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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-04
GOLDFIELD MEN RETURN FROM
WHITE RIVER OIL DISTRICT


Edwin S. Giles, Tom Keane, Tim
Connolly, Dell Wells, Ralph Nc
Laughlin and r. j.. Burgess have re-
turned from the White River oil
field in northern Nye county The
field has been located over four
townships and it is reported that re-
cent discoveries regarding the sur
face formation make it more prom
Using than ever before. Connolly
returned with the best specimen OF
shale exhibited here since the dis
covery of the district. The party
returned Sunday morning and Giles
states that the rair. all was so heavy
north of Tonopah that on the big
flat the water rose over the run
ming board of his automobile. Heavy
rain storms have occurred in the
past few days in Tonopah and north
of there. Friday night, when the
rainfall was heavy in Tonopah. the
storm did not extend south as far
as Divide.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-04
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GIVES ZINC FIGURES

Figures compiled by C. E. Siben-
thai. of the United States geological
survey, department of the interior,
from reports submitted by all zinc
smelters which operated during the
first six months of 1919 show that
the production of zinc from domes-
tic ore in that period fas 247,5S4
short tons, and from foreign ore
1918 tons, a total production of
255. 5.502 tons, as compared with
260,6G4 tons in the last half of
1918. and 257,263 tons in the first
half.
The stock of zinc held at smelters
January /, 1919, was 41,241 tons
and June 80 it was 59,651 tons, an
increase of 1910 tons. The stock
June 80, 1918, was 44,502 tons.
The stock of zine held by the war
department on May 90. 1919, was
reported as $4,000 TONS, 5000 tons
of which was held at producers
plants and the remainder at plants
which had been engaged in making
munitions. In July the government
stocks were reported as $1,000 tons
of grade A and 5000 tons of all
other grades. The latest invoice by
the war department, as of August
so, shows 10,2S1 tons of slab zinc
and Sc tons of sheet zinc. The de-
crease in government stocks was
due in part to the purchase of gov
ernment holdings of their own
brands of high grade spelter by the
larger producers.
From the foregoing figures ard
the records of the bureau of foreign
anil uomt atic commerce. il IS cal.
culated that the apparent consump-
tion for the period was 159,5O1 tons
as compared with 212,660 tons in
the last half of 1918 and 211,S70
tons in the first half.
In addition to the zinc produced
from ore, 1928 tons was redis-
titled from zinc ashes, skimmings
and dresses. Much of this zine
was of grades above prime western,
and the total, added toFthe primary
output, gives 262,S30 tons consist
ing of 30,154 tons of grade A, 25,-
8O2 tons of grade B. 43,481 tons of
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j. X TURNER ISSUES REPORT ON MERRILL
SILVER LEAD COMPANY PROPERTY

chalcedonic quartz, stained by iron
oxide.
A marked Characteristic of the
veins of this property and of the
district, is the persistency of strike
as shown wherever the alluvial de-
posit has been removed.
The valuable constituents of the
deposits are gold, silver and lead.
The silver content is found IN the
form of cerargyrite (silver chloride.
called horn-silver) and sparingly as
h, omyrite (silver bromide). Tho
lead content as cerussite dead car
bonate), and galena (lead sui
phide). Copper may appear with
depth.
The development is confined to
the Ella claim and consists of shall
low shafts, cuts and trenches, all
of which expose heavily mineralized
vein matter. The main shaft is so
feet deep, but has been filled to
the 25 foot point. A shaft 20 fee,
deep and close to the main shaft
has been sunk on the intersection
of the main vein and cross vein
and exposed four feet of lead ore.
A sample across the entire width
gave: trace gold, lao ounces silver.
and 7.40 per cent lead, or a value
of $40 per ton. A sample taken
from the richer portion Of the vein
across one foot gave: trace gold.
$50 ounces silver and $3.50 per
cent lead, or total value of
$27.70 per ton. Silver is figured at
81 per ounce and lead at cents
per pound. Numerous assays are
on file in the company's office
taken at various points, which are
very satisfactory and proves the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-04
BIRCH CREEK F|NO IS RICH

