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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09
GRANDMA SOON TO
START DRIFTS
ALONG SAALE

crosscut Is being driven from
the station at a depth of SIS feet
in the Grandma shaft to reach the
shale After the shale has been
uncovered, which will be within 20
feet, drifts will be started north
east and southwest along the
shale's surface to explore the con-
tact zone, in which some of the
richest Orebodies of the district
have been found. A shaft station
Is by and a pump station IL by
8 feet have been completed at this
level Working four hours daily,
the newly installed pump is raising
10000 gallons Of water from the
sump.
With the starting of the drifts it
is predicted that the long and cost
ly period of development Of the
Grandma will near the end and
that this work will eventually re-
suit in the opening of good bodies
of shipping ore. The drifts will be
driven along the shale at almost
it's greatest depth in the district,
and it is the opinion of geologists
that an important zone of second
ary enrichment will be found in
this territory.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09
CRACKER JACK TO
RESUME MINING
OPERATIONS

Harry G. Mcmahon, manager of
the Cracker Jack company, return
ed to Goldfield several days ago
after an extended stay in New
York and other eastern cities on
business connected with further
development of the Cracker Jack,
and since his return there has been
discussion here regarding his plans
for resuming mining operations on
a broad scale, which it is known
he intends to do.
Mr.. Mcmahon stated a few days
ago that he would soon be ready
to make a statement regarding his
plans and that he was prepared to
thoroughly explore the Cracker
Jack. which is regarded by mining
men as one of the most promising
properties in the Goldfield dis
trict.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09
SHAFT BEING SUNK
TO DEPTH ON
EAST DIVIDE

The shaft of the East Divide
company, in the Divide district, is
now IS feet deep and there has
been no change recently in the
formation in which it is being
sunk. The newly installed surface
plant is reported by ]. X. Turner,
consulting engineer for the COM
pany. to be operating satisfactory
ly. A bunk house for the miners
will be completed in short time
and they will board at the Gold
Zone mess house, making it unnec-
essary for them to go to and from
Tonopah daily.
Machine drills have been used
since electric power was installed
short time ago and rapid prog
ress is being made in sinking. Ac-
cording to present plans, the shaft
will be continued to minimum
depth of 300 feet before any later
al work is done.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09
WORK STARTED IN
new DRIFT By !
GREAT BEND L

Drifting has been started in the
Great Bend on a full face of $40
ore in 113-A raise from drift
above the 160-foot level The new
drift is being driven at a point 81
feet from the top of the big stope
and the ore is being sent down
raise to a chute on the 160-foot
level.
The raise from the 375-foot, or
lowest level on which work is now
being done, has been advanced rs
feet and the vein is becoming
harder and the walls better de-
fined. This raise is being driven
to connect with a winze from the
236-foot level and to open terri
tory under a stope on that level.
1t is expected that shipping ore
will be opened here in short time.
Shipments have been made slow
ly over a long period from 103
drift on the 16O-foot level and
now, with good ore being mined in
two places, the production will be
increased greatly.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09

ago the company was reorganiZed
on an assessable basis and mining
was resumed recently under di-
rection OF J. X. Turner, consulting
engineer.
On visit to Goldfield few days
ago Manager Tobin reported work
progressing satisfactorily below the
200-foot level, on which a crosscut
is being extended north to cut the
vein on the X. X. claim, adjoining
the original property.
Engineers who have examined the
Pioneer have reported that the zone
from which production has been
made is not in vein form, but is a
quartz mass with no well-defined linn
it's. They have expressed the opin-
ion that the deposits will be found
in vein form at depth, and it is on
the strength of these reports that
the shaft is being sunk to mini
mum depth of 900 feet.
This is the first deep mining un-
dertaken in the Bullfrog district
and mining authorities are conf
dent that results will be obtained
sufficient to produce a great revival
.of mining activity after the war,
when conditions become normal.
w. j.. Tobin is also head of the
Mayflower Consolidated company
operating in the Bullfrog district.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09
REORGANIzED PIONEER Is.
SINKING SHAFT TO DEPTH.

