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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-03
DRAFT ARMY BILL
PASSES CONGRESS
CONSUMPTION MEASURE CAR.
RIEs IN HOUSE 3s7 TO "a AND
IN SENATE 81 TO 8.
MINOR CHANGES TO BE MADE
Age Limit Supplies Discrepancy to Be
Settled by conferees From Both
Houses-Roosevelt Plan
Another.

Washington, May I. - The Ameri.
can army in the war against Germany
will be raised by CONSUMPTION. The
fight in Congress for the administra-
ton selectiye draft measure was won
after days Vt the hottest kind Of de.
bate, when the House passed the bill
by a vote of 397 to "a. The bill, in
somewhat different form, was passed
later by the Senate, 81 to 8.
Ages Of Service.
As passed, the House bill would
draft single men between the age of
81 and 40 years, with the President
having authority to designate which
ages shall be called to the colors fist.
The Senate measure would conscript
single men between 81 and q years
inclusive. This difference in the pro-
visions will make 1t necessary for the
measure to be sent to joint confer
ence of House and Senate members
where the ages prescribed may be ar
ranged together. 1t appears certain,
however, that the Senate ages will
finally be adopted with a modifying
clause leaving to the discretion of the
President as to what ages shall be
called upon to form the first big army.
Representatives Davis, Van Dyke,
Lundeen and Stevenson of Minnesota,
voted against the bill, as did Senator
Gronna Of North Dakota.
Support for Roosevelt Plan.
Senator Harding's amendment to
the bill designed to permit Colonel
Roosevelt to raise four infantry divis-
ions for service in France was adopt
ed by the Senate. sc to 81. Many
Democrats voted for it, A similar
amendment had been rejected by the
House recently.
Biii's Main PROVISIONS.
The army draft bills main provis-
ions call for:
A total armed force of l 1900, 900 men.
An army Of 2S7 900.
A national guard Of $4,000.
Filling the gaps in the militia by
volunteer and forced enlistment.
In addition the raising of 100000
in two groups OF 100000 each by Sc
lective CONSUMPTION.
Liability to service of all male citi.
zens between the ages of Il and 40
years, inclusive.
Exemption from service Of those be-
longing to religious organizations
whose creeds oppose war, clergymen
Of recognized religious denominations
and federal and state officials.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-03
NEUTRAL STEAMER SEIZED

Copenhagen. April Fisherman pa.
troll ships are continuing their activi.
ties against neutral shipping in the
Skaagerak. Recently the Skandina.
Wan American liner United States was
halted and examined. On April Is the
Norwegian passenger steamer Haar-
fagre. plying between Frederikshaven.
Denmark. end Christiansand, Norway,
was seized and taken into a German
port,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-03
Stranded Americans AZ New York.

New York. May IA Norwegian
steamship. the first passenger liner to
leave Scandinavian port for the Unit.
ed States since February. has arrived
here with a large number Of Ameri.
cans stranded in Denmark, Norway
and Sweden when sea traffic was in.
terrupted. Among the Americans on
the ship were a number of physicians
who had been working in German and
Austrian hospitals. One passenger
said he learned just previous to sail.
Ing that the reported labor troubles
were widespread.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-03
America" Sung at Every Service.

Denver. May l. One church in
Denver has been displaying its patri.
otism for more than two months by
singing America" at the close of
every one of its services. and It is q
church whose congregation is com.
posed mostly Of citizens of English
and German extraction.
This patriotic house OF worship is
Emmanuel Episcopal church. 1T is
really . prayer to the Deity in be-
half OF the nation" said the Rev.
s. II. s. Gray. vicar Of West Denver,
commenting On the hymn custom.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-03
EARTHQUAKE WRECKS TOWN
Shocks Fatal to Many In italian Dis
trtctS, Report

Rome. April 30,-The entire village
Of Montechi has been destroyed by an
earthquake, according to word received
here. Complete lists OF casualties are
not available.
Ten persons were killed in Tuscany
and Umhria. an official statement as
serted. Thirty persons were severely
injured.
Citerna was almost completely
wrecked. 30 persons being caught in
the wreckage and injured.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-03
COMES TO TAKE CHARGE
OF BIG TRAINING CAMP
Co'. sage to Be In Charge Of School
for Officers at Fort Smelling
Is the Report.

