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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28

Some mining men conversant
with conditions in the state believe
that the gold output could be in
creased and that in large measure
the increased cost of quartz 1in-
ing, which retards production, could
be met by greater development of
the placer-gold resources of the
state.
A Goldfield man who recently re-
turned from a prospecting trip
through Nevada stated that there
were many promising fields which
remained undeveloped at present
and that in many instances districts
which have produced big sums in
placer gold are now idle.
With the development of improv-
ed machinery, the tendency in plac-
er mining has been toward the min
ing of large, low-grade deposits and
it is said that many of these are to
be found in this state and that
there are many smaller deposits of
comparatively high-grade placer.
In Barber canyon, nine miles east
of Mill City, in Humboldt county,
it is said that gold is found on
three hard formations between the
surface and bedrock. This ground
is a short distance southeast of the
old camp of Chafey and the Wells
Fargo Express company is said to
have records showing that $12,0OO,-
900 in placer gold was shipped from
the canyon in eight years by Chi
namen, in the 7O's and SOS.
In Spring valley canyon, four
miles northeast of Rochester, in
Humboldt county, a big gasoline
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28

worked by Cinnamon, and Bull Run
basin, in northern Elko county,
along the Idaho state line, was
worked for placer many years ago
by white men. 1t is said that there
is much more practically unexplored
placer ground in Elko county and
that a particularly promising region
lies in the northeast corner, in ter
ritory tributary to the Little Sal
mon.
In Lander county the noted Cop
per Canyon mine is in operation to-
day, and Bannock, a little town
three miles southeast of Copper can
yon. produced good sum in placer
gold a few years ago, during the
course of the Bannock boom. 1t is
said that promising placer ground is
also found along streams tributary
to the Reese river.
In Nye county there is placer at
lone and some work has been done
there. There is also placer at
Golden canyon, farther south to-
ward Tonopah. Eugene Greenwood,
formerly owner of the noted Pioche-
Greenwood lease at Phoebe, is de-
veloping placer claims in this dis
trict with success, at present work.
ing in gravel assaying from SO to
$40. He is mining through a 80
foot shaft and the pay-streak is
said to extend from three to five
feet above bedrock.
Prospectors also say there is
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28

dredge is now lying idle and it is
said one of the reasons is that the
gravel cannt be kept puddled, owing
to the slope of the ground where
work was started. The nearest
railroad point to Spring valley can
yon is Orena, Is miles distant, and
all supplies must be hauled from
there.
South of this canyon one mile is
Dry canyon, where in the early days
Cinnamon made good production,
and south of Dry canyon short dis
tances are North and South Ameri-
can canyons, which made good pro-
ductions in the early days, particu-
larly the latter.
North and South American can
yons run into the. Nenzel-Crown
Point group at Rochester, the claims
of which are partly in the canyons.
Rabbit Hole basin, 80 miles north
of Lovelock, is said to have made
a big production when worked by
Cinnamon in the early days, and
Horse Creek, in the northern part
of Humboldt county, has produced
small amount of placer gold.
The Gold Circle district, along
Elko line and on the edge of Squaw
valley, is claimed to afford many
good opportunities for dredging.
Elko county also has a record
for placer production. The Tusca-
rora district in the early days made
good record when claims were
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28
RED HILL IS MAKING BIG
PRODUCTION OF GOOD ORE

Another carload shipment was
made by the Red Hill Florence a
few days ago and ore for four more
carloads Is in the bins at the mine.
This ore is coming from No. $50
stope, above the 500-foot level, and
No. 523 stope, farther southeast on
the same level. Manager j. B.
Kendall states that at least five
more carloads will be shipped be-
fore the end of this month. The
ore in these two slopes is being TAX
en- from the vein as it dips into
territory leased from the Florence
Goldfield and lying below the Red
Hill apex, consequently being mined
under the lowest royalty in the
agreement between the two COM
panies.
The ore-shoot from which ship
ments are now being made is re-
garded as the most promising open
ed since operations were started by
the company and shipments will be
continued as fast as cars can be
secured from the railroad company.
In addition to this ore-shoot, a
large volume of good-grade ship
ping ore is exposed on the 400, 450
and 50O-foot levels and in general
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28

