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The Washington times., 1917-10-18

Washington II FEELING -ttB nrst real
pinch Of war today with shortage In
the sugar supply.
Practically all OF the big rstAn
grocery stores, and many Of the
smaller ones. have limited salss Of
sugar to thsir customers 70 conserve
the present supply. =
They have . limited quantity on
hand and do not know whsthsr al
ditional supplies win be available
and II 20 whsn.
.Praes sem Hlns Cen4u.
Prices In Washington have not N
creased a. yet despite TIE shortasA
They range from cents . pound a9
most Of the big groceries TO 70 cents
at the smaller ones An Of ths dealers
interviewed declared that thsy had not
Increased the price and had no prsssus
Intention Of doing 20.
One OF the big chain stores has lin
tied sugar salss to customers only,
and sugar will be sold In quantities
Of not more than five pounds to each
person This company has q suffi-
cient supply on hand to run for &
week or more
A second big group Of chain stores
has a sufficient supply to last for
probably twenty days. but has limited
sales to five and ten-pound quantities,
One OF the biggest individual gro
ceries has . normal supply on hand.
but has limited purchases to ten
pounds OF any one variety OF sugar to
purchaser.
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

The sound lies between Denmark
and Sweden. connecting the Cattegat
and the Baltic.
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
A|RCAMPA|GN .
.LAUNCHEDBY
ALLIES OVER
LINES Of FOE

(ContInusd from First Page.l,
are believed to be from q German war
ship, which has been sunk
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

MAIL DISPUTE TO
Be SETTLED SOON
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
Continued from First PaEe.l

be opened at the British embassy in the
presence Of British ofrieiaia. Certainiy
Great Britain has been grossly misrep-
resented In this case for no sovereign
nation would demand Of aaotbsr that
the seals Of diplomats mail bound from
one neutral country 10 another be
broken.
But the British have been suspicious
as to the contents Of the pouches and
this Is why:
for statistics from Sweden % that he
might form an estimate Of the food
that could be given all neutrals. The
Swedish Iegatioa in Washington
didn't have this information avail
able. The Swedish government
thought II best to send a special COM
missioner with all the data to answer
Mr.. Hoover's questions. Hjalmar
Lundvohm was selected because he 10
the owner OF large iron mineS IN
northern Sweden. and iron ore r. one
OF the chief trading points Sweden
has. For while she needs food, the
Bethlehsm Steel Company and other
concerns In allied countries want
Swedish iron ore.
AsiEea % 0pea PSaeAes-
When Mr.. Lundyohm and his staff
left Sweden. the four pouches were
officially sealed At the foreign office.
Then the idea came to the Swedish
enyoyS that they could save much
time by working on the statistics
while en- route They asked the Brit
Ism minister at Stockholm TO get per-
mission from London This r. an ir-
regularity. but the Swedes thought
little OF e. because they had nothing
they wished TO conceal Yet the re-
quest aroused suspicion The British
minister at Stockholm got no reply.
and the Swedish commissioner and
his party left Sweden
when they reached Christiania and
inquired for the British minister in
Norway II any reply had come from
the British foreign office, they were
equally uniucky, and decided then
that the request was more bother
than it was worth, ssa abandoned the
idea The seals. were not broken
therefore during the Voyags, and all
was left intact. Yet on arrival at
Halifax, the British authorities were
suspicious OF irregularIty and prompt
iy detained the pouches, sending them
on to Washington 20 the British en-
bassy only 20 that thoy might be
available here TO the Swedish eCn-
missioners when the whole matter was
straightened out
Sir Cecil epring-Rics. the British
sShbassador here, thereupon eour-
ttously informed Mr. Ekengren. the
swedish minister, that the pouches
had srrfYed and requested that .
member Of the Legation staff be sent
to determine II the seals had been
touched during the voyage. They
had not been The British ambassa-
dor expressed . willingness to trans
fer the pouches to the Swedish lega-
tion II the usual guarantee were given
that no unneutral matter was con-
tanned In the boxes.
The minister was ready to do 90 on
his own word of honor, but since he
could not have known what was pu.
into the boxes originally. II was nat
ural for the British ambassador to
ask that q formal guarantee be OBJ
tained from the Stockholm foreign Of
flee. This, the Swedish minister has
asked for by cable, and undoubtedly
when the answer arrives, the British
will deliver the pouches as promised.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
NIXON NEVADA
HAS NEW vein
PROPERTY NOW BEING OPENED
AT CONSIDERABLE
DEPTH