The main shaft of the Reorganiz-
ed Pioneer Mines company, formerly
the Pioneer Consolidated Mines
company, is being sunk to depth
under direction of w. ]. Tobin,
president and general manager.
The Pioneer mine was first worked
during the early days of the Bull
frog district, when the town of
Pioneer was the center of one of
the most spectacular booms in the
history of Nevada. High on the
side of Mount Tobin, the Pioneer
lease became the largest producer
in the southern part of the state
and 100000 in high-grade gold ore
was shipped from the famous Bo-
nanza stope. Later the lease was
acquired by the present company,
additional ground was purchased
and a 10-stamp mill erected.
During the past 10 years the
company has treated medium-grade
ore in this mill, but the recovery
was never satisfactory and two
years ago, when the Nevada-Califor-
mia Power company discontinued
the power line into the district, the
mill was closed. In this 10-year
period great development was ac-
complished, practically all paid for
from the bullion shipments, accord
ing to company records. One year
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09
SILVER PICK WILL SINK SHAFT
so FEET TO 1325-FOOT LEVEL

According to a recent announce
ment by the management of the Sill
yer Pick Consolidated Mines COM
pany, the main shaft will be sunk
an additional so feet, or from 1875
to 1925 feet, so that the mineraliz-
ed zone, cut, it is believed, near it's
top in sinking the shaft, may be ex-
plored. Development work on the
126O-foot level exposed quartz CIV
ing low assays in gold and silver.
The decision to sink the shaft
another so feet was the result of an
examination of the 126O-foot level
by an eastern mining engineer and
opinions expressed by Goldfield
mining men.
The progress of work in the Sill
yer Pick has been of general inter-
est, as near the eastern side line of
the property is the Columbia noun
tain fault. East of this great fault
lie the big mines of the district, but
no mines of importance have ever
been opened to the west. The Sill
yer Pick has been prospected on
various levels from the 800 to the
1860. Most of this work has been
done on the 500-foot level, where
good bodies of mill ore are said to
have been opened. The ore proved
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09
0R|zABA COMPANY PLANS
EXTENSIVE development

ment or costs before making a SER
les of tests, which will be made the
subject of report at later date.
From September, 1913, accord
ing to smelter returns, to April,
1918, the gross production of the
Orizaba mine amounted to $22,-
9S0.4O. Freight and treatment
charges amounted to $6S24, leaving
net return of $16,155.96. Ship
ments on which these figures are
based were made at times when the
price of silver varied from Al Is
cents to $1.0Sh, the greatest pro-
duction being when the price was
low.
The main vein running through
the property is on a contact between
highly metamorphosed limestone
and an altered granite intrusive.
The vein has an easterly strike and
dips 20 degrees to the south. On
the north is found the granite and
on the south is the limestone. The
latter is almost changed to marble
near the contact. A fault fissure
runs near the contact and appears
in the mine workings and cuts and
interrupts the ore-bearing vein. The
ore on the upper level is stained
quartz containing silver chloride,
with a small amount, of gold. Or
the lower level the ore consists of
a fine-grained quartz, some calcite.
a small quantity of lead sulphide
and silver sulphide.
Other veins join the main vein,
but, according to Mr.. Turner, work
done in them is so limited that it
is impossible to determine their
size or value.
1t is the plan of the company to
advance both working faces on the
85-foot level along the vein to pros
pect for another ore-shoot on that
level. 1t is also planned to deter
mine the practicability of sinking
new working shaft south of the
main shaft, or in the hanging wall
of the vein, so as to avoid water
while sinking. The face of the
will be advanced an additional 80
feet, or to the 100-foot point, where
winze will be sunk 25 or 80 feet
to determine if water exists in the
hanging wall. If no water is found
new shaft will be sunk This will
be the cheapest way to operate, as
pumping equipment can be installed
at any time and held ready to han
die the water when the vein is cut
Crosscuts will then be run north to
the vein at 100-foot intervals. The
vein can be cut at any time after
the pumps have been installed.
Mr.. Turner is of the, opinion that
the present ore showing in the
mine, together with the fact that
shipping ore has been produced in
the past and that substantial
quantity of good milling-grade ore
is on the dumps, justifies further
development on a broad scale.
Some months ago control of the
DiamOndfield Black Butte company,
which controls the Orizaba, was ac-
quired by Charles s. Sprague and
associates and development of the
Orizaba will continue under direc-
tion of Mr.. Turner.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09

