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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-13

"But," he explains, 81 will come
down only for the important fights
every now and then. can't make the
trip for little battles.
81 can't entirely quit the fighting
game, and 1 don't want to-"
Born in Boston in 1888, and COM
ing to California in 1856, Billy Jor-
dan entered the ring when bare
knuckles were the vogue, later be-
came a referee and finally announc-
er. A brace of broken knuckles teS-
tify to his encounters in the old days,
which, he says, were best.
After 60 years of actual expert
ence, he maintains that there are to-
day fewer high-class scrappers than
of old, and that Peter Jackson was
the greatest fighter he ever saw in
action.
Distinguished service as sailor
and soldier in the Civil War entities
Jordan to retire to the Old Soldiers
home.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-13
INQUIRE INTO PURCHASING OF
SCHOOL SITES

Two inquiries into the purchasing
of school sites were begun yesterday
by the city council and the school
board. They will investigate the ex-
penditures of $1,837, 21O during 1913.
While the two bodies are working
entirely foreign to each other right
now it is expected before the inves-
legations are over they will be work.
ing in conjunction.
They will both probe the charge
that politicians profited by the sale
of land to the board of education.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
REVIEW Of mining OPERATIONS IN G0LDF|ELD District

in the treasury of the company at
present would have permitted opera
tions on the former scale for a period
of two months, but fear of continu-
ance of unsettled financial conditions
prompted the management to tenn
pOrarily reduce it's working force.
Work in the property is, therefore,
being confined for the present to op-
eratiOns in the winze recently start
ed in the south drift from the east
crosscut along the hanging wall OF
the big vein on the 50O-foot level. In
below the drift level, are expos ed
two streaks of ore about four feet
apart, one six inches wide as5aying
$25 to $3S and the other a foot wide
SIS per ton.
GOldfeld Consolidated
In the vernacular of the street, the
Goldfield Consolidated Mines COM
pany continues to prosecute opera
tions in it's various mines in it's usual
hammer and tongs" scale, notwith-
standing the disputes of the crowned
heads of Europe. That the opera
tiOns continue to be attended by
highly profitable results is reflected
in no uncertain manner by the pre-
liminary estimate of production and
earnings for last month, recently
made public by A. H. Howe, secre-
tary and treasurer. 1t is shown by
the report that, despite the fact that
a smaller tonnage was handled by
the company MILL the average value
of the ore produced in July was
higher than during the preceding
month of June. The July output
amounted to 24,573 tons which yield
ed net realization of $4,000
against 1885 tons and net profits of
$147,1O0.69 in June. The total ex
traction for July tOtaled $4,000
Continued on Pare Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
EXTENSION REPORT covers
APERIOD OF SEVENTEEN MONTHS

essary to the continued operations of
your company on any considerable
scale. Negotiations were therefore
entered into with the Goldfield Mer-
ger Mines company for the purchase
of the Velvet claim, which side-lined
the Poleverda on the east, with the
result that your company entered
into contract to purchase the Velvet
claim for a consideration of $S5, 700
in cash and 171,000 shares of the
unissued stock of the Jumbo Exten-
sion company. the cash consideration
to be taken from the ground. On
this contract $4,000 has been paid
from the proceeds of the mine; $5,-
900 per month will be paid until
the full amount is liquidated. The
wisdom of the purchase Of the Vel
vet claim has already been demon
strated, as the ore has been followed
into the Velvet from the Poleverda
for a distance of 230 feet on two
levels. In the course of this drifting
and prospecting, ore to the value of
$55,419.47 has been. taken, while
the blocked-out ore has scarcely
been touched The Velvet claim pre-
sents great possibilities. 1t is also
gratifying to note that the old Pole
verda has opened up unexpected ore
on the lowest levels and seems good
yet for a large and profitable produc-
ton. Ore blocked out on two or
more sides in your mine is estimat-
ed at about $250,0O0.
With the hope of improving the
percentage of extraction from mill
ing ore over that recovered at the
Bonnie Glare mill, an arrangement
has been made with the Consolidat-
ed company to mill approximately
100 tons per day at their milling
plant, at a cost, including freight, Of
not to exceed So per ton. The lease
on the Bonnie Glare mill still has
over a year to run without rental or
royalties except as ore is treated. The
mill is therefore at the company's s
service should resumption of op-
erations be desired at any time.
In the general report, ]. X. Tur-
CONTINUED on rage eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
ASSESSMENT TO
CONTINUE WORK
NOTICES BEING SENT OUT BY
DIAMONDFTELD BLACK
BUTTE

