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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13
JOHN BRAY

To prove the utter incompetency
of John Edwards Bray, state super
intendent of public instruction, one
does not have to go far within the
state of Nevada. Mr.. Bray seems
to be a type of the carpet bagging
politician, who, after trying a life
time without avail, finally succeeded
in landing a berth. To prove he has
made the best of his emoluments and
has no thought of passing the pro-
vender around, all one needs to do,
If he Is a fair minded person, Is to
consult the records of this states
expenses to prove that the, Bray
family has been we'll fed from the
public treasury since John Edwards
made his triumphal entry into office.
Since this paper turned it's atten-
ton a few of this functionary's
idiosyncrasies, it has been favored
with commentator from various
parts of the state. The last one
from northern Nye county is particu-
larly worthy of mention. 1t comes
from a highly representative citizen
of that section. who AYERS that with
in the last two years neither Mr.,
Bray or his deputy in that territory
has visited his school OF. Inquired
about It's condition. ~ Churchill
County Standard.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13
0PH|R CONTINUES ACTIVE WORK;
OPERATIONS ON OTHER Mines

% tons of mine ore were delivered
to the Crown Point company at the
mine bins.
At the joint incline the water was
held to a point 70 feet below the
1900 station, and necessary repairs
made in the incline. On the 1900
leevl of the Belcher, east crosscut No.
1 was repaired for SO feet; total
length lis feet, and 88 cars OF low
grade ore saved. On the 1900 level,
20 feet of the crOsscut was reopened
connecting the south drift with the
Belcher incline. South drift No. l
was repaired for a distance OF U
feet; total length in good repair, $40
feet. Eleven cars of low grade ore
we're saved from this work. On the
$50 level repairs were made to the
Belcher incline between the 700 and
S5O-foot levels, and to the east cross
cut used as IN airway. Eighty-nine
tons of ore. were delivered to the
Crown Point company at the mine
bins.
The Crown Point company sent $40
tons of ore to the gloryhOle from the
Jacket shaft and received % tons OF
Jacket ore and 80 tons of Belcher
ore. From raise No. ] on the 1900
foot level, 61S cars of lOw-grade ore
weer taken out. Necessary repairs
were made in the mine, and 318 IONS
of ore shipped to the Yellow Jacket
MILL
The Overman' company on the 1900
level cleaned out and reopened the
northwest drift for a distance of 29
feet, making SO feet in good condi-
ton. The caved ground has been
passed through, and two sets of tim
bers put in place.
At the joint Observation-Disclosures
Imperial shaft, the south drift from
the station on the 2OO-foot level was
advanced nine feet to the 12O-foot
point. The face shows quartz and
porphyry.
The official report of the Caledonia
company today shows that a crosscut
was extended for a distance Of IL
feet to the fest of the station at the
head of the raise from the 1900 lev
ell. The formation passed through
consisted of quartz, assaying from
to $17.15 per ton.-ChrOnicle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13

for investment in southern Califor-
MIA was the message l brought west,
and since then there has been no diff
fculty in obtaining money for the
development of legitimate mining
enterprises. The financiers of the
east were amazed by what l told
them of the vast mineral deposits
that extend from Tehacapi pass to
the Needles. Death Valley is
getting a new lease of life Also" 1t
is encouraging to know that since the
official visit to New York there has
been no difficulty in getting money:
but to those who have looked into
Death Valley when it was red. the as
a that the valley is getting a
new lease of life is like awakening
from sleep on the vanished rocks
of Wild Rose wash to find a rattle
snake within the blanhets.
Death Valley has at times a blood
red hue, and at other times a whit
ish bloom, viewed from the rim.
anyone who spends a few hours look
ing down into it thinks it very much
dead. Wild Rose wash is a broad
stretch of desert to be crossed on the
road between Borax fiat and Death
Valley. 1t contains a fine example
of what is known as desert var
nish," which owe the rock wash.
Borax lake has also the red coloring.
though of less deathly appearance
than Death Valley.
Such writer's as we have been criti-
Ching simply make the mining in
dustry look Observation-Disclosures
ing Journal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13

