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Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau,
 WASHINGTON, D. C.-Puget Sound Columbia River and San Francisco Bay shipbuilding yards are well up in u1er chant ship construction as com . pared with her principal marine construction cente-s of the United states and Europe, the Department of Commerce announced to day. The de-
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AMERICAN SHIPYARDS CLOSE TO
 BRITAIN'S FOR STEEL VESSELS

the United States and of the United Kingdom. according to returns to the United States Bureau of Navigation from American shipbuilders "Includ-
 ing ships ordered but not begun" and according to Lloyd's returns from Bri- tiYh shipbuilders covering only ships the construction of which has actually begun" were as follows:
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par.ment recently made public a statement to the effect that both In number of ships under construction a3I aggregate tonnage the United States is close on the heels of tho United Kingdom.
 The steel merchant shipbuildlng in progress on September 30. 1916, in the fl t principal shipbuilding districts of
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ste od, is the shortage of sailors to man the new dreadnoughts that are being commissioned. old cruisers, battle ships and coast defense craft are being shelved, it is learned, in order that their crews may be released and go to make up the TOO to 1900 men required tc take over the super -dreadnoughts
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ALASKA
 NOTES

Henry Paul, a Hot Springs Indian, has been held for the grand jury in a charge of rape. Bail was fixed a, $500, and as 1t was not forthcoming Henry will be permitted to wield a snow shovel until spring
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Alfonso Sheboff. Russian 22 years of age and unmarried was kill ed by falling rock at the Persever- ance mine near Juneau recently, She boff had just started to work on his first shift in the mine when a rock 'ell down one of the chutes, crushing him.
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The curfew law Is again being ea- forced in Juneau starting recently All children under IS years of age uhaccompanied by their parents must be off the streets at o'clock, or have some good legitimate excuse. The law has been on the books for some time but has not been enforced
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An amusing incident occurred in the courtroom at Juneau recently, wren a witness for the defense in the case of a man charged with the Illegal sale of liquor fell asleep in his chair and commenced to talk In his sleep just as the court commenced to in- struct the jury. The court stopped and the sleeping man very audibly stated: "Oh. they'll get him yet: 1t is caly a matter of time."
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 TEMPERATURES

Following are the lowest recorded temperatures for this year and last on the days designated. The minus sign before a aumber means below zero.
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
CRACKERJACK
DEVELOPING
AT DEPTH
CROSS-CUT ON 32O-FOOT LEVEL
IL BEING DRIVEN
RAPIDLY


There is reason to expect import
ant results from the development
work now being performed by the
Reorganized Cracker Jack Mining
company and these results may come
at any time, but are relied upon to
aiaterialize within the, next 80 days
at the outside. A large force of
miners is employed on the proper
ty and excellent progress is report
ed. with the aid of excellent surface
equipment and plant that is COM
plete in every detail.
On the 320-foot level the east
cross-cut has been extended for
nearly 700 feet and has been pro-
crossing lately at the rate of from
five to over seven feet daily, air
drills being employed in this work
The cross-cut has shown some seams
of ore yielding encouraging assays,
but the foot-wall of the main
Columbia Mountain fault vein has
not yet been penetrated and the
vein apparently lies at rather flat
angle here.
From the more nearly vertical
dip of the parallel Rabbit Trail vein.
lying to the east of the fault vein,
it is believed that the two veins
will be found to form a junction
above or near the depth of the cross
cut and in the opirion of the best
mining authorities ore of paying
grade should be found here in COM
mercial quantity. with the possi-
bility of opening deposits of great
value. The property adjoins the
Sandstorm-Kendall Consolidated on
the east and has veins of similar
character. Adjoining claims were
purchased by the Cracker Jack com
pany some time ago, giving the com
pany large area that embraces
promising system of veins.
Conditions revealed on the 12O-
foot level of the Cracker Jack. in
drifts and cross-cuts opened from
the main shaft, support the belief
that the ore-channels will be found
to extend to considerable depth. On
this level and in raises extended
nearly to the surface, large guam
titles of oxidized ore were exposed,
of grade that will ultimately yield
n pnn6 Uhnn nrnuicinr
be made for it's treatment in
local plant. Elsewhere in the Gold
field district the finding of ore Of
this character and in this manner
has been followed by the discovery
of richer Gre at depth and similar
results are confidently expected in
the Cracker Jack mine.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
S|LVERMINES Go. BUILDING
BIG CYANIDE PLANT
AT HORNSILVfR

