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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
NOBLE TUNGSTEN
MINE PRODUCING
SHIPMENTS OF ORE SENT FROM
NEAR SODAVILLE TO THE
COAST

Reports received here from Soda
Vile, in Mineral county, state that c..
E. Noble, who is known to many peo-
pie in Goldfield and who has been
working mining properties for sew
eral years in the neighborhood of
Douglas, is now producing tungsten
ore in a considerable quantity from
a discovery he made last May. The
ore is in the form of scheelite and is
being shipped to reduction plants
near San Francisco.
Thirty-five men are now employ
ed on the Noble property, developing
one of the principal veins, which are
said to contain large deposits of ore
that can be shipped at good profit
from Sodaville to the reduction
works. The ore is in great demand at
present, owing to the advance in the
poets of a materially increased pro-
duction of the metal in this region,
where there are said to be many
other good tungsten prosects.
Regarding the latest develop
ments on the Noble property, j. Hol-
man Buck says, in the Western Ne
vada Miner:
In the mining game Mother Nature
pulls off some strange and start
ling freaks and in the distributiOn
of her favors she sometimes iasses
them out like drunken sailor ior
Il night out This fact was strt ns-
ly exemplified this week at the Nt,'1e
tungsten camp in the Gold range.
south of the Douglas camp.
When the San Francisco peopl ,
took over recently the tungsten
strike made short time ago bv
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20

Successful laboratory tests to de-
termine the efficacy OF Oil flota-
ton in the treatment of the copper
hearing ores of the Goldfield district.
have led to decision on the part
of the management of the Goldneld
Consolidated Mines company to pro-
ceed at once with the installation OF
equipment for a 30-tOn unit for ex-
perimenting on a large scale with
this process. FlotatiOn is proving
to be a complete success in num-
Der of districts the ore of which Is
refractory, and metallurgists now
regard it as the coming universal
process for the treatment OF ores
that are not amenable to cyanidation
The deep-level ores of the Gold
field district, for the most part. con-
tain copper and other base elements
that render them unsuited to treat
ment by any milling process en-
ployed in this region, and a great
part of this ore will not bear the
high cost of transportation to smelt-
ing points. In several of the Gold
field mines, in which development
has reached an advanced stage, large
quantities of ore of this character
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20

What may be characterized as a
preliminary survey of the under
ground water resources of Nevada is
in progress under the personal direc-
tion of Professor J. G. Scrugham.
dean of engineers of the University Of
Nevada, in cooperation with the
United States Bureau of Irrigation
Investigation. Dean Scrugham is now
in southern Nevada having arrived at
Goldfield yesterday. He pro-
ceeded at once to Fish Lake valley
accompanied by Fred Mechlin and
l.. B. Curtis. of the Nevada-Califcr-
mia Power company and C. G. Pat
rick of the Goldfield Consolidated
Water company.
Fish Lake valley, about 65 mics
west of Goldfield, is one of the most
attractive valleys of the state from
the standpoint of irrigation and
agricultural development possibilities.
It has an area of approximately
165 900 acres, or Is, 900 acres more
than is provided for under the Car
son-Truckee project at FallOn, of the
United States reclamation service.
Just what the water resources OF
the valley are can be determined only
by an exhaustive survey and the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
ATLANTA STARTS
VINE At 1850
STRONG ORE-SHOOT WILL BE
FOLLOWED BELOW THE
DEEPEST LEVEL

Work that will command keen
interest here has Just been started
at a new point in the Atlanta mine.
Manager Darcy is starting ~inze
from the 175O-foot level, at point
Were ore was exposed in the north
drift. near the hanging wall OF the
big vein. At this point the DRIFT
shows ore assaying over $40 per ton
for a width of five and One-half feet,
end farther along the drift from
Is to 20 inches yielded ASSAYS
around $40 per ton.
This ore was exposed last year,
soon after the branch cross-cut was
driven from the main cross-cut to
reach the vein north of where 1T
was first exposed in the work from
the Merger shaft. A raise was driv-
en- here, but the ore was shown to
be narrowing above this depth, while
it appeared to become wider as depth
was gained. There is reason to be-
lieve that the sinking of this winze
will supply ore of shipping grade,
to supplement that now being broken
in the new slopes on the 1880 and
162O-foot levels. A carload of me-
dium-grade ore from these Slopes
was shipped a few days ago and an
other shipment is now being pre-
,aro1
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20

