the Com
stocE lode are proceeding, as usual
this week, with general conditions
showing good progress. and work in
several of the properties at a very in
teresting stage, says the Virginia
Chronicle. The Ophir company on
the ~2,35O-fooi level is continuing the
stopping on the secono, third and
fourth floors of the stope, and a
good sixed tonnage is being extracted
daily and shipped to the mill. The
two-compartment raise started from
the end of the east crosscut on the
2,400-foot level has been continued
to a point of connection with the
1850 stope, and timbering up has
been in progress all week. The ore
recovery will probably show about
the same tonnage as last week, with
values of about the same grade. At
the Central tunnel, work has been
completed laying track to the waste
dump. and timbering up around the
mouth of the tunnel is 10Y well un-
derway, preparatory to %reopening the
tunnel back to the low grade ore re-
serves left from the early day work
ings.
Consolidated Virginia on the $500
foot level, is advancing the north
east drift from the east crosscut from
the shaft along the course of the
hanging wall formation, with the face
showing s%tringers of quartz of low
assay value.
The United Comstock Pumping as
ISOLATION is performing routine work
at the G. & G. shaft, ana reports
pumping operations as proceeding
satisfactorily, with the water being
readily cared for on the different
levels.
At the Sierra Nevada mine, sinking
the $500 winze below that level has
been continued, and reports indicate
generally improving formation, with
the vein showing good strength. Dur
ing the past few days, the winze has
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
HUMBOLDT CON.
STRIKES VEIN
LONG CROSSCUT TUNNEL SHOWS
THREE AND HALF FEET
OF QUARTZ

The vein has been cut in the long
tunnel of the Humboldt Consolidated
Mines company's property in
Wright's canyon, says the Lovelock
Review Miner.
Word has been received from John
B. Newman, engineer in charge of
the development of this mine, that
the vein proves to be five feet wide
and the quartz in the breast is fully
three and one-half feet wide. The
values are not very big so far but
it is expected when drifting is done
toward the east to the contact of the
black dykewith the 'porphyry the ore
shoot will be uncovered.
The vein was struck on the con
tact with the rhyolite and the
quartzite and is said to be a true fis-
sure vein with two good smooth
walls and standing perpendicularly.
1t has been widening with every
half feet wide to it's present dimen-
sions of five feet and improves in
appearance continually, now showing
much impregnatiOn of bromide
stains.
The tunnel which this company
has been running to strike their east
vein at a depth of 600 feet is said
to be the longest one of it's kind in
Nevada, and the results are very
gratifying in that in proves con
clusively hat the vein goes down.
Following is Mr.. Newman's report to
the company:
THE vein continues to improve in
appearance. Today the quartz in the
breast was three and one-half feet
wide and the vein five feet. 1t is be-
ginning to be impregnated with spots
of bromide stains and looks very
good. From the looks of things in
the vein now l look for an Orebody
most any round. The vein is a assure
and has two good walls. | believe
that ahead of us we are going to have
some good luck. We are making a
foot a day in the vein now l feel
sure there is a good body of ore
ahead of u.s."
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30

passed through a high grade streak
in the southeast corne of the winZe.
which shows the possibilities of this
work, as greater depth is attained.
The material taken from the bottom
of the winze on the last round was
saved for wedge rock.
The Duval lease on the Chollar
groupings, is shipping regularly to
the Buffers plant, and the usual ton
mage maintained of low grade ore.
The Comstock-Phoenix is pushing
ahead development work in the mine,
with conditions generally favorable.
In the Gold Hill section, the yell
low Jacket. Crown Point anu Belcher
companies are holding the water in
the joint incline at a point about 70
feet below the 1000 station, and
have now practically completed the
timbering up of the 1900 station. On
the .~1,50O-foot level. driving south
through heavy ground is being con-
tinued to make air connection with
the Belcher incline. The Crown
Point company on the 1.300-foot lev
ell. is extracting a large tonnage OF
milling ore from the raise, and ship
! ping to the Yellow Jacket mill. The
latter plant is running one-half on
Jacket dump rock, and one-half on
Point ore. Preliminary work has
started at the Jacket mill preparatory
to installing new cyanide plant, foun.
dations put in and other necessary
work performed.
The Overman company on the l..
300-foot level continues clearing on,
the level, and improving the ventil.
alton. Work has started opening and
clearing out the northwest drift.
! The Caledonia company is proceed.
ing with the cutting out and timber.
ing up the station at the point of con
n~ection of the raise from the 1900
with the ~1.100-foot level.
On the 2O0-foot level of the Conf.
observation-disclosures shaft, the
south drift is being extended through
porphyry and streak of quartz.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
LEWIS CANYON
MINERS Active
DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN
CONSISTENTLY UNDER WAY
OVER YEAE.

