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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10

Work is now in progress in the
property of the Grandma Consoli-
dated company at depth of SIS
feet, where a cross-oEt is being ex-
tended to the west, III the shale.
While this work is designed pri-
marily to increase the capacitv OF
the sImp belov depth of sos ieet,
it is also of value in exploring the
shale to the west of the shaft, and
the distance it will be continued
will depend on conditions found as
the work advances.
After completing the driving OF
this cross-cut a station will be cut
in the shaft at sos feet and drifts
will be driven into the shale contact
zone in both directions.
The Grandma shaft entered the
vein in the latter part of April and
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10
mining FOR
PLACER At
TULE
SHAFTS ARE BEING SUNK TO
PROSPECT BED
ROCK

Placer mining now appears to
hold the center of the stage in
the Tule canyon district, 35 miles
south of Goldfield, and many Gold
field men are interested in the de-
velopment of placer ground there.
Successful lessees on the ingalls,
mine, following recent shipment
of valuable ore made by them, have
stopped work on the ingalls, proper
ty and started the sinking of shafts
to prospect bed rock in the placer
claims. AL Borcherding and P. J..
McDermitt, two of the lessees, have
sunk two shafts in the past few
weeks. but, owing to conditions.
have in each instance failed to
reach bed rock The second shaft
sunk by them disclosed huge boul-
der lying on the bed rock and they
abandoned work at this point and
are understood to be now sinking a
third shaft.
Directly north of this ground.
Frank Hanus and F. M. Field, the
former well-known Goldfield man
and the latter one of the pioneer
mining men of the Tule canyon dis
trict, are working five claims.
Field has worked properties in
the canyon at different times for
the past 20 years and is regarded
as being particularly we'll informed
regarding the ground. For the past
three weeks the men have been
working steadily in drifting on bed
rock from a shaft sunk AZ feet at
the side of the wash.
In the shaft and drift they have
secured paintings in :olc seams and
are now entering the gravel, but
the drift has not been advanced to
a point where gold in the gravel
may be expected.
This property is equipped with a
12-horsepower distilate hoist and
5OO-gallon pump that is in constant
operation, pumping 100000 gallons
per day.
In prospecting for placer gold il
past years, many shafts have been
sunk in this wash to depths of from
Is to 35 feet. Four to five miles
northwest of where work is now
being done, years ago Chinese sunk
numerous shafts and made their
mining pay, but they stopped work
in every instance when the water
level was reached.
Hanus and Field are the first to
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10
new ORE CUT
IN RED HILL
Mine
HIGH GRADE ORE Is OPENED
IN WORK ON
RAISES

Developments of importance have
occurred in the past few days on
the Red Hill Florence and in two
places ore running from $50 to
$400 is being broken. In the raise
from the 50O-foot level, which is
now up 25 feet, two feet of ore as
saying $3.50 is being mined and in
the raise from the 400 level, which
is now up 35 feet, three feet of ore
assaying over $400 is being broken.
Two carloads of ore, or about 1875
tons, averaging SIG per ton, have
been secured in work on the 500
foot level, at a point near the raise
in which the high-grade ore recent
ly was found Shipment of this
grade of ore is made possible by
special low rates which have been
secured from the smelters by Man
ager j. B. Kendall and the shipment
will be sent forward as soon as cars
can be secured.
cross-cut being driven to the hang
, ing wall of the vein on the 500-foot
level and a drift is being run north
on the 3O0-foot level to connect with
the old Mohawk shaft, where there
is believed to be rich ore.
Work on the deep levels of the
Red Hill Florence in territory leas-
ed from the Florence Goldfield is
, regarded as promising to result in
a substantial production of medium
and low-grade ore, as lessees for
merly operating in this territory,
owing to high freight rates of the
early days, were unable to ship any
but high-grade ore, and 1t is believ-
ed good bodies of medium and low
grade will be opened as a result of
the work now in progress.
Under arrangements made with
the smelters this ore can now be
marketed at a good profit and the
company management is confident
further development work in this
ground will result profitably.
Up to the present the Red Hill
Florence has been making fairly
regular shipments of ore In cars of
large capacity, several having been
loaded with 70 tons, and the prog
ress of work in the leased territory
and that which has resulted in the
opening in the past few days of
levels is being watched with inter
est by local mining men.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 6. =
The American Mining Congress,
composed of 10 per cent of the pro-
ducing operators of the country, is
sounding an alarm intended to Sc
cure relief for gold producers in
the United States. There is dan
ger that unless SOME such relief is
accorded by congress, thousands of
gold miners will be out of employ
ment and millions of dollars worth
of equipment will be idle until cost
of production can be adjusted.
The mining congress is acting
promptly to prevent disaster. Re-
ports from such camps as Cripple
Creek indicate that while producers
dislike to stop the operation OF
properties and producing forces
which have been years in organiza-
tion, not a wheel will be turning in
most of the district in three
months unless some relief is agreed
upon.
All gold producers in the country
are called to a conference which
opens in Reno Aug. IL. Governor
Boyle will preside, and James F.
Callbreath, secretary of the mining
congress, will assemble and present
to the conference concrete sugges-
tions assembled from producing
mines showing conclusively that un-
less the administration quickly
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10
T0NOPAH Divide Mine IS READY
TO START MAKING SHIPMENTS

