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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-01
Most Serious in History Of keokuk is
the Characterization Of the
Fuel Admins
tration.
MANY WITHOUT FUEL
How to Take Care Of These and How
to Keep Business Going is Prob
lem-Ask Shorter Bust
ness Hours.

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supply of fuel in Keokuk limit
ed to one car of coke, members
of the fuel commission said to-
day that Keokuk was facing
the most serious situation in
its history. There are a hun
dred or more families practic-
ally with empty fuel bins. And
like Mother Hubbard of the
nursery rhyme, the fuel board
finds it's surplus fuel bin bare
as the cupboard. Shortening
of hours in business houses,
heating fewer rooms, and keep
ing these at a lower tempera-
ture, are a few Of the sugges-
lions that the commission is
making. Further than that the
commission is powerless to re-
lieve the situation right now,
which looms up as the most ser
ious that the city has ever
faced.
The commission is suggesting to
the merchants that perhaps they
can help by shortening business
hours and keeping up only such fires
as are absolutely necessary during
the business day. To the house
holders the commission suggests a
lower temperature at which to keep
rooms, in the effort to conserve
fuel
The fuel commission does not wish
to interfere with business, or with
people, but the fact remains that
there are people who are absolutely
without pound of fuel, some of
whom have illness in the household.
relieve these cases, but the problem
is what to do.
One Car Of Coke.
The only available supply Of fuel
is one car of coke. This must be
parcelled out in half-ton lots. One
dealer sent men and teams to the
country this morning to see If it will
be possible to haul wood to the cars
and send it into the city People
are going to the river and to the
park and gathering drift wood and
the branches of trees and pine cones
in the effort to get something to
burn.
The ban on amusement places and
all non-essentials, which was clamp
ed on Saturday, will continue. 1t
may be necessary to close up the
schools, as the coal supply in the
buildings is dwindling. Schools will
be kept open as long as possible on
the coal they have, but it will be i'm
possible to keep them all going for
any length Of time.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26

The Taylors' Wednesday evening steak dinner is proving very popular. "Taylors Special" steak cooked to or der. J,,&.i adv
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
BIG MINING SUIT
 IN YAVAPA| COURT

One of the most interesting suits that has been tried in many moons in Yavapai county was decided early this week in the superior court of that county. The suit was instituted by the Copper Queen against the Bing- hampton for $200,000 for damages for breach of contract and the jury's yer dict gave the plaintiff $15,000. The suit consumed two weeks of the time of the court and everything from the reputation of the mine superintendent as mining exeprt to his conduct to- ward his mother-in-law was gone into, although when the matter was sim mered down it was simply a question of whether there had been breach of the contract of the Binghampton mine to supply ore to the Copper Queen smelter not in excess of 100 tons daily. Apparently there was no limit of the tonnage below the maximum, but the mining companies failed to furnish any ore during a certain per iod and the smelter company believed they were largely damaged.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26

Chloride has survived the war per iod in much better shape than might have been expected for mining camp with no steadily producing mines. Just how this has happened, no-one knows; but there have always been enough mining properties in process of active development to keep busi- ness moving, and today the outlook is progressively optimistic. Much is expected of the Tennessee-Schuylkill combination, who have junked the old Tennessee surface equipment and re- placed it with well-installed electric machinery at great expense, who have been opening up new ground between the two properties with the develop ment of large bodies of what is prob ably better ore than the Tennessee ever had previouly-especially with re- gard to precious metal values-and who have been employing various skillful metallurgists during the past year in preparation for concentrat- ing mill which will introduce new and important era for Chloride.
 Within the past few weeks, the Elk hart has passed under control of MT. H. R. Plate, who is favorably known through his connection with the Col den Gate Consolidated. The superin- tendent, MT. J. w. Collier, has arrived, and it is expected that the business like development of this valuable property will shortly be under way. It is possible that arrangement will be made with the Schuylkill Company for the use of their main shaft, by con- tinuing the North Drift on it's S00- level below the old Elkhart workings.
 After some unavoidable delay, the Brunswick property is starting an ac- tive development campaign under charge of Mir. Cook. This property has always been held in high esteem, and was purchased during the past year from the late MT. William Boyle. It is we'll equipped with the surface equipment and electric plant belong ing to the Bullion.
 The Tuckahoe, in the flat west of Chloride, continues its increasingly active operation, with results so fav- orable that the company is reported to have recently optioned the Merri-
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
HERE IN INTERESTS OF
 THE GOLDEN ERA GROUP

