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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

The people of 0cala hope to see
many visitors from neighboring towns
at their community sing at the Tenn
pie at a o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
On the last occasion, three Sundays
ago, there were representatives from
five neighboring towns, some coming
from as far as Leesburg. Ocala hopes
the number will be increased tomor-
row.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

Tampa becomes "dry" by federal
mandate, and what Uncle Sam says
generally goes-unless Peter o..
Knight, who is said to have been re-
tanned by the saloon men, has suffi-
Gent influence at Washington to have
the order rescinded or modified
Tampa Times.
Isn't Peter a staunch adherent of
our Gov. Cats, who was elected on
the prohibition ticket?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

The only evidence we have seen in
the Leesburg Commercial that Gil
bert Leach might have softening of
the brain is an article in which he
speaks of Champ Clark as Wilson's
probable successor. We sincerely
hope that we will have a reserved
seat in Abraham's bosom before
Champ Clark is president of the Unit
ed States.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

Hoover says that if the government
had not stepped in flour would have
reached about $50 barrel by this
time. Whew! Uncle Sam, quickl See
what can be done to prevent some
other things from getting out Of
reach.-Times-U Union.
Shoes, for instance.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

Marion county has always gone
over the top in liberty loan cam
paigns. This time it has gone over
higher than ever before. It's surplus is
greater than the total contribution of
many counties.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

The kaiser was an interested spec
tator of the Flanders battle and
boosted that the Germans were ego
ing to put the British back on the
English channel, where they belong"
He has several boasts coming to him
yet.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

And there was time when Weyler
was called "The Butcher" -Leesburg
Commercial.
Oh, well, he didn't have the oppor-
tunity of the average Hun general in
Belgium.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

The Ocala Star of Monday has an
editorial of column and half about
crates for electric current" in Ocala,
but the rates are not given. Punta
Gorda pays 15c. per kilowatt. Now,
what does Ocala pay?-Punta Gorda
Herald.
Six cents.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

The Germans have not profted
much by their capture of Mont KEN
mel. The top of the hill is so drench-
ed with French and British shell fire
that the Teutons have been unable to
build and place guns, so that they
could fire at advantage on the lower
country surrounding the hill.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04
Six cents.

Joe Earman, in his Palm Beach
Post, expatiates on the evils of tip
ping and wants the legislature to pass
a law against it. Tipping is darned
nuisance but if an able-bodied man
can't protect himself against it, there
is no use in calling in the Florida
legislature.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled for the use for republication OF
ali news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein. All rights of republication OF
special dispatches herein are also re-
served.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

There is one editor in this state
who fills his editorial space mostly
with paragraphs clipped without
credit from the Star and other papers.
We don't know whether he is an imi-
tator or a plain thief.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

Editor Benjamin of the Ocala Star,
says: "Let's all be potatriotic as well
as patriotic this week" No editor in
the land can beat Benjamin in apt
and forcible expressions.-Punta
Gorda Herald.
If everybody was as courteous and
appreciative as Brother Jordan, how
pleasant life would be-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

ST. Elmo Massengale, director of
publicity for the Atlanta district, il
a letter to- the Star thanks it for its
good work for the Liberty Loan.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

Punta Gorda resembles Ocala III
that it has sent nearly all it's young
men into the army or navy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

Wheatless week is about to end and
we have not heard of anybody suffer-
ing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

Have you a Liberty Bond in your
happy home?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04

The democratic executive commit.
tee Of Putnam county has recommend
ed that politics be eliminated from
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-04
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Domestic

One. year, in advance ........ $500
Six months. IN advance ..... ESQ
Three months. in advance ..... 1.25
One month, In advance ...., so
Foreign
One year, in advance $500
Six months. in advance. . AIS
Three months, in advance. ... 2.25
One month. in advance. ..... 80
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12

explore the deep seated ore-chan-
nels.
In connection with the assess
ment, it is pointed out by mining
men that with the company's work
advanced to it's present point, the
payments completed on the Sunrise
ground and an excellent showing of
silver-gold ore on the Gold Noun
tain group, the stockholders equity
in the company represents an asset
many times greater than when the
stock was quoted at a relatively
high figure. In view of the strong
position in which the work of the
next three or four months Is likely
to place the company, and consider
ing the chance that the present as
sessment may place the mine on
producing basis, a prompt response
from the stockholders to this call
is anticipated.
The Grandma shaft is regarded
as one of the best in the Goldfield
district and its equipment is ade-
quate for all prospective needs. The
electric hoist Is driven by a 75
horsepower Westinghouse motor
and compressed air is provided for
operating machine drills. The shaft
has been progressing in country
rock identical in character with
that found in the nearby produc-
ing mines of the district and all
conditions of geology are similar to
those revealed in deep development
elsewhere along the trend of the
| central mineral zone.
In the progress of sinking, the
shaft passed through various miner
allied strata and an interesting fea-
ture has been the finding, near the
present depth, of large boulders of
quartz, containing heavy iron py-
rite with traces of the precious
metals. Small inclusions of shale
have also beex found. indicatint
that the contact zone may prove
to be no great distance below the
present bottom of the shaft. This
possibility is generally accepted by
mining men, owing to the irregular
contour of the shale.
Mining authorities universally
cOncede the close relationship of
/ tho ora- -hoa ring ZOuaa in Grand
ma territory to those that have
yielded the bonanza production of
/ Goldfield a short distance to the
west and southwest. 1t Is pointed
out that upon reaching the shale
contact zone in this ground a con-
dition will be presented practically
! identical with that farther to the
CONTINUED on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12
REVIEW OF mining OPERATIONS IN GOLDF|ELD DISTRICT