fOOt-wall drift was started to the
east and within a few feet it pass
ed through the fault that had been
found on the upper level and en-
tered ore of higher grade. The
drift has been advanced so feet in
ore averaging about $50 per ton
and at the 50foOt point another
cross-cut has been started to pros
pect the vein for it's full width.
Shipments of ore from the Divide
property are to begin at once, the
product being sent to the Goldfield
Consolidated company's mill for
treatment at the rate of a carload
daily. 1t is not likely that rail-
road spur will be constructed to
the mine at present, owing to the
obstacles facing any plans for new
construction, and motor trucks will
be used to haul the ore to the
nearest point on the Tonopah &c
Goldfield railroad. Thorough tests
of the ore at the Consolidated mill
have insured an extraction of at
least 92 per cent of the gold and
silver content.
The presence of molybdenum in
the Divide ore is not now regarded
as of great Importance, particularly
in view of the smaller content of
this metal found on the deeper lev
ell. Treatment of the ore will be
by cyanidation and molybdenum is
not a refractory or neutralizing ell
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10

leans and the drift is being run un-
der a part of the town of Hornsilver.
Two shifts of miners are working in
driving the drift.
Tim Connolly is leasing on the
Nettie L. No. 2 claim, having a
block 6OOx6O0 feet on the north
end of the claim. A shaft on this
block is 100 feet in depth, sunk on
the footwall of a big vein A nine
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10
many H0RNSILVER Mines ARE MAKING PRODUCTION

foot ore-shoot, asaying frCm IS to
$2S, has been opened in a cros"-'n ut
driven is feet north from the Lot
tom of the shaft and Cohno,!y was
in Goldfield during the week 20 Sc
cure lumber for the erection of ore
bins. Shipments will be started in
the near future to the mill, which
is only 1900 feet distant. Tile 'ein
in which ore was found in this
ground lies between the main vein
of the Silvermines corporation and
the Dunfee vein.
On the Nettie l.. No. 1 claim, west
of the ground being mined by Con-
molly and on the north end of the
claim. which is owned by the Silver
mines corporation, AL Coffee and
NJ E. Seamens have a lease which
is being worked through a 75-foot
shaft Coffee and Seamens recent
ly shipped to the mill 20 tons Of
$26 ore. They have been working
with a windlass, but are now plan
ming to install a power hoist.
]. B. Nalaskowski and Andy Car
rion have erected head frame
and hoist on a 10O-foot shaft in
leasing operations on the Silver
King ground. They have four men
employed and, with Ferrick and
Lembke, working two adjoining
blocks under lease, are repairing the
shaft for sinking to explore all
three leases at depth.
On the Nalaskowski and Carrion
lease, in a winze sunk 65 feet from
drift from the bottom of the
shaft, good ore is exposed and a
shipment recently was made.
Harry De Vote, owning the
American property, adjoining on
the west property owned by the Gold
Mountain Mining Co., is working
through a shaft 200 feet in depth
and sunk in the vein. THE ground
is one mile from the center of the
district. lying southeast from the
Silvermines.
Over $4,000 worth of ore as
saying over $50 per ton is said to
have been shipped from the Ameri-
can in the past and good ore is now
exposed in a winze from the 200
level. A shipment now in the mill
averages $24.
Shipments recently were started
to the Silvermines mill from the
old Florida mine near Ida, eight
and one-half miles from Hornsilver
A five-ton truck is making three
trips daily. The ore is said to be
of high grade and $50 tons will be
hauled to Hornsilver for milling.
Two "inside" properties in the
district, the cara group and
Helen claim, the former owned by
Charles O'Daniel of Goldfield and
the latter also by Goldfield men,
although regarded as ground of par
ticular promise, have been idle for
some time.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10

