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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
TONOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS

Tonopah Miner: The Tonopah
Belmont sent to the mill 2O42 tons,
the Tonopah Mining 1850 tons, the
Tonopah Extension 2O54 tons, the
Jim Butler 475 tons, the West End
$50 tons, the Halifax SO tons, the
Rescue So tons, the MacNamara 315
tons, the North Star 54 tons, and
miscellaneous 26 tons, making the
total production for the week 9510
tons, the estimated value being
$161, ,67O. This valuation is calcu-
lated on the gross milling value of
the ore.
TonOpah Mining
The Tonopah Mining company
shows a very attractive profit for
July of $4,000, which is the net
return on 1925 tons of ore milled
during the month. The ore con-
tanned 1898 ounces of silver. BY
comparing June profits, which
were $34,46O, with the profits for
July, it will be seen that those of
the latter month exceed by $1O,540.
The regular amount of develop
ment and exploratory work was in
progress during the week, and a
raise was started from the 200-foot
level in the Mizpah section of the
mine from the north cross-cut which
was finished last week, and is be-
ing put up to tap pillar of ore.
The Mizpah and Silver Top dumps
continue to furnish the bulk of the
ore each week for the Desert mill,
which amounts to probably $500
tons. The balance of the weekly
shipments represents the ore ex-
tracted from the underground work.
ings of the property which is treat
ed at the Belmont mill.
TOnopah Ex
With the object Of conducting
mining operations at it's property
on a vastly more comprehensive
plan than ever, the Tonopah Exten-
sion Mining company is going ahead
with it's plans for deep mining.
which includes the erection of equip
ment which will be adequate for
any demands that may be made
upon 1t.
The installation of the gigantic
pump is now only awaiting the
completion of the concrete work at
the 16SO-foot level, where proper
foundations, upon which the pump
ing equipment will rest are being
laid. The sump from which the big
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Leases made Goldfield and today,
when high mining costs have made
necessary the curtailment of opera
tions in some of the largest mines
of the district, lessees are again
active, and it is a fact realized by
few that the scope of their opera
tions is large and that in many in
stances big sums have been cleared
by the men engaged.
During the period of the receiv-
ership of the Florence mine, during
which all mining has been conduct
ed by lessees, the actual gold pro-
duction has amounted to $250,0OO
and during the past year the Mech
ling and Brandon leases combined
have netted the lessees over $60,-
900.
Much of this production has come
from ground not explored previous
to the operations of the lessees.
The operations in recent months
of the Red Hill Florence, holding a
long-term lease on the greater part
of the Red King claim of the Flor
ence, are we'll known and an i'm
portant production has been made
of both high-grade and mill-grade
ore and this large area, most of it
never before prospected, appears to
hold forth promise of a large and
highly-profitable production for
many years to come. Two carload
shipments we're made by the Red
Hill during the past week.
The Rogers. Little Florence and
other boom-day leases operated in
THIS ground under the Lockhart
management of the Florence, being
prohibited from extracting any ore
assaying under $50 per ton and
large quantities of what is now
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
PIONEER CD.
STATEMENT
ISSUED
MORE THAN MILLION SHARES
HAVE BEEN EX-
CHANGED

The Reorganized Pioneer Mines
company has sent a circular ,ette~
to stockholders of the Pioneer Con-
solidated company who have not yet
Exchanged shares in the old com
pany for stock of the Reorganized
Pioneer Mines company.
To the present time more than
1 100000 shares have been exchang-
ed by stockholders scattered
throughout the country, but the di-
rectors of the new company have
considered it advisable to extend
the exchange period to Sept. Is. so
as to give all shareholders ample
opportunity to make the exchange
and participate in any benefits that
may accrue through development of
the Pioneer mine under the new
organization.
The letter in part follows:
up to this time considerably
more than 100000 of Pioneer
Consolidated Mines company shares
have been exchanged for shares of
the new company. Preliminary
work has been started on the prop
erty and the Indebtedness of the old
company is now being liquidated
and within a very short time the
company will be in a position to
start an aggressive campaign in
the development of the Pioneer
mine at depth.
"You have been advised from time
to time of the physical condition of
the Pioneer mine and of the opin-
ions of mining engineers and geolo-
gists who have visited the property.
regarding possibilities of this prop
erty when developed to depth of
500 feet or more, it being the unan-
imous opinion of all mining author
tiles who have reported on the prop
erty that at depth of approx
mately 500 feet the ore will be
found in a vein-like form.
"All stockholders undoubtedly
are aware of what gold mining COM
panies have had to contend with in
the last few years in the way of in
creased costs, which has resulted in
many mines being forced to tempo
rarily suspend operations, and
which has resulted in an alarming
decrease in the production of gold
bullion.
However it is gratifying to
know that the present agitation
Throughout the country to encour-
age gold mining has brought the
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
GOLDFIELD MAN TO PROSPECT
MARSH AT BLAIR FOR POTASH