RENO, New, Dec. S.-Better thar
the usual progress was made during
the week in driving the cross-cut at
the Nixon Nevada mine in the Gran
lite Hill district. This cross-cut Is
going out to tap the No. 4 vein at a
depth of 500 feet on its dip and
more than ordinary interest is mani
tested owing to the belief that when
the objective is reached it will show
the same continued improvement In
width and values that has character
lied previous development of this
and other veins on the property.
No. 4 vein was two feet wide on
the surface, but when opened up in
a 55-foot vertical shaft the orebody
was four feet wide and an assay
across the entire width gave returns
of $3.50 to the ton.
The face of the tunnel o shows
the decided copper stains and small
stringers which have been the ex-
p~erience in other workings when a
vein was close at hand, the country
rock beng stained usually as far as
IL feet from the vein.
From time to time the Nixon Ne
vada has added to it's original hold
ings until it now owns AZ claims, or
$40 acres. Much of this has receiv-
ed little development heretofore, but
the management has decided to do
considerable prospecting in the flu
ture. During the week, in pursu-
ance of this policy, a new vein was
discovered about three-fourths of a
mile north of the shaft. This vein Is
about six feet wide where 1t is open
ed up by a surface trench and a piece
of the ore which vas brought to
town should assay rs per cent cop
per. Indications are hat the find
will prove quite important.
John Nj. Baker, a mining engineer
of Boston, will return this week to
complete his examination of the Mix
on Nevada and the Washoe proper
ties, and will also make a survey
of the entire vein system. There are
some IL veins so far discovered and
the management of the Nixon Neva-
da is DESTROYS of getting all posi-
BILE information concerning their
strike and dip.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
MANGANESE ORE
BEING SHIPPED
PRODUCT OF SOUTHERN PROP
ERTY Is IN GREAT
DEMAND

The first three cars of manganese
from the property of the Manganese
Association near this city. we're ex-
pected to go forward today to the
Salt Lake Sampling Works.
The work of putting the roads in
shape for the heavy hauling that is
to be done is being pushed as
rapidly as possible. Arrangements
are being made for trucks and all
details perfected for putting a large
tonnage on the cars in this city.
Buyers have been coming after
the product from all parts of the
country during the past week. Ten
tative contracts are being made and
Messrs. Gillece, Mccoy and Conner.
lessees of the property, hope to be
able to forward from 200 to 800
tons per day.
Experts have been sem by buyers
to examine the deposit. They have
all arrived in Vegas in a very skep-
teal mood, especially after being
told what the owners and operators
claim for the property. But after
being taken to the mine and spend
ing the necessary time to make
measurements and estimates on the
ole in sight, and applying all the
tests to determine the quality of
the product, they have all expressed
the opinion that this is the great
est deposit of manganese in the
country and that so far as they are
able to tell, has no ueleterious in
sredients.-Las Vegas Age.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
BERKELEY DISTRICT
HAD GREAT VOLCANO

BERKELEY, Cal, Dec. IL. -
That a volcano once burst out in
the Berkeley Hills has now been
proved by the university of Cali
fcrnia.
This volcano spilled molten rock
all the way from Berkeley to a point
five miles south of Haywards. Later
a long succession of earthquakes
took place, caused by shiftings of
vast blocks in the earth's crust.
Thus great riffs and faults were
torn in this lava bed. Then the
water of storms and springs perco-
lated through these earthquake fis-
sures in the rocks, and deposited a
great variety of minerals.
Such was the origin of Oakland's
un usual mining industry-the min
ing of pyrite at Leona, as a material
fl ON which to make sulphuric acid.
These stirring events in the past
geological history of the Berkeley
Hills r told in a paper by Clifton
w. Clark on 1.-THE Geology and Ore
Deposits of the Leona Rhyolite,"
just issued in the university of Cali
fornia publication in geology.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
REOPENING CROSS-CUT
SIERRA NEVADA NINE

