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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02
Comet Mines
Very Active

An of the rninaa iy the Comet Dis
'''c'' in'ee" n''os VI
now being developed In spite OF cold
weather. and some interestning dis
cloaures of ore have lately been made.
In the Lyndon mine a sector OF
which II under lease from Charles
SS.' ode to Joe Sandon and E. c. =.
Marriage. three foot race OF snippins
ore nas been uncovered ann the less
ees are taxing out gooo ors tiCm tni'
$4,000 per ton.
| chas. Schodde, the owner OF tho
property. Is also taking out good ore
from the area whicn no reserved ana
VIII shortly nave Shipment on tne
ore platform.
l. At the Tungstsn-come mine MANA
ger Il. ID. smiley mas the work Sink
ing well In hand ana going FORWARD
speedily with crew OF skilled miners
II Is reported that this main WORKING
smart VIII De SUNK until ".ee. en-
countered. Inc deveiopment OF w.ssr
In the smart VIII DO oistince sssoe 70
} the company instead OF the usual eA.
pense because the water can Do use0
in milling operations. Milling was en-
ureiy stopped durihx the iast ye.'
owing 10 the unusual oroutn "nica
prevahed tnrousnout tne ~ess.
} the Tungstsn-comet nine can oevsioi
} water AT some reasonable oeptn
VIII insure continuity Oh work. In
smart foiows Femsrkapiy serons
vein ana the SINKING shouio "eVe'ol
! iarge ore reserves
; Tne Hypia Mining Company 10 put
ting the finishing toucnes on the cam
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02
SHEEP HERDER FOUND
DEAD NEAR SILVER KING

A telegram received by District At
torney A. L. Scott from Billy Bell. |
who with C. w. Griswold runs several |
bands Of sheep in the Silver King dis |
trict. forty miles north-westerly from
Pioche, contained the information that
one of their sheepherders who recent
ly entered their employ. had been re-
norted dead by the camp tender. The
telegram gave instructions as TO the
location of the body which had =
mained untouched awaiting investi-
CATION. Accordingly Coroner w. NJ
christian selected and summoned
Jury composed of VIM. Fl. Pitts. Geo.
w. Franks and John II. Deck. who
accompanied by Sheriff John Roeder
and the District Attorney left i'm
mediately for the scene of the tragedy.
Following closely the instructions
contained in the telegram. the party
drove direct to the old Silver King
Smelter from whence they proceeded
to a point about four miles north
west which took them to sheep camp
where they were met my ]. P. lndart,
the camp tender. who had first dis
covered the unfortunate victim. Ac-
companied by Indart the party soon
arrived at the scene. The body was
living face downward amongst some
small boulders on a knoll and careful
investigation by the party soon d.
closed the probable true solution
About one hundred feet away the re-
volver was found with one discharged
cartridge therein. Blood tracks from
the revolver led to the body and II
appeared more than likely that. en-
gagged in possibly cleaning or examin
ing the gun the weapon was discharged
the fatal shot entering Just above hi
heart, powder marks on his shirt be
ing plainly visible. Immediately there
after the man had evidentaly stagger
ed away to get help and soon droppe'
unconscious to the ground where h
was only discovered by the presenc
Of his faithful dog which stayed b
bis master to the last.
The body was brought to Phoebe 70
interment and Mr.. J. Barainca, fathe
of the diseased, who arrived on tn
29th from Ely made proper arrangt
ments for the funeral.
The verdict of the coroner's jury wa
as follows: I'VE, the Coroner's Jur,
summoned to appear before w.
Christian, Justice of the Peace, an
ex-officio Coroner in and for the towr
snip OF Ploche, county ol Lihcoi
State of Nevada, to diligently inquil
into and by what means Louis Barail
ca. deceased came to his DEATH, flr
that he came by his death on
about December 25th, 1919, on Il
summit Of knoll about five mil
west of the Silver King cabin, in Il
County of Lincoln. State of Nevada,
result of a bullet wound by a
Smith & Wesson cartridge fired fro
an liver Johnson hammerless revolvt
said bullet entering the body slight
above the left nipple. ranging diago
ally downwards, and lodging abo
three incnes below the point of e
try and to the left of the spinal CO
umn.We find further that said wou
was in all probability self-inflicted a
accidental"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02
ZERO LEASE STEADILY
PRODUCING SILVER ORE