On April "a, 1904, the Utah Cop
per company began operations in its
Copperton mill, In Bingham Canyon.
Thus it is only the brief period of
10 years that comprises the whole
history of the exploitation of h
low-grade porphyry ores. During
that time the Utah, Nevada, Miami,
Chino, Ray and Braden companies
have added thousands of millions of
pounds of copper to the worlds sup
ply, and the Utah has become n
of the worlds greatest mines. To
d. c. Jackling, more than anybody
else, belongs the credit for this.
Some recent remarks by Mr..
Jackling to the Boston News Bureau
are worth repeating. He said:
I'VE aim to make u annual re-
ports so complete as to every es-
sential financial and physical detail,
that there is very little which | can
add to the recently issued report for
1918. / might say that it is not
probable that the copper yield per
ton of ore will ever again be as low
as was shown in our 1,13 statement
|-16 lb. 1t is necessary at times, as
a matter of mining economy, to in
clude, as operations proceed in their
early stages, a larger percentage OF
low-grade and foreign material, than
will be the case when u stripping
has been entirely completed and we
are enabled to confine u operations
to general run of ore.
'It is interesting to note hat the
very large expansion which we have
made in mill capacity during the past
five years has been accomplished
without increasing the surface area
of our mills. Five years ago n of
our great metallurgical plants had a
capacity of 5000 tons per day; the
other one had a capacity of 5000
tons. In the month of march we
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13
A ROSY View OF Death VALLEY

Extravagant and ridiculous state
ments regarding the development OF
California mines, recently appearing
in the daily and weekly newspapers,
will add nothing to"the fame OF the
state, cbut rather tend to discourage
investment and retard the progress
Of the mining industry. Two in
stances OF this extraordinary pub
licity are samples of astonishing lg-
norance Impractical mining, or OF
wiilfula Misrepresentation; and they
come from sources that are supposed
by the general public, u~nacqualnted
with the actual mining conditions,
to. be authentic. VA.
A leading San Francisco daily.
commenting on the recent n OF
leaf gold in a mine on the mother
lode, says: "At a depth OF 2 feet
a blast uncovered virgin gold In crys-
tai formation, some of the sheets
being nearly the extent OF mans
hand. and the ore running more than
s25 900 a ton. This is surely a COM
plete answer to those pessimists who
have been. declaring that the mother
lode is exhausted" The practical
miner and intelligent investor In
mines needs no other comment on
this ridiculous statement than that
ifithere are any pessimists who have
been declaring that the mother iode
islexhausted, they are as ignorant OF
mining as the writer of the editorial
from which the above is quoted.
The other ridiculous statement is
tempered with ~generalities, and
mach of its extravaganza may be at
trtbuted to the rosy view taken by
>thE reporter who interviewed the
sHstSte official. The following excerpts
Quilted from the reporters account
of the interview are fair samples OF
the whole, which reads like a wild
cat prospectus instead of the sober
statement of a mar employed to ex-
anime and report on the mineral re-
sources of southern California: 1T
is like the return Of the days of old
and days of gold all through the
great mining region. Every
camp I visited is prospecting. . :.
Why. the public would be amazed to
know of the richness of some OF the
recent discoveries. /. 1 began this
trip in November and was constant
ly in the mining districts except IN
January, when I was in New York
City. 1--WE have millions OF dollars
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13
WORkMANS SUE MINING
COMPANY FOR LARGE SUM

The case of j.. L. Workman and
ton Hill National Mining Syndicate
has been tried in the district court
before Judge Quicker for several days
and will probably be concluded to-
day.
The plaintiffs are represented by
Salter & Robins and the defendant
by J. A. Langwith. Plaintiffs are
suing to recover $4,000, alleged to be
due j. L. Workman for his services
as superintendent and manager for
the company and for $14,50S for
moneys advanced and. merchandise
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13
C. lacking D escnbes Work
Of Handling Utah Copper Ore

