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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
CONTACT WILL
Be EXPLORED
SILVER PICK CONSOLIDATED
PLANS EXTENSIVE WORK
AT NEPTH

Following the completion of the
sinking of the main shaft from the
50O-foot level to the 700-foot point,
at which depth it is confidently ex-
pected that the latte shale con-
tact will be revealed, the manage
ment of the Silver Pick Consolidated
Mines company will inaugurate the
mos extensive campaign of opera
tons thus far attempted in the de-
Telopment of the company territory.
Three shifts of miners are employ
cd in the shaft work and a depth
of $40 feet has been gained. Gener-
al Superintendent Walter S. Norris
Will be reached within the next
three weeks. The bottom is at pres
ert exposing very hard latte.
1t is the plan of the company to
thoroughly explore the contact with
in the boundaries of it's ground and
operations to that end will be push
cd with all possible dispatch. 1t is
not expected that the increase in
the volume of water finding its way
into the shaft will in any way
interfere with such opera ions. The
flow at present measures about 13O,-
900 gallons per day. The pumping
equipment is capable of handling
15S,4O0 gallons. In addition to the
development proposed on the new
level it is the intention of the man
agement also to resume the extern
sion of the wes' crosscut on the 500
foot level following the completion
of the shaft work. This crOsscut
has been advanced a distance of 400
feet from the shaft and is designed
to intercept the downward extensions
of three known lodges.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
review OF mining OPERATIONS IN GOLDF|ELD DISTRICT.

The Florence mine output during
March amounted to $50 tons of ore.
The new incline shaft on the vein on
the Booth property has attained a
depth of about 1870 feet while the
new raise on the vein from the 500
foot level is now up about 50 feet.
The ventilation having been i'm
proved ty new recently completed
raise, the exploration of the quartz
mass about forty feet north of the
shaft above the S00-foot level of the
Gcldfield Orc has been resumed with
pleasing results. Drifting south and
crosscutting west on the 700-foot
level continues.
The Silver Pick Consolidated shaft
which is being sunk from the 500 to
The 70O-foot level, has passed the
64O-foot point. It's completion will
he followed by extensive lateral work
OIL the new level. The Justice Gold
Mines company lease on the Daisy
property, adjoining it's own Gold
Coin Extension claim, shipped We'd
nesday a carload of forty tons of
ore. which gave assay values rang
ing from $40 to $50 per ton. 1t was
the third shipment made by the
company during March. Develop
ment of the new vein exposed on the
surface of the Talmage property
continues with results of a highly
gratifying character. A shaft has
been started and the entire bottom,
twelve feet below the surface, is all
in vein matter. A grab sample gave
an assay return of $11.2O in gold
| and four per cent copper per ton.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
SEVEN FEET OF
ORE ASSAYS SIS
JUMBO EN-. Is AGAIN IN HIGH
GRADE ON SHALE a.
LEVEL

The Jumbo Extension mine is
again coming into the limelight; in
fact. the spotlight is centered upon
it at present. There has been a
steady and truly wonderful improve
ment of late in the showing in the
face of the southwest drift being
advanced along the contact above
the siXty-foot raise from the south
west drift on the sha;e a level.
Shale "A level is eighteen feet
below the 921-foot level and since
the drift is being advanced from the
top of the raise therefrom it is pro-
ceeding at vertical depth from the
surface of approximately $50 feet,
being an intermediate level.
The drift from the raise has thus
far been extended about 100 feet.
From the time it was started it has
vie .ded values. but of late they have
steadily improved. Assays of sam
pies taken across the five-foot face
Saturday night gave an average re-
turn of $75 per ton. The same
width of ore yielded values of $110
yesterday. The ore body today
measures seven feet and assays $75
per ton. On the 964-foot or shale
&c" level, south crosscut has been
started from the southwest drift to
intercept the downward extension
Of the new ore body, which promises
to add to the already brilliant his.
tory of the mine.
On the 1O17-foot level, the north
and south drifts on the ore body
from the long east crosscut are being
advanced on low grade ore. Each
drift has been extended distance
of about thirty feet thus far The
raise from the crosscut, started at
a point near the junction with the
drifts, has been temporarily sus-
pended. On the shale I'D" level the
southwest drift is advancing on four
feet of $40 ore. To determine the
width and fully explore the vein.
Crosscutting has been resumed
from the main north drift on the
790-foOt level. The crOsscut is at
present passing through the foot
wall side of the vein, exposing low
grade values. 1t is the intention Of
the management to continue this
crOsscut to such a point as to make
it an easy matter to secure quick
connection with the old Velvet lease
shaft when the latter is continued
down from the 40O-fOot level to the
1017-foot point. Operations in the
old Velvet shaft will probably be
resumed within the next fifteen
days, within which period it is ex-
pcctei that the big hoist ordered
for 1t will arrive en- the ground.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
FLORENCE KEEPS
UP PRODUCTION
MARCH OUTPUT OF PROPERTY
TOTALS $50 TONS
OF ORE

