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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
GOLDFIELD PIONEER
HAS SHIPPING MINE

Joe Tognini, rancher and miner
of the Duckwater country, came tc
Ely during the week bringing in
two miners who had been working
for him, who left this morning with
Ely's second quota for American
Lake, where they will go into train
ing for the army. Mr.. Tognini i
now taking out good ore at hi
newly discovered mines about sc
miles southwest of Duckwater,
which he will soon be shipping tc
smelters. The ore runs high j
both lead and silver, some of whic
will average several hundred dol
lars to the ton. Mr. Tognini is or
of the pioneers of Goldfield, where
he located and developed some wei
paying mines. He is of the opinio'
that he is % opening a district
which will soon prove of much i'm
portance to the state as a producer
Ely Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
HEAD OF SILVERMINES
CORPORATION A VISITOR

Charles A. Stoneham, n of the
most prominent stock brokers OF
the Wall Street district in New
York, arrived in Goldfield last even
ing on his way to the property of
the S~ilvermines Corporation, at
Hornsilver, in company with S. H.
Brady, general manager of that
company and who is associated with
Mr.. Stoneham in other mining en-
terprises. The party, which in
Guided Mrs. Stoneham, left early in
the morning for Hornsilver, con-
tinuing south by train from Stone
wall on their way east. Mr.. Stone
ham operated in the Goldfield dis
trict on a large scale in the earlier
years of the camp and has large in
terests in several parts of Nevada.
He is known as Goldfield's most
consistent booster in the east.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
POSTAL RATES
TO Be RAISED
DEPARTMENT URGES EARLY
MAILING OF PACKAGES
FOR FRANCE

The local post office has received
notification of the increase in pos
tai rates to become effective Nov. 2
under the emergency revenue bill ap-
proved by congress Oct. 3.
Under this act, on and after Nov.
. next. postage must be paid at the
rate Of three cents an ounce or frac-
ton thereof on letters and other
first-class matter other than drop
letters. Drop letters, that is letters
mailed in Goldfield and for delivery
here, are required to carry postage
at the rate of two cents an ounce or
fraction thereof, instead of n cent
an ounce, as at present. Under the
new act postal cards are required to
carry W cents postage, so that
each one-cent postal card. when
mailed on or after Nov. 2, must
have affixed to it a one-cent stamp.
Rates on mail matter other than
first class are not affected by the
new law. me Sdlc VI I"o-IcAt
stamps and one-cent postal cards
will be continued until the present
stocks have been exhausted. after
which new stocks, more convenient
for public use under the new act,
will be supplied to all post offices.
Recent instructions to the local
office state that mail to reach SOL
diers in France by Christmas morn
ing must be posted not later than
Nov. IS and the public is urged to
mail packages as early as possible.
The instructions state hat the three
essentials in securing a happy
Christmas at the front are: Mail
early, address intelligently and
pack securely.
Each package must bear securely
the words Christmas mail" the
complete address of the person
whom it is intended and, in the up
per left-hand corner the name and
address of the sender. Each pack
age must be so packed and wrapped
as to permit of easy inspection by
the postmaster.
Details as to prohibited articles,
rates of postage and other necessary
information will be furnished at
the local post office. 1t is best to
consult the postmaster before under
taking the dispatch of such packag-
es. as there are numerous regula-
tions to be observed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
WHOLE WORLD
WATCHING US"
SPEAKER SAYS SOLDIERS WIN
BATTLES, BUT MONEY
WINS WARS

j. M. Fenwick delivered a -four
minute" Liberty Loan speech Sun
day night at the Lyric theater. He
said in part:
Few of us perhaps realize as we
| should that a crisis in the worlo
war centers right here in America,
yet the whole world knows it an0
is watching every nov we make,
because America is raising her
second Liberty Loan. Will we raise
it quickly, enthusiastically, with {;
hip, hip, hurrah for every Ameri-
can soldier? Will We all have our
hands in it and our hearts in it
too?
THE whole world is surely
watching us and what we do right
here at home this month is more
important than victories on miles
and miles of battle front. Soldiers
win battles, but money wins wars and
with this loan we are going to put
SO, 900, 600, 600 behind our soldiers,
as an answer to the Prussian nobil-
ity, who still demand reward for
their awful exploitation of horror,
lust and crime.
No matter what we think about
the war, there can be but n opin-
ion on the Liberty Loan. We can
not stop the war, our soldiers will
so to the trenches and more will
| go and still more until the decisive
day and the harder and faster our
soldiers and money strike the Don
er will come an end to bloodshed.
Every dollar you lend your country
now will mean the saving of Ameri-
can blood, the saving of American
mothers sons"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
OPERATIONS
YIELD GOOD PROFIT