Progress of development work in
the mines of Goldfield continues
satisfactory and in spite of increas-
cd operating costs, owing to the ad-
vance in price of supplies of all
kinds, it has not been necessary to
curtail operations in any of the
working properties. On the con-
trary, some of the local companies
are materially expanding the scope
of their work and plans of other
companies and claim owners for
more extended development will be
put in effect as soon as conditions
are favorable. During the past year
a large amount of preparatory work
has been accomplished, placing the
mines in such a condition that de-
velopments of the greatest moment
may be looked for with the utmost
confidence in the near futre.
Production by the mines of Cold
field is still hampered to some ex-
tent by what is practically an en-
barge on ores carrying any base
metals and on mill concentrate, due
to congestion of these products at
the smelters, but it is believed
that this condition will be relieved
before very long. Eventually, and
with normal conditions restored, it
is certain that a vast tonnage of the
medium and lower grade ores of
the Goldfield district will be treated
locally by the oil flotation process,
the complete success of which, in
the treatment of these ores, has
been established.
Mining authorities of the widest
experience have long predicted that
Goldfield's greatest tonnage produc-
ton would be made when the mines
were opened at great depth. Geolo-
gists point to the fact that at Grip
pie Creek, now Americas greatest
gold producing district, while rich
orebodies were opened in exploring
the relatively shallow volcanic for
nations, the mines reached their
greatest point of production only
after they had sunk through these
igneous rocks and into the under
lying granite. Similar geological
conditions prevail here, they declare,
and while the deposits at great
depth may not rival in point of riche
ness the bonana orebodies found
nearer the surface, it is the general
opinion that large deposits of good
value will be found upon exploring
the granite or alaskite. underlying
the shale.
1t is also pointed out by experts
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12

said that the results obtained have
shown a marked improvement and
that the company is destined to
realize a large revenue from this
source. In an analysis of the COM
pany's operations, published lately
in the east, it was pointed out that
the mill failing now being treated is
the "leanest" in the vast accumula-
ton below the mill, and that as this
work progresses the grab buckets
will uncover the product Of earlier
years, when the metallic content of
both ore and failing was far
higher than in recent years. This
fact is accepted as assurance of ma
terially increased profits in future
from the treatment of failing. A
lease has been granted on the re-
treated failing after it passes
through the cyanide process, and
the lessees will seek to recover the
remaining mineral content by
sweeping the surface, in the manner
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12
OUTPUT GROWS
At H0RNS|LvtR
NEW SILVERNIINES PLANT Is
NOW REPORTED COMPLETE
SUCCESS

The Hornsilver district is already
feeling the benefits of having a
local milling plant of good capacity,
providing a local market for ores
that will not bear the heavy impost
of transportation to distant points
for treatment. The mill of the Sill
yermines corporation is reported to
be operating with high degree of
success and effecting a high extrac-
tion of the precious metals. In
stallation of additional classifiers
has brought the capacity up to more
than $50 tons daily and but little
mere equipment will be required to
enable the company to treat $50
toLs.
Many properties in the district
have good milling ore in sight in
greater or less quantity and it is
estimated that the ore available in
a half dozen properties is sufficient
to supply the plant at full capacity
for a long time to come. Contracts
have been made for the treatment
of the product of several mines and
this will result in a material expan-
sion in the scope of development
work throughout the district.
A meeting of stockholders of the
Silvermines corporation will be held
shortly at the company's offices in
Reno, when it is expected that some
definite announcement will be made
regarding the results of the first
cleanup in the new mill, already
reported to have been satisfactory.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12
Value OF METAL FROM NEVADA
MINES IN 1917 SHOWS GROWTH