from 10 to IL per cent potash,
which he says is a larger percent
age than is contained in the mater
ial being worked either at Searles
lake or in the Nebraska fields.
He says the deposits occur in
brine, the same as at Searles lake.
and that he plans to work the
ground through pumping and evapo-
ration.
According to Crane, the Blair
marsh was the bed of a prehistoric
lake, drainage from the surrounding
country, containing potash, flowing
into 1t. In his opinion, as the wa
ters receded, the saline contents ac-
cumulated in the marsh and, sink
ing to the bottom, were enriched
continually through drainage water.
In his application for a permit.
Crane states that he intends to ex-
plore the marsh with a spring-pole
drilling machine for holes less than
100 feet and without casing and to
use a Keystone drilling machine
for holes over 100 feet and less than
400 feet, with casing.
Crane states that he has devoted
some part of each of the past eight
years to prospecting the marsh, that
he is familiar with the work OF
other prospectors and that he is
confident of making a success OF
the venture.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
7ONOPAH DIVIDE DISTRICT IS
INSTALLING ELECTRIC power
Electrical

Tonopah Miner: Electrical
equipment will be in operation short
ly on the Tonopah Divide property,
nearly all of the machinery having
been delivered at the mine, and
thereafter shipments to the Gold
field Consolidated mill will go for
ward at the rate of a carload daily.
The new equipment will enable the
management to enlarge the scope of
underground work, and the north
west drift, on the $40 level, which
has been delayed awaiting this
installation, will be extended to
prospect the ore channel in this di-
rection.
With this equipment in operation
there will be no interference with
development work when stoping is
begun, and present mine conditions
indicate that there will be no ne
cessity for extensive stopping opera
tions for some time to come to sup
ply the tonnage it is planned to
ship to the mill. The ore dump
contains between 5000 and 5000
tons Of shipping ore. all of which
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

John W. Crane, a Goldfield man,
has received from the first assist
ant secretary of the interior a per-
NIT giving him the right to prospect
for potash in the Blair salt marsh
district in this county.
This permit is given under an act
OF congress approved Oct. 2, 1917,
providing for the issuance of pros
pecting permits for a period not to
exceed two years, for the prospect
ing of lands for potash. Under the
form of agreement issued by the
government, work must start with
in 80 days after the granting of
the permit, and Crane states that
he has ample finances to thorough
ly prospect the ground and that he
will start work well inside the 90
day period allowed
The Blair marsh lies rs miles
of Goldfield and, according to
Crane. last month an expert and
four men, representing Nebraska
interests holding an option on a
large acreage owned by Goldfield
men, prospected the marsh and re-
ported favorably, but abandoned
the project owing to the impossi-
bility of securing delivery of ma
chinery at present.
Crane states that there are big
possibilities in the marsh, which he
says analysis has shown to contain
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

has been extracted in the course
of development work, and indica-
tions point to a further substantial
production from drifts and cross
cuts on the three levels now being
worked.
Results of the more recent devel-
opment work have been the most
important in the history of the
mine. After the orebody had been
opened on the 160 and 265-foot lev
els the shaft was sunk another lift
and a cross-cut to the southwest
penetrated the ore on the 370-foot
level. At this depth the orebody
was found to be 22 feet wide. lying
between well-defined walls, and av-
eraging around $50 per ton. A
drift on the footwall side, extend
ing southeast, passed through the
break in the vein. exposed on the
upper levels, and entered ore of
higher grade within a few feet of
the main cross-cut.
After extending the drift a dis
tance of so feet Superintendent
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
LESSEES MAKING Big PRODUCTION FROM FLORENCE

