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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
LACK OF SHIPPING
INJURY TO MINING
INCREASED DEMAND FOR YES
Si.LS CANNOT BE MET OW-
ING TO THE WAR

ack of shipping is becoming al.
increasingly serious factor in COM
merce. For instance, the freight on
nitrate from Chile is now $40 per
ton as against a normal rate of IS
to Sc. Hawaiian sugar is being
shipped to San Francisco for trans
port across the continent to New
York hv rail. simply because YES
sells can be most profitably employ
ed in short voyages; otherwise di-
rect shipment through the Panama
canal would be natural.
The reopening of the canal is a
welcome event, but the frequent
blocking of that short cut has caus-
cd merchants to feel uncertain con-
siderEng traffic through the isthmus,
sc that relief will not be felt at
once. This will affect ore ship
merits, for instance, those of tin
concentrate from Bolivia to the
new smelter at Perth Amboy. Tin
IS being produced there, and
the American Smelling ana Rein
ing company, owners of the plant,
are distributing samples of an unus-
ally plre metal.
Their operations in Chile involve
n large amount of freight; thus the
Chuqufcamata and Braden mines
will require 100000 tons of freight
during the next two years. That
gives a good idea of the bigness of
the operations now in progress at
those two copper mines. The Andes
Exploration company, controlled by
the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany. will also be erecting a large
plant. making a further demand on
shipping from New York. Such
facts as these suggest the conges-
ton of maritime traffic threatened
by the withdrawal and destruction
of shipping in consequence Of the
war.-Mining and Scientific Press.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
LEAD MINES GIVING
PROMISE OF WEALTH
PROPERTY IN WHITE PINE
COUNTY WILL PRODUCE
LARGE TONNAGE

After having been face to face
with many a staggering problem for
several years, Allen Ferguson OF
this city and j. NJ. Anderson and
Chris Peterson of Hamilton are coz
fident that they will shortly trans
form their lead properties in tn
Duck creek district into meal tick
cts.
Their mineral holdings are about
eight miles from McGill. At one
time they produced high grade lead,
but the bulk of ore extracted from
the various workings was not of a
quality that would return a profit
to the owners when the price OF
the black metal was only four cents
q pound.
The situation at that time was
sufficient to make the %stoutest
heart quail, but the operators never
flinched. They felt confident that
the future held something in store
for them. With lead soaring around
eight cents, the knew that a
kindly fate has worked out their
own salvatio and brought them ont
Of The thross of despair.
Ferguson ah0 his associates ere
planning &C jig the ore and con
template making the product car
~ from 50 to 60 per cent lead, in
addition to Il few ounces in sill yer,
No effort will be made to forward
a consignment to the Salt Lake
smelter3 until at least so tons Of ore
Of this required percentage is
ready for shipment.-White Pine
News.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSY

Yesterday afternoon at $3.50 the
fire department was called to the
Tognoni studio on Fifth avenue.
Flashlight powder in the rear of
the shop had become ignited in an
unknown manner. The fire was ex-
tinguished before damage was done.
At six o'clock Saturday evening
the department answered an alarm
at the Turkish bath house at Column
bia and Miner streets The boy
scouts were using the swimming
tank at the time, and some person,
seeing smoke issuing from the
chimney, turned in an alarm. The
department made three runs in
three days, the first being to the
fire at the Water company office on
Friday afternoon.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
FINDS 81, 900 IN II

Nogenes was a Greek philosopher
who lived at Athens, famous he
cause of his admirable sarcasm, be-
cause he lived for a time in a tub
and because he once went about
with a lantern in the daytime in
search of an honest a 1t is
unfortunate for the ancient Greek
that he started his search for an
honest man some $50 years b. c..
and that he did not live in A. d.
1916 in Goldfield, where he would
have had to look no further than
his ~compatriot, Harry Peterson.
Saturday evening Harry Peterson
found a purse in the downtown dis
trict containing $4,000, most of
it in cash. He has advertised the
find.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29

