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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
ORE IS OPENED IN
CRACKER JACK WINE
INDICATIONS ARE
FOUND AT JUNCTION OF
VEINS

In the past few days the winze
in the main Cracker Jack property
has exposed promising material
from which low assays are being
secured and it is believed the OBJ
jective of the winZe, the junction
of the east and Cracker Jack veins,
will show pay ore with but little
more work, as conditions found re-
Gently in the winze have been
highly promising.
This winze is being sunk from
the 320-foot level and indications
OF ore at the junction CO the veins
have been found since work was
started under contract early in Feb
ruary. While seams of rich ore
and good bodies of low-grade ma
terial have been found near the
surface in the Cracker Jack, the
most promising conditions were
found in the bottom of the drift on
the 32O-foot level and this led to
the decision to sink the winZe at
what is regarded as the most fav-
orable point in the mine.
In the leased territory of the
Red King claim of the Florence
the raise from the 350-foot level
has been extended beyond the 800
foot level and a raise at an angle
of Is degrees has been started to
cut the vein above the crosscut on
the 300-foot level.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
STATEMENT ISSUED BY
RE0RGANZED PIONEER

Accompanying notice OF assess
ment No. /, the Reorganized Pho
neer Mines company, one of the
bonanza producers of the early
days in the Pioneer district. has is
sued a statement of recent opera
tions and future plans.
In his report, ]. X. Turner. con-
sulting engineer for the company,
says:
Work was started on the
Reorganized Pioneer Mines COM
pany on August Is, 1918. Some
time was spent in clearing tho
workings, timbering and putting
them in shape to permit their
further development. Pipe lines
had to be repaired and dump cribs
erected. The large hoist was
completely overhauled.
"The shaft was found to be 400
feet deep and in good condition
down only to the 2S5-foot point.
From the 3OO-foot level to the bot
tom the dimension had been de-
creased to such an extent that the
last hundred feet could only be
called a winZe, and 1t was neces-
sary to enlarge it. From the $40
foot point to the bottom was filled
with muck, caved ground and rot
ten timbers. To remove this ma
terial was dangerous, expensive and
slow work. New timbering was
required from the 2S5-foot point to
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
NEW INCORPORATION
FOR TULE CANYON
HANUS AND FIELD FORM COM.
PANY TO WORK
CLAIMS

Tule canyon, one Of the oldest
mining districts in southern Ne
vada, bige producer in the late
70's, has been coming to the front
rapidly in the past two years and
it is predicted that the near future
will see placer mining there on a
broad scale. In the early days.
when stages ran between Tule can
yon, Candelaria, Bodie and other
famous camps placer mining was
being done in Tule by Cinnamon,
who had their cabins and store
in the canyon. These Cinnamon,
although reported to have made
fortunes, never mined below water
level and until recently no work
was done on bedrock owing to the
heavy flow of water, which it
seemed impossible to handle.
Bedrock was first reached ov
Hanus and Field and later by a
company of Goldfield mining mer,
the latter having staked the can
yon south to Death valley, or for
Ia distance of over five miles.
Hanus and Field solved the water
problem through sinking at the
side of the canyon and drifting
into the gravel, using powerful
pump equipment. Their work led
to others sinking prospect shafts,
with results so satisfactory that
the entire canyon was staked TO
Death valley south from the five
claims owned by them. Except for
the prospecting by the Goldfield
company no work has been done
in the Tule placer field for several
months, or since Hanus and Field
stopped work owing to financial
difficulties at a time when they
were washing from 10 to Is tons
of gravel daily with good results
Hanus and Field have now form
ed the Goldfield Tule Canyon
Placer Mining company, owning
these five claims. The company
is incorporated for 100000 shares
of a par value of 10 cents each,
100000 shares of which will be
retained in the treasury.
Borcherding, McDermitt and
Hill, leasing the ingalls, quartz
mine, near the placer field, are
milling from 10 to Is tons of ore
daily and recently made their Sec
ond shipment of bullion through
Goldfield.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
ALTO SINKING SHAFT

