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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
RICH SEAMS IN
JUMBO JUNIOR
WINZE is BEING SUNK ON IN
CLINE IN SHALE CON-
TACT ZONE

Seams of the typical gold-copper
high-grade ore of the shale contact
zone are appearing in the winze OF
the Jumbo Junior, below the S8c-
foot level, and conditions shows
marked similarity to those in the
adjoining Velvet claim of the jun
bo Extension, where a bonanza de.
posit was found in this zone and
az about the same depth. Many
of these small seams have been ex-
posed during the past few days and
are found in the same form as in
the wall of the rich Velvet deposit
Sinking at this point was resum-
ed lately, after it became naces-
sary, in order to secure the best
results, to straighten the winze ana
sink it at sleeper angle. The winze
has been in a highly silicified zone
and is now in quartz of good ap-
pearance, containing the seams OF
copper-bearing ore that have at
other points marked the edges OF
rich Orebodies. This territory is to
be further explored at greater
depth bys- o.. ending the northeast
cross-cut of the Jumbo Extension
into Jumbo Junior ground, on the
1O17-foot level and along the shale.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
RAISE NOW NEAR
SANDSTONE VEIN
EXPECTED WHEN LODE
Is EXPLORED

vertical raise from the $50
foot level of the Sandstorm-Ken-
dali mine is being driven to cut
the vein at a point below the old
LOTUS Davis lease workings and
ultimately to connect with the old
slopes from which the lessees took
a fortune in ore of exceedingly high
grade AS the vein has a rather
flat dip, a cross-cut was driven
west and the raise, now up about
80 feet, is expected to cut the vein
within the next few days, when it
will be turned to follow the incline
Cf the vein.
From this point, a considerable
distance must be covered before
making connection with the old
workings, " but the object of the
present work is to seek the down
ward extension of the bonanza ore
shoot. which was explored by the
lessees to depth of only about
SO feet.
The ore-shoot rakes sharply to
the south, and the raise has been
driven with this fact in view and
will be continued after penetratu
the vein in such a manner that 1t
cannot well miss any ore or value
The recent advance in the quoted
price of the stock is ascribed to
the fact that the raise Is believed
to be nearing the vein and to the
hope that pay ore will be found
upon entering the vein at this dep.h.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

One Goldfield mine, the Reorgan-
lied Kewanas, has lately reached the
point of evolution from prospect to
a producer and there is substantlal
promise that two or three others
will enter the same classification in
the near future Mine conditions in
the district, as a whole, have shown
a decided improvement during the
past few weeks and at no time IN
recent years has there been more
reason for encouragement or better
ground for confidence in the fu-
ture of the district. The resump-
ton of operations by the Notation
plant of the Goldfield Consolidated,
scheduled for early January, lnsures
a material increase in the camps
bullion production and is destined to
stimulate the efforts of other COM
panies and claim owners in the quest
for pay ore.
Mine conditions have been re-
Elected by the growing demand Tor
Goldfield stocks, trading in which
has been more active of late than for
a long time past, in some instances
with advances that have approached
the sensational. Nearly all the So
called leaders have had period OF
great activity, while number or
the lesser issues have come in for at
tention and the entire list has regis
tered a healthy advance. Goldfield
Consolidated again assumed the
leadership in the market, on the
strength of it's forthcoming resump-
tion of flotation treatment. ke-
wanas, Silver Pick. Great Bend,
Sandstorm-Kendall, Grandma Con-
solidated, Spearhead. Cracker Jack
and others have been in wide de-
mand, indicating a growing interest
in these stocks both in the east and
west.
GOldfield Consolidated
The usual large amount of devel-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
RE0RGANIzED kEWANAS SHOWS
GOOD ORE in Large QUANTITY

