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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
LEASING COMPANY
DOING GOOD WORK

Having rehabilitated the property
and spent a considerable time pre-
pairing for active work, the Badger
Braft Leasing company, operating
in White Pine county, near East
Ely, is now prepared to operate on
a large scale employing from 35 to
40 men.
A considerable amount of time
vas spent in opening up the old
workings and in cleaning out the
caved ground. The carbonate ore
shoot has been definitely blocked
out to a depth of $50 feet. Men
are now at work removing the sur
face of waste material covering the
orebody to a depth of about Is
feet. the plans are to cave the ore
IRON here, planning on a production
only limited by transportation IA
%cilities at this part of the work
ings.-Ely Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
ALASKA REPORT
OF new STRIKE
RICH GRAVEL FOUND IN NEW
KITCHENER CREEK
DISTRICT

DAWSON, Y. T., Oct. ). - A new
gold camp may be opened in Yukon
shortly. Arrivals from the vicinity
of Silkirk report that much stalking
has been done on the newly discov-
cred placer creeks Of Seymour and
Kitchener and tributaries. The To-
cality has been christened unofficial
ly the Kitchener creek strike. The
merits of the creeks remain to be
determined, but the prospects are
said to be most encouraging.
Most of the stalking has been done
on Seymour creek, which is under
stood to have been staked a dis
lance of eight miles. Kitchener
creek has been staked to some ex-
tent and more stalking is under way
there.
One of the stakers claims to have
got two-cent pans in the gravel along
Seymour for two to four miles. No
one is reported having reached bed
rock, so the depth is not known.
The nearest point on the new
CIcchS " IHo IuhOH IiNOi 40 opcNt
rs miles southwest of Silkirk, and a
little south from the old Dalton trail.
They are tributaries of Big Creek
and flow in from the %southerly di-
rection. Big Creek flows into the
Yukon on the left limit 20 miles
south of Silkirk. Kitchener creek
joins Big creek 35 miles above the
mouth Of Big.
Seymour branches off from Kitch-
ener a short distance from the juno
ton of Kitchener and Seymour. Ellis
is a tributary of Seymour. Big creek
carries a heavy volume Of water,
about 20 feet wide at the mouth, and
is almost a small river. 1t rises well
back of Silkirk and is paralleled by
the Selwyn, on which gold prospects
long have been known.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
KENNEDY MINES
AGAIN WORKING
OLD DISTRICT IN HUMBOLDT
COUNTY Is UNDERGOING
REVIVAL

The mining camp of Kennedy,
situated about 60 miles south OF
Winnemucca and which a few years
ago attracted a great deal of atten-
ton, is again on the producing list
and is in line for aggressive devel-
opment and prospecting.
The Roylance Reduction com
pany, which has acquired some of
the best mining property in the dis
trict, has completed a new mill ano
from what can be learned the re-
duction plant is doing good work
and turning out bullion.
l.. St. d. Roylance, president or
the company, and S. l.. Berry, I'M
der whose supervision the plant was
erected, are pleased with the show
ings made and have arranged for
greater operations. The ore is to
be conveyed from the mine to the
mill by an aerial tramway, which
will be built just as soon as mater
ial can be landed on the ground.
With this conveyor in operation the
handling of ore will be facilitated
and a larger tonnage will be hand
led through the mill than under
the present plan.
The ores extracted by the Roy
lance company carry good values in
gold and silver. The management
has also arranged for a four-wheel
drive tractor with Troy trailers for
general hauling purposes.
Another property in the camp
that is undergoing aggressive de-
velopment is the estate known as
the Gold Note, under operation by
w. S. Quick. A new tunnel has
been started and when in the re-
CURED distance will give a depth
of about IT'S feet below the old
tunnel level. Mr.. Zuick expects to
run 600 feet before tapping the
main ledge. The new bore Is now
in about 80 feet with a 25-foot open
out at the portal, and all nicely
timbered.
Jake Leick is doing work on his
Homestake claim and is opening a
large vein of milling ore. This
property is situated about u mile
east of the town. Mr.. Leick has
had this property for some Years
and at different places where the
ledge is exposed there is gooa ore.
There are many other good min
ing properties in the camp and with
tho g,noaccfl rDnrnt;o, 80 H.
mill great things may be looked for
In the Kennedy district. - Silver
State.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
MOTHERS
AIDING HOOVER
FOOD ADMINISTRATION IN AP-
PEAL TO WOMEN OF
COUNTRY