John W. Melhorn, of San Diego, was in Kingman several days this week looking over his interest in the Union Pass section. MT. Melhorn and asso- ciates are preparing to do the assess ment work for the year on the Golden Era group, formerly owned by the late J. E. Farley and J. M. Farley. The properties have had considerable work done on them and shipments of rather high grade gold ore was sent out from some of the claims in the group. At the present time the pres ent owners are interesting San Fran cisco capital in the mines and is pos sible that as soon as an examination is made by mining engineer the real work of putting the mines in shape for production will be udertaken.
 The group of claims lie in one of the best mineralized sections of the Union Pass country, being we'll situated for economic work. The veins are large and carry exceptionally good values. Work done by J. M. Farley show ore bodies having great width, the ore av- eraging above the ordinarily milling ore of the country. If the future de- velopment maintains the present high average the property will be one of the big things of the county. Mir. Mel horn is enthusiastic over the outlook for the making of big milling gold property.
 With the development of the proper ty mapped out the new company that is to be organized to handle the prop erty wil extend the power line from the Ruth, at Silver Creek, to the prop erty by way of the Mossback.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
BUILDING UP MARKET
 IN EUROPE FOR COPPER

That copper may not entirely be is plated by the sluggish market for the metal in the United States the com- mitee having the matter in charge is now arranging for large credits for European account to take on the wants of Italy, England, France and Bel gium for the red metal. The purpose of the men in charge of copper affairs is to make possible the rehabilitation of these countries in the way of re- placing everything in which copper had place and giving the people long time credits. It is claimed that ecer Germany will have to purchase 3; ,, 100000 popnds of copper for imm' d fate use, even though cash may hc1' to be paid for it. As the allies ha , agreed to allow Germany raw mc' erials it is probable that that count: will come in on the general credl although they vii lnot be given t. same latitude of credit that will ' extended to the allied nations.
 The building up of copper F
 ket will at once be felt in the copper regions of the west in greater activi- ty and the employment of the old for ces at mines and smelters.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
OPENS NEW ORE SHOOT
 NEAR MINERAL PARK

John F. Gross came infrom Mineral Park few days ago and reports that he has just opened another showing of copper ore in his claims south of 1thica Peak. The new find is about 1000, feet easterly, of the tunnel that was driven into the copper bearing formation by the late o. A. Turner, but appears to carry better copper val ues. The copper bearing formation lies under the close grained quartz porphyry that carries the turquoise. Samples of the rock shows it to be we'll impregnated with the copper, and while the shaft has penetrated the mass but few feet the indications are that splendid ore will be opened at depth. Quite flow of water was encountered which slowed up the work until it is now almost impossible to go deeper without putting on mach inery.
 That there is big copper deposit in what is known as Cross Wash and the lower part of the Mineral Park basin is the opinion of miners who are familiar with the copper deposits of the country. While drilling through the porphyries, especially the hard formation overlying the real cop per deposit, has not brought to light anything big, the fact of the matter is that so far nothing tangible has been done to develop the softer and more receptive. formation underlying the hard turquoise bearing material. All the country bears copper more or less and in places exceptionally good values have been found. Some of the veins running through the country south of the Park show native through them. Especially noticeable is the ores of the old Ark and San Antone.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
RED LION CROSSCUT FAST
 APPROACHING ORE BODY

The Red Lion is encountering a change in formation in it's cross cuts on the 250 foot level. The andesite shows seams of calcite and quartz stained with iron and manganese. The management is well pleased with the showings and believe a body of ore is not far off.
 This property has favorbale loca- tion, being almost surrounded by Tom Reed holdings, is within 2OOO feet of their main shaft and along the main Tom Reed vein system.
 w. L. Stowers, wealthy banker from Indianapolis, Indiana, who is a large stock holder in the Red Lion, has been in Oatman during the past week. It is his first visit to the camp and he is well pleased with the Red Lion and is optimistic over the camp in general.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
START UNWATER|NC
 THE |XL PROPERTY