treated $4,000 tons per day, or an
increase in capacity of both mills
from 5000 tons to $4,000, without
any increase in roof Incl
dentally, it takes a pretty good mine
to keep pace with that increase in
mill capacity.
Nearly a year ago we began to
reach the slowing-up point in the
rapidly increasing capacity of u
concentrates. During the past years
breathing spell we have brought the
mine up to the point that it can keep
ahead of the milling plants. v
expect to see the time, barring eli
matte disturbances which do not last
long, when our mine is not in easy
and comfortable shape to furnish a
larger tonnage than the mills can
handle.
Our underground mining has
been discontinued for good, and this
should enable us to lop off two or
three cents per ton from our mining
costs, and when 1t is realized that
we are handling S,00O,0O0 tons of
ore pear year, a three-cent-per-tOn
saving amounts to an aggregate OF
$25O,00O per annum.
81 am convinced that we a make
a substantial profit in teaching our
40 odd million tons of low-grade and
partially oxidized Gaping. and before
a great while l expect that directors
will authorize some definite move
ment in this direction. The anti
cipated profit from teaching this
low-grade overburden will be suffi-
cient to retire the entire capital OF
the Utah Copper company at par. and
it should do more than this. | hope
we will consider ourselves in shape
to determine upon some definite plan
in respect to this teaching PROPOSE
ton this year, as all our experiments
are about completed
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Why Car Was in Road

Ernest Weyle. owner of the dis
abled car in avoiding which DR..
Wheeler and the three others met
their death, this afternoon gave an
explanation of how it came to be left
there. He stated that while on his
way to Ton6pah Sunday afternoon,
a rod of the steering apparatus broke
and caused the front axle to bend.
after all but a small part of the left
rear wheel had jumped from the
road. He, aided by three other men,
made an effort to push the machine
entirely from the road but to no
avail. Mechanics of a local garage
went to the disabled machine yes
terday, removed the bent axle and
brought 1t to town to straighten 1t.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13
NORTHEND MINING COMPANIES OF
COMSTOCK URGED TO DO DEP WORK

The Chronicle holds no brief to
either side Of the long drawn cut
controversy that exists between
Northend mining companies of the
Comstock, and from the beginning of
the Misunderstanding and hostiliries,
has sought to represent impartiallv
and fairly what it believed to be the
sentiments and interests of Virginia
City and its people, as well as of the
Comstock lode itself. We have for
many months had faith that some
how and somewhere good judgment
would prevail, and that out of the
conflicting factions would come a
pooling of interests, a new deal, and
that the Comstock would go forward
to new successes and new achieve
ments. But as time goes on, this
happy condition has seemed to grow
more remote, Notwithstanding the
numerous overtures made that ap-
peared to bear the stamp of good
faith and seemed destined to have a
fruitidnj of ~reassuring possibilities.
We are still of the firm conviction
IndC the way 10 OpOhy ShoS thC PAOo
sure of public opinion, a potent and
powerful influence, is a factor that is
vet to be reckOIed with. But the
realization is keen that something
should be done and speedily to allie
viate a situation that is rapidly be-
coming i~ntolerable to a patient and
long-suffering people.
We believe that we fully voice
the opinion of Virginia City when we
say that the time has arrived when
the depolable conditions have reach
e da point far beyond reason, and
where the broader and larger issue
looms big and should be paramount.
Our interests here in Virginia City
are identical; our investments, our
means of livelihood are here, de-
pendent upon the operation OF the
Comstock mines on a safe and sane
basis. We believe hat the public of
Virginia City, irrespective of former
affiliations or sympathies, are in one
accord in demanding that the person.
al equation be eliminated in the
Northend at the Comstock, and that
the greatest good for the greatest
number receive the due attention to
which it is entitled. 1t is no longer
a question of personalities or indi-
viduals. Let the dead past bury it's
dead, and with the q%uibblings and
the chickering's, the "holier than
thou attitudes, and the venting Of
spleen, that has only served to work
a hardship upon a defenseless and
helpless public, and created a situa-
ton over which they have no control.
The time has come as we view 1T
ghen every Northend company is in
duty bound, not only to its stock
holders. but to the myriad of other
interests, to concentrate, every re-
source, every sinew and ever yspark
of energy behind the deep mining
proposition. The real issue has no
connection with the past or any of
it's events, but concerns the. future,
the life of the Comstock lode, and
the thousands dependent upon it,
either directly or indirectly. Conf
dence, that underlying source of all
prosperity, has been shaken, bust
ness is at a low ebb,sand the realiza-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13