will again be exposed by the drift
within a few days.
In point of average value the ore
in sight has continued to afford
complete satisfaction. Since the
ore was penetrated by the raise.
near the latte hanging wall of the
contact zone, assays have varied
from around $40 to 1927 per ton.
fol- widths varying from two to
four feet. At the widest point.
where the raise showed full four
feet on both sides, the assays ranged
from $45 to 1927 and the average
for several rounds broken was in
the neighborhood of $50 per ton.
Thus far no lateral drifts have
been extended on the ore and there
fore it's extent is still unknown.
The ore has continued to show in
both sides of the raise, and as the
contact orebodies have been found
elsewhere to be spread out over d
considerable area and nowhere i'll
the form of chimneys or narrow
shoots, there is good reason to be-
lieye that this deposit will be found
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
RICH ORE FOUND
IN TULE CANYON
(sOLDFIELD MEN WILL GIVE
LEASE ON GROUND OF
PROMISE

Ore of high grade has been ex-
posed in ground situated in Tule
Canyon and owned by group of
Goldfield men. The owners of the
property are E. M. Lewis, G. l.. Diff
fenbaugh and B. w. Fields, who
have lately visited their claims and
made arrangements to grant a
lease on part of the property. where
work will be started in the near
future.
Several strong veins are said to
traverse the property and samples
of ore taken from near the surface
and brought to Goldfield gave as
says up to 80 ounces silver and
AZ per cent copper. Some ex-
ceedingly rich pockets of ore have
been found in this ground in earl
ier work. Development work thus
far performed consists of a 45-foot
incline shaft and 100-foot tunnel,
with some additional lateral work.
1t is believed that the property can
soon be placed on shipping basis
and the ore will be hauled to
Hornsilver for treatment, as soon
as milling facilities are available
in that district.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
CONTINUES
SINKING TO THE SHALE

The shaft of the Spearhead Gold
Mining company, which recently
penetrated the shale contact zone, is
now in quartz of good appearance
and is being sunk further to reach
the underlying shale, in order that
lateral development may be con-
Quoted on the shale. where rich de-
posits have been found elsewhere in
the district A station will be CIT
shortly, after a sump of sufficient
depth has been completed to hold ac-
cumulating water, and lateral work
will then be extended over a wide
area. On the 450-foot level drift.
is being advanced to explore the
vein below the old Wheeler lease
workings, in which ore of excellent
grade was discovered.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
PIONEER CONS.
IN GOOD SHAPE
COMPANY PLANS BETTER MILL
ING FACILITIES TO TREAT
BIG TONNAGE

Conditions on the property OF the
Pioneer Consolidated Mines COM
pany, in the Pioneer district, con-
tinue gratifying and large amount
cf development work Is now being
carried out under the direction OF
A. J. Canavan, superintendent or
the property and who served as
superintendent of the GoldfieId
Consolidated company's properties
for several years. Mr.. Canavan re-
Gently prepared an exhaustive re-
port on the property, which has
been forwarded to the stockholders.
In addition to the wider scope of
development work now being car
ried on by the company, several
leases are being worked on a lib
eral scale and two Of these have
exposed ore of good grade. The
company is planning improvements
in it's plant. including the installa-
ton of Shining equipment to effect
a higher recovery from the ore,
and the mill is closed down for
the present.
Activity in other parts of the
Pioneer district has been stimulat-
ed by a recent discovery on the
eastern side of the valley or basin,
about half mile from the Pho
neer Consolidated mill and in ground
that has been prospected at inter
hn
covery is said to be one OF the
most promising ever made in the
district, showing a great width of
high-grade milling ore at the sur
face President W. j. Tobin OF
the Pioneer Consolidated, who hoe
been in Goldfield this week on bust
ness. expresses satisfaction with pre-
sent conditions on his property a1d
confidence in it's future.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
REVIEW 0F mining OPERATIONS IN G0LDF|ELD DISTRICT
accumulation Of mill failing on hand.
| ReorganiZed kewanaS

