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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21

Samples of high-grade gold
and silver ore have been brought
to Reno from new discovery
near the old camp of Phonolite,
60 miles southeast of Fallon. First
locations on the discovery were
made by "Diamondfield jack
Davis, one of the pioneers of Gold
field. The ore is said to assay
from $14.60 to $46.50 per ton.
The samples were taken from a
33-inch ore-shoot Davis says
the district has an excellent future.
He states that there are many
good prospects in the region sur
rounding Phonolite and predicts
a large amount of prospecting
near there in the future
A reduction plant is nearly COM
pleted on a cinnabar mine owned
by M. d. Farretta and Frank Chill
ders in the Jersey district south
of Battle Mountain. The plant
will contain IL retorts and all ma
chinery will be new and modern.
Fifteen men are employed at pres
ent in the mine and in construct
ing the mill. 1t is said there is
good body of ore uncovered in
the mine and that there is enough
ore on the dump to keep the plant
operating for over a year. The
mine is 73 miles south of Battle
Mountain.
With 40 of the working force
of 100 in a hospital suffering from
influenza, the mill and mines at
Rochester have been closed and
the entire energy of the town is
devoted to fighting the disease.
Conditions there are said to be
serious. Conditions at Packard
are said to be the same, Ore
opened on the 1100-foot level of
the Rochester Mines company has
demonstrated that the ore is con-
tinuous to this depth. The north
and south drifts on the tenth lev
ell were being advanced in ore
and raises were being started on
this and the eighth level in ex-
ploration work when the mine
was closed. The average
tonnage for November was 178
tons daily and the average value
of the ore is said to have been
higher than for many months be-
fore November
The North End mines on the
Comstock continue to produce ore
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
LABOR SHORTAGE IS
FELT BY SURF INLET

Tonopah Miner: There has been
as yet no change for the better in
the conditions affecting the mining
and milling operations of the Bel
mont company in it's enterprises
outside of .Tonopah.
The Surf Inlet property, accord
ing to reports received lately, has
been shorthanded and is not work
ing up to full capacity, it being
able to provide work for many
more than are available at the
present time. Because of this
fact, the work of proving up the
possibilities of the mine has not
proceeded at a rate commensurate
with the natural develOpent of it's
resources, which ordinarily would
go hand in hand with the stopping
and production work.
However, it is believed, with
the termination of the war and the
return of sufficient men to their
accustomed occupations, the Surf
Inlet property will shortly be OPP
Grating at greater capacity and not
long thereafter will be on full
schedule both as regards the mine
and mill operations.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
DISCOVERY in SPEARHEAD IS OF
Interest To GRANDMA COMPANY

decided not to undertake to de-
velop it then and sinking of the
shaft to the shale was continued,
the decision being strengthened
by results obtained by the same
management further to the south,
where an orebody yielding $1,000
900 in high-grade ore was opened
in exploring the contact zone in
the Jumbo Extension.
The drift being extended north
from the 815-foot level is being
driven in the bedded quartz zone,
in which an important discovery
was made recently In the Spear
head at point where the quartz
mass intruded into the shale. The
drift will be continued along the
footwall of the ore channel and
authorities on the geology of the
district believe the work will re-
suit in the opening of important
orebodies, as at other places where
the contact has been explored.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
TWO CARS OF ORE
TO Be SHIPPED
FROM MERGER

The ore recently opened in $40
drift, in the 135O-foot level of the
Merger, has widened to six feet.
Samples taken on Thursday from
II mine cars of ore yielded assay
returns of $31.10 and yesterday a
sampel of the entire face of the
drift gave an assay return of
$1,000, with three feet assaying
$54.S5 in gold, silver and copper.
Manager A. l. Darcy stated last
night that two cars would be spot
ted at the mine today and filled
with ore taken from the drift.
Saving of ore was started from
a three-foot face and the two car
loads to be shipped will average
about $40 per ton, as part of the
hanging wall was broken in ex-
tracing this product before the
shoot was opened to the present
width, reducing the value of the
material. The ore can now be
tnt SlA-lOOt
face.
Breaking of ore was started on
Nov. 20 and since then air pipe
has been installed in the drift,
which is now being advanced with
machine drills.
The shipment of ore from the
Merger is generally regarded as
one of the most important events
to occur in Goldfield in recent
years, as great Importance has al
ways been attached to the large
amount of development work done
at depth in this part of the dis
trict. The Merger company owns
large area of ground that has
not been prospected to any extent
and the 1S00-foot shaft is the
deepets in southern Nevada.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
GOOD ORE FOUND IN
NORTH STAR WINZE