tion is being forced home to more
than one that conditions are ap-
preaching a point wnere a longer
siege Is impossible. We do not be-
lieve that we are o~verstating 1t when
We a that of all the vicissitudes to
which the Comstock has been sub
jected, the present one is the worst,
and that a turn about must come
promptly and without delay.
The prospects CT every Northend
mine were never brighter from a
mining standpoint. The physical
conditions have been placed at a re-
markable point of efficiency. The
equipment is second to none in the
mining world, all bought and paid
for. The exploration work has been
carried to a point where greater
depth is essential, and 1t has been
demonstrated that greater depth can
be readily attained. The mineraliz-
ed portions of the east vein through
out that section of the lode have
been followed to the $500, yielding
a vast sum in bullion. One mine is
now penetrating the virgin ground
below the $500 with the outlook be-
coming daily more hopeful from "a
mining standpoint. What is true Of
one is true of all. The 200 levels
are known to contain ore, but to get
there requires concerted operations,
for it is an advance that all must
participate in to render it a success.
Every stakeholder in every North
end mine is vitality interested and
concerned that a forward move be
made without further loss of time.
Why do not all go to work? That
is the question that we are unable
to solve. We would like to be en-
lightened on that point, and would
welcome any statement that will
show why there is an idle mine at
the Northend. As we understand it,
there is not a company now operat-
ing there that seeks an advantage
over the other; that a way has been
provided to arbitrate all operating
problems requiring d~isinterested
judgment. They want cooperation,
and as companies have shown a dis
position to give and take, to consid-
er at all times the rights of others.
The main situation boiled down
comes back to the fact that the OPP
p%ortunity of a life time is apparently
being placed in jeopardy in Com
stock mining, that an entire COM
munity is being made to suffer; that
something should be done and some
way speedily devised to command a
right about face. to bring the war to
a close. This can be done by all 60
ing to work. The Comstock is too
big, it's traditions too inspiring to
permit a further prolongation of the
demoralizing situation. The people
of Virginia City, irrespective or per-
sOnal sympathies or tendencies, in
one voice and in no uncertain man.
ner call upon those in authority to
forget the past, eliminate all of the
personal differences, and go to work.
No one man or group of men is
larger than the Comstock, or can
possibly have more at stake than
those dependent upon it's successful
operation. Go to work.-Virginia
Chronicle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13
FUNERAL OF PROSPECYOR'

The funeral Of A. t. H.. Leidring,
a former prospector Of Goldield. was
held yesterday afternoon at 2:3O
from Dunn's- undertaking parlors.
Mr.. Leidring was a member Of the
Masons. He was So years of age
and died at st. Thomas. New, from
pulmonary tuberculosis, His body
was brought to Goldfeld Saturday.
evening for interment in the local
Masonic cemetery.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13

above stated, Rice died at 5 o'clock
and Krieger passed away at 11:O5.
Mrs. Krieger is Frustrated with grief
and under the care of a physician. A
particularly sad feature of the death
of Rice was hat he was to have been
married in the near future to Miss
Harriet Kenyon of San Francisco, a
neice of Mrs. c. H. Odds of Gold
field.
Camp i'm Mourning
The death of the four men, all
prominent in the business affairs and
f~raternal circles of Goldfield, has
plunged the entire camp into pro-
found sadness and this morning there
was hardly a dry eye among the hun
dreds of friends and acquaintance of
the victims of the accident. The
flags on all the buildings of the town
were placed at half-mast as a mark
OF respect to the unfortunate men.
Victims of Accident
DIR. Wheeler was born in Ten
nessee on April &c, 1869. He was
a graduate of the Denver, Colo, Col
lege of Medicine and came to Gold
field from that city in 1906. At the
time of the death he was county ply
stefan of Esmeralda county and sur
geon for the Goldfeld Mine Opera
tors association and the Tonopah
and Goldfield and Las Vegas and To-
nopah railroad companies. In addi-
ton to his wife he is survived by u
sister residing in Portland, Oregon,
and a brother whose present address
Is unknown. Mrs. Newkirk of Den
yer, Colo, a sister of Mrs. Wheeler,
was notified of the tragedy and she
is now on her way to Goldfield, hav-
ing left Denver al noon today.
Daniel Falvey was tw~enty-seven
years old and a native of Bodie, Cal.
He came to Goldfield in 1904. He is
survived by his wife, a three-year-
old son., his mother, five sisters and
two brothers.
Cyrus Rice was born in Hillsboro,
Oregon, June 30, 1874. He is sur
vived by i'is father and n sister,
who reside in Portland, Oregon. He
came to Goldfield in 1905.
Herman Krieger was a native of
Pennsylvania and was t~hirty-five
years old. He is survived by his
father and three sisters who live in
Philadelphia, Pa, in addition to his
wife and two small daughters. He
located in Goldfeld about eight years
ago.
Masons of Tonopah have arranged
for a special train to bring them to
Gold1eld to attend the funeral of the
four victims of the accident when
held.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13