For the amount and value of ore
now being shipped and available for
shipment, the Hornsilver district,
situated 2S miles southwest of Gold
field, has received little attention of
late. The camp and district had a
substantial boom some five or six
years ago, when a town of over 1000
inhabitants was built within a short
period and the surrounding territory
was the scene of much prospecting
and surface development, but work
since that time has been confined to
IL small area and litigation has in
terfered with the opening up OF
some of the best ground.
No fewer than a half-dozen separ-
ate properties are now being work.
ed. for the most part upon small
scale and by small forces, but all OF
these properties have ore of ship
ping grade in sight and in some
cases the volume of this ore is sui
ficient to insure considerable profits.
A force of men is engaged at the
old Great Western mine, now the
property of the Southwestern Mines
company, in placing concrete foun-
dation at the main shaft for hosting
equipment of large capacity, and 1t
is reported that development work
will be resumed here shortly.
The Great Western mine has al
ready made a substantial production
of shipping ore from workings above
the 25O-foot level and has ore OF
good milling grade and in large vol
ume, on it's deeper workings, ex-
tending to a depth of more than 400
feet. S. H. Brady, Thomas Thor
kildsen and associates, who obtained
control of the Southwestern COM
many last year. have planned exten-
sive work and the course of future
operations has been outlined in a
joint report made by Manager Brady
and ]. K Turner, the company's con-
sulting engineer.
Water will be supplied by means
of a pipe line. connecting with the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
new JERSEY HAS
RICH ORE SEAMS
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS IN
HERETOFORE NEGLECTED
PART OF DISTRICT

The most encouraging showing OF
ore that has been revealed by any
work within radius of over two
miles is reported at the property OF
the New Jersey Mines company, in
the eastern-centra part of the Gold
field district and on that cOmpany's
Excelsior claim Manager Harry
Ernest has been developing this
ground with the greatest persistence
and with confidence in ultimate sue
cess, and his hopes are now prom
ised realization.
A six-inch seam of ore exposed Oh
the 4OO-foot level has been yielding
assays varying from 500 to $3.50
per ton, while on the 500-fOOt level
a drift is showing a seam varying
from Is to 20 inches in width and
assaying $12 per ton. Manager
Ernest has been occupied lately IN
repairing shaft timbers and other
workings, but he is now ready to re-
sumo the work of following the ore
on the two levels mentioned and will
soon start a raise on the ore show
ing at the 5OO-foot level. The dis
coveries made here are likely to bring
about a resumption of work on 9TH
er properties in this part of the dis
trict.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
JUMBO EX. GIVES
OCTOBER REPORT
PRODUCTION CONTINUES TO
APPROXIMATE THAT OF
PAST FEW MONTHS

Preliminary estimates of the pro-
duction and earnings of the Jumbo
Extension Mining company for the
month of October are shown in a
statement just issued by Secretary
Ben Gill. Final returns from the
ore shipped to smelters, after having
been sampled at the local plant
the Western Ore Purchasing COM
pany, are not available until fully a
month following the close of the
months production, but as final re-
turns have almost invariably ex-
ceeded the preliminary estimates, it
is possible that the October output
may prove to be considerably in ex-
cess of the figures shown in the fol-
lowing statement.
Production and costs for the
month of October were:
Total tonnage shipped, 3476 tons.
Gross value of ore, $112,OOO;
freight, treatment and samplinG
costs, $4,000; smelling losses, $14,-
900; mining and development costs,
$4,000; total costs, $4,000; net
realization, $4,000.
Development work in the Jumbo
Extension mine continues to yield
satisfactory results, particularly ID
the newer drifts that have followed
the shale contact ore-channel far
above the rich 524 drift and which
are at a depth of about 500 feet.
and in the contact workings at the
extreme southeastern point reached
in the Velvet claim. The Velvet
shaft is now at a depth of about 700
feet and is making progress at the
rate of five feet daily.
Upon the completion of this shaft
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
PIONEER TREATS
LARGE TONNAGE
COMPANY WILL EXPERIMENT.
WITH FLOTATION PROCESS
At ITS MILL