to be erratic in value, but it Is said
that the mine dumps could be treat
ed at a profit in plant on the
ground
In the early days of Goldfield it
was the general opinion among min
ing men that no ore would be found
west of the Columbia mountain
fault, but work in the Silver Pick
has shown the territory to be heav-
lily mineralized. This is the only
ground west of the fault that has
been extensively developed at depth,
and even here the shale has not
been penetrated.
Recent work at depth of 1860
feet is regarded as the most i'm
portant in the history of operations
in the Silver Pick, and men famil-
lar with conditions are confident
that prospects are bright for open
ing ore in paying quantities.
Molybdenum was discovered in
the shaft a short time ago, widely
distributed, and this has been taken
as an indication that gold and sill
yer will be found in paying quanti-
ties at greater depth. The alaskite
was silicified to considerable ex-
tent where the molybdenum was
found.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09
(By r. l.. Richie)

Putting and painting up grades
that would stall Mallet mogul, the
busy little v. & T. locomotive, it's
ornamental brasswork polished to the
brilliancy of destroyer's pinnacle,
threads its circuitous course along
the mountainside that drops almost
vertically to the rocky bed of the
Carson river. In places you could
jump from the car steps into the
river, hundreds of feet below, and
half the time, so short are the
curves, you can keep tabs on the en-
g:aeer and make sure he's awake
and on the job.
BY arrangement with the auto
cIst in gold and braid who pune
lures your ticket, the train is halt
ed at a place that is no place at all
end you alight on the lip of beet
ling precipice, where you balance
until the train moves on and cedes
and without warning, you are con-
fronted by Romance. 1t is romance
to which is closely related the eagle
on the dollar, but it lacks not thrill.
and interest from that fact.
Spread before you in panorama
are the sources of wealth that es-
tablished the nations credit follow
ing the Civil war and that later de-
veloped the great west, the richest
area on the footstool Here delved
and schemed the men who became
the worlds greatest empire build
ore whose prescient vision and con-
structive enterprise built on a
kingly scale, who sought no aid Of
foreign capital to further their vast
undertakings, since they were cre-
ating capital in volume that seemed
limitless.
On the shank of the steel rail at
your feet are letters in relief set
ting forth that ~his rail was rolled
in Sheffield in 1873. Shipped
round the Horn, these rails, many
of them still in use, were freighted
by team from Sacramento to Virgin
ia City, and the Virginia & Truckee
railroad, hailed as one of the epoch
al engineering feats of America,
was built from Virginia City to Car
son, to transport the Comstock ores
to mills on the Carson river and to
bring back mine timbers from the
lumber fumes at Carson. Later
the road was extended from Carson
to Reno.
Off to the north looms the pyra-
mid of Mount Davidson, it's south
ern base honeycombed with the
Comstock mine workings, and above
these surface sacrificed by the
work of three generations of min
ers. Two hundred feet almost ver-
tically below you and near the riv-
er's bank, twisted iron and weather
ed stumps of timbers mark the site
of one of the half dozen or more
pan-amalgamation mills that treated
the bonanza ore of the Comstock
lode. Here, in the narrow, boulder
strewn canyon bed, in a stretch of
six miles of tortuous, rock-bound
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-07

Royse City. Tex.-Mrs. Mary Kill
man, Of this place, says: AFTER the
birth Of my little girl. my side com.
menced to hurt me. / had to go back
to bed. We called the doctor. He
treated me-. but I got no better. !
got worse and torse until the misery
was unbearable. II was In bed for
three months and suffered such agony
that was just drawn up in knot.
told my husband II he would get
me bottle Of Cardui would try It.
I commenced taking It, however. that
evening called my family about
me. !. for I knew l could not last
many days unless I had . change for
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-07
ALTHOUGH HIS NAME IS
SLACK, He IS NOT
A STACKER.

