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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
SILVtRADO HAS
IMPORTANT FIND
OLD NINE Is PLACED IN SHAPE
FOR BIG PRODUC-
TTON

After several months work an
ore body has been opened up by the
Summit Queen Mining company, a
local corporation that has been
operating at Silverado for the past
eight months.
From Clarence Johnson, presi-
dent of the company, it is learned
the ore was found on a fault that
cut off the ore, and which was only
found after a careful and systematic
survey of the ground and the lost
ore bodies located after develop
ment work had been carried on
under great difficulties. Wines
and shafts had to be cleaned out
and only drifts and tunnels opened
up in order to make examinations
and surveys, and the fault that cut
off the rich ore bodies formerly
mined definitely located. All hands
are jubilant over the result. Ore
had been found on the 45-foot level
and also under this strike, and
simultaneously was found what APP
pears to be the main ore body on
the 20O-foot level. Two men were
driving on each level, and ore was
found almost simultaneously in both
drifts and appears to be a continu-
GUS ore shoot from the ppe to
the lower level.
Owing to a leak in the gas tank
at the assay office no assays have
been made, but the ore looks as
good as any of the high-grade
samples formerly taken from these
mines, and former shipments have
been known to run better than
$1,400 per ton.-Eureka Sentinel,
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
MANHATTAN Mines DEVELOPING
With HEAVY OUTPUT in SIGHT

ties in thai district that at present
are lying dormant waiting to be fl
nanced.
The company's shaft has now
reached a total depth of 290 feet.
The 3OO-foot station will be reach
ed some time next week. At that
point a station will be cut and a
crosscut extended to tap the ledge,
which is only out a very short dis
lance.
The sinking work is progressing
well at the Morning Glory. The new
hoist is working smoothly and the
ground in the shaft is of such fri
able nature that the hand drills are
making good footage with each
round. Probably another so feet in
the shaft will bring the bottom into
the ore zone. for which the shaft is
being sunk.
Development work on the 600-foot
level of the Amalgamated is pro-
crossing steadily. The east drift
has been advanced 81 feet during
the week, the total distance from
the shaft now being SO feet. The
west drift has made a footage of
20 feet for the week, being now out
90 feet. A south drift on the assure
where it was encountered in the
east drift has been extended IS feet.
The vein is averaging $3.50 in gold
values across three feet. The west
drift shows our feet of medium
grade ore. The installation of an
other machine drill has expedited
the drifting work during the week.
The storage ore bins at the mill are
being filed with ore hoisted during
the mine development work.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
PLANS WOODE SHIPS

William Denman is chairman or
the recently appointed federal ship
ping board. which plans to build
Immediately a thousand arg YES
sells constructed of wood to meet
the loss of tonnage caused by Ger
many's submarine warfare. The
ships are to have a tonnage of about
1000 and it is expected that the
first will be ready in about five
months. Mr.. Denman is a promin-
ent San Francisco attorney. with
extensive experience in admiralty
practice.
President Wilson has requested
Major Geenral George w. Goethals
to take charge of the building of
1000 wooden merchant ships for
which the shipping board has con-
tracted.
The administration is anxious to
take advantage of General Cocktails
ability as an organizer to rush the
construction OF the ships at top
speed. He has announced his will
ingness to serve.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
BOY IS CAUGHT
SEARCHING AUTO
ARRESTED AFTER BREAKING
AWAY FROM MAN WHO
HELD HIM

A 15-year-old Goldfield boy, who
has frequently been in trobule in
the past and has on several occa-
sions been before Justice of the
Peace Arnold, was arrested last
night by Night Officer Benton.
1t is said that on Monday night,
while the performance of "The Mi
kado" was being held in the Hippo
drome, the boy vas found by Ben
ton in the automobile of C. G. Pat
rick. The cushions in the car had
been d~isarranged, apparently in a
search for tools, but nothing had
been taken.
Benton caught the boy and turn
ed him over to a bystander while
he entered the HippOdrome to get
Patrick. While Benton was gone,
the boy broke away and disappear
ed. Benton saw the boy last night
and Immediately placed him under
arrest.
1t is said that he has been com
hitting depredations of various
kinds recently and that a few days
ago he was seen attempting to cut
wires on the top of an u~noccupied
building on Main street.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
PLATING COMPANY is
TAKING OUT RICH ORE

