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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25
BUTTE GOLDFIELD co. IS NOW
OPERATING At GOLD MOUNTAIN

right to purchase shares of t;Iis is
sue at the underwriting price y tive
cents per share. The stock disposed
of in this manner will be deducted
from the total allotment issued to
the underwriters.
BY resolution of the directors, il
was also decided that holders of
stock in the old corporation. the
Butte Goldfield Mining and Reduc-
ton company. be accorded tho privi-
lege of exchanging their stock for
that of the Butte Goldfield Reor-
ganized Mining company, upon pay
ment of bonus of five cents per
share. such exchange to be effected
within a period of sixty days from
Sept. /, 1917.
The Butte Goldfield Reorganized
Mining company has 100000 shares
of stock and small amount of cash
in its treasury; its stock is listed on
the San Francisco exchange and is
now quoted around five cents. Re-
ports of the company's engineers are
to vi obit anu itS piOpcIIy Is 6eu6Idi-
ly regarded as one of substantial
value. Lessees have shipped nine
railroad cars of ore, which yielded
smelter returns varying from $40 to
SAT per ton, showing an average
width of three feet. The ore carries
gold, silver and copper. the copper
content increasing as greater depth
is attained.
Development plans contemplate
the immediate sinking of the main
shaft to cut the ore-body within the
sulphide zone, the product of which
can be treated economically by oil
flotation. A mill equipped for this
process is within hauling distance of
the mine and for the present no
plans need be considered by the
company for the erection o. 'ts own
milling plant.
Subscriptions to this allotment of
stock must be forwarded to II. b.
Ruhl, secretary, on or before Nov. /
1917.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25
GOOD SHOWING IN
new WORK IN
RED HILL
GOOD ORE Is EXPOSED IN DRIFT
AND TWO RAISES AT
DEPTH

From present indications on and
above the 500-foot level of the Red
Hill Florence property, the man
agement is amply justified in the
belief that the property will become
substantial producer of shipping
ore in the near future. The main
drift on the 500-foot level is show
ing some ore of good grade and
two of the three raises above this
showing, all progressing in the main
Florence vein.
Wide seams of ore. yielding as
says we'll up in the shipping figures,
have been exposed in these raises,
while the face of the drift has pro-
ore. This ore lies parallel with and
only short distance from the de-
posit mined approximately up to
the Red Hill Florence boundary
and within the adjoining Florence
property, by the famous Rogers
southerly of all the early bonanza
lease areas.
In driving to the north on the
5OO-foot level well-defined cross
vein has been opened, having an
easterly trend and dipping to the
south. This appears to be fault-yein
but no extensive displacement of
the vein is apparent. North of this
cross vein better assays were Sc
cured in sampling the main lode
and another raise is now being
driven, within the main vein 4nd
following the incline of the e4Oss
vein. and drifts will be extended on
the main vein at point FROM 10
to so feet above the main level to
further prospect both veins.
1t is common knowledge that
most of the high-grade ore of the
adjoining Florence mine was ex-
tracted from above the 500-foot
level, the deepest workings in rich
ore having been those of the Rog-
ers-Syndicate lease, which extended
to a depth of about $50 feet d-
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25

Active development work is now
in progress on the property of the
Butte Goldfield Reorganized Mining
company, situated in the Gold
Mountain district, some 3S miles
south of Goldfield. Surface equip
ment has been installed on the pro-
perty and a comprehensive system
of development, following the re-
concentrations of the company's
engineers, is being carried forward
to explore the property at depth.
This property has been widely
known to mining men for a number
of years and has produced a con-
siderable quantity of shipping ore.
although developed thus far only
to a very limited extent. The veins
are of large size and we'll defined
and the same description applies to
the orebodies exposed which con-
tain gold, silver, copper and lead.
The main vein was prospected by
means of tunnel and drifts ex-
tended from winze sunk from
this tunnel, where some high-grade
ore was exposed by lessees about II
year ago. President l.. l.. Patrick
has prepared statement which is
being sent to the stockholders of
the company, the text of which .ol-
lows:
Operation of the Butte Goldfield
mine by lesseees. in recent months
has resulted in profitable produc-
tion and has so far imp' owed the
condition of the property and en-
hanced it's value that the directors
deemed it their duty to work the
mine on company account.
With this object in view. reso,
lutions were adopted at a meeting
of directors, providing for the sale
of block of treasury stock. This
stock has been underwritten, with
the result that the company is now
in possession of funds for develop
ment; a gasoline hoist has been
installed, together with other neces-
sary equipment, and active develop
ment work is now under way.
In connection with the underwrit-
ing arrangement, however, it was
decided that present stockholders
should be accorded the first priv
lege of participating in the COM
pany's new activities, and a resolu-
tion was adopted under which
stockholders are to be given a prior
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25
CRACKER JACK IN
ORE At TWO
PLACES
PARALLEL DRIFTS ON DEEPEST
LEVEL YIELD GOOD
ASSAYS