E. M. G%reenleaf, of Salt Lake,
general manager of the Dayton
Placer Recovery corporation, and
George w. Wood, consulting engin-
eer, arrived in Carson City yester-
day with another weeks cleanup
from the new plant. This consisted
of three bars, weighing in all 1456
ounces. The values in this is the
same as the last lot delivered at the
Carson mint, which is one-quarter
gold and three-quarters silver. 1t
is the intention of the company to
make a cleanup every 5 to s days.
Carson News.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
Traction Company To BE Cited

Claiming that trolley poles on
cars operated by the Reno Trac-
ton company are improperly in
stalled and that many of the guide
wires leading from the trolley wire
to the street poles are not properly
insulated, the Reno city council has
cited the corporation t. appear and
show cause why it should not be
ordered to correct the alleged de-
fects. According to the city the
traction company has permitted the
trolley poles on the cars to become
defective to the extent that when
they leave the wire they strike
wires of the telephone system and
cause serious damage.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
MINES At GAlENA
PRODUCE STEADILY
INCREASE IN MILLING CAPACITY
INSURES A LARGER PRO-
DUCTION

Development of silver-lead ore:
and gold-producing properties in and
around Galena, Copper canyon and
that part of Lander county is at
! tracing considerable attention, &C
cording to the operators from that
| section who report the beginning OF
an extraordinary era of mining ac-
tivity.
Although not given put definitely,
| probably because the exact size of
the mill has not yet been deter
mined, it is understood at Galsna
that the Nicholas Mining company,
which has been prosecuting an active
development campaign on it's prop
ertv at Galena. is to put up a cya-
hide plant as soon as the details of
construction and equipment can be
agreed upon. This mill will prob
ably be of 1OO-ton or greater daily
capacity. The principal values in
the company's ores are of silver and
lead.
A new mill. put up by the Gold
Ton Mines company, a company COM
posed of Los Angeles mining men
and financiers. is now nearing COM
pletion and is expected, according
to the company officials, to begin
operation on the ores within the
next two or three weeks. The plant
was designed to treat ore whose
principal value is gold. The COM
pany has had men at work for some
time past developing Orebodies suf-
ficient to keep the mill in operation
steadily for an indefinite period
and the officials predict a promising
career. Both mining ground and
mill are located within a short dis
lance of the town of Galena.
Two other mills, close to Galena,
are now operating steadily, and al
though of small capacity, are hand
ling a considerable tonnage of ore
every week. One of these plants,
operated by the Anthony Silver
Mining company, a Salt Lake con-
Germ, is handling gold ores, while
silver-lead values are being saved
by the other.
At Battle Mountain, Is miles dis
tant, copper mining activity contin-
ues brisk, a number of abandoned
and several new properties having
developed sufficiently to enter the
shipping lists, and considerable de-
velopment work on promising pros
poets is under way.-Reno Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
PEAv|NE DISTRICT
MINES ARE BUSY
IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING
MADE AND LARGER OUT
PUT PREDICTED