Things have been active and in
teresting at the Platino mine dur
ing the past week. The ore bin
which has been under construction
is now completed and ready to re-
ceive ore. The work of getting
the ore down the hill will now be
what ore has been taken out IN do
ing the development work.
Owing to the depth reached by
the main incline shaft the work of
sinking has been temporarily sus-
pended. The company is making
arrangements to install q hoist to
facilitate sinking to depth. The m
still continues in the bottom OF the
shaft and the management is anxi-
Gus to proceed with hat work at
the earliest possible moment. How
ever, the shaft is now too deep
for windlass work.
A development of considerable i'm
portance has been made in a short
drift following the ore at a depth
of about forty feet. The ore there
has widened to what appears to be
a very considerable body. This will
be taken out and placed on the
dump for shipment while the strike
is being developed.
The company also plans to install
a cable tram in the lee future to
handle the ore down the hill, a
distance of perhaps 800 feet. -
G~oodsprings Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
CONTACT NINE MAKES
EXCELLENT SHOWING

The Contact mine, located north
Of Goodsprings, at the foot of Oh
colt Peak, and upon the Sandstone
contact, considered by biologists to
be the footwall OF the great Yellow
Pine mining district is opening up
true to form Under the manage
ment of Jack Reed, one of the most
able practical miners in this or any
other district, this property is being
developed in a conservative, bust
nesslike manner.
With a very small force of men.
practically on development work,
the property will ship better than
two cars of high-grade zinc this
month. These cars will assay 40
per cen zinc. The ore in this pro-
perty consists largely of a very
heavy F%ranklinite carrying a larger
percentage of zinc than this mineral
usually carries. Starting at the
grass roots the ore has continued
for $50 feet and is still going down,
dipping into the mountain and to
the southwest, like every other big
permanent ore body in this district.
Paying it's way through a period
of development is some boast for
any property, and that is just what
the Contact is doing.-Goodsprings
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
CECIL OEM|LlE'S
BIG SPECTACLE
HISTORICAL ACCURACY FEA-
TURES GERALDINE FARRAR
As JOAN OF ARC

That the motion picture has open
ed up an entirely new and unlimit-
ed field for the presentation of
great historical events in the form
of most stirring dramas, is the opin-
ion of those who were acquainted
with the preparatory work on Joan
the Woman" in which Geraldine
Farrar appears as the star and
which was produced by Cecil b. De-
Mile. 1t will be shown at the Elk
change theater Thursday and Fri
day, May 3 and 4.
There is a vast difference between
motion picture productions. the
stories of which have modern or
fairly modern backgrounds, and a
great cinema story of the early 18th
century. Even before Miss Farrar
went to California three months g
to devote her entire summer exclu-
sively to a Characterization of Joan
of Arc, the most careful preparations
had been made to abide by the best
authorities, not only in the telling
of the story, but in the costumes,
dress and details of the
period.
According to the late Mark Twain,
whose book about Joan of Arc is n
of the finest things he ever wrote,
the life of the Maid of Orleans is
unique in human history as having
beer recorded under sworn testi-
mony. During the great trial when
Joan of Arc was called upon to
prove she was not a hereto, every
incident and detail of her life was
revealed. These records are pre-
served to the present day.
The cast which appears in support
of Miss Farrar includes Wallace
Reid, Theodore Roberts, Hobart Bos-
worth, Raymond Hatton, Tully Mar
shall, James Neill, Marjorie Daw.
Lillian Leighton, Hugh Koch, Billy
Elmer, Charles Clary and many
others.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
vANAD|UM FOUND
IN BILL MyE MINE
MINERAL FOUND SEVENTY-F1VE
FEET BELOW ZINC
BELT