Prospects for making an early
producer of the Cracker Jack prop
erty are now regarded generally as
far brighter than at any time in the
past, as two parallel drifts, opened
from the main east cross-cut on the
320-foot level, are in highly miner
allied zones and show strong seams
from which high assays are obtain
ed These drifts are apparently in
two segments of the Columbia
Mountain fault vein, the segment to
the east appearing to have been
raised by the action of a step fault
of considerable extent. so that the
cross-cut passes through the great
er part of the vein at two points.
, The points where this vein was
first penetrated by the cross-cut is
over 700 feet east of the main shaft,
showing that the big vein assumes
a flatter incline at depth than is
shown nearer the surface. On the
| 20-foot level this vein was cut
over 100 feet east of the shaft and
work on this level exposed large
quantities of good milling ore, to-
gether with some material that
yielded assays of shipping value.
Mining men of the district ar
keenly interested in the results Of
development on the deeper level, III
view of the high degree of minerali-
zatiOn shown nearer the surface and
in view of the fact that this big
vein, which is the main ore-.hannel
of the district farther south has
never been prospected al depth in
this northern territory. The present
showing is pronounced by all who
have inspected the mine to be most
encouraging and much is expected
from further development work at
this depth.
The main east cross-cut is being
advanced for the propose of cut
ting the parallel Rabbit Trail vein
and a change in the formation
makes it apparent that the face is
approaching this point. The drifts
that have exposed pay ore in the
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25

Mine developments of the past
few weeks in the Goldfield district
have been of a decidedly encourag-
ing character, more especially in
several of the properties that have
attracted relatively little attention
and where work has been going
forward steadily, while supplying
little news of interest. The larger
! mines are developing along estab-
lished lines and several are max
ing substantial production and
earning profits from their opera
tions. A large amount of dead
work has been in progress in the
district and at a number of points
it appears likely that valuable re-
5 are to be realized from this
work in the near future.
Indications of prosperity are seen
in the volume of smelling ore ship
ped from Goldfield mines to the
Western Ore company's sampler,
whence it is forwarded to smelters
in the Salt Lake valley for treat
ment This sampling plant has
been congested for some time past
and some ore is said to have been
shipped to the same company's prin-
cipal sampling plant at Hazen. Ore
from some of the mine and from
leases on the Consolidated and Flor
ence properties has proved to be of
exceedingly high grade, and the
opening of this ore has resulted in
placing in sight considerable guam
tity of lower grade material, suit
able for milling or for treatment by
the flotation process.
In the northern part of the dis
trict recent developments have SER
we'd to attract renewed interest to
that region, as three properties are
now showing ore of commercial
grade. The Great Bend has ex-
posed large bodies of high-grade
shipping ore, together with sub
stantial tonnage of mill ore. while
the Sandstorm-Kendall and Cracker
Jack mines have been yielding high
assays and give good promise of
profitable output from levels al
ready opened. In the central part
of the district the scope of mining
operations is being enlarged mater
tally and the results of recent work
have been most encouraging at a
number of points.
GOldfield Consolidated
Operations have continued along
normal lines, with the usual large
amount of development work on
deep levels and with a substantial
tonnage of ore going to the COM
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25