tons of ore from which a net profit
of $24,67S was realized. This
compares in a favorable manner
with the production and profits fol-
the preceding month. when a pro-
duction of 3139 tons was made re-
sulting in a net profit of $25,512,
and shows hat a good general aver
age was maintained during the 80
days covered by the two reports.
Rescue Eula Mine
The drift on the vein at the $50
level of the Rescue Eula was con-
tinued uninterruptedly during the
week, as were also the three raises
which have previously been re-
ported as having been put up on
ord of shipments for the week
been started, Immediately back from
the face of the drift. Every pound
of rock broken down in the course
~ development work in these work
ings has been milled and the rec
ord of shipments for the week
shows an increase in the output of
the mine. All workings are being
extended on very good ore.
The sorting floor of the ore bin,
with grizzlies, ETC., was finally COM
pleted during the week and it has
been found necessary to raise the
collar of the shaft a distance of
about four feet in order to get the
necessary fall for the ore conveyed
to the ore bin. The work of rails
ing the collar of the shaft and Of
running a new track from the
shaft to the bin will be done the
latter part of this week and when
completed will make for great
economy in the matter of handling
ore.
A continuation of the good show
ings in the Cash Boy property is
reported this week. Another ship
ment of ore is being prepared which
will go forward in a few days. The
returns from the shipment last
week went a little better than 500
per ton, according to official re-
ports.
Shipments were made by two
sets of leasers at the Montana
Tonopah during the past week.
From the Henry Honey lease 70
tons we're shipped and Mike Voyovlc
sent out so tons.
Charles e. Knox, president of the
company, is at present in Tono-
pah on business connected with
the company and commented favor
ably upon the bright prospects of
Tonopah for the coming year.
The usual good progress was
made on the drifts on the $50 and
900 intermediate levels of the
North Star. A raise was put through
between the 900 intermediate and
$50 levels and stopping is under
way on the $50 level.
A car of ore has been extracted
and will be sent to the West End
mill within the next few days.
Tonopah Miner.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
COPPER CANYON DISTRICT
MAKING LARGE OUTPUT

A.. Wise made a trip to Copper
canyon last week and remained
there for three days, during which
time he inspected all Of the numer-
GUS placer workings of the camp
says the Battle Mountain Scout
Among these We're the Big Four op-
orators, who are repured TO he
clearing 500 a day, and Craunp-
ton and Lakamp who are sluicing
theiI old dumps and working six
men. James Estes IL also in the
money, having his new machinery
Installed and making practically a
perfect saving of the gold with It.
yon never looked SO good for a rec
ord breaking production of gold as
IT does at the present time, and in
his opinion IS the greatest placer
camp in Nevada.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
WHITE CAPS SHAFT
NEARLY COMPLETED
METHOD HAS BEEN FOUND TO
TREAT SULPHIDE ORE
OF NINE

Deepening of the shaft of the
White Caps Mining company at
Manhattan has been temporarily
concluded at the 325-foot point and
cutting of a station at the 80 has
begun. This station will be 30
feet in length.
AS soon as completed thu
company will work both east and
west on the level. It is expected
hat the main vein will be picked up
40 feet to the eastward and the
shaft ore-shoot an equal disance to
the westward.
To date the property has pro.
dueed $3.50 from $4,000 tons
of ore, the average extraction being
S19.14 to the ton. The difficulties
that overwhelmed the company prior
to it's reorganization were due to the
change in the character of the ore.
On the upper level it milled freely
and yielded readily to the cyanide
process, but below water level the
sulphides proved refractory.
A series of experiments is being
conducted in Tonopah on the sui
phide ore and an extraction of S5k
per cent is attained. The only ad-
dition to the process which was
used at Manhattan is roasting the
ore. AS soon as the lenses are
reached on the 80 level the ex-
reriments will be repeated and if
the results are equally satisfactory
the company will Immediately in
stall the roasters. The cyanide ca
pacity Of the plant already installed
is rs tons : day.-Tonopah Bonan-
"a.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
WEDGE MINE OPENS
GREAT COPPER VEIN
EAVY PRODUCTION INDICATED
by DISCOVERIES IN MINE
NEAR LUNING