Mill construction and nine de.
velopment work of the Sill, ermines
company, operating the Irea: West
ern property at pornsilve~, 26 miles
south of Goldfielc have been placed
in charge of M r. ThuIs.on. con-
sulting engineer for the S. H. Brady
company of Reno, and rapid pro-
gress is now being made in COM
pleting the reduction plant. Super
intendent Thurston was in Cold
field during the week and stated
that the mill would probably he in
readiness to begin treating ore
within 60 days.
Some of the iron pipe has al
ready been laid and wooden pipe
will arrive here shortly and will be
used for the greater part of the
eight miles of piping to bring water
from the main line of the Cold
field Consolidated Water company.
About two miles of iron pipe Will
be laid at the lowest point in the
line. For the remainder of the
line wooden pipe has been decided
upon as more desirable, as II is
less subject to wear and suffers
little or no damage from freez-
ing.
The reduction plant now under
construction will be one of the
most up-to-date cyanide plants in
Nevada in every respect. Stamps
will not form a part of the equip
ment, as they are regarded as al
together obsolete in the treatment of
ore of the character produced at
Hornsilver. The company has IL
stalled a ball mill, similar to the
Marcy type, and two tube mills tC
follow the initial roughing in the
bail mill. BY this system the
crushing and grinding capacity will
be from $50 to 800 tons daily and
the company will be enabled to
treat a large tonnage of custom ores
from other mines in the district. in
addition to it's own product.
All units of the plant, n3luding
mill operation, compressor and
hoist, will be motor driven, with
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
COPPER VEINS
ARE BEING
EXPLORED
PRODUCT OF GOOD GRADE is
RECEIVED FROM COPPER
MOUNTAIN

Satisfactory reports continue to
come from the Copper Mountain
property, which is being operated
under option Of purchase by the
Jumbo Extension Mining company
of Goldfield The company is now
operating in three shafts on the
copper property and regular ship
ments of ore of high grade are go
ing forward to the smelter from
the No. 1 shaft, near the Miller-La
Pate lease block. The company's
ore Is being taken from the same
contact channel that has supplied
large tonnage to the lessees.
From the No. l shaft cross
cut was extended some 800 feet to
the vein or ore-channel and drifts
have been extended in this zone for
a considerable distance, in ore of
good grade throughout. The cross
cut extends under the mountain,
gaining considerable depth and af-
fording a substantial area of stop
ing backs. The ore shipped from
this point has averaged from 10
to Is per cent copper.
Shaft No 2 has lately been equip
ped with a power hoist and COM
pressor, and air drills are now
being used in sinking another lift
of 100 feet, at which point laterals
will be driven in two directions to
81
good ore This shaft is designed
for the chief center of operations
and laterals are to be extended TO
the ore-bearing channels on various
levels. The work of sinking the
No. shaft was started early this
month and satisfactory progress Is
reported. From this shaft it will
,oe. possible to open other known
ore-bearing channels and the three
shafts will afford means of develop
ing the property in thorough man
ner and over a wide area
Surface prospecting, by means OF
open cuts and trenches, has exposed
pay ore at large number of points
on the Copper Mountain property
and other shafts may be sunk in
future. The property embraces a
large number of claims, several of
which are patented. and the COM
pany's operations, as we'll as those
of three or four of the leases, are
at present confined to the patented
territory, although good copper
prospects have been opened on the
unpatented ground and lessees are
now working on some of this
ground
A large tonnage of high-grade
copper ore has been produced and
Continued on Page Eight.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
OLD TRIANGLE
AGAIN ACTIVE
PROPERTY THAT WAS ONCE
PRODUCTIVE is BEING
DEVELOPED