The board of directors of the Dia-
mondfield Black Butte Reorganized
Mining company, at recent meeting,
levied an assessment of one cent per
share on the capital stock of the cor
poration, payable Immediately. Stock
upon which the assessment remains
unpaid on September Is, will be sold
at public auction on October Is.
Notices of the assessment, together
with copies of a report by General
Superintendent Andy Canavan and a
letter of Secretary Harry B. Ruhl, are
being mailed to stockholders. In his
letter, Secretary Ruhl, in part, says:
I'm making this second call upon
the stockholders, the officials desire
to state that funds acquired from the
previous call have been expended in
development work, detailed in our
superintendent's report, which is in
cluded herewith.
"The results of the work thus far
warrant continuation, and it is the
intention to operate upon more ex-
tensive scale than was possible with
the nominal sum derived from the
former call of one half cent per
share.
''The company has made no recent
shipments, although shipping ore may
be extracted from the property at diff
ferent points above the hundred foot
level, which would afford some profit.
'"The company desires to state that
practically all of the stockholders
responded to the first call and be-
lieves that it will be to the interest
of all concerned to keep the property
in continuous operation, with view
to developing mine, and that it is
the duty of each stockholder to share
alike the burden of financing the OPP
Grafton. The company has no salaried
officials nor any considerable expense
for administration, and operations
will be conducted in the most eco
ical way consistent with the best
results"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15

Notwithstanding the fact that
Goldfield is essentially gold camp,
it has not been entirely free from the
effects of the present war of seven
of the nations of Europe and the
resultant hesitancy of some men of
wealth and investors to engage in
mining and other Industries. How
ever, the extent to which GOldfield
has been effected is really insignifi
cant, especially when compared with
the silver camps of the state, which
are in a more unsettled condition in
consequence of the uncertainty of
quotations on the white metal.
The first evidence locally of the
anxiety of mining stockholders in
terested in the Goldfield district was
furnished the early part of the week
when the officials of the Sandstone
Kendall Consolidated Mining COM
pany extended ten days-frOm Au-
gust 10th to August 20th-the time
allowed for the payment of the call
of one cent a share which was levied
dDOuL q IlOuIH d6O. AC CAtCuolOh
was granted in compliance with a
few requests received by the COM
pany. The financial outlook having
since greatly improved, the stock
holders are rapidly paying up the
call and it is practically certain that
none of the stock will become delin-
quent. There has been no abatement
in the operations in the mine, which
are being prosecuted on an extensive
scale In the south drift on the $50
foot level along the contact of the
Milltown andesite and Sandstone
rhyolite, raise has been started to
catch the downward extension of the
orebody which yielded fair tonnage
of excellent rock on the 200-foot
level about two months ago. Sinking
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
GOVERNMENT TO
BUY WHITE METAL
SAN FRANCISCO MINT INSTRUCT
ED TO BUY 100000
OUNCES

AS a direct result of an appeal
Friday by the Nevada Mine Opera
tors association, through its presi-
dent, John G. Kirchen Of Tonopah,
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo.
according to advices received in the
silver camp yesterday, has instructed
the director of the United States mint
at San Francisco to purchase two
hundred thousand ounces of silver at
SIZE cents an ounce. 1t is under
stood that the director of the Den
yer, Colo, mint has been instructed
to purchase a like amount of the
white metal at the same figure. max
ing a total of four hundred thousand
ounces, the largest amount Of the
metal that can be purchased by the
treasury at one time without spe-
cial act of congress.
The action of Secretary McAdoo
will relieve, temporarily at least. the
critical condition of the metal mar
ket, insofar as silver is concerned,
due to the present war in Europe.
Furthermore, the purchase will fur
nish a basis upon which smelters,
which have been on the verge OF sus-
pending operations, may work. Mine
operators of Tonopah regard the ac-
ton of Secretary McAdoo the fore
runner of greater metal buying by
the government and that the likeli-
hood of the silver mines OF Nevada
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
FRENCH MINING OPERATOR
is CALLED TO COLORS

Responding to the call of France
to her reservists, E. Perrier de la
Bathie, manager of the French West
ern Exploration company, which
owns properties in Goldfield and 9TH
er Nevada camps, has left the COM
pany's mine at Nelson, British Co.
lumbia, and is now on his way to the
land of his birth. Monsieur de la
Bathie, who has been identified with
the Goldfield district since the early
days. has been assigned to the
108th territorial regiment and or
dered to report for duty at Cham
berry, town near the Franco-Italian
border. The news of his return to
France was contained in a letter
just received from him by Attorney
H. s. Minor.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
ORC OPERATIONS
BEING PUSHED
NEW SOUTH DRIFT STARTED ON
THE 7OO-FOOT
LEVEL