The sinking of a shaft on the
Golden Eagle group of claims at
Summit, five miles north of Reno,
together with considerable other
development work on the property
will be started at once by the Uni
ted Metals company, according to
r. T. Shannon, we'll known mining
man of San Francisco, who arrived
here yesterday to inspect the prop
erty. Mr.. Shannon is a director
in the company that is financing the
development work and is very en-
thusiastic over the prospects. He
was accompanied to Reno by Mrs.
Shannon.
The Golden Eagle group of claims
which was known as the old Hayes
property, was recently taken over
by the United Metals company and
consolidated with the claims already
owned by the company in the dis
trict.
Considerable work has already
been done and it is the intention of
the company, according to Mr..
Shannon, to install machinery at
once and to develop the property as
fast as possible.
The group of claims is less than
200 yards from where the Western
Pacific tracks will be when the line
to Reno is completed.
A 10-horsepower gasoline engine
was received by express this morn
ing by the Standard Metals COM
pany, another company operating in
the Peavine district that is doing
considerable work, and it will be
installed at once to handle the
pump.
A 25-horsepower gas hosting en-
CINE was installed at the mine a
few days ago and is ready to oper-
ate. 1t was the intention of the
company to run a power line to the
mine, but transformers could not
be secured, and this plant was
abandoned for the time.-Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
Hemp Substitute Sought

That another of the apparently
useless plants of the desert may
soon come into it's own is indicated
in the present search being made
for a suitable substitute for hemp.
John Tway, a former resident OF
Las Vegas, returned there a few
days ago and stated that he had
been sent out by a large manufac-
turing company to ascertain in what
quantities the Spanish dagger, a
plans that grows p~rofusely in many
parts of the southwest, could be Sc
cured in southern Nevada and Ari-
IONA. According to Tway. the fin
est quality of strong Irvine and
rope can be made from the plant.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
RYE PATCH TO
USE FlOTAT|ON
FRED VAHRENKAMP TREATS
ORE FROM EARLY-DAY
BONANZAS

Immediate construction of a new
flotation mill at Rye Patch and
the addition of a flotation unit and
general remodeling Of the old mill
ing plant at Inlay are among the
announced plans of f. H. Vahren-
kamp, who with his associates re-
Gently organized a group of Salt
Lake City and eastern mining men
and purchased the old Rye Patch
mines at Rye Patch and the old
Inlay mines near Inlay, both in
Humboldt county, New.
These properties, which were
worked in the early history of the
Humboldt range, when the Arizona
Queen of Sheba, De Soto and other
nearby properties were shipping
their ore to M%arysville, Cal, under
difficult transportation conditions
have been practically idle, except
for a few leasers now and then, and
an occasional reopening on a small
scale. for a number of years.
Several attempts to reopen and
work the old Rye Patch mines have
been made during the last year
Both properties are quite well
known among rich silver-bearing
orebodies which can be worked very
profitably under present day i'm
proved mining methods.
Mill machinery, a part of which
has already been purchased, is being
procured from P%ittsburg, and some
machinery for %enlarging the scope
of operations in the development of
the mines has been purchased at
Salt Lake City. 1t is reported here
that $4,000 worth of equipment
has already been ordered and that
lumber for making the mill enlarge
ments at Inlay and for the new
plant at Rye Patch has already been
arranged for.
Details of the capacity of the mill
and extent of the mine development
campaign have not yet been given
out here. Vahrenkamp. who is now
1T the mine, is expected in Reno
during the next week or ten days.
Reno Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
Inspecting Camp Site

George A. Raymer, w. c. Ralston,
Ramsey M. Cox and S. G. Rayl,
Major Park of the engineering corps
is now at Rayl, in Lassen county,
Cal, inspecting a proposed site for
an army c~antonment. Major Park
is making an inspection of canton
ment sites in different parts of the
west. He stated that the camps
will be for future permanent use by
the army and that it will be Sc
eral months before anything defin
lite is announced concerning the Sc
lection of sites.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
Las Vegas Entertains Soldiers

A short time ago residents of Las
Vegas awoke in the morning to
find 1900 troops resting in the town.
They were Colorado cavalry and in
fantry. They were entertained with
music by the grammar school band
and were given the contents of sew
eral barrels of lemonade, which were
prepared for them by women of the
town In return the colone. In
charge of the troops paraded them
for the benefit of the townspeople.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
MAY BE AFTER SLACKERS

Evidently the department of JUS
tice is about to make a determined
effort to round up slackers as the
local exemption board has received
from the Reno office of the intelli-
gence department a request for de-
tails of each mar who failed to re-
port for physical examination in this
county. The names of the men
were already with the Reno office,
which sent here a list of such men
with a request for description,
where employed when registered
and other details.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
Chapter Ships Goods

