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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

Forfeiture Notice
Crested Butte, Colorado, May;
To-Frank Mckee:

Crested Butte, Colorado, Maya 1th, 1917
To Frank Mckee:
You are hereby notified that have expend ed
during the five years, Ni2, 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916
lone hundred dollars upon the Ada Ben Min
ng claim. situated in the Spring Greek
mining District. County Of Gnnnison and state
of Colorado. the location certificate OF wl'ioh
i recorded in the office of the Clerk
and Recorder OF Guuui-ou County, Colorado
in order 10 hold -i,id clrim under the rrovi- ION
of Section 2'2i OF the revised Statutes of tie
United States and amendment thereto ap.
proved January 22nd, 1850. concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the am
mount required to hold suid lod"
for the periods ending the SLIT day o
December \. d. 1912 1919, 1874. 1913, 1919, au,,
within nimty days after the publication of this
notice, you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as co-owner.
for ench Of said years. your interest in
said claim will become the properly of the
subscriber, your co.owuer, who las made the
required expenditure by the terms of said
scet, Il.
Frank McGill.
First Pub. June 18th. Las, Angus, End. 1911
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Farm Lands

The Government needs Farmers
as well as, Fighters Two million
hree hundred thousand Acres Of
Oregon & California Railroad Co
Grant Lands, Title revested in
United States. To be opened for
homestcads and sale. Containing
Some Of the best land left in the
United States. Large Copyrighted
Map, sho wing land by sections and
description of soil, climate. rainfall
elevators, temperature, ETC., by
counties, postpaid One Dollar.
Grant Lands Locating Co. Box
G1O Portland, Oregon.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

John Palmgren passed through.
town Il c first of the week enroute
to Crystal basin to examine the
North Pole and Inez properties
with Il view of operating both mines
in the near future. he is the repfes-
tative of hrge contracting firm
looking for mines that have ship
ping ore in sight, which both of
properties have and can be made to
pay from the starting of work under
the present prices of the metals they
carry, which is copper, lead, ailver
and gold and were shippers of these
metals years ag" when theprices were
less than half what it is now.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Land Office Notice

Montrose, Colorado, June IL 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Joseph
tasic of Crested Butte, Colorado. who.
on June 4th 1913, made Homestead En-
try, No O7745'for SET NEt, Ea SWi
NEi. EhSEt, EhNWtSEt. Section ID
Township l3, South, Range S6 West,
Sixth Principal Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to max, Final
Three Year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
Ernest NJ. Nourse, us. Commissioner,
at Gunnison, Colo on the 2Sth day OF
July 1917
Claimant names as witnesses:
Matt Malensc, VIM. H .Whalen, Nick
Krizmanich, VIM. Runnoe, all of Crested
Butte. Colorado. noncoai
Within Nationl Forest.
o. C. SKINNER,
r egister :.
FIRST publication June IA. 1917.
Last publication August 29, 1917.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Mining Notes

q. y. Wheeler. son and daughter
motored III from Denver this "eek
and drove over to Gothic where they
will remain for an outing, Mr.Wheel-
er is principal owner OF the Hard
Cash niue which is to he operated
by a mining company of which
Stanle y Walker is the consulting
engineer who is expected here this
week
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Cocoanut Egg Curry.

Put two tablespoonfuls of olive oil
or butter into saucepan; when hot,
add four tablespoonfuls of chopped
onion, stir until the onion is soft, add
teaspoonful ofAcurry powder, the
snme amount of chopped red pepper
and chopped or finely grated cocoa-
nut. Add cupfuI, of the cocoanut
milk and cook slowly one hour. Dish
and serve with poached eggs. Boiled
rice. baked apples. stewed rhubarb or
chutney 60 well with this DISH.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

C. .L.Swain and FC. Vanderburg
arrived in the city Monday and
went over to Gulena mountain to
start work upon the Sara Bernharte
properly which is ashlgh grade lead
silveS mine. They expect to take
out ORE for shipment to the smelter
as the high price paid for lead and
Yer with no smelling charges for
t is grade of ore should allow good
profit aLove all expenses.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Goldfish Croquets.

One cupfuI of raw salt fish, two and
a quarter cupfuls of potato cubes, one
egg, one tablespoonful OF butter and
salt and pepper to season. Put the
potatoes and fish into saucepan and
cover with boiling water, cook until
the potatoes are tender, drain and
mash, add the scasonings, salt. pepper,
eggs, and butter and beat until light,
drop by spoonfuls into hot fat.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Corn Gems.