The shaft of the Alto Divide is
45 feet deep and 1t is believed lit
tie additional depth will be neces-
sary to enter the rhyolite breccia,
the ore-bearing formation of the
Divide district. Foundations for
hoisting and air-compressing ma
chinery have been constructed and
the hoist and compressor are on
the ground, having been moved
from Goldfield a few days ago.
The buildings for machinery have
been completed. The compressor
for the Alto will also be used to
furnish air for machine drills for
the East Divide, which will lido
away with the slow and costly
hand drilling with which the East
Divide shaft has been sunk to fhe
present depth.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
GRAY ROCK GROUP SOLD

The Gray Rock group of five
claims and a fraction in the Di-
vide district has been purchased
by Charles Stoneham of New York
and Charles Humphrey of Reno.
The Gray Rock claims adjoin the
Mormon girl, which was taken
over a short time ago by George
Wingfield and associates. The
ground was purchased from Tono-
been a large cash consideration.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05

The Divide boom has become
too wild for the San Francisco
brokers to handle all the business
offered them, and as result the
Charles S.. Sprague company VIII
quit the brokerage busip ess to-
night, according to Mr.. Sprague,
who stated that in future he would
devote his entire attention to
mining and mine promotions. The
Tonopah business has been sold to
Tonopah men.
Frank Schlanzer stated this
morning that his firm, although
working under difficulties. still
has good connections with San
Francisco and is having satisfactory
success in filling orders. He said
the trouble in San Francisco is
that the brokers cannot handle the
office work connected with the
enormous business they are doing.
Until a short time ago Smith &
Amann handled Mr.. Schlanzer's
bushes on the San Francisco ex-
change, but following the collapse
on the floor of the exchange of Eu-
gene Amann of that firm he Sc
cured another broker. who handled
his business for short time. Mr..
Schlanzer is now operating through
a third broker.
There are rumors to the effect
that halliday sessions will be held
in San Francisco to- enable the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
GOLD ZONE WILL SINK

According to Tonopah reports
the Gold Zone management has
decided to sink the shaft an addi-
tional 800 feet, or to the SOO-foot
level, and new surface machinery
has been ordered for the purpose.
1t has been estimated for several
months by competent authorities
familiar with the Divide district
that the Zone shaft eventually
would have to be lowered from 200
to 800 feet before good ore in
quantity could be expected, and
the announcement of the decision
is gratifying to Zone stockholders,
as it is generally predicted that the
additional depth will bring the
shaft well into the ore-bearing for
nation, which geologists say has
been thrown by a fault to a depth
of from 700 to 500 feet in Zone
territory.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
.CROSsCUT IN MERGER


Among the most important work
being done in the Goldfield district
at present is the crosscut being
driven from the 910-foot level of
the Spearhead' by the Merger COM
pany. This crosscut has been ad-
vanced Is feet over the Merger
Spearhead boundary line, between
the Rosebush claim of the Spearhead
and the Sunflower claim of the
Merger. 1t will be continued into
the Sunflower claim to explore the
intersection with the shale-latite
contact of the vein in which rich
ore was found by the Spearhead
late in November. The Spearhead
continues driving raises toward the
contact in territory near the Mer-
ger line and a seam OF good ore
recently was found in a drift being
continued to reach the contact on
its dip.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05

One of the latest incorporati0ns
in the Divide district is the Won
der Divide Mining company, own
ing the two Mendoza claims, stu
ated southwest of and adjoining
the Gold Reef. The Wonder d.
vide is Incorporated for 1,5OO,Oo1
shares of stock of par value Of
10 cents each, 100000 shares OF
which will remain in the treasury.
The officers are David s. Ward.
president; Joseph Bruder, vice.
president; F. E. O'Neal. secretary
and E. Marks, treasurer Among
the incorporators is J. B. Humph-
rey, one of the prominent cattle
men of the state.
This company will add another
to the group searching for ore in
the territory near the Gold Reef,
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
PLANS ARE MATURING