The Virginia City chapter of the
Red Cross recently made a sub
stantial shipment of surgical dress
ings, hospital garments and knitted
goods. The shipment was forward
ed to headquarters at San Fran
cisco. Mrs. w. j. Lawson, who is
in charge of the workroom, has is
sued another call for money to
carry on the work.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
Spark Man BalkS

Artie B.. Riggle. a car repairer
for the Southern Pacific at Sparks
has served notice on the clerk OF
Washoe county that he will not re-
port for examination under the
draft law. Riggle submitted docu-
ments to the board setting forth
micro reasons for his refusal,
including religious, political. econo
mical and Conscientious grounds.
The entire correspondence has been
turned over to William WOODBURY.,
federal district attorney and no ac-
ton will be taken until Riggle re-
fuses to report for military service
when called.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
Speeder Hits COYOTE

Trainmaster Peter Connolly of
the Western Pacific at Elko met
with an unusual accident while on
a trip of inspection on a speeder.
When two miles west OF BeowaweS
while travelling % miles an hour, a
coyote jumped in front of the ma
chine, which left the track and
threw Connolly into the ditch. He
was severely bruised about the head
and body. Connolly states that
during the past two weeks the coy
otes have been acting strangely and
that six have been struck by trains
between Wells and Elko.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
Drafted Man Seeks Divorce

By bringing into operation the
statute for the perpetuation of tes
timony, Isadore Muscovitz will be
enabled to leave for Camp Lewis
with the next contingent of troops
from Washoe County and at the
same time will be able to u for
divorce, although he has not yet
completed his six months residence.
This is the first occasion on which
the statute for the perpetuation o.
testimony has been invoked in the
courts of Washoe county in a great
many years.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
Drafted Man Falls From Train

Carl w. Sill, who left for Amer
lean Lake with the Washoe contin-
gent, fell from a platform of the
train while crossing the summit.
He was not injured, but when he
arose after his fall he saw the train
disappear in the distance and made
his way to Summit, taking the next
train for Sacramento, from where
he was sent forward with Califor-
mans.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
Has Good Reason

Upon notification that Earnest
w. Adkins had failed to report tC
the Elko county exemption board
when called, Adjutant General
Sullivan addressed a letter to him
ordering him to appear. He repli-
ed stating that it would be impossi-
BILE for him to obey the order as h
is i~ncarcerated in the state prison.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
STOUFFER WILL BE SENT TO
AMERICAN LAKE CANTONMENT

According to instructions received
G.. Stouffer, who is held here as a
national army deserter in Lincoln
county, will be sent to American
Lake as soon as his papers have
been received from the Lincoln
county board.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-06
MeatIeSS Days Followed by
Advance in Prices of Meat

TT necessary the people of
/ of them do
bit though will be commended
families
enjoyed
housewife felt
demanded least
board he found that
number dAeners and that
ready
people of this district doing their full share toward
allies
his bit this
discarded his
credited with
the would be
But in his dealings with the
reduced
Tuesday then
must pay remainder of the
be dealers judged by the outrageous
justification
Wal
beef
the high beef
assumed that this favorable time
connection with delivery The best he
nrices with those
convinced work for Mr. Hoover here
of price in the meat business
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-06
.BEElER TO CELEBRATE.
RAILROAD co MPLET|ON
PROBABLY BE HELD BETWEEN
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR.
WAGON ROAD lMPASslBLE.