TIE March output of the Florence
mine totalled $50 tons of ore of a
good grade, which fact reflects the
conditions prevailing in the mine.
The output was largely yielded by
operations on the 25O-foot level.
Late developments in the mine have
been of routine, yet highly gratify-
ing character.
Stopping continues above raise b
from the south drift on the new
vein which was revealed several
months ago by the west crosscut ad-
vanced from the main north drift on
the 25O-foot level in the old Flor
ance Consolidated lease territory.
The stope is being advanced on
cross vein or hanging wall section OF
the ledge proper and is yielding
three feet of ore that carries aver
age values of $2s per ton. From the
drift level, branch drift has just
been started on the cross vein, which
is from two to three feet in width
and gives values ranging from $2.4O
o $40 per ton.
The west crosscut from the main
north drift, which revealed the new
vein, is being continued to intercept
the upward extension of the Neva-
dan lease vein, which in the early
days of the camp gave an excellent
account of itself, producing more
than 100000 worth of ore in a COM
paratively small area of ground. The
crosscut has been extended a dis
tance of about 200 feet from the
main north drift and General Sup
erintendent Harry B. Clapp expects
it to reach the objective point within
the next thirty feet.
A north drift is being extended on
the 35O-foot level from the east
crosscut from the main north DRIFT
on the downward extension OF the
new vein, first exposed on the 25O-
foot level. On the 350-foot level the
new vein is about six feet wide and
gives low values.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03

For the present, at least, the liti-
CATION involving the Reorganized
Booth Mining company of Goldfield
the Goldfield Merger Mines COM
pany and the Jumbo Extension Min
ing company has taken a back seat
in the interest of the mining public
especially locally. By reason of the
exposure of what promises to prove
another great ore body along the
latite-shale contact at vertical
depth of $50 feet from the surface,
the Jumbo Extension mine is again
occupying the center of the stage.
This pleasing development has oc-
Cured in a southwest drift on an
intermediate level reached by CO.
foot raise from the southwest drift
on the shale "A'' level, which is
eighteen feet below the 921-foot lev
el proper.
On the SS0-foot intermediate lev
ell, the drift has been advanced ap-
proximately 100 feet along the con-
tact For some time past the ore re-
proved in value with the result that
the seven-foot face now being bro
ken down is giving assays averaging
around SIS per ton. To tap the
ore body at greater depth, south
orosscut is being extended from the
southwest drift on the shale &c" lev
ell or 964-foot level. On the 1917
foot level drifts north and south are
being extended on the ore body re-
vealed by the main east crosscut in
the Velvet claim just prior to the
brief shutdown Immediately follow
ing the institution of the apex suit
by the Booth company. The faces
of the two drifts a:e being extended
in low grade rock. 1t is expected
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
JUSTICE COMPANY SENDS
OUT THIRD CAR OF ORE

The third shipment of forty tons
of ore within a period of three weeks
was made Wednesday by the JUS
tice Gold Mines company, which is
extensively operating a lease on the
Daisy property, adjoining the Gold
ccin Extension claim, owned by it..
The management expects the ship
ment to yield returns of from $40
to $50 per ton. The two previous
shipments averaged s45 per ton.
Since those shipments were made
the average value of the ore from
the stope above the 265-foot level
has increased materially; therefore.
better returns are expected from the
latest shipment.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
WILL DEVELOP
EMPIRE GROUND
NEW EMPIRE GOLDFIELD MINES
COMPANY is SUCCESSFULLY
LAUNCHED