Superintendent William E. Sharon
of the Sierra Nevada mine stated
yesterday that good progress is be-
ing made in r%eopening the cross-cut
on the $500 level from the north
drift, and there remains about $50
feet to reach the point where ore was
reported by a former superintendent,
says the Virginia City Chronicle. 1t
has been determined that there are
no bad caves ahead to clear up be-
tween the present working point and
where the ore was found, and it is
believed it will be reached before
the end of the current month. The
objective Of work on the $500 level
for some months has been to reach
this former ore development, and it
will soon be accomplished.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
DU POINT COMPANY TO
DRILL LAKE FOR POTASH

Developments at Columbus Marsh,
Nye county, r scheduled to begin
at once, according to advices from
the headquarters of the DuPont-De-
Nemours Powder company, which
has so instructed its representatives
at Coaldale. The powder company
is in quest of potash. The first
work will be to sink four wells to
a depth of 1000 feet each. The
marsh, which had been withdrawn
from entry, was thrown open Oct. 2
and on the same day Dupont agents
were busy surveying ground. So
successful were they in eluding in
ouiry that they located $500 acres
before any one knew of the plans.
Preliminary drillings on the
marsh gave brines carrying 3k per
cent soluble potash, a realization
which it is hoped to increase by tap
ping the bottom of the prehistoric
lake at a depth of 1000 feet. =
Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
PEAv|NE COMPANY
WILL ERECT MILL

Plans for the erection of a small
mill on the Standard Metals COM
pany's mining property at Poeville,
IL miles north of Reno in the Pea
vine district, were made at a meet
ing of the directors held in Reno
yesterday afternoon, at which Will
liam P. Lemley and Henry B. Coch-
ran of Pittsburgh were present. At
the session the directorate was in
creased from five to seven, George X.
Elder of Reno and Cochran being
added.
A force of Is men are engaged on
the property, it was reported at the
meeting, and are mainly engaged in
driving a cross-cut, from the $50 lev
ell, to intersect the ore-shoot which
was developed above by a series of
tunnels.
Definite decision on the size of
the mill to be put up in the spring
was not made, and will be determin-
by the results of the development
work on the property through the
winter. The directors yesterday de-
cided that they had uncovered enough
ore to warrant the erection of a mill,
but the size and capacity will be de-
pendent on the work Of the next few
months. The ore which has already
been opened up in the upper tunnel
levels has not been taken out, all the
efforts being concentrated, under the
company's policy, in blocking out the
orebodies for the handling Of larger
tonnages when the mill is put up.
According to a report from the SUI
perintendent, read at the meeting.
the shift pushing the work from the
$50 level Is encountering stringers
at frequent intervals. This. the SUI
p~erintendent said, could be regarded
as a sure indication that the orebody
to be tapped is not far distant.
Both Lemley and Cochran express
ed qualification at the showings
which have been made since their
last visit.
Beside Elder and Cochran, the
new directors, there were present at
the meeting Henry Anderson, presi-
dent of the company; A. l.. Chappell,
vice-president; R. Meaker, treasurer,
and A.. l.. Price and w. P. Lemley,
directors.-Reno Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
COPPER BASIN
PLANT NOW
WORKING

First operation of the new 35-ton
Tall mill of the Gold Top Mining
company 1t Copper Basin, in Ian
der county, was begun last week,
operating on ores from the com
pany's mine which was formerly
known as the old Pedro group. The
process used in the o mill is an
amalgamation and concentrating
system which was tested out on the
Copper Basin ores, and which was
announced highly successful. The
CIes are gold and silver bearing.
Trial runs from the plant, and
the operation so far. the company
reports, are entirely satisfactory.
Before starting the mill, the com
pany ran a tunnel in $50 feet. and
have a shaft down 100 feet with a
rumber of cross-cuts. Shifts are
now being worked Stopping ore, and
according to the superintendent.
enough ore is blocked out, and on
the dumps, to keep the mill running
steadily for a considerable period.
Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
BIG NINE REVIVAL
FOR SMOKY VALLEY