Knute Freitag, superintendent of
the Nevada Packard mine and mill,
has returned from a trip to Luning,
where he went tt examine the prop
erty of the Wedge Copper Mining
company in the Santa Fe district,
in which Packard stockholders are
largely interested. Mr.. Freitag
stated that he believed the Santa
Fe district will soon become one Of
the great copper mining districts
of the west, and that the Wedge
ground has a fine showing of high
grade copper ore, which occurs in a
formation in which deep-seated ore
bodies are certain to be found.
The deposits on the Wedge com
pany's ground present features
which parallel those governing the
most prominent copper deposits in
the western states, said Mr.. Frietag.
Whenever a copper deposits occur
in igneous contacts, particularly
contacts between monzonite and
limestone. rich copper deposits in
~variatly are present; and when you
end the garnetiferous and lime-iron
s'iicate rocks on the contact, as IN
the Wedge ground, the adjacent al
tered granite rocks invariably fur
nish large bonanzas in copper depos-
its.
Mr.. Freitag took large averase
samples to the Nevada Packard la
boratory at Packard, where he will
make tests to determine the best
method of reduction of the lower
grade product.
The Wedge Copper company is
preparing to work the property on
the most economical basis possible,
and to that end Is installing al ali
compressor and machine drills. AS
the ground is very steel, mining
for a long time to come will be
done through tunnels and hosting
machinery will not be needed. Sup
~erintendent Howard is building
wagon roads and getting ready to
install the compressor Immediately
upon its arrival. The company en-
poets to start shipping the better
grade ore about May 10.
Mr.. Towards latest report to
President Mark Walser states that
tunnel No. 1, driven to intersect the
North vein, has developed IT feet
of ore. Drifts have been driven
north and south along the hanging
wall side of the vein to open Zip
ground for stopping. A Wine.
oh was sunk from the tunnel lev
aSfs in sulphides of good grade.
The compressor plant will be in
stalled at the portal of tunnel No.
], which has 900 feet of backs OF
the orebody exposed and which will
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
ROCHESTER CLAIMS
EMBRACED IN DEAL
LARGE AREA IN DISTRICT ST.
CURED BY G. S. JOHNSON
AND ASSOCIATES

A big deal is under way in
Rochester which means the final OPP
-eping up of the vast ore zone be-
tween the property of the Rochester
Mines company and the Packard.
The Rochester United Mines com-
pany, backed by the G. S. Johnson
company of Reno, has already ac-
quired IT'S acres of ground and is
negotiating for more. The ground
bought joins the Weaver of the
Rochester Mines company on the
west and the Sunflower Of the
Rochester Merger on the south.
The deal is the biggest finan-
cial move in the Rochester district
for many months outside of the
activities of the Rochester Mines
and Packard and will result in the
immediate exploration of that ter
ritory on the north slope of Weaver
canyon declared to carry the ex-
tension of the veins from the
Merger ground.
In fact several outcroppings prove
the extension of orebodies in the
ground taken by the new company
which proposes to carry on system
attic prospecting until the site tor
shaft or tunnel is finally selected.
According to G.. S. Johnson and
c. F. Spillman. who have just Wis
tied the property. the preliminary
work is to be carried on aggres-
sively with the probable expenditure
of several thousand dollars, brought
out by the fine showing on the
Merger and Weaver ground ada
cent.
Two groups of claims have al
ready passed to the new company,
including the Fannie H., the Fan
ME H. No. 1, the Triangle No. 1,
the Triangle Fraction, the Ala
bama, the Alabama Fraction, the
Mayflower, the st. Joe, the Brin-
die Dog. Brindle Dog Fraction
and Brindle Dog Nos. / and 2.
For obvious reasons the names
of the claims still being dickered
for are not given out, but will add
greatly to the acreage already ac-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
Novel Irrigation Scheme

Wills Brougher, proprietor of the
Carson hot springs, has, with no
success, tried numerous irrigation
schemes for a farm which he oper-
ates at the springs. He now plans
to erect tanks on the farm and use
a sprinkling wagon similar to those
used in sprinkling streets. He fig
ures that the light surface sprink-
ling may produce the desired
results, and if so, he plans to pur-
chase an apparatus mounted OF a
motor truck.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
MEMBERS OF COMMANDERY
ATTEND EASTER SERVICES

Malta Commandery No. 3, Knights
Templar, attended services at the
Presbyterian church at 1880 yester-
day evening. Ten members from
Tonopah were present. The men,
bers, in full uniform, formed i'm line
1T Masonic hall and marched to the
church. There was a large attend
ance, the church was prettily dec
Grated and the special Easter music
Rev. Thomson delivered the sermon,
devoted principally to the founda-
ton of the order, the ancient temp
lars, and their services to the world
and humanity.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
HUNTING FOR POTASH

Francis Brim, who recently came
down from Montana to assist his
father in taking out ore from the
Frederick mine near McGill, left
this week for Snake valley, where
he will prospect for potash salts.
several years ago and has since
remembered that there was a ledge
of rock which the cattle always
licked while passing by. He is
now of the opinion the ledge may
carry salts of potash which are
in great demand at the present time.
ply Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29

Two bulls belonging to the herd
at the state prison farm have been
sold to Carson people. One of the
animals was sold for 5000 and the
other for 800. Both are worth
considerably more than the price OBJ
tanned, but the prison stock farm is
operated for the benefit of stock
raisers of the state. Breeding ami
mails are given to other departments
of the state without cost to that de-
partment for the same reason.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
MINES AND MILLS OF TONOPAH ARE
MAKING USUAL LARGE PRODUCTION