WASHINGTON, ID c., Oct. 6. -
War Mothers" are organizing in ev-
cry state of the United States to as
sist during the week of Oct. 21-2S
in the house-to-house canvass to OBJ
tain signatures to the pledge to the
United States food administration.
The plan contemplates enlisting the
services of every woman who has a
son in the army, navy or marine
corps, or a son enrolled under the
selective service law and subject to
future call.
The WAR Mothers were formal
ly welcomed into the ranks of food
administration workers in a state
ment issued today by Herbert Hoov-
err. the food administrator:
1T is particularly fitting, said Mr.
Hoover, that the mothers of the
men who are to fight the nations
battles should enlist in this vitality
essential service. They are sending
their sons forth to endure the SUI
preme test of citizenship. They
want their sons to return to them as
soon as the peace of victory may be
achieved. They will hasten the COM
ing of that peace by the work they
have undertaken.
"In no war which the nation has
engaged in have the loyalty, devo-
ton and self-sacrifice of American
women ever failed. In no other
war have they had a greater oppor-
tunity for service than is offered in
the movement for conservation of
the nations food supplies. Not only
does this food administration cordi-
ally welcome the WAR Mothers" into
the ranks of it's volunteer workers,
but an equal welcome will be ex-
tended to the wives and sisters and
all other loyal women who will en-
list for a service which President
Wilson said is more essential than
any other which American women
can render.
THE Liberty Loan must be sub
scribed and will be subscribed, but
it would be useless to gather this
money or prosecute the war If we
fail to make sure of the food which
will win the wal and the lack OF
which will surely lose the war"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
SYMMES TAKES OVER
UNION AMALGAMATED
WELL-KNOWN COMSTOCK NINE
OPERATOR GETS MANHAT-
TAN NINE

The secon payment on the Union
Amalgamated of Manhattan was
made Monday afternoon at the To-
nopah Banking Corporation by Whit
mar Symmes, representing the inter
ests that have taken an option on
the property. He Is already planning
for complete assumption of owner
ship, but. until the final payment is
made, the property will be operated
by the old and new interests work
ing tremendously together.
He has arranged to move the pres
ent Wittenberg mill from its position
down the gulch to the mine proper
where a new three-compartment
shaft will be sunk. There is no
hurry about this change since the
underground work is going ahead
steadily, blocking out ore. The mill
ball reduction rs better suited to
the class of ore.
On the 600 level the ore shoot has
been cross-cut for a distance Of 22
feet without exposing the hanging
wall and a sample of the ledge for
the distance gives returns Of $14 per
ton.
Another mine In which Reno CAPT
tai is interested is the Orizaba. The
company is no longer troubled with
water from the shaft and the winze
is going down in dry ground on a
body of ore. The ledge measures
between five and feet cross.
Water was admitted to the eight
mile pipe line of the Silvermines Cor
poration of Reno at Hornsilver re-
Gently and it is hoped that by the end
of the week the new plant operating
on the Great Western mine will be
In full blast.-Reno Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
FIRE CHIEF MURPHY
SMELLS DRY MULLIGAN

In riding the alleys this morning
Fire Chief Murphy smelled burning
bones. After a long hunt, with his
nose in the air, he went into the
First National bank building and
on one of the upper floors the
stencil became pronounced in the
vicinity of the bachelor apartments
of a prominent attorney. He en-
tered the rooms and found the
Judges" Sunday mulligan, which
the chief described as an Irish
stew" The water had boiled away
and the mulligan was sizzling and
emitting great clouds of smoke.
The chief turned off the electricity
and went on a hunt for the attor-
ney to say things to him regarding
the proper preparation of a multi
gan. He said that the mulligan
had been ruined, which was not
good "Hoovering."
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
RED CROSS GUARDS
CIVILIANS HEALTH
SANITARY UNITS TO WORK IN
DISTRICTS NEAR ARMY
CAMPS