Pine creek will celebrate the compile
ton of the railroad to Beeler with
celebration, in which it is expected
that many people from all parts of
the district will gladly join. This is
the announcement that came to the
Miner this week. Beeler is about
three and a half miles from the mouth
of Pine creek and a little less than
half way to the Constitution mine,
which will be the terminus of the
branch. The track is now laid over
two miles and it is expected to be
completed to lBeeler by Christmas or
New Year, depending upon weather
conditions. Having reached that'point'
it's further extension this winter will
also be determined by the weather. Ii
work can be carried on to advantage
| it will be pushed to completion; other
wise the end of the track will remain
at Beeler until spring. In any event
Beeler is to be an important point on
the branch, a sort ofs half way place
and it will continue to be place OF
importance after the line is completed
1t is therefore fitting that the advent
of the railroad should be duly cele-
brated. After long years of waiting
the railroad up Pine creek is now
reality, and it marks the beginning OF
an era of great mineral development
and prosperity in that favored section
The people generally will be glad tc
ioin in the Beeler celebration, and II
lis I'D to Charles Beeler, founder of the
town, and other live wires OF PINE
creek. to work out the plans.
Bad Road Stops Ore Shipments.
Regardless of the good roads halo
that is supposed to hang around the
heads of the county commissioners
old timers say that the present condl'
tion of the Pine creek wagon road Ii
the worst that has ever been known
This can readily be believed, since littl'
OF nothing has been done from veal
TO wear to improve it or keep 1t II
NJ, ssable condition for traffic. 1t is i'm
possible to haul load over the roat
now, and no ore is moving with the ex
ception of a light load from the Doug
las every other day, the team golnl
Iout more for the purpose of bringln'
in supplies for the mine rather tha'
10 take out the ore The completion o
railroad to Beeler will greatly reliev
the situation, as the worst part OF tn
wagon road. is that section. Is
that time there will, probably be
solid snow road AMI ore haulers fron
the Douglas and Constitution will b
able to make two trips day to tn
end of the track.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-06
East Caledonia Co.
Makes Top Record
in Shaft Sinking
ryHE EAST CALEDONIA Mines
company has made record in
shaft sinking which it is believed

"HE EAST CALEDONIA Mines
company has made a record in
shaft sinking which it is believed
has not been equalled in this
district by development company
similarly equipped and employing an
equal number of men. The shaft Is
two compartment and was being sunk
from the 400 to the 500 level The
ground is good stiff quartzite, but
not excessively hard During the
month of October thirty days were
worked and the shaft went down 96 y
feet During November better than
100 feet was made, bringing the av-
erage up to 100 feet for each of the
two months. The total number of
men on the payroll of the company Is
bottom of shaft, three shifts, g. l
hoistman, three shifts, 3; | black
smith, timber framer and a fore
man. These men make up the entire
force, and if there is bunch similarly
engaged that has made better re-
cord the Miner will be more than
pleased to give it due publicity
Sinking a sump and cutting az sta
tion will occupy considerable time,
but it is expected that crosscutting to
the vein will be we'll under way be-
fore the first of the year, 1t is estim-
Iated tha. $50 feet may have to be run
to reach the vein. The steady inn
provement in the showing of ore In
the upper levels justifies the eXpecta-
ton that a shoot of commercial ore
will be found on this level. The de-
velopment of the property is under the
direction of Rush J. White, mining en-
gineer of this city. The East Gale
donia is at Wardner.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-06
To Recover Values in Tailinss.

Articles of incorporation Of the Spo-
kane Metals Recovery company have
been filed with the county recorder.
The incorporators are c. L. Hewett and
II. w. ingalls,, of Mullan, and H. M.
Eggleston, D. Holman and s. Eder-
stein, Of Spokane. Mr.. Hewettt is
manager of tailings plant about half
way between this city and Mullan,
which is understood to have been OPP
Grated with great success. The new
company is said to have acquired ex-
tensive rights on Nine Mile, where a
similar plant will be installed for the
recovery Of failing values.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-06
RED CROSS ON DIVIDEND CHECKS
Caledonia Mining Company Sets Pa
triotic Example.

When the host of Caledonia stock
holders, who are scattered all over the
United States, receive their dividend
checks this month, they will also re-
ceive a patriotic holiday greeting In
the form of Red Cross seal attached
to each one of them. Dividend checks
were placed in the mail Tuesday. The
placing of these stamps on each of the
checks was considerable addition to
the work of the office force, but it was
aiding a cause in which they are deep
Ily interested. The check itself is a
most welcome Christmas card, and the
Red Cross stamp is deft suggestion
that a part of it might be invested in
additional stamps or other Red Cross
work.