Last Week william willoughhy ana
VIM. Hoskins. received returns on the
third car load shipped during the past
four months and the ore which was
handled through the Pioche Assay Of
flee carried the following valuss:-
Gold o.os5. Silver sass. insolubls SIS
per cent. with combined iron maugan.
ese and lime totalling - per cant. The
Describing the Zero Nina. In . re-
checking settlement being over osoo.oe
port on the holding OF the Amalgamat-
ed Phoebe Mines q Smelters Corpora
tion. A. H. Godbe and the late q. 4
Godbe wrote as follows. and their opti-
mism has been fully justified by later
developments: THE Zero Is large
contact between limestone and quarts
ite. with q small belt of shale between
the lime hanging wall and the vein. Its
strike Is notherly and southerly. and
it's dip southwesterly at an angle OF
a little less than thirty degrees. The
ore is black oxide of manganese. car
rying some iron and silica and contains
only gold and silver values. Ths
width Of the ore veins vary from one
to six feet with q constant average Of
about three feet.
The Zero mine IL developed by .
Of about 900 feet. also by the Mitchell
shaft. sunk 150 feet deep ON the vein
and connecting with the tunnel at .
point 800 feet from the portal A ssc.
ond shaft. called the SUMMIT. shaft Il
situated to the south and higher up on
the hill from the Mitchell This shaft
is sunk on the voin for . distance Of
:25 feet. its bo torn being about 1oo
| "a eS~U
the tunnel face.
! Two importan. ore shoots are de-
vsloped by these shafts. The avsrag>
In the Mitchell shaft shoot assayina
80 ounces In silver. ~ per cent silics
. and combined iron. manganese AMI
lime 35.5 and that OF summit SHAFT, stl
. YER 50 ounces. silica As per cent, ant
|. combined iron. manganese and linn
s6.5 per cent. All the samples rul
a around $3.50 per ton. This ore car
rying iron and manganese makes
r desirable smelling material ana shoul
= be mined At = cost not exceeding go
|. per ton. The quantity In sight Il ali
|. ficult to estimate since practically n
Z work has been done ON the shoots q
u anywhere from a few hundred to sev
IS sral tons. .ccording to the length th
" shoots may develop.
"The ore zone IL very wids ana
q filled with tale. decomposed limeseou
, and shale and shows every svidone
= of q strong teaching action havin
II taken place. and considering the high
/ ly oxidized state Of the ore. leads on
x to the conviction that In depth th
le ore will be found in its unaltered sul
>t phide state.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02
WILLIAM KELLEY APPOINTED
PROHIBITION SUPERVISOR

William A. Kelley, formerly deputy
internal revenue collector, in Nevada.
has been appointed supervising pro-
hibition agent for the Pacific coast,
his territory including, Washington,
Arizona and Nevada.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02
Visitors Given
Dance Tuesday

Honoring Lieutenant and Mrs. d. r.
Hartman of Los Angeles who are visit
ing here. Mrs. Sears and Miss Osborne
sisters of Mrs. Hartman. with Mr.. God
be. gave a most delightful dancing
party at Thompson's hall Tuesday
evening
rated In the warm tones of Christ
mas Red over which Japanese lanterns
cast a soft glow. The stage waa con-
verted into a veritable bower. hung
with Christmas bells under which
were set tables with snowy linen and
cut glass very attractive against a
red background. Here punch and
waters were served throughout the
evening by the Misses Florence Cook
and Adeline Christian.
The guests were given q rare treat
in the singing OF Mrs. Hartman who
responded to two hearty encores.
At about midnight all present were
given spools OF cbon streamers and
much merriment was caused by the ef
forts to drape them from the ceiling
When all was In readiness tho light
were softened and q moonlight walt,
was enjoyed with the "moonbsams'
encircling the dancers.
Both hostesses and host have tina
rare talent fos making people feel q
ease and there was not one presen
who cannot look back to the evening
with pleasant recollections.
Those present were:
: The guests of honor 1t. ana Ari
: Hartman.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02


Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Orr
Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. F. whitney
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. CarmAn
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Cook
DR.. and Mrs. Stockham
Mr. and Mrs. ". NJ Christian
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Christian
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dolan
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Delmus
Mr.. and Mrs. John Roeder
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Stindt
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Scott
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Zube
DR.. and Mrs. Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Olinghouss
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander LLOYD
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Vanvleot
DR.. and Mrs. Hastings
Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bowman
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan w. Franks
Mr.. and Mrs. George Franks
: Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. J. Deck
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Pitts
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Thompsoa
7 Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Webb
Mr.. and Mrs. Middleton
Mrs Tony jacobson
( Mrs. Florence Thomson Vsddsr
Mrs. J. d. Thomson
Mrs Louise T. Osborne
Mrs Fieldson
Isabel Ewing
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Deik
Miss Mamie Orr
Misses Thelma ana Maggie Nssbitt
Misses frankie and Mamie jacobson
Mrs. Alex Orr
Messers: a
wm H. Garrison
John Janney
George L. Dorothy
Alexander Orr
E. c. D. Marriage
VIM H. Haufler
Floyd Campbell
Luke j. McNamee
Ed. and Jess Prudential
n. e. Prudential
Chas. D. Osborne
Ralph Olinghouss
Chester Cook
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Arthur Rsall, manager Of the Hybla
/ Mihing company. Is at ther Hotel Wal
ton IN Philadelphia.a Hs will shortly
return 70 riuehe. tt
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Mrs. Caroline Orr. accompanied hsI
SON. Judge Orr to Las Vegas. whsr<
she win stay for = three weeks vaca'
tioR.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Wadsworth. o.
Panaca, are the proud parents of I
ten pound boy which arrived at thei
horne on December 30th.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Watson & side LIvermore II staying
It the Aero Club Of America In New
York City. He will shortly return to
Piocho
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02
PIOCHn STOCK QUOTATIONS
cn,< N Ia N6lu{u q EvNho n o.

Cons.-Nev Utah .........3O -
Heavy sales Of Prince Consolidated
were noted during the week. Great
interest is being taken In this property
In view of tho fact that interestinG new
developments Of orc may be announced
shortly.
Eastern Prince was also very act.
i've and big blocks OF stock changed
hands.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Angelo Lynch wero tho
proud parents Of q baby girl whlcn was
born at their home on lower main
! street.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Sarah I'm Oberstag. popular attor
ney Of Caliente. was In Pioche on
business last Monday. Miss Edna
Himstreet accompanied her.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

!. Irwin Lee Of Panaca has secured the
contract to haul the second car load
from the sandon- Marriage lease on
the Lyndon mine. He left for the mine
to- day.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Frank Palmer. Justice OF the Peace
Of Calients. was In Piochs on business
last Monday.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

John Austin. who recently visited the
new camp Of ARROWHEAD. which 10
about 145 miles westerly from Piooho
reports great activity In this new Me-
vada silver camp. Samplss Of whise
quartz ore which assayed 1.2e ounces
in gold and s6S ouncss In silver aasay-
cd locally. demonstrated the h1gh vAl>
uss ee the erse IeQeatlZ 111p4 110NA !,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02
NOTES ON EASTERN METAL MARI


Lead, per cwt. ................s LIS
Copper. per hundred 1S.s0
Zinc, per hundred ........... s.Se
Silver holds firm at good price. q.
though arrangements have been made
recently by one government with the
American -Asiatic banks to release stl-
yer dollars against legal tender pay.
ments The effect so far has been In
sufficient to lower the price of bar sill
YER In the eastern market to any ap-
preciable extent.
Lead is strong. the producers having
apparently abandoned all efforts to
hold the market In restraint. ana It
bounded up Immediately and 10 stiu IN
good demand.
Copper is healthier In tone ana 10
gradually re-establishing itself at .
good price.
Zinc is fairly steady with increasing
sales.
Bismuth is quoted at $3.50 per pound;
| Tungsten market was unehAAGe4
, with no new developments reported.
ORE SHIPMENTS FOR THE wnDk
The following ore shipments were
/ 40 he - vAAAk
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

