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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15

The winding sheave wheel for the
Union shaft hoist which was shipped
to the Sparks shops for repairs has
been returned to this city, and was
installed yesterday, this permitting
the resumption of work through the
shaft of the Union. Mexican and
Sierra Nevada mines, and the hoist
ing of ore from the Con. Virginia
and Ophir mines. Operations con-
tinue as usual in the north end
mines, where large amount of de-
velopment. work is being carried on
and ore extraction continued. Con-
ditions throughout the mines con-
tinue of very favorable character,
and the working force is being in
creased as rapidly as possible to
carry forward the extensive program
of exploration under way. A state
ment issued this week relating to
Con. Virginia work says that there
was an Improvement in the ore in
the Zl0U Wlnze OF tndJ NINE GoOu
ore is also said to have been en-
countered in the 1850 level.
Several bars of bullion were
shipped from the Mexican mill this
week, having gross value of about
s22, 900, being recovered from ore
milled from the Con. Virginia and
Ophir mines. Work on the addition
to the mill is moving forward, and
the covering for the building is.-bs-
ing rushed to completion. The fill
ter for the enlarged plant has been
shipped.
At other points in the Comstock
district, mining is being carried on
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
GENERAL WASHINGTON
TOBE WORKED THROUGH
CRACKER JACK SHAFT
OLD COMPANY TO RESUME
WORK IN PROMISING
TERRITORY

A. w. l.. Dunn, a well known
southern Nevada mining man, has
taken over the General Washington,
south of the Cracker Jack and on
the strike of the main vein being
developed by that company. The
General Washington owns a claim
and fraction on the south end line
of the Cracker Jack and within 100
feet of the workings of the latter
in that direction.
AS a result of the recent ore ex-
posures in the Cracker Jack this
claim and fraction have become val
liable and Mr.. Dunn has made ar
rangements to completely finance
the company for work through the
Cracker Jack shaft. The ground
taken over by him contains the ex-
tension of the entire Cracker Jack
vein system and work is to be start
ed in short time from the 800
foot level to open the extension of
the remarkable oreshoot found be-
low that level by H. G. Mcmahon.
manager for the Cracker Jack COM
pany. From the persistency shown
by this shoot there is little doubt
that it continues strong in the
claims to the south.
The companies have entered~ into
long-term working agreement, un-
der which the General Washington
will be able to operate at small ex-
pense.
According to Mr.. Dunn, only 200,-
600 shares of the capitalization of
2,00O,0 900 has been issued and there
is practically no Indebtedness. 1t
will not be necessary to reorganize
the company and, according to Mr..
Dunn, only a small assessment will
be necessary to furnish ample funds
for large amount of development
work. 1t is planned to list the
stock
Under the agreement between the
two companies the General Wash
| ington is to have full advantage OF
the knowledge of the ground gained
by the Cracker Jack management in
years of work.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
NEWS OF MINES OF VIRGINIA CITY

as usual. Preliminary work at the
Combination shaft by the Middle
Mines association is progressing,
and equipment will be in readiness
to start diamond drilling operations
in the near future.
In Gold Hill, the motor arrived
this week for compressor at the
Con. Imperial, where the shaft is
being sunk, with large amount of
development work on the property.
Work is under way at the Jacket
Con- at the surface tunnel work
ings, where east crosscut No. 3 is
being advanced Virginia Chron-
fcle.
The official mine reports for the
past week along the Comstock show
large amount of development
work underway, especially in the
Con. Virginia and Ophir. A feature
of the Con. Virginia work was the
extraction of ore averaging SAL per
ton in driving south into the ore
shoot from the winze below the
215O level, while ophir from the
raise on the 1000 level took out
ore averaging $50 to the ton. No
ore was hoisted from the north
end mines from the 1st to the 9Th.
on account of repairs made to the
Union hoist
The Mexican mill ran 70 per cent
.of the time. the ore crushed being
principally from the surface dumps
of the Ophir and Con. Virginia. Nine
bars of bullion were shipped to the
San Francisco mint of an estimated
value of $4,000.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
TUNGSTEN MINES
At BISHOP CLOSE
THE WORLD TREATING
TUNGSTEN ORE