The second carload of ore ID
now ready for shipment from the
Hill Ludwick Goldman Wade
lease on the C. o. D. The ore for
this shipment was taken from the
200 and 3OO-foot levels and it is es-
timated that the carload will as
saw $50 per ton. Rates have been
secured from the smelter at Ken
nett, Cal, and this will be trial
shipment to determine the profits
that can be made from the big ore
shoot on the 2O0-foot level and al
most on the side line of the Gold
Bar claim of the C. o. d. Returns
from the carload of high-grade ore
shipped a short time ago have not
yet been received.
The ore opened in the incline
winze from a drift run east from
the shaft on the 65-foot level has
been stopped to the drift level, but
NO work has yet been done above
this level. This winZe is sunk 1875
feet from the drift and a drift has
been started so feet down in the
winze, or at the point where stop
ing was started. The drift is be-
ing driven north along a fault plane
and good assays are being obtained,
but it is estimated Is or 20 feet
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28
EX. MAKES
BULLION SHIPMENT

The Tonopah Extension Mining
companyreports the shipment from
it's mill of "a bars of gold and sill
yer bullion, weighing 4S,565 ounces.
Upon this shipment the company
places an approximate valuation OF
$4,000. This consignment consti-
tutes the results of the first clean
I'D at the mill during the month OF
September, and indicates that the
mill is running satisfact oriiy in
every respect.
The tonnages extracted from the
slopes and development workings in
the mine continue to maintain an
average of about 800 tons per day,
the production for the past week
being reported at 2072 tons. All
the slopes, both in the No. shaft
section of the mine, as we'll as those
in the Victor territory show practi-
cally the same face of milling grade
ore that has been the chief charac-
teristic of the Extension company's
reports for some time past.
The work of cutting a station at
the 176O-foot level has progressed
to a greater extent during the past
week than in the preceding periods.
CONTINUED on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28
IESSEES ON COD. GROUND
OPERATING With SUCCESS

more work will be necessary before
the ore-shoot is recovered. Where
this drift is being run is found the
first fault in the high-grade ore
shoot, and another fault plane has
been discovered near the bottom of
the winze.
If the ore is recovered where the
drift is being run now, another will
be run along the second fault plane
and, if it is again opened at this
point and depending on the grade
of ore found, the lessees will start
work to cut this ore-shoot on the
3OO-foot level.
Assays of lower than $S4 have
never been obtained from this ore
shoot and ore worth So and SO a
pound has been opened in places.
The ore found on the 200-foot
level, some of which is included in
the trial shipment now ready, con-
tains from two to five and one-half
per cent copper and has been found
to be practically continuous for a
distance of 200 feet, running north.
The lessees believe that If the ship
ment demonstrates the practicable
ity of shipping this ore a big pro-
duction can be made IL cars can be
secured as required.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28
PLACER Mining TO INCREASE GOLD PRODUCTION

promising placer ground in Eureka,
White Pine and Clark counties.
The Manhattan and Round Noun
tain districts are well-known placer
fields.
jamestown, 80 miles west of
Goldfield, has produced consider
able placer gold.
Esmeralda county is known to
contain numerous deposits of placer
gold. Tule canyon is the most
prominent instance of this, and
there is placer at Gold Mountain,
In Fish Lake valley and in the re-
gion in the southwestern part of
the county, near the California line.
Placer gold is also found in the
Kawich range and, coming close to
Goldfield, it is not generally known
that Jack Witt of Goldfield once
had on display here a $1,000 mug
get found in the Klondyke district,
where there is said to be ground
suitable for dry washing. In one
part OF tho Klondyke district a good
production of placer gold was made
for short time, or until the de-
posit was worked out. There Is
also placer found near the Sand
storm mine.
1t is said that the region sur
rounding Goldfield and Tonopah
has never been prospected for
placer to any degree and that Es-
meralda and Nye counties hold
great possibilities for this character
of mining, to which number OF
co,dfield men claim too little at
tention has been paid in the past
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28

the mine is reported to be in the
best possible condition in it's his
tory.
Development work on the 400
and 50O-foot levels has now been
advanced far enough for work to
be started on the 800-foot level and
this will be done at once. The
shaft has been retimbered to this
depth and large station has been
cut and prepared for extensive lat
eral work to prospect the big vein
north from the shaft Territory
south from the shaft. in which ore
of excellent grade was opened at
several points in earlier work, also
will be explored. The shaft tim
bers down to the 60O-foot level
were examined and repaired where
necessary few days ago in prep
aration for starting work and op-
erations on this level will be COM
menced within the next few days.
Little development work has been
done in the vein below the 500-foot
level and, in view of the important
orebodies opened on upper levels,
operations at this depth will be
watched with interest by mining
men.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28
Mines IN ALL PARTS OF NEVADA
MAKING GOOD SHIPMENTS OF ORE

