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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-22
MEXICANS FLEE TO l.. s.

War department officials were
somewhat amused Tonight at "A mes
sage from the border saying a Car
rama military commander, posted near
the line, had sent his son into the Uni.
ted tSates for safety, while he himself
prepared to lead his forces against the
American army if war is to come They
also noted border advices that MeNi-
can civilians fleeing to the American
side i'm anticipation of war. had been
halted for service in the Mexican
army.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-22
LOCAL MILITIAMEN
PROMPTLY RESPOND
TO CALL TO ARMS

Applicants Flock to Recruiting Offices-Colonel
Reeves Issues Order Directing Commanders
to Bring Companys Strength to 15O-C, G.
and M Companies Spend Night Encamped on
University Campus.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
ADAMS CO.STOCK
TO PARTICIPATE
HOLDERS WILL BE PERMITTED
TO EXCHANGE FOR
CRACKER JACK

Secretary H. G. Mcmahon of the
company has issued a statement
citing forth the status of holders
of shares in the old Adams-Gold-
field Mining company, the property
of which has been acquired by the
Cracker Jack company under a
lcng-term bond arrangement. The
stockholders of the defunct Adams
company, under the plan adopted
are to be accorded the right OF
participating in the affairs of the
Cracker Jack company upon the
same basis as stockholders of tn
latter company, up to the limit of
stock available for exchange. Sec
rotary McMahon's statement fol-
lows:
For the benefit of those who
are not familiar with the recent
history of the Adams-Goldfield
company, l wish to state that some
years G the company permitted
the taxes upon the property to be.
come delinquent, and M claims
having been subsequently sold for
such taxes, this company was able
to secure an option from the pre-
SEN owner of the property for the
purchase thereof. The price of the
property and the terms of the op-
ton are very favorable to this COM
pany, and that we will exercise the
option and ultimately acquire the
property is beyond question.
1t is the intention of this company
to protect the former stockholders
O. the Adams company to the
greatest extent possible, and we VIII
as far as possible, permit them to
exchange their shares for an equal
number of shares in this company
upon the surrender of their Adams
Goldfield certificate, and the pay
ment of an assessment of n cent
per share now due upon our
stock.
BY reason of the fact that n
authorized capital of this company
is only 100000 shares, and the
original Cracker Jack Mining COM
pany was incorporated for a llh
number of shares, the amount ot
Adams stock to which the privilege
of exchange can be granted will
necessarily be limited to such STOCK
as is not exchanged by the Cracker
Jack stockholders. For this reason
Adams shareholders are urged, in
order that they may be sure OF
securing the benefit of exchange, to
send in their old certificates, to-
gether with the exchange assess
ment of one cent per share, imme-
diately.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
FIND TUNGSTEN
NEAR GOlCONDA
GOLD RUN DISTRICT REPORTS
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
OF TUNGSTEN

From present indications the dis
trict adjacent to Golconda is to be
an important factor in the produc-
ton of tungsten ores. For some
time it has been known that the
ores of this chacter existed in the
property owned by Tom Major,
situated in what is known as the
Gold Run basin and about twelve
miles south of Golconda. The val
liable mineral vas accidently dis
covered while working the proper
ty for lead and silver ore.
During the early developments
of the estate dark streaks of a
heavy metals were disclosed in the
workings, and thinking it vas iroh
the valuable mineral was thrown
over the dump. Later it was dis
covered that the mineral was what
is known as hubrenite, a mineral OF
tungsten with a manganese base,
and is of a brownish red to black
color in appearance.
With the price of tungsten in the
neighborhood of $50 a unit the re-
search for this valuable mineral is
extending to all parts of the world
and the Golconda district was fin
ally located as a probable section
for it's production.
From what can belearned the
deposits of tungsten in the MAJOR
property are much larger than was
Sunnorad the black material aSSO-
ciated with the lead-silver ore ana
vein is pronounced to be of a high
percentage of tungsten.
Salt Lake parties have entered
the field and it is understood
that a deal is pending for the Tom
Major property. which inclues the
Black Diamond, Leadville and a
number of other claims a N
Gold Run basin and are easy OF ae-
cess over a good road from Col"
conda. Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
SHIPPING QUICKSILVER
FROM lone PROPERTY