c. H. Olds, formerly storekeeper
for the Tungsten Mines company.
owning large low grade deposits
eight miles west of Bishop, Cal, ar
rived in Goldfield a few days ago
and states that the mine and mill or
the company have been closed since
September 20. A contract held by
the company with New York firm
at $50 per unit expired on May l
OF this year and at that time the
number of men employed was re-
duced from. 100 to so. From 55 to
so men were employed from May 1
to the closing date and during this
period 238 tons of concentrate was
produced and stored at Laws, Cal.
The concentration of the Tungsten
Mines company, with capacity of
500 tons of ore daily, is said to be
the largest plant in the world de-
voted to the treatment of tungsten
ore.
Mr.. Olds will return to Bishop in
the spring. when tits reported the
company plans to resume operations.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
Ut. .ODDIE MINES co.
IS GIVEN VERDICT
NEVADA SUPREME COURT GIVES
DECISION IN INTERESTING
TONOPAH CASE

A decision of far-reaching i'm
portance has been handed down by
the supreme court at Carson in the
case of Frank Love and Martin
Evenson against the Mt. Oddie Unit
ed Mines company. The suit in
wolves four lode mining claims near
the Halifax mine, east of Tonopah.
The Mt. Oddie company owned the
claims and during 1911 performed
$4,000 worth of assessment work by
sinking a shaft on one claim of the
group lying at the extreme westerly
end.
Love and Evenson relocated the
property in 1912, claiming that the
shaft did not tend to develop four
claims lying to the east, even If its
cost was admitted to be sufficient.
They relocated all of the Mt. Oddlo
claims, eight in number, including
the claim on which the shaft was
sunk. Then they commenced suit
on August 81, 1914. to quiet title.
The case was heard by Judge
Averill and jury and the verdict
awarded four of the eight claims to
Love and Evenson and the other
four-to the Mt. Oddie company. A
new trial having been denied by
Judge Averill, the Mt. Oddie COM
pany appealed to the supreme court,
where a decision was handed down
affirming the lower court. The Mt.
Oddie company then petitioned for
a rehearing, and the cause was ar
gued at length in the supreme court
with the result that the lower court
has been reversed Times.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
GOOD SHIPMENTS ARE
MADE FROM FLORENCE
ADAMSON, TRAYNOR AND Nc
CALL AND DUNN LEASES
IN ORE

The west crosscut in the Florence
has been driven 337 feet toward the
Combination No. 2 claim, leased
from the Development company, an1
the. southeast crosscut has been ex-
tended 204 feet. The former is now
close to the vein that crops on the
surface and which is one of the OBJ
jectives and the latter is cutting
through the east-west fault. IN
which low assays are being secured
from narrow seams.
The florence Divide shipped two
cars today, assaying about 500 per
ton, according to Peter Juol, lease
superintendent. Assays from coh-
trolls show the last four cars shipped
from the lease to have been worth
1920, SIS. SAL, and 1880, accord
ing to E. A. Byler. engineer for the
Florence. No returns have been re-
ceived from a car shipped October
II. A car shipped on October 29
was estimated to be worth $117 per
ton. Final returns from the car
from the Dolcic lease show 1t was
worth $26 per ton. Adamson, Tray
nor and Mccall have made a car
load shipment estimated to be worth
$40 per ton. 1t is expected that
the Dunn lease in the Engineers
block will soon ship, as ore break
ing over $3.50 is being saved from
seam from Is to 20 inches wide.
A meeting of stockholders of the
Florence was called here for No
vember 4, but was postponed to No
vember and then to the twelfth
owing to lack of quorum. The
first meeting was opened by j. X.
Turner. a registered stockholder and
the second was opened by H. G.
Mcmahon, 2 director.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
Two COMPANIES READY
TO DRILL AT FALLON