The drill being operated by the
Dixie Valley Potash company, in
Dixie valley, near Fallon, is said to
have reached the brine pool. 1t is
said the brine rose 60 feet in the
casing.
The recent uncovering of six
foot vein of high-grade milling ore
in the Nevada-Wilson mine, near
Eastgate, has caused Manager Earle
Wilson to become more enthusiastic
than ever regarding the future or
the property. The ore assays $50
per ton, and the hanging wall or
the vein has not yet been found.
At the Blind Spring Hill mines,
near Benton, where a big produc-
tion of high-grade silver ore was
made in the 70's, it is said that the
continuation of the rich veins has
been discovered two miles south
east from where the early-day OPP
orators mined.
Joe Main is the discoverer of the
new district and he has let six
leases on property owned by him,
known as the Silver Reef. 1t is
said that ore is being sacked assay
ing from 500 to 1000 ounces per
ton. Most of the lessees have been
at work only two weeks, but they
are said to be making big money.
The discovery is two miles from
Yellow Jacket Springs, where the
nearest water is found, and 10
miles south of Benton.
B. Martin and C. H. Carnahan,
operating a lease on tungsten
property in the Santa Rosa range,
near Rebel creek, are now ship
ping ore through Winnemucca to
the smelter. The ground was orig
inally worked for silver and the ore
being shipped assays high in the
white metal, but during prospecting
work of the past week it was found
that the claims contained deposits
of manganese.
1t is said that in places where the
vein has been opened on the sur
face it is from seven to eight feet
wide. The property is owned by
w. T. Critchfield, who has optioned
it to men operating in the Mill City
district.
A property that is said to be fast
developing into a big mine is that
owned by A. A. Duffner in the
Spring Hill district. in Humboldt
county. Two leases are said by
Duffner to be making big produc-
ton from a 14-foot vein assaying
s8 per ton and from from which
assays of $4,000 per ton have been
obtained from seams.
The lessees plan to erect small
reduction plant in 60 days.
Properties at Hileyville, In the
Silver range northeast of Winnie
mucca, are being reopened. 1t is
said that lead, copper, gold and 9TH
er minerals are found in the ores
of the district.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28
MERGER CO.MAKES
STATE EMENT TO
STOCKHOLDERS
REPORT SHOWS RECEIPTS AND
DISBURSEMENTS TO
JUNE 80

A. H. Howe, secretary and treas
urer for the Goldfield Merger Mines
company, has issued a report to
stockholders covering briefly the
operations of the company during
the fiscal year ending July Is of
this year, or since the issuance of
the last annual statement.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the company was held at
Seattle, Wash, on July IS, 1918.
with majority of stockholders
present in person or by proxy. At
this meeting board of directors
was elected as follows: John Erik
son, Edgar Ames, George Wingfield,
E. A. Miner and A. H. Howe.
During the period covered by the
report, Willis Lawrence, general
manager for the company, resigned
and the report contains the follow
ing statement by A. l. Darcy, sue
cessor to Mr.. Lawrence:
1.-The last report concerning the
physical condition of the property
of the Goldfield Merger Mines COM
pany was submitted by Willis Law
renee, covering operations and de-
velopment for the year ending June
80, 1917. In that report you were
informed that development work
had been started on the 1350-foot
level through the Merger shaft and
that very promising ore shoot had
been encountered and was being de-
veloped at that time. Since the
last report this ore shoot has been
developed to considerable extent
and some of the ore taken out in
development work was shipped to
the smelters, but owing to the high
freight rates. smelter charges and
smelter deductions of the shipment
of this ore as crude product was
not profitable, and the only way
this ore could be made profitable
would be by local treatment. The
Goldfield Consolidated mill has not
been able to treat this ore up to
date, and at the present time there
is not enough ore developed in your
property to justify the installation
of your own mill.
"You were also informed that
work would be started on the 1880
foot level to encounter the vein in
the shale that was being developed
by the Atlanta Mines company at a
distance of approximately 100 feet
from your boundary line. This
work was started and the vein was
encountered, small amount OF
drifting was done upon the vein and
raise driven upward to the latte
shale contact, but this work did not
develop any ore of commercial
CONTINUED on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28
JOHN /. MILLER
INSPECTS PLACER
GROUND At TULE
ORE FROM INGALLS, NINE BE-
ING HAULED TO GOLD
FIELD