other such orebodies that lessees
are now mining the Florence
ground and, although the early-day
finds have not been duplicated
their work has put several of the
lessees on Easy street.
People interested in the receiver
ship are at the present time conf
dent that the receiver can be dis
charged within the next 80 days as
only a few comparatively snail
sums remain unpaid.
The Mechling and Brandon leases
recently have opened a new ore
shoot at point 25 feet above the
400-foot level of the old Rogers
lease shaft, in new ground, and ore
assaying SIS ton is being broken
over a two-foot width.
Joe Boesch and Arthur Giles, op-
Grating blocks on the north end of
ground known as the Riley lease"
block, are making fairly regular
shipments of low-grade ore to the
Western Ore Purchasing company
sampler. These two are among the
leases being operated at a profit
and the owners also are mining in
adjoining block of Consolidated
ground, shipments from this lease
going to the Consolidated mill.
DR.. S. Arnold and j. w. Van
Wrinkle are working in ground ad-
joining the Combination Fraction
and recently opened new orebody
from which they have obtained as
says of $50 per ton. They are
now preparing their first shipment
and what the ore will assay in car
load lots will not be known until
returns have been received from
the sampler.
The Stevens and Oleson leases are
mining blocks in the old Baby Flor
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

pump will raise the water to the
surface from the deeper levels in
the mine has almost been complet-
ed, some time having been devoted
to lining the sump with concrete.
With the preliminary work COM
pleted, which will be within a short
time, the company will be in a po-
sition to keep the shaft clear of wa
ter and to continue the work of
sinking the Victor shaft to the low
est level, after which the tentative
plans that have been made for To-
eating the big orebodies of the Vic
tor ground will be put in operation.
Belmont
That the Tonopah Belmont Devel-
opment company continues to main
tain a splendid and uniform rate
of production is better appreciat-
ed by noting the profits for the
past few months. The net earnings
for the month of July were $685.
634.32, which resulted from the
treatment of 7S47 tons of ore, con-
tanning 11195S ounces of silver. The
profits for the last three months
are as follows: May, $66,011.41;
June, $61,O31.6S; July, $5S,634.62.
The slight falling off in profits
for the last two months is due to
the fact that less tonnage was
milled, due to conditions over
which the company had no control.
The value of the ore has remained
practically the same, and it must
be regarded as an encouraging fea-
ture that tonnages, values and pro-
fits vary very little from month to
month, indicating a substantial and
sound basis of operation.
All four plants of the Tonopah
Belmont Development company are
now in operation, the Belmont Wag-
ner mill having started up July IL.
Clyde A. Heller, president, who is
back from an inspection of the
properties, said that the mills are
doing all that had been expected of
them and that the mines arr in
good shape. A new orebody has
been encountered at the Surf Inlet
mine, which looks very promising,
says the Philadelphia News Bureau.
West End
That the West End mine is des-
tined to become one of the largest
If not actually the largest silver
producing mine in southern Nevada
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

afternoon. In some of his work
Lawrence also used dry washer.
Big quartz veins cut across the
ridges as the latter run into the
mountains. but no gold has ever
been found in place. and the placer
disappears on straight line run
ming parallel with the mountains
as they are approached.
Lawrence plans to leave next
week for a scheelite property owned
by him in the White mountains, in
Mono county, CAL. six miles west
from Oasis, but he states that in
the near future he will return to
his claims south Of the Palmetto
range and resume his search for
the source of the placer gold there.
On his claims in the White noun
tains, Lawrence has performed at
different times in the past seven
years $500 feet of work, most of it
done in prospecting for gold and
including 1900 feet of tunneling,
and at one time worked % men.
He states that he has shipped 13
sacks of 621k per cent ore from his
scheelite claims from a tunnel driv-
en- to cut a vein at a depth of $50
feet, but that he has been unable
to open an ore-shoot over five inch
es in width, although the vein car
ries low-grade ore throughout its
entire width.
He now plans to install jig
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
To DEVELOP
MANGANESE
CLAIMS
GAIT,LAC- KUSICK GROUP is
LEASED TO CARL
FUETSCH

