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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
MASONIC MINES
PROMISE BOOM
RICH GOLD ORE TO BE TREAT
ED IN NEW REDUCTION
PLANT

The Nevada Progressive Gold
Mines company has engaged Thomas
Robb as consulting engineer, and
construction of the new mill at the
Sweetwater properties, including
the Silverado mine, will soon be
under way, says a letter from Ma
sonic to the Gazette.
In the main tunnel on the Silver
ado an orebody eight feet wide has
been intersected. Developments are
being pressed to determine the ex-
tent of the vein. In the main
workings of the property much ore
is being mined for shipment to the
Hazen sampler. j. G.. Dawson is
general manager.
Amigo & Mclean of Reno have
opened a deposit of molybdenum
about seven miles from Masonic,
and are shipping the product to
Eastern plants.
Two feet of gold-bearing ore, as
saying $50 to $50 per ton, has been
struck south of the main shaft on
the Pittsburg-Liberty, according to
Conway & Fredericks, who are
working the mine under lease. The
discovery was made in virgin
ground. Drifting to O the
main Pittsburg vein is proceeding.
The Masonic Gold Mines & Reduc-
ton company, composed of Denver
people, is driving a tunnel to in
tersect the main ore-zone. The
working force will be increased this
summer. l.. J. Cockburn is general
manager and Frank Strohm, super
intendent.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
UNION AMALGAMATED
HAS FINE SHOWING
ARE BEING RAPIDLY
EXTENDED

Drifting continues both east and
west on the 500 level of the Union
Amalgamated. The west drift has
been in the hanging-wall ore shoot
for the last rs feet and the foot
wall shoot, which has always been
to come in at any round now. The
values in the hanging-wall shoot
have ranged from SIC to $50 and
considerable ore has been placed
in the mine bin since it was en-
countered.
The east drift has passed through
the tissue vein which crossed the
drift at right angles and showed
values ranging from $40 to SIP for
a width of about four feet. No eff
fort has been made to explore this
ore body, as it is desired to push
work forward to cut the several ore
shoots in the Earl ground and par
ticularly to get under the large
ore body east of the Swanson fault.
This shoot, which is the most ex-
tensive yet encountered on Litiga-
ton hill, shows a length of about
90 feet and is between 20 and 80
feet wide on the $50 foot level of
the Earl workings. The drift now
going u from the main shaft will
give between 225 and $50 feet of
backs, which will insure tonnage
for two years at so tons per day.
1t is probable, however, that when
the company mill is moved to the
mine the capacity will at least be
doubled.
Only one drill has been used here
tofore, alternating between the east
and west, thus giving the driller a
clean set up, but, in order to has
ten the work, another drill man has
been put in service and three rounds
per day will be taken out in each
face. AS there is about 800 feet
yet to drive to the main east ore
body, it will probably take about 80
days to open it up.
The management is more than
pleased with the developments thus
far, as the ore bodies are more ex-
tensive and the values better than
they were abOve.-Manhattan Mag
net.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12

HOME POTATO PATCHES

The agricultural experiment sta
ton of the University of Nevada
has issued an emergency bulletin,
mo. so entitled THE Home
Patch" The bulletin is prompted
by the present and prospective need
of potato production and embodies
the results of experiments conduct
ed by Dean Knight of the College of
Agriculture. 1t is complied with
special reference to Nevada condi-
tions. Twenty-Five copies of 1T
have been sent to the Tribune for
distribution and will be given out
to those who may have need of
thnm.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
RICH ORE SHIPPED
BY COPPER QUEEN
PRODUCT BEING SENT TO Smell
TIERS CARRIES RED
METAL