Washington, ID. Odd Bill
Shakespeare was right. There's
nothing in a name. All Of which
is a prelude to the announcement
that while a man may be a Slack
lt doesn't follow that he is q
Stacker. And as evidence of this
IL the fact that recommendation
list which recently arrived al
headquarters of the United States
Marine Corps, bears the name OF
Preston Leo Slack, a private IN
The Marine Corps, calling atteD-
ton to his bravery under fire.
Slack is commended for being
"nOtable In his remarkable cour.
age and fidelity to duty as a liai
son agent In the operations
against the enemy in the Bots de-
Belleau."
Private Slack enlisted in the U.
5. Marines, May 20, 1917, at Bos'
ton, Mass. lie is q son of VII.
liam =. Slack, Of Shedford Center,
Vermont.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-07
CALLED HER FAMILY
TO HER BEDSIDE
Six Years Ago. Thinking She Might DE- Says Texas Lady, But Nov
She Il Well, Strong Woman and Praises CardG For
Her Recovery.

the better. That was six years ago
and I am still here and am we'll
strong woman, and / owe my life to
Cardui. I had only taken half the
bottle when l began to feel better.
The misery in my side got less... ]
continued right on taking the Cardui
until I had taken three bottles and !
did not need ANY more for was well
and never felt better In my life... ]
have never had any trouble from that
day to this"
Do you suffer from headache. back.
ache, pains in sides, or other discom-
forts, each month? Or do you feel
weak, nervous and faggedout? II so.
give Cardui, the woman's tonic, .
trial. J. u
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-07
VINCENT A. SOUATHE DEAD
Familiar figure in Business Sec
ton Passes Away.

Vincent A. Souathe, aged 60
years, did Wednesday at 600
p. N. For years Mr.. Soaathe has
been connected with the seed CO
adjustment of j. Sleckler e. Com
paDy, 5l2 Gravier street, and was
a familiar figure in the business
section. Mr.. Souathe was born iD
Pau, France. and had been a resi-
dent of New Orleans for thirteen
years. He married Ernestine
Muller and in survived by four
daughters and one SOD.
The funeral took place Thurs
day, with services at st. Angus
tins Church. Interment was IN
Metairie Cemetery.-Tlmes Plea
yune.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-07

A story comes by cable Of a
thrilling experience which befell a
soldier in the American Army.
While crowding forward, it fell to
his lot to take a number of Ger
man piisOneTs- among them was
the boys father. \. With
the fall Of TaIqniD, the seventh
and last King Of Rome, about 400
years b. O., it fell to the lot Of
Brutus, the new dictator of Rome,
to pass the sentence of death upon
his own son, who was captured
with the enemy
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-07
VOLUNTEERS HEROES.

Washington. When the first
call to war came In the United
States In 1917, the man who hnr.
ried forward to enlist were called
"heroes." Naturally the name
was applied simply because Of the
pride that q nation takes In q man
who hasteps to volunteer. How.
ever, one instance lias just come to
light, testifying to the fact that
these volunteers we're heroes in &C.
tion as well as intent. For In
stance:
Recently a hist of sevehty-six
United States Marines was sen,
into Marine Corps Headquarters,
specifying various acts Of bravery
achieved by the Devil Dogs in the
capture of "Bouresches". 1t was
one Of many such lists which are
constantly coming across the
ocean. And out Of that list of
seventy ak heroes, sixty.three
we're found to have enlisted within
three months after war was de
clared.
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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-07
W A N T ED