Chicago, May Modification ha.
been received at Central department
army headquarters here that the Pres.
ident has ordered all officers Of the
cavalry. field artillery, coast artillery
and infantry sections of the Officers
Reserve corps into active service. ef.
fective May s. Officers residing in
the Central department will be az.
signed as instructors at the training
camps.
Colonel Sage Comes.
Minneapolis, May 2.-Hardened by
three years vigilant efforts to protect
the southern border against maraud.
ing bands of Mexicans, Colonel viii.
liam H. Sage, Twelfth U. S. Infantry
has arrived in the Twin Cities to taxa
charge Of the officers training camn
which opens at Fort Smelling Nav IL,
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05

northenders, due to a splendid pros
pect being followed on the 27OO
level, and according to late reports
is showing more width, the streak
being high grade. The material
broken in the advance of the drift,
including the waste rock, gave a
samples at the mill of $13 a on
earlier in the week. On the 245O
level, the north drift is making a
fine grade of mill ore, and on the
24OO work is being continued in
the quartz.
The Union Con is producing the
usual tonnage from the various
slopes on the $500 and 1900 levels,
and on the 1900 level car samples
from the stope have given an aver
age of s13S to the ton thus far in
the week.
The Ophir continues driving on a
promising formation on the 2700
level and r%eopening IN important
section of the mine on the $500
level.
The Andes is taking out the usual
grade of ore from the $50 level
stope.
The Comstock Pumping associa-
ton continues to perfect the drain
age system on the 1900 level.
At the Combination shaft work is
proceeding as last week. .
The Alpha and Exchequer COM
panies in Gold Hill are following
up the ore streak and extracting
ore.
The Jacket-Crown Point-Belcher
company in Gold Hill is making al
terations at the mill and extracting
ore from the Jacket surface tunnel
workings.
The Comstock Leasing company
is continuing uninterrupted opera
tions on the Chollar and Potosi.-
Virginia Chronicle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
GOLOF|ELO SENDS
ANOTHER RECRUIT
OSWALD ANDERSON, A NATIVE
OF AUSTRALIA, JOINS
INFANTRY

The fourth Goldfield man to en-
ter the army will leave tomorrow
morning for Fort Mcdowell. He
is Oswald Anderson, generally
known as Red Howard" the name
under which he fought in local
prize rings on several occasions.
Howard is a native of Australia
and it was necessary for him to
secure his first citizenship papers
before being accepted. He joined
the infantry.
Howard is a man of powerful
physique and the recruiting officer
states that he will make an ideal
soldier. The officer said, II did not
examine him, he looked good to me
without examination"
A total of 2O3 Nevada men en-
listed in the army during the month
of April, according to figures re-
Gently published at the Reno re-
cruiting headquarters. The states
quota for the army was 1862 and
approximately 25 per cent more
than the required number has been
secured by recruiting officers work.
ing from the Reno station.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
OFFICERS ARREST
PEACE O|STURBERS
ROWS IN HIGH-TONED SECTION
KEEP OFFICERS
BUSY

r. l.. Burnett, who was arrested
on Thursday morning by Chief of
Police Morrison and Night Off
GER Benton for an alleged assault
on Lorena Nelson, his reputed af-
finity, was released yesterday on
bail and shortly afterward he was
back again in jail.
The two officers who arrested him
on Tuesday morning on a warrant
sworn to by Lorena Nelson, charg-
ing him with assault, were yester-
day afternoon called to Burnett's
residence in the aristocratic section
of First street by neighbors, who
claimed that he and Lorena had
settled their differences and turned
their consolidated interests against
the peace and quiet of the neighbor-
hood.
With Burnett, the officers took
into custody his fair companion, and
while ~pinching the pair, they no
ticed a man trying to break into a
cabine in the red-light ditrict. He
was intoxicated and the officers took
him along with them. The trio
were placed in jail.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
BIG SAMPLER IS
BEING ERECTED
WESTERN ORE PURCHASING
COMPANY ENLARGES ITS
SAMPLING CAPACITY