The Misses Ada Syphus. Isabel Rice
and Louise Fogliant wers visitors In
Phoebe during the New Year festivi-
ties.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Hsrlsy A HARRISON, County Cissies oi
our neighboeine County OF Clark. &C
eompanisd Judge Orr to Phoebe las
Monday.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

e. D. Smiley. manag0r Of the TuuGs
tent Comet mine, was In Phoebe Tues.
day. He Is intending to increase ths
force at the mins In the near future.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Mrs. VIM. H. Pitts expects to leave
saturday Tor Los Angeles to spend
the winter.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Ira Murdock. associated vita :. ..
Humphrey In the cattle business In Nye
County. had legal business In p!oehs
this week.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Chas. Kixmillsr and wife were In
Phoebe attending the New Years dance
from their Pony springs ranch.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Joe Sandon. who Is present leasing
at Comet. expects to 80 to DeLAmar
very shortly where he has valuable
mining interests to look after.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

Oscar A. Knox. superintendent Of
the Minerva Tungsten Corporation II
In Phoebe today for the mine.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

James E. Price. rancher and stock
man Of Wilson Creek. spent New
Years In Ptoche.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

A severe collision took place today
when the Ford car Of the w. 4. Smith
stage Tine met . Ford runaboue -.
longing TO Jos 8. Ronaow Of PAnaeA
on the hair pin ourvs Asar the Boston
and Phoebe Nina Roth eArs wsss bad.
|ly damaged but fortunately. - one
l.wNe severely hurt
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02

visitors ON the New Years day. Mrs.
Albert Dslmue accompanied them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
Warrino on the Rat.

Chicago Daily News: Humanity's
enduring companion, the rat, never
gives up. He has scampered with
man all the way down the long and
not overclean avenues of civilization
He has bitten the toes of the sleep
ing cave men. He has gnawed with
increasing zest the scattered grain
about the elevators His migrat1ons
with man over the earth have been
many. The rat sticks to civilization,
being one of its most dependable
pests. Mans success is the rats
prosperity. The scattered SURPRISES
Of man, crumbs thriftlesly wasted,
support the rat. No other mammal
finds mans company SO endurable-
AID so full of profit. The protected
cat and dog long ago would have
gone but for mans favor. In spite Oh
him man is the rats most congenial
partner. THE rat. as wild beast as
ever, thrives. Guerrilla warfare be-
tween rats and men seems to be one
of the necessary Accomplishments OF
progress. Get the rat!" Is war
cry of power. Decentralization Is the
rats strategy. He distributes his at
tack. This intimate enemy needs AZ
tention so long as he keeps the fed,
He carries in his kit uncomfortable
diseases such as bubonic plague. he
devours food stores. He is generally
filthy and unhygienic. The rat needs
killing, and needs it badly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
LARGEST STONE ouARRIED.

Detroit News: 1t appears that the
biggest stone-ever quarried was some
time ago discovered at Baalbec, a
place in Syria 1t has always been a
mystery how it was that the great
blocks of granite employed in the
construction Of the Egyptian pyra-
mids were ever raised to the height
and swung into positions they now
occupy. Quite as great marvel to
the modern engineer is the problem
involved in the quarrying OF SO enor.
nous block of stone as the one dis
covered in BaaIbec.
This monolith is 50 feet long, IA
feet broad and II feet deep. It's
weight is calculated at 1900 tons.
Close at hand stand the ruins of the
ancient temple of the sun. 1t is con-
tended this huge stone was intended
to form part Of the building. This
supposition is based on the fact that
in one Of the walls still standing are
to be seen great slabs Of stone which
by actual measurement disclose a.
length of 63 feet and height of Is
feet.
More wonderful is the engineering
feat which placed them in the posi-
! ton where they are today, nineteen
feet above the level of the ground.
No sign of any cement is to be found
anywhere to bind the stones Of this
ancient structure. The slabs have
been squared so precisely and pol
| ished that only after careful search
can the joining be found. 1t is i'm
possible, it is stated, to thrust be-
| tween them even the small blade Of
| a pocketknife.
The beautiful perfection in all the
processes involved in the quarrying,
preparing Of the stone and the build
ing Of these ancient temples leads the
scientists still further into wonder
ment at the quality Of the mental
and moral equipment of those ancient
workmen. No laborer who stopped
with his hammer in the air at the
strike Of the clock ever hewed these
stones Such conscientious work
was only done with love or under the
urge of a great religious feeling. SO
! it is that the archaeologists are pom
dering over another problem, the
| quality of mind and brain in the man
OF antiquity
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07