| A regular old-fashioned stampede
has followed the news of rich
strike in the Birch Creek district,
IL miles southeast of Austin and
Smokey Valley has had a process
sion of automobiles from Rorn1
Mountain, Manhattan, Tonopah and
"all points SOUTH" Locators have
been busy and the whole country
for miles around has been staked.
Mining engineers from far and near
have visited the scene and Jack Ca
hill, locator of the ground. has been
Kept busy showing visitors through
the tunnel and over the mountain
where he has exposed rich ore, says
the Nevada Mining Press.
Cahill was reared in Austin and
has prospected and mined in the
hills to the south off and on for sew
eral years. He has sold his holdings
in Telluride, which the new camp
has been christened, to Henry Dyer,
cashier of the Lander County Bank,
and Messrs Bowler and Francis.
The purchasers have paid him
$4,000 and have agreed to pay $780,
900 more on or before January 1,
1920. In addition Cahill is to re-
ceive 10000 shares OF stock in a
company to be Incorporated to oper-
ate the property. The purchasers
are all old friends and business as
sociates. Cahill banked with Dyer,
bought supplies from Francis, who
is a merchant. and stopped with
Bowler, who is q rancher.
Cahill's discovery is not entirely
new, which is demonstrated by the
amount of work he has performed.
His locations cover wide sheared
zone in andesite, according to engi-
neers who have visited the property.
He drove a crosscut tunnel for 130
feet through this zone, encountering
several veins of quartz and tale
containing hematite that showed
long strings or gold WhCn panned.
There is width of 40 to so feet
that carries low values in gold clear
across but the balance of the zone
is of better grade and some of the
veins are extremely rich. The tun-
mel is rather shallow and was de-
signed only to prospect the forma-
tion. Rich shoots of ore have also
been opened on the surface in. pits
and trenches. 1t looks like 1t would
develop large tonnage of free mill
ing ore.
The new strike is in low rolling
hills on the east slope of the Toiyabe
is about IL miles south
east of Austin. The country is
fairly well wooded and there is an
of water for mine and
mill purposes. A short distance
north of the Cahill strike the Inter-
national Victory Mining company,
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Supplies can be secured in Cold
field also, but large lots can be
bought either in Los Angeles or San
Francisco at cheaper prices. Elec-
trio power can be transmitted from
Goldfield.
The geology of this property is
identical with the geology of the
entire district and is composed of
Cambrian limestone and calcareous
shales which are intruded by diorite
dykes. The shale is interbedded
with the limestone and the ore is
found both in the shale and in the
limestone. The most widely dis
tributed formation is the limestone.
ranging in color from light gray to
almost black. AT numerous places
the limestone rock is heavily stained
by hematite and limonite.
The principal ledge or ore zone
on your property has an almost
easterly and westerly course. The
surface shows much weathering and
heavy oxidation and in many places
resembles an iron gossan. This
mineralized zone has an average
width of 80 feet and extends across
your Old Glory, Ella and Mary
Jone claims a distance of 1900 feet.
Cross veins Of white calcite. barite
and quartz cut the main mineralized
zone or ledge and it is at these in
tersections the ore bodies are found.
Three such intersections are opened
by shallow shafts and trenches. The
quartz in many places is intensely
crushed and the fragments have
been re-cemented by limonite. or a
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incorporated by John B. Olsen ana
|J. H. Schweble owns nine claims
which have been developed during
the past three years, and which are
said to have good showing.
E. HI. Wedekind, mining engi-
neer. writing of the Cahill property
in the Reese River Reveille, says:
The mines, for such this recent
discovery may we'll be classed, have
for hanging wall granodiorite
bounding the zone on the west, and
for the footwall, lime stones and
lime clay states. The value bearing
rocks are porphyries, possibly rhyo-
lite. with capping in places of a
highly silicified breccia, or younger
flow of rock, in which is carried
mechanically particles of the rocks
of the surrounding country. The
porphyry belt strikes north and
south. approximately, in the foot
hills Immediately above the wash,
or flat country, of Smoky valley.
and so far as known at present is
some 500 feet wide. and several
miles long, but the length and the
width will probably be more clearly
defined as the belt is prospected
further.
The dip is to the west, and in
cluded in this belt of porphyry are
quartz veins of considerable dimen-
sions, all standing at high angles,
and not very clearly recognized on
the surface but well defined under
ground.
Mr.. Cahill has driven a tunnel
about west, in now some 1870, which
crosses the formation, and very
clearly shows the gold bearing ma
terial. From the entrance for
some so or so feet the ground does
not prospect, but the next 80 or GO
feet, samples prospected by panning
are certainly remarkable, and in one
streak, where free gold occurs in
leaves, in the silicified porphyry,
the ore is very rich running into
many thousands of dollars per ton.
The present face of the tunnel is
under the surface some 80 feet, and
to define the width of zone. for this
is more than vein, will require
from 20 feet to possibly several hum
dred feet of tunnel work.
Mr.. Cahill has very well defined
the width on the surface but by no
means has he proved the possible
limits of the deposit, but by surface
trenches has proved it to be over
100 feet wide. and also has he
proved that the foot wall has not
been reached. for at point east
of the tunnel mouth. and lower
down the hill. an iron stained very
hard silicious material carries gold
to a remarkable extent. pannIngs of
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RICH SILVER ORE SHIPPED