and underground equipment is iE-
cluded In the terms of the lease
from the Consolidated, which will
provide the new company with
electric locomotives, track and all
necessary machinery for work on
a large scale.
Fifteen lessees are now shipping.
with q total of 80 leased blocks b.
ing worked in all mines. Mccarthy
and Jakowatz, working from the
surface on the Mohawk, have
passed through four feet of $40
ore and are continuing the shaft
with the intention of prosecuting
to the ore. Narcotic and Petrucci,
in the Mohawk, have opened 4
good body of $40 ore. Four car
loads Of ore of good grade have
been shipped from the Schramm
lease in the Combination. Connol-
ly and Murphy, in the Mohawk, are
following a good seam of ore in the
hanging wall territory. Ewing and
Canaan are still drifting south on
a rich seam from which good
production was made where it
widened farther north. The Lu-
cich lease, in the Grizzly Bear, has
a carload ready that it is estimat-
ed will assay over $50 per ton.
O'Daniel and Szobo are stoping
from SIS to SIS ore in the Com
bination.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
MARKET RUNS Wild ON COAST

brokers to handle their office bus
mess. 1t is also said that a
stock exchange will be organized
in Tonopah and sessions held there.
Yeterday afternoon, according to
reports, the Tonopah Western I'm
ion held the wire for we'll over an
hour at the closing time of the mar
ket and the closing quotations did
not arrive here until much later
than usual.
There were rumors last night
and this morning of an important
discovery in the Brougher and If
ore of high grade is opened there
and one or two other mines in the
Divide district find orebodies of
good size and grade it is predicted
in well-informed circles that the
greatest boom in the history of
mining will result. Inside claims
can no longer be obtained except
at impossible prices and the out
side claims are coming into big de-
mand, the scramble for them hav-
ing started following the opening
of ore in the Brougher."
Claims have been staked as far
south as Diamondfield and 1t is
predicted that the boomers" hav-
ing exhausted the possibilities of
the territory north of Goldfield.
skipping the patented ground In
this district, may start south to-
CONTINUED on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05

the OOttOm. Actuaf SINKING start
ed at the 40O-foot point and on
March 1, 1919, the shaft had at.
tanned a depth of $50 feet. The
work and timbering are entirely
satisfactory. The shaft is making
about 500 gallons of water every
"a hours.
THE lateral work performed
since Aug. Is, 1918, consists of
the following: Extended the cross
cut on the first or 110-foot level
a distance of 10 feet with view
of cutting the upward extension OF
the Bonanza stope ore. More
work must be done at this point.
Extended the northwest or No. 3
crosscut on the second or 210-foot
level toward the XIX claim dis
tance of 25 feet. The face now
shows low milling values. En-
tended the crosscut on the 250-foOt
face shows values up to 50 per ton
and greatly resembles the rhyolite
breccia formation which contains
the rich ore now being mined by
the Tonopah Divide Mining COM
pany at Divide, Nevada.
II advise that all work be
speeded up and be confined to the
shaft. Two shifts should be en-
ployed. A so h.. p. gasoline en-
gine to run the five-drill Ingersoll-
Rand compressor should be in
stalled Immediately, and two jack
hamer' drills purchased. Hand
drilling is both slow and expensive
in this character of work.
"All possible attention should be
given to deep development, as the
geological conditions warrant the
belief that the ore deposits will be
found in lode-like form with
depth, thereby confining the values
to determined widths
Following is the report of Ben
Gill, secretary-treasurer:
Your company was incorporat-
ed in May, 1918, and Immediately
invited all stockholders of Pioneer
Consolidated Mines company to be-
come interested in the new com
pany by exchanging their shares
for shares of Reorganized Pioneer
Mines company and paying one
cent per share as exchange bonus.
Up to March /, 1919, 2,014,S36
shares had been exchanged, which
pIaced in the treasury of your COM
pany $40, 0,148.36. The exchange
bonus received in the exchange of
above shares is the only revenue
your company realized during tho
period from the date of incorpora-
tion to March l., 1919.
When your company was incor-
porated it assumed the obligations
of Pioneer Consolidated Mines
company, amounting to 5,427.17.
Over $4,000 of this Indebtedness
has since been paid, and the bal
ance received in the form of ex-
change bonus used in the develop
ment OF your property and the
maintenance of your company"
In his report, President w. J.
Tobin says:
Your directors did not deem it
wise or good business to employ
large force during the war period
on account of the high cost of
mining supplies and scarcity of
good miners and for the further
reason that in order to do such
work it would have been neces-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
EAST DIVIDE SOON TO
START CROSSCUTTING

