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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
FORTUNA INSPECTED
BY GOLDF|tLD MEN
LIEVE DISTRICT HAS
GREAT FUTURE

Tom Kendall and Sheriff w. A.
ingalls, have returned from a visit
to the new gold camp of Fortuna,
about AZ miles from Milford ana
seven miles from Beaver, in western
Utah, where several Goldfield men
have acquired interests in proper
ties that are regarded as good gold
prospects. Mr.. Kendall reports a
considerable amount of activity in
the district, with large quantities OF
supplies and mining timbers being
shipped in and a number of mining
men, attracted by reports of import
ant discoveries, looking over the
district.
A half dozen or more proper
ties are being developed in a COM
prehensive name and rich ore has
been found at several points, at
comparatively little depth. The
Golconda property, the scene of the
first important strike, was sold re-
Gently by Charles Fagenbush of
Goldfield and associates to the
United States Smelling a. Re11nlng
company for a substantial sum aud
this company is installing powerful
machinery and preparing for a thor
ough system of development. Sever
al shafts in the near vicinity OF
this property have exposed r and
all the veins appear to be of large
size.
Fred Gleason, formerly of Gold
field, has been in the Fortuna dis
trict for nearly two years and is co
owner with Mr.. Kendall and others
of a number of claims adjoining the
Golconda and other good ground.
He will proceed to explore the
veins which extend into this prop
erty from the adjoining groups nov
under development. ~
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
OLE ELLIOTT TELLS
OF TUNGSTEN FINDS
RICH DEPOSITS OF VALUABLE
MATERIAL BEING WORKED
NEAR ELY

w. s. (Ole) Elliott, one of the
earliest pioneers of Goldfield and
one of the organizers of the district,
has arrived from Ely, where he nov
makes his home, and states that the
big copper camp is in a highly pros
porous condition. The discovery Of
important deposits of tungsten in the
region tributary to Ely has stimulat-
ed prospecting in the surrounding
territory and has resulted in the OPP
ening of properties from which a
substantial production Of scheelite
and hubernite ore is being made.
In properties Immediately tribu-
tary to Ely some 800 men are nov
employed. according to Mr.. Elliott,
and this number will be increased to
about 900 in the spring. The most
extensive operations are those of the
Unite | States Tungsten company,
control of which is said to have heen
acquired by the Tonopah Belmont
company. AL d. Myers, another
Goldfield pioneer, in association
with other well-known mining
men. is developing property that
promises to yield him another fortune
while several companies and indi-
vidual owners are making good prof
it's from their operations. Mr.. Eli
l'ott has acquired some good g"Ouni
in this territory.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25

TIE annual meeting of the Re
organized Booth Mining company
was held at the company's offices in
GOldfeld on Dec. 20, when the for
mel board of directors was re-elect-
ed. The same officers were again
chosen for the ensuing year, includ-
ing George Wingfeld, president; f.
c. Favier, vice-president: and A. II.
Howe, secretary and treasurer.
Following the meeting of directors,
a report was submitted by Manager
A. l. Darcy, describing the work
performed by the company during
the year and setting forth the ply
steal condition of the property.
A financial statement was prepar-
ed by Secretary A. H. Howe, show
treasury on Dec. 1, of $197,45S.47.
The company realized the sum of
$1~S7,316.28 from the sale of 135,4O0
shares of Jumbo Extension stock and
received $19.275 in dividends on
stock owned during the year. The
report
The last report issued by this COM
pany concerning the physical cOndi-
ton of the property was dated Dec.
20, 1914. Since that time the gener-
al Manager Mr.. A. I. Darcy. reports
a total of 2239R feet of develop
ment work, of which 1924 feet was
drifting 227R feet prosecuting, 400
feet raising, 17S feet shaft. 22 feet
wines and 119 feet of surface cuts.
At about that time your officers
became convinced that the ore be-
ing mined in the Jumbo Extension
property was derived from the
ROoth vein which had entered the
Jumbo Extension on its dip, and, by
virtue OF the extralateral pursuit
Granted bv the United States statutes.
was necessarily the property of the
Booth company.
Work was started to prove this
contention and show the apex of the
vein on the Booth claim. and at the
same time a suit vas filed by this
company against the Jumbo Extern
sion company to ecove sums real
lied by them from ores taken from
this Vein, and an Injunction secured
restraining them from the further
extraction of such ores.
Yyertical shaft was sunk oil the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
C~RACkERJACk TO
Be ~RE0RGAN|zEO
COMPANY THOUGHT TO HAVE
GOOD CHANCES FOR OPEN
ING PAY ORE