Drilling machinery to be used by
the Lahontan Oil syndicate has ar
rived in the Fallon field Founda-
tions for <he machinery. derrick
and other equipment are already In
place. The plant of the Fallon Oil
and Gas company is now completely
equipped and it is said that drilling
will start in a few days. 1t is ex-
pected that a favorable formation
will be entered at 1900 feet. but
the superintendent of the company
says he is prepared to sink to 1000.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
HUMBOLDT PLACER FIELD
is BEING PROSPECTED

Placer ground in Rockhill canyon.
in the Dun Glen district of Hum
boldt county. is being prospected
with a drill and it is reported that
if the results are satisfactory min
ing on a large scale will be started.
Conditions in the district are similar
to those found in Tule canyon.
Cinnamon in the early days made a
big production and some large mug
gets were found, but heavy flow
of water on bedrock prevented them
from reaching bedrock. which lies
at considerable depth.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
ELDORADO CANYON MEN
ASK GOVERNMENT REPORT

Men interested in the Eldorado
canyon district in the southern part
of the state have requested the geo.
logical survey to investigate and re-
port on the entire region which has
a production record of So 3,500,000 in
gold and silver. The district is be-
tween Las Vegas and Searchlight. in
Clark county and the only govern
ment report on it was made by Ran
som some years ago. The principal
mining has been done in an area six
miles long and one mile wide. the
ore. assaying from $12 to $40 per
ton. being mined from veins four
to 20 feet wide.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
BIG VEIN OPENED
IN CRACKER JACK
ORE EXPOSED FOR ONE Hun
DRIED AND TWENTY, FEET
on DIPS OF VEIN

The orebody in the Cracker Jack
has been opened for a distance of
120 feet on the dip of the vein and
as soon as the vein is entered by
the crosscut from the 100-foot winze
from the 320-foot level drifts will
be driven north and south in an
effort to determine the lateral ex-
tent of the oreshoot. Assays of from
$3.50 to $40 have been secured in
the work from the bottom of tho
winze and in drifting from the first
raise from the c-osscut to reach the
vein drifts were driven a total dis
tance of 40 feet with full faces in
from $40 to $25 ore.
The results obtained to date, in
view of what has been learned
through work in similar shoots in
other parts of the district, indicate
that high-grade ore will be found in
continued exploration. as the solid
body of lower grade material is said
to make an ideal condition for the
discovery of one or more rich lenses
such as were found in the nearby
Sandstorm after six-months
search. More silver than gold is in
the upper part of the orebody and
this condition has been found to be
reversed in the raises from the cross
cut.
Men who have been familiar with
the entire district for many years
regard the conditions in the Cracker
Jack as remarkable. particularly in
view of the situation of the mine,
and in their opinion the possibili-
ties for further development are
, great, as the value of the ore has
shown a steady improvement as
greater depth has been gained. Over
/ $4,000 tons of ore worth from 81
to SIS per ton is exposed above the
120-foot level and indications are
that far greater tonnage that can
be treated in the Development mill
at good profit will quickly be,
placed in sight at the present depth
everything pointing to the finding
everything pointing to the findinf
of important shoots of rich ore in
the course Of the prospecting.
The vein varies in width from a.
few inches where the evidence of
movement of the andesite hanging
wall on the rhyolite foot wall is
most pronounced, to over % feet,
the width found at depth of 60
feet in the winze.
The vein has a rather slight dip
and the present work is being done
far east of the shaft. The company
owns a big acreage in this direction
and the opening of a big tonnage of
ore would lead to new shaft being
sunk
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
IONOPAH-DIvIDE
LABOR TROUBLE
IS SETTLED
BAsIs OF SETTLENfENT is FIFTY
CENT INCREASE AND
COMNIISSARY