Manager w. E. Allen of the Bill
Nye reports that the company will
make shipments of vanadium ore in
the near future. The Bill Nye has
opened considerable ore carrying
this precious metal on a plane about
10 feet below the zinc belt which
carries 6k per cent vanadium. This
will concentrate by the dry process
to a IL per cent vanadium product.
The price offered the company is so
cents per pound for the vanadium
contents, being $40 per unit. At
this rate IL per zen vanadium ore
will bring $3.50 per ton.
The vanadium occurs in the Bill
Nye ore in the form of vanadium
~pentoxide w 05 and is in conjunc-
tion with a percentage of copper.
MI. Allen is making a study of the
manner in which the values can be
saved and it is very probable that
the Bill Nye will erect d plant to
treat this variety of ore either by
the teaching or the flotation pro-
cess.
Vanadium is chiefly valuable for
use as an element in the production
of fine steel, especially big guns
and other things subject to unusual
stress. 1t first came to notice as
the element which gave the iron
ores of Sweden their superior quail
tiles in the making of steel. The
steel works of the United States
were unable to compete with Swe-
den until they hade made importa-
tions of Swedish ores and discover
ed by careful analysis the presence
of vanadium. Following this va
nadium was found to exist in var
ious locations in the United States,
but in only small quantities.
Peru has for years furnished the
bulk of the vanadium used by the
world. The Peruvian mines are
generally under the control of the
steel companies of the United States,
Germany and France, and the
greater portion of this ore is treat
GU III TIdlCC anu ucII ldHy.
Owing to the European war, the
supply of vanadium has been cur
tailed and the demand for it immen-
sely increased. The fact that va
nadium is found not only in the Bill
Nye, but in the Christmas Conso-
lidated, Hickory Dick and other pro-
perties, suggests that it may be-
come a very profitable feature of
the Yellow Pine district. 1t is
said that at one time the entire
stock of vanadium in this country
was only about 3 ounces held by
the Tiffany company and valued at
$4,000 per ounce. Vanadium is
often found in connection with ura-
mum, the ore of radium, but no
uranium has thus far been found
in this Observation-Disclosures Ga
zette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
GOLDF|ElO BOY
JOINS ARTILLERY
ARNOLD w. HOWE GRADUATES
AND PASSES OFFICERS
EXAMINATION

Arnold w. Howe, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. H. Howe of Goldfield, re-
turned this morning from Berkeley
for a brief visit, prior to entering
upon his military career. Mr.. Howe
was among the first, if not the first,
of the citizens OF Goldfield to
offer his services and has passed
the necessary examination for the
rank of first lieutenant, including
the physical examination.
He will, not later than the 18th
and possibly on the 8th, be ordered
to report at the Presidio at San
Francisco, where with others he will
go into the regular army barracks.
During the first month the train
ing will be uniform and general and
in the two months following the
men will receive special training for
the particular branches of the SER
vice to which they will be assigned.
Mr.. Howe's special training will be
for the duties of a first lieutenant
in the field artillery. There will
be from $500 to 5000 in the camp.
Having been accepted for the mill
tary service and having passed with
full credits in all courses in the
university. he will receive his bache-
lor of arts degrees with the rest of
his class on May 14th.
Mr.. Howe has had two years OF
military training at the university
under Major Nance, of the regular
army. and his friends in Goldfield
are congratulating him today on the
completion of his university course
as we'll as on his success in passing
the military examination and get
ting in among the first.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
POVERTY TO AFFLUENCE FOR
COPPER MOUNTAIN DISCOVERER