Work on the new 900-ton samp-
Ter at Hazen, which is being con
structed by the Western Ore Pur-
chasing company to care for the
enormous increase in the production
of ore in this state, has been start
ed. The old plant of the company
at Millers is being torn down and
moved to Hazen where it will be
greatly enlarged.
The company operates a 300-ton
sampler at Hazen now, in addition
to its Goldfield plant, and expects
to be able to care for all the ore
with a 1100-ton capacity.
Frank M. Manson, general man.
ager of the company, announced
some time ago that the plant would
be built.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
KEWANAS IN DEPOSIT
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At a vertical height of about IS
feet this raise entered the ore zone,
exposing ore of excellent shipping
grade from four to six feet in
width, and followed this ore up
ward on it's rather flat dip as far
as was practicable, when a drift
was extended to the west, exposing
the ore again near the east side of
the shale ridge that extends in a
northerly direction here.
In order to determine the course
or position of the orechannel, Man
ager Darcy started a drift south
from the end of the east crosscut,
where the ore was first exposed,
and this is the drift now being ad-
vanced on good ore, with the south
ern limits of the orebody still not
determined. The points in the con-
tact zone at which this ore has now
been exposed are distributed over
a wide area, affording evidence that
the deposit is one of considerable
magnitude.
In driving the main north drift
the shale was followed for consider
able distances, and crosscuts were
driven at intervals both east and
west. This work served to open a
large quantity of low-grade, gold
bearing copper, which will eventual
ly be mined at a profit when ar
rangements are perfected for Sc
curing its treatment by the flota-
ton process, as the ore throughout
this territory is we'll adapted for
flotatiOn.
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l0ND STAR HAS PLANS

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and will probably direct it's future
operations.
The new president, Mr.. Wheeler,
purchased the interest in the Lone
Star company formerly owned by
w. w. Watterson, of Bishop, Cal,
and has other extensive mining in
terests. He is expected to arrive
in Goldfield in the near future and
to perfect plans at that time for
starting work on the property. De-
velopments in the shale contact
zone on the Spearhead property,
adjoining the Lone Star on the
west, have stimulated interest in
the latter property and some of the
best authorities on the geology OF
Goldfield are confident hat further
development in this ground will re-
suit in making a mine Of great
value.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
new FINDS in COMSTOCK Mines
PROMISE TO REVIVE OLD CAMP

That the northend Comstock
mines are entering upon a new era
of productiveness is the only con-
clusion to be drawn from the re-
ports now coming from the lower
levels of this famous group, and as
work progresses each week and de-
velopments continue to be of a most
favorable character at various loca-
lities, gives renewed confidence in
the future. In the Consolidated
Virginia, where the 200 level
southwest drift is now in on the ore
vein for a distance of over a hun
dred feet, the ledge is showing
greater strength and naturalization,
the very material increase in values
this week being a highly encourag-
ing feature. Both the face of the
drift and the conditions in the mine
are better than ever and the impor-
lance of this find looms up bigger
every day.
The Mexican company is follow
ing up the rich ore found recently
on the 27O0, and this week has been
cutting out and squaring out for
the purpose of sinking on the ore.
1t is of interest and Importance to
learn that the first cars taken out
in the floor in going down gave an
average assay value of $47.71 per
ton. This is a most excellent show
ing and further work at this point
will be watched with extreme inter-
est. Work elsewhere in the mine
continues as usual and IN the $500
level the development shows a large
body of quartz, yielding low assays.
The mill is treating a large tonnage
of ore, and running steadily. On
the 200 level a blower has been
installed and much better progress
on this level will now be possible.
Sierra Nevada is also sharing in
the attention being drawn to the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
OPEN OLD SHAFT
ON SILVER PICK
SHOOT OPENED IN EARLY
DAYS OF CAMP