Phillip Meyers, general manager of
tie Millett. estate at Millett, Smoky
valley, was in Austin several days
this week on business connected with
with the holdings he represents.
At the present time an eight
animal team is making regular trips
between Austin and Millett, hauling
supplies for the store, which on
s:itute a winters stock for that sec
ton.
Mr.. Meyers stated to a Reveille
man hat the mining outlook in
Smoky valley was brighter than it
had been for some years past and
that a great deal of work was being
done.
At Park Canyon, five miles west
of Millett, 10 men are employed in
development work. This property is
owned and being worked by Hawai-
ian capitalists.
At Ophir Canyon Williams and as
sociates are working six men at the
present time. They are opening up
the old original Ophir property that
has produced several millions, but
was forced to suspend operations
some years ago on account of the
low price of silver. The Ophir COM
pany expects to have 60 men at
work before spring.
j. w. Stewart, of Summit Canyon,
has several car loads of shipping
orc on the dumps awaiting trans
rortation. This week the Millett
team delivered a carload of ore at
the N. C. depot, which has already
gone forward to the Salt Lake
smelters.
These old mining camps, again
coming to the front, including JEFF
ferson Canyon, Round Mountain,
Manhattan, and Tonopah, give the
farmers of Smoky valley a ready
market for their produce. Mr..
Meyers says that he has been sell
ing bailed hay all fall at $40 per
ton as fast as he could bail it and
that he still has 1000 tons for sale.
Austin Reveille.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
Mines of MunCey District
Are Making Fine Showing

thrown away as valueless, but recent
developments proce hat these ores
are of great profit and values. 1t
Is estimated by the foreman that he
can ship when the property Is
thoroughly opened up by levels and
drifts) 100 tons of ore a day, and
this ore brings at the railroad a
net profit of SIS per ton.
In the near future people OF this
county and state will see here at
Muncey ore of the best and most pro-
life plants in existence. The mines
of Auburn, Red Hills, Fourmile,
Eiehtmile, White Cloud, Eagle and
Tungstonia will profit thereby. We
have waited long and patiently, hav-
ing great faith in the locality. Time
and the hour runs through the
toughest day, behind the darkest
cloud the sun is always shining.
Jack Dolan will men haul
ing ore from the Kansas for Cowan
& Co. They have a car out ready
shipment and more to follow.
This ore runs Is per cent copper
nd some silver. They have opened
up, and have a surface showing OF
thousands of ions of ore that will
go 4 pei cent copper. The ore is
self fluxing and will be reduced on
the ground by a furnace to be erect
Ell in the near future.
Lacy & Co. shipped a car of ore
that netted them $4,000.
Good lead ore is being hauled to
Ely for shipment from Fourmile, in
the Snake Creek range.
Good lead ore is being developed
at Eightmile, and White Cloud on
the east side of Spring valley.--Ely
Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15

Under the able management OF
C. D. Ray, and the thorough work
ings of foreman Geo. Padget, the
Muncey mines are proving to be
properties of value and profit to all
concerned therein. By and through
tie courtesy Of the county commits
Ray is building a road TO
the n. N. r. 4 which will shorten
the distance six miles and when the
new siding is completed 1t will be a
dire road from the mines to the
railroad, accessible at all seasons OF
the year for haulage by trucks. The
company intends to use the best
trucks to be had.
There are eight men at the G. ID.
mine. four on top and four below.
They have a car of ore ready for
and another on the mine
n,atform. This ore is high grade,
runs all the way from 20 to ~ per
cent copper, and rich in silver. the
grey copper runs from so to 500 OF.
silver, which will bring the average
on the carloads up to a good grade.
Outside of the copper values, zinc
and lead ore on the different mines
gives assurance of a large tonnage
and increased values in the near fu-
ture.
Through the use of concentration
methods to be constructed, the
mines will be able to produce $1,000
a day net to all the lucky own
ers, and by the installation OF m
proved methods and machinery pro-
fits can be increased four-fold.
Those who worked the mine for
merly were ignorant as to the zinc
values. In fact the zinc ores were
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
Lid

The Washoe county grand jury
has filed its final report and been
dismissed. The report of the pub
lie morals committee contained nu-
merous recommendations to the city
and county authorities relative to
the regulation of slot machines and
gambling and declared that the in
crease in crime which the report
says Is shown to have developed
in the last three years is due to
legislation permitting racing and
gambling and asserts that better
conditions cannot be expected until
legislation enacted by the last legis-
lature is repealed and the sale Of
liquor either prohibited or regu-
lated.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
YELLOW PINES
DIVIDEND PAID
PROPERTY AT GOODSPRINGS
HAS PAID OWNERS LARGE
PROFITS

