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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
CON-. SPANISH BELT
ACTIVELY WORKING
LONG TUNNEL BEING DRIVEN
AND WATER Is EN-
COUNTERED

The lowest tunnel at the Con-
solidated Spanish Belt Mining COM
pany is now in 24O feet, according
to the report of the management
for the present week. Fairly good
progress is being made by means of
the hand drills, and this will be
expedited to a substantial degree
when the compressor is installed.
To facilitate the installation, the
company now has al expert mocha
mic on the ground, and everything
is propitious for the turning over of
the new engine within the next
few days. Without a doubt the
succeeding reports of the company
will show a greater rate of ad-
vance to have been made in the
tunnel, which will bring the face
of the working to the downward
extensions of the big main veins
within a much shorter time that if
the bore continued to be drilled by
hand.
The rest of the equipment, such
as steel, tools, etc, was ordered some
time ago and is expected to be re-
ceived during the early part of the
coming week; and upon its arrival
it will be sent out Immediately to
the mine, in order that the wC~k
may not be delayed. The re ;elpt
of the accessories for the drills viii
mark the elimination of the hand
work in the face of the tunnel.
Encouraging conditions have been
met with during the past week. The
face of the tunnel has continued its
advance in granite, which is fairly
hard, and just prior to S%uperinten-
dent Pixies return from the property
on Friday, a considerable flow of
water was encountered, at a point
233 feet from the portal.
All the indications. as shown by
this latest development. point to a
change in the formation within a
short distance. and the company's
energies will be concentrated IN
driving the tunnel ahead to deter
mine what, if any Importance may
be attached to the change in cOndi-
tions.
Everything else, in the matter of
construction and other work, is
proceeding along the same vigorous
lines as usual.-Tonopah Miner.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
DESTROY
MILL AT BRISTOL
OF UVADA COPPER COM
PANY Is RAZED BY
FIRE

The Uvada Copper company. OPP
Grating at Bristol, suffered a SER
ious loss by fire last Friday night
at which time the hosting plant at
the Gypsy mine and the tramway
head house and adjacent buildings
were entirely destroyed.
The origin of the blaze Is laid to
lightning striking the tramwcy cable
and grounding near some oil tanks
at the head house.
Manager NJ. M. Johnson arrived
from Salt Lake last Monday with an
insurance adjuster and Immediately
laid plans for reconstruction.
1t is understood that a large link
in the cable has been rendered
worthless as well as a greater por-
ton of the machinery. Work will
be pushed rs rapidly as possible and
it is expected that the mine will be
in shape to resume shipments with
in the next sixty days.
A force of men was put to work
last Wednesday clearing up the de-
bris.-EXchange.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
Insurance Commission Report

Compilation of fatal accidents re-
ported to the Nevada Industrial
Commission for the year ending
June 30, 1917, shows that 81 men
were killed in industries of the state
during that period. One death re-
ported was the result of injury sus-
tanned in October, 1915. OF deaths
reported, &c occurred in the min
ing industry, not including fatal
accidents at the Nevada C~Onsolidat-
ed Copper company, where 10 &c
Cured. Ore reduction is charged
with one, railroads with four and
public utilities with one. During
the four years of the existence of
the commission $736,362 has been
awarded as compensation of which
S27l ,OS4.34 has been awarded for
fatal accidents.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
Tried to Buy Exemption

Escape from the army draft will
be simple if the proper strings are
pulled, John CASTILLO of Reno told
Charles Lascimi, another Italian.
and unfolded his scheme. Lascimi
thought the plan was splendid and
parted with $40 in cash and his
gold watch. In return he received a
letter from the government patent
office, with his name inserted three
times in pencil. Costello is now in
Jail. He had evidently written Las
cimi's name on a patent office blank
and the latter's knowledge of Eng
lish being meager he did not detect
the fraud. When examined Costello
was found to be wearing a thick
leather belt, such as is used to i'm
pede the progress of a ~stilletto.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
BATTLE MOUNTAIN
HAS OIL STORAGE
TANKS FOR STORING FUEL AND
OTHER OILS PRO-
Missed