The Ophir company has continued
active work extracting ore the past
week, and from the stope In -he
southwest drift started in the west
on the intermediate level re-
covered 1877 cars of ore assaying
$12.11 per ton. From the top OF the
seventh floor a connection has been
made with the sill floor of the south
west drift on the $500 level. Dur
ing the week work has been resum-
ed IL the face of the southwest drift,
and an advance made Of eight feet;
total length "a feet. The face is in
pre-, and from the drift Is cars of ore
were saved, averaging 1915 per ton.
On the 24OO-foot level, at a point 80
feet up in the raise started from the
end of the east crosscut, the west
was extended 81 feet; total
Al feet. Face Is in %pOrphyry.
A streak of quartz was passed
through four, feet wide. assaying
from 81 to $4.4O per ton. The total
ore extraction for the week from the
1850 level was 2i2 cars of ore, esti-
at 1911 tons, assaying $11.52
per ton. Joint repairs have been
made to airways and at the Central
tunnel SO feet of track was placed,
and four tunnel sets of timbers. The
total distance in repair is 70 feet. At
the mill 165 tons of Ophir ore were
and 255 tons of dump rock.
Consolidated Virginia on the $500
foot level has advanced the northeast
drift from the east crosscut started
on the vein for a distance of 20 feet;
length 262 feet. 1t continues
in a vein formation, showing some
quartz seams assaying 81 per ton.
The work was delayed eight hours
during the week on account of water
being on the level. Jointly with the
Ophir and Pumping Association. re-
pairs have been made to the afrways
as required.
The report of the Sierra Nevada
company today shows that the winze
below the 25OO-foot level was sunk
for a distance of eight feet, to the 81
point, and n set of timbers
There was extracted during
the week ten cars of ore averaging
s4S from the south side of the winze,
and about thirty cars sampling St,
from the winze bottom. where the
general character of the vein is un-
changed. There is seven feet or
1uartz and porphyry on the north
end, and a more concentrated forma-
ton two feet wide on the south end,
with solid quartz and some very
rich sulphides. Repairs were made
the Union shaft, jointly with the
Union and Mexican, and on the 1900
Ievel 800 feet of three-inch pipe. 400
'eet of two-inch pipe and 200 feet of
Did water troughs removed. There
we're 200 feet of new troughs in
t& +'.
The report of the ,Comstock Pump
ing association today shows that reg
ular routine work was performed on
the pumps and joint work on the air
ways with Con. Virginia and Ophir.
The pumps ran successfully all the
week.
The Yellow Jacket mill ran stead
lily all the week, 1877 tons Of Jacket
lump rock being placed in the mill
and 218 ions of Crown point
mine ore. One railroad car of con-
centrates was shipped to the smelt-
or. At the Jacket mine repairs were
made to the shaft and incline and on
the 1100-foot level, north drift No.
/, started in east crosscut No. 1, was
Is feet, and from the work
was saved 32 cars of low grade ore,
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Breathed Few Minutes

A, j. Mercier, who was in a ma
chine just behind that of DR.. Wheel
er, believes DR.. Wheeler lived for
from seven to ten minutes after the
accident. He says he held him and
he breathed for that length of time.