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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
MINING ENGINEER FROM
JAPAN VISITS ELY

l. Koiima of Toxic, Japan, a min
ing engineer for the Ashio Coppe'
mines. was an arrival yesterday.
Mr.. Kojima is the second repre-
sentative of the Japan company VINO
has made a visit to this city for the
purpose of becoming familiar with
the local production of copper. In
speaking of the copper industry Mr..
Kojima said that the European war
had affected the production in Japan
similarly to that of this country
ExpoSitor.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
AMERICAN POTASH
NOT YET A REALITY

No important quantity of potash
salts will be available this year
from the American Trona corpora
tons operation in California. The
experimental unit of Searles Lake is
nearing completion and should be
ready for full operation in Septem-
Der or October.
AS the process is a e one, the
usual adjustments will have to be
made before the building of the COM
mercial plant will be undertaken, SO
that regular production on an i'm
portant scale cannot be expected for
another year at least.
In the experimental plant some of
the first precipitations have already
been tried and sodium carbonate,
chloride and sulphate have been sep
arated, though some features have
required perfecting for commercial
scale production. Potassium chic
ride, being the most soluble, is the
last salt to be recovered. In view
of the imprabability of getting any
potash salts from Germany this
year, prices have risen abruptly,
and the American Trona corporation
may subordinate it's production of
other salts for the present and re-
cover only potassium-chloride. If
the experimental unit would much
exceed the daily capacity of five tons,
the estimated potassium-chloride
being separated.-Engineering Jour
mol
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
ALASKA COAL LANDS
BILL TO Be HEARD

Leasing of coal lands in Alaska as
a part Of the conservation program
upon which the administration has
entered, will soon be given a hear
ing before the house of representa-
tives. The present bill was drafted
as the result of many conferences
between the secretary of the inter-
ior, officials of the geological survey
and of the United States bureau of
mines. The of opinion re-
garding the measure is expressed by
Mr.. Lane, who has presented to on
gress the urgency of Alaska's de-
mand that these coal deposits be
made available to the people for do
nestle purposes and the local indus
tries.
The bill if passed will permit of
the leasing of large enough coal
areas to warrant the installation OF
large equipment and permit of large
scale operations by the payment OF
a reasonable royalty, while small
areas may be mined without royalty
to meet the domestic requirements.
The bill contains provisions which
make monopoly impossible and is
generally conceded to be both fair
and equitable. We would join the
secretary in his conclusion that the
will provide a fair and &C
ceptable method for the development
of Alaska coal, will safeguard the
interest of the public, and will result
in direct and immediate benefit to
the territory.-Mining and Scientific
Press.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
OPPORTUNITY FOR WEST IS SHOWN
IN THE CONDITIONS NOW OBTAINING

illustrated by the fact that all east
ern exchanges have ceased business,
while the exchanges in western cit
les have not noticed any difference
in the amount of trading or in stock
prices. Inquiry for mines, either for
purchase or for lease, is reported
among the handlers of this type of
investment to be excellent. The in
terest in mining stocks among east
ern buyers has not been better in
several years. Far from interfering
with this eastern interest in western
enterprises, we believe that the Eu-
ropean wal will divert the attention
of capital in this direction. The
people of the west have little more
than a curious interest in the war,
for the business affairs of the west
ern cities do not feel the disturb
ance
That which holds our attention is
the influence of the disturbed con-
ditions upon the minds of the peo-
pie of the east. Not only do they
yearn for the invitation to migrate
into the new country of the west,
the freest in the world, but they
look to western enterprises for the
opportunities to commit their in
vestments. The farther away they
can get from the old sources of Mill
tary turbulence and of industrial in
humanity, the better satisfied they
will no Tho Anncf nvopiro IF nnnnr.
tunities in the world is that which
will be found in the great public
land sales. All out west invites the
disheartened easterner. = Denver
Mining RocOrd
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
WORK ON ROCHESTER, MILL
TO BEGIN THIS WEEk

The war conditions are not bother-
ing the management of the Rochester
Consolidated Mining & Milling COM
pany, and they are going ahead with
their mill as fast as possible, says the
Loyelock Review-Miner.
The plans for the new mill were re-
ceived here Thursday and it is expect
ed that excavation win begin the
forepart of next week.
Today the management is attend
ing to the laying out of the mill SO
hat excavation can be started m
mediately. The water supply line is
already half completed and will soon
be ready for use.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
MINERAL OUTPUT OF CHILE

The mineral production of Chile
for the year 1912 has been given in
the "Boletin de la Sociedad NaciOn-
al de Minerva" and was as follows,
the items being arranged in the or
der of descending values: Nitrates,
2,5S5,5S0 metric tons; copper, A.
647; coal, 1,334,4O7; borates, 49,
$3.50; iodine, ASS tons; silver, 3d.
467, 500 grams: guano 1926 tons;
gold, 1.1OO,594 grams; salt, 17,O45
tons; sulphur. 4431; iron, 6451;
perchlorate, ST; lead. Az; potash
salts, one ton.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
NEW MILL CONTEMPLATED