Ed Lappat, discoverer of Copper
mountain, in Mineral county, has
risen from the ranks of the prospec-
tor to a notable position as a sue
cessful mining operator.
In the spring of 1906 with a train
of burrors, Lappat left Goldfield
to encounter further hardships of
the desert, and in June, weary and
footsore, he pitched his ten at the
foot of a limestone cliff that flanks
the base of a granite porphyry
mountain standing boldly out on the
east side of ellis Range.
Refreshing and resting himself
the best be could at a distance of
eight miles from the nearest water,
he scanned the prospect before him
and 1t orce decided that he had
found the place he was looking
for, and began his search, resulting
in the discovery of copper showings
so pronounced that he located six
teen claims, which he named the
Copper mountain group. The name
was most appropriate, for he had
discovered his "Eldorado."
But good things do not always
come easy, and Ed, with the courage
born of conviction, has struggled for
years. The panic of 1907 made it
impossible to procure money with
which to exploit his discovery.
Through heart-breaking priva-
lions so strenuous that his sole COM
panion his dog, often showed signs
of total encouragement and wanted
to quit, Lappat chung to his pur-
pose, with never a moment of weak
ness.
The grim struggle continued as
years passed. Buyers and leasers
took options upon the ground, only
to quit because the h%ardships over
came their spirit. Superficial work
brought no results. Yet through it
all his faith was unshakable, and
during all these years of discour-
agement he retained his confidence
in the accuracy of his conclusions
that ore was present on the ground,
no matter how hard it was he &C
complished the annual work neces-
sary to hold his claims.
In February of last year., leasers
were again encouraged to COM
mence work, and among the first
were Otto Lappat and F.. G.. Mil
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
CFrom Tonopah Miner)


The east and west drifts on the
third level of the White Caps have
been advanced 40 feet during the
past week. Indications point to the
picking up of the lime belt with but
a few more feet in the east drift.
The work has been delayed slightly
due to the necessity of timbering the
drifts to some extent.
All preparations have been made
at the mine to resume the sinking
operations. So that work a be
kept up during the sinking, from up
per levels, an auxiliary electric hoist
will be installed in the station on
the fourth level. This hoist will be
used for the shaft sinking. The stump
below the fourth level is now all
ready to have the first set of tim
bers put in. The only delay that
may prevent the shaft sinking from
commencing on the first of next
month will be a shortage of shaft
timbers and necessary supplies.
The limits of the west orebody on
the fourth level have been reached.
1t is now conclusively proven that
on the fourth level the w ore bod
les known as the shaft orebody and
west orebody are all one great ore
shoot, it having been shown that the
two orebodies were becoming closer
as depth has been made in the mine.
This discovery has not been mex
pected. The west oreshoot on the
bottom level measures 20 feet in
length. The average width as so
far known is Is feet between walls.
These recent developments add
greatly to the known ore in the mine.
1t is figured hat between the third
and fourth levels there has been
100 per cent increase in tonnage
west of the shaft in the orebodies, as
from the third level to the second.
There has been over 200 per cent
increase in the same depth in the
east orebody.
Every indication points to the fact
hal the shaft that is being sunk on
the Manhattan Consolidated proper
ty is nearing the big ledge thai is
supposed 10 ne cut ny the SHAT
when it reaches a depth of about
335 feet. The bottom of the shaft
is now in a broken up shale, which
is i~mpregnated with quartz stringers
that are literally alive with mineral.
The confidence that is entertained by
all who are acquainted with the
property is indeed ~reassuring. The
remarkable showing that was dis
closed on the 100 and 200-foot levels
is only an indicator of what might
be reasonably expected at greater
depth, and this property is believed
by mining men to have hidden ore
bodies that will be an important fac
tor in not only enriching the stock
holders of that particular company,
but in developing proper
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
Two Shot

Arthur J. Bowman, a stage driver
between Maggie Creek and Noun
tain City, in Elko county, was shot
by Dav Kuntz as he drove the
stage up to the Mountain City
~postoffice. Kuntz then turned the
Weapon against Bill Davis and ia
tally wounded him. Bowman lived
but a few minutes after being shot,
but Davis is still alive. 1t has been
impossible to obtain details of the
shooting, owing to the fact that the
people of Mountain City refuse to
talk.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
RECRUITING OFFICER
HERE FROM TONOPAH
COMES TO EXAMINE MEN FOR
SERVICE IN REGULAR
ARMY