Tonopah Miner: The drift
which is being run in a northerly
direction from the shaft of the
North Star Mine continued to make
the usual headway during the
week along the Mizpah fault. Con-
siderable amounts of lOw-grade
quartz are in evidence with the
progress of the drift, accompanied
by the usual occurrence of quite
flow of water, an extraordinary
condition in the North Star mine
The winze from the 95O-foot level
has developed width of one foot
of ore of excellent grade and the
prospects at this place are highly
encouraging.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
WORK IS STARTED
BY LONE STAR
COMP ANY

Development work on the Lone
Star Consolidated Mining company
ground has been resumed. The
hoist and other equipment is be-
ing overhauled and in a few days
drifting will start on the 250-foot
level of the Nelligan shaft. Work
on other parts of the property will
be started either by the company
or lessees as soon as equipment
can be brought onto the ground.
Gerald B. Hartley, vice presi-
dent and superintendent of the
company, arrived here this week
from Mazuma, New, and will re-
main until operations are in full
swing.
The mining operations will be
under direction of A. H. Elftman,
consulting engineer for the COM
pany, who, during September and
October, made a detailed examina-
tion of the property and had a
small force of men working in
prospecting and cleaning out the
old workings in order to determine
where to start work.
The Lone Star consists of Is
patented claims on the south slope
of Vindicator mountain and lies
Immediately east of the Spearhead,
Blue Bell and Grandma and north
of the Merger, Blue Bull and Com
monwealth mines.
Considerable work has been done
and in the early days of Goldfield
several carloads of high-grade ore
were shipped from the ground
now accessible through the Nelli-
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21

The discovery of ore on an up
per level in the Spearhead, recent
ly announced, has a direct bear
ing on work planned for the fu-
ture in the Grandma, adjoining
the Spearhead on the north, a
the vein in which ore was opened,
known as the Grandma-Spearhead
vein and running through the
claims of both companies, was
in the Grandma shaft at 250 feet
and the management will prospect
this territory after the shale con
tact zone has been explored fur
ther.
The apex of the vein is near
the western sideline of the Grand
ma claim and can be traced on
the surface south through the
Spearhead. 1t was found in the
Grandma shaft as it dips to the
east and between the ESQ and
300-foot points showed quartz of
excellent appearance.
When the vein was cut it was
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
DIVIDE SHAFT BEING
SUNK FROM $40 LEVEL

After delay caused by the ne
cessity for installing an auxiliary
hoist on the 370-foot level, sinking
of the Tonopah Divide shaft has
been resumed and will be contin-
ued until water level is reached,
which it is expected will be at
from 700 to 500 feet. Stations
will be cut in the shaft at 100
foot intervals.
A new bunk house has been
erected for the accommodation of
an increased force of miners.
Work on the second and third
levels continues to increase the al
ready great tonnage of ore block
ed out and regular shipments OF
from 200 to 800 tone of ore are
being made weekly to the Consoli-
dated mill at Goldfield, where a
high extraction is being secured
A drift is being extended in the
gold vein from the south crosscut
the size and value of the orebody
showing no change.
The crosscut being driven on the
vein on the 300-foot level has not
yet reached the hanging wall.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
|LESSEES At IOLICHA
MAY SOON SHIP ORE