The East Divide shaft is now
365 feet deep and within another
35 feet prosecuting will be start
ed for the vein. The bottom of
the shaft Is in the ore-bearing Di-
vide breccia and present indications
are reported to be excellent for the
opening of ore when the vein is
entered by the crosscut, which will
have to be driven but short dis
tance. A safety crosshead has
been placed in the shaft.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
SEVENTY-TWO ACRES IN
DIVIDE DISTRICT SOLD

A mining engineer said to rep
resent the Spreckles family has
purchased ~ acres of ground in
the Divide district, bounded by the
Vernal, Payrock and Divide Con-
solidated groups. The purchase
price is said to have been $4,000.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
BROUGHER IS
DRIFTING
ON 800.

The southeast drift on. the 500
foot, or bottom level of the
Brougher, has been advanced rs
feet and drift has been driven
25 feet northwest The crosscut
from the shaft shows the vein at
this point to be about 25 feet wide.
Figures on the value of the ore are
not available
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05

Plans Tor the giorynouns vi
the Combination by the Goldfield
Development company are matur-
ing rapidly under direction of Gen.
eral Manager A. l. Darcy and in
short time retimbering OF, the Com
bination Fraction lease shaft will
commence. 3
While the lease snaft is being
retimbered to a depth of $50 feet
other work of great importance
will be done in Mohawk and Red
Top, where the various levels have
been placed in condition for an i'm
mediate production, and the ship
ment of ore on large scale will
be started from the Combination,
northwest of the shaft, where the
vein flattens and conditions are
unfavorable for "gloryholing."
Southeast of the Combination
shaft a crosscut will be driven
from the Combination Fraction
shaft to the vein and 1000-foot
haulage-way extended in the vein
to the Combination shaft.
From the haulage-way raises
will be extended in solid ground
from SO to rs feet to tap the
stope filling and man-ways will be
provided in the raises for clearing
timbers and large rocks from the
grizzlies that will cover the tops
of the raises. Large quantities of
timbers are in the old slopes, but
this will not stand in the way of
steady production, as with raises
at 25-foot intervals it is assured
that many of them will always be
open.
It is estimated that there is L.
100000 tons of ore in the vein
southeast of the Combination
shaft and at least 100000 tons
northwest. No estimate has been
made of the quantity in the Mo-
hawk or Red Top, bus 1t is large
and the tonnage in the Red Top is
regarded as being of particular
importance, as sampling has prov
ed it to average between 81 and
$S, with much unexplored terri
tory in the mine. 1t is estimated
that the ore northwest of the COM
bination shaft will also assay about
this figure.
AS soon, as the mill has been re-
modelled the shipment of from 500
to 1000 tons of ore daily will be
started and the mill stamps COM
mence dropping. 1t is estimated
that there is enough ore in sight
to keep the mill in constant opera
tion with three shifts for consider
ably more than three years and
this is regarded by many well-in-
formed people as being conserva-
tive estimate. The Development
company is now on self-support-
ing basis and, according to Mr..
D'ArcyS report, recently issued,
the result of the plan will be that
Development company stockhold-
ers will receive in return for their
investment $1.20 per share from
the 'gloryholing" scheme alone
Lessees and company operations on
small scale have already placed
the company on self-supporting
basis. The purchase price of stock
now being issued and which soon
will be listed will be used in pre-
pairing the Combination mine for
production, not including the cost
of any machinery, as the surface
plant of the Mohawk will be NOV
ed to the Combination lease shaft
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-04-05
RICH ORE is REPORTED
FOUND AT HORNSILVEH

A discovery Of four feet of ore
assaying SIS per ton, with picked
samples assaying as high as $4,000,
is reported to have been made at
depth of 200 feet in the Nalas-
kowski lease on the Silver King
at Hornsilver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-04
BILLS SIGNED BY ALLEN
Governors Signature Today Places
Legislation In Operation Soon.