For the purpose of taking over
the lease and bond obtained by
Fred j. Amigo from Joseph Shea on
the old empire property in this dis
trict and prosecuting it's future de-
velopment upon an extensive scale.
the New Empire Goldfield Mines
company has been organized by
Reno, Tonopah and local mining
men. The organization was per-
fected at a meeting held in this camp
of the parties interested Saturday
night.
The officers of the company are:
President, c. d. Terwilliger OF
Reno; vice president, Charles Wit
tenberg of Tonopah; secretary and
general manager, Fred j. Amigo OF
Goldfield; treasurer Frank M. Man
son of Reno; directors, the above
named. with E. Marks of Goldfield.
The company is capitalized under
the laws of Nevada for 81 500 ,OOO,
divided into as many shares of the
par value of 81 each.
The organization of the company
and the steps taken already for the
comprehensive development OF the
ground are direct results of the ef-
forts of Mr.. Amigo, who has been
Identified with mining in practically
all the camps of southern Nevada IN
recent years. Returning to Gold
field several months ago. following
the big strike at depth in the Jumbo
Extension, Mr. Amigo began looking
around for a meritorious property
and closed deal for the acquisition
of the Empire and soon Thereafter
succeeded in raising the necessary
funds to guarantee the success OF
the venture by interesting the men
composing the official family of the
new company
Operations on the ground were
inaugurated about two months ago
and it is the plan of the company to
Immediately increase the working
force A complete mechanical equip
ment, including a 4O-horsepower
electric hoist, has arrived in camp
and will soon be installed on the
main vertical shaft, which was sunk
in the early days of the camp to a
depth of $50 feet. The shaft has
recently been entirely cleaned out
and it is the intention of the man.
agement to continue it as rapidly as
possible to the latite-shale contact,
estimated to lie at depth of from
400 to 500 feet. The Nevada-Cali-
fornia Power company will immS
ciately extend a power line from the
shaft on the Commonwealth proper
ty to the Empire in order to supply
Juice for the operation of the
hoist and other machinery Manager
Amigo is using a whim in present
(Conttnued ON Page FOnr'
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
DESPITE GOVERNORS VETO,
LOCAL FIGHT WILL BE HELD

Although clouds are lowering over
the pugilistic situation as a result
of Governor Boyle's action in veto"
ing the twenty-round prize fight BILL
the management of the Hippodrome
theater has decided to go through
with the previous arrangement OF
holding a contest there Monday
night, April II. There will now
ever. be one exception to the original
articles, the distance of the scrap
being cut from twenty to ten rounds
This step was taken in order to be
on the safe side of the fence. Kid
Harrison is training every after
noon at the Northern saloon gym
nasium at 3 o'clock. Sailor Kirk is
going through his workouts at the
Unity club gymnasium under the di-
rection of Frank Fields, his man
ager.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03

Manager Darcy says the connection
will be made by the middle of the
month
The incline raise, known as 1910
A, on the big ore body above the
north drift along the contact on the
1750-foot level of the Atlanta has
been temporarily stopped at height
of approximately 1870 feet. This
raise or "crosscut raise" as it
could properly be termed, has thus
far not revealed either wall of the
ore body. A south drift from the
top of the raise has been started in
the ore body for exploratory purposes
and is daily adding to the ore re-
serves of the property.
GOldfield Consolidated
The final report of the Goldfield
Consolidated Mines comapny, recent
ly made public, shows a production
during February of 29,S62 tons of
ore, which gave net profits amount
ing to $16S,27S5S, which sum was
approximately $500 less than NAM
ed in the preliminary estimate of
earnings issued several weeks ago.
The discrepancy, according to Gen.
oyal Manager J. w. Hutchinson, was
due almost entirely to an underes-
timation of expenses. Lessees pro-
dnced during February ore of the
fetal value of $2S.422.23, from
which the company received in roy
a!ties the sum of $14,59S.97, less
cos.s of milling and transportation.
Other Properties
Developments of late in the other
properties of the district have been
of a more or less routine character.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
MINING
ENGINEER HERE
WILL EXAMINE PROPERTIES IN
TOKOP AND HORNSlLVER
DISTRICTS