One hundred men are now en-
played in various mines and leases
of the Hornsilver district and
good production is being made
from a number of properties, the
ore being milled in the plant OF
the Silvermines corporation, which
is successfully operating on over
100 tons a day. The district is one
of the most prosperous in the south
ern part of the state and the open
ing of new orebodies is continually
putting more men to work, making
future prospects for the town ex-
ceedingly bright.
While Hornsilver is generally
known as silver camp, ore assay
ing high in gold is of frequent oc-
currence at depths below 100 feet
and in some places small bodies Of
ore assaying as high as $500 per
ton in gold have been opened. Bull
lion produced in the Silvermines
mill is said to average 25 per cent
gold over long periods, the gold con-
tent of the ore varying as taken
from different properties and from
different depths.
The mill of the Silvermines cor
poration is operating at full capaci-
ty and IS men are employed in the
mine and mill. The mine is being
worked on all levels to a depth of
600 feet. The shaft on the prop
erty is 900 feet in depth, but no
lateral work has been done below
600 feet, although an air hoist has
been installed in the shaft and the
company is said to be planning to
sink to an additional depth of 200
feet in the near future.
The Orleans mine. operated under
lease by J. w. Dunfee, has a shaft
600 feet in depth. Drifting east
and west on the 600-foot level is
now in progress and shipments of
from 100 to $50 tons per week are
being made, the ore assaying $2S.
This ground has produced we'll from
upper levels in the past and ore
five feet in width is now being
broken on the 600 level in drifts
which have been extended 40 feet
east and west in the ore-shoot.
On the 400 and 50O-foot levels
the ore-shoot now being worked was
IA feet in width and for a time
shipments we're made at a rate of
from so to 100 tons day.
Patrick Mooney, a Tonopah busi-
ness man, has financed a lease on
the Nettie L. No 8 claim of the
Silvermines corporation and drifting
is in progress at a depth Of $50 feet
to cut a known ore-shoot opened on
the surface. The drift is expected
to cut ore in a distance of $50 feet.
Frank Connolly. pioneer Goldfield
miner, is manager of this lease.
The Silvermines corporation is
also operating lease on the Or
leans property, working through the
old Hardwick-Dunfee lease shaft.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10
TONOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS
The Tonopah company,s mill each week, al