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. A.
Red Cross sanitary units are being
established to protect the health of
civilians surrounding three more
army encampment in this country.
Fifteen cities are now receiving the
cooperation of the Red Cross in
making the communities surround
ing the camps safe for the soldiers,
and in taking measures to prevent
the spread of disease of epedimics.
The three latest cities to receive
Red Cross aid in sanitation are
Greenville, S. c., Macon, Ca, and
Manhattan, Kan. 1t Is near the lat
ter city that the Fort Riley ma
tional cantonment Is located, and
there are national guard encamp-
ments near the other two cities.
Each sanitary unit operates under
the direction of an officer of the
public health service, and the field
directors of the Red Cross bureau
of camp service have been made
the business agents of the units.
Cooperation between the public
health service and the Red Cross
has been firmly established.
In each of the Is cities where a
Red Cross sanitary unit has been
requested and furnished, the unit
co-operates with the public health
service, the state board of health
and the local health authorities in
establishing full and efficient SAM
tary organizations for the inspec-
ton of milk and water supplies, the
control Of infectious diseases, and
the general sanitary inspection of
the community. In southern COM
munities, such as at G~reenville and
Macon, considerable work is being
done in the eradication of malaria
bearing mosquitoes in the vicinity
of the camps.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
Pioneer Dies

James Mayberry, a pioneer resi-
dent of Reno and one of the most
widely known men in the state. died
a few days ago at his home in
Reno at the age of 70. He went
to Virginia City in 1862 by way
of the Panama Canal and followed
his trade of wagon making, con-
structing some of the first Concord
coaches used on the Pacific coast.
In 1872 he purchased what is now
the Mayberry ranch, m of the most
valuable properties in Washoe
county. He later entered into ex-
tensive contracts with Mackay and
Fair at Virginia City and furnished
almost all the timber for the mines.
He remained a close personal friend
of John w. Mackay until the lat
ter's death a few years ago.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
u. of N. Man Contracts Anthrax

Suffering from a slight infection
of anthrax, contracted while vac
cinating cattle during the past two
weeks, DR.. Stephen Lockett, veter-
mary surgeon in the office of DR..
w. B.. Mack at the state university,
Is confined to his home under the
care of physicians. Though an
thrax in human beings is rare, this
is the second case to occur at the
university during the past year. DR..
Henry Jakeman, also a veterinary
surgeon in the same department.
contracted the disease last year
while vaccinating cattle and for a
time 1t was thought one of his arms
would have to be am%putated to save
his life. He recovered after taking
serum treatments for several days.
These treatments are now being
given DR.. Lockett.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
PLEDGE WEEK
IS NEXT TO COME
CAMPAIGN WILL BE STARTED
TO CONSERVE ALL
FOODSTUFFS

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Oct. A.
The food administration has issued
the following:
Most of the big things in our
connection with the war have been
accomplished by the ~typically Amer
lean device Of devoting a special
week to a particular thing and maxi
ing a national drive upon it. We
have had Liberty Loan week, Red
Cross week, and volunteer week.
And, now, food pledge week, be-
ginning Oct. 81.
For seven days the press and
every possible organization in the
country will be directed to the sim
gle end of getting the signatures of
every man, woman, and child in the
United States at the bottom of the
food pledge. Everybody in the
country has heard something about
food saving and understands that it
is n of the four biggest services
ucCeSSdTy W VIII tHc wal. GNCls
body is more or less kindly dispos-
ed toward food saving-and hopes
that the other fellow is carrying out
the provisions Of the food admins
tration, and intends to adopt the
wheatless and meatless meal him
self before long.
But now the time has come to
sign up and do all these necessary
things.
At the end of food pledge week
the membership of the United
States Food Administration should
be 100 per cen of the people of
the nation.
Be ready to do your bit" that
week. 1t will be the biggest sort
of business because it is to help
win the war.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
ORIZABA SHIPPING
HIGH-GRADE PRODUCT

TIL Orizaba company Is taking
out some of the incest looking ore
seen in Nevada, the face being COW
cred with silver glance and the
whole shining like pure metal. The
winze is down 1876 feet on a ledge
that shows a width of from five
to seven feet and carrying between
800 and 400 ounces of silver. The
property undoubtedly is going to
make one of the big silver mines of
Nye county and, under the manage
ment of Engineer LOWE, is rapidly
increasing the tonnage Bonanza.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
Reno Men Enlisting