j. p. Charra of Paris, France,
mining engineer for the lie Champ
dor French Gold Mining company
limited, who arrived in Goldfield
several days ago to make an exami-
nation of the properties in Goldfield
TokOp and HOrnsilver which were
taken over by his compny from the
Reduction company. will go to Horn
silver tomorrow for stay of several
days. The purpose of Mr.. Charra's S
visit to southern Nevada is to deter
mine the future policy of his COM
pany on it's holdings.
Providing his report is favorable,
1t is probable that the company will
resume the development of it's
properties. which include the Or
leans group near the town of Horn
of claims in the TokOp and Hornsil-
yer districts, the company owns what
is known as the French mill in this
camp. Mr.. Charra is a mining man
of long and wide experience. He was
for many years identified with placer
operations in Australia and has had
charge of properties in South Amer
lea. He expects to spend at least
three months in southern Nevada.
Mr.. Charra came direct to Gold
field from Paris, making the voyage
across the Atlantic on the steamer
Lorraine. Speaking of the great
war in Europe and his trip across
the Atlantic, he said that the vOy-
age had been without particular in
cident. Prior to the sailing of the
vessel, report was current that the
ship would be escOr ed through the
danger ZOne-the first twenty-fOur
hours out of pOrt-by two French
cruieers. This report he says, proved
incorrect and at no time did the
officers of the vessel sight any hos
tile war craft. Except for few
more soldiers than under normal
CO tnditions, a stranger in Paris, Mr..
fhprra states, would not know that
France is involved in war. He IS
naturally of the opinion that the al
lies will be victorious in the pres
ent conflict. He expects the con-
tiict in all theaters of the war to be
waged with greater violence this
spring than during any previous per-
;od
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
ATLANTA OUTPUT
IS INCREASING
CONDITIONS ON 1850 LEVEL OF
THE NINE CONINUM TO
IMPROVE

The splendid conditions prevail
ing in the property of the Atlanta
Mines company are made manifest by
the fact that the present week has
been marked by an increase in the
mines production. A 5O-tOn carload
of ore was despatched Tuesday to
the Columbia sampler of the West
ern Ore Purchasing company. an
other was sent out Thursday and a
third will go forward today, making
a total of $50 tons for the week, an
increase of fifty tens over the rec
ord maintained since the property
became a shipper several weeks ago.
The shipments being made repre-
sent exclusively the yield of the
mammoth ore body opened up by in
cline crosscut-raise 1010-A above
the north drift along the latite-shale
contact on the 175O-foot level of the
Union Jack claim. This crosscut-
raise has been put up approximately
130 feet without revealing either
wall of the vein. A south drift has
been started in the ore body from
the top of the raise and is yielding
ore averaging arouLd $50 per ton.
Vertical air raise 1907 above the
branch west crosscut on the 1850
foot level has gained a height OF
approximately 200 feet and it is ex-
pected to "hole" into the winze be-
ins sunk from the 1400-foot level
of the Grizzly Bear mine of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company
bv April Is. The winze is now down
about twenty feet. When the con-
nection is complete the ventilation
of the deep workings of the Allan
ia will be made perfect and will en-
able the management to prosecute
operations upon more aggressive
scale than has been possible thus
Ear.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
GOLDF|ELD CONSOLIDATED Mines
COMPANY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY

The final report of General Man
ager j. w. Hutchinson of the Gold
field Consolida ed Mines company
for the month of February, just made
public, shows the production or the
various mines of the company in that
period to have totaled 29.S62 tons OF
oie which yielded net profits of
sl6S,27S.5S. Manager Hutchinson
calls attention. in his report, to he
fact that the net profits for Febru-
aIy We're approximately $500 less
than named in the preliminary es-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03
CROSSCUT STARTED AT DEPTH
IN YELLOW TIGER PROPERTY