Active development work has been
started on the property of the old
Diamondfield part of the Goldfield
district. The present work is on
the Daisy-Great Bend fraction, ad-
Joining the Daisy property on the
north and extending east from the
end-line of the Great Bend, and
this work is designed to explore the
extension of the North vein, in
which ore of high grade has been
found at several points.
This vein, which is regarded as
the best in the Diamondfield sec
ton, trends directly out of the
Great Bend and into the Diamond
field Triangle property, which has
the apex of the vein for practically
the full length of the fractional
claim. A shaft is being sunk south
OF the apex of the vein, which has
dip to the south.
A short distance west of this
point some rich ore was mined by
lessees, on the Daisy property. and
still farther west high-grade ore
was found in workings of the DR..
Lockhart lease, on the Great Bend
property. The Diamondfield Tri-
angle embraces seven claims or frac-
tional claims and produced rich ore
during the early days of Goldfield.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23

power generated by semi-Diesel
engine of 200 horsepower. A CO.
horsepower Fairbanks-Morse en-
gine has been installed to drive the
compressor and 40-horsepower en-
gine of similar type for the hoist.
Fuel oil of from 20 to "a gravity
will be used to operate the Diesel
engine.
Treatment of the ore will be en-
tirely by cyanidation and exhaus-
tive tests of the ore, conducted in
laboratories and on a large scale
in the West End Consolidated aill
at Tonopah, indicate a recovery of
least 95 per cent of the metall C
content The ore is free Him.
down to the lowest level yet OPEN
ed, at a depth of 46O feet, and is
found in large bodies of uniform
grade. The property consists of
nine claims or fractional claims and
has produced a large tonnage Of
high-grade shipping ore from levels
above the 4OO-foot point.
The plan of development, which
is to be carried forward with the
utmost vigor, includes the immS-
diate sinking of the incline shaft
to a depth of 500 fet. This SHAFT,
now down 400 feet, crosses the
vertical shaft at a depth of about
60 feet and the latter shaft will
supply a highly desirable upca t
and will afford good ventilation for
workings at depth. The incline has
continued in ore nearly all the
way and a large tonnage will be
available for extraction from the
main working shaft without cXplor-
ing for new ore.
In join. report on the GREAT
Western property, prepared w }.
X. Turner of Goldfield and ). II.
Brady, manager for the Silvermines
company, estimate of the two en-
gineers placed the value of ore in
sight at nearly $25O,000, and a sub
stantial tonnage of good mill ore
is said to have been placed in sight
since this report was made. Super
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
GRANDMA CONS. SHAFT
is GAINING IN DEPTH

Sinking continues to make salts
factory progress on the Grandma
property and the main shaft is now
down over 385 feet. The property
is we'll equipped for deep develop
ment work and sinking will continue
to reach the shale contact zone. The
point where. this work is being con-
Quoted is only a short distance east
of the rich ore body opened in the
contact zone in the adjoining Ke-
wanas property.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23