Under the direction of Weldon
Morris, the new superintendent, ex-
cellent progress is being made and
highly encouraging results obtained
in the development work being prose-
cuted by the Goldfield Orc Mining
company at it's property. Having
made a thorough study of the work
ings and geological conditions. with
Manager Thomas F.. Manning, Su-
perintendent Morris is pushing opera
tions with all possible vigor, and
there is every reason to believe that
disclosures far surprising any tn
far will be made in the near future.
To explore beyond what has been
supposed to be the hanging wall OF
the vein, revealed at point 10 feet
from the shaft on the S10-foot level
of the 825-foot shaft, work was re-
sumed recently in the north drift on
that level. 1t has been advanced
about fifteen feet further, and the
face is disclosing broken-up for
nation. 1t is the plan of the man
agement to continue this drift for
exploratory purposes. At a point
about one hundred feet from the
shaft in the same drift, crosscut
has been started to determine the
width of the vein and for exploratory
nurposes. Hand steel in the place OF
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
VERNAL MINING COMPANY
GIVES LEASE ON GROUNI

AS direct result of the European
war and the consequent uncertain
ty of financial conditions, the Vernal
Mining company has ceased opera
tions on it's property in the Diamond
field section of the Goldfield district,
and leased it for a period of three
months to Walter Fitzgerald and
Leonard Peterson, two miners who
have been employed there for some
time past and who have great faith
in it's possibilities. General Super
intendent Walter S. Norris will con-
tinue to look after the property as
the company's agent. The lessees
will continue along the same line of
operations followed by the company
and are at present extending the
south drift on the 200-foot level to
catch the downward extension of the
ore body revealed by the S5foot
winze from the 100-foot level south
drift.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
GRADING FOR MILL
IS UNDER WAY
GOLDEN ARROW DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY TO PUSH CON-
STRUCTION

Grading for the ten-stamp mill Of
the Golden Arrow Development COM
pany on its property in the Golden
Arrow district, forty-seven miles
northeast of Goldfield, is under way,
according to e. M. Kieron, president
and general manager of the COM
pany, who is at present in this camp
after a visit to San Francisco on
business in connection with the pur-
chase of various parts of the ma
chinery to be installed. Mr.. Kieron
estimates that the plant will be COM
pleted and placed in operation by
November 1.
The work of building the concrete
foundation of the mill will be start
ed in day or two, and some of the
building material is now being haul
ed to the property. President Kie-
ron, who has as his associates in the
company, a close corporation, few
business associates in st. Paul and
Minneapolis, Minn., recently pur-
chased the six-foot Huntington mill
plant erected in the camp of Silver
Bow about eight years ago, and is
having it dismantled and hauled to
Golden Arrow. The mill, which
treated less than one hundred tons
of ore, and the building is just as
good as new and will form an i'm
portant part of the Golden Arrow
plant.
Mr.. Kieron has already purchased
the motors and cyanide equipment
for the new mill and will place the
order for ten stamps in the near fu-
ture. Both the stamps and Hunt
ington mill will be used in the
treatment of the Golden Arrow ore.
The new equipment for the mine
will include an air compressor, ma
chine drills and pump of sufficient
capacity to handle a great deal more
than the present flow of from $50, 900
to 100000 gallons of water daily.
Speaking of the plans of his COM
pany, Mr.. Kieron said.
II calculate that we will have our
mill completely erected and runnir
by November 1. We will use the
Huntington mill to regrind the ore
after it leaves the stamps, and we
will unquestionably be able to make
a better extraction than otherwise.
We calculated to run about sixteen
hours day and treat about forty
tons daily until we have thoroughly
tested out the plant, after which we
will push operations to the capacity
point"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
DEXTER.WH CAPS COMPANY
MAKING initial ORE SHIPMENT

is being extended on the 1O0-fOot
level about twenty feet away and par
allel to the main vein. Drifting also
continues on the same level on the
eastern ore body.
Notwithstanding the fact that no
official information can be obtained,
it is the prevailing opinion in Man
haitian that the efforts of John Sails
berry of San Francisco and assOci-
ates in the Commercial Mines Il
Milling company, looking to the con-
solidation of practically all of the
producing properties of the western
section of the district, which have
been under way for several months,
will soon bear fruit At present the
properties involved are being sur
face trenched and thoroughly SAM
pied. The underground workings of
the Big Pine and Jumping Jack
claims are also being sampled. The
employees of the assay office of the
War Eagle mill of the Commercial
company are being kept busy making
|
The drills, similar to Keystone out
fits, which will be used in sinking
prospect holes on the properties like
ly to be included in the deal, have
been ordered and are expected to ar
rive in camp in the near future.
Good progress continues to be
made at the property of the Man
haitian Consolidated Mining COM
pany in the preparations by Manager
Steiner for the Inauguration of
shipments to the Associated mill.
Tracks have been laid from the collar
of the shaft to the mill, distance of
700 feet, and shipments are expect
ed to begin in the near future. High
ly pleasing results continue to at
tend operations in the mine, and
there is every reason to believe that
with the beginning of shipments the
company will enter upon the most
prosperous era in it's entire history.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15