Operations at the property of the
Yellow Tiger Mining company con-
tinue to make excellent headway.
General Manager Charles ID. Wilkin-
son has started a northeast crosscut
from the bottom of the tifty-foot
winze below the south drift on the
700-foot level to determine the
width of the vein. The raise above
the north drift on the same level
is now up fifty feet in the vein aud
yielding low grade values. The
raise will be continued up to the
north drift on the G00-foot level.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03

innate for the month issued several
weeks ago. The discrepancy is due,
ne states, almost en- irely to an un-
derestimation of expenses. During
the month lessces extracted 1,271
2S,422.23, which yielded the COM
many royalties aggregating $14-
59S.97, less milling and transporta-
ton costs. The report, in full. fol
lows:
Continued on Page Two)
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03

A. J. CANAVAN, superintendent
of the Reorganized Black Butte at
Diamondfield, was a visitor to camp
yesterday. registering at the Cold
field. He returned to the mine this
morning.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03

ON INSPECTION TRIP

Albert Burch, consulting engineer
of the Goldfield Consolidated Mines
company, arrived in camp this morn.
ing from his headquarters in San
Francisco for visit of inspection of
several DAYS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09
FAVORs DECISIONS IN BOXING
Chairman of New York State Athletic
Commission Approves of Refer
ees Giving verdicts.

Fred A. Wenck, the new chairman
of the New York state athletic COM
mission, declares that he is in favor
of decisions in boxing bouts, but that
he wants to feel his way first to make
sure they will be for the benefit of
the game.
Il have an idea that decisions
would greatly help boxing here
abouts," declared Wenck. ''In fact, as
far as 1 am concerned, l am heartily
in favor of having referees announce
a verdict. There are all kinds of good
reasons why decisions should be Civ
Ell, but there are some good reasons
why they should not be. That is, the
general opinion is that with decisions
a gambling clique would spring up
that would in time cause the death of
the sport, as it has in the past, and.
of course, anything that might endan-
ger the great pastime is to be avoided.
"But know this much: In the days
when gambling killed boxing there
wasn't any state commission to super
wise matters. If we should allow de-
cisions nowadays and referees are
bribed or attempts are made to bride
them it would be up to the commits
sion to bar the guilty ones out of
every club in the state"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09
RACING THRlVES IN FRANCE
fere With Holiday Sports
Many Race Meetings.

That the people of France are not
allowing the horrors of war to inter
fere with few holiday pursuits, is
apparent from the stories told by
Homecoming Americans.
Thomas Welsh, the well-known
trainer of thoroughbreds, who is at
Saratoga, N. Y, after several years in
the French republic, where he trained
the horses of Joseph e. Widener OF
Philadelphia, tells remarkable story
about sport during these stirring
times. He states that on July ii and
the Sundays following there were FAC
race meetings IN France.
This is surely remarkable when it
is taken into consideration that it is
possible for the people over there to
show interest in so many affairs and
have enough horses to enter them in
240 race meetings, when the country
is being secured for animals for use
at the front.
In England, too, there has been lit
tie diminution of public interest in
sporting events. At mammoth
sports carnival in September, $4,000
people attended, despite the fact that
it rained before and while the program
was being run off.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09

The following of thoroughbred and
trotter by common consent give the
palm to the former when it comes to
furnishing the spectacular, but the adj
mirers Of the light harness horse are
sound in their claim that the trotter
yields more all around enjoyment than
the galloper.
Take, for example, the experience
of Capt. David Shaw Of Cleveland, o.,
who owned some of the fastest CAM
paigners on the trotting turf and who
is at present the possessor of young
stallion which many horsemen of re-
pute consider one of the most phenom-
email young trotters that has yet
shown.
This aged enthusiast, Captain Shaw,
who has passed his eighty-second mile
stone, not only owns Peter Mac.
2:O6N, the horse referred to, but he
bred him and has given him all his
education. The dam of Peter Mac,
2:06A, was Lillian r., 2:06A, mare
that won many bruising contests for
her owner, while his sire is Peter the
Great. 2:07A.
Another man of wealth who has
found health and solace in the breed
ing, owning and training of trotting
horses is Chester W. Lassell of Whit
insville, Mass Mr.. Lassell has been
well known throughout those regions
where trotters have been raced ex-