With pay ore exposed in more
properties than at any time in the
history of mining activity in the
Goldfield district, with a large vol
ume of shipments coming from a
number of mines and with at least
20 of the listed companies operating,
in addition to large number of
leases, conditions in Goldfield are
such as to afford no small degree
of encouragement for the future and
satisfaction in the present
The relatively stagnant condi-
ton of the market, with Goldfeld
stocks quoted at exceedingly low
figures, has caused many persons to
take a rather pessimistic viewpoint
of the situation here, but there has
rarely been any market activity at
this season and everything has con-
spired this year to depress prices of
metal stocks and to turn the inter-
est of investors into other channels.
In other periods of Goldfield's his
tory it has been pointed out that
condition of the mines, but never
has the discrepancy been so marked
as at present. 1t is felt, however,
that a readjustment must come in
time and that with the subsidence
of the present boom in oil stocks it
is inevitable that greater interest
will be manifested in Goldfield stocks
and that prices will then assume fig
ures more in keeping with the intrin-
sic value of the mines.
Ore exposures in Goldfield during
the past two or three months have
been of no small degree of import
ance and discoveries of pay ore have
been made at a number of widely
separated points. Developments in
the Diamondfield part of the district
give promise of largely increasing
the production in that section and
new work has been started in terri
tory that is regarded as holding i'm
portant possibilities.
Goldfield Consolidated
Development on deeper levels Of
the Consolidated mines is shown i'll
the company's reports to be result
ing in the discovery of gold-copper
ore of excellent grade at number
of points Work is being extended
over wide areas on these levels in
order to block out the copper-bear-
ing ores of lower grade that will be
treated by the flotation process and
the company's flotation plant is
now treating large tonnage of this
ore. In recent development the best
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
JUMBO JR. HAS
EXCELLENT ORE
SHIPPING PRODUCT Is En-
POSED IN GROUND LEASED
FROM KEWANAS

A marked improvement in the con-
dition of workings of the Jumbo
Junior Mining company has been
reported within the past few days
and ore of shipping grade is now IN
sight in encouraging quantity IN
the drift extended to the north, in
territory leased from the Reorganiz-
ed Kewanas company Samples of
the ore brought to the company's
office in Goldfield are similar in ap-
pearance to the high-grade material
mined in the shale contact zone, in
the adjoining Velvet claim of the
Juroho Extension.
At a depth of $50 feet the main
drift, driven into the Jumbo Jun
ior from the No. shaft OF the
Jumbo Extension, has been advanc-
ed to the north, beyond the bound
ary line between the Junior and tho
Kewanas, and for considerable
distance into the latter property
The general course of the drift for
some distance was along the hang
ing wall of the main vein, but later
it extended nearer the center of the
ore-channel and more recently has
been driven back to the hanging
wall, farther to the east. The
ground now being explored is re-
garded as particularly encouraging
and it is believed that further ship
ments will be started in the near
future.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
ATLANTA SHIPS
DAILY TO MILL
REGULAR OUTPUT OF GOOD
GRADE Is SENT TO THE
SAMPLER

Shipments from the Atlanta nine
terruption, at the rate of about 30
tons daily, and the product now
being shipped is of a grade yielding
a good profit over the cost of ex-
uniformity in grade and the pro
pOrtion of metals contained renders
this product desirable one for
the smelters and the manner in
deep levels makes it possible to mar
.ket the product at a comparatively
low expense.
On all the main and intermedi-
ate levels, from the 400 down to
the 1750-foot point. ore OF excellent
quality for treatment by flotation
has been exposed in deposits of
great magnitude. and there is reason
to believe that the time is not distant
when a large tonnage of this ma
terial will be going forward daily
to the flotation plant of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company.
The deep-level ore of the Atlanta
is classed as uniformly the best
suited in the district for flotation
and as soon as it becomes possible
to market this product the Atlanta
will be in condition to realize sub
stantial earnings from its operations
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
SILVER PICK CONS. Is
OPENING NEW GROUND

In the extreme nc-thern part of
the Silver Pick Consolidated COM
pany's ground development work is
PolenZ lease shaft, at a depth of
about 800 feet A vein containing
some good ore was opened at this
point during the boom days of Gold
field, but since that period no work
had been performed here until re-
Gently. In the main workings, at
a depth of 100 feet, some quartz
of good appearance was found late
ly
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23

of high grade has been showing in
the drift on the latter level lear
The Copper Mountain property that
is being worked by the company III
tlnuec to make an excellent shCWi ing
OF hiSh-grade copper ore and snip
mnnts are now being made regularly
to The smelters, the main part of
the product coming from workings
in the No. | shaft. Two other
shafts are being sunk by the com
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
REVIEW OF Mining OPERATIONS IN GOLDFIELD DISTRICT