Lessees operating the Life Pre-
server group of claims at Tolicha
Peak, SO miles south of Goldfield,
are driving a short working level
from the surface to connect with
the bottom of a 50-foot shaft sunk
by former lessees. Good progress
is again being made by the lessees
latter working through an excep-
tionally difficult formation to
break and it is expected that the
shaft will be reached within the
next few days.
Ore of shipping grade is said
to be exposed in the shaft and
when this has been opened suffi-
GENTLY the lessees state they will
start hauling the product in mo-
tor trucks to point IL miles
distant on the Tonopah & Tidewa-
ter road.
The lessees say they have
posed a wide body of $50 ore,
which they claim can be shipped at
a good profit.
Ore sufficient for two-carload
shipment has been secured from
the main vein where it is exposed
on the surface, according to the
lessees.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21

Tonopah Miner: Satisfactory
headway is being made by the Ne
vada Wonder Mining company in
it's operations at the old Monitor
Belmont mine at Belmont, Nye
county, Nevada.
The main work in process con-
sists of exploring old drifts and
slopes in the territory between
the Highbridge and Belmont shafts
on the 200-foot level. Several
large slopes are also being sam
pled with a view to determining
their possibilities.
The company has installed ma
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
SPEARHEAO RAISE
BEING DRIVEN
TO CONTACT

The raise from the 91O-foot
level of the Spearhead has now
been advanced 20 feet and is be-
ing continued in ore, according to
H. F. Bruce, manager of the mine.
The raise has not yet reached the
4 contact between the latte and
shale and no estimate has been
made of the height at which the
contact will be found. The drift
from which the raise is being driv-
en- is also being continued in ore,
which Manager Bruce states is
of about the same grade and width
as when the discovery was made
Two machine drills are now in OPP
Grafton on this level.
The orebody was found in the
main crosscut on this level and
after it was opened a drift was
Dstarted to the southeast. Recent
ly a drift was started in the oppo-
site direction and Manager Bruce
states that he is we'll satisfied
with conditions where the import
ant discovery was made.
Work is also being continued on
the ore-shoot recently opened on
the 250-foot level, which has de-
veloped into big body of ore not
of shipping grade. This shoot
was opened near the workings of
the old Wheeler lease and assay
returns show the value of the ore
to be increasing.
The ore on the 910-foot level
contains gold, silver and copper,
any increase in the copper con-
tent showing corresponding in
crease in the amount of silver and
assays as high as $2O9.30 have
been obtained in the southeast
drift.
The ore and genera -eeadittons
on th ,rel are said to be similar
to thSUD found at corresponding
period in the opening of the bo-
nanza stope in the Jumbo Exten-
sion, short distance west, four
years ago. 1t required about
three months for the Jumbo Exten-
sNsn management to fully develop
this orebody into one of the rich
est ever found in the district and,
Judging by this, comparatively lit
tie work has yet been done in ex-
ploring the find in the Spearhead.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
SHORT COURSE TO
START AT U. OF n.

The fifth session of the pros
pectors' short course, held annual
ly at the Mackay school of mines,
university of Nevada, will open
Jan. and continue until Feb. /.
Notwithstanding the disturbed con-
dition of the mining industry, the
usual number of letters have been
received at the school of mines
from prospectors in Nevada and
neighboring states, who are con-
sidering attending the session, and
it is hoped that the class will be
ash large or larger than last year.
The object of the prospectors'
short course is to give to the Ne
vada prospector a four weeks prac-
tical training along the lines which
will be most helpful to him in his
work. The majority of those who
have attended the course in the
past have been miners and mining
men, although there has always
been, a considerable number of
other trades and professions who
were interested in prospecting as a
side issue.
While the larger part of the
class has come from Reno, other
Nevada towns have always been
well represented, and usually there
have several students from
California and other states.
The course offers an admirable
opportunity for the mining man to
brus up his knowledge along the
lines of prospecting, assaying, min
eralogy and geology, and to dis
cuss subjects of special interest to
him at times when they are taken
up in the regular course Of class
work.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
BELMONT PUMPS ARE READY

chinery at the Belmont shaft for
hosting water and, and this will
also serve to dewater the High
bridge shaft, and the company's
engineers state that it is expected
the water will be lowered to the
30O-foot level before Jan. 1.
The company has adequate
equipment on the ground for pres
ent operations and unless some un-
looked for condition arises should
be in q position TO demonstrate
the potentialities OF the mine In a
short time.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
ANOTHER SHIFT ADDED
AT BROUGHER DIVIDE