Beat the yollis of two eggs and add
cupful of milk, II half teaspoonful
OF salt, n tablespoonful of melted but
ter and cupful of corn meal. Beat
the mixture well, then add Il half cup
full of flour with IL teaspoonful Of bak-
ing powder. Fold in the well beaten
whites of the eggs and bake for 20
pans.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

J.W.Hurst and son are doing as
sessment work upon their new dis
covery they have a large well, l,defin-
ed fi-slre vein, and have made two
locations upon it and are taking out
quanties Of good ore from the grass
roots, that carries good gold and
silver values, the decomposed ore all
pans gold.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Good Family Dishes.

Corn meal, If well cooked. makes
one of the most nutritious and ccono-
nical Of breakfast dishes nnd If served
with good baked apple 1t is break
fast sufficiently nutritious for n grow
ing child. When cooking corn meal
mix it with cold water to the consis-
tency of pouring. then pour into ket-
tie OF boiling sailed water. enough to
cook ut least three hours Mt the SIM
mering point. See that the meal rap
idly boils. then set back to simmer.
When cooked with plenty of water
each grain of corn meal will stand out
by itself just as does rice when well
cooked. A fireless cooker is an ideal
pnce for this kind of cooking, yet the
evaporation of water is limited so that
must be lessened.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
SOME SMILES
In Doubt.

"Do your views on public questions
meet with your wife's fnvor?'
awe never been able to find out
answered Mr.. Twobble. "Whenever l
voice an opinion my wife merely huns
a little tune. / don't know whether
she does that to express disnpprovnl.
or merely TO show that she isn't listen
Ing and doesn't intend to-"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Not Worth Mentioning.

"Tommy, you've been fighting
again."
I'D hardly call 1t that. ma"
"But l saw YOU through the vim
dow. You struck that little Glithers
boy"
"An' knocked i'm out the first lick.
1t tnkes two scrappers to make fight
mn."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

Garden seeds, Onion sets. Timothy
and Cloyer seed, Garden ,akrs hoes,
pitchfork ,irrigating shovels tried anca
true ayes. nailhnnimers, nails, shin
glcs building and Helcn rpbier root-
ing parer, flooring and finishing
lumber at Robinson.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

John Larsonsis here arranging to
put the road to the Star mine in
shape fer ore haulage to the railrord
moter tracks are to be used to bring
the ore down from the Cement creek
divioe to the loading switch at Gla !.
zier.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

Every time you visit the movies you
help to pay the wages of 203,OOO en-
ployees who draw S2,30OO00 weekly.
There are 31,G00 moving-picture thea
ters in the United States and about 81.
O0o oo0. 0.0OO-irvested in the business.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

Judge Nc Feeley brought couple
OF mining men in with him Monday
from Denver TO examine John Wood
rings property in Baxter basin
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Tough Luck.
"Hirnm Shucker

"Hiram Shucker
says n chap tried
to sell him n sky
scraper while he
was up to the city
last week"
"Did Hiram fall
fur that?"
"Nope. But he
fell in n coal hole
while lie was look
in the d urn e d
thing over"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

If you can't go to the front do
your part 10y an annual member
shir ofS1.CO 10 the Rcd Cross.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

John Woodring has parties in
from Denver examining his Baxter
basin property this week
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Mothers Cook Book
s:;H:s:.:x:::s:xx:s:x:.:::x::

lust being happy Is fine thing to do.
Looking on the bright side
Rather than the blue:
-sad sunny 1niss,iyru
Is largely in the choosing.
And just being happy
Is brave work and true.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Grow Your Own
Vegetables

The high price and scarcity Of ala
kinds Of vegetables, should induce
everybody to plant every inch Of
suitable ground they have with
some some kind os garden stuff tha.
wi! come in to reduce the high cos.
of living. The Robinson Store is
headquarters for Garden Seeds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

June 80. 1919 Total Town indeb-
edness, approximately 50, 9,4Sl.41
(Signed)
Finance Committee
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