Operations of the Pioneer Consol-
idated Mines company have been
placed upon a substantial basis and
production is more than meeting the
costs of the large amount of devel-
opment work now being carried on
under the direction of w. J. Tobih,
president and general manager of the
company. The work now in prog
ress is following closely the lines de-
signated by J. X. Turner, the CON-
pany's consulting engineer. in rec
concentrations made by him within
the past few months and after a
careful examination and thorough
sampling Of the mine workings.
President Tobin, who has been WIS.,
iting in Denver recently, has given
out the following information re-
garding the work of the company:
Retimbering of the Bonanza stope,
made necessary by the cave-in last
winter, and other necessary i'm
provements in the mine have been
completed, and the company is enter
ing upon a campaign of development
work that promises much for the
property.
Cross-cuts and drifts are to be ev-
tended on the various levels. Prob
ably the most important work of this
sort will be- the driving of a south
east cross-cut from the main shaft
on the :10-foot level for the pur-
pose of intersecting the downward
extension of the Bonanza ore shoot.
that is supposed to traverse the COM
pany's ground southeast of the main
shaft.
Should this cross-cut be success
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
F|01AI|0N TEST PLANT TO Be
INSTALLED BY GOLDFIELD CONS.

have been exposed, notably in the
Mohawk, Red Top, Laguna, Grizzly
Bear, Clermont, Jumbo Extension
and Atlanta mines, ana good authori-
ties declare that the tonnage now
available is of sufficient volume to
insure a supply for long period,
to a plant of large capacity.
With the completion of the ex-
perimental unit it is the plan of Man
ager Hutchinson to make thorough
tests on ore taken from all parts OF
the district, and should these tests
prove successful, equipment for hand
ling large tonnage will be installed
in the GOldfie Id Consolidated COM
pany's mill. The installation viii
not require the building of new
and separate plant, as there is am
pie room in the big nall for equip
ment of any capacity that mag hc
demanded, and the success of this
process in the treatment of the 10
cal product would rrobably result in
flotation ultimately rfHlacirg, in
large measure, the processes now in
use. The importance Of these tests,
to the entire distrir'. IS genera ny
recognized and experts believe that
they will prove successful
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20

Conditions in the mines of the
isfactory and but for the interest at
tracted just now to other lines of in
vestment, notably to the war special
ties, these properties would be COM
manding far greater attention. News
of stimulating character and of vital
importance to the entire district is
contained in the official announce
ment of progress in the work of per-
fecting a treatment process for ths
refractory, copper-bearing ores OF
the district. The successful out
come of the exhaustive tests now be-
ing conducted in this direction will,
it is universally conceded, result in
a vastly increased production from
the mines of this district and rem
der possible the carrying on of de-
velopment work upon properties that
have long been idle owing to the
lack of a market for their low-grade
product.
GOldfield Consolidated
Manager J. w. Hutchinson of the
Consolidated, through whose efforts
the company's big reduction plant
has been brought to it's present high
state of efficiency, has obtained sat-
isfactory results from a number of
laboratory tests on the company's
deep-level ores, containing copper
and other base elements and which
is not amenable to treatment by
cyanidation. With this stage of his
experiments brought to a successful
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
RESUME SINKING
!. KEMANAS WINE
PROSPECTS GOOD FOR ENTER
ING SHALE ZONE AT AN
EARLY DATE