A reorganization of the Cracker
Jack Mining company is 10Y being
effected, with the object of bringing
about the thorough development
Of the property, situated in the
northern part of the district. The
company has been inactive for sew
eral years, owing to the lack OF
funds with which to carry on devel-
sopment work, and in order that
funds may be obtained for this pur-
pose it is proposed to make the
stock a~ssessable.
The new company will be known
as the ReorganiZed Cracker JACK
Mining company and the number of
shares will remain the same as BE-
fore. 100000, but their par val
ne will be 10 cents, instead of 81
as formerly. This reduction in par
value has been made in order to
cut down the heavy expense imposed
under the emergency revenue lax
law. In carrying out the legal re-
quirements of such a reorganization,
the company has acquired the Derby
WlnnSr lode mining claim.
Stock in the new company will be
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
SILVER PEAK TO
QUIT MARY MINE
COMPANY WILL PURCHASE AND
OPERATE PROPERTY ON
MOTHER LODE

Within the next fortnight the work
of dismantling the 13O-stamp mill OF
the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Mining
company, at Blair, 30 miles west OF
Goldfield, will be in progress and ac-
cording to the present plans of Man
ager w. A. Bradley the equipment
will be shipped at once to the Raw
hide mine, in Tuolumne county, Cal,
where it will, he, installed in a new
plant for the treatment of ore from
that property. Soon thereafter, 1t IS
said, the railroad connecting Blatr
with the main line of the I. 4 u.
railroad will be pulled" and Blair
will cease to be a railroad point.
The operation of this company's
property at Blair, known as the
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
review Of mining OPERATIONS IN GOLDFELD DISTRICT

another similar connection will be
made at a depth of $40 feet. Both
these connections will afford i'm
proved facilities for the development
of the eastern part of the company's
ground. High-grade ore is showing
at a number of points in the work
ings, notably in the Sal and 54j
slopes, in the contact zone and near
the SO0-foot level, and in the $50.
$50 and 555 drifts and 555-A
raise. in the southeastern part of tho
Velvet workings. These workings
have shown many faces of good
width, averaging from $50 to $3.50
per tom. Checks for dividend No.
D. at the rate of 10 cents per
Continued IN Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
RE0RGAN|zEO BOOTH Co.
ISSUES ANNUAL REPORT

north end of the claim, from which
westerly, and the point where the
vein crossed the north end-line of
the Booth claim was established.
Work was also started through the
Red Top mine of the Goldfield Cons
solidated Mines company in a north
erly direction to establish the point
where the vein crossed the south
end-line of the Booth claim. In
addition to- this a shaft was sunk to
a depth Of 1852 feet from the surface,
following the vein on it's dip, and a
raise was started from the 500-foot
level to follow the vein upward on
it's dip and to make connection with
the surface shaft. A number of
were also driven, all of which were
projected to prove the ~continuitysof
the Booth vein in dip and strike. :
After a large amount of this
work had been accomplished, the
engineers of the Jumbo Extension
Mining company, among whom wero
men of wide reputation as experts in
mining and geological work, were
Permitted to inspect our workings,
and after examination these engi-
neers became convinced of the COR
rectness of our contention. and a
compromise of the pending suit was
effected. whereby TIE Reorganiy~
Booth Mining company received from
the Jumbo Extension Mining COM
pany $4,000 in cash and 100000
shares of it's stock. in return for
which the Reorganized Booth Min
ing cmpany decided to the Jumbo
Extension company all of that por-
ton of TIE Booth vein lying within
vertical planes dhawn through the
exterior boundariA of the Jumbo
Extension property.
Further work calculated to prove
he extralateral rights of this com
pany was forthwith discontinued.
but the work already performed had
resulted in the vein being thoroughly
prospecEd. especially on the south I
end 6f the Booth claim. w~itho.
vel6ping a tonnage of ore q
mercial value, the values 81
Continued on Page Eli
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cent copper. The company's mines
contain a vast tonnage of refractory
ore, of better grade than is now be-
ing treated, but having sufficient
copper to preclude it's economical
treatment by cyanidation, the pro-
cess that has been used in treating
it's free ores. The company closes
the ear with a gratifying record
of production, earnings and divi>
dend payments, having distributed
to it's stockholders, during the year,
four dividends to the total of ST.
col $3.50, or 45 cents per share.
Equipment has been ordered for a
30-stamp experiment flotation unit,
and as soon as this plant is regu-
lated and lis success determined
the company, it is announced, will
install equipment for the treatment
of 200 IONS daily by this process.
Jumbo Extension
The Velvet shaft of the Jumbo
Extension, which is now down over
$40 feet, is progressing in vein mat
ter and has exposed seams of ore
of good milling grade. This is re-
garded as important, since it de-
monstrates the presence of a separ-
ate vein of large size and excellent
appearance, which can be explored
to good advantage from the new
shaft. Connection has been made
from the shaft with the long east
cross-cut on the 790-foot level and
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
KEWANAS ANNUAL REPORT
SETS FORTH OPERATIONS