Sch ooi districts No "a 'r tie Suite
Received
Amount on hand July l 1916
held by County Treasurer
General Fund $ 746
Special Fund 800 l3
Received from general by
apportionment 1920 70
From special tax for school
purposes 6l65 81
Paid go
For Teachers salaries 5,S6 25
For fuel, rent insurance and all
current expenses 2l76. 10
For sites, buildings, furniture,
permanent improvements 102l.d6
For.interest on registered
warrents 327S
-Forfedate taxes and fees Git
Total amount paid out during the
Balance in hands of County
Treasurer to credit of dristrict
June ~, 1917
G neral Fund LOG. %
Special Fund 529. Sc
Total 91l4l2
Balance in hands County and
District Treasurer as above 1896. 78
Amount of district warrents
registered and unpaid June
0,19l7. 2323.Sl
Warrents not registered and
other forms of indebtness
except bonds 32.75
VIII WHALEN
Secy Dist No 8
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

judgement Account
Apl 5 1916-Ba ot Crested
Butte judgement S4, DE. "a
Apl 5 1917 Eight per cent int.
on above Judgement
from Apl S l916.to Apl 5'17::338. OF
Apl 5 19l6sM KikeI
Judgement CTS II
Apl 5 1917 Eight per cent int.
on abuver rJudgementsfrom
Apl 5 1916 10 Apl 5.1917 81 80
Total al------S So, ,296.93
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

ADJ 5 1917 Paid eight per cent
interest ON Bank of Crested
Butte Judgement 1898 .07
Apl 5 1917 Paid eight per cent
on Principal 33S'O1
Apl 5 1917 Paid Eight per cent
on Kikcl Judgement -- s54.30
Apl 5 1917 Paid Eight per
cent on Principal 54.3O
Apl 5 1917 Balance due on
Judgments s4,5l2.l9
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Summary of Town Treasurer's
Report for Quarter ending
June 80, ,19l7.
Receipts

Balance credit last report 5 1855
Mar3 3 1919 Reed from
County Treasurer Taxess2, 239 .25
Apl.4 1917 Reed from
Isabe!la O'Neill Hall rent 800
,Apl. ID 1919 Reed from
A. Taylor Hall rent 500
May 2 1917 Reed from
A. Campbell Hall rent ESQ
Jun 25 1917 Reed from
Ladies Soc Club Hall rent 500
Total ,. - 50 25S.3
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
$5,296 SO
Total

June 30 1917 Other outstanding
Warrents Registered 81, ,497.04
June 80 1915 per cent interest
on above ,Warrents 472.1S
Approximately 1860. %
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

Largest and Freshest Eggs ever,
f0centS Per Dozat Robinson's
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19

Disbursements
Apl ) 1917-Tiansferred to q.
Judgement Account .3I90.32
Warrents paid Nos 1866
to 1896 inclusive S52. So
Jun 30 1917 Bal insTreasury 6l5.N
Total. l......... 80, 25S.31
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-19
Nu. MlAt~ ~eeQ
a,;i,ors in "Movies."

.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17

The Miami Copper Company, already one of
the greatest producers in the country from
all indications today, will score the largest
production In its history during 1917 IN this
year the production will be 60000,000 pounds
according to conservative estimate made by
the management. The Miami has been grow
ing steadily year by year and before the pres
ent year ends will be mining 5000 tons of cop
per ore a day
The copper production for 1917 will be
about 100000 pounds above that of last year
During 1916 all the energies of the Miami
Copper Company were given over to the max
ing of copper. There were few improvements
made to equipment and buildings and under
ground workings. So great was the demand
upon the mineto produce copper, at around 80
cents a pound, that it was a case Of rush to
capacity throughout the year.
The rise Of the Miami mine from Il prospect
is a story filled with interest. From barren
red stained low hillside to highly prosperous
camp and a producer making over fifty-three
million pounds of copper at about 8 cents
pound is the record Of this mine in ten years
Every step ofthe way had to be felt out, as the
company advanced in its triumph in the realm
of low grade ores, ranging from 2.40 per cent
down. Mountains, figuratiyely speaking, are
now being removed, as the copper production
OF the Miami Copper Company steadily in
creases
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17