accumulation Of mill failing on hand.
ReorganiZed Kewanas
An orebody that is apparently of
great value is now being developed
by a raise from the S40-foot level of
the Kewanas, in the northern part
of the property, in the shale contact
zone and at point where the con-
for the existence of a deposit of
great size and value. The raise
from the east cross-cut, 500 feet
north of the shaft, has exposed ore
varying in grade from $40 to over
1925 per ton and while the size of
the orebody has not yet been deter
mined, it is plainly of sufficient
volume to insure a profitable output
of shipping ore. The work has also
served to place in sight a consider
able quantity of ore that can be
treated profitably by flotation.
Silver Pick Cons.
Development work continues in
the great quartz zone, by means of
foot level, and conditions are pro-
nounced highly encouraging through
out the ground opened at this depth.
The station at this point is at some
distance from either wall of the ore
channel. and the cross-cuts are de-
signed to reach and explore both
walls, where there are strong hopes
of finding ore in commercial guam
tity. Interesting and significant
results have been obtained in sink
ing the No. drill hole, far to the
northwest of the second hole. The
cores have been showing the typical
black sulphide ore of the eastern
part of the district and the pres
ence of this material, at a depth of
less than 200 feet, has stimulated
new interest in the western region.
Great Bend
new level is being driven to the
Continued on Page Eight.)
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

The once-famous Palmetto mine
is to be worked again, and on a
scale approaching in magnitude the
operations of many years ago, wien
the property was as widely known
as the bonanzas of the Comstock
lode. The news of it's revival will
bring thrill to mining men who can
look backward over four decades
and recall the exciting events that
took place in that period in the
mining camps of Nevada.
Among the great mines of this
country around which tales of ro-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
CRACKER JACKS
PROGRESS FAST
CROSS-CUT MAKING FAST HEAD
WAY TOWARD GREAT
FAULT VEIN

Efforts of the Reorganized Crack
er Jack company are now being
centered upon the work at depth
of 800 feet, where the east cross
cut from the main shaft is being
driven forward rapidly to cut the
Columbia Mountain fault vein. Two
shifts of miners, armed with ma
chine drills, are making record pro-
gress in driving this cross-cut, the
average for the past two weeks hav-
ing been nearly seven feet daily.
Easing his estimate on the dip
of the vein as shown in the upper
workings, H. G. Mcmahon, who is
in charge of the company's affairs,
believes that the vein will be cut
in considerably less than 100 feet
from the present face of the cross
cut.
The opening of this vein will mark
a new step in the development of
the northern part of the district.
The vein is tie direct continuation
of the great quartz channel that has
yielded a production of more than
$S0,0OO,000 farther to the south,
and while it has produced some rich
ore and shows large quantities of
good milling ore on Cracker Jack
ground, the vein has never been
prospected at depth in this terri
tory.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

nance have been woven, not one
has a more dramatic history. Dis
covered in the early seventies, equip
ped with heavy machinery and
worked on an elaborate scale, the
Palmetto mine had to contend With
what was then, to the primitive
treatment processes available, a
highly refractory ore and with a
location remote from lines of
transportation.
Romance and tragedy, quick
riches and sudden death have fea-
tured in the story of the Palmetto,
and on occasion it has afforded the
most spectacular instances of the
successful application of get-rich-
quick promotion methods that have
been recorded in the annals of
frenzied finance. Palaces have beer
built from the mines proceeds,
royalty has profited from it's divi-
dends and the hopes and fortunes
of humber investors have been
shattered by the juggling operations
of it's early-day promoters.
During the seventies the property
was owned by Samuel J. Tilden,
candidate for the presidency in
1880, and William c. Whitney, sect
retary of the navy under President
Cleveland. With silver near its
high mark the mine made pro-
duction in the neighborhood OF
S6,50O,00O, but with the fall of
silver the property was closed
down and thereafter was neglected,
remaining idle for period of 20
years. Prior to the suspension OF
work the mine was transferred to
the Whitney Corporation and later
1t was sold to the Palmetto-Silver
Peak Mining company.
Records still in existence show
that in 1880 two of the claims
now included in the property, to-
gether with a small mill, were SOLD
for the sum of $1,25O,000 in cash
Subsequent to the first milling oper-
ations and after railroads had been
extended to within freighting dis
tance, a large part of the dump
ore was shipped to smelters To-!
treatment.
The original mill on the Palmet
to property, equipped with 20
stamps, was shipped around the
Horn to San Francisco, whence the
heavy machinery was taken by river
boat to Sacramento and hauled by
OK teams to Palmetto, by way OF
Candelaria. This was prior to the
introduction of either cyanidation
or flotation and the ore was treated
by concentration after roasting on
iron plates, in Brucker roasters, MS
ing wood for fuel.
In 1876 the equipment of the
property was completed, when mas
sive brick and stone buildings were
erected, brick retaining walls We're
constructed wherever walls were re-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
NEVADA EMPRESS NINE
IN EXCELLENT SHAPk;