The eighteenth "a of ore goes
forward today from the Edison-Gof
lease on the Copper Queen.
The face of the incline that is
exploring this great copper deposit
after a thorough sampling, shows an
average of 81 per cen copper. This
is the kind of ore that is nov being
shipped. The incline has reached
a depth of 80 feet and still appears
as heretofore, an opening into a
vast body of high-grade copper with
no sign of a wall either above or
below.
The ore at the bottom of the in
cline is changing in character and
shows an improvement in values.
Two shifts are now at work in
this lease but a third will be put
N the first of May.
From the Kottke-Goff lease which
commenced work less than three
weeks ago, a one-car shipment a
been made, with the ore looking
very promising.
Ernest Lemaire and Edison on
their lease to the south, have struck
the main ledge and are taking out
shipping ore.
A new lease on the Copper Queen
was let some ten days ago to Messrs.
Wells, Middleton & Austin. Their
block of ground lies due north of
the original workings and they are
to be congratulated upon already
having come into the ore that pays
it's way and better to the smelters.
BATTLE Mountain Scout.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
CYANIDE TOO HIGH,
DECLARES EDITOR
II. A. RICHARD THINKS GOVERN
MENT SHOULD TRY TO
AID MINERS

Cyanide is being supplied from
Glasgow to the Canadian mines for
Is cents per pound, according to
Arthur A. Cole, president of the Ca
madam mining institute, while on
this side mining companies have to
pay anything from 80 cents to $3.50
per pound.
The British government made an
arrangement early in the war where
by the Cassel Cyanide company was
to supply cyanide to mines within
the British empire for Is cents dur
ing the first eight months, then for
a year at 16 cents, and hereafter at
10 cents per pound. Why should not
our government take similar steps
to aid the mining industry of the
United States by making an arrange
ment with the Roessler e Hasslacher
Chemical company whereby our
mines also would obtain cyanide for
a reasonable price.
If cyanide al be supplied from
Glasgow to Ontario at Is cents, why
can it not be supplied from New
Jersey to Nevada and California at
something like the same cost? Would
it not be possible for our ally, Great
Britain, to do us the favor of as
sisting us in this relatively small
matter, by way of recognition of
the solidarity of interest o sub
sisting between the two nations?-
Mining and Scientific Press.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
RAND DISTRICT IN
PROMINENCE AGAIN
COPPER MOUNTAIN PROPERTY
CLASSED AS A COMING
BIG NINE
Special to the Tribune

special TO the tribune
RAND, New, May e. The main
shaft of the Queen Regent Merger
group entered the sulphide zone at
a depth of $50 feet and is now down
40 feet, with ore in evidence all the
way. Sinking continues in expec-
tation of intersecting the main ore
body between the 500 and 900 lev
els.
From the 400 level drifts are ad-
~vancing on the orebody, which shows
a width of Is feet at this point.
This mine attracted wide attention a
ear ago. following several ship
mentS of bonanza ore. A large ton
mage of milling ore is available for
extraction
The La Pate mine, generally
known as the Copper Mountain, is
being developed with splendid re-
suits by the Jumbo Etension com
pany of Goldfield. No. 2 shaft is
going down rapidly, and 20 men
are busily engaged in development
work on company account, while 25
lessees are also active, and from the
Millet-La Pate lease three to four
carloads of ore, assaying 5 to 10 per
cent copper, is shipped weekly.
G. A. COFFEY and wife were in
town last night from Hornsilver.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
Planning For New Railroad

Walter e. Trent, managing di-
rector Of the Louisiana Consolidated
Mining company, accompanied by
Otto F. Heller, general manager of
the company and James F. O'Brien,
a mining writer, recently spent a
day in Eureka inspecting the pro-
posed route of the new railroad that
the Louisiana company intends to
build and which will have Tonopah
for it's southern terminus and either
Eureka or Ely for the northern ter
minus.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
Big Wool Clip Sold

During the early part of the
week O'Neill brothers of Wells sold
their 1917 clip of wool to Ed Staun-
ton, representing a Reno firm. The
entire clip will amount to about
100000 pounds and it was upon
that basis that the deal was made.
The price paid was AZ 1-2 cents per
pound. 1t is not thought that a
large clip has ever before been sold
in the state for as high a price. The
firm making the sale has a large
crew of shearers at work at the
stock yards in Wells removing the
fleeces from 5000 head of sheep.
The remainder of the bands will be
sheared later at the lambing
grounds.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
Nevada Fighters Ready

