davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-19
SHELTERS PAY DOLLAR
 OUNCE FOR SILVER

As has been adverted to in the edi- torial columns of this paper, the price of one dollar per ounce that the mint pays for silver compels the payment by the smelters of like price, no mat ter what the market may be below the dollar figure. That this is true, is evidenced by the interview of Frank Munson with Director Baker of the U. S. Mint. Miners of silver ore in the United States have been asking them selves where they were to get off at in view of constantly lowering price of the white metal in the market, and the possibility that within short time the price would recede to that of pre- war times. That this cannot be is quite evident, the hints having to de- pend on American mines for the sil- yer that will be recoined within the next few years. The hints are now buying silver and will take every ounce offered, which is far below the necessities of the government. At the present time there is not enough silver in circulation to meet popular demand, small bills taking the place of metal money in the west, where for merly there was surplus.
 |, Director of the United States Mint Raymond Baker, after a conference with, Frank Manson of the Western Ore Purchasing Company, authorizes the statement that the United States mint is ready and willing to purchase silver at $1 per ounce, as specified uri- der the Pittman act.
 Contrary to the impression of many miners, the smelters are paying the mint price for silver, $1 per ounce or better" said Manson. "In fact, one lot brought s1.05 in New York. There is no disposition on the part of the smelters to take advantage of the London or New York quotations, as against the market provided under the Pittman act. Silver spectators who have been doing business on the basis of London and New York prices are the only losers in the silver mar ket.
 "Under the Pittman act the mint will be obliged to purchase total of O7,000,000 ounces at $1. When you figure that our production is only 50,- 100000 to 6O,OO0,OO0 ounces a year and the art and trades consume about half that, it will require seven years production to fill the government or der.
 "Only silver produced in the United States and possessions can be pur- chased by the government under the Pittman act. Foreign produced silver canot possibly benefit by the pro visions of the act. However, look for an upward trend in the foreign, silver market, due in part to the un- profitable transaction of selling American silver outside of this coun- try."
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-19
co. ). DESTINED TO BECOME ONE OF
 THE BIG PRODUCERS OF THE COUNTY

the extent of naturalization. In crosscut to the west of the main shaft a crosscut was driven into the vein through 15 feet of ore, that averaged 22 ounces silver, $4 gold and 5%t lead The sample was taken from the ore broken down in driving the crosscut, and also samples were cut from the sides and roof of the drift that proved the values.
 Slopes are to be opened at once and within the coming week shipments from the 300 level will be made to the shelter The ore body that has been opened on the 300 is of high shipping grade and will pay well without mill ing. Thousands of tons of ore will be made available as soon as the stopes are opened. This ore shows for a length of at least 800 feet along the level, only a small part above that depth being stopped. Besides shipping ore thousands of tons of mill ore will be extracted and deposited at avail able points for the use of the big mill. It is expected that the further exploration of the vein on the 300 will bring to light immense ore bodies that were overlooked by the old 'opcr ators because of failure to crosscut the big vein. The c. O. D. vein is immense in width and it is possible that great lenses will be discovered when crosscuts have been run at avail able points.
 To our mind the c. o. D. mine is one of the biggest bodies of high grade ore in the county. For years during the early days this mine produced shipping ore, much of it running above 600 ounces silver, $5 gold and 169t lead. Of course it had to be assorted to that grade, but in doing so thousands of tons were left on the dumps that carried values above $20. A mill with bumper tables was placed on the mine, but the loss was great in the milling process, more than 5O%o going into the tailings. The old man. agement only handled the ores in the high grade part of the mine, which showed a silver-lead shoot about 100 feet in length, while the mill ore shows a length of close to 1000 feet without a break. With the big ore body opened to the 500 level and the ore body 15 feet or better in width an enormous tonnage will be opened up.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-19
BEAR MOVEMENT ONUN|TEDFASTERN
 IS NOT JUSTIFIED

United Eastern shares took a dowl, ward slump in the market this week, the quotation being below $500 bid. The brokers have been trying for some time to get at the United Eastern and now that the company has been un- able to show greater reserves in the mines they believed it to be the proper time to start the bear movement.
 Now, the fact of the failure of the United Eastern to show greater ore reserves is not due to any failure of the mine, but to the lack of labor nec- essary to prosecute development work on the lower levels. The mine shows a larger tonnage for 1920 than its re- port did last year, although the value of the ore was a fraction lower. It also shows amortization of about S4 per share on the issued stock, which is far above that of most stock that is selling for good price in the stock markets of the country. The United Eastern has a reserve of about $6,- 000,000 worth of ore and had it not been for the lack of miners the show ing would have been at least $10,000,- 900. The mine never looked so we'll as it does at the present time and with in the year we expect to see it's shares eagerly sought for above $4. It has a splendid milling plant and it's cap acity is greater than the present pro- duction, although with full compile ment of men it would be reaching into a superior tonnage.
 The May production of the Eastern was $176,018 from 8,040 tons of ore and it stailings loss was far below that of former months. The average of the ore was within a fraction of $22 which is close to that of 1918.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-19
SILVER BROKERS
 RECEIVE A SHOCK