Omaha Bee: Every large conven'
ton has it's humorous incidents me
big one at Chicago was no exception,
Two of them have "sifted through
the correspondence of a Boston
writer. He says the galleries were 10.
Hoover, but not the delegates, one Oh
whom toasted him at dinner IN
these words:
From Greenland's icy mountains
From midas coral strand,
He's lived in every country.
Except his native land.
The Massachusetts delegation was
polled for vice-president and one oil
the delegation. seeing thirty-fl'e
votes cast for Lenroot, asked the very
quiet Murray Crane if it could DC
considered settled. The astute Crane
said: Eyes, but wait a minute; there
may be other nominations" But the
delegate left the hall for his hotei
and telegraphed Governor Coolidge,
his regrets. Then in rushed friena
and cried, isn't it great?" What!
asked the delegate. "Cooiidge's nom,,
nation was tn reply. Great Scott. !,
was the response, "havn't done it1
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
a Texas Rancher.

Editorial Correspondence OF the
Knoxville Express: We stopped at
Clovis, N. Mex, for breakfast We'd
nesday morning, and when we re-
turned to the car a new recruit had
joined our gallant company in its
voyage for Kansas City. He was a
modest welldressed man of thirty to
thirty-five years and his broad.
brimmed white Stetson was all that
gave a suggestion Of a Texas ranchi
err But he is rancher and most
interesting character. He is Henry
Bledsoe, of Muleslloe, Texas, and he
operates thirty sections of land in the
western edge of the Panhandle. As
boy he began herding sheep; then
he got few lambs. raised them and
bought more; finally he got some
land and added to it. He is married
and has one child. He owns about
$4,000 acres of his land and 5000
acres he leases from other parties.
His land is level Texas land, where
you can stand on cracker-box and
see sheep fifteen miles away. Out
side Of his, land loans, his land IS
worth some 100000. He employs six
hands at s10G q month and board, and
handles cattle and sheep, as well as
considerable wheat. He Is in on the
stock business extensively enough
that on the famous day when the
stock market collapsed he had on the
Kansas City market LOCO steers and
5000 sheep--and the BREAK" in the
market that day cost him $40 each
on his steers and S. each on his
Sheep. total loss of 100000 in a
single day. Naturally he is muel, wor-
ried because of the high prices of
feeding stuffs and the comparatively
low prices Of stock and sometimes
thinks he might be happier with anly
little garden patch or two or three
sections. Probably shall never again
run across the man from Muleshoe,
but I spent several pleasant hours in
his company because he represents in
his own person one of the highest
types of American farmer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
CONCRETE HOUSES.

Pittsburgh Gazette-Times: The de-
STABILITY of concrete houses, from a
sanitary and fireproof standpoint. has
often been urged, and though some
experiments have been made, espec-
tally by Thomas A. Edison, such
dwellings have remained in the state
of things hoped for rather than rea-
lized. However, it appears from in
formation furnished to the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce that
the problem of constructing such
houses economically and quickly has
been solved in England. The struc-
lures are of the reinforced concrete
type, and the points claimed for them
are low cost and rapidity of construc-
ton, two weeks being sufficient to
complete an eight-room mouse, togeth-
er with the obvious advantages that
would attach to such buildings.
The high cost of everything that
enters into the ordinary building at
the present time, which has had the
effect to restrict construction far short
of demands, makes any workable
method of building durable house
at a cost much less than demanded
for wooden or brick structures of in