If Theodore Roosevelt goes to
France at the head or as a mem
Der of a body of troops, he will be
accompanied by a large number of
Nevada men. Men have been busy
for several weeks in this state secur-
ing recruits for a force to fight un-
der Roosevelt and obout 400 have
been signed. One of the most active
recruiters has been Mike Mcmahon.
He wrote to Roosevelt setting forth
the facts and recently received an
answer commencing him for his
work and stating that his letter will
be kept on file for future reference
in case R~oosevelt's plans are accept
ed by the war department.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
REPORT
BY NEVADA CON.
VAST QUANTITIES OF LOW
GRADE COPPER ORE
EXPOSED

The annual report Of the Nevada
Consolidated Copper company for
the year ending December 81, 1916,
has been received by the stockhold-
ers. The report shows an amazingly
prosperous year but the most crafty
ing feature from a local standpoint
is the enormous increase In the ore
reserves which are officially estimat-
ed to amount to 6~7,993,117 toms as
of December 81, 1916. At the pre-
sent rate of production, a little less
than four million tons a year, the
present ore reserves insure to the
property a life of seventeen years
without regard to- future develop
ment of additional ore.
When the Nevada Con. first start
ed production in 1907, it was free
ly predicted that the property would
be worked out in ten years. In
spite of the enormous tonnage hand
led during the past ten years, ore
reserves as developed by churn-
drill prospecting have increased
steadily until on the first of the
present year with 21,773,606 tons
of ore already milled, the reserves
stood at the highest point in the
company's history.
The net production Of copper for
the year 1916 was 9~0,735,287
pounds as compared with 62,726,-
651 pounds for the preceding year,
an increase of over 44k per cent.
The report states that the new
coarse crushing plant should be in
operation by June LIST. The COM
pany plans to mill about $4,000
tons daily after the new crusher
plant is put in commission. Ely
Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
ANOTHER ORE SHIPMENT
FROM BARRETT SPRINGS

The Kelsey brothers team today
the hauling of another
shipment of ore from the
property under operation by Case
brothers and associates at Barrett
Springs. The ore is being shipped
over the Southern Pacific and will
run in the neighborhood of $50
per ton. This is the second ship
ment during the past few weeks
from this property, the last ore net
ting the wner a nice amount
Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12

James Cronin. a federal prisoner,
who recently pleaded guilty to a
charge of selling liquor to Indians,
was released from the Wasboe
county Jail through error. He was
rearrested and again placed in Jail.
A deputy marshall later took him in
charge to escort him to Carson for
sentence. AS they were leaving the
Jail, the prisoner made a break for
liberty. In effecting his capture it
was necessary for officers to beat
him and he arrived in Carson with
the marks of a revolver on his
head. He said that he had M de-
sire to escape, but hat he had
been advised by a prisoner in the
Washoe jail that as he had been
released. his rearrest was illegal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
Indians In Parade

One of the features of the loyal
ty parade to be held in Carson will
ha the boys and girls from the Car
son Indian school. The Chinese
are also patriotic and will take
part in the parade. Chairman Van
derlieth of the program committee
stated that there were about 80
who asked that they be allowed to
participate and carry the Ameri-
cal flag. They have been assigned
a place in the order of march.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
II

The following is a list of un
claimed letters in the Goldfield
p~Ostoffice remaining uncalled for VI
to and including the week ending
May 3rd, 1917. When calling fol
same please say "Advertised":
Mrs. Edith B. Brown.
Mr.. M. Moonan.
Jack Davis. (Diamondfield).
G. NJ. Fay, (two).
Mr.. Gordon C. Gillies.
Golden Cycle Mine.
Mr.. Lawrence Kelly.
Mr.. Jimmie McDanal.
David Powell.
Mr.. F.. A. Parker.
Mr.. NJ. f. Rickert.
August Stein.
Mrs. r. Lee Van Wormer.
Mr.. ID. r. Wilson.
HELEN ROSENTHAL, p N
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
zAD|G ENTHUSES
OVER COMSTOCK
NEW FINDS BRING ENCOURAGE
MENT TO VETERAN MIN
ING MAN