John H. Miller of Hawthorne,
president of the Manhattan Consol-
idated Mining company, and E. H.
McMurray, a Tonopah mining man,
recently returned from the Tule
canyon district, where they investi-
gated placer ground owned by a
company of Goldfield men and the
ingalls, mine. 1t is said Miller and
McMurray may become interested
in the district.
AL Borcherding and P. ]. McDer-
mitt are again operating their lease
on the ingalls, mine and are hauling
ore to Goldfield for another carload
shipment of the high-grade ore for
which the mine is noted.
1t is rumored here that men in
terested in the Tule canyon district
have for some time been negotiat-
ing with outside interests to secure
funds ample to start placer mining
on big scale and develop in a
thorough manner the Ingalls, mine,
which is said to have great possi-
bilities.
Placer locations have been made
by the Goldfield company for dis
tance of five miles along the can
yon, the claims extending into the
Death valley region, and all loca-
ton work has been done.
The flow of water through the
canyon, as shoyn in three chafts
sunk to bedrock. is heavy and more
than ample for any kind of placer
mining. When these three shafts
were sunk, according to Borcherd-
ing, the overbnrden from the sur
face to the pay-streak was found to
assay so cents per yard and Bor-
cherding stated that the pay-streak,
assaying SO per yard, was from 10
to Is feet deep
While many years ago Tule can
yon produced hundreds of thou
sands of dollars in placer gold, the
ground owned by the Goldfield COM
pany has never been prospected, OPP
erations in the early days having
been several mines north, where
Chinese and others worked to water
level.
The ingalls, mine has an excellent
record as a producer of high-grade
gold-silver-lead ore, although it has
never been prospected at Depth
where it is believed the orebodles
will be found larger and better de-
fined than where work is now being
done.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-28

A report issued by the Rochester
Mines company states that large
body of high-grade milling ore has
been opened as a result of recent
development work. The new dis
covery was made at a depth of 100
feet in Block four, or the old Hunt
er lease block. Good-grade ore also
has been opened on the 250-foot
level, under where it was found at
a point under the ore on the 100
foot level.
Stopping is being done on the $50
and 700foot levels, where milling
grade ore is being developed. Large
quantities of this grade ore are also
said to be exposed on the tenth and
eleventh levels.
Hauling of ore from the Thor
kildsen lease on the manganese
property at Las Vegas has been re-
sumed, according to officials of the
lease, and it is expected that when
ore already in the bins has been
exhausted mining will be resumed.
Work on the lease was stopped
owing to uncertainty in prices and
government regulations. 1t is said
that everything points to renewed
activity in the manganese field later
in the year.
The new camp of Tungsten, 80
miles west of Winnemucca, will soon
be making an output of tungstic
acid at the rate of 100 tons a
month, according to reports from
there. An electric power line "a
miles long, has been built into the
camp and a plant capable of supply
ing ESQ gallons of water minute
has been completed.
Tungsten is nine miles from
Mill City and is the center of what
is said to be the most promising
tungsten region in the country
When actual mining operations
start $50 men will be employed.
The principal companies operating
in the district are the NevadaHum-
boldt Tungsten company, the Pa
cific Tungsten company and the Mill
City Tungsten company.
During the past week the Mexi-
can mill at Virginia City treated
BAT tons of ore. composed of 2SS
tons averaging $12.S9 from the Con.
Virginia, 29 tons averaging $5.5S
from the Ophir, 1O4 tons averaging
S13.S4 from the Union Con-, and
26 tons averaging $36.72 from the
Mexican.
In the Con. Virginia mine the
best ore has come from raise
above the 22O0-foot level. Deep
levels of the Union Con. continue
to produce milling-grade ore and
the Mexican is making a production
in enlarging the second compart-
ment in the winze from the north
drift on the 23O0-foot level. The
Jacket produced ore from various
levels and one bar of bullion was
shipped from the cyanide plant.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-12