c. o. Flint, assistant S~uperintend-
ent of the construction department
of The Standard Oil company, was
in town Tuesday to determine "a site
for a modern and up to date distrib-
uting plant for %coaloil, gasoline, dis
tillate and all grade of %lubricating
oil in packages.
small storage tanks, one each for
c~oaloil, gasoline and distillate. They
will also build a 32x40 foot ware
house, together with a small office
and pump house, and garage in
which to house an auto truck.
This truck will be used in delivering
oil to the merchants of town and
to the ranches and mines in the
outlying districts.
The plant, practically fire proof,
will be surrounded by an iron
fence having a gate kept locked.
There will be some one in atten-
dance at all times, so the people
need have no fear of fire.
The Standard Oil company had
this scheme in incubation some five
years ago, but not until now did
they decide that the town would
warrant such an outlay of mo ley.
Their decision at this time is a
positive sign of the fast growth and
prosperity of the district.
From a service standpoint 20
previous enterprise has been of
such advantage. Just as quickly as
arrangements can be made the con-
struction work will commence. -
Battle Mountain Scout.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
TRIED TO GET
IN TWO ARMIES
GOLDFTELD MAN BACK AFTER
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
TO FIGHT

c. J.. Dussault, who left here on
July Is with T. j. Hennessy, Percy
X. Ellis, Fred Atzert and Harry X.
Scott to join the army at Fort Nc.
Dcwell, returned last night after
having been rejected owing &c e.
cessive weight. The other four men
were accepted.
Dassault is five feet, eight inches
in height and weighed 232 pounds
when he left here. On the way to
San Francisco he gained IL pounds,
Llaking his weight on arrival there
Pa pounds. Army regulations call
for d weight that is a little more
than two pounds per inch of height,
although a wide margin is allowed
III accepting men. AtZert was con
siderably above normal weight, but
it can be seen that Dussauit was
far above any margin allowed i'll
recruits. The examination at Fort
Mcdowell is particularly rigid and
Dassault passed it in every respect
except weight, SO tpat 1t will be
many years before it will lie neces-
sary for him to think of making
his will if he keeps on: III he way
of the automobiles.
On his return he was enthusiastic
over the treatment he received
while in San Francisco and said,
Uncle Sam treated me like his
only SON"
Dussault had read hat it is
easier to enter the Canadian than
the American army, so he applied
for enlistment to an officer recruit
ing for the Canadian overseas forces
and found him just as strict in his
requirements as the Americans. The
officer told him that while stories
had been published hat would lead
people to believe hat almost any
one could join the Canadian eel :es,
they were untrue and that the stan
dard was high.
Having attempted to enter two
armies Dussault has returned to
Goldfield satisfied that he has done
his bit to date and to prove it he
carries papers that he shows with
justifiable pride.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
FAGENBUSH & CLARK
AMPLY INDICATED
AFTER MANY VICISSITUDES RAIN
MAKERS ARE BEING CON-
GRADUATED

For the past eight weeks Gold
field has been sweltering with heat
and the original subscribers to the
portuning Fagenbush & Clark to
bring on a rain storm to relieve
the situation.
Day after day promises were
made that the rain would be forth
coming, but day after day there
was no rain. Certain of the stock
holders in the Rain Makers Asso-
citation issued an ultimatum that
unless Fagenbush & Clark produced
a rain storm they would throw the
association into the hands of a
receiver.
Pete Clark then got busy and
made an investigation of the Bun
ko Meter, situated on Columbia
Mountain and which controls the
Cloud Assembler, and ascertained
it had been tinkered with by DR..
Mccarthy while he was investigat-
ing the possibility of the Bunko
Meter inoculating the water tank on
Columbia Mountain with typhoid
germs. After repairs had been
made, Clark announced that a rain
storm would take place the follow
ing day.
AS a matter of fact it did rain
a few drops, but not enough to lay
the dust, consequently Col. Ferry
had to keep the sprinkling cart go
ing. The next day Fagenbush made
an examination of the Cloud As
sembler appliance on the Malapai
and found that Mike Catalan had
changed the wires from the storage
battery so thai the electric current
was diverted to the Cloud Dispellers,
and without clouds there could be
no rain.
After making repairs to the Cloud
Gathering device the announcement
was made that the long-looked-for
rain storm would be forthcoming.
afternoon Goldfield had a downpour
that lasted until SIS and again at
1880 it started raining and lasted
until $40.
Joe Bruder, of the San Francisco
Bakery, n of the original sub
scribers to the Rain Making Fund,
was so pleased by the result of
Fagenbush & Clark's efforts that the
increased his holdings in the rain
making company by subscribing for
an additional 1000 shares of stock
which he secured by trading to Pete
Clark 10 loaves of rye bread. Pete
is open for additional subscriptions.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
Red Gross Ships