Sinking below the east cross-cut
on the S40-foot level of the Kewan-
as is again in progress and max
ing good headway, after fortnight
of continued Interruptions following
the timbering of the winze to depth
of about 20 feet Near the point
where the winzewas started, which
is near the hanging wall of the quartz
zone, ore of good grade was exposed.
while in the distance of 40 feet be-
tween this point and the drift on
ore, to the west, number of good
seams were cut, one showing nearly
two feet of commercial ore.
From the dip of these cross-seams
as well as of the main ore-shoot that
is exposed in the north drift, it is
apparent that the winze will cut
some of this ore before it progresses
any great distance and Manager
Darcy thinks he may obtain some
results of interest within the next
Is or 20 feet of sinking. All indi-
cations support the belief that the
yinze will penetrate the shale con-
tact zone at little further depth. The
north drift has been advanced over
260 feet, showing commercial ore in
encouraging quantity for this entire
distance, and stopping on the ore will
begin as soon as the work in the
winze is further advanced.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
NORTHEST CROSS-CUT IN
MERGER is PROGRESSING

On the 1175-fOot level of the Mer-
ger Mines property the drift that is
being driven to the northeast, is
still in the latte and shows no
marked change, nor is any change
expected until it reaches the contact
zone at the farther side of the de-
preston in the shale here. The work
is now in the extreme northern part
of the Algae fraction and progress
sing toward the SunflOwer claim. IN
which there is reason to believe that
the continuation of the main Jumbo
Extension ore-channel will be found.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
Jumbo Extension

Preliminary estimates of the pro-
duction and earnings of the Jumbo
Extension company for the month of
October show an output of 3476 dry
tons of ore, of a gross value OF
$4,000, with total expenses fol
mining, development, freight, treat
ment, sampling and smelter losses
amounting to $4,000 and net
realization of approximately $5U,-
900. The last figure may prove to
be low, as early estimates have al
most invariably been well under the
final returns, owing to the liberal
allowance made by superintendent
Turner in mine sampling. The Vel
vet shaft has reached a depth of
about 700 feet and should be conf
pleted to the 1017-foot level some
time in January, when the production
out difficulty. The new SAL and
SAG slopes, opened from drifts
above the S50-foOt level, continue to
show wide faces of high-grade ship
ping ore, and crOss-cut is being
driven on the $40 level, from the
old main workings, to connect with
this part of the mine in order to
facilitate extraction of the contact
ore in this territory. In the south
eastern workings the new 555 drift
is progressing in ore of excellent
quality and the $50 drift, from which
the 555 has been opened, has con-
Continued ON Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
SINMERONE IN GOOD SHAPE

On the property of the New Gold
field SimmerOne company drifts are
being extended on the 1OO-fOOt level
TO pick up the extension of the rich
ore-shoot opened by raise from this
level. A small shipment of high
grade ore was sent to the sampler
recently and ore of the same quality
is in sight in considerable volume IN
the raise and drift above the 100
level
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20

conclusion, Mr.. Hutchinson will at
once proceed to install, in the Con-
solidated mill, equipment for 30
ton unit, using the flotation process,
to determine the results of treat
ment by this method on a large
scale. In the event of this proving
equally successful, the Consolidated
company will install equipment for
handling a large tonnage of this ore,
of which many thousands of tons is
now available in the company's
mines Test runs will also be made
on ore from other properties in the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
REVIEW OF mining OPERATIONS IN GOLDF|ELD DISTRICT

district and il the process proves ef-
fective here, of which metallurgists
have no doubt, provision will be
made to treat this product in great
volume. The mines of the Consoli-
dated company contain vast quanti-
ties of this copper-bearing ore, which
cannot be treated by processes now
in use and which has been left
standing in the mines for future
treatment, rather than bear the
heavy burden of transportation to
distant smelling points.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
SPEARHEAD SINKING SHAFT

The main shaft of the Spearhead
Gold Mining company, which was
lately unwatered, is being sunk at
satisfactory speed and better prog
ress will be made with the early in
stalation of a compressor and air
drills
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-04-23
Exact Copy OF Wrapper.
FACTS ABOUT THE MORTGAGE
For One Thing, as a TireIess Worker
1t May Be Said to Hold the
Record.