Arthur E. Barnes has announced,
as attorney for Carl Fuetsch, a
Tonopah and Goldfield business
man, that he has closed a deal with
Ike Gaillac and Mat Kusick for a
lease on their manganese property
on the Ida road seven miles south
of Goldfield.
Late in July Gaillac and Kusick
created interest in Goldfield and
Tonopah mining circles when they
reported that they had discovered
manganese close to Goldfield at
the side of the Ida road, where it
had been passed by thousands of
people for many years.
The discovery was examined by
Goldfield and Tonopah mining men
with varying reports coming from
them following their examinations.
Some were highly enthused and
others did not look with favor on
the property. A number offered to
work it under different agreements,
but, owing to the owners insisting
on a substantial cash payment, no
agreement could be reached until a
Los Angeles man finally agreed to
purchase the ground. This deal
never was consummated and since
then Gaillac has been endeavoring
to interest Tonopah mining men.
but met with no success, 1t is un-
derstood entirely owing to the fact
that he consistently demanded cash
before work could be started, until
Fuetsch made him cash payment,
the amount c which has not been
stated, and agreed to start work
under lease.
Fuetsch is known here as a
shrewd business man and states that
he will Immediately put men to
work prospecting the claims and
that he intends to discover their
true value in as short a time as
possible He says he is confident
that if the ore as opened on the
surface continues to depth the
lease will be a profitable one.
The vein on these claims Is said
to be 80 feet wide at the point
where the original discovery was
made and men who have examined
the ground state that it can be
traced on the surface for 1900
feet. Assays obtained are said to
have shown the ore to be of high
grade.
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
REORGANIZATION
OF ATLANTA
RATIFIED
COMPANY is PLACED ON AN
ASSESSABLE
BASIS

A special meeting of stockholders
of the Atlanta Mines company, held
in Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 10 to ratify
the plan of reorganization of the
company, resulted in a unanimous
adoption of the reorganization
plans, placing the company on an
assessable basis.
IN July notices were mailed to
stockholders, informing them of re-
organization plans and accompany
ing the notices was a statement of
mine conditions by A. H. Howe, Sec
retary and treasurer of the COM
pany.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
HIGH-GRADE PLACER MINED
SOUTH OF PALMETTO RANGE

/. N. Lawrence, one of the pio-
neer mining men of the Goldfield
district, returned here a few days
ago from the Palmetto range and,
as usual. had a bottle of gold with
him.
Many times during the past 1S
months Lawrence has come to Gold
field and has always brought a
bottle of gold here with him, Sc
cured from placer mining south of
the Palmetto range and a quarter
mile from the power sub-station at
that point.
For the past IS months he has
taken coarse placer gold from the
black material lying on bedrock
over a distance of four miles in the
ridges approaching the Palmetto
range, carrying water, washing out
the gold and boiling it in nitric
acid to remove the iron with which
it is found.
Lawrence states that the entire
district in which he has been
working is spotted with placer gold,
found in crevices in the bedrock,
which is covered with from a few
inches to four feet of material. but
that he has never been able, despite
long periods that he has searched,
IN find tho courca of tho cold
From one gulch he states that
he panned 5000 worth of coarse gold
and that in work in this gulch he
secured SIS worth of gold in one
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

least IL men. The Reilly ant
Sweeney leases of the early days
each produced about $750,000 in
high-grade ore, B. j. Reilly securing
his lease after the ground had been
abandoned at time when the less
ees were directly on top. of the ore
shoot. which proved to be one of
the best bodies ever found in the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

good-grade mill ore remain in the
block and that the claim contains
good bodies of high grade is con-
tinually being demonstrated in work
done by the Red Hill Florence, in
which ore running as high as $500
per ton is being broken and shipped
at big profit at the present time.
Since January, 1903, the Flor
ence mine has made fortunes for at
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

That the West End mine is des-
tined to become one of the largest
if not actually the largest silver
producing mine in southern Nevada
Continued on Page Eight
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-20
A CHILD'S TONGUE
SHOWS IF LIVER OR
BOWELS ARE ACTIVE
II Cross, Feverish, Sick Bill
ious, Give Fruit Laxative
at Once.

