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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-23
ENGINEER
At T0NOPAH DEAD
FIRST EXPERT ENGAGED TO
REPORT ON BUTLER'S
DISCOVERY

%. A. Turner, who came here in
1901 and made an examination of
the original strike in Tonopah,
made by Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. But
Ter, which is now the property of
the Tonopah Mining company of
Nevada, died at Washington, D. c..
on February g.. He went there
from Kingman, Ariz., where he had
been operating for the past several
years.
Mr.. Turner was sem to Tonopah
by John F.. Anderson and John w.
Woodsides of Philadelphia, whose
property he was managing at Grass
Valley, Cal. He was directed to
make an examination of the strike.
After he had examined the prop
erty, he and Mr.. Butler put a price
on it. The sum of $336,0OO was
soon agreed upon as the purchase
price.
Mr.. Turner tied the property up
and wired John F. Anderson his re-
port. Mr.. Anderson Immediately
left Philadelphia and came here.
He confirmed Mr.. Turner's report
and the three went to Sodaville and
wired to Mr.. Woodside that Mr..
Anderson would pay $4,000 if Mr..
Woodside would put up a like
amount as the first payment. This
money was at onc placed to Mr..
Buffers credit in the Wells-Fargo
bank of San Francisco.
This was the only payment that
had to be advanced out of the
pockets of the purchasers, for the
remainder was paid out of the roy
alties from the leases. = Tonopah
Bonanza.
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GOOD RESULTS
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that it will be found to continue to
depth and all conditions point to
the presence of orebodies of value
where the two big veins join. While
the gold content of the ore has var
led to a considerable extent at diff
ferent parts of the vein, the copper
content appears to be uniform in
marked degree and the presence of
bismuthinite crystals is regarded
as an indication of rich ore near
tc the present workings. The ore
contains some silver, together with
small quantities of lead and zinc.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-23
WILLOW CREEK HAS
SOME BONANZA ORE
SENSATIONAL ASSAYS IN GOLD
SECURED FROM ONE
VEIN

]. H. Goodman of McGill, who Is
interested in the Willow Creek
mines of Nye county, along with a
number of other citizens of McGill
and Ely, arrived from the mines
last week, bringing splendid reports
of conditions existing there at the
present time. He had five assays OF
ore made, running as follows: No.
1, $~55,275.32; No. 2, $1644.S9; No.
g., s149.12; No. 4, ~$307.S1; No. 5,
$7S4.O3. No. 1 is the high grade
which is being sacked for shipment;
No. 2 is considered second grade;
No. 8 is screenings; No. 4 low grade,
and No. 5 fines from the ledge.
OF the strictly high grade, eight
sacks had been filled at the time
Mr.. Goodman left the mines. These
sacks would weigh about rs pounds
each, and are expected to average
at least $4,000 per ton. This new
strike was recently made on the tun-
mel level at a depth OF lob feet
from the apex of the vein. The
vein matter is four feet In width,
which has been drifted on for a ds-
lance of IL feet, with a raise OF liz
feet.
The rich ore is several inches In
width, but the entire vein matter
is fabulously rich and gives prom
Use of opening up into a considerable
body. The ore occurs along a wa
ter course, which will be followed
in further development.
The local people have been oper-
ating this property for some years
past, and on several occasions have
struck pockets of very rich ore. run
ming into the thousands per ton, but
this is the first time that a consid-
cradle body of ore has been found,
and they now believe that they have
at last struck the vein from which
this rich ore emanated. They are
not as yet, however, prepared to say
that they have a mine, but sc far Ill
development work leads TO that be-
lief.
Mining men of eminerce VIC have
examined the property are of the
opinion that another National mine
is in the making. The management
is naturally somewhat elated over
the recent discovery, and have rea-
son to believe that they will soon
be producing on an extensive scale.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-23
MARTIN GIVEN
JAIL SENTENCE
JURY FINDS HIM GUILTY IN
LESS THAN FIVE
MINUTES

At 2 O'Clock this afternoon Judge
Marvin Arnold sentenced Robert
Martin to so days in the county jail.
The second trial of Robert Mar
tin for an alleged enforcement
talk at Silver Peak was concluded
last night and the jury went out
o 9:1O to return a verdict of guilty
in less than five minutes, or as
soon as the first ballot had been
taken.
1t is said that when the jury was
entering the jury room one of the
members said, I'VE will be on u
way home in five minutes" An
other asked, why wait five
minutes?"
After the jury had returned the
verdict, Martin was released on
$500 cash bail to appear at 2 p. m.
today for sentence.
Before sentence was passed this
afternoon, M. j. Seaman Of Tono-
pan, COuuScl lOI md I'LL "ooO
plea for l%eniency. He was answer
ed by District Attorney Foley, who
told the court he regretted that a
sentence of from six months to
one year could not be passed on
Martin, to whom he alluded as "a
dangerous enemy" whose offense
was worse because he had stated
that he was an American citizen
and had served in the army.
The district attorney asked that
Martin be given the maximum jail
sentence and the sentence of 60
days given by Judge Arnold was the
maximum for the %offense.
After sentence had been passed
Attorney Seaman indicated to the
court that his client was consider
ing an appeal to the district court
and asked what bond would be re-
CURED in case that was done.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-23
LETTERS