Jack Smith, United States army
recruiting officer, arrived in Gold
field this morning from Tonopah in
response to a request from Postmas-
ter Helen Rosenthal that the officer
come here to examine several pros
pective recruits.
The recruiting officer will remain
through tomorrow and will then re-
turn to Tonopah to relieve Corporal
Roy Trippel of that office, who will
in a few days start on a trip through
Clark and Lincoln counties.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
Machine Climbs Bank

An automobile was found stand
ing in the ditch about half a mile
below the Lorgomarsino bridge at
Sparks and how 1t came to be in
the ditch is a mystery that has puz-
zled every automobile man who has
seer it. At the point where 1t went
into the ditch, the road is walled in
on both sides. How the car climb
ed over the rocks and then dropped
Is feet is the puzzle. The owner
apparently abandoned it, as no trace
c,n be found of him.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
Freak Lamb

Freaks in animal life are many,
of M. Jacobson at Gardnerville is
the freakiest animal born in that
section in many years. The hind
legs of the lamb are but short
stumps without hoofs and it walks
on it's front feet. 1t easily kept
up with the remainder of the flock
in a 10-mile drive.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
School Bows Join

Five Reno young men and one
from Dayton have left for Angel
Island where they will receive pre-
Iiminary training for the field ar
tillery. They will later be sent to
the Philippines. The Reno boys are
all students in the Reno high school.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
New Highway Commission
ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT

r. l.. Burnett, a miner, was ar
rested this morning by Chief OF
Police Morrison and Night Officer
Benton at his residence on North
First street. A warrant charging
him with assault has been sworn
tn nv Lorena Nelson, who states that
Burnett beat her severely.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
Motor Apparatus Purchased

Three pieces of motor-eQuipped
fire apparatus were recently pur-
chased by Reno. The apparatus
truck to cost $11, 900. engine $4,000
and combination chemical and hose
wagon $500.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
After New President

]. F. Abel, chairman of the board
of regents of the state university,
has left for an extended trip
through the east to interview can
didates to succeed President A. w.
Hendrick, whose resignation as
president of the university becomes
effective May !.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05

LOCATION NOTICES.
PROOF OF LABOR.
And sIl mining blanks for sale a,
The Tribune Stationery Store.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
Governor Appeals

In an effort to replenish the sup
ply of cyanide, so necessary to the
mining industry in Nevada, Cover
nor Boyle has telegraphed to Presi-
dent Wilson asking him to secur
permission from the English govern
ment to release and ship to America
Immediately 1000 tons of cyanide
tied up in Amsterdam by an order
in council.
New Highway Commission
j. NJ. Leonard of Virginia City,
George X. Elder of Reno and w. b.
Alexander of Reno have been APP
pointed by Governor Boyle as direc-
tors OF the department of highways
under the highway law They were
appointed for three, two and one
year terms, respectively.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-20
Visited Biq Farm.

Frank s. Avery of West Town street was one of an automobile party from Norwich attending last week a field meeting of the Connecticut Vegetable Growers association near New Haven The meeting was held on the farm of A. N Farnham, one of the largest market growers in New England, hay ing on his four hundred acre farm twelve acres of cabbage, five acres of carrots, thirty-five acres of potatoes, twenty acres of rhubarb, five acres of lima beans. fifteen acres of string beans, eight acres of tomatoes and ten acres of sweet corn, besides other crops, including fruit. There are used on the farm in connection with con- tracting work one hundred and fifteen horses and mules. He has about 1909 pigs on the farm
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-20
BRITISH ENGINEERS AND
 FIREMEN TALKING STRIKE
Declare That Agreement Has Been
 Broken by the Railroads.

London, Aug 19.-Executive com mittee of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Bremen were in session today discussing the proposed strike, which would involve about 40, 900 men. A delegation again visited the president of the board of trade Sir Albert Stanley, who reiter- ated that the government would glad ly agree to discuss the question of an eight hour day soon as the war ended, but not now, as this particular question is covered by the so-called truce The delegation insisted that the truce had already been broken by the railroads.
 Secretary Bromley of the society de- clared tonight that there was no hope of averting a strike, which will prob ably be called tomorrow.
 In the meantime, the National Union of Railway Men, a far larger body than the Associated Society, continues