the original owners received $4,000 cash,
and $4,000 more Ill Miami Copper Company
stock, the latter has proved by far the most
valuable, as the dividends have been paid reg
ularly, and in increasing amounts.
After the organization of the company de-
velopment was rapidly pushed forward by
shaft, drift, Wine and raise, and by diamond
and chrn drilling By 1910 over 100000
tons of ore had been developed by fifteen
miles Of drift and II 900 feet of drilling
During the years 1910 and 1911 was the period
Of development and construction. A concentra-
tor for capacity of 1000 tons was designed
and built at a cost Of $2,000,000 This con-
centrator now has capacity of about 5000
tons day. 1t was designed and erected nm
der the supervision of Fl. Kenyon Burch. 1t
is model mill in every particular clean, well
ventilated, and capable Of high extraction of
copper at a minimum cost
The first of the six units of the concentration
started operation, after an expenditure of
about $45O0,O00, and on May 10, 1912, the
Miami Copper Company began to reap it's re-
ward and pay dividends The romance of the
Miami was all in the first five years of its de-
velopment, since which time it has settled
down to steady business-like production. Eff
flclency has marked the progress of the Miami
every opportunity to reduce cost and raise
production having been taken up. The results
therefore have been marvellous.
Some figures as to this efficiency in opera
ton will illustrate. In 1911 it cost 1912 cents
a pound to produce copper at this mine. In
1912 this was reduced to $50 cents pound
and in 1914 it was further lowered to go,
despite the fact that production was curtaied
from August until the end of the year, because
of unsettled conditions following the begin
ming Of the great war. In 1915 records show
further reduction in cost, until today copper
is being produced here at about cents
pound.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
Year of Experiments

The year 1911 was one Of experiments at the
Miami Copper mine. It also saw marked
change in the mode of operations. During this
year the method of mining was definitely de
termined AS the ore was low grade it would
not stand mixture of waste, yet it was I'M
desirable to leave unmined pillars. So as to
avoid this, the method decided upon was to
mine the outer layers by means Of square sets
and slicing in order to project the central mass
by a mat of timber. Before the end of 1911
five or six sections were running, treating
$500 tons of ore day, whereas the plants,
both mine and mill, were originally figured at
1000 tons day capacity. Therefore they
readily responded to an overload of 500 tons
day
Development work progressed rapidly this
year. Almost $4,000 feet of raises and drifts
were driven. About 100000 tons of ore were
hoisted 152, 900 tons being from mine develop
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
History of Mine

Although the history Of the Globe district
dates to the pioneer days of Arizona, within
six miles of Globe were low red iron stained
hills that even the best miners did not dream
contained copper. Copper stains here and
there were found but none ever gave them
thought as indications of copper wealth be-
meath the surface until in the early '90's when
Jim Falls, Black Jack Newman, j. p. Oates
and others located the ground which is now
owned by the Miami Copper Company.
1t was something new in mining but they
had confidence that copper in paying quanti-
ties was on those claims, and they held on. In
doing the assessment work they encountered
an occasional high grade stringer of copper, a
mixture Of copper carbonates and silicates.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
Miami Copper Co. Organized

The Miami Copper Company was then or
ganized, with capitalization of $3,O00000,
par value So share. The capitalization has
since been increased to $4,000,000. Although
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
Summary for 1916

Summary for 1916
Ore mined, tons ........ 1,840,1S7
Ore milled, tons .............. 1,842,017
Copper produced from concen-
trates, pounds .......... SO, 335, 1o3
Actual copper returns from
smelter, pounds ........... 80, 51S,331
Ore reserves, eli 2.40 per cent
copper, tons ................. 16, 100000
Ore reserves, partially developed,
oxidized ore, about 2 per cent
copper, tons ......... 100000
Ore reserves, low grade, sui
phides, LOS per cent copper,
tons ...................... 2S,OO0,00o
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
Alsdorf Determined


Also, 100 feet had been sunk in the Red
Rock shaft with no signs Of ore. Charming,
who was visiting the property at the time,
gave orders to crosscut at that depth in a
further search for ore, after first cutting 20
foot stump. The stump was started and Chan
ming left for New York When the stump was
completed, the shaft then being 30 feet deep,
a slight change in the formation was noticed
Alsdorf continued sinking on his own respon-
sibility, contrary to orders from headquart-
ers, and ten feet farther the a pex of the great
Miami ore body was encountered
Fortune smiled upon the property Luck
was on its side, and Alsdorf, the man with the
vision had found the reality of the mental
picture Of a big mine. A slight change in the
location of this shaft would have caused him
to miss the ore body entirely, or have made it
necessary to go to much greater depth, and at
this discotnaging period it would have not
taken many more adverse results to have
caused many others to stop the work.
This shaft was continued in ore for a total
depth of $50 feet, giving total of vertical
depth OF 40 feet more This was in April,
1907. BY November of that year there were
about 100000 tons of ore in sight.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17