-
The following is a list of un-
claimed letters in the Goldfield,
Nevada postofice remaining un-
called for up to and including the
week ending February 16, 1918.
Please say advertised" when call
ing for same.
Hon. H. H. Atkinson
Mr.. B. Campbell
John Carmichael
Henry Ernest
Phil Challenger
Goldfield Alamo Mining 4 Mill
ing Co.
Manda Johnson
Matt Mulligan
M. H. Mclean
Wilhelm Nyberg
Ross O'Brien
j.. O'Connell
George Parry
Patrick, Elliott & Camp CD
Mrs. Mary Prudhome
Rafael Ramiez
Mrs. c.. N. Reed
Willie Smiley
Miss Louise Templeton
H. S. Wright
HELEN ROsENTHAL. P, M.
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Murder at Ruth

T. P. Reidy, a railroad man en-
ployed by the Nevada Consolidated
Copper company, was shot and kill
ed a few days ago by Lee Wright,
another railroader, in a clubhouse
at Ruth. Wright is said to have
been sober and Reidy and a num-
Der of companions drunk. Wright
saws he was in his room when the
men kicked open his door and threw
bottles at him. He says he became
enraged at his tormentors, grabbed
his revolver and fired at random
across the room. The bullet went
the door and struck Reidy
over the heart, causing almost in
slant death.
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RED HILL SHOWING
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the 400-foot level. Up to the time
of the discovery of the rich orebody
in the north the company's work
had been largely of a preparatory
nature, but quantities of high-grade
mill ore had been exposed in work
ings on and above the 500-foot lev
ell, together with indications of the
presence of shipping ore at several
points.
In preparing the exceedingly rich
ore broken in the winze for ship
ment, it has been found necessary,
in order to insure against loss, to
bring this material to the surface
and expose it to the air for some
time before sacking. The greater
part of this material is kaolin, US
ually classed as tale, mixed with
broken particles of quartz. In it's
wet state, as found in the vein, this
kaolin Is of nearly the consistency of
soft mud, but when exposed to the
air and permitted to dry it soon
hardens and can then be broken up
easily for sacking.
Ore of high shipping grade that
has been broken in sinking the
Wine and that now appears in the
new drift will be handled separate
ly and apparently this ore Is pres
ent in sufficient quantities to in
sure a large revenue. With the
present increased force of miners it
is probable that Manager Kendall
will be enabled to start regular
shipments in the nea future and to
maintain a substantial output.
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ATLANTA BEGINS CROsS-CUT

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is now every promise or rapid prog
ress in the lateral work under way
and the ground at this depth is
solid and breaks we'll.
The present work of the Atlanta
is the deepest undertaken
in southern Nevada and is destined
to have a vital influence upon the
future OF the GOldfield district.
Mining men generally express the
utmost confidence in the outcome
of this work and with any appre-
ciable measure of success here.
deep mining in Goldfieid will be
greatly stimulated and other COM
panies will proceed to deepen their
workings.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-23
Mines Of MANHATTAN District
CONTINUE ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT
Manhattan Chamber of Mines)