Development work continues with
out interruption in the main work.
ings of the Silver Pick Consolidated,
at a depth of 100 feet, where drifts
and cross-cuts have been extended
in the wide zone of silicified ma
terial penetrated by the shaft. While
this work has not resulted in ex-
posing deposits of commercial ore,
it has revealed many small seams
and particles of ore from which
high assays are said to have been
obtained.
1t is reported that Manager Dyer
has decided to begin lateral work
shortly at the point of the shaft,
at a depth of about $40 feet, where
pay ore was exposed in n side of
the shaft. This discovery aroused
much interest and vas regarded as
more important than anything ac-
complished in the course of the
company's development work up to
that time.
Some new work has lately been
undertaken by the Silver Pick COM
pany, in the extreme northern part
of the property, where the old Won
Polenz lease shaft is being cleared
out to a depth of about 200 feet for
the purpose of seeking a vein in
which high-grade ore is said to have
been found during the operation
of the lease.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
WILLIAM /. MOORE IS
BURIED IN TON0PAH
WAS BROTHER OF MRS NJ. f.
BOHANNON OF GOLD
FIELD

The remains of William H. Moore
a ~27-year-old brother of Mrs. M.
E. Bohannon of Goldfield, who COM
mitted suicide last week on the
Moore ranch in Smoky valley, were
buried on Saturday in the Belmont
cemetery in Tonopah.
The young man had been a suf-
ferer since childhood, being a vic
tim of illness and accidents. The
last accident, from which he never
recovered, occurred two years ago,
when he broke a leg. Since that
time he suffered intensely from
what is thought to have been pres
sure on the nerves of the leg and
finally lost heart.
He was born at Moray, in Nye
county.
Flowers were sent by the fol-
lowing: Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Hum
phrey, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Cook,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Herd, Mr.. and
Mrs, C. T. Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. M. North, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. &.
Barker, Manhattan; Mr.. and Mrs.
George Foley, Round Mountain;
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lee, Tonopah;
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Russell, Roches-
ter; Mrs. James l.. Butler, Big
Pine, Cal; Mr.. and Mrs. M. E.
Bohannon, Goldfield.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
new F|NO IN JUMBO Elk.
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ed as significant, has been made in
the western part of the property, at
a considerable distance to the north
west of the No. l or Paloverde
shaft. A short raise from the west
cross-cut on the 770-foot level has
exposed ore of good grade, which it
is thought will prove to be the con-
tinuation, on it's east dip, of the rich
ground now being worked under
lease by the Goldfield Consolidated
company and adjoining the Clermont
claim.
Between the point where this
ore has been found and the eastern
limit of the leased area there is
sufficient space for an Orebody of
large proportions, but the chief val
ue of this discovery is it's proof of
the continuity of the ore to the
east and the fact hal it establishes
the direction of the ore-shoot. The
lease contract provides for working
this ground to a depth of $50 feet,
and as the vein dips to the east, to-
ward the main workings of the
Jumbo Extension, the latter COM
pany can pick up the vein on it's
deeper levels, the $50, 921 or 1917.
without any great amour of work
or expense.
This part of the Jumbo Extern
sion company's ground, embracing
the entire northwestern part of the
P~aloverde claim and the western
corner of the Velvet claim. has
been neglected in the past and has
been regarded as of doubtful value,
until work in the adjoining Cler-
mont mine of the Consolidated dem
onstrated the dip of important ore
channels across the boundary line
and into this territory. Some of
the old Slopes at the south are yield
ing ore of shipping grade.
Managing Engineer j. X. Turner,
who directs all the Jumbo Extension
company's operations. paid a visit
during the week to the Copper Noun
tain property, which is being oper-
ated under a long-term option of
purchase. He reports that a cross
cut from the No. 1 shaft has expos
ed three feet of ore averaging 16
per cent copper and ore of good
grade has been cut in the No. 2
shaft. Results of the work up to
this time are in every way crafty
ing and the property gives substan-
tial promise of making a big pro-
Queer of copper.
Lessees who are working blocks
of ground on the Copper Mountain
property have exposed large quanti-
ties of high-grade copper r and
regular shipments are being made
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
REVIEW OF MINING
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carloads of ore have been broken
lately and smelter returns from
the last shipped gave an average
value of $3.50 per ton. Consulting
Engineer j.. K. Turner and Super
intendent Lou Dellinger both OK
press satisfaction over the condition
of the property.
Jumbo Junior
A lease has been secured by the
Jumbo Junior. covering a block
600 by $50 feet in area on the
southern extremity of the Kewanas
and embracing the extension of the
vein and rich ore-shoot recently
opened in Jumbo Junior ground.
The company's work is now being
advanced along the vein in Kewanas
territory and the drift is showing
high-grade ore. A carload of ore
has been prepared for shipment in
the past few days.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
ORE ON GREAT BEND
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the ore produced in this work has
been of excellent grade. A close sort
ing of the product has not been
found necessary and the last carload
gave smelter returns of $26.SO per
ton. Ore is exposed in the interme-
diate drift above the 3OO-foot level,
as well as on the latter level. The
drift will be continued to the east
to prospect the vein neal the old
lease working which exposed good
ore near the Daisy end-line.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05