During las. week the Tonopab
belmont comp91y sent to the mill
$3.50 tons, the Tonopah Mining l.
200 tons, the Tonopah Extension L.
500 tons, the Jim Butler $50 tons,
the West End 7O5 tons, the Mon
the MacNamara 81 tons, the Hall
fax "a tons, and the Midway II
tons, making the total production
for the week 1894 tons, the esti-
mated value being $175,272. This
valuation is calculated on the o
milling value of the ore.
The report of monthly earnings
as issued by the Tonopah Belmont
Development company for the
month of March shows a gain or
increase over the tonnage and bull
lion figures for February in con-
siderable proportions.
As shown by the above report,
the number of dry tons is 1929
as compared with 1890 tons
milled in February. The net value
of the ore increased from $177,563
in February to $191,120 in March.
AS a result of the reduction opera
lions there were produced 2,S57,-
G22 ounces of gold and 269,219.55
ounces of silver, as against 2,722.23
ounces of gold and 250,10O ounces
OF silver contained in the bullion
produced in February. At the same
time the price of silver has in
creased, from sc "a cents on Mar.
Is to Go 3-3 ccents per ounce on
April 20.
The net profits show a slight de-
crease from the figures published
last month, being $105,47S for
March as compared with $10S,221
for February. 1t is therefore evil
dent from these comparisons that
the company is adding to it's re-
serves of silver on storage, which
is said to be considerably over l.
900 600 ounces at this time, the
company sharing with the rest of
the financial world the belief that
silver is destined to go to very
much higher figures.
Tonopah Mining Company
The fourteenth annual report of
the Tonopah Mining company has
just been issued. 1t is stated in the
report that the total ore assets OF
the company on March 1, 1916, is
S792,7S9, the estimated tonnage
including ore on the dumps being
53,493 tons.
Aside from the general interest
with which the weekly report of
operations at the property of the
company is received the develop
ments taking place in the Red
Plume section of the main property
in the California and Tonopah group
of claims, and in the Mizpah EX-
tension ground are exciting wide
spread interest and attracting great
attention.
The reason for the interest dis
played in the Red Plume section of
the property is the fact that the
company is projecting a crosscut in
q southerly direction from the Red
Plume shaft for the purpose Of
striking the MacNamara vein near
the south side line of the Buck
board claim. This crosscut is be
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
SHIPPED

A consignment of tungsten con-
rates weighing nearly a ton was
brought in from Round Mountain
Yesterday by J.. w. Berg and j. II.
Thomas. The shipment vas worth
about $4,000 and has been sent to
eastern buyers. The concentrates
were owned by Jack Stevenson and
N Thomas of Round Mountain.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
DIVORCE

In the case of Alma M. Hunt
against Frank S. Hunt, heard in the
district court Saturday afternoon,
Judge Walsh granted a decree of d.
vorce to the plaintiff on the grounds
alleged in the complaint, extreme
cruelty. There was a division of
property. which is understood to
have been arranged by counsel.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
Positions Waiting

Owing to the great demand fer
engineers in the east due to the
filling of war orders for the allies,
one month prior to their gradua-
ton several members of the col
lege of engineering at the University
of Nevada have accepted posi-
lions offered them by eastern man
nfacturing firms. The eastern
plants of the war babies" are now
working "a hours a day.
Only Six Bad Boys in the State
There are at present only six in
mates of the state reform school at
Elko. I,
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29

Write D. G.. Doubleday, suite 4S3
Mills building, San Francisco, for
market sheets showing all actual
trading in Oatman stocks. Free.
-adv-tf.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29

NJ. B. CUTTER, president CT the
Tonopah and Goldfield railroad, left
today for the east. He will return
in June.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-04-29
West End Con.


The West End Consolidated Min
ing company on April IS shipped to
the smelter a lot of 40 oars of bull
lion weighing 67,S53 ounces. At
the price quoted for silver a fair
estimate to place upon the bullion
would be at least Is cents per
ounce: on such basis the shipment
has a valuation of $~50.SS9.75.
Mining operations were carried
on in the usual satisfactory manner
and good progress was made at all
points where development work was
performed.
On the 500 level the usual ton
mage of good grade ore was pro
duced from stope 500 where condi-
tions remained practically unchang-
ed from those reported in previous
weeks.
The Jim Butler Tonopah Min
ing company, during the month Of
March produced a total of 310G
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