The annual stockholders meeting
of the Jumbo Extension Mining
company was held at Phoenix, Ariz.,
on Saturday, Aug. IS. when the
majority of stock represented in the
meeting was voted unanimously for
the retention of the former direc
torate, composed of Charles s.
Sprague, j. X. Turner, Charles n.
Olney. Roy S. Goodrich and Ben Gill.
Within the next few days a meet
ing of the directors will BE held in
Goldfield, when it is probable that
the officers who have served during
the past year will again be chosen to
conduct the company's affairs. The
present officers are: Charles S.
Sprague, president; J. X. Turner,
vice-president, and Ben Gill, secre
tary and treasurer.
The officers of the company now
have in course of preparation their
annual reports, covering operations
for the fiscal year ending in July,
and these reports will be sent to the
stockholders in the near future.
They will show that the company
has performed large amount of
development work during the past
year, both on the company's Gold
field property and on the large
group of claims embraced in the
Copper Mountain property, in Min
eral county, which has been oper-
ated under an option of purchase.
In the local property of the Jum-
bo Extension company large amount
of development work is now being
performed, chiefly on deep levels,
with the object of exploring in
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25
SANDSTONE IS
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT

tervals along the drift This work
per toni for the entire distance,
but nothing of sufficient value to
be profitably mined
'In addition to the foregoing,
work has been started to explore
the intersection of an east-west
vein with the main Standstorm vein,
near the Kruger shaft, and connec-
tions with the Kruger shaft will be
made.
''The east-west vein has not been
developed further than by several
shallow shafts on the surface, and
as samples taken from streaks dis
closed in these shafts have given as
say returns of from $25 to $50 per
ton in gold, and samples taken the
full width of one of the shafts have
SO per ton in gold, the work now
being done on this undeveloped
portion of the property opens posi-
bilities for the development of new
ore bodies"
Since the foregoing report was
prepared. it is reported that more
promising developments have been
made at a point nearly below, on
the dip of the vein, the old slopes
of the early-day bonanza leases
Plans of the management now CON
template the thorough exploration
of the vein at this point and raises
will be driven to follow up the ore
and to connect with the old lease
workings, in which pay ore is
known to have been in sight when
the leases expired.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25

A brief report on the condition
of the Sandstorm-Kendall Consoli-
dated company's property and out
lining the company's operations for
the past nine months has been
prepared by General Manager A. |.
darcy for the benefit of the stock
holders and is being sent out, ac-
companying a call for an assessment
of one cent per share, payable at
once and becoming delinquent
Sept. 19, with the sale date fixed
for Oct. "a.
In his report, setting forth the
character of development work that
has been conducted during the past
few months, Manager Darcy says:
GAS usual Development work on
the property of the Sandstorm-K Ken
dali Consolidated Mining company
has been carried forward through
the Kendall shaft.
Conditions have not changed
materially since January 9th,
1917, the date of the last report;
at that time it was reported that
work had been started under the
old Sandstorm lease workings to
explore for a continuation of the
ore-shoots which had produced
high-grade ore in the early history
of the mine, and this work has been
carried forward since that time, on
an intermediate level approximately
275 feet below the surface.
"a drift has been driven along
the vein for a distance of approx
mately 200 feet to the south and
cross-cuts driven to the foot-wall
and hanging wall of the vein at in
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25
ATLANTA SINKS
TO 1000 LEVEL
WORK NOW GOING FORWARD
REGARDED OF VITAL M
PORTANCE