considerable gold, was also less.
The gold output was valued at about
$1,s12,000, against $1,941,441 in
1916. The main producers were the
Tonopah Belmont, Tonopah Mining
company, Jim Butler, Tonopah Ex-
tension and West End.
Much gold came from the Elko
Prince, the Aurora Consolidated at
Aurora, the Round Mountain placer
and quartz properties, the Rochester
district and the mines at Manhat-
tan, where there was renewed ac-
tivity At the White Caps mine a
large orebody is developed from
five levels. The new mill, with
roaster, was active during the last
part of the year, making a consier-
able output The War Eagle, Big
Pine and Union Amalgamated mills
were also operated, and large
amount of placer gravel was treated
by IL operators.
Bullion production from Seven
Troughs decreased. as did the placer
output from the Battle Mountain
district of Lander county, but the
mills in Eldorado Canyon, in Clark
CONTINUED on Page EighD
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12
MAYFLOWER COMPANY MILL
AND MINING PLANT
NOW OPERATING

did ore, averaging about six feet in
width.
This is the first time in the his
tory of the Mayflower mine that
high-grade ore has been shipped
direct to the smelter. The May
flower has been a larse producer
In the past, the entire product hav-
ing been treated in the company's 3
15-stamp mill, which has made a
production as high as 100000 an
nually in the treatment of high
grade mill ore. At that time, how
ever, the cost of mining and milling
was in the neighborhood of SIG per
ton.
During the past few years the
Pioneer mine, situated a short dis
tance from the Mayflower, has con-
Quoted mining and milling opera
tions at a total cost of approx
mately 81 per ton, which is said to
be a record for southern Nevada
mining and milling costs. w. j.
Tobin, president and general man
ager of the Consolidated Mayflower
Mines company, states that the Pho
neer record for low cost of opera
ton will be duplicated at the May
flower, enabling the management
to carry forward the comprehen-
sive system of development work
planned for the large property.
A drift will be started shortly
from the main shaft, on one of the
lower levels, to connect with the
Starlight shaft, 400 feet distant.
1t is the plan of the management to
drive this entire distance in the
main Mayflower vein, which is read
lily traced at the surface for this
distance. Raises will be driven to
explore the vein at intervals as this
important development progresses.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12

that has proved profitable at Tono-
pah.
Atlanta Mines Co.
Good progress has been made in
sinking the deep winze from the
1750-foot level and it is expected
that within a few days the winze
will reach the shale, at depth of
about 1900 feet, where a station and
sump will be cut and where cross
cut is to be driven east to explore
the main vein. The winze has con-
tinued in the quartz zone penetrat-
ed 80 feet below the 1750-foot
level and which contains many seams
of good ore. The flow of water has
become heavier, but is readily han
died by the new sinking pump and
has caused no delay. Small pieces
or inclusions of shale have appear
ed in the quartz lately, indicating
that the contact zone is not far be-
low the present bottom of the winze.
Work that will be accomplished in
the next 80 to 60 days is expected
to result in important developments.
Reorganized Kewanas
With its present excellent air
conditions, secured by making con-
nection with the northern workings
of the Jumbo Junior company, the
Kewanas company is now greatly ex-
panding the scope of its development
work and already results of import
ance are reported, particularly in
the southern part of the property.
At point about $50 feet from the
boundary of the ground leased to
the Jumbo Junior, in which high
grade ore has been exposed lately, a
cross-cut has been driven west to
the foot-wall of the main ore-chan-
mel and some ore of excellent grade
has been found here. Work is be-
ing resumed in the northern terri
tory, at point where the main ore
body appears to be cut off by a
step fault of no great extent, near
the point where high-grade ore was
exposed in considerable volume.
Jumbo Junior Mine
Ore of high shipping grade is now
being broken in the winze a short
distance below the SS0-foot level, in
the most northerly workings, and II
is expected that a shipment will be
made shortly The rich seam has
been yielding some exceedingly high
assays for width verying from a
! foot to Is inches, some of the ore
sampling over $500 per ton. This
ore will be followed to greater
depth by continuing the winze, fol
CONTINUED on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12
ATLANTA SINKING
Deep WINE
RAPIDLY
VALUE ON PROP
ERTY

Progress in sinking the deep winze
from the 1750-foot level of the At.
lanta mine is again satisfactory
after a brief delay resulting from
mechanical troubles, and the, new
sinking pump is handling without
difficulty the heavy volume of wa
ter encountered in the west vein, in
which the winze is still progressing.
Within short time 1t is expected
that the winze will reach the shale,
where a station will be cut, a sump
opened below the station and a
cross-cut will be driven east to the
main vein, upon which the hopes
of the management are now GEN.
tered.
Mining men and engineers ia
miliar with the conditions in the At
lanta express the utmost confidence
in the success of the work now be-
ing carried on and in support of this
belief they point to the fact that the
foot level and in shallow WINES
INK below this level, the deepest
in the M
All indications are said to point
to the presence of zone of great
enrichment below this depth and
expert opinion holds that this zone
will be found above the shale, with
a strong probability of finding i'm
portant orebodies at the point where
the west vein forms a junction with
the main Atlanta lode.
From the flat dip of the west vein,
as shown by the winze, 1t is appar-
ent that the point of junction is
just above depth of 1900 feet.
Continued on Page Eight.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12
GRANDMA CONSOLIDATED
ACQUIRES TITLE TO
SUNRISE GROUP