Directors of the Prince CONSOLIDATE
ed have for many months been test
ing out a number of processes with a
view to settling on the best for the
installation in a large new mill
which is in view. 1t is understood
that the Christensen process has met
with considerable approval and may
be installed eventually. The sink
ing of a triple-compartment shaft
to the 1000 level is also under con-
sideration. The Prince is known to
have large ore bodies which may be
worked into a profitable concentrate.
Herald Republican.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
IMMENSE DRILL is
TAKEN TO MANHATTAN

Tomorrow morning the Witten-
berg teams will leave for Manhattan,
hauling the largest drill ever seer
in this part of the country. This is
an immense piece of machinery from
the Cyclone Drilling company at Orr
Vile, Ohio, and is billed to the Com
mercial Mines & Milling company,
otherwise known as the Hubbard
syndicate. The machine weighs v e.
seven tons and occupied a fiat car.
The freight alone cost a trifle over
$1,000. The drill looks like a mon
ster road engine of the petrol type
and is operated by gasoline with cas-
ing and capacity to sink to a depth
of 1900 feet.
This drill will be installed on the
Big Pine right over one of the III
merous drifts in that property and
work begun without delay. Another
huge drill of the same pattern will
arrive in the course of five days. and
this will also be placed to work,
probably on the Mayflower. The
cores will be used for making mill
runs, and from these results the
company will be in a position to de-
eide to accept Or reject the option
which it holds on a number of Man.
haitian properties. If the sampling
proves satisfactory there will be
short delay before plans for the con-
struction of a 500 ton mill will be
placed on the drafting boards.-Bo-
nanZa
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Outlook Good

Edward C. Paxton. field agent of
the bureau of crop estimates of the
department of agriculture, with
headquarters in Ogden, Utah, who
recently made an extended tour of
Nevada, says that the hap crop this
year is far above normal. that the
wheat and oat crop is excellent and
that the potato crop will be about
forty per cent below normal on &C
count of unusually hot weather,
causes the tubers to ripen too
quickly.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Stabbing ARRAY

In a drunken row in a saloon In
Rochester, Humboldt county, several
nights ago, John A.. McAuley was
stabbed with a pocketknife and prop
ably fatally injured by j. c. Mckin-
ney. The blade entered the upper
portion of McAuley's stomach. NC
Auley was taken to the county hos
pital at Winnemucca and his as
sailant was arrested by Constable
Otis Storm and landed in Jail at Love
lock.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Attempts Suicide

Despondent over her failure to
meet with success in her efforts to
obtain orders for charging portraits,
Dorothy Harris, a recent arrival in
Reno, attempted suicide in a hotel
there by drinking ether. Her act
was discovered by other persons re-
in the same lodging house,
and physicians summoned succeeded
in arousing her from the stupor into
she had declined.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Fire at Nina

Prompt response to an alarm of
fire by members of the volunteer de-
partment of Nina resulted in the
checking of a blaze Sunday night in
the quarters of a railroad man in
that town that threatened serious
damage for a time.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Crosses Great Divide

George r. Hayden, pioneer
rancher of White Pine county, was
found dead near his cabin on White
river in that county recently. A
coroner's jury attributed his death
to v~alvular trouble. He was seventy
eight years old and a bachelor.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Stranger Robbed

Within a short time after his ar
rival in Elko from his home in
North Dakota, a young man, whose
name could not be learned, proceed
ed to imbibe freely of fire water.
He was taken in tow by a gang oc
saloon hangerson and robbed of his
wallet containing $50 in money.
The officers are making an effort to
land the guilty men in Jail.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Miner Is Killed

Louis Cation, a miner, twenty-five
rock and instantly killed several
nights ago while at work in a raise
above the 9OO-foot level of the Muir
ray shaft of the Tonopah Extension
mine in Tonopah. Cation was only
recently married and was perform
ing only his second shift in the
mine when he met his death.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Nearly Gained Freedom

Following the recent removal of
James Mack from the Lyon county
Jail at Yerington to the state prison
at Carson City to serve a sentence
for forgery. Sheriff Randall dis
covered that the convict had nearly
succeeded in effecting his release
from the former place of confinement
by digging the mortar from between
the bricks of the wall of his cell with
an improvised chisel.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Pioneer Passes Away

Charles Snyder. a pioneer resident
of Lyon county, died recently at his
home in Yerington. He was eighty
eight years old and "a born in New
York. He was identified with min
ing on the Comstock in it's palmy
days. coming to Nevada in 1861 from
California, to which state he migrat-
ed in 1850.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
OIL WELLS OF THIS COUNTRY
NOW