Besides the activity In the Starr
and Grove property in Lewis canyon,
IL miles south of Battle Mountain
there is another group of claims on
the same vein of which little has
been published. We refer to the
Ruby Silver company's property, says
the Scout.
George w. Abel has been hard at
work for over n and one-half years
developing the claims and has done
1,400 feet of dril ing. sinking and
raising. This work consists of an
upper tunnel and a winze down 10
feet. A lower tunnel which is now
in 900 foot and which cut the vein at
$50 feet. From the lower tunnel he
is now raising on the ore. This tun-
mel cuts the vein. at q depth of-4OO
feet below the groupings and 247 feet
below the upper workings.
The one varies lin width from 2ato
20 feet and runs way up into the
hundreds. Last summer a test lot of
4 carloads was shipped which netted
$7,400. The one is high grade silver
sulphide carrying considerable ruby
silver.
Mr.. Abel has been putting his
w money into the property and has
expended between 80 and 40 thou
sand dollars. He claims to have at
present in sight $500. 900 in high
grade milling ore.
The property is equipped with air
compressor and drills, two, black
smith shops, dwelling houses, etc.
Good roads lead to all the workings
and buildings.
The construction of a mill is to be
begun within 60 days; oil fuel will
be used. There is more than suf-
ficient water now running from the
lower tunnel to supply a mill of large
capacity.
When the Starr and Grove and the
Ruby company get to shipping ore
we will see daily strings of ore teams
coming into town to remind us that
the good old days are coming back
to us.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
MINING COMPANY BEGINS
FRIENDLY COURT ACTION

The Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold
Mining company has instituted In
proceedings against the Nevada. Tax
Commission and Joseph Hamilton,
w. A. ingalls, and Clyde P. Johnson.
as clerk, assessor and auditor of Es-
meralda county, respectively, to COM
pei Johnson to carry out the order
of the tax commission to reduce the
assessment of its property for 1913
from, $324,000 to $291.000. The
proceedings are of a friendly ma
ture. ~ .a so
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
MINING SUIT BEING ON
TRIAL IN DISTRICT COURT

The suit of the Atlanta Mines COM
pany against the Precious Metals
Mines company is being tried in the
district court. The suit was brought
by the Atlanta Mines company for
the forfeiture of the lease of the
Precious Metals company on the At
lanta ground. Attorneys Hoyt, Glib
bons and Henley appeared for the
plaintiff and Detch and Tilden for the
defendant. Judge Coleman of Ely is
presiding.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
COAL OUTPUT IN
UTAH RUNS HIGH
MORE THAN THREE AND A QUAR-
TER MILLION TONS MINED
in 1913

The production of coal in Utah in
1913 was 3,254,S2S short tons, with
a value at the mines of $5,3S4,127,
according to e. w. Parker of the
United States Geological Survey. In
1912, for the first time. Utah's coal
production exceeded 5000, 600 tons,
the output in that year amounting to
3,016,149 short tons, valued at S.
O46,451, a gain of more than half a
million ions and of nearly $500, 900
owe 1911. Nearly a quarter of a
million tons was mined in 1918, with
a further increase in value of $337,-
676. In 1912 the industry suffered
from a scarcity of labor due to the
exodus of foreign miners to the scene
of war in the Balkan states, but the
returns for 1913 indicate a plentiful
supply of labor, as an increase of
more than 500 men were employed
in the coal mines compared with the
preceding year.
The increased production in 1918
appears to have been due principally
to activity among the metalliferOus
mines and the smelters, as nearly all
of the increased production was in
the quantity of coal made into coke,
this item alone indicating a gain of
225.561 short tons out of a total in
crease of 23S,679 tons.
Nearly 90 per cent of the total coal
production of Utah is mined in Car
bon county, which contains a large
part of the great Uinta Basin. This
county produced in 1913 2,830,102
short tons. out of a total for the
state of 3,254,82S tons.
The industry was practically free
from labor troubles in 1918, only
n company reporting idleness from
this cause, and only five men being
disaffected. No strikes of any kind
were reported in 1912 and only one
of three days in 1911. Practically
all the mines of the state work eight
hours a day.
According to statistics collected by
the United States Bureau of Mines,
there we're II fatal accidents in the
coal mines of Utah in 1913, a de-
of one from 1912.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
COAL MINING IN MICHIGAN.