The Dexter-White Caps Mining
company, which recently inaugural
ed work on company account on It's
property in the Manhattan district,
after lessees had developed it for
several years, is making its initial
shipment of ore to the Millers SAM
pier of the Western Ore Purchasing
company. About three hundred
sacks of ore which averages from $40
to $50 per ton is at present in tran
sit and rock of like value Is being
mined and sacked from three differ
ent workings in the mine. 1t is the
plan of the company merely to make
shipments of ore out of the camp
until arrangements can be made for
it's reduction in one of the mills OF
the Pine Tree camp.
The development of the property
is being prosecuted with all possible
vigor and with the most pleasing re-
suits, the operations at present be-
ing largely confined to the 2OO-foot
level The company is employing a
force of sixteen miners and using
four machine drills in the work. The
west drift is being extended on full
face of ore which assays around $50
a ton. Like assays have been OBJ
tained for a distance of about nine
ty feet on the vein, with the result
that the volume of available ore has
been materially increased.
On the 100-foot level the same
ore body has been opened up for a
long distance, where values ranging
from $25 to $40 ton were revealed.
In their operations on the 100-foot
level, the former lessees extracted
about 500 tons of $27 rock from the
ore body and disclosed large ton
mage of mill rock, which will be CIV
en- due attention by the management
as soon as arrangements for the mill
ing of the output locally can be
made. On two small streaks of ore
averaging around $50 ton a drift
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15

The Jumbo Extension Mining COM
pany is mailing to stockholders cop
les of a report covering the opera
tions and earnings of the corpora
ton for the seventeen months pre-
ceding June 1 last, no statement for
the year 1913 having been made by
the old management for that per-
iod. The report contains detailed
figures as to the production and ex-
penditures and states that ore block
ed out on two or more sides in the
mine at present has an estimated
value of $250,000.
President Harry Schwaikert. in his
report to the stockholders. which is
included in the general report. in
part, says:
During 1913 your mine produced
11,21O.26 tons Of ore which was
treated at the Bonnie Clare Oeased)
mill, on which there was a net loss
of $17,11O.67. Development work
performed amounted to 1854 feet,
at a total cost of $21.75S.11, or
$6.2S per foot. Milling costs were
$3.65 per ton, including freight and
royalties. Cash on hand at the be-
ginning of the year, $37,S3S.02; at
the close, $9,350.2S.
On or about January 1, 1914, the
directors and officers of the COM
pany resigned to be succeeded by the
present administration and the oper-
ations of the first five months under
this management shows the follow
ing: Ore produced, S,653.39 tons,
on which there was net profit of
$53,341.95. OF the ore produced,
6,234.71 tons were milled at the
Bonnie Glare mill at cost of SO. 5
per ton, including freight and royal
ties; the balance of the ore was sent
to smelter. The development work
amounted to 1,69S feet, at a total
cost of $9,717.OS, or an average of
$5.71S per foot Cash balance Dec.
81, 1913, $9,350.2S. Cash balance
May 81, 1914, $4O,752.49.
Early in the year developments at
depth made it apparent that ground
adjoining the Poleverda claim on the
east was not only desirable but nec-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
SILVER PICK CON.
REDUCES FORCE
UNSETTLED FINANCIAL CONDI-
TIONS DUE TO PRESENT
WAR RESPONSIBLE

On account of the unsettled finan-
cial conditions, consequent upon the
present war in Europe, the manage
ment of the Silver Pick Consolidated
Mines company has reduced its work
ing force from twenty miners, work
ing in two shifts, to four on one
shift. 1t is officially learned that the
company has sufficient funds in its
treasury to have carried on work on
the old scale for at least two months.
However, President Herman Zadig,
who resides in San Francisco, con-
sidered that it would be better to
continue operations on a smaller
scale than to be compelled through
inability to raise additional money
to close down the property when the
cash on hand at present became ex-
hausted at the end of that period.
AS a result of the reduction in the
working force operations in the
property are for the present being
confined to the winze recently start
ed in the south drift from the east
crosscut along the hanging wall of
the big vein on the 5O0-foot level.
The winze has attained depth of
forty feet, and the bottom is all in
quartz. There are two streaks of
ore exposed in the bottom, one six
inches wide that gives assays of
from $25 to $3S, and the other a
foot wide that averages SIS per ton.