Today the oil wells of the
United States r annually
producing nearly two-thirds
of the crude petroleum con-
sumed in the world. The yield
reaches the enormous total of
about 10000, OOO,O 900 gallons
a year, with a wholesale value
estimated at $500, 600, 900.
They have created the great
est single fortune in the
world, Rockefeller's. Scores
of other millionaires owe
their present wealth to the
sticky fluid. Oil has called
into existence huge webs of
pipe lines, aggregating more
than $4,000 miles in length.
which convey the crude pro-
duct of the oil wells to the re-
gfineries, where it is trans
formed into it's many forms of
commerce - gasoline, naptha.
theraputic ointments and jel-
lies. Illuminating oils, greases
and poisonous dyes. 1t has
created great fleets of special
ly designed oil-carrying vessels
that sail the seven seas dis
tributing the product of the
American oil wells to all parts
of the earth. In the guise of
gasoline it is driving the mill
lions of automobiles through
the world. 1t supplies the
power for vessels and railroad
engines. 1t has driven wax
and tallow candles from the
market by substituting n of
the by-products, paraffin,
which is made up annually
into 800, 100000 candles of
more than 700 different varie-
ties.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
THEN


Fifty-fve years ago today
the first driven oil we'll in the
United States began to give up
it's precious fluid. The event
marked an epoch in the illu-
mination of the world and the
beginning of many huge for
tunes. The chief illuminants
of that day were sperm. or
whale oil. retailing at 1925 a
gallon; "camphene," a deriva-
tive of turpentine and very
liable to explosion; coal OIL
obtained from coal and Scotch
boghead, selling at about 81
a gallon. How to light the
home and workshop cheaply
was a serious economic prob
lem. 1t was that argument
that Influenced two Connecti-
cut financiers to advance ST.
900 to Col" Edwin l.. Drake,
who proposed to drill an oil
we'll near Pithole, Pa. where
for generations the local resi-
dents had been gathering oil
as it fioated on the surface of
creeks and pools. Drake be-
gan work in 1857. His early
attempts resulted in failure;
his financiers refused mor
money and his workmen de-
serted. His scheme became
the joke of the countryside.
He might as we'll drill for
whisky" remarked one rural
spectator. When on the verge
of starvation, Drake finally
secured financial aid from
Pennsylvanians and resumed
his operations. Months pass
ed. Several drilling methods
proved fruitless, until he sank
a six-inch iron pipe. At a
depth of II feet the pioneer
found traces of oil. and the
next morning the liquid was
found flowing literally upon
the ground. 1t was the be-
ginning of one of the greatest
of modern industries.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
RENO BANK INSTITUTES
SUIT TO RECOVER ON NOTE

The Washoe County bank of Reno
has instituted suit in the district
court of Esmeralda county against
the Thorndyke-Bley Mining COM
pany and others to fOreclose a mort
gage upon the property of that cor
poration in this county in order to
collect the sum of $5,949.47 and in
terest, alleged to be the balance due
on a promissory note for $4,000.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Hit BY Automobile

Jim Shelton, a pioneer broker OF
Tonopah, was recently run down and
rendered unconscious by an automo-
bile, driven by Louis Holt. while
crossing a street in the silver camp.
Shelton sustained a cash over the
left eye that required three stitches
to close.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29

Mrs. Sofia O'Neal, aged So, a resi-
dent of Lovelock, died recently of
heart failure in Berkeley, Cal, where
she was taken a couple of weeks ago
in the hope hat her health would be
benefited. The body will be taken
to Reno for burial along side that
of her late husband, Joseph O'Neal,
who died about ten years ago.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Sent to Prison

w. G. Burnett recently pleaded
guilty to a charge of blu glary in
the district court of Elko county
and was sentenced by Judge Taber
to not less than eighteen nor more
than twenty months in the peniten-
tiary. Burnett forced an entrance
to a saloon at Parks station.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Comes to Grief

Half crazed by whisky, Amaclato
Campos, a Mexican laborer, started
a trough house" in a hotel at Elko
recently and thereby came to grief.
Firing their revolvers in the air to
scare him, the officers of the law
made the Mexican all the madden.
When he attacked them with a
knife, the officers laid Campos low
with a bullet in his foot, one in his
chest and a third in his side. He is
now in the Elko county hospital
with an excellent chance of recovery.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Pioneer Woman Dies

Mrs. l.. e. Morgan. a pioneer resi-
dent Of Elko, died recently at her
home there after an illness of several
weeks. She was born in Connecti-
cut in 1887 and lived forty-five years
in Elko county.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Refused Decree