A large tonnage of good milling
ore is being blocked out in the
Nevada Empress mine, situated in
the Gold Mountain district and own
ed by the Nevada Cooperative Mines,
company. Workings on the main
tunnel level have opened the large
vein and for several hundred feet
the vein is shown to contain an
average of from three to four feet
OF excellent mill ore.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
SILVER PICK DRILL IN
VEIN OF GOOD PROMISE

Vein matter of good appearance,
containing seams of black sulphide
ore, similar to that found in the
producing mines of the district, has
appeared in the drill cores brought
up from the third hole, which is be-
ing sunk with a Calyx drill far to the
west of the second hole. The main
continue to show many seams and
particles of ore in a quartz zone Of
great extent.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
MERGER MINES OPENING
UNEMPLOYED TERRITORY

The cross-cut to the south from
the shale contract drift on the
117O-foot level of the Merger, in
the northern part of the st. Ives
claim, has penetrated two veins or
quartz zones of considerable size.
but thus far only low assays in
gold and copper have been obtain
ed from these veins. There is rea-
son to hope that better results will
he obtained in the further explora-
tior Of this ground
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
HISTORIC BONANZA IS REVIVED
IN OPENING OF PALMETTO MINE

new owners have had a force Of
men employed in cleaning out the
old workings, sinking additional
shafts and driving tunnels, and ap-
proximately $4,000 has been ex-
pended in placing the property in
condition for mining on a COM
prehensive scale. The deepest shaft
is 400 feet in depth and high-grade
ore is exposed on the lower levels.
One drift shows Is inches OF $S5
ore, while another, in a different ore
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

quired and a brick smoke stack OF
great height was completed. Inls
stack has since been one of the
landmarks of the southern Nevada
desert and has been used by sur
veyors as a monument to which To-
cations have been tied.
About the year 1897 the Pal
metto property was made the basis
of what proved to be one of the
most sensational exploits ever
achieved by a dishonest promoter.
Whitaker Wright, whose activities
brought him worldwide notoriety
and ultimate death by his own
hand, as he stood before the bar
of justice, secured Possession of
the property and promoted it oh
capitalization basis of 5000, 900
pounds sterling. Among those who
invested in his stock we're the late
King Edward VII of England, then
Prince OF Wales, ard many British
noblemCn Wrigtt's endaavcrs
were confined to promotion AMI the
to have ignored entirely the min
irP Of Gre or the devol. ncnt OF
the property.
A year or two later the Palmetto
property again attracted attention
when c. B. Zabriskie and his as
sociate Shockley worked over the
old mill tailings and are said =,
have recovered about $30O,OOO.
treating the material by roasting
and amalgamation. During the
period of 20 years in which the
mine was idle under the former
ownership it was always guarded
by watchman and some four
years ago a miner named Mcconnell
employed in this capacity, was
found dead at the mine with his
dog dead beside him.
The Palmetto Consolidated, Irc.,
a close corporation, has asquired the
property and will at once resume its
Gpei alton, shipping the product by
means of caterpillar tractors. A
powerful hosting engine has been
shipped and will be delivered at
the property within a few days,
when it will be installed at the new
main shaft. =
In addition to the 12 patented
claims embraced in the original
property, the present owners have
secured ground giving them to-
tai of 25 claims, which are traver-
sed by number of large veins,
with network OF cross fissures
in all of which good ore has been
found. With silver at it's present
price it is said that a substantial
profit can be made by shipping the
product remaining in the old work.
ings, and with further development
the owners believe the mine can be
made to approach its early-day rate
CT production.
Since acquiring the property the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