is reported to have been definitely
settled last night when the miners
accepted proposition made by the
operators calling for a 50-cent wage
increase, with commissary to
handle meats, groceries, coal. wood
and miners clothing.
According to the terms of the set
tlement as reported here the COM
missary is to be operated until
August of next year before any
thing further is done in the matter
and on that date the federal media
tor is to decide whether it has re-
suited in reduced living cost
amounting to so cents per day. If
the mediator finds this to be the
case then the wage is to be cut SO
cents, the commissary to continue
in operation.
The settlement amounts practic-
ally to 81 increase until August j..
1920.
The craft unions of Tonopah and
Divide, at a meeting held in Tono-
pah on Saturday night, accepted the
agreement made between the miners
and operators on Friday, thus defi-
nitely settling the strike.
The full text of the agreement
follows:
/ First. The operators agree to es-
tablish commissary within 60 days
of the ratification of this agreement
to sell the necessities of life to
their employees at cost. plus operat-
/ ing expenses. The employees shall
have equal representation on the ad-
/ visory board whose duty it will be
/. to see that goods are being sold ito
1 employees on cost basis and without
profit and to act in an advisory
capacity with regard to the general
policy and operation of the store
and to- recommend any changes
which may in their opinion be made
/ in the interest of harmony and CO.
I operation as between the store and
/ its patrons and for the benefit OF
employees.
1 Second. Coal shall be sold and
delivered to all employees at cost.
] Third. Operators will grant a
bonus to all employees of so cents
per shift retroactive to the time
1 the individual employe returned to
work, provided such employe is still
on the payroll.
/ Fourth. At the end of 60 days
from the ratification Of this agree
ment a federal mediator will be
called in who shall be instructed
and have an agreement with both
parties to this agreement to the
/ effect that in case he finds the COM
missary at that time is functionins
! fully and delivering all necessities
of life at cost, he will 80 declare
and the bonus above mentioned will
J De oAOulu AC Aiho thS
commissary not functioning fully he
will return each so days thereafter
until he finds the commissary to
be functioning fully and the bonus
will be continued in such meantime.
Fifth. Board shall be given to
single men at $3.50 per month
where boarding houses are now or
hereafter operated by companies
Goods from the store shall be sold
to private boarding house keepers
after arrangement with such board
ing house keepers has been made to
the end that they furnish board to
employees at $3.50 per month. This
clause is to become effective St the
time the store becomes fully opera
tive and the bonus is withdrawn.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
TOh0PAH MAN REPORTS ON OIL BASIN fIELDI

men, and though both are good, the
anticlinal dome is preferred. Such
location appears to exist on Sec
tions and z. Township 10 North,
Range 60 East.
A peculiar feature of these arches
or >domes is that instead of retaining
their anticlinal form intact, they are
usually followed out into deep wide
basins at depth.
The beds of shale represent the
beds of deep crecatious seas that
abound with fossil shells of marine
origin, and doubtless were origin
ally filled with sea weeds and other
organic life. e
Petroleum oil is generally sup
posed to be derived from carbona-
ceous or bituminous material derived
from the sea weeds and marine or
ganism distilled from the shales by
heat, either metamorphic or volcanic
heat, and rising through fissures
into cavities or overlapping porous
rocks or sandstone capped with lime
stone.
The theory has been advanced
that should the shale strata con-
tanning oil be exposed at the sur
face, the tendency would be for the
oil to escape. This might be true
of that particular strata, but an
intervening strata of imperyious ma
terial acting as capping for sue
ceeding deposits of shale or oil bear
ing sands would still remain intact,
as evidenced by oil being found at
varying depths.
Along this line will be noted
what is termed by e. T. Hancock
of the U. S. geological survey, as a
significant feature of the Upton
Thorton oil district located in the
Black Hills of eastern Wyoming in
his report on said field, who says;
THAT the fallacy and contention
of some gcologists is shc~n that
wherever an oil bearing sand is ex-
posed, so much of its oil will es-
cape as to preclude accumulation N
commercial quantity nearby. Tie
| extent to which the oil escapes or
it's escape at all. probably depends
on a change in the dip of the bed
| In which it is contained or OH varia-
tions in the texture of the rock that
forms that bed, as well as on the
level of the ground water and other
conditions, all of which are subject
to considerable variation
Proof positive that oil is found in
commercial quantities in black lime
stone like that found in ''Oil Basin,
and located in the S. e. n of Sec.
21, T. IL NJ. r. so East is contained
in the following;
Fort Foith Texas, Nov. l, 1919.
''The Poteet well No. 5 Of Root,
Hupp and Duff, west of Pleasant
Grove (Desdemona oil field in north
ern Texas). unexpectedly struck oil
at depth of 1920 feet, and the
well began flowing 500 barrels be-
fore the rs casing was set. This
production is coming from the top
of the black lime, and as soon as
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15