The following bills have been signed
by Governor Allen:
House bill No. 349. Enabling
boards of education in cities of the
second class to complete and equip
buildings where funds now provided
are insufficient.
House bill No. Is. Concerning the
employment of persons who served in
the army and navy of the United
States.
House. bill No 219 Amending sec
ton S35 of the General Statutes of
1915 and repeating such original sec
ton
House concurrent resolution No. 21.
Endorsing A C. Jordan for the posi-
ton of assistant sergeant at arms of
the United States house of represen-
tatives.
House bill No. 230. Authorizing
cities of the third class to issue bonds
to fund Indebtedness existing March
/. incurred for completion, equipment
or extension of natural gas plants,
waterworks, electric light or heating
plants heretofore purchased, con-
structed, repaired or extended under
laws authorizing the same and legal
izing certain bond proceedings had in
such cases.
Senate bill 1874. Making appropria-
tion for the care and management of
the historic state park at Pawnee
Rock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-04
WANT TWO ROUTES
Delegations Urging Highway
to HoltOn at c. of c.
One North From Brick Yards
Another Out Central.

Two delegations of Soldier township
good roads enthusiasts were in Topeka
today holding a joint meeting with J.
Frank Smith, general manager of the
Kansas Good Roads association. and
H. S. Putney, chairman of the Cham
Der of Commerce good roads commit
tee. Each delegation was charged
with looking out for the interests of a
road between Topeka and Holton-but
each delegation had a different route
in mind
One delegation was strongly in ia
vor of road between Topeka and
Holton, via. Hoyt. Mayetta and FL
mont It was asserted that this route,
which would run due north from the
brick yards bridge or the south line
ritory and tend to develop a hitherto
impossible of access section of the
county.
The boosters for other route, run
ming north from the end of Central
avenue, were equally as strong of the
opinion that the particular route for
which they stood was the better.
Both delegations want and demand
hard surfaced roads, and both deiega-
tons left the meeting determined to
get petitions out Immediately.
The only grounds for difference be-
tween the two delegations seemed to
be that it would be impossible to OBJ
tain federal aid for both roads, but
this was ironed out when it was sug-
gested that there is a possibility of
the road running north from Gage
park being made a part of the Capital
City highway and the road running
north from Central avenue being made
a section of the Southwest trail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-04
Missouri Legislature Won't In
vite Him Before Session..
Resolution Brings Storm of
Attacks Against Kansan.
LITTLE FELLOW IN KANSAS"
BufOrd Characterizes His State
ments as SeditiOus.
Move To Put "Ornery" Not
"HOnOrable" Before Name.

Jefferson City, March AFTER a
bitter debate in the senate Monday
evening. house resolution extending
an invitation to General Traub of the
United States army and Governor
Allen of Kansas to address the general
assembly was sent back to the commit
tee on military affairs, with under
standing that 1t will slumber there un-
til the session ends.
The resolution was reported out
from the committee with the recon-
mendation that it be adopted. Sena-
tor Mccullough of Knox said there
was no reason why the legislature
should constitute an audience of itself
to hear the two men wash their dirty
linen.
Allen, Little Fellow.
Senator Buford of Reynolds said
Governor Allen has maliciously sought
to scatter propaganda attacking the
management of the war. HE is a
little fellow over in Kansas who was
accidentally elected" said Buford. at
intended to elect him. Either the
United States government is wrong, or
Allen ought to be behind the federal
prison bars in Kansas for his seditious
talk
Senator Vvix of Bates said he would
like to hear both of the men talk. 1T
is not true, however, that Governor
Allen is a small man. said the sena-
tor.
1.-The people of Kansas respect him.
They elected him governor by over
two hundred thousand majority. and
the campaign did not cost him a
penny"
Senator Cook of Jefferson City said
Aliens language and his propaganda
were thrusts at the government and
that he was against inviting him to
come here.
''Ornery" for Honorable"
Senator MeGruder of Sedalia offered
an amendment to strike out the word
Honorable" before Aliens name and
governor of Kansas as a colossal liar
ances We're traitorous.
Senator Mcknight protested against
the use of an objectionable word ir
the resolution, as sought by Senator
McGruder and the chair sustained
him.
Finally Senator Bowker, who il
chairman of the committee on mill.
tary affairs. managed to make a brie1
statement. He said that if he had
thought the >Teturn of the resolution
to the senate would have caused such
a vituperous debate. it would never
have been reported. He could see Nc
harm in it, he stated, but if the sen
ate would let him have it back il
would stay with the committee unit
Gabriel blows his trumpet. He moved
TO have the resolution referred ant
this was done.