Tonopah Miner: The Tonopah
Belmont sent to the mill 1885 tons,
the Tonopah Mining 800 tons, the
Tonopah Extension 210S tons, the
Jim Butler 2S5 tons, the. West End
1049 tons, the Halifax 4S tons, the
Montana Sc tons, the MacNamara
915 tons, the Cash Boy tons, the
Rescue 68 tons, and miscellaneous
80 tons, making the total produc-
tion for the week 1922 tons, the
estimated value being $165,274.
This valuation is calculated on the
gross milling value of the ore.
TonOpah Mining
After stopping at Wonder, New,
to inspect the Nevada Wonder Min
ing company's property, Colonel C.
A Higbee, secretary and treasurer
of the sTonopah Mining company;
j. Harvey Whiteman, vice president
and general counsel for the COM
ipany, and Barton Hopes, director,
arrived in Tonopah Wednesday eve-
ming. They were conveyed from
Wonder to Tonopah by the Nevada
Wonder Mining company's car,
which was driven by E. E. Carpen-
ter, superintendent of said COM
pany.
In an interview with a represen-
tative of the Miner these gentlemen
expressed themselves as being well
pleased with conditions at the To-
nopah Mining cOmpany's property
and very optimistic over the future
possibilities of the other properties
controlled by the Tonopah Mining
company, such as the Eden mine at
Nicaragua, Tonopah Placers COM
pany at Breckenridge, Col, and the
Colonel Higbee in discussing the
Eden Mining company, said that
operations at the mine and mill
were running smoothly, but it devel-
oped that there was not sufficient
power to run the mine and mill both
at their capacity, and that it was
necessary to close down the mill
while the mine was being worked
and vice versa, necessitating consid-
erably more delay and expense than
was justified, so in order to secure
sufficient power to operate the en-
tire plant at it's capacity, the engi-
neers of the company are driving a
large tunnel to the source of sup
ply, which when completed will be
the means of supplying ample power
to adequately handle all operations
TOnOpah Elk
The development on the 1880
level of the Tonopah Extension con-
tinues to produce large tonnage of
splendid ore, which is treated at the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10

A drift is being extended from the
2OO-foot level into the Whirlwind
claim of the Silvermines corpora
ton to disclose if the ore
shoot now being worked on the
Dunfee block extends into this
ground. Ore is being extracted in
the work of driving the drift ard
is being shipped to the mill. The
Whirlwind claim lies west of the Or
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-10

company's mill each week, and the
slopes on the Murray and Merger
veins still disclose wide faces OF
fine mill ore. These Slopes contrib
ute literally toward the tonnage
milled each month, and it is crafty
ing, indeed, the way they have
maintained large and uniform
production of excellent ore since
the time stopping operations were
started some months ago on these
bonanza orebodies. The deep work
in the Tonopah Extension are no,
only a source of keen satisfaction
and delight to the management and
stockholders of that company, but
also to the other companies which
are operating farther out on the
flat, and which take the excellent
showing on the 16S0-foot level OF
the Tonopah Extension as an en-
couraging indication that they, too,
will be rewarded for the courage
and confidence with which opera
tions have been carried on in the
western area of the district, where
it requires the spending of large
sums of money in sinking through
the cap-rock to the ore-bearin3 for
nation.
Development at the Tonopah
Belmont continues on large scale
and is returning the most satisfac-
tory results. The usual exploratory
W ork is in progress on the various
levels and the Slopes are yielding
very substantial tonnages, as is in
dicated by the company's mill re-
port, which shows an average OF
ehout 1000 tons treated per week.
The development of the Mizpah
Fault vein on the 500 and 1900 foot
levels is more encouraging than ii
has been for some time and the
widths disclosed in the respective
workings are somewhat wider than
heretofore. Probably the most i'm
pcrtant piece of development work
in the mine is that being prosecuted
on the 1000 and 1100-foot levels,
which is being driven to prospect
fer the South vein on the hanging
wall side of the South fault.
Halifax
The report for the weeks opera
tions at the Halifax indicates that
.he usual mining and development
Program is being carried out and
the various faces have been advane-
ed satisfactory distance There is
no work being done on the 1900
foot level at the present time. and
the biggest part of the ore that is
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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-01-19

IN outdoors. II the hive is plac.
ed within a box about o inches
greater in each dimension than
the hive itself, and the space be
tween filed with dry sawdust,
leaves or other insulating mater
;al. the necessity of heat genera
tion by the bees is reduced to a
minimum. 4 small tunnel
through the packing material
will make a passagcWay for the
bees to the entrance of the hive
Proper Food Stores.
Care must be taken to see that
the hives have proper food stores
Food such as honeydeW honey
or honevs with a large percentage
OF gums, which may cause a rapid
accumulation of eXcrement in the
bees. are undesirable, but may be
corrected by inserting a frame oil
honey in the middle OF the brooa
chamber after brood rearing has
ceased, Another remedy for I'M
| desirable stores is to feed abou.
| 10 pounds of Il sirup made OF Z
parts granulated sugar to ! par
/ of water. In either case Whcf
/ such food is given after brood
rearing has ceased it will be plae
ed by the bees in positions mos
available for immediate use, ant
! the poorest food stores saved un
til spring,whcn they may be useO
safely
As long as the Temperature @
the air surrounding the bees i
maintained at about 81 degree
and no other irritating factor j
present. the bees live so SLOWLY
that very little food is consumed
the colony being in an almost dor
tmant condition. A normal col
,onv OF bees thus protected AM
led not only will endure 81,
months or more Of confinement
but have sufficient vitality lett t.
be useful when spring comes.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-01-19
RED CROSS NEEDS SURGICAL DRESSINGS.