After a trial in which considerable
racy testimony was introduced
Judge Quicker of the district court OF
Humboldt county recently denied the
petition of Lorraine Platt for a di-
vorce from J.. A.. Plat, one Of the
original n of the Big Four
lease at Rochester.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
SUSPECTED of Crime

Emmett Coll, eighteen years old,
was arrested in Reno several days
ago on suspicion of being implicat-
ed in the murder of a man at Liver
more, CAL, a few days previously.
He is being held pending an inves-
tigation.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Harlan Il. Burkham Dead

Harlan B. Burkham, well known
in Goldfeld, died recently in Jerome,
Ariz., where, it is supposed, he met
with an accidental death. His broth
err, C. B.. Burkham, a merchant of
Bodie, is on his way to Jerome to
bring the body to Bodie for Inter
ment.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
STATE NEWS
Start on Long Trip

Frank Golden and Jimmie Steele,
two motorcycle enthusiasts of Reno,
recently started on a 1000 mile
journey to points along the coast
and return. They expect to make
the trip in two weeks.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Wanted to See Her Children

Mrs. Lanstrum, a Swedish widow
of Tonopah, who has four children
in the state orphan asylum at Car
son, recently got a longing to see
them and walked the entire distance
of 2O5 miles.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Caught with Goods

Sidney Stone and his companion,
May Evans. recent arrivals in Reno,
we're arrested in that city a few
days ago on suspicion Of having stol-
On 50 in money and a gold watch
from the room of the son of the pro-
prietor of the hotel at which they
were staying. The stolen goods
were found in the room of the pair.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Loses a Limb

Austin Carter of Ely, aged 20, fell
under a shift train Sunday in that
town and was run over. He was
taken to the hospital. where it was
found necessary to amputate the leg
between the knee and ankle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Webs in

Miss Louise Tenant, formerly a
resident of Carson City and a sister
of Paymaster Ollie Tenant of the
Virginia & Truckee railroad, was
recently married to Frank d. Young
in Minneapolis, MINI.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Dead Body Found

The dead body of Frank A. Null
boyer, se~venty-eight years old, a pi-
oneer of the Comstock, was recent
1y found by two of his friends near
the summit of Burns ravine near
Carson City. He had apparently
been dead several days.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Secures Divorce

Judge E. A. Tucker of the district
court of Humboldt county recently
granted James Mercer of Humboldt
House a divorce from Nora Mercer
on the ground of desertion.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
University OPENS

The University of Nevada yester-
day entered upon the school term
of 1914-15. The next few days will
be devoted to examinations for ad-
missions and denominations to re-
move conditions.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
to Fight

Captain H. r. Werth of Elko, who
was formerly an officer in the
French army. sailed from New York
Tuesday for Havre to re-enter the
French service against the Germans.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29

ly compromised for $3.50 with e
bank in Los Angeles a suit for $2.-
$50, alleged to have been drawn
against her account by Domingo
Villa, an employee of the woman.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
FallOn Land Project

The Fallon land project will be
open Sept. 2 to 16, inclusive, Sun
days excepted. Any person qualified
may present an application for one
unit.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Foreman to Blame

An investigation of the premature
powder explosion at Copper Flat
recently has placed the blame on j..
Tyson. the foreman. Three men
who were seriously injured at the
time are still in the hospital. but
doing we'll.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Former Reno Woman Killed

Miss Marie Hollcroft. a former
resident of Reno, but lately proprie-
tress of a creamery in Sacramento,
was shot and mortally wounded by
Earl Loomis, who attempted to
rifle the money drawer. Mrs. Hol-
croft, when ordered to throw up her
hands, reached for a revolver and
began firing. In the exchange Of
shots she fell with a wound in the
breast. but not until she had sue
ceeded in shooting LOOMS through
the eye. He is being held for trial.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
LEAP YEARS ATTRIBUTES

do you think leap year gives a
woman any special p~rivileges?'
NO" answered Mr.. G%roucher. Its
merely a warning to a nan to be on
his guard."-Suffrage Movement.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Young ElOpers Return

Jack Day and Florence Tucker,
who eloped from Selma. Cal, in an
automobile and we're taken into us
tody at Reno, were taken back to
Selma Wednesday. where it is prob
able that Day and possibly both,
will be sent to a reform school.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
In Search of Potash

" for Gerlach to search for potash
in the Black desert. The United
states government survey has just
ordered a renewal of the search for
the mineral in the state of Nevada.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Files Complaint

T. Lovejoy has filed a complaint
with the Nevada railroad commission
against the Southern Pacific railroad
seeking to compel it to erect a fence
along his property fronting on its
right of way. He contends that he
has fenced three sides of the prop
erty and that it is the duty of the
railroad to fence the fourth side.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Compromises Suit

Sonora Fermina Sarrias, an aged
woman prospector. who has numer
Gus properties near Luning, recent