A mortgage makes a man rustic
and 1t keeps him poor. II is a strong
incentive to action, and a wholesale
reminder of the feeting months and
years. 1t is fully as symbolical in its
meaning as the hour-glass and scythe
that mean death.
A mortgage represents industry. be-
cause it is never idle. night or day.
It is like a bosom friend, because the
greater the adversely the closer it
sticks to a fellow. 1t is like a brave
soldier, for it never hesitates at
charges, nor fears to close in on the
enemy. 1t is like the sandbag OF the
thug-silent in application. but dead
ly In effect. 1t is like the hand OF
p~rovidence-it spreads all over crea-
ton, and its influence is everywhere
visible. 1t Is like the grasp of the
de~vil-fsh-the longer 1t holds the
greater its strength. 1t will exercise
feeble energies and lend activity tc
a sluggish brain, but no matter how
debtors work the mortgage works
harder still. A mortgage is a good
thing to have in a family-provided
always, 1t Is in somebody else's fam
ily.-New York World.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-04-23
SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT
BELZoNps MAYOR GAVE
EXCESSIVE PENALTY.
REPORT CROPS IMPROVING
Summary Of Conditions in Mississippi
10 Given by Farm Expert. Good
Weather Makes Vegetation
Progress Very Fast.

jackson.
The Supreme Court sitting here has
decided that the mayor Of Belzoni ex.
ceeded his authority in imposing a
fine for selling whiskey greater than
the city ordinance specified. In the
case OF Town of Belzoni VS.. Ida Luck
EFT, from the circuit court of Washing.
ton County a question was raised as
to excess Of fine imposed by the may
or of Belzoni on conviction of unlaw.
full selling Of liquor. The woman had
been tried under the town ordinance,
which fixed the statutory penalty at a
fine Of 800. but the mayor, in impos.
Ing judgment. made the fine at $3.50,
or $3.50 In excess of that prescribed in
the ordinance. The trial court was
sustained in holding that the penalty
should not be in excess of 800. JUS
tice Reed read the decision.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-04-23
Cotton Is Released.

The check for $4,000 that was
given to the board Of prison trustees
by Boyce * Co.. for the 5,S27 bales OF
cotton of the state at Gulfport, can
now be cashed. as Boyce & Co. has
agreed to accept liability in the suit
and attachment of the owners of the
steamship Huso, instituted in Gulfport
in the federal court, after the prison
trustees declined to use the boat to
make a shipment of the cotton to Den
mark. The attachment filed by the
ship owners was against the cotton
only.
Under the contract, Boyce & Co. will
pay all freight and other charges in
cident to the delivery of the cotton at
G%ulfport.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-04-23
Crop Summary Given.

Mr.. c. NJ. Huber, the Crystal
Springs truck farming expert, has is.
sued the following summary of the
vegetable outlook in Mississippi for
the week just closed:
Weather conditions since our last
report, eight days ago., have been very
favorable to all classes of vegetation.
Practically all tomato plants have
now been set out in the fields. Should
weather conditions continue favorable
shipments may begin June l or a few
days earlier. Early estimates of an
increase in acreage still hold good.
Peas are making splendid progress.
A few may be ready for shipment in
the ear future.
Cabbage is now growing nicely, bur
plants are much smaller than usual
at this date. Car lots will not begin
until the first week in May.
Acreage in beans not quite as large
as usual. This crop is very late, JUS,
getting started good.
Beets and carrots are now growing
rapidly, but are much later than other
easons.
Strawberries have been moving In
limited quantities. three to six al
daily, from the Louisiana berry dis
trict. The main crop is not started
to ripen as yet, and much will de
pend upon how soon that section Il
visited by a rain.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-04-23
The Wherefore Of School.

Little Herman was a very backward
scholar and his teacher frequently lost
all patience with him.
One day. when he seemed to be
more dense than usual. the teacher
exclaimed:
1T seems you are never able to an.
swer any Of my questions, Herman.
Why?"
III l knew all the things you ask
me, ma'am," replied Herman. my
father wouldn't go to the trouble Of
sending me here!"