Satisfactory progress is being
made by the Atlanta Mines com
pany in work preparatory to sink
ing winze of large size from he
175O-foot level to explore the naln
vein system to depth of 2090
feet. A station from which this
work will be conducted and which
is to be of large dimensions is be
ing completed at a point opened by
the extreme western workings on
the 175O-foot level, not far from
the foot-wall of the main vein and
in the country rock, where the flow
of water is negligible.
Results of this work will be
watched with the keenest interest
by all who are in any way identi-
fled with the mining industry in
Goldfield, as the opening of the
great vein at this depth will afford
a solution of some problems OF
geology that have long perplexed
students of mining conditions here
Geologists of the highest standing
have predicted that Goldfield would
ultimately become district of deep
mining and the new work of the
Atlanta will serve to determine
whether, as maintained by high au-
thorities, the enrichment of the ore
bearing veins persists far below the
shale.
1t is significant that the best ore
~, hn 70 n c
been exposed on the 1750-foot or
deepest level, and at two points
ore of high grade has been follow
ed by wines for short distance
below this level, but further sink
ing at these points was rendered
difficult by the presence of a strong
flow of water. AS these wines
were sunk within the vein and from
main workings, the water difficult
ties at this depth offered too great
an obstacle to further sinking at
the time and with available equip
ment.
At depths of 1900 and 1000 feet
it is planned to drive crOss-cuts TO
the east from the new winZe, in
order to pentrate and explore the
main lode of the Atlanta. By con-
ducting this work in the country
rock the water channels will be
avoided and later, when the vein
is penetrated by cross-cuts, it will
be possible at all times to bulk
head the cross-cuts if the flow of
water becomes too great to handle
or in the event of interruption to
power service. The pumping capa-
city is sufficient for all prospective
requirements and the work now i,
tended period of time.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25

panys big reduction plant daily,
both the cyanide and flotation
plants being in use. Uniform oper-
alton of the cyanide plant is main
tanned by handling a considerable
quantity of mill failing, from the
accumulation of vast proportions
below the mill. In handling this
material the company is employing
the radial galloway that was in
stalled for this purpose and the
treatment of this material is said to
be proving altogether successful.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25
REVIEW OF mining OPERATIONS IN G0LDF|ELD DISTRICT

ney, Roy S. Goodrich and Ben Gill.
A meeting of the board will be held
in GOldfield within the next week.
when it is probable that the present
officers will be retained. These
are Charles S. Sprague, president; ;
]. x. Turner, vice-president, and
Ben Gill, secretary and treasurer
The company's annual report is in
course of preparation and will be
sent to the stockholders shortly
is being conducted in the local pro
perty of the Jumbo Extension com
pany, in order to explore in "A
thorough manner and on deep levels
the areas that remain still unpros-
pected.
ReOrganiZed Kcwanas
Work is progressing at a salts
factory rate in bota the northern
and southern parts of the Kewanas
property. In the latter area a
cross-cut is being driven to the
southeast, cutting through the main
vein or ore-channel diagonally, and
is being extended to the big fault
that has thrown the southern seq
Inent of the vein far to the west.
In this work number of good
seams OF ore have been exposed.
some yielding a ssays up to $50 per
ton in gold, with considerable
amount of copper present In the
northern workings the new drift
continues to show ore of shipping
grade for considerable distance
and the same character of ore is
in sight in two raises and the main
stOpe.
Atlanta Mines Co.
Good headway is being made in
preparing the large station from
which a winze will be sunk 70 each
the 2000-fOot level. This stati m
is on the 1750-foot level. wast nf
the foot-wall of the great lode. and
1T is the plan of Manager Darcy to
explore the vein by means of cross
and 2000-foot levels. The winze is
being sunk in the country rock
away from the vein. i'm order to
avoid the big flo of water in the
vein. Development on and above
the 1750-foot level continues tG
place in sight quantities a. good
cOpper-gold ore.
GOldfield Merger
In the northwestern part of the
st. Ives claim development work
performed in recent months has eX-
posed large tonnage of copper.
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25

The company is working a bloch
of ground leased from the Jumbo
Extension, in which some ore of
good grade is reported to have been
found at a depth of about $50 feet.
Jumbo Extension
At the annual meeting of stock
holders of the Jumbo Extension
company, held in Phoenix, Ariz., on
Aug. IS, the former members of
the directorate were reelected. The
board consists of Charles S. Spra~
que, j. x. Turner, Charles D. Oh
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25
Goldfield Consolidated

Operations have continued along
normal lines, with the usual large
amount of development work on
deep levels and with substantial
tonnage of ore going to the COM
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-25
GOldfield Merger