Over 5000 bandages, dressing
pads, surgical suits and other arti-
cles used in first aid work, repre-
senting the work of Reno women
during he past month, will be ship
used in Red Cross work. The Reno
Red Cross chapter is experimenting
the work and in order to increase
production has sen a call to Reno
women to spend a least one hour
each week sewing for the Red
Cross.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
SUPPORT GIVEN
PURPLE CROSS
THOMAS r. DUNN SOLlCITS AID
OF NEVADA REPRE-
SENTATIVES

The Purple Cross bill, designed to
provide for embalming and return
ing to this country the bodies OF
American soldiers killed in Europe
is now before the senate and is
ceiving the Endorsement of pro-
minent men in all parts of the
country. Residents of Goldfield are
being urged to write to the Nevada
representatives in both houses ask
ing their support for the bill.
Thomas F. Dunn yesterday sent
the following letter to Senator'S
Newlands and Pittman and Con-
gresham Roberts soliciting their
help in having passed the Purple
Cross bill, which is now before the
senate, having been introduced yes
terday by Senator Walcott:
/ earnestly solicit your sup
port in behalf of the Purple
Cross house bill, No. $40, max
ing it possible for the return of
the bodies of u soldier dead in
a sanitary and recognizable on
ditiOn. In the Spanish-Ameri-
can war the bodies of our brave
boys were consumed by quick
lime or other chemicals and moth
ing but their bones were return
ed to the fond and loving par
ents who gave their all to III
country.
The disposition Of the human
corpse presents many difficulties
and many dangers, eve il. peace
times. Sentiment prevents either
the immediate o. tho most effec-
tive disposition of tire body, and
affection FOR the deceased de-
mands that it should be returned
intact to the parents who brought
it into being.
The Purple Cross will be COM
posed of men having high ideals
and a thorough training in prac-
teal embalming and sanitary
science. Theirs are functions
which neither physician nor sur
geon can practically perform with
out an entire revolution of u
existing customs, hence the prac-
tical embalmer steps at once into
a position which must be recog-
nized as essential to tn" proper
administration of state medicine.
With such men stationed near
the front line trenches, the
bodies of our boys who meet
death while battling on foreign
soil in the cause of humanity,
will receive humane treatment.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
BELLEHELEN MINES
WILL HAVE A MILL
REDUCTION PLANT TO BE OPER-
ATING BY SEPTEMBER
FIRST

The Bellehellen Mines company is
next in line for the production of a
steady tonnage, which will reach a
daily output of % tons before the
first of August. The company is in
excellent shape to take advantage
of the enhancement of silver by
building at the mouth of the mine
a mill with a daily capacity of 50
tons. The value of the ore runs
from $40 to $65 and in one section
of the mine the ore averages regu-
larly $3.50 a ton.
Owing to the high cost of trans
portation which absorbs S13 per
ton the company has been elaborat-
ing plans for mill construction, as
the management feels that it is
wasteful to send out any more ore
by wagon. While the Mill is under
construction three auto trucks will
be placed in commission in order
to take care of the alloted tonnage.
By the first of September tLr mill
will be under way.
All the work is done under the
direction of Thomas T. COrnforth
of Denver, who has been active in
the development ever since the in
ception of the enterprise eleven
years ago. The estate comprises
five claims and a fraction and be-
sides the ore mentioned as of ship
ping grade, the mine has an enor-
nous quantity of milling ore worth
from SIT to $50.
One regularity of the formation
is that the eastern end of the mine
carries silver values while in the
western end the showing is in gold.
One shaft is down 234 feet from
which has crOss-cut the property for
a distance of 500 feet with a drift
of $50 feet IN the vein. The shaft
is still all in ore for the full depth,
showing a vein for a width of two
feet carrying values of $50 a ton.
At a distance of 23O feet west of
the main shaft is another which has
been sent down to a depth of 23O
feet with the expectation of catching
the west vein in another % feet.
Mr.. Schieff, from Cripple Creek,
has been engaged as mine superin-
tendent and will arrive in a few
days.-Tonopah Bonanza.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
SCHOOL OF MINES is
CLOSED FOR SUMMER