Development work OF the Grand.
ma Consolidated Mines company Is
approaching the point where the
completion of necessary dead work
is in sight and where the stock
holders may look forward with con-
fidence to a full measure of sue
cess for the plans of the manage
ment, involving the exploration at
depth of this highly valued terri
tory. No ground in the Goldfield
district is regarded by expert au-
thorities as possessing greater po-
tentialities, under development such
as that now being carried forward
From the inception of operations
by the present company it has been
the design of the management to
explore the deep-level ore zones
which have produced many millions
worth of high-grade ore in ada
cent territory and the approximate
depth of which can be estimated
from the results of development
work extending near to the Grandma
boundaries. With a view to con-
Quoting broad-gauge operations up
on reaching the deeper ore-channels
"a double-compartment, vertical
shaft has been sunk, which on Dec
81 had attained a depth of $40
feet.
1t is estimated by the company s
consulting engineer and general
superintendent, Mr.. ]. X. Turner
that this shaft will penetrate the
shale contact ore zone at a depth oil
not more than $50 feet and that the
funds provided by the Forthcoming
assessment of one cent per share
will not only complete the shaft tC
this depth, but will place well un
der way the extensive lateral de-
velopment that will be conducted tt
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12

The value of the gold, silver, cop
per, lead and zinc mined in Nevada
in 1917 was over 53,000,00O, ac-
cording to preliminary figures COM
piled by Victor C. Heikes of the
United States geological survey, de-
partment of the interior. This to-
tai represents an increase Of over
100000. in spite of the fact that
there was a slight decrease in recov-
cradle zinc and a marked decrease
in both gold and silver.
There was fair increase in the
output of both copper and lead. The
average prices of silver, copper and
lead were unusually high in 1917,
and this fact had much to do with
making the total value greater than
that of the previous year.
The gold output in Nevada in
1917 was valued at about $6,S52.-
600, a decrease of about $1,000
900. This decrease was due in great
part to the reduced output of the
Goldfield Consolidated Mines COM
pany, which has for years been the
main gold producer of the state.
The production of the Tonopah
district, the ores of which contain
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12
KEWANAS OUTLOOK
BEST IN ITS
HISTORY
IMPORTANT RESULTS ARE OBJ
TANNED IN NEW LATER
AL WORK

In the southern part of the Ke-
wanas property cross-cut has been
driven west from the main south
drift to the foot-wall and some ore
of excellent grade has been exposed
here and a drift is now being ad-
vanced on the ore-shoot. This ore
apparently is related to the deposit
opened by the Jumbo Junior COM
pany, little over 100 feet south
OF this point, in sinking a Wine
near the foot-wall of the vein.
Some exceedingly high assays
have been obtained from the latter
discovery and the opening of the
ore at the two points is regarded as
indicating that it will be found to
be continuous for a considerable dis
tance. The west cross-cut of the
Kewanas was continued some dis
tance beyond the ore-shoot, into the
foot-wall country, to prospect this
ground before further opening the
new ore, and work on the ore has
not yet progressed sufficiently to
determine the extent of the ore.
Farther east in this part of the
property a cross-cut has been ad-
vanced for a considerable distance
in wien matter, in order to, reach
it is the plan of the management
to further explore this territory by
means of raises and cross-cuts. In
this work, as we'll as in the main
south cross-cut, by means of which
air connection was made with the
Jumbo Junior workings, many
seams of pay ore were exposed anG
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12
CRACKER JACK
IN NEW VEINS
SHOWING IN TWO
DRIFTS

Development work in the property
OF the Reorganized Cracker Jack
company is producing results that
are decidedly encouraging, accord
ing to the management, and the
showing in the second north drift
Oh the 320-foot level is regarded as
the best that has been made at
depth on the property. This drift
was started short time ago from
the main east crOss-cut, at a point
about $40 feet from the shaft, after
some work had been performed to
prospect the vein south of the
While the ore found in this vein
up to the present time has not been
of shipping value, the vein has been
found to contain many seams. of
ore yielding good assays and the
high degree of naturalization, to-
gether with the variety of metals
found and the general character of
the vein, support the belief that
commercial orebodies will be re-
vealed here in the course of fur
ther development work.
Another drift has been started
from the cross-cut, at a point $40
feet, from the shaft and following
another good vein. A raise is now
being extended on this vein, follow
inG its incline, and is progressing
in quartz of excellent appearance,
carrying seams of ore that assay
we'll in the precious metals.