Additional development work is
reported in the White Caps for this
week. A raise has been started
from the fifth level, east orebody
No. SOC, which has been extended
a distance of 80 feet from the level,
the entire raise being in high-grade
mill ore, carrying an average or
$40 per ton. This raise will be car
ried through to the fourth level.
The west drift from the fifth level
has now reached a distance of go
feet from the station, distance made
this week being % feet, working
one shift. The ground through
which this drift is passing is shale
and quartzite ribs, and it will take
an additional distance of 10 feet
before passing through the shale
belt and reaching the Limestone.
The balance of the work in the mine
for the week has been simply ore ex-
traction from the various levels.
The management announces that
the mill is operating very satisfac-
torily since the changes therein
have been consummated. 1t is tun-
ing up we'll, and nothing but a few
minor improvements will be neces-
sary. The extraction is proving up
to exhectations, and although so far
the average tonnage has been held
around 100 tons per day since start
ing up, next week it is intended to
bring the tonnage up to 215 tons
The first cleanup of the gold pre-
cipitates will be made Feb. 16, hence
the resumption of milling. A main
feature of the present milling pro-
cess is economy of operation. 1t is
expected that when the mill has
passed through the preliminary
tuning up period, it will prove to be
one of the most economical of it's
kind, taking into consideration the
average tonnage handled.
The White Caps tube mill uses
entirely the Maris chalcedony peb-
bles, a local product, which proves
most satisfactory in grinding ca
pacity and is easily obtainable, the
quarry and works being within eight
miles OF the White Caps mine.
Manhattan Consolidated
The ground through which the
Consolidated working shaft is being
sunk still is proving extremely hard
and for that reason the average foot
age made is less than reported last
week. The shaft is 80 feet be-
low the fourth level, with timber
sets in place for a distance of &C
feet. A quartzite ledge was passed
through for a depth of Is feet, and
since then the formation is a black
lime shale with streaks of quartzite
intermixed.
Biologists pronounce the present
formation as the transition zone.
There has been some increase during
the week in the water encountered
in the shaft sinking. So far, though,
it has not been necessary to install
the Cameron sinking pump in the
shaft as by bailing a few buckets
each shift keeps the flow within
bounds.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-23
REVIEW OF MINING

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deeper, where the east vein and
the main Cracker Jack vein unite.
Jumbo Junior Mine
Ore of excellent shipping grade
Is being broken in the winze below
the SS0-foot level, the shipping
grade material averaging from Is
to "a inches in width and assay
ing from 500 to $3.50 per ton.
The winze is down over 40 feet and
with a little more depth it is plan
ned to start drifts both ways on
the r and stope the higher grade
material. A shipment will be made
in the near future.
Spearhead Gold
Favorable reports continue to
come from. the S%pearhead property
and it is said that there is nov a
highly favorable showing in the
north drift on the 910-foot level,
in the shale contact zone, where ore
of high milling grade has been ex-
posed in large quantity. Good as
says have been obtained in pros
pecting the Wheeler vein at the $50
foot level.
Recognized Blue Bull
High-grade shipping ore is being
sacked from the Wine below the
100-foot level, now down nearly so
feet. Grab samples of the ore
sacked have ranged from $75 to
over 5000 per ton and while the
vein is narrow, it has maintained
a uniform width and value through
out the depth to which it has been
prospected. The drift on the ESQ
foot level will be extended to cut
this ore-shoot.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-23
White Caps Extension

The drift southeast from the 400
foot level of the White Caps Exten-
sion now measures 1SS feet from
the station. AS mentioned in last
weeks report numerous limestone
and quartz stringers were ncoun
tered about lao feet from the shaft.
The break between the two lime
stone blocks has just been crossed
by the drift. The fault plane core
lates exactly with the surface ge-
illogical survey Of the property. The
drift has now been changed into a
cross-cut running northeast paral-
leling the fault plane and the main
limestone belt will now be the OBJ
~jective of the present operations.
Manhattan Red Top Mining Co.
In the Red Top the south drift
has now reached a point 900 feet
south from the shaft. The weeks
progress in the drift is reported as
"a feet. The formation remains
unchanged, shale, with many quartz
and spar stringers crossing the drift.
The drift is being cut along the west
side of the strong fault plane struck
1874 feet east from the shaft. AL
though values are not yet sufficient
ly high in this fault to class same as
ore, an encouraging feature to the
management is that the gold values
show a steady increase as distance is
made along the fault.
Union Amalgamated
The timbering and charging of
the Earl shaft of the Amalgamated
company has at last reached the
60O-foot level of the Bath workings
situated due west from the Earl
claim, but all included in the pres
ent Amalgamated estate. The ex-
act depth of the shaft is 462 feet.
The shaft has been enlarged and
Strengthened and is now two. full
compartment in size and timbered
throughout with Oregon pine tim
bers. 1t is expected that it will take
about a week longer to cut and tim
Der the station at the present bot
tom level of the Earl shaft. The air
line for the machine drills is also
to be installed down the shaft and
the present light rails are to be re-
placed with 16-pound rails down
the shaft for the skip way. A new
skip is being built by the Nevada
Engineering company, and will be
delivered at the mine in two weeks.
This skip is Of a ton and a half ca
pacity and will be the largest in
the district when installed. After
the station is completed a skip pock-
ct will be cut below the level to ex-
pedite handling the ore from the
level. The future mining plans of
the company will be announced lat
er. The water line and pumping ar
rangement is to be continued, the
same as at present, through the
Bath incline shaft. The Ingersoll-
Rand j. C. compressor of six-drill
capacity is all installed in the
compressor house close to the collar
of the Earl shaft and the air Is all
ready to turn on as soon as the air
line is completed down the shaft.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-23
NEW LAND OFFICE
RECEIVER NAMED
JOE McEACHEN TO BE
STATES MAR
Shall