On one of the trains out OF Reno
Yesterday, stated w. B. Knight, dep
utv United States marshal, who re-
turned to Carson this morning, were
F. J. Curtis and F. J. Sweet OF
Salt Lake, president and vice presi'
dent, respectively of the Nevada Gin
nabar company, operating three
miles, from lone in Nye county.
They stated that their company
had just shipped a carload of quick
silver, consisting of $50 TASKS, to
eastern points and that the article
was selling at the average price OF
$3.50 per flask.
At their plant another carloa1
is being prepared and it will be TO-
warded in a few DAYS. Their plant
is handling about so tons of CHINA
bar ore a day and the product runs
a little better than two per cent,
or 40 pounds to the ton, and with
quicksilver somewhere around "a
per pound as against SIS or 60 centr
a few months ago, the profits can be
easily computed. 1t is stated that
Nevada now produced o~ne-seventh
of the worlds output of quicksii-
yer. It has therefore become quite
an important ihdustry.-Appeal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
I'll NGSTEN DEPOSIT is
FOUND AT RUBY CAMP

A large tungsten deposit has been
found by the copper company oper-
ating at Ruby, in White Pine coun-
w. Between two and three tons of
concentrates said by officials CT tho
company to be worth 81 a pound,
ere shipped recently by
express to a tungsten company at
Pittsburgh, for refining.
1t is claimed by the company that
it is unusual to find tungsten ore
in such close proximity to copper
deposits. If it is found that th3
tungsten is of good quality, it is
understood that the company will
develop the ground upon a large
scale. The concentrates were
placed in sacks, each containing
aLout 100 pounds. 1t is understood
the expressage on the sacks was
in excess of $500. The express was
resorted to to save time. If the
Concentrates come up to eXpectatlCii
the company is anxious to begin
development work as soon as posi-
bic. to avail itself of the prevailing
high prices for that ore. 1t wa.
decided that too much valuable
time would be lost in shipping the
sacks by freight.-GaZette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
Development MAKES
PROGRESS ON DEEPEST LEVELS

boundary line on the 200 level was
tance of 20 feet.
The Mexican company on the $500
level advanced the west croSscut
NO. 2 to the 140-foOt point n the
face is in pcrphyry and quartz Siy-
ing low assays. On the 200 leve..
east cut No. 4 was carried for
ward six feet through pOrphyry ana
quartz giving low assays. The Men
lean mill crushed 500 tons of Gus
tom ore.
Sierra Nevada on the $500 level
extended the north prospecting DRIFT
u feet ana the face is in vein mat
ter, giving from low to fair assays.
The Wine in No. 1 stope was sunk
and timbered four feet, with tho
bottom in low grade ore.
Excellent progress was made by
the Comstock Pumping association
in reopening the Union shaft below
the 1000 station, 20 feet being made
for the week, to the 160-foot point
below that station. The association
carried on other repair work and
all pumps were operated success
fully in the drainage of the deep
levels.
The Jacket-Crown Point Belcher
Mines company reports thai during
the past week Nc. l centrifugal
sinking pump was placed in com
mission in the joint incline and is
in successful operation. The wa
ter is being held at the 55-foot
roint below the 1900 level on tina
incline, On the 1900 level. a few
shifts were put in at No. 2 stope
and SO cars of ore saved. North
DRIFT No. 2 on this level, started at
the 50-foot point in east cross-cut
No. /, was extended II feet for the
week. Repairs were made to the
shaft and incline and On the 400
level.
At the Jacket mill 407 tons of
mine ore and 80 tons of dump rock
were shipped to the mill bins, -
mills crushing three days, and bal
ance of week were idle. Repairs
were made to the mill. At the
shaft, $40 tons were shipped to
the Notwithstanding Chronicle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26