A Lady Typesetter. at this Of
flee, or the position will be open
to an applicant who may care to
learn the art of typesetting. Ap.
ply by letter, giving name, age,
address, previous experience
Editor IBERIAN,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-07
w. s s

Mr.. Dolza LaGrange. a prosperous
farmer of the southern part of this
parish, left this morning for New Or
leans where he goes to seek the PAT
teur treatment for the bite of dog.
He was attacked as he came out of his
field on Friday. The dog was killed.
There is but little probability that the
animal was suffering with the rabies,
but he did not propose to take any
chances.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-07

Messrs. Edmond Trappe Armand
Viator, Clegg Nereaux and kolan,
Valet left on Tuesday for Lafayett,
for physical examination consequent
to their application for enlistment IN
Unclr Sans navy.
Messrs. Edmond Trappe and Al
mand Niator passed successfully, anu
these young volunteers are now ready
when called up to do their bit fui
their country's cause.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-07
LIST OFREGISTRARS

Wards and Precincts TO serv,
at the usual voting booths on Sep
TENDER 18th, 1918, from 7 A. Nj
to 9 =. M for the registering ot
all males between the ages of Il
years and As years both inclusive
LIST Ward-1st Precinct.
Gustave Leblanc, Chief Regis
trar. Alphonse Migues, Assist
ant Registrar. tTIysse Lemare,
Assistant Registrar.
LIST Ward-2nd Precinct.
w. Ii. Tibbetts, Chief Regis
trar. G. a. Bell, Assistant
Registrar.
2Dd Ward.
Jules j. Olivier, Chief Regis
trar. Frank Grelg, Assistant
Registrar. Louis Pesson, Az.
sIstaDt Registrar.
Ord Ward.
s. c. Sumrall, Chief Registrar.
l.. J Gonsoulin, Assistant Reg
istrar. Hon. J. A. Babin, As.
sistant Registrar.
lth Ward.
J. 0. BONN, Chief Registrar.
Huville Gonsoulln, Assistant
Registrar. Jules Pellet, Az.
slstant Registrar.
9Th Ward.
Albin Segura, Chief Registrar.
Sidney Norres, Assistant Regis
trar. Leouce Sandoz, Assistant
Registrar.
7lh Ward-1st Precinct.
d l. DeIcambre, Chief Regis
trar. CASTOR Mestayer, Assist
ant Registrar. Aymar Del.
cambre, Assistant Registrar.
18th Ward I'd Precinct.
Il. A. Mchhenny, Chief Regis
trar. a ID. Dufour, Assistant
Registrar. Sidney Bradford,
Assistant Registrar.
Sth Ward, Jeanerette, Louisiana
Charles A POifson, Chief Reg
istrar Charles Schexnayder.
Assistant Registrar. Sam Ksr.
nofsky, Assistant Registrar.
CITY OF NEW IBERIA.
9Th Ward-lst Precinct.
Place, Courthouse.
Names: Luke Bertrand, Chiefl
Registrar. Henry Smith, AS
sstant Registrar. j. &. lie.
Blanc, Jr., Assistant Registrar.
w. }. Bernard. Assistant Reg.
Istrar.
9Th Ward, 2nd Precinct.
Place, Fire Company Hall No. 1.
Names: @ M.ComptoD, Chief Reg
istrar. J. S Powers, Assistant
Registrar. Alfred Pickett, AS
sistant Registrar. A. b. Muir
ray, Assistant Registrar.
9Th Ward, 3rd Precinct.
Place, Fire Co. Hall No 2.
Names: A. Daigre, Chief Regis
trar. Charles GuillOt, Assist.
ant Registrar. p. e. Brous
sard, Assistant Registrar.
9Th Ward, 4th Precinct, (Over
Bayon Teche.
Dr.. Goodwin's Place.
Names: Frank Dauterive, Chief
Registrar. Obas. Provost, AS
slstant Registrar. CIet Provost,
AaAIltnnt RaUIatrur