G. D. Atlee this week received a wire from Ne wYork directing him to begin the unwatering of the IXL mine and as soon as that is done to begin sinking the shaft to aother level. The lXL is situated in the basin of that name, about mile south of the old c. O. D. A shaft has been sunk below the water level and considerable good ore opened, although the vein is somewhat broken and faulted. It is the opinion of mining men that this property will make good producer with further development. MT. Atlee was in charge of the property for sev- eral years and is competent to work out the problem that will be presented i" working out the fault system.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
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AN s ON H. SMITH
NELLIE OPERATIONS ARE
 ATTRACTING ATTENTION

The Nellie has attracted a great deal of attention during the past week, the price of the stock having advanced during this time several points in spite of the interest taken in the opening of the Victory Loan drive. After fight ing. water for over month, the prop erty is entirely unwatered and new electric pump has been installed.
 Actual underground work will begin the first part of the week, and will start at the point that they left off (500 fit. leveD when operations were discontinued over two years ago, and will continue along the vein east to the endline of the Black Range prop erty.
 Some good ore was encountered be- fore the property was forced to cease operations and the stock had been as high as .40Ac share. The Nellie is we'll thought of by all mining men who have been over the property.
 The present drifting on the Nellie will prove up that section of the Black Range property, as it is the same vein. The unwatering of the mine will also drain the Black Range, so that work can proceed on that proper ty without having to fight the water, which will be big saving. The Black Range stock has been listed on the Los Angeles Stock Exchange and will be called in the near future.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
The Weeks ReUieU 0f Minin0 Activities in The District
 Of Chloride

mac and Tinctic properties which ad- join.
 Water is being kept down in the Diana, pending sale to a California company.
 It is reported that the Jack-Pot will soon commence active development. The Rural in Mineral Park is being re-opened by Mr. M. B. Dudley, and the Washington has been taken over by MT. F. E. G. Berry, who will short ly start up the mill.
 The Rescue, which had brief ca- reer of activity something over year ago, is again brought into favorable notice by MT. w. P. Turner and as- sociates. A carload of Rescue ore has been recently shipped to the smelter; netting the owners about $26.00 per ton above freight and treatment. As there are five feet of ore in the shaft, it is probable that profitable shipments will continue.
 Despite the fact that occasional ore-shipments indicate the possibility of good mining profits on that basis of operation, it is unquestionably true that Chloride's great ore-deposits, from their very nature, will never be thoroughly exploited until local mills are erected. This statement may be dodged if you please, and the rather negative histories of some recent at tempts at milling be mentioned in re- buttal, but it is none the less strictly true. When mills" are mentioned, it is intended to convey the idea of some- thing very different from the conven- tional concentration mill which has, with occasional variations, been built during the past fifty years. The fun ction of this old-style mill may be said to be strictly limited to the treat ment of non-sliming minerals and of such as offered wide differences in specific gravity from the waste min erals in the gangue. Owing to the inefficiency of such mills large bodies of 15-ounce silver ores have been worthless, and fortunes have gone up in fume from the roasting of tellur- ides. Today the rapid advances in Notation efficiency have changed all this, and mineral separations are now made at low cost which were formerly impossible.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
VISITS MINING
 PROPERTY HERE

J. Edmund Snow, of Santa Ana, California, was in Kingman the past few days looking into mining matters in which he is interested. He came here primarily to look over interests in the Eclipse property, at Secret Pass. Other holdings of MT. Snow in this county are situated on the east side of the Wallapais, below the Stan dard Minerals camp, which is held by the Aubrey Bi-Metals company, and which work is to be commenced short ly. This property has an excellent showing of mineral and with propor development ought to become excel ,ent producers.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
U. $. METAL MINES
 DIVIDENDS IN 1919

The dividends paid during the month of March, 1919, by 2s mining and metallurgical companies in the United States amounted to $12,O5O, ,43s as compared with earnings of $27,- 240,511 in March 1918. Holding com panies paid$366,572, as compared with $413,433 in 1917. Canada, South America and Mexican companies paid $1 ,S06,213 in March 1918.
 The total dividends paid during the first three months of the year by the United States mining and metallurgi- cal companies was $29,434, ,O06 com- pared with s47,261, ,524 in 1918. Hold ing companies paid during the same time $696,572 and $743,433 respect fully. The production of Mexican, Canadian and South American com panies was $4,614,4l2 for 1919 and $4,627,775 for 1918.
 The dividend record for March was one of reductions compared with the previous year. Many of the old time dividend payers passed their dividends especially Calumet and Hecla, Old Dominion, and Utah Consolidated. Shannon and some others of the com panies who had precarious existence the past several years went out of existance, their holding being taken over for little or nothing by the other nearby operating companies.
 Even though the mining companies have been hard hit by cessation of
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
GOES EAST 10 FINANCE
 MOHAYE co. PROPERTY