With an addition of 100000
new members in the Christmas
MembershipDrive, making total
OF 100000 i'll the United States,
the American Red Cross i'll every
hamlet and city is preparing to
utilize the new energy that has
volunteered for service. In the
Pacific Division, more than 900,
900 new members have been add
ed, making a total for California,
Arizona and Nevada OF almost
100000 members.
From the reports that are
reaching Marshal Hale, Manager
of the Pacific Division, and the
heads of various bureaus, it is APP
parent that theChapters that have
made wonderful showings in in
creased memberships, are striv-
ing to have the active aid of every
new member. In many cases, re-
are calling at Div
vision Headquarters to obtain adj
vice regarding the most efficient
means of increasing their pro-
duction.
Unusual interest centers in the
work of preparing surgical band
ages, which are in greatest de
mand in France at this time. Mrs.
A. l.. McLeish, Director of the
Woman's Bureau, has urged upon
each Chapter the Importance OF
this work and has emphasized
production. obedience and fleXi-
bility, on the part OF Red Cross
workers.
National Division Headquart
ers are exacting in their demands
IN preparation of surgical dress
ing and they point out that the
great achievements OF modern
surgery are largely due to re-
sognition of the Importance OF
cleanliness.
This cleanliness is of two kinds,
ordinary cleanliness or freedom
from living organisms, as well as
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-01-19
NEVADA HAS PASSED
$4,000 IN RED
TRIANGLE FUND

Nevada has passed $4,000 III
the war work campaign of the y.
NJ. c. A. and $4,000 of this has
been sent in to the national war
work council of which Cleveland
IT. Dodge is treasurer. The New
York depository pays three and
one-half per cent interest on mon
ey on hand so the interest will in
crease the contributions very mat
erially. The latest report OF the
state comes from Austin where
the Eagle Hose Company CON
tributedSl60 secured from dance
December 81 Gazette.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-01-19
CAREY is SHERIFF
OF STOREY COUNTY

a meeting OF the Board of Co.
Commissioners was held shortly
before noon today, and the board
appointed John J. Carey as sheriff
and assessor to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Thomas
wv. O'Connor. The bonds were
fixed as formerly and the new
sheriff, upon the approval of his
sureties, took over the duties of
the office. His first official act
was the appointment of Dan +.
Morgan, as deputy sheriff, ha ing
served in the same capacity under
the late sheriff O'Conner.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-01-19
WILL OPEN MORE LAND
80 ACRE HOMESTEADS
Land is Situated About II Mile
Southeast of Fallon on Margin
of Old Carson Lake. Among
Richest Lands on the
Truckee-C Carson
Project.

Many people in this valley as
well as elsewhere have been anXi-
ously awaiting the time when an
nouncement could be made that
the rich and fertile lands border
ing on old Carson Lake south OF
Fallon would be thrown open tC
entry, and it is with pleasure that
news is given out through Project
Manager John T. Richardson that
1910 acres of these lands will be
open to homesteaders the coming
spring.
The official announcement OF al
the conditions governing the op
ening will &C made pull: just a:
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-01-19
LOUIS LEGRIS CALLED
INTO NAVAL SERVICE

Louis Legris of SilverCity, who
enlisted in the L. S. NavalReserve
last fall, received word on Satur-
day to report at once for duty at
San Pedro, California, and he leav-
es this city tomorrow night for
that place. He enlisted as yeo-
man. His many friends here and
in Silver City will wish him sue
cessful career in the service.
Virginia Chronicle.