said to be a vast tonnage of profit
able ore in it's mines, the company
will without doubt be enabled to
greatly increase its earnings from
this time forward. The cyanide
equipment will continue in use for
the treatment of oXidized ores
from the companys mines and for
recovering the gold from the large
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

opment work continues and the
mines are beng put in shape to make
a lare production of gold-copper ore
when the company's big oil flota-
tion plant resumes operations, now
planned for early January. With
the additional equipment installed
recently, insuring the complete sue
cess of flotation, and with what is
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
DIAMONDFIELD COMPANY
READY FOR BIG WORK

Development work will start
shortly on the Orizaba property, con-
trolled by the Black Butte company,
and a shaft. will be sunk rapidly to
explore the great ore zone below
the present workings, which have
produced large tonnage of good
shipping ore. Shipments continue al
profitable rate and new work is
yielding gratifying results.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
BLUE BULL
is EXPLORING AT DEPTH

Development work continues on
the 700-foot level of the Blue Bull
property, where a new vein was
penetrated short time ago, about
700 feet east of the shaft. This
vein is considered promising and
will be explored thoroughly by
means of drifts and raises
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
JUMBO EX. TO DRILL

A Calyx core drill is to be in
stalled at the 1017-foot level of the
Jumbo Extension mine in the neac
future, in order to prospect the
ground at great depth and determine
the possibilities of finding ore in
the large fissures that penetrate far
within the shale.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Great Bend

A new level is being driven to the
Continued on Page Eight.)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-30
FILL FROM LOFT;
HURT; THEN WELL
How a Man Who Landed On
Wood Pile and Was Sore
From Head to Foot
Found Quick Relief.

Once upon a time Edwin Putnam.
who lives In the quiet. pretty hamlet
of Wendell Depot. Mass. climbed up
into a loft to get some building ma
terial, just as many other man living
in the country must often do. Sud
denly he slipped and fell. Ten feet
below was pile of wood, knotted and
gnarled. 1t was nasty tumble. and
Mr.. Putnam was injured painfully In
the back. he was covered with bruises,
and was sore from head to foot
The next day he bought a bottle of
Sloan's Liniment which had been re-
commended to him. Within very few
hours the soreness had vanished and
the lameness had disappeared. He
was an active man once more.
Sloan's Liniment can be obtained at
all drug stores, Csc. SOC and $1.00.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-30
THIs-ANp FIVE cENrsi

Plano moving made easy. Call 10.
Peasley Transfer & Storage Co.--Adv.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-30
SERVICES HELD AT
NATIONAL CAPITAL

Washington, Nov. 80. - Official
Washington let slide the business of
running the nation today, while all of
Uncle Sans workers, from the presi-
dent and heads of departments down
to the caretakers of the big build
ings. Joined in an effort to make the
Thanksgiving day celebration a me-
morable one. In the churches, in
public institutions and in home cir
cles the holiday spirit was much in
evidence.
Practically every church in the city
conducted a special morning service.
The most notable of these were the
annual Pan American mass at st. Pat
rick's Catholic church and a ma
tional Protestant Thanksgiving serv-
ice" at the Metropolitan NJ. e. church.
Both services were attended by many
persons distinguished in public life.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-30
LAST BIGGEST AND BEST CLUB OFFER CAMPAIGN!
NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW HAVE GREATEST VALUED

button is effect During the time this offer
entire campaign and will again worth
OF campaign and the time during which candidate make
of final
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will 10000
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subscription
mailed BY o'clock
Offer even though they reach a
1t is not necessary
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Will issued and mailed candidates
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