After the conference of silver pro- ducers and shelter people with the secretary of the treasury the price of the white metal was at once jumped up to 991a cents from a low of SO It is now given out in the market that all silver produced in the United Stat es will be bought at price as above quoted, 9912 cents, while foreign metal will be purchased at price of 90 cents. Just how far this camouflage. will eX- tend we are uncertain, but the fact is that all silver will soon bear the same quotation, and that above the dollar mark. The United States will not sell it's silver for less than $1.00 per ounce and the other countries can not make delivery of any quantity of the metal. Mexico and Canada are the only two countries producing sil- yer to any extent, and the latter in conjunction with the mother country is using all that can be produced, and then has to go into the other mar kets for the amount necessary to fill out the demand. England has been batting India, or India has been bull ing England for it's silver, and the Indians have been sequestering hun dreds of millions of the white metal for the time of famine. It is an old trick of the people of India to lay by for rainy day enough dough to put them through the lean years that may come when the rivers stay within their banks and no crops can be raised.
 As result of the action of the dir ector of the mint brokers who have been pounding down the price of sill yer for the benefit of their alien asso- ciates will have no chance to frame the market hereafter. Their bids must be so far above the mint price that it will look good to the producers or they will fall far short of the de- mands for export purposes.
 The action of the mint in stabiliz- ing silver to this extent is commend able and will go far toward creating more extensive interest in the mining of that metal.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-19
THEL. X.L. BREAKS
 INTO RICH ORE

Anteguas of Mohave county have a habit of coming back, and although they may lack the romance that is us- ually entwined in the mining lore of the old mines of Mexico they all have their place in the mining history of the country One of the mines that is coming back with vigor is the 1XL, situated in the basin of that name, about IA miles to the north of King man. This property was discovered by Thomas Ralston in the latter part of the seventies, and produced i'm mensely rich ore from the grassroots. Owing to a fault at the water level chloriders did not carry the work be- low that point, stoping out all the rich surface ores that were readily avail able. Effort was made since that time to pick up the vein, but the work was carried only into the broken ground. When the mine was taken over by George Belli of New York, and G. D. Atlee small equipment was placed on the mine and the shaft carried to a depth of about 150 feet. Owing to inability to finance the prop erty it has not been operated during the past five or six years until op- tions were taken on it by the Dudley interests several months ago. Since that time the mine has been reequip- ped, a compressor and drills having been put in and the shaft sunk 100 feet further. From the bottom of this shaft drift has been carried off into the ore, IF feet of mill ore hav- ing been cut. This ore gives averages of 45 ounces silver. Samples taken from across IS inches gave results of 222 ounces silver, while picked sam ples ran as high as 2000 ounces sill yer and 512 ounces gold. The whole face of the drift is now in ore and some wonderful values are showing. This ore is being piled up on the dump and shipments will soon be made from it to the shelter. Owing to the soft nature of the ground no effort will be made to carry the crosscut into the bigger part of the vein, it being pur posed to sink to the 800 and drain the mine before exploring the upper part of it. There is a vast amount of mill ore in the old works that will be available as soon as the ground has been thoroughly drained. The vein is fully 90 feet between walls and a cut across the mineralized section shows good values the whole distance. The shoot shows for 800 feet in length on the surface and indicates intense min , eralizaton with depth. There are two claims between the IXL and the c. O. D. that show at least two ore shoots. These veins enter the big vein of the c. o. D. at point to the west of the old shaft on that prop erty, at a point where big porphyry dike intersects the vein, the dike com ing in from IXL canyon, striking north and south, while the other veins have an east and west strike. I'm portant explorations are to be under taken on the IXL as soon as it is fully equipped, which is expected the next 60 days, and the mine will be shipper within very short time. So much ore of shipping values have been opened and can be gotten at rapidly that shipments can be started within the next month without interfering Continued on Page ?
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-19
VISITS MINES AT
 CHLORIDE

w. B. Mitchell, of Phoenix, was a Kingman visitor the first of the week, coming over from a visit to his mining property at Chloride. Mir. Mitchell is interested with Prof. F. c. Smith in the development of an inn portant group of mines in the big lead camp and believes they have a win ming property.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-19

The Kingman Market is now pre- pared to supply veal to it's customers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02
FORFEITURE NOTICE