In the northwestern part of the
st. Ives claim development work
performed in recent months has ex-
posed a large tonnage of copper.
Continued on Page Eight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-03
COTTON
New Orleans Market,

New Orleans, April 3.-On the be.
lief that congress would Immediately
declare that state Of war exists with
Germany. the price Of cotton rose As
to 50 points in the early trading here
today, a gain of $3.50 bale on the
strongest month.
Buying was heavy from the start.
New crop conditions were mravorablc
and II was considered new crop pros.
poets would be further injured by the
raising of an army through it's effect
on the labor supply The pressure to
buy was relieved by only scanty offer
ings.
The demand was general and little
cotton was for sale. Gables were bet
ter than due and new crop conditions
continued unsatisfactory At the end
Of the first half hour Of business price,
were As to 80 points over yesterdays
close.
Prohttaking caused small reac
tion from the advance and the markot
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-03
Looks Good for Coleman.

J. T. Coleman is at home from Cole.
man, Texas, where he is interested
in a large acreage Of oil leases. He
has had one well drilled on his hold.
ings which flowed oil nicely for pc.
riod of three days The drill went into
water below the oil sand and the work.
men have never succeeded in plugging
off the water. He also has large
acreage near the well at Coleman
drilled by other parties. This well
is at depth Of 2O93 feet. the drill
penetrated the sand to a depth of 3 .
feet and the well began flowing at
the rate Of 25 barrels a day and is in.
creasing each day Mr. Coleman is
very modest about his investments but
it looks very much like he has made
a cleanup that will put him among
the richest oil men Of the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-03

The Interstate Oil d Refining Com.
pany in which j. Robert Gillian and
r. L. Steiner OF this city are interest
ed, has recently purchased the Cap.
ital Refining Company and the Drum.
right Refining Company, both of which
are located at Drumright in the Cush.
ing field 1t is stated that the next
investment to be made by the compa.
ny will be the building Of plant to
handle lIealdton crude Whether that
plant will be built in Ardmore in
Healdton, or in one of the towns on
the Rock Island road, has not been
determined
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-03

and It plans TO begin development
work IN that area Within q short time
The sands here are shallow and the
cost of drilling is light The company
expects to be ready for drilling within
two weeks. The officers of the square
Deal Company are H. Il Putnam. pres.
ideut, ). h. Butler vice presidents
and j. s. phelan. secretary and treas.
urer
Plains oil and Gas Company in 2S.
% is a little below 1000 feet. The
level of the sands in the GYPSY and
the McNlan wells have been passed.
The formations are encouraging: Fos.
sils found above the sand in the Gyp.
sy well are being found here. 1t is
probable that some underreaming
will have to be done before the wen
is ready for deeper drilling. Expert.
enced oil men, who have seen the well.
are of the opinion that a pay sand will
be reached within short time.
Friends of w G. Skelley will be
pleased to learn that in the Kansas
field he has made some good money
recently. He has a production of 1,OOO
barrels day of oil that he is selling
at Sl90 and under the name of the
Midland Refining Company he is
building a plant at Eldorado which
will have capacity Of 1000 barrels
Mr.. Skelley and his partner, Mr. Rus.
! sell, at one time owned the Ward
lease in section G-i-3 that is owned
now by the Carter Oil Company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-03
Enrt Worth Markrt-

Fort Worth. Tex. April 3.--CATTLE
Receipts $500; steady; steers $50
61050.
HOGS Receipts 1000: 20 cents
higher, bulk l4256147O.
SHEEP Receipts. none; steady;
lambs l3.00616.O0
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-03

While the Fox area is the main cen
ter Of attraction it must not be over.
looked that the southeast extension
to lIealdton has not been defined II
is observed that the Dundee well. in
section 2j.i-3. is holding its produc.
tion at almost 100 barrels in the shal.
low sand 1t is a better well than
those to the north of it, The indica.
tions are that the sands are growing
more prolific there toward the south
and it is barely possible that another
nice oil area will be developed.
The Square Deal Oil Company has
Strengthened out its lease Of 100 acres
in section 9-l-2, in the Homer district,