Tonopah Miner: Another shift
of miners has been added to the
crew of the Brougher Divide Min
ing company in the Divide district.
ample accommodations being pro-
vided for the augmented force of
men. Since the last report was
made 81 feet of sinking has been
performed, making the shaft now
SO feet below the 300-foot level.
Within this distance decided
change has been shown in the
shaft. the formation now being
heavily oxidized. 4
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-21
GREAT BEND WILL
SHIP CAR Of ORE

carload shipment of ore will
be made from the Great Bend
mine in the next few days, accord
ing to Superintendent l.. l.. Del
linger.
This ore, taken from stope
above the 16O-foot level, will as
say from $25 to $50 per ton. Ore
for shipment has been taken from
this stope since early in November
when work on the orebody was
started, and conditions are report
ed to be excellent.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02

LOST.-Between Harmony and st.
George, July 26, crank for Studebaker
car. Please return to Kopp's Garage.
Reward.-Adv. 1w. pd.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
us WORTH WEIGHT
IN GOLD"HE SAYS
Howard Gains II Pounds BY
Taking Tanlac-Lays His
Walking Cane Aside.

well, have actually gained four
teen pounds in the past six weeks by
taking Tanlac and now Pm going back
home well man and go to work just
like | used to before | got sick" This
interesting and remarkable statement
was made by Henry S. Howard,
well-known farmer and stock raiser
of King Hill, Idaho, while purchasing
more of the medicine in Salt Lake
recently.
81 have suffered from rheumatism
and indigestion for twelve years."
continued Mr.. Howard. 81 had gotten
to where | could hardly eat thing,
because everything went against me
and besides had no appetite. Every
joint in me swollen with rheuma-
tism, and hurt so could hardly bear
to he touched. | was in such q bad
fix | couldn't work, so I decided to
come down here and go to a hospital
for treatment.
"When l got here six weeks ago, |
was so crippled up | had use
walking stick in order to geS along
at all. My daughter, who lives here,
got to begging me to try ranlac, but
| had taken so many things that did
me no good, that | had no faith in
Tanlac either But she insisted, I'M
til just to please her, decided to try
it. The first bottle made great
change in my feelings. My rheuma-
tism soon left me, so threw my
stick aside, and now can walk as good
as anybody.
"And eat, why just can't get
enough. | believe feel all of twenty
years younger, and its the first time
in the long time that. have felt like
myself, and l feel like could do as
much work as ever could. Well, the
hospital has had one less to treat, but
| have saved good many dollars and
have gotten rid of my troubles be-
sides, and when | get home the folks
who knew what a bad fix | was in
are going to be surprised to see such
difference. Tanlac is worth its
weight in gold, and it has convinced
me that there IS at least one medicine
that will do what they say it will and
body know about it,"
Tanlac is sold in Cedar City by the
Cedar City Drug Store and in Paro-
wan by the Parowan Drug Company.
ADV.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
PERMISSION ASKED
TO BUILD CEDAR CITY
TO LUND RAJ ROAD
(Deseret Evening News.)

Application was filed with the. pub
lie utilities commission of Utah by the
Old Capitol Petroleum company,
through Abe Meeking, it's president,
for permission to build, maintain and
operate plant facilities railroad be-
tween Cedar City and Lund, Utah. The
application also seeks permission to
arrange with II. h. McCollem to OPP
crate the road as a common carrier in
the passenger, freight and express
business. This is among the first for
NAL steps taken in project which in
one form or another has long been dis
cussed by residents of Iron county.
The application does not give many
details. a map filed with the appli-
cation shows that the survey has been
made for the road to run almost in a
straight line, in general southeast
erly direction from Lund to Cedar
City, and was prepared by Walter X.
Yorston, as chief engineer for the Pc
troleum company. Schedules of rates
are also filed for adoption or rejection
by the commission. These place the
passenger fare at about cents mile
for adults, and half that amount for
children The railroad is Al OF miles
long, and the rate given either way
between Lund and Cedar City junction
is $3.50 for adults. Between Lund
and Iron Springs, it is 81, and be-
tween Cedar City and Iron Springs
it is so cents.
Prof. j. j. Mcclellan is secretary
treasurer of the company.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
ENROLMENT OF GIRLS FOR
STUDENT NURSE COURSES