Gunnison. Colorado. June IA, 1920
TO SARAH M. NORTH. and to SA-
RAH M. NORTH, as sole and only
heir-at-law of J. M. HARRIS, de-
ceased
You are hereby notified that w
have expended during the year,.
1915, 1916, and 1917, One Hundref
Dollars in labor and improvements
upon your one third interest of the
Bunker Hill No. 2, Lode MINING
Claim. situate in the Cement Creek
Mining District. County of Gunnison.
State of Colorado. the location certi-
ficate of which Is recorded in Book
16l, at page 1872 in the office of the
Recorder of said COUNTY. in order to
hold said claim under the provisions
OF Section 1924 of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States, and the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02

amendment thereto approved Janu-
ay 2. 1880. concerning annual labor
upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode
for the period ending on, the 31st
day of December. 1917. And If, with
in ninety davs after the publication
thereof. you fail or refuse to contrib
ute your proportion of such expend'
iture as, co-owner. which amounts to
One Hundred Dollars. your interest
In the claim will become the property
Of the subscribers, your co-owners,
Who have made the required expendi-
ture. b. the terms of said Section.
L c. ESTES.
w. A. ESTES
First Pub. June II. 1920.
Last Pub. Sent is. 1920.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. ~ they
cannot reach the seat of the disease
nuenced by constitutional conditions, and
IN order to cure It you must take an
internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Aedi-
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF the
system. Hairs Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed By one Of the best physicians
posed Of some OF the best tonics known.
combined with some Of the best blood
FSs R:rHfssf H Hs e
cine 10 what produces such wonderful
results q catarrhal conditions Send for
r. .J CHENEY . CO.. Props.. Toledo. o.
An Druggists. nc. 80.
Hairs Family Pills for censtipaton.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02
Mr.. Carroll M. Carter,

Mr.. Carroll M. Carter
Dear Mr. Carter:-Your somewhat extended communi
cation appears herewith and at this time only able
for of space to take the first ten paragraphs Of
your letter. Next week and perhaps the following
that will discuss the other parts of your communica
1t is very often that receive letters that
carry how they be printed but
in this defer your request In order to
erly any statement it necessary the
statement, and paragraphng did before is much
the handiest and also conserves space.
Touching comparison of your attitude with that
Of the old Romans plead in that attitude
toward for defending those who need defense seemed
indicate calous attitude toward those who work
for living. However, will say that do not believe
you Indifferent the we'll being of those around
Your employees testify for you and they always
pre-emnent witnesses Also agree with you touching
that part of Roman history discussed Those cruel
tines The under classes but reflected the tendencies of
the upper But Rene not socialism, did it
remotely resemble The capitalization of wealth
in few hands proves that.
am grateful for your kind utterance regarding my
being purchasable quantity II is distinct satisfaction
know that of great number who have not
listened to the voice of slander against 1t is be-
lief that people of canine ancestry have said
things of that against but has said
1t to my face. and If locate who will
point instance when have taken a dollar. any
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02
YIELDS LOYALTY TO De PUT TO The TEST

Weld county has a candidate of her for the high
Office of governor of the state
He is a of the soil
He is a of the people-not candidate of his
own seeking Office the candidate of the BIZ
partisan political machine of Denver The interests of
Colorado represented by the Denver bipar
machineand what is they will be. That
of the Democratic party picked Bob Higgins
very esmabe gentleman not because he its choice
but because it hoped thru him to defeat the popular
choice of the party James NJ Collins of Eaton
governorshp of the state belongs in the hands of
some who represents the interests of the
people No matter how well Governor Shoup may or may
have filled the Office during the past two years. there
has been profound feeling that II any important issues
were would line with the Big interests rath
than with the The fact that his term of office
has been uneventful is fault of his The past two
been about the most uneventfu in the political
history of Colorado They have been uneventu, in
fact that the people have had opportunity to judge
executive ability of the the head of state
affairs
All we do know for certainty that the last legis
Iature gave us nothing of remedial constructive
ture and know that governor urged nothing
along that line. He is content to let things slde" so
long they slide too much into the hands OF the
common people.
In the candidacy of Mr. Collins the people offered
n candidate who stands for something He stands for
things that vital the welfare of all than any
person named n years for that office
There contest in the Democratic ranks over
county offices. For that great many Democrats
apt neglect the primary election thinking it unim
portant As matter of fact, if you have choice as
to which the desgnees shall head your ticket at
the general election very important that
that choice the primary.
Mr. Collins a good honest. sincere and purposefui
man. He represents class of people whose interests
are the general prosperity of the state II ne
can be said represent class at ALL that class is
composed the upon whom our greatest pros
perity We know of class that is entitled 10
such representation class universally discrimi
mated against in political affairs in the past
1t cannot be successfully denied that We have had
MANY class governors in the pastand they were not
farming class by a long shot. But we believe that
J M Collins will be governor Of and for the peope-not
for the political Industrial and commercial grafters
we can get governor that kind let's have him for
change May be the change would be truly beneficial In
any event could be worse-Windsor Poudre Vahey
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02