The several prOspectors, previously working
alone, in 1905 and 1906 consolidated their in
tereStS.>
Toward the end Of 1906 Fred Alsdorf,
young mining engineer who was IN the dis
trict looking for opportunities, noticed here
similarties to the Utah Copper mines and the
Nevada Consolidated, both Of which as low
grade propositions were coming into promi-
nence although their problem had not been
wholly solved namely, that of producing
commercial copper at profit from the lowest
grades of ore Although there were many
differences in formation, the general charac
ter of the naturalization was the same. There
fore, Alsdorf and a FRIEND F. j. Elliott, OBJ
tanned an option to purchase the claims. Ais
dorf a short time after taking the option met
j. Parke Charming, consulting engineer for the
General Development Company, a Lewisohn
corporation, who was in the district negotiat-
ing for the Inspiration claims. Claiming be-
came interested in the Alsdorf proposition and
after an examination the General Develop
ment Company acquired the option held by
Alsdorf. Development work started in De-
cember, 1906 This was in an area of siliceous
copper stained schist, surrounded by granite
porphyry. The Captain shaft, thus started,
struck chalcocite at 100 feet, and at no feet
passed into primary sulphides, but with only
70 feet OF 2 per cent copper ore. The outlook
was not bright III consequence. This was the
first shade OF encouragement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13
Pilots Much More Clever.

And talking of cleverness, it is
worthy OF note that they are now turn
ing out much cleverer pilots than ever
they did in the early days of the war.
In those days the German pilots We're
a joke so far as clever flying was con-
cerned. though they showed plenty of
bravery and determination. Now. how
ever, they seem to. have struck quite
a new breed of aviator. Evidently they
are picking their men carefully.
Though not an athletic race, as ath-
letics are understood among the Anglo
Saxon people Of Great Britain and
foo. ball. base ball and go forth-the
Germans have gone in strongly for the
physical training of the gymnasium,
with horizontal bars. trapezes and such
things. In fact, think it will be found
that nearly all the most startling gym
nastic turns" at music halls and cir
cuses are done by Germans or Aus
trians. Modern German methods of fly
ing their small fighting machines
distinctly suggest the trapeze artist of
man "chaser" suuadrons are called
travelling circuses" by the British
aviators
Germans Can Do Almost Anything.
On their fast. powerful single seat
ers the crack German pilots can do al
most anything. Looping the loop is
childs play When they want to get
down III Il tHey simply tnrO"
their machines out of control and let it
drop as 1t Wills. They turn over on
their backs. with their landing wheele
uppermost. by twisting over sideways,
along a kind of horizontal corkscrew
path
But I am told that the most startling
trick to watch is new one whereby a
pilot flying horizontally at top speed
will suddenly switch his machine clean
around until his tail is pointing where
b{s hef
along backward for a moment or two
before coming to a stop and diving to
regain flying speed. One has often seen
motor car on a greasy road suddenly
skid right around and slide along tail
first for few yards, and apparently
this new German trick does the same
thing in the air.
Those who have seen the thing done
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13
Appreciates Aid When in Need.

"It is easy to swim when you know
that some one stands ready to catch
you when you sink" is the way one Of
the clients of the committee. now self
supporting, expressed herself several
DAYS ago. She was the mother OF a
soldier and had an i'll husband. who was
superannuated minister. She asked
for work and was found to be abso-
lutely without income. The committee
provided for her immediate necessities
and divided her bungalow. so that she
could rent half of it. Now she has
steady work at 81 a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13
Some Underlying Sense.

Well. something of that sort seems
to be the underlying idea of the Huns
new color scheme. AS the Hun ma
chimes twist and dodge in the course
Of an air fight, first one glazing color
and then another flashes across the
British machine gunner's sights. or a
plain neutral tint Is succeeded by
flash Of some color that absolutely
hurts the eye, and so. presumably. the
Hun hopes to put our men on their
best shooting form.
There is another reason which may
also count. namely, that when one Is
high above the ground the various
fields, pastures. woods, ponds and so
forth appear as tiny patches of all
sorts of colors The Germans at one
time painted their aeroplanes' wings
dead white. which stood out clearly
against the colors of the ground when
seen from above
The British machines were generally
the color of unbleached linen, and this
showed up nearly as clearly. Then we
tried painting our machines almost
black, which is good enough against
dark ground in the winter, but Is very
obvious against cornfelds or bright.
sun-lit grass in the summer and
against snow in the winter. So 1t is
possible that the willy Hun. having
weighed up all the arguments. came
to the conclusion that big slabs of
strongly contrasted colors would be
less easily seen than anything else.