pany, both showing good orc, and
tial tonnage of excellent grade. Tie
property embraces number Of
claims, part of them patented, and
copper ore has been exposed Ii;
surface workings over an extended
area
ReOrganized kewanas
Ore of shipping grade is being
mined at a depth of $40 feet in
the northeastern part of tle Ke-
wanas property, where the drifC in
the shale contact zone has coptin
ued in ore for a distance of over
100 feet This orebody has also
been opened by raise from the
east crosscut, proving its extent over
a considerable area, and the average
grade of the ore exposed is excel
lent. Stopping is now in progress
from the south drift and the prod
uct is being hoisted through the La
guna shaft for shipment to the
sampler. Ore of similar grade has
been exposed lately in the extreme
southern part of the property, in
the continuation of the same great
to the Jumbo Junior company.
Atlanta Mines Co.
Regular shipments of ore of good
average grade continue to go for
ward daily from the Atlanta mine
to the Western Ore Purchasing com
pany's sampler, whence it is shipped
to the smelters for treatment In
the extraction of this ore the COM
large reserves of lower grade ma
terial, carrying gold, silver and cop
pc, which will be teated eventually
in the fiOtatiOn plant of the Gold
field Consolidated company. Treat
ment of Atlanta ore in this plant
has been delayed by unforeseen OBJ
stacles. but it is believed that these
will be removed in the near future,
when the Atlanta company will be
in shape to greatly increase it's net
earnings.
Great Bend Mine
The production of the Great
Bend mine has been maintained at a
figure yielding good profit and
some of the ore mined recently has
been of high grade. many of the
mine assays varying from $40 to
over 500 per ton in gold Slopes
on the 1G0-foot level have been yield
ing product of uniformly good
grade and some equally good ore
CONTINUED on Page Eight.)
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
MERGER DRIFTS.
IN COPPER ORE
LARGE BODIES OF LOW-GRADE
MATERIAL FOUND AT
DEPTH

Results obtained in recent de-
velopment work on deep levels of
the Goldfield Merger Mines COM
pany's ground have aroused keen
interest in that property and have
been of character affording much
encouragement to the belief that
deposits of ore of commercial grade
will be found at depth in this pro-
perty. Driving in northerly direc-
tion from the main cross-cut on the
1350-foot level, the cross-cut has
advanced for over so feet in low
grade material, carrying an average
of about two per cent copper. but
containing little gold.
Under present conditions this ore
is not regarded as commercial
product, since it cannot be mined
and shipped profitably to any point
where it's treatment could be effect
ed.
Should a sufficient tonnage of this
ore be exposed in further develop
ment, however, facilities could be
provided here which would enable
the company to treat it's product
locally and if handled on a large
scale this ore could be made to
yield substantial revenues. Devel-
opment work will be continued on
this level and later it is planned to
perform some work in this terri
tory on the 1750-foot level.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23
DRIFT ON VEIN
IN SANDSTONE
GROUND is BEING EXPLORED BE-
LOW SLOPES OF BONANZA
LEASES

Operations of the Sandstone
Kendall Consolidated company con-
sist at present of extending the
south drift, opened from a point in
the raise about 75 feet above the
35O-foot level. In driving at this
point a number of small seams of
pay ore have been exposed from
time to time, but no orebodies of
commercial volume have yet been
found, although this territory is re-
garded as being possessed of ex-
cellent promise.
$50 level it was the plan to extend
the raise to connect with the old
lease workings above, from which
Lotus and Davis, as well as other
early-day lessees, extracted a large
tonnage of bonanza ore, but it was
decided by Manager Darcy that the
better policy would be to explore
the vein on an intermediate level
at this time, in order to pick up
any ore-shoots extending to depth.
When the old leases expired there
was some ore of commercial grade
remaining in the bottom workings,
which attained a depth of less than
20 feet in the LoftusDavis lease,
and the raise will be continued lat
er to connect with these. workings
and to recover the remaining ore.
1t is planned to explore the vein
thoroughly below these old Slopes,
however, in the hope that other rich
deposits will be found