The Goldfield school of mines
was closed Friday for the inontn
of August and will reopen about
Sept. |. For the past month the
attendance has been irregular ow-
ing to the unusually warm wea-
Their, but in the cool weather of
the fall Professor Hoffman anti
cipates that the regular attendance
at the sessions will be from % to
80, When the school was opened
it was planned to close it during
August, as it had been found in
other towns of the state that it
was impossible to maintain a regu-
lar attendance during that month.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
DESCRIBES FORMING
OF RICH OREBOD|Es
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN
CONTAINS MATTER INTER-
ESTING no MINERS

The enrichment of ore depOsitsu
is a most interesting scientific prob
lem and during the last 10 years
the methods of such enrichment nave
become fairly we'll understood. The
study of these methods a proved
to be of considerable value
for its results have been uccess-
fully used in the exploration OF
many mineral deposits. h Uni
ted States geological survey, depart
ment of the interior has been active
in the study of the principles and
methods of the enrichment of ore
deposits and has recently published
a report on the subject by w. H.
Demonstrated States Geological
Survey Bulletin 625.
The theory of ore enrichment
may be briefly stated as follows:
Mineral deposits that are exposed to
weathering-that is, to the action
of the atmosphere, of rain, frost.
and other agencies-break down
and form soluble salts and new
minerals that remain unchanged
under surface conditions. In the
course of weathering, however, the
ore of each metal behaves in its pc
culiar way.
Deposits of iron, aluminium, man
ganese, and some deposits of gold
and other metals may be enriched
near the surface by the removal
of ~valueless material. On the other
hand many of the valuable metals,
including copper, silver, and less
commonly gold, zinc and lead, go
INTO solution and are carried down
ward by rain and water and re-
deposited, and thus parts of the
ore bodies may be enriched. Most
of the rich or bonanza" ore bodies
of copper, many of silver, and some
of gold and other metals have been
formed in this way.
Bulletin 625 describes in detail,
the geologic conditions favorable
and ~unfavorable to the formation
of enriched mineral deposits and
SifSo q ouhiIhdiS VI IlC ny
which such deposits may be recog-
nized. The natural chemical process
by which enrichment is produced
are fully described and the behavior
of each metal is considered separ-
ately and is illustrated by descrip-
tions of practically all it's known
valuable enriched ore bodies.
Although the paper is of necessity
rather technical, it is by no means
abstruse, and the matter it contains
should be of great value not only to
the scientific students but to the
mine operator who is concerned only
with the profitable exploration of
ore deposits.
A copy of Bulletin 625 may be
had free upon application to the di-
rector of the United States geologi-
cal survey, Washington, d. C.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
NEW MEMBERS
FOR RED CROSS
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF GOLD
FIELD CHAPTER IL
NOW 6f4

Eleven additional members for
the Goldfield chapter of the Red
Cross. published today. brings the
total membership to Ga.
The present membership of the
chapter is:
Previously reported ...-.------..603
Annual Members
Lyle William Lund, Rand, New.
Dorothy May Lund, Rand. New.
Mrs. Arthur A. Lund, Rand, New.
Arthur A. Lund, Rand, New.
Rose McArdle
Mrs. Annise Parker
Mrs. Josephine M Parker
Mrs. p. j. Carmody
Carson J. Mapes
Mrs. J. j. Joyner
l.. J. Burkhardt
Total to date
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
Winnemucca Physician Called

DR.. f. D.. Giroux OF Winnemucca
recently left to report for army duty
at Fort Douglas. DR.. Charles f.
Swezy of Winnemucca. who for
some months has been stationed at
Fort Riley. Kan, has been trans
ferred to Madison. Wis. where he
has been mustered into the Wiscon-
sin national guard.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