Herman Zadig stated before de-
parture for San Francisco after
visiting the lower levels at the
Northend:
For a person who has stood by
the Comstock lode since 1880, and
seer it's ups and downs, and who
has believed that when the lower
levels were reopened new ore bodies
would be developed, giving new
life to the lode and wealth to the
world, it is more than pleasing to
note the improving conditions in
the Con. Virginia mine, which 1
visited on Saturday.
1T is not only the splendid ore
showings already developed on the
200, which has steadily improv-
ed since it was first struck, but
when one considers the we'll known
fact hat this ore is in new ground,
with absolutely no work lone in the
past below the $500 level in this
section of California and Con. Vir-
ginia, it must. be admitted that the
possibilities are surely wonderful.
In conjunction with the Con. Virgin
ia, is the ore showing in the Mex
lean and Sierra Nevada, and it is
an assured fact that the Comstock
is taking on new life, and bids fair
to be known again as one of the
greatest producers in the world.
The Middle Mines have also
passed the point where there is any
will be the next to come to the
front. 1t was certainly good rews
when Mr.. Symmes informed me this
afternoon that No. l pump had been
started at the Combination shaft,
and lowering of the water placed
underway.
Hardly any of these properties
have had a chance in the past, but
the opportunity is now close at
hand. The old timers were in a
rush to get down, and after they
got down and got ore had to quit
on account of the great pumping
expense, and withdrawal of financial
support by the Gold Hill mines,
which was essential at that time.
1t surely is gratifying to a man
who has not many o years to
live to see one of his pets like the
Comstock make good, and l hope
when I ONE up again in a few
weeks that the ore bodies will have
improved as much and more as
they have in the past two weeks"
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Zadig,
after visiting the Con. Virginia
mine, expressed his enthusiasm over
the outlook by sending the follow
ing wire to Senator Pittman at
Washington:
al. X. Koontz, r. l.. Colburn and
myself nave just come out of 27OO
level of Con. California and Virginia
and no doubt you will be glad to
hear that we have all the ear
marks Of another Bonanza. Tell
president that the Comstock will
most likely furnish lots of gold
and silver to help out the finances
of the nation as it did during the
Civil War."-Virginia Chronicle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
New Hospital at Las Vegas

One of the most note worthy i'm
provements recently undertaken in
Las Vegas is the structure being
planned by DR.. r. w. Martin for
an institution to be known as the
Las Vegas general hospital. The
building will be 45xS5 feet and will
be constructed of reinforced con-
crete. The town has outgrown the
present hospital.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
LESSEES SHIP GOOD ORE

Lessees operating on the Florence
property are reported to be ex-
tracing some ore of high grade
and not less than a half-dozen are
said to be realizing substantial pro-
fits from their work. All leases
are restricted to points above the
600-foot level and for the most part
the work is in and near old slopes
and drifts on the main levels.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
Illegal Liquor Sellers Indicted

The first session of the federal
grand jury resulted in 20 men be-
ing bound over for selling liquor to
Indians. Gracien Eyraz, arrested
for having a band of sheep on the
Toiyabe national forest reserve,
pleaded guilty and was fined $3.50
by Judge Harrington.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
Cattle Returned After Fattening

F~orty-one cars of cattle, that have
been feeding in the Lovelock valley
were recently shipped by the Me-
vada Land and Livestock company
to Deeth. According to records of
shipments, the Lovelock valley has
been n of the heaviest feeding
points in the west this year.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
Car Falls Into Shaft

A loaded ore a recently fell
600 feet to the bottom of the shaft
on the property of the Amalgamated
Phoebe company at Phoebe. The
shaft was not badly damaged. A
carman failed to notice that the
was not at the station and
pushed the car into the shaft.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-08-22
Publish Exempts' Names.

Following receipt of orders from
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
Gov. E. L. Phillip notified all exemp-
ton boards in the state to give to the
newspapers names of men who ask ex-
emption and their reasons. General
Crowder's telegram said in part: 1.-The
people are entitled to know the
grounds upon which claims for ex-
emption or discharge are being asked
by registered men. Local boards
should therefore be instructed imme-
diately to make available to the press
from day to day the names of persons
claiming exemption or discharge, the
ground on which such claims are based
and in general the number of cases
that are being disposed of by the
boards from day to day. This instruc-
ton does not apply, of course, to dis
charges on the ground of physical dis
qualification"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-08-22
Road Building Experiments.