Charles H. Fenner. Tonopah en-
gineer, has made the following re-
port on the Oil Basin field, also
known as Currant Creek. in north
ern Nye and southern White Pine
counties:
Gentlemen: In compliance with
your request, have made careful
survey of the structural conditions
of the Currant Creek district, which
/ beg to present herewith. together
with my conclusions, as follows:
The Currant Creek Oil Field is
located in the low rolling foothills
on the White River mountains, ex-
tending from the .headwaters of
Currant Creek in an easterly and
southeasterly direction to the White
River valley, Nye and White Pine
counties, Nevada.
The altitude ranges from G200
to 640O feet above sea level.
The numerous holdings through
out the district are held by location
in accordance and compliance with
the mineral laws of the United
States, and the local laws of the
district.
This being a field of virgin ter
ritory, no development work has
been done.
The structural formation consists
of limestone, quartzite, and both
fine and coarse grained sandstone,
capped in several places with black
shale both thinly bedded and
blocky. containing marine fossils,
which are identified as belonging to
the Triassic age.
The strong odor of oil given off
/ by the freshly broken specimens Of
harder shale, and the globules of oil
shown in the numerous vugs lin the
black limestone associated with the
shale, compares favorably with oil
having a paraffin base as found
in the fields of Wyoming and Cali
fornia, and bear unmistaken .evi-
dence that the underlying formation
should contain petroleum in COM
mercjal quantities.
The principa: structural feature
of this district consists of an anti
cline dome of varying width, its
axis having strike of about S. %
| degrees w. from the most prom
inent bed of black shale located
in S. f. " of Sec. 81, T. II NJ, Il.
! which is flanked by a monocline
located in Sections so and 81. T.
IL, X. CT E., and having strike
S. 10 degrees w.
In the oil fields of Pennsylvania,
/ Wyoming and California there are
certain structural conditions of the
I strata often appearing at the sur
face of the country, which are con-
sidered as especially favorable for
bringing the oil within reach of the
surface, and these are selected as
sites on which to bore. These are
! known as anticlinal arches. folds or
domes and synclinal troughs or
basins. 1t is these anticlinal domes
or arches and synclinal folds or
i basins that are particularly sought
after as locations for drilling by oil
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-15
ALEXANDER DUNNETT
REPRESENTS CLEMENT
Will Substitute for Governor at the
Eastern States Exposition
Wednesday,

ST. JOHNSBURY, Sept. 1J.-Attor-
ney Alexander Dunnett of this village
will represent Gov. Percival w. Glenn
ent at the Eastern States Exposition to
be held at Springfield, Mass, this week,
commencing today. Gov. Clement, who
is unable to attend, has received invi-
tations from Gov. Calvin Coolidge of
Massachusetts and also one from the
chairman of the committee of the expo
sition, but the meetings of the state
board of control will keep him in Mont
pelier this week.
On Wednesday a new building will
be dedicated which will be an exact
replica of the old state house in Boston
which now stands at the head of State
street The ceremony will be very
impressive one and will be attended by
great majority of the New England
governors, together with other promi-
nent officials from the eastern states.
Attorney Dunnett, of the law firm of
Dunnett, Shields & Conant, was United
States district attorney for Vermont
from 1905 to 1916 when he was sue
eeeded by Attorney Vernon A. Billiard.
He ran for congress in 1916 when he
conducted a short whirlwind campaign
and was barely defeated by the pres
ent incumbent. Porter II. Dale.
He was president of the Vermont Bar
association in. 1907. and 1908. chairman
of the New Hampshire Boundary Line
commission in 1913 and 1914. chairman
of the state republican convention in
1900. He has been prominently men
toned as a candidate for governor of
Vermont next year.