Thirty-one Reno men enlisted in
the regular army during September
through the recruiting station there.
Most of them Joined the infantry
and all of them were sent to San
Francisco for assignment to COM
panies. Six have enlisted this
month and indications are that last
months record will be passed. Ow-
ing to the draft and recruiting work
being done for other branches of the
service recruiting has been slow dur
ing the past two months, according
to men in charge of the Reno sta
ton.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
WH|SKEY PRICE
IS RAISED HERE
HIGH COST OF DRINKING HITS
GOLDFIELD UNDER
NEW LAW

Monday morning at 6 o'clock the
Their inroads into the pocketbook of
the Goldfield man who likes his "lit-
tie toddy," his ''eye opener" and
his ''nightcap.'
AT a meeting of the Esmeralda
county division of the United
Nevada Industries held last night,
local saloonmen decided to boost to
25 cents the price of all drinks ex-
cept beer, light wines and temper
ance drinks, the new rates to take
effect at 6 a. IN. Monday.
Every liquor dealer in the coun-
ty, in common with those through
out the United States, has been hit
hard by the drastic revenue act that
went into effect a few days g and
revenue officers are now in every
part of the state to see that the law
is strictly enforced and to receive
from liquor dealers inventories of
stocks on hand and in transit.
Under the provisions of this emer-
gency act wholesale and retail
dealers in liquors are compelled to
pay the difference between the old
and new schedules and local saloon
men state that for them to remain
in business some of the extra bur-
den must be placed on the consum-
err. The new act increases the tax
on whiskey from $1.10 to $500 a
gallon, on beer from $3.50 to SO a
barrel, with a graduated tax on
wines and cigars.
Local retail dealers state that
for 60 days every mixed drink sold
has lost them money. The whole
salers have raised prices and will
send them still higher, owing to
extra employees required in comply
ing with the e law, which de-
mands labelling and care in the
handling of stocks to an extent
heretofore unknown.
Prices have gone up in the east
ern cities and it is predicted that
within a short time whiskey will
be selling at from so cents to 81
a drink. Leniency such as been
shown by the internal revenue de-
partment on previous occasions Is
absent from the enforcement of the
present law, and it is estimated by
revenue men that the $50 retail
dealers in the state will contribute
from $500 to 100000 under
the operation of the law, as it ap-
plies to stock on hand and In tran
sit, and that the amount will be
raised to 100000 by collections
from wholesalers.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
JOSEPH I. GOODMAN
DIES IN BAY CITY
PIONEER NEVADA EDITOR AND
WRITER DISCOVERED
MARK TWAIN

A simple service at the Halsted
undertaking parlors, and cremation
of the body at Cypress Lawn ceme-
terry yesterday marked the passing
of Joseph T. Goodman, famous pio-
neer editor of the Pacific coast and
~'discoverer of Mark Twain" who
died Monday night at the German
hospital after al illness OF -four
months. At his request there was
no religious service.
He was so years old and had lived
for the last 20 years at 1923 Cen
trail avenue, Alameda.
Goodman began newspaper work
as typesetter for the Golden Era
in the fifties. At the age of % he
became editor and proprietor of the
Territorial Enterprise" of Virginia
City, Nevada. His editorials did
much to keep Nevada in the Union
at the time of the Civil war. He
forced the resignation of the entire
supreme court bench Of the terri
tory.
While Goodman published the
Enterprise" Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain was deputy secretary
of state in Nevada. Goodman dis
covered the vein of humor in the
young writer and took him on the
ENTERPRISE" staff. When Twain
tagged in his work and was dis
eouraged, Goodman refused to let
him go and braced him up until
the young man was we'll launched
in his literary career.
Goodman was a literary artist
himself. He wrote many poems OF
fine quality. The most noted n
is "The Death of Lincoln" Good
man made a fortune in Comstock
stock and decided to devote his life
in archaeological research. lie
bought a raisin vineyard near Fres-
no and lived there for several
wears. He became interested in the
glyphs of the ancient Mayas OF
Central America and devoted years
to deciphering them.
After 20 years toll his report
VI accepted and published by the
British Archaeological Society OF
london as Part 81 the Biologia
Ccntrali Amolicani. Goodman s1;d
his Fresno property. lived for a
time in Mariposa county and then
came to Alameda.
He is survived by a widow, MRS.
Mary Goodman and four daughters
Jessie, Helen. Bessie and Katherine.
Examiner.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
KING
PROPERTY SOLD
NINE AT AUSTIN is PURCHAS-
ED BY BIG COAST
FIRM