Joe McEachen, well-known travel
ing man of Reno, is to be the next
States marshal in Nevada,
and A.. B. Gray, present marshall Is
to be receiver of the land office In
Carson.
This is the announcement made
today by A. B. Gray, and ne say
he has known it for several days
He will succeed Edmund James In
the land office. James
some time ago that he wanted TO
quit the position.-RCao Gazette.
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Continued From Page One)
deeper, where the east vein and
the main Cracker Jack vein unite.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-23
Grocers Organize in TOnopah

At a recent meeting of Tonopah
retail grocers at which all we're pres
ent it was voted to discontinue So
Letting orders after Feb. Is. Elev-
en- grocers entered into the agree
ment at the request of the state food
administrator.
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DzLrrouExx sALB NOTICE
silver Pick Consolidated Mines
Company

Location OF principal place of bust
ness and location OF works: Goldfield,
Esmeralda county, Nevada.
NOTICE@There are delinquent upon
the following described stock, on ac-
count of Assessment No. 10, levied on
the 18th day Of December, 1917, the
several amounts Set opposite h names
l0Ua.
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And in accordance with law. and
an order of the Board of Directors
made on the 18th day of December,
1917, so many shares of C. parcel
of such stock as may be necessary,
will be sold at public auction. at the
office of the Company Room 265 Russ
Building, San Francisco, California,
on Monday the 25th day of February,
1918, at the hour of 1900 o'clock D. m.
of said day, to pay delinquent assess
ments thereon, together with costs of
advertising and expenses Of the sale.
CHARLES D. OLNEY,
Secretary.
Office, Room c65 Russ Building.
San Francisco. California.
First pub.-Jan. 26, 1918.
Last pub.-Feb. 20. 1918.
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skating. at CaIiente

Ice skating is now in vogue at
Caliente and many parties are be-
ing held on a pond neal there.
Evening journal., 1918-07-02

phone and telegraph messages, on
checks. on all kinds OF tickets. It
means direct taxation OF that and sim
llar nature and il means indirect taxa
tion-the taxation which goes into the
commodity or service Itself.
What else is the increase which the
government Is now making in freight
rates2 The consumer eats the tax. so
TO speak, with his bread and potatoes.
which were hauled at the higher
freight rate on the railroad, the cost
OF that dearer service going into the
price OF the loaf and the potato.
Nobody can say now what the limit
OF taxation Is, because nobody knows
just how much of what our people have
been accustomed to eating and drink
Ing and wearing and otherwise using
the great American public which d.
vldes the bulk Of the national income,
can do without.
Nobody can say now what the limit
OF production of war material is for
the same resaon. The American people
all working. cannot produce any more
war tools than their total productive
capacity as expressed In wheat, beef.
steel, lumber and so on.
But anybody with just plain, ordl-
nary sense can see that II the great
bulk Of the production Of the nation
goes to the great majority Of the
population. It is only from that same
great majority Of the population that
the great bulk Of the taxes must come,
after the exceptionally profitable in
dustry and business and the inordi-
nately rich individual have given up
the greater part. all, II you please, Of
their share-mathematically trl1lng.
as measured against the grand total OF
the whole Of the national production
out Of which must come the treasure
10 win the war.
If, then, the men in Congress who
make revenue legislation are going TO
try 10 flnsnce this war largely with
taxes, are they prepared to get those
taxes-dare they try to get them
from the whole American people. the
only source from which any power on
earth could get taxes enough, or half
enough2
Evening journal., 1918-07-02
sITFRACIsrs And rHE PRrsnENr.

M ANY friends of suffrage scoring Presi-
I'VE dent Wilson roundly because of his failure
the Anthony amendment to a vote in the United States
Senate.
They assert that II he had followed his declaration
in favor OF suffrage with special message 10 the Senate
urging the immediate passage Of the amendment. il
would have gone through instead OF The vote being
postponed until next Fan.
I'VE face this second postponement Of a vote on
suffrage only because President Wilson failed to work
with sufficient earnestness and determination for the
amendment" asserted Miss Alice Paul. chairman Of the
National Womans party as his support OF the measure
pretense? Why did he not the Senate and
this measure through. he has so many others2
The patience Of the American women cannot be taxed
much further"
Those words do not express merely the personal view
of Miss Paul When she spoke It for her party,
which has worked early and late TO put the amendment
through the Senate. The relied Upon President
Wilson TO say tho right thing at the right moment but
he failed to do It is not surprising, therefore, that
the friends Of suffrage both disappointed n-
dignant because of the postponement Of the vote.