A pure household rem
edy-N orwich's Milk
Magnesia. Freshly and
carefully prepared as a
mouth wash.
Evening journal., 1918-02-13
SHIPYARD Housing
BILL PASSES House
Amendments TO Measure
Appropriating S5O,OOO,-
900 Now Up to Senate
HOG ISLAND
GETS BENEFITS

WASHINGTON. Feb. iS.-Ths admin
istration bill, already passed by the
Senate, appropriating S500000o0 to pro-
vide housing facilities for employees OF
shipysrds engaged In government work,
was passed by the House late yesterday
without a rOllcall.
The House adopted some minor
amendments, which the Senate may ac-
cept 20 obyiate the necessity Of send
ing the measure to conference.
Under the bill the shipping Boards
Emergency Fleet Corporation may pur-
chase. lease, requistion or condemn
any land houses. buildings or similar
facilities, may construct houses on
land 90 acquires and sells. lease OF eX-
change these houses. and may make
loans on adequate security and for not
exceeding ten years TO persons, firms or
corporations TO build houses for ship
yard workers.
Advocates Of the measure laid spe-
cial emphasis on the necessity for ad-
ditional houses at Sparrow's Point,
Nd: Hog Island. near Philadelphia,
and at Newport News. Va. During the
debate there was sharp criticism Of the
alleged extrayagant spending Of gov
ernment money In building the Hos
Island yard
A bin 20 appropriate S5O.O0O,O00 FOR
the use Of the Labor Department for
providing housing facilitie, at war
manufacturing centres other than ship
building towns is pending in Congress.
Evening journal., 1918-02-13
KENT MEN FAIL TO
FILL QUESTIONABLE.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del. Feb l3-Kent County S
Exemption Board has prepared a re-
vised list Of Kent county registrants.
who have failed TO flle their necessary
QUESTIONABLE
Harvey Herman Burris. George Caleb
Williams. James Carter. Smyrna.
Herbert Leathern. Clayton.
Denney Cummins, William Jackson
Alonza Angely. George Cozlet. George
NJ. Harrington, Thomas Frederick
Parker. Charles H. Reach, Earl Scott
Claude V. Weston, William Clark lthe
latter name a colored man. all Of
Dover.
James Leslie Dolly, Merchanville.
M.
George B. Gibbs. Trenton. n. J.
Lorenzo w Purnen, sam n. Moore.
Wyoming.
Manning Minus, Woodside
Charles T. Edwards. Rising sun.
Michael Henley, Charles a. Locates,
Edwin c. Melvin, James Braid Gray
FELTON,.
Dorsey Jackson, Norman A. +. Smith.
Harvey Hayes, Isaiah Postles Trimble.
Oscar Benson. Alexander Griffith. Her
bert Wyatt, William II. Holmes, all OF
Harrington.
Charles Ernest Fox. Magnolia.
Alexander II. Williams. Frederick.
Charles Hill. Elmer Ellsworth
Graham. Raymond Smith. Arthur
Harris, Elwood HiX, all of Milford.
Evening journal., 1918-02-13
ENLARGE KENT COURT HOUSE.

Special 10 The EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, Feb. i3-The contract
for the remodeling Of the Kent County
Court House has been awarded 10 Ball
niger & Co.. Philadelphia. The prelim-
mary work Of stalking out part Of the
ground around the present building and
setting a line on the first essentials
was looked after yesterday by repre-
sentatives Of the contractors. In view
Of the session Of the Kent county court
next week, which will likely run for
two weeks, nothing win be done to the
present structure until after that ses-
sion OF court.
Evening journal., 1918-02-13
BROTHERS AVENGER
SHOOTS WRONG MAN

CHESTER, Pa. Feb. i3.-William
D'Ammillieo, Of No. ops Edgmont ave
nue., an inspector at the Remington
Arms plant, was shot and seriously
wounded in the abdomen yesterday by
Joseph Pillaura, Of Haverhill, Mass, it
is charged. DAmmillieo Will recover.
physicians at Chester Hospital say.
Pnlaurs was captured by Morris NJ.
Sapoyitz. who jumped from the win
dow Of his newsstand and gave chase.
Brushing aside a pistol which he says
Pmaura pointed at him. Sapovitz over
powered the fugitive and delivered him
to the police.
Pillaura, the police say, admitted he
had come to Chester to kill a man who
had insulted his brothers wife, but
shot the wrong person. The shooting
occurred in Edgemont avenue near
Seventh street.