Five tons of ore assaying $993.30
per ton, $50 in gold and the re-
mainder in silver. recently was
shipped by the Charleston Hill Ma
tional Mines. near Paradise Hill, in
the Santa Rosa range in Humboldt
county. This is the range in which
are the National, Buckskin National
and Paradise mines. The Charles
ton Hill National is worked through
three tunnels in the main vein, from
which crosscuts have been driven to
prospect parallel veins.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-04
CHANCES GOOD FOR
WEST DIVIDE TO
DEVELOP INTO
BIG MINE
TWO COMPANIES ARE INCOR-
PORATED TO DEVELOP AD-
JOINING CLAIMS

The north drift on the 6o-foot, or
bottom level of the West Divide, is
46 feet long and for % feet it has
been in ore from two and a half
to three and half feet wide and
assaying from 81 to 125 ounces sill
YER for the full face. From a rich
seam of varying width an assay Of
ia ounces silver, $1.60 in gold and
one-half of one per cent copper
was secured, illustrating the pro-
portion of the metals lin the ore.
The silver is in bromide and chlo-
ride form. The south drift from
the shaft has been advanced short
distance in a narrow seam of good
ore, the same condition that existed
when the north drift was started.
Rich ore is now being found
scattered through the face of the
north drift, raising the averas.
value of the ore, and general con-
ditions indicate that the chances for
the shoot being persistent for
long distance are better than ever
before.
l.. l.. Patrick, manager for the
company, plans to drive toward the
vein now being developed from an
old tunnel and he states that ap-
proximate surveys indicate that
from 100 to $50 feet of work from
the face of the tunnel will cut the
vein at depth of $50 feet short
distance south of the shaft. This
tunnel is 400 feet long and it will
be extended at almost right angle
to the vein in which the shaft is,
sunk. This will give additional
depth without the expense of sink
ing and will also make unnecessary
the building of road from the
shaft when shipments are started.
In cut $50 feet south of the
shaft and in the same vein ore as
saying from $50 to 700 ounces has
been opened and additional work is
being done to determine If the ore
is in place. This cut is either on or
near a contact between two lime
formations.
The opinion of uninterested Gold
field mining men who have in
spected the West Divide is that the
chances are excellent for making a
big mine.
The West Divide Extension, OWL
ing two adjoining claims. has been
incorporated with J. F. Good. presi-
dent; r. c. Mccarthy. vice presr-
dent; ]. w. Dunfee, second vice
president; w. A. Wright. secretary
treasurer. H. L. Kane is a di-.
rector.
The Mccoy West Divide Silver
Mines company owning a group of
three claims north of the West
Divide Extension, has been incor-
porated with AL Mccoy, president;
G. H. Cook, vice president; B. E.
Garnett, secretary-treasurer. The
group owned by this company also
adjoins the West Divide.
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hopes that this f1nd may prove as
big as the Coalition mine at Seven
Troughs. of which he was the or
iginal locator and which produced
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of spectacular ore. :,
Development continues steadily on
the New Willard and the Willard
Metals properties which lie to the
north of the Sheepherder and have
the extension of the wide ore zone.
in the center of which on the latter
property the rich ore is now being
mined. Down the hill and about
1000 feet to the west of where the
prospecting tunnel is being run on
the New willard, there is a big
quartz outcrop over hundred feet
wide. F. C. Schrader, of the U. s.
geological survey, spent some time
in examining this on his recent
visit to Loring and was evidently
much interested.
The parts to replace those broken
on the compressor at the Nevada
Honey Bee have arrived and work
will be resumed at once in sinking
the Malley shaft and in driving the
Benedetti tunnel, with the object
of opening up the orebodies at
depth where the formation is not
broken up. Both high and low
grade ores have been exposed in nu-
merous shallow shafts, open cuts
ano tunnels ON the Honey Bee, but
General Manager William J. Loring
is too good a miner to waste time
trying to make mine on top of
the ground" after the surface show
ings have been sufficiently proved
up to warrant the belief that a mine
can be made with depth.
Over in Wright's canyon, eight
miles from Loring, John B. Newman
is getting ready to ship from the
La Toska mine, the development of
which has been under his direction
for some years. There is tunnel
5000 feet long on the La Toska
which crosscuts two main veins.
The first is 600 feet from the por-
tai, is Is feet wide and the ore
averages $S per ton in gold and sill
yer, which will doubtless pay well
when milled on the ground, even
though further development might
not uncover better grade oIe. The
second vein is 1000 feet in, is four
feet wide, with an 1S-inch streak
of ore that averages 25 ounces in
silver and $40 in gold to the ton.
This vein, which is on contact
between lime and rhyolite, has been
drifted on 2S0 feet in each direction
and the ore is sorted up to a $45
grade for shipment. The La Toska
mine is owned by The Humboldt
Consolidated company, of which
Charles F. Champion of Chicago Is
president.
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MINING NEWS FROM IORiNG DISTRICT