The enrolment of ladies between
10 and 35 years for Student Nurses
in the State of Utah began on Mon
day, July 20, at the Public Library in
Cedar City. Other places of regis
tration in the county will be arranged
for later.
Iron county is asked to furnish two
students for the course, and already
the committee in charge has two ap-
plications, the applicants being Miss
Estelle Parry and Mary Uric. Iron
county boys are not one whit more
patriotic than the girls, and if it comes
to the test, we will wager that the
girls will lead the procession.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
CEDAR WOMEN SAY
LOAFERS NUISANCE
While They are Struggling With Red
Cross Work, Household Duties
and Chores, Men Are Idle.
Cedar City, July 80, 1918.

Cedar City, July 30, 1918.
Dear Editor.-We, a few of the
wives and mothers of Cedar City have
decided to write few lines and are
asking you to please be kind enough
to publish them.
We are so sick and tired of seeing
70 many married men lounging around
THE doors and steps of every public
building in Main street, we declare
them a nuisance-yes, an abomnable
nuisance. Our boys are sent away to
fight the cause of our country and we
mothers and wives are also doing all
we can to help the cause along too,
by doing Red Cross work and knitting
and sewing at home as much as we
can; and on our way back and forth
to our work we have to pass up these
same faces-always the same men,
or slackers, as / should call them.
Every corner or step they can find to
sit on is taken up. Then after we come
home from Red Cross work, we have to
get busy with our hoes and shovels
clearing the weeds and watering our
war gardens, also feeding the pigs,
milking the COW and doing all kinds
Of other work which these men ought
to be doing.
Is it right? Can some one answer
this letter next week, and say whether
it is or not. Strangers who come into
our town speak Of it, and wonder how
it is that this is allowed here.
We feel that something ought to be
done about it. We rebel at going to
Red Cross and shopping in Main street
with this nuisance confronting us
much longer.
Why not send them to the front,
where they belong, as slackers? Our
boys would make much better at home
than that. If you notice, you will find
it's the same ones week in and week
out
Hoping this can be stopped very
soon, we remain some of the wives
and mothers of Cedar City.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
Cure for Dysentry.

while | was in Ashland. Kansas, a
gentleman overheard me speaking of
Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy" writes William Whitelaw,
of Des Moines, Iowa. "He told me in
detail of what it had done for his fam
lily, but more especially his daughter
who was lying at the point of death
with violent attack of dysentery, and
had been given up by the family phys
ician. Some of his neighbors advised
him to give Chamberlain Collie and
Diarrboea Remedy, which he did, and
fully believes that by doing so saved
the life of his child. He stated that
he had also used this remedy himself
with equally gratifying results ADV
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
To Improve Your Digestion.

"For years my digestion was so poor
that could only eat the lightest foods
tried everything that | heard of to
get relief, but not until about year
ago when | saw Chamberlain's Tab
lets advertised and got bottle Of
them did | find the right treatment.
Since taking them my digestion is
fine. Mrs. Blanche Bowers, Indiana,
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
DIR. BUSWELL COMING.

DR.. J. J. Boswell, Ophthalmic Spec
ialist of Salt Lake City, will be at the
Hotel Cedars Sunday noon until Tues
day noon, August 4, 5, and 6. No
charge for testing eyes. References.
Glasses are worn to benefit health as
well as vision.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02

mean time, while they are awaiting
provision by the Food Administration
to take over their wheat, payments on
Liberty Bonds are due, and other ur-
gent accounts are compelled to wait.
This is condition reported by some
of the farmers in Dixie, and they feel
that it is rather hard lines
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02

it to their neighbors or the merchants
and the government seems to have
made no adequate provision for its
purchase. Under these circumstan-
ces they have to go without re-
quired clothing and other necessities,
notwithstanding they have bin full
Of the precious wheat. And in the