The unofficial Comstock mining
reports for the current week show
that the Union Con. has maintained
an average ore production, the ton"
mage being 500 tons of a gross val
ne in excess of $1,000, the ore being
taken from slopes Nos. 2, 3, and 4
and the average values being about
$40 per ton. The company also
made good progress in reponing the
north drift on the 200 level. The
Mexican mill crushed 399 tons Of
c0stom ore averaging $3.50 per ton
and III the mine, the crosscuts on
tle $500 and 200 levels show por-
phyry and quartz of low assay value.
The Sierra Nevada north prospect
ing drift on the $500 level is in vein
matter, giving from low to fair val
ues, and the winze in No. l stope
exposes low grade ore in the bot
tom. Good progress was made re
opening the Union shaft and it ha.
been repaired to the 16O-foot point
below the 1000 station.
The Ophir and Con. Virginia joint
west crosscut on the 200 level was
advanced 81 feet to the 346-foo,
point and the formation passed
through was heavy vein formation
carrying some quartz.
The Ophir, at the Central tun-
mel, repaired the north drift on tbs
tunnel level, and on the $50 level
the north drift from the winze sta
ton has been advanced to the 1872
foot point. where Superintendent
Lyman in the early days ran a cross
cut west through quartz of fail
value. This crosscut is now beins
cleaned out and in the south dris
two sill floor sets of timbers wer'
placed. The stope above the sontl
drift has widened out to three sets
During the week 32S cars of ORE
were saved, and the mill crushe,
275 tons.
The Union Con. reports ore eXtrac
ton as follows for the past week
Slope A., 24O0 level. sc tons, aver
aging $16.44 per ton; Slope 2. o.
$500 level. 1872 tons, averagiri
s2O.3O; Slope 3. 131 tons. 17.44.
The north drift from the souti
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
Farmers Week at Reno

Farmers week will start at the
state university at Reno, Feb. n,
and all farmers of the state are
urged to be present. The meeting
scheduled for the t~wenty-first is
the fourth annual session. Eacn
succeeding meeting has increased
the general interest in the move
ment, inaugurated by the state agri-
cultural school, to bring the farm
ers of the state together at least
once during the year. The commit
tee. which is developing the plats
for the entertainment of the visi-
tors, has brought together what is
conceded to be the best list OF
speakers available to lecture on the
latest movements as they touch the
state farmer.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26

The GLOWING is a list of III
Gained letters remaining ~uncallsd
for in the Goldfield postoffice Up
TO and including the week ending
L eb. Z, 1916. When calling for the
please say advertised"
Anderson, Mrs. II.
De La Battle, M. Perrier.
ELvway, Frank.
Finniger. Chas. w.
Meyer, r. j.
Miller, Mrs. Dallas w.
Martinez, Senior Martina.
Marvil, Lou.
McManus, ThOs.
Pollock. James Fl.
Powell, Walter l..
Potts, Chas. w.
Salawar, Sr., Jose.
TrayGior. James.
Toby, Mrs. Willie.
Taggert, VIM. M.
Vickers. George.
Watson. G. w.
Wheeler. Dan.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
Rabies Commission Appointed

The state rabies commission. re-
equity r,"rested by the conference
held IT Winnamucca, has been an
rointed by Governor Boyle. The
following men have beer named and
announced by the governor: j. Glenn
mons Of Reno: w. M. McGill of
Ely, and G.. Russell, Jr.. of Elko.
They are republicans and all are
interested in the stock industry.
The commission will supervise and
represent the different counties in
the work of discriminating coyotes
in Nevada.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
NEW MINING COMPANY

The Lucky Prince Gold Mining
with offices in Clark coun-
ty, near the town of S~earchlight, fill
ed articles of incorporation with the
secretary of state today. The COM
pany is capitalized at 100000, with
100000 shares at a par value of
10 cents each. H. B. Chessher, j.
C. Burch, A. l.. Wiley, Frank Dick
of Los Angeles and F. E. Kruger Of
S%earchlight are the directors and in
corporators.-Carson Appeal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
RESOURCES Of Death VALLEY
DEVELOPED BY A RAILROAD