On Tuesday, Nov. 81, the directors
of the Yellow Pine company met in
Los Angeles and declared a dividend
of four per cen on the capital stock,
or $4,000. This is payable on Dec.
20 to stockholders of record on
Dec. s..
This final dividend of the year
makes the total for 1917 100000
paid to the stockholders. The net
earnings of the company for this
year will run well owe 100000,
but the directors are pursuing the
policy Of accommodating funds to meet
the demands to be made upon the
company under the federal excess
profits tax law recently passed, SO
that the funds in the reserve may
be cut into as little as possible. The
company now has in it's reserve
500, 900 in cash and $4,000 in Lib
erty bonds, a total of $175,000. and
could have paid a larger dividend at
this time had it been thought ad-
visable.
The Yellow Pine is one of the
largest, steadiest and most consist
emit dividend payers in the entire
list of mining stocks. 1t should and
will be held 1t a much higher price.
The mine was never in better
shape than at present. Work on the
900 level is progressing steadily and
in from two to three months will
have cut the ground where it is hoped
to find the downward continuation
of the great orebody opened on the
700 level.
On the 700 level, drifting to the
north will continue in ore, the ore
body being now opened for a dis
lance of over 200 feet on the strike
of the vein. A Wine being sunk
from this level, at a depth of 40
feet has a body of ore nine feet
thick averaging 48 per cent in zinc.
This is as fine as any body Of ore
ever opened in the mine.
The company has just finished in
stalling the new compressor to fur
1ish more power for the air drills
and expedite the work on the lower
levels. They are also building an
additional bunk house at the mine to
house Is men in o for two each.
This is the same size as the bunk
house erected last spring and should
furnish an abundance of room for
the present.
The mill Is running steadily on It's
usual tonnage. The shines are be-
ing dug out of the ponds and stack
ed so that they may dry to some
extent before shipment. There are
now probably 1000 to 1900 tons of
shines being SO treated.-Good-
springs Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-15
FIVE MORE FOR
ARMY AND NAVY
WELL KNOWN HORNSILVER
BOYS LEAVE TO ENTER
SERVICE

To the already creditable number
OF men Hornsilver had furnished for
the war, five more we're added this
morning, when James Kramer, Dr.
rim Bulge, Jesse Dodson, w. r.
Garfield and George Connolly left
for San Francisco, Dodson and
Garfield to enlist in the navy and
the others in the army.
Kramer and Bulge intend to try
&c join the ambulance corps and
Connolly's favorite branch is not
known. The latter evidently is de-
tcrmined to break into the army II
there Is a way to do it, as he vas
rejected some months 6 by the
local draft board for physical dis
ability and it is not believed that he
will be accepted in San Francisco.
out he will take a chance with a
regular army examining board.
Kramer, Bulge and Connolly are
we'll known in Goldfield. Kramer
has been engaged in %freighting be-
tween here and Hornsilver and sold
the business he but recently estab-
llshed to Jack Jakowatz of jumbo
town before leaving. Bulge is a
former high-school boy and Connol-
" is a son of Tim Connolly. Can
field has been contracting in the
shaft of the Silvermines corporation
and Dodson has been employed by
him.
Kramer, Bulge and Connolly are
registered for the draft in this
county and the other two are regis
tered at other places. All of them
decided to enter the service I'm
branches chosen by themselves In
the few remaining days for them to
do so.
Many people have remarked of
late on the difference in the town
caused by the number of young men
who have left 1t Since the declara-
tion of war and the changes caused
by their leaving, both in the bust
ness and in the social life of Gold
field, are daily becoming more
marked.
BEFORE the draft they drifted out
one by one, then the draft took 80
and in the confusion resulting from
IL. boys who we're rejected at Camp
Lewis and did not return here and
in other ways, many more left,
including a number registered in
other places. Since the draft a con-
siderable number have enlisted and
1t is evident that the now fast APP
preaching second call will about
sweep the town clean of men of
military age.
The gratifying manner in which
the recent draft was conducted here
End the large number who enlisted
before and since the draft from
GoJdfield and other towns in the
county has provided a striking ex-
ample of patriotism that is due to
continue through the course OF the
neAi draft, in which 1t is confidently
expected the high standard set by
tit boys already in the army will be
r., intained.