after being driven a distance Of 245
feet had reached the west side-line
of the Kewana No. 2 claim.
The cross-cut vas extended into
the Kewana No. 2 claim for a dis
lance of IT'S feet, a station was then
cut and a small electric hoist IN
stalled. A accompaniment winze
was then started below the end OF
the cross-cut and sunk to a depth OF
1873 feet, at which point the shale
was encountered. Drifting along
the latite-shale contact was then
started and continued for a distance
of approximately 200 feet in a
inortherly direction and 200 feet in
a southerly direction.
Several cross-cuts were driven
both in an easterly and westerly d.
rection from the contact drifts
The latite-shale contact exposed By
/ the drifts was a fault contact, the
dip of the fault being to the west
and about so degrees FROM the
horizontal, the shale being exposed
on the east side Of the drifts ald
| the latte on the west. The ali we.
] mentioned workings disclosed ;ome
low-grade quartz, but notnir.is oil
commercial value.
At a point near the breast OF the
north drift d crosscut was starter TO
the east into the shale, and after
advancing 20 feet exposed the latte
and disclosed the true shale-latite
contact with a dip to the southeast
of 80 degrees from the horizontal.
TIE crosscut was advanced to the
east. and at the 30-foot point a
,uartz vein was encountered, having
a n~ortherly and %southerly strike n
an easterly dip of 80 degrees from
the horizontal. Continuing the
east cross-cut into the vein disclosed
a quartz body % feet in width.
samples from which gave assay re-
turns of from 81 to $40 per ton. the
last three feet giving the higher re-
turns.
A drift was then started in a
northerly direction to follow. the
higher grade material. and disclosed
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25

On Dec. 20 the annual meeting OF
stockholders of the Reorganized Ne
wanas Mining company was heic at
the company's offices in Goldheid'
when the directors who had served
during the previous year were re-
elected. and a report on the cond'.
tion of the property was suDm'lleu
by Manager A. I. Darcy. AT a al
rectors' meeting, held later, ire LOT
NOR officers were again chosen TO
serve during the ensuing year. Inc
directors are George W1ngneld' w.
n Zobel F. c.. Favier, A. l. Darcy
and A. H. Howe. :
The annual report, copies Oh
which have been sent TO the SUM
holders, is as follows:
1nasmuch as stockholders nave
not been directly informed OF the
nature of this company's operations
since the early part of the year
1914. the occasion of the annual
meeting held today is CONSIDERED
onnortune for the purpose OIL SUI
mittine the following statement
the facts of which r supplied os
the company's general manager a.
I. Darcy: ,zoo
The property of the Reorganizeo
Kewanas Mining company consists
of two patented claims known q
Kewana No. 2 and Kewana NO. s.
and the total area of these Chains
is "a acres, covering a length u
approximately 1900 feet, in a nol'h
erlv and southerly direction ana y
width of approximately 1Zoo iee'
in an easterly and westerly dlrectioh
situated easterly of and adJoinins
the Laguna mine of the doidhe
consolidated Mines company.
In order to develop these claims
at depth, arrangements were maue
with the Goldfeld Consolidate
Mines company. whereby the La.
guna shaft and equipment could De
used for the purpose OF hosting ore
and rock to the srface and lowering
timbers. etc., to the bottom "ors,
;nes A crosscut was started east
erlv from the workings on the 'oo,
foot level of the Laguna mine anu
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25