=. Jesse F. Mcdonald, the only who served
Colorado Governor without being either nominated,
running for the Office Grand Junction the
other day and prophesied that Colorado would go repub
lican by sweeping majority Jesse is liable to develop
into false prophet
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02
rREAcnERv IN OUR MIDST

Washington, D. C-Doctor Ladd's report to the peo-
pie the Northwest that the Farm Bureau federation
going to tackle the job of Kidding the country of the
less niddeman, either through co-operatves tremen
by the North Dakota method of
ship of marketing facilities, has created nearpanic in
lobbying circles in the national capital
Here the Farm Bureau federation has been supposed
be wholly ornamental and standpat body created in
many places by the active aid Of chambers of
the purpose of preventing the farmers from falling
under radical influence The idea that body big
prosperous capable of getting what it
should go after anything that the proteers
nailed down. had before to the minds
of the dinner dance statesmen who draw thousands a
month from the food gamblers TO keep them "in touch
Washington
They going look into this situation, and If the
Farm Bureau federation shown to be getting actually
dsloya like the Nonpartisan league, they going to
turn the Public Ledger the Chicago Tri-
bune and Bill Taft N
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02

When you make big catch Of fish
and want to send some to friends re-
member Empire has shipping tags.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02

My principal objection the Nonpartisan League is
ss .s .s . It ss s so n ss
g. thru the Government We have just had example
ing was done well and everything cost four or five times
s I 81 soy cyr we got r E G
French and airplanes and of them in Eng
No. Mr.. Rawalt the Government cannot of least
has done anything well efficiently and the
partly due & that eaT
ali right For instance here at the mine we have just
been fixing two old wagons: We went all them,
painting e The who ms
remarked that If f. we were working for the Government
Such waste and neiciency are inherent in all govern
Europe capitalized at to times the capitalization
rope and passenger rates much higher than in this
Ten or fifteen wears ago a New York Syndicate of
fered to take the postofce under
the Government charges If they been to
get the so es G % %o M hs big @
tho the the people would have been only half
AS example of the business ability of the Govern
ment we need consider only the "cost-pus. war
the &c T agreed % @ to paS the the entire
The 1oaS profit would then be 100000 But under the
sa
$500 10000 and then his profit would be s2oooooo or
Right, here is the basis Of enormous debt which
ed power and money and spent the latter like drunken
sailor and yet measure of reform propose to
grain elevators and pretty much everything else.
Either you should sustain the Government its reck
less expenditure and gross miss else
should be trying under Nonpartsan campaign
business 1t not considered healthfu sport
attempt to ride two horses going in opposite directions
private business is the remedy We have plenty Of
nj deal We do not nee mO That we
need is for all Of to take enough interest in politics
You ask point out country that was ruined
by State Socialism reply Germany The Government
Of the people couldn't his hair in the mid
Ole or up h @ a % s e ns
Pile looked to the for everything and personal
when German officer was killed in the war his men were
like a pack Of sheep Our soldiers developed under
officers killed as they did under their direction Your
that the death o{ It
find fighting for reaction but that is just what your
| While do not very ardenty support the Bolshe
yk still you do not seem to be certain they are running
with them he found that Lenne Trotsky
erned Emma Goldman says the Bolshevki are worse
than the s. Government and you know how she hated
just declared strongly against the Bolshevi If You
want more evidence that the e. Bossv are Tnng Rus
Nationalist learned friend stated but
means and always viii mean government bv dictator
What need is government by all classes including
the proletariat
II only had the time there few other things
would like say but today happen to be the only eng
the job and it is hard write and attend to
manual duties at the time. AS you published my
other without permission and state
anxious print both Sides ask print this letter
not in d. by he
read connected whole and let your comments come
afterwards With best wishes for regeneration
remain Yours verv trur.
| CARROLL M. CARTER
Mr. Carroll M Carter,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02

One high court, the U. s. District of Appeals.
St. Louis, has given another unanimous decision for
A c. Townley, in pending for the past two
Now watch the redeyed press the fact under
flaming headnes-nit
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02

Bill heads. letter heads, envelopes.
cards. etc. printed at the Pilot ONCE.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-09-02

The British have evidently concluded to starve, or
rather starve the Irish prisoners held their as
The prisoners hunger strike for release We have
often wondered why that plan not followed hun
ges strikers, but really that this poor
to apply it. The Irish declare that they will kill every
Englshman in any responsible, and they have
utation of keeping their word