LOvELOCK, New, Oct. 1.-Ru-
mors were current during the week
that a new strike of rich ore had
been made on the Sheepherder mine
at Loring, which is being operated
under long lease by the Jose-Da-
Wis Mining and Milling company, of
which E. E. Roberts, former con-
gressman, Is president. Manager
Beauchamp denied that any new
strike had been made but acknowl-
edged that very good ore was being
encountered as the tunnel was being
extended. This, however, is not
new but an extension of an ore
shoot which has been opened up for
a length of 190 feet or more and
which has developed considerable
ore, 200 tons of which is believed to
average 5000 per ton. Two shafts
connect with the tunnel on this ore
shoot and there is reason for be-
lieving that the shoot will go to
great depth, as well as proving
much longer.
Unusually good progress is being
made in preparations for the erec-
ton of the mill which the Jose-Da-
Wis company is putting in to treat
the ore now being mined. Some of
the machinery has already been de-
livered on the ground from the sta
ton, much of the grading has been
done and the well for the water sup
ply has been completed. The well
is but 80 feet deep but the supply
is ample. The water is quite warm,
it evidently having been sunk on
that section. The surface ground at
the millsite does not appear to be
unusually warm, but up near where
Thomas Owens recently made a
strike on the Bangor claims the
ground is so hot that snow is melted
as soon as it falls and the cattle
flock to it to lay down when a real
cold day comes.
The Jose-Davis millsite is on the
Steve Young ranch. one of Pershing
county's pioneers and a public spir-
tied citizen who is always at the
service of his fellows in upbuilding
the state. When he heard that Man
ager Beauchamp was having trouble
in getting the millsite he had first
selected. he hunted him up and told
him to take as much of his ranch as
he wanted for the purpose. It is
admirably situated, there being but
a three mile down-hill haul from
the mine to the mill.
Thomas Owens, who recently
made a strike of rich ore on the
Bangor group mile west of north
of the Sheepherder. has started a
tunnel on the vein which will gain
some depth and prospect the ground
more cheaply than by continuing the
shaft. He continues to find ore
which shows visible gold and has
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-04
BLACK BUTTE TO RESUME