Mining men of the Goldfield dis
trict are keenly interested in the
outcome of efforts to perfect a pro-
cess for the treatment of the baser
ores, of which large quantities have
been exposed in the local mines. Two
flotation plants, with combined ca
pacity of fully $50 tons daily, will
be in operation here in the near flu
ture and tests, which have been
made upon a most exhaustive scale,
are now believed to have determined
beyond any question the success of
the flotation process for treating
this product.
1t is now generally recognized
that a most important feature in
connection with the introduction Of
the process here will be the stimulus
it's success will give to development
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
NEW JERSEY MINES
COMPANY OPENS
RICH SEAMS
PROPERTY IN EASTERN PART
OF DISTRICT HAS ORE
AT DEPTH

+ More than two miles east of I
+ the principal producing mines I
4. of the district, seams of high I
= grade ore have been found at I
+ depths of 400 and 500 feet in I
+ the workings of the New Jer- :
+ sey Mines company, in the Ex- !
+ celsior claim. Development I
+ work in this territory is still +
+ in the initial stage, as the shaft +
+ reached it's present depth of =
; 500 feet only late this year. +
+ The discovery of pay ore at +
T. this depth, in what has been +
= spoken Of as outside territory, =
+ is of vital Importance to the +
= district and bears out the as =
= sertion often made by exper- +
+ fenced mining men, that the +
+ eastern part of the Goldfield +
+ district offered the best posi- +
= BILE field for prospecting. Man. +
+ ager Ernest has started drifts +
+ and raises on this ore. +
-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
GOLOfIfLD MERGER
SEEKING JUMBO
ORf-SHOOT
CROSS-CUT BEING DRIVEN
NORTHEAST FOR GREAT con-
TACT CHANNEL

+ In the property of the Gold =
J. fell Merger Mines company +
! the northeast cross-cut, at n +
= deIth of 1875 feet, is progress +
+ sing i'm latte and is now near +
+ ing a point where indications r
i may be expected of its APP r
+ proach to the shale contact =
+ zone. The point reached is +
r near the boundary line be- +
+ tween the Algae Fraction and +
+ the Sunflower claims of the +
+ Merger and near the northern +
+ extremity of this line, within a +
+ short distance of the Velvet +
+ claim of the Jumbo Extension. +
+In the latter property the work +
+ at a depth of nearly 1000 feet. +
I. within $50 feet of the Merger r
+ boundary, indicates that the +
1. ore-channel extends directly in +
I. to the Sunflower claim and r
i should be picked up by the +
e Mergers present work. +
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
FlOTA1|Oh PLANT IS
NEARING COMPLETION
STRUCTURAL IRON GOING Cp
ON OLD FLORENCE MILL
FOUNDATIONS

Construction work on the 150-tOn
.lotation plant that is being erected
on the Florence Goldfield property
by the Nevada Metal Extraction
company is making satisfactory
progress and the plant will be in
operation by Feb. l., unless some
unforeseen obstacle arises to retard
its completion. The equipment is
nearly all on the ground, and as all
necessary foundations were already
available, the installation does not
involve any great difficulty and
will require but a short time after
the completion of the iron struct-
ure.
This building is being erected on
the foundations of the old Florence
mill, which was destroyed by fire
four years ago this month. The
work of clearing debris from these
foundations was begun less than a
fortnight ago and has been COM
pleted, and the structural iron FOR
the building is being erected.
Ten Janney circulating machines.
of the type used in a number OF
successful flotation plants, have
been received and are ready for i'm
tests are said to have afforded am
pie proof that the new plant will
be a success.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25