Iceland demonstrated what the soil
of that section will do. Three and
four crops of vegetables, fruits and
all kinds of garden truck irrigated
t.nly from the overflow of the rail-
road water tank gave ar idea of the
fortune awaiting settlers. News of
the success filtered out and a col
ony of eight or 10 farmers is now
clustered around the station of Sho-
shone, where a good supply of sur
face water was tapped at a depth OF
rs feet. The railroad company is
going further to convince settlers OF
the fertility of the soil. Seven
miles south of Iceland an expert
mental farm on a large scale will he
esta blished under supervision of the
state agricultural college. A drill
will be sent down to a depth oil
700 feet to prospect for an srtesian
low and then the desert will begin
to bloom with something beside
wild flowers.
At Acme the Cement Plaster CON-
Dary of ST. Louis is working 80
men in it's gypsum mine and ship
ping 40 to so cars a month without
being able to supply the demand.
The Pacific Nitre company has pat
ented 1000 acres of nitre land ana
experiments are now being made
for the purpose of utilizing the low
grade deposit. Fourteen miles south
west from Zabriskie is the Ibex
mine, a zinc, lead and silver pro-
position, recently bought by j. F.
Kent and Frank A. Keith of the
Yellow Pine company, the rich div
idend payer of Goodsprings, New.
Twelve to Is men are engaged in
an aggressive campaign to develop
the hex into a shipping mine A
short aerial tram of half "a mile will
be erected to bring the ore down
the mountain to the wagon ROAD
where bins will be established to
supply a fleet of motor trucks.
The Graves Lead syndicate o.
Philadelphia is shipping 100 to
1000 IONS a month from TecOpa and
this output will be greatly increas~
ed owing to the opening of some
new rich orebodies. At the same
time arrangements have been closed
for the installation of a 50-ton con-
contractor at Tecopa where the long
neglected low grades of this mine
will be raised to a payable shipping
status. Some very promising lead
prospects have been opened fi'e
miles east of the Tecopa mines
which are situated respectively sew
en- and II miles from the main line
of the railroad. The new mines car
ry a lead, silver and iron ore which
ranks as a desirable flux and the
owners are doing all they can to get
down to a shipping basis.
Carbonate, the Salsberry group
in Death Valley, keeps two motor
trucks hauling to Zabriskie and
shipments are maintained at a car
load a week. The owner is intent
on improving the wagon road to his
camp before swelling the tonnage
as his caterpillars find trouble i'll
negotiating the sandy stretches.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
CENSOR REFUSES
INNOCENT CABLE
BRITISH MAKE AMUSING MYS.
Terry OF NEVADA BOYS
CABLEGRAM

Former students at the Univer-
sity of Nevada, who are now in Eng
land attending oxford university by
or who are in the trenches fighting
for the allies, write of amusing and
in several cases of annoying instan-
ces of the activity of the censor in
deleting parts of or entire messages.
Tne Sagebrush, a weekly publica-
ton edited by the students of the
university recently published an
amusing instance of the suspicion
that is accorded every message that
even hints at the mysterious. The
letter, is written by a former Reno
prep man who was well known her.
when athletic rivalry with the Reno
institution was carried on extern
sively.
An extract from a letter by Wal
ter C. Jepson, exile, in which he
describes his encounter with the
British censor in the attempt to
cable the result of the qualifying
examinations for the Rhodes ex
amlndIlOnS last OCtOuSI.
Too late the fatal words of th'
war-''unless We quicken our move
mcnts damnation will fall upon the
sacred cause for which so mu
blood has flowed. Now by no
means is this a confession hal ]
have not sent you word long ago
nor that | have failed in my moral
obligations as regards the last
Rhodes examination. | only lamen
the fact that the cable which | sent
at the time never reached the unc
versity. / don't think it could have
beer lost through any economy of
words on my part. In fact, l have
reason Sc to believe. Just when l
had visions of my communication
being received with JOY back in Ne
vada, l received a note from the
censor demanding a full and clear
explanation of the second text word,
which happened to be "Pargellis."
The wording was Fife Pargellis
passed-Jepson." complied as
quickly as possible, and thought all
would be we'll. Not so, however.
| received another note from the
censor stating hat the message
could not be accepted. Therefore
| amended the text to read will
liam Stanley passed-Jepson.' And
the postmaster at oxford assured
lie that it would be all right and
hat unless | heard from him CT
reilly to the q ntrary, l could as
sume that it @Ct through. l hlt
no such rerly and naturally inferred
.iaL it hal '"n forwarded. By
this time, however, l suspect t1ar
suspicion ha! become attached 10
the name Jepson. So that the cen
.,or was led IL believe hat abOtt
the O.st way ot nipping in the bad
q plo. to send 8 swarm of Zaplf;
over ENGLAND rf a school of subma
rires to ner coasts, would be to
CT ucl the fatal words into the bas-
ket.
The situation at present consists
iii an interchange of notes with his
majesty's pOstoffice, and unless ad4-
quate explanation or reparatiOn IS
forthcoming | shall have to threat
en- a rupture of those friendly re-
lations which have always charac-
terized our mutual dealings" 1
wonder if Pargellis will undertake
an action for defamation, Islander,
or libel.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
Men are in Danger