Every mother realizes. after rive
lng her children California Syrup
OF rigs that this Ia their ideal laH-
alive. because they love its pleas
ant taste and II thoroughly cleanSes
the tender little stomach. liver and
bowels without gripping
when cross. irritable, fev~rlsh or
breath Ia bad. stomach sour, look at
the tongue. Mother N coated, give
a t~aHpoopful OF this harmless fruit
LAXATIVE" and In a few hours all ne
foul. constipated waste sour bile
and undigeStod food passes oait Of ihs
bowels and you have a we'll play
ful child again. when itH little sys-
tenn IN falI ot cold. throat sore. has
stomach ache. diarrhoea, indiTes-
lion. cole, rrrDe mber, a good In
ride rleAnnnE" should always be me
first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep calf
furuia Syrup OF Figs handy. they
know traapnonful today aavea A
eirk child tomorrow Ask your drug
gisf for A bottle Of california Syr-
up OF IYEs," which has directions
Tor bables. children Of all ages and
yrowp.ups printed on the bottle Re
ware OF conntsrfrlts sold here. 10
aoo't b, fooled Get the Eenuina.
made hy "CAufornla FiE syrup Com
pany."--AdV
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-20
City Briefs


nE j. D. WALLACE of hm city
attending ..nI.s tt thr MAY
-m..H..m 0u Rochester MINI
+ 'II'EINs WILL br charged for
. inspections nHHr 0u the future hy
. Oh, lr. uHrNa. Tho city gummIs.
tnn Yesterday authorized CITY At
'onrN ItU srrrI io draw up a
a.t.u ut charges
MISS DOROTHY LEAw Is the
new ei'uuEEphrr in the office oi
. 'he county attorney taking place ui
Miss Elpha Frost who is undgS
stood to Doe suffering from an ~
tack OF typhoid
BECAUSE. AS SHE alleges IN her
petition. william Mf'cs is utterly
th.ff.rsB and even refused al one
time 20 pay her Doctors bin. Lillian
Miles filed suit lu superior court for
divorce
MIR AND MRS. n. r. SMITH. re-
siding 40 Tenth and Yorktown, are
parents ~ tripleis born at a. IN.
Friday. July 10. Two " tho children
arc boys and tho other "a girl Mr..
and Mrs Smith are parents ~ twin
boys years OF age.
FRIENDS received card ycster-
day announcing that Julius G. Pas
ley has arrived IN France with tho
G6th engineers Mr.. Paisley former
ly was In tho traffic department oi
tho oklahoma Petroleum a. GaHo-
line Co.
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CROWDED IN ITS ftesent quar-.
trrH the LiufnUr on company WIN
construct an addition 10 It's building
al sos East second street The Inn
proycments viii cost $500, accord
ing To estimates made yesterday 20
the city building inspector.
-
check FOR ii455O on the Union Ma
tlOnal bank The name OF y, u.
Price was used on the check lie
was held under bond Of $1,000 for
preliminary trial on the 2tth.
=
CHARGING NEGLECT and cruel
ty. Mary Morse filed suit yesterday
iu superior court for divorce from
Mark l. Morse Petition states that
Morse. an able-bodied man. earns n
good salary. but does not seem TO
care 10 support the plaintiff who
has TO work for her own mainten-
ancr.
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RANK CLEARlNGS continue 20
mount TO new records The total
cIeRrinCH for the week ending July
10 were il1,22S.912.97 as compared
with t6,371622sl IN 1917. about
tho same period This ls an In
crease OF 76.2 per cent over last
year, despite the war.
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THE NAVY RECRUITING office
enlisted five men Friday. They will