in what has heretofore been char
acterized as outside territory. Ore
of medium and low grade has been
exposed in a large number of prop
critics, covering a wide area in and
near the Goldfield mining district,
and flotation promises to afford a
ready market in future for ore that
is below the shipping value and
contains copper or other base met
ais.
Development work is being con-
Quoted on a substantial scale at a
five miles from the center of the
district, and in every instance
where the work has been of a con-
sistent and minerlike character the
results have been highly favorable.
There are good prospects for the
resumption, at an early date, of OPP
e~rations on several properties that
have been inactive for the past six
or seven years and on all of which
the surface indications are prom
Using.
GOldfield Consolidated
The usual large tonnage, up
wards of 1000 tons daily, is being
treated in the 100-stamp mill of the
Consolidated Mines company. Dur
ing the past few months the product
has been of lower grade, but has
been confined altogether to ore car
rying less than One-half of one per
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
NINE
PROVES BONANZA
PROPERTY ACROSS UTAH LINE
SOLD FOR LARGE SUM TO
GUGGENHEIMS

An important mining deal, involy-
ing the payment of a considerable
sum of money. has been consummat-
ed in the transfer of mining claims
at the camp of Fortuna. near Bea-
yer, Utah, by Charles M. Fagen-
bush of Goldfield and his partners.
I.umry and Moore, to the United
States Smelling & Refining com
pany, controlled by the Guggen-
helm interests. 1t is said that the
amount involved Is $4,000 and
that a first payment has already
been made by the purchasers. who
have star ted developing the proper
tv on an elaborate scale.
The deal is the sequel to a min
Continued on Page Five)
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-25
PIONEER CON. MAINTAINING
ITS BONANZA CHARACTER

According to the latest reports
from the Pioneer Consolidated mine,
SIS miles south of Goldfield, the
rich orebody opened in extending
the main stope a short time ago, at
a depth of ITO feet, is holding up
we'll in point of average value. A
recent sampling of the face of the
stope showed a width of IL feet,
averaging ove $50 per ton in
gold.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-26
Serial No. OI595.
ADDITIONAL ENTRY,
UNDER SECTION 23O6 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES.
APPLICATION.

APPLICATION.
 United States Land Office. Juneau. Alaska
 May IA, 1915.
 Alaska Packers Association, assignee of Robert T. Jolley. being entitled to the bene- hts of section 2306 of the revised statutes oi the United States granting additional lands 10 soldiers and sailors who served in the Rebel non, does hereby apply to enter United states survey No. lO3l, situate near URited States survey No 237 on Loves Creek, two mileS east of Entrance Point Boring Sea, District of Alaska, and more particularly described ai ! follows:
 Commencing at Corner No. l. whence Coast Survey Monument bears north 10 deg 46 min. west, and United States Location | Monument Survey ll47 bears south 70 deg ! 42 min. west, l5l.0S chains, and shore oi Port Moller bears south . deg. 10 min. west about 43 chains distant; thence east chains tS Corner No. 2, whence Corner No. SurVeJ | No. 2S7 bears south 37 deg. 50 min. west, 6.1t chains thence north chains to Corner No | 8, whence Coast Survey Monument beari | south l3 deg. 48 min. west, and Coast SurVe) Monument bears north l4 deg. l2 min. west thence west chains to Corner No. 4' WhenC Corner No. 2, Survey l045, bears north lS deg. 60 min. west, 93O chains; thence south 2 chains to Corner No. and the point of be- ginning.
 east.
 As additional to the original homestead entry of Robert T. JOlley, No. l7SS, enter.u December 8, 1868, at United States Land Or flee at Springfield Mo. for the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section c. Township 34, Range IT, containing 40 acres.
 Notice is hereby given that any and sll per sons claiming any portion of the above described land arc required to file protest during the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, in accordance with law, with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Ofice at Juneau, Alaska.
 ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIATION,
 By Henry F. Fortmann, President. Address: San Francisco, California.
 Notice of the above application will be pub lished in the Seward Gateway, printed at Seward, Alaska, which hereby designate as the newspaper published nearest the land ap- piled for in said application.
 c. B. WALKER. Register. United States Land ofice, Juneau. Alaska.
 Date of first Publication May 20, 1915. Last publication Sept. l.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-26

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