The crew of men at the small
mining town of Fitting. a short
distance across Spring valley from
Unionville in Humboldt county. are
in danger of starvation. The town
is composed of miners of the Fed
eral Mining company. The recent
SHOWS have made it impossible for
anyone to make the trip into the
town and fear has been expressed
that the residents are suffering from
lack of food.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
To Compile Statistics

l.. F. Adamson, secretary of the
Nevada tax commission. has start
ed on the first lap of his tour
of the state to compile statistics
- aid the commission in fixing
the rates for 1915. He will visit
evorv county, in the state and vii,
determine the amount necessary &c
nm the government in 1916. The
work will REQUIRE about two
months 70 comn'ete. Rebo is the
first stop of the commissioners.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26

Frank VI. Jenifer, traffic manager
TO- the Tonopah & Tidewater rail-
roao which ~traverses a section oil
country supposedly sacred to sco.'D-
ions, tarantulas, chuckwallas and
celtipedes is fast qualifying for
era nd master of the old curiosity
shop by adding cinnabar, magnesitc,
gypsum, manganese, tungsten, pos
ASH, nitre, kaolin, zinc, lead and
The old stand by of borax to tue
tonnage of his road. The Tidewater
was built mainly to supersede Bo
rax Smiths 20-mule teams but,
since Jenifer got into harness ana
Ducklei down t o the business of de-
veioping traffic he has succeeded BE-
yond the company's fondest expecta-
tiCns.
Chris Zabriskie, who used to curl
d blacksnake ove a string of eight
mules at Candelaria. and is now IN
;ne millionaire class, is one Of the
chief stockholders of the Tidewater
from southern Nevada he has to
pause to study out what new kin4
Jenifer has injected into the bust.
ness of getting traffic.
You can't keep Jenifcr
chained down." exclaimed Chris de-
lightedly when in Goldfield recent
ly. IF they had that fellow on tho
New York Central he would put tina.
line out of business, for they could
mt begin to move the freight. That
is all there is to it, And Chris
came near telling the gospel truth.
To paraphrase j. ogden Mills To-
mark about the Carson & Colorado,
the narrow gauge that serves lnyo
county, The Tidewater was 200
miles too long and 200 years TOO
early" At least that is the way a
lot of persons felt when they heard
a line was building into Death Val
ley. Since then Frank Jenifer and
John Ryan, his general manager,
have made the road pay and are
figuring on developing a new scenic
route to rival the Grand Canyon OF
the Colorado by circling the rim OF
DedIu NdllSy anu iOltih6
gaze from the s~now-capped slopes OF
the Panamints over a panorama ell
bracing Mount Whitney, the loftiest
peak in the United States, and the
bottom of the awesome valley which
dips 500 feet below sea level. Jeni-
fer knows the route would be a bust
ness getter and some day when the
borax millions are loosened up the
new scenic line may be realized.
In the Goldfield hotel last week
Jenifer was descanting OIL the won
derful of the country which
Bob Ingersoll blasphemously Dubbed
the and God forgot" AS Jeniter
spoke he waxed eloquently until his
hearers were convinced that the
Garden of Eden "a originally 10"
Gated on the banks Of the Amargosa
instead of M~esOpotamia. One tact
was evident and that was that Jen-
ifer stands as a preferred candidate
for president of the Optimists club.
Last year an experimental farm
established by the Tidewater at