Elko has started to prepare for
the sixth annual Rodeo and county
fair. to be held on September 5, 4,
.. 6. A large caterpillar tractor
is at work on the track and the
grounds are being oiled and placed
in condition.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
Big Crop In ElkO

One of the finest alfalfa crops
ever raised in Elko county is about
ready for harvest. Last years crop
was about the average, but the one
now ready is a bumper one.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

Mystery surrounds the finding of
a body in the Truckee river near
the reduction works dam, east of
Reno. The body was found by a
fisherman and is believed to have
been in the water for several
months, as it was so ~decomposed
that Identification was impossible.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
III. II. DUNBAR LEAVES

H. Howard Dunbar. formerly con
nected with the Globe Gas company.
accompanied by his wife and fam
lily. left this morning for San Fran
cisco, where he will make his future
home.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
Quotas of Counties

The following statement shows
the gross quota, credits and net
quota assigned to each Nevada
county for the selective draft:
County Gross Credits Not
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-25

soufhward toward those FAR purple
hills.
Behind il the Morgan homestead
roared with flames. u funeral ryre for
me body of The murdered mO-hcr.
The girl would not lei herself think
~ that. Size understood now that Sire
had been taken alive for Il purpose.
She must defeat that purpose. either
ny escaping or by bringing her own
death about in attempting to escape.
She dared not think Of the horror that
lay behind. lest il unnerve her and
make her fail.
Leaving the open country. the raid
ers tool Ia the highroad. If they had
GUIDED the patrols, they did not hope
for long To 20 unpurSued. Their safest
course lay In open flight by the fastest
practicable route 10 the hills. They
spared neither their horses nor them
selves.
II so happened that the animal rid
den by Bcss Morgan was one Of the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-25

In that presence the clustering. val
liant Zelaya diminished to his right
stature, that Of "A rowdyiSlr braggart.
not lacking in courage and initiative.
c~onSpicuously deficient in education,
wisdom. Judgment.
Only less dwarfe,l was the repre-
sentative of The Carranza interests,
General Torreon. "A trim and inielli-
gent Mexican. well grounded in the
fundamentals of his trade-which was
simply and exclusively war.
Baron Huroki alone seemed able Ia
address Nogi In terms of eouality-if
without once suggesting n reluc-
anc 10 accord the commander in
chief the Difference that was his due.
This. perhaps. was quite natural. in
view of the authority with which
Baron Huroki had been clothed by the
imperial government at Tokyo-an au
thority only second 10 that Of General
Nogi. who was Huroki's only ranking
officer in the allied camp.
The occasion which had brought
about this conference was the failure
OF the Mexican system of espionage
10 secure any accurate information nS
To conditions Immediately north of the
border.
This was due 10 the uncommonly
thoroughgoing and t~ireleSs system of
patrols organized by Donald Parr and
maintained by Patria and her neigh
bors.
For several weeks n after spy had
sought to penetrate the lines-and in
variably had been obliged to give up
The attempt. 20 less than three.
through unchronicled miSchance. had
vanished utterly and inexplicahly. And
no information of any real value had
been reported back 10 headquarters by
those who. acting under instruction.
had confined their efforts 10 long-dis-
tance observation with the aid Of
powerful binoculars. They saw Pa
tria's biplanes hanging in the skies or
swiftly coursing through them; hut
that was all.
And hour by hour II was believed by
III tnp>c present AT thlS conference,
the moment drew nearer when the
word Ia advance would be given out by
Tokyo.
ut is not only humiliating.' HUI
O X was declaring. III Is madness.
downright madness. "a contemplate a
movement I'm force without firSt-hand
information n 10 what this accurSed
girl Is up 10. IL T. insensate folly 10
underestimate her ability and anxiety
To hinder and embnrrass rs. Ii Is all
very well for you conference.-the ad-
dressed himself superficially to Ze-
laya and Torreon-'to point 10 our
forces and say the United States can
muster nothing 10 withstand IT,. That
is true-as far as we know. But you
make the mistake of thinking you
have only the regular army and the
National Guard To reckon with. You
have something elSe-this puny slip
Of a girl. this insignificant Patria
Claiming. know her. as you do not /;
and | tell you she i ike "A living
flame Of patriotism she Il intelligent