A mining deal that means a great
deal to Austin and vicinity was
contaminated this week when the
Anthony King group of mining
claims, located six miles south of
Austin, passed from the hands of
J.. NJ. Pine to the Nichols-Lyang
Chemical company, a firm that owns
and operates an anthony smelter
in San Francisco.
Mr.. Pine and Mr.. Lyang arrived
here Tuesday from Battle Mountain
I'D the later gentleman will remain
and will at once commence develop
ment on the property.
In an interview with Mr.. Lyang
he stated that a gasoline engine
and an air compressor were en- cote
from San Francisco which will be
installed near the shaft. Five new
frame dwelling houses will be erect
ed ere snow flies, but in the mean
time the men employed will live
in tents. Work on the mine will
commence Monday and five men viii
be employed to begin with.
Mr.. Lyang says that this mine
produces a very desirable ore for
their oxide process, and as the ore
can be mined very economically
through a tunnel he will soon be
shipping ore on a large scale. 1t
is estimated that there is now 800
tons of shipping ore on the dump
and at least 10000 tons of ore In
sight in the mine.
A contract has been let to w. G.
Francis to build a new wagon road
to the shaft, and also a new road
to the mouth of the tunnel, where
the ore will be loaded on to wa
CONS and thereby ave the price OF
shedding it down the hills as for
merly, ore shipments will COM
mence as soon as the road to the
tunnel is completed, and three hun
dred tons a month will go forward
to the smelter in San Francisco
Reese River Revielle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
RED CROSS NOW
WELL ORGANIZED
SOCIETY HAS ELABORATE SYS-
TEN FOR WAR AID IN
FRANCE

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. s.
The first complete report on the or
ganization which the American Red
Cross has built up in France, since
the arrival of the Red Cross COM
mission in June, to handle its work
for the American expeditionary
force and the French people, is
made public by H. P. Dawson,
chairman of the wal council.
A staff of S64 persons has been
gathered together in that time un-
der the direction Of Major Grayson
Mp. Murphy, head of the Red
Cross commission to France. OF
these, SIT are serving without
salary or living allowance from the
Red Cross. Among these volunteers
are prominent American business
men. technical experts and woman
experienced in the handling of re-
lief supplies. All have put their
time freely at the command of the
Red Cross.
Owing to the large number who
ltdNO ICopOhuCu W thC AtOu vi
call for volunteers it has been pos
sible to organize the present eff
cient staff in Paris at an average
cost to the Red Cross of about $500
per year for each porker.
There are BAT employees on the
Red Cross payroll, including 95
day laborers used in handling sup
plies and in construction. The
average wage paid to these 347 per-
sons is $500 per year. Major Muir
ply cables further that he is care
fully studying p%ay-rolls with a view
to further reduction"
The remaining SIT workers are
either serving without compensa-
ton and at their own expense, or
are paid by their former employers,
who have loaned them to the Red
Cross for war service. or are paid
from private subscriptions.
The expenses of the Infant We'll
fare unit, for instance, are met by
a special gift made for this express
purpose by Mrs. William Lowell
Putnam of Boston. Major Murphy
also obtained by private subscrip-
ton, before he sailed for France, a
fund of 800, 900, which is applied
toward the expenses of the commits
sion.
The headquarters of the Ameri-
can Red Cross in Paris are in an
ample building on the Place de la
Concorde, provided for the use of
the commission rent free through
the generosity of one of its mem
bers.
"Of our BAT employees paid from
the Red Cross fund.-" Major Muir
ply cables, 1852 receive annual
compensation of less than $1,000
per year. Fifty employees receive
compensation of $1,000 and $1,000
annually. Fifteen employees receive
from the Red Cross annual compen-
sation in excess of $1,000 per an
num-"
The staff of over 500 persons is
handling the entire relief work OF
the American Red Cross in France,
which has developed to huge pro-
portions as one need after another
has been noted by the commissions
expert investigators. Already plans
calling for the expenditure of more
than $40, 100000 in behalf of the
American army in France and
French troops and the French civil
ian population have been outlined.