Michigan participated in the gen
eral increase in coal production in
1913, mining 1,231,786 short tone,
valued at $2,455,227. according to
figures compiled by E. w. Parker,
of the United States Geological Sur
vey. The increase over 1912 was
25,556 tons in quantity and $55,776
in value. Michigan is an important
manufacturing state, particularly in
the making of furniture and in the
evaporation of salt. The up-to-date
character of the states manufacture
ing establishments is indicated by the
fact that most of them are equipped
With mechanical stokers using slack
coal that is obtained cheaply from
West Virginia and is of better quail
ity than the Michigan product. Mich
igan slack thus becomes a drug on
the market, and the coal mines are
obliged to depend almost exclusively
on the domestic trade, which re-
CURES lump coal. The coal mines
we're practically free from labor
troubles in 1913, a strike of W
men for $50 days being the only one
reported.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
ELY SUPPLIES COPPER
CASE FOR BATTLESHIP

A pure copper case made from the
output of the steam shovel pit of the
Nevada Consolidated at Copper Flat
that the state will present to the
dreadnaught Nevada, one of the
largest of Uncle Sans battleships,
which will soon be launched.-White
Pine News.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
Repeating Station

The Bell Telephone company has
announced that it's station in Nevada
for repeating messages from the east
to California will Dor be moved to
Winnemucca from Reno.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
Killed by Train

While sitting in the shade OF a
box car with his back against M OF
its wheels, N. NJ. Salisbury, who was
beating his way westward, was in
stantly killed in the Western Pacific
freight yards at Elko recently. He
was a member of the Eagles. His
mother in st. Louis was notified.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
To Start PaDer

j. Holman Buck, editor of the
Western Miner at Nina. is preparing
o start a democratic paper in To-
nopah.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-06-23
Guard of Honor to
Escort Miss Siebert

Under a canopy made OF 'o!d
Glory" and supported by bevy OF
young girls dressed in national col
ors, Miss Eleanor Siebert daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred J. Siebert and
niece OF Governor Oddie, will be
escorted to the Virginia and Truckcc
depot this evening to cntrain tor
Reno. from which point, accompan'-
cd by her parents. she will start tor
Quincy. Mass. where on the llth OF
next month she will serve as spOn-
sor at the christening OF the battle
ship Nevada. when that mammoth
dreadnought slides from the ways at
the Fore River shipyards.
In addition to those who support
the canopy, a large number OF boys
and Urls will form in line at the
governors mansion and headed by
the bow scouts. with fife and drum
will follow the guard Of honor TO
The depot. there to wish Miss Sie-
bert godspecd on her trip.
The affair is to be public and all
children OF the city are cordially IN
vited 10 be present with hags and
banners and participate in the par
adc
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-06-23
Has Big Contract
In Masonic District

+. b. Sullivan OF the Capitol En-
sineering and Garage company,
leaves tomorrow for Masonic mining
district. where he has secured a con-
tract with J. d. Martin OF San Fran
cisco to install number OF hoists
and other mining machinery on ecV-
cral properties in the district.
MIR. Martin has recently become
interested in a number of mining
propositions in the district and in
tends beginning an extensive cam
paign Of Development
Yesterday while in this city and
Gardncrville he purchased a big lot
OF supplies, among the list being a
carload of lumber from the Sierra
Nevada Lumber company. This will
be shipped to Hudson, there to be
freighted to Masonic by auto truck ),
as will also two carloads of machin-
cry now at Hudson,
During Mr.. Sullivans absen~e
from Carson competent mechanic
will be put in charge OF affairs at
the Capitol garage. Mrs. Sullivan
will accompany her husband to Ma
sonic. where they expect to remain
three months.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-06-23

ry, fisheries, swamp land reclama-
ton, clarhCatlon Of streams, regula-
ton of flow, control of floods, utiii-
zation of water power, prevention Of
soil waste, cooperation of railways
and waterways, and promotion of
transfer facilities and site
The provision would authorize the
commission to coordinate the var
lCus government services now work
ing on waterway improvement and
to work. with the various local gov
ernment authorities in its investiga-
tions- The amendment would appro-
pirate S5OO,0OO for the commissions
expenses.
Senator Newlands announced that
the amendment was a step toward
BIS proposal for a government com
mission in charge of all river and
harbOr improvements with ultimate
ly appropriations aggregating 5000
100000.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-06-23
NEWLANDS' WATERWAYS BILL HAS
ENDORSEMENT Of THE PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, June 23.-Cre-
alton of a commission with broad
authority to control federal activity
IL waterway Improvement was pro-
posed yesterday in an amendment to
the pending rivers and harbOrs ap-
III OprlatiOn bill by Senator New
lands. This plan to regulate the ex-
pcnditurc OF millions taken from thc
national treasury every year was
drafted by cabinet committee AMI
approved by the president.
Under the river regulation amend
ment, a commission, composed OF
the secretaries of war, interior, apri-
culture and commerce. two senators
and two representatives would b..
gwen authority to investigate "ques-
tons relating to the development.
Improvement, regulation and control
o. navigation, as a part of interstate
ard foreign commerce, and the re-
lated questions of irrigation, forest