To find the best bodybuilding mate
rails and the best methods of road
maintenance for the 5000 miles of
state trunk line highways which 1t
will assume charge of next year, the
Wisconsin state highway commission
has decided to conduct some unusu-
experiments in bodybuilding and road
maintenance this season.
The most novel of these will be the
placing of a carpet of old straw, hay
or grass on the sand roads near Rio,
Columbia county, and bind and pre-
serve the carpet with road oil and as
phatum. Another experiment, which
will be carried on in Milwaukee coun-
ty, will be the use of metal REINFORCE
ment in concrete roads, the purpose
being to prevent the concrete from
cracking and to reduce the cost of ma
terial by using less concrete, which
has doubled in price during the three
years past.
Still another experiment will be in
the construction and maintenance of
macadam roads between BarabOO and
KilbOurn, different sizes of stone and
different binders being used on SINH
lar distances of the road.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-08-22
Woman Workers Gain.

The number of woman employees
in Wisconsin has been increasing rap
idly, according to reports received by
the state industrial commission. This
increase has been most marked in ma
chine shops.
Many large firms in Milwaukee and
elsewhere which have never before
employed women, during the last
month have placed women in their
shops at light operations. The reports
Indicate that wherever women have
been tried they have given satisfaction
in processes not involving too hard
manual labor or a high degree of skill.
One great difficulty which the machine
shops have met with in extending the
employment of women has been that
of getting competent forewomen. This
is true because so. few women have
had experience as machinists.
The machine shops have had to
draw upon women who have heretofore
been employed in other industries or
have not been working at all. Few
shops report difficulty in getting the
woman employees they need for I'M
skilled work. but everywhere there is
complaint that there are no women
with previous experience in the indus
try to be had.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-08-22
SHE HAD MAYNARD DAUGHTER
NeIghbor Was Surprised When She
Found Cause of Severe Rebuke
Administered by Mother.

A lady living in a large apartment
house relates the following:
81 had occasion one day to visit the
apartment of neighbor. Such grave
and earnest tones of remonstrance
reached my ears as l approached my
friends room, that ] hesitated about
intruding. l found her winsome young
daughter with her, and the mother hau
evidently been rebuking her for 'n0
girls face was flushed, and there Wei"
tears in her eyes.
"Come in" said my friend h"S0
finished what was saying 10 jenny
and 1 hope she will remember Ivy
wishes" -,
"Ah, these children - these 'i'Ai
dren !" thought to myself.
ST have just been telling her' con
tinued my friend, that she must n'1
wear her evening gloves when she goes
shopping in the morning. In the nrs'
place, it is not genteei; and IN ui0
second place, it is extravagant'
Her evening gloves And yet as
sure you, her tone and expression an"
the impression made on the chlio'
would have beftted a serious wrong
doing-one that had issues IN Illno
and eternity.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-08-22
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD
IN A FEW LINES.
BENEFITS PUBLIC BY WILL
Andrew Week, Lumberman, Who Died
Recently in California, Leaves
$4,000 to Various Institu-
tons in State.

Stevens Point-Twenty-si thousand
dollars for public purposes, in addi-
ton to the sums distributed to en-
ployes, was left by the late Andrew
Week, head of the John Week Lumber
company of this city, who died while
visiting in California. Carroll college
in Waukesha was bequeathed the sum
of $4,000; the Frame Memorial Pres.
byterian church of this city, $4,000;
the Carnegie library of this city, ST.,
900; the Norwegian Lutheran church
of Stevens Point, $1,000, and the Wis
eonsin Home and Farm School asso
citation at Dousman, the sum of $1,000
In remembrance of favorite nephew
who was killed in Mexico. The balance
of the estate was divided among the
brothers and sisters, Mr.. Week having
never married. The estate is valued
at $250,000.