by three of the leases. The Miller
La Pate lease is reputed to have
fully $15O,OO0 worth of copper ore
of shipping grade in sight and has
already shipped a large tonnage, av-
eraging from six to twelve per cent
copper. This lease employs two
1O-horse teams and several big mo-
tor trucks, with trailers, in freight
ing it's product to Nolan station on
the railroad, Is miles distant.
1t is said that if the lessees con
tinue production at the present rate.
their royalties. which are to apply
on the purchase price, will go far
toward meeting all payments on the
property. The Jumbo Extension
company still has a substantial cash
balance in it's treasury and good
prospects of again entering the first
rank of dividend-paying companies
of Nevada.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
ATLANTA SHIPPING ORE
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shoot for a distance of approximate
ly IS feet.
THE value of the ore we had ex-
pected to mine has advanced, partial
ly due to the advanced price of cop
per and partially due to the occur
of smaller lenses of higher
grade ore within the ore zone. At
the present time we have broken in
the mine approximately 1000 tons of
ore, all that We have storage ca
pacity for. and this ore will average
approximately $17 per ton in gold,
silver and copper, figuring the met
ais at their present prices.
"A delay in the starting of oper-
ations at the Consolidated mill "a
caused by a discontinuance of pow
err during December, due to a heavy
storm in the White mountains which
damaged the power lines. However,
the Consolidated flotation plant vas
put into operation on March /, 1917,
and is proving completely successful
in the treatment of base gold, silver
and copper ores of this district.
There has been delay in making ar
engagements for the disposal of con-
centrates, but we expect to COM
mence shipments to the mill within
a few days now, and have the prop
erty on a paying basis"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
CRACKER JACK RESUMES

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high as $40 per ton gold have been
obtained.
The material now showing in the
cross-cut is apparently closely asso-
ciated with the Columbia noun
tain fault vein, for which the cross
cut is being driven, and the miners
r on the lookout for this vein
with any round of shots. The big
vein, which forms the main ore
channel of the Goldfield district far
Their to the south, has never been
prospected at depth in this northern
part of the district, but on upper
levels of the Cracker Jack a large
tonnage of good mill ore has been
exposed in this vein.
A short time ago the Cracker
Jack company acquired title to a
group of claims adjoining it's main
holdings on the east and embracing
a parallel vein system which is re-
garded as possessing great promise.
Another parallel vein lies to the
west of the main vein and from the
groupings of this lode and from
workings of no great depth a con-
siderable quantity of high-grade
shipping ore was marketed during
the earlier years of the camp. In
terest centers at present in the
work on the 320-foot level and the
next few weeks may bring forth de-
velopments of the greatest import
ance to the company.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-05
RED HILL SHAFT FINISHED
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without finding ore in deposits of
commercial size.
Plans for the future development
of the property and ground adjoin-
ing it that has been secured under
lease involve a system of cross-cuts
and drifts on the various levels
down to the S00-foot point, in order
to prospect the veins in a thorough
~ The territory to be ex-
'.lored contains a part of the main
Florence vein. which has produced
mill;Cl:s in rich ore. but which has
never been prospected in this imme-
diate vicinity and is believed to hold
important possibilities here.