The Reorganized Black Butte is
soon to resume work in the Dia-
mondfield district through the old
Dortch lease shaft. A crosscut will
be driven from the 190-foot level oil
this shaft to cut large vein strik-
ing southeast which crops prom
inently on the surface. A large
amount of development work and
stopping has been done in the Black
Butte and big shipments of high
grade ore were made in the early
days of Goldfield.
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"QUICK" BEING SHIPPED

Twenty flasks of quicksilver
were shipped a few days ago by the
Quicksilver Mines company, operat-
ing in Jersey valley, - miles south
of Battle Mountain. Some of the
richest ore ever found in the mine
is now being treated in the reduc-
tion plant, which is operating stead
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
THESE ARE THE OFFICERS AND
TRUSTEES OF THE BIG A.
OFFICERS:
ii. B. MCDOWELL, President,
General Manager Of the Western
WoOdenware Co. Of Fl PasO.
O. II. FINLEY, Vice President.
President OF c. H. Finley & Co. Of Fl
Paso.
3. o. CROCKETT. End Vice-Pres.
President Of the FL PasO-Burkburnett
on Co.
CRAWFORD HARVIE, Treasurer.
Extensive business interests in Fl Paso
and the Southwest.
FRED II. UAZENBY, Secretary,
President Of the Boss Rubber Co. Of
FL PasO.
TRUSTEES:
Fl. b. Mcdowell
Ross T. Bryan OF Bryan Bros.
Fred h. Lazenby.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
Eowa;s Suffrage Victory Brings
Total Of Women Now Entitled To
Vote For President Up To IS, 500, 900

dent, and brings that total Up TO l5.-
500. 1000.
II also adds 10 electoral votes to
the number In which the choice Of
women have a voice. making q total
of 302 electoral votes
It Is the 29th state in the union to
confer presidential suffrage on wom-
en- Us Of these are fun suffrage
states and two are primary suffrage
states)- II Is the 18th state IN which
the right TO vote for president has
been Bestowed by legislative grant
The others are Illinois Gin 1879, Ne
braska, North Dakota, Rhode Island
lin 1917), Indiana, Maine. Minnesota,
Vermont. MissOudi. Wisconsin. Ten
nessee. Iowa Gin 1879.
AS viii be seen. eight legislatures
have acted favorably on this issue
since the opening Of the legislative
sessions in January OF this year. OF
these victories one has been put in
jeopardy, Vermbnts governor veto
ing the presidential suffrage Pill. HIS
veto Is under challenge.
Exclusive Of Vermont the number
OF women q and over affected By
these legislative grants In seven
states Is 4350.0 600.
In each state the victorious legis-
lative campaign was conducted by
the state branch OF the National
American Woman Suffrage associa-
ton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
Pansians NonpLused At Yankee
FIeur-De-LiS Decoration Which Is
Ordered By Officer In Charge

pressions which dishonored her beau
tiful shoulder.
But cried FELTON,. that is a fieur-
de-iis which ! see there
land therein consisted the In
fanny replied milady- The brand OF
England-it would be necessary 10
prove what tribunal had imposed Il
on me. and I could have made a pub
lie appeal to all the tribunals Of the
kingdom; but the brand OF France
Oh. by IT. by It was really branded
indeed"
Then the Frenchman smiles with
characteristic gesture he points to the
same brand. worn on the left shoulder
OF the American soldier stationed IN
Paris-on the left shoulder where.
Dumas says. It was "indelibly branded
by the ignOminious hand OF
the executioner"
He smiles again. There Is a mis-
chievious twinkle in his eye and. like
the final thrust Of the rapier. he turns
TO the frontispiece where milady is
revealed, in torn cambria, branded by
the ignominious hand Of the execut-
Toner.
rs this a mistaken he asks polite
y. "or does the general know?"
The surprised American. enlight-
ened through this historical rsvela-
ton OF the fieur-de-lis. cannot an
swer. He wears 1t in obedience 10 or
ders issued TO him by his commanding
general The commanding general is
Gen. VI. S. Harris.