Edward Copley, who has been work ing on the financing of several big projects in Mohave county the past two years and who has been looking over the field the past month, de- parted to Pittsburgh last Saturday night. Mir. Copley expects to soon have the matter of the financing of the Arizona Butte we'll under way and that within the next sixty days the management here will have the big machines going in the deep tunnel that is to tap the gridiron of veins under Stockton Hill.
 The project on which Mir. Copley is working is one of the most inviting in the state and is sure to return large returns on the investment. The Arizona Butte company has an immen- SC estate on Stockton Hill and its pro- jected tunnel will reach far below the surface, cutting hundreds of veins. Along the course of the tunnel the company owns nearly two miles of pat ented ground, all wonderfully mineral ized. The tunnel is now in about 600 feet in the largest vein of the group and the bore will be through this vein more than 2000 feet on it's way into the mountain. Stockton Hill has had some of the best of the big Silver veins of the Wallapai mining district and the opening of these veins at depth and the drainage of a large ter ritory will enable all the property owners in that section to operate their mines, where at the present time lit tie or nothing can be done with them owing to the heavy inflow of water. Many small rich veins will be reach ed and hundreds of miners can be put to work on tribute from the level of the big tunnel. The large veins can be operated at low expense and the ores milled cheaply in the mill that is to be erected below the portal of the tunnel. This portal is only about seven miles from the main line of the Santa Fe railroad over an almost level country, and the haulage charge to the railroad would be very low.
 No section of the mining west of- fers so inviting project as this and it is to be hoped that the company will soon be in shape to carry on the work on large scale.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26

the war it will be noted that prac- tically all the big ones continue to do business and are making every effort to further their development and add to their reserves in the belief that the base metal will again react in price. But aside from the low price of the metals many of the larger companies are using their reserves to make pos sible the employment of all their old forces to keep the operating end of the concerns in shape to take advan- tage of a revival in copper and other metals mining. Losses do not phase these fellows, as they are all good sports and book their losings with as great nonchalence as, they do their winnings. ''.' '.".
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
PROGRESS BEING MADE,
 WITH MINES ASSOCIATION

The Mohave County Mines Associ- ation is making good progress with their organization which was started last week.
 Membership lists are out among the mining men and neat sum has all ready been subscribed to carry on the work of theo rganization.
 The directors expect to hold a meet ing Monday afternoon at which the officers will be elected and plans dis cussed for future work.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26

T. D. Walsh, one of the best known of the young mining engineers of the southwest, has. been appointed mill superintendent by the Blackberry Con, Mining company. MT. Walsh has al- ready entered upon his duties and we expect that he will make big success of the milling of Blackberry ores. The mill is an ideal plant and already has given good account of itself.
The herald., 1919-09-18
CHARTER OF INTERNATIONAL SHIP
SUPPLY, INCORPORATED

United States of America, State of Louisi-
anna, Parisho of Orleans, City of New
orleans BE it known, that on this l4tb dav
OF the month of August in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Nineteen. before me. William J. Guste, a
Notary Public. duly commissioned and quail
tied, in and for the above Parish and State.
therein residing, and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared the severaly
parties whose names are here unto subscribers
VINO severally declared that. availing them
selves OF the laws of the State of louisiana.
IN such cases made and provided
and more particularly of Act 267 OF
the General Assembly of the State of
louisiana of 1914, relating to the creation.
organization and formation of corporations,
they have covenated and agreed and by these
presents do hereby covenant, agree and bind
themselves. well as all other persons as
may hereafter become associated with them.
to form corporation for the objects and pur-
poses under the articles and stipulations
following. which they hereby adopt as their
charter, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of th
corporation shall be International Ship Sup
ply, Incorporated" and under its corporate
name. IT shall have power and authority to
have and enjoy corporate existence for a