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Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

real "desert rat" prospector, he should have been, and time, place and chance brought him to "Jumbo" peak, but when once he saw it, he never let go and sacrificed all the pleasures and ac- comodations of town and home to hold and make good on his bonanza. Had he been more of the practical prospec- tor and miner, he would have more fully developed his property or sold it and could have enjoyed his declining years at home, dreaming of the mon- ster ledge, which would now be turn ing out bullion and making dividend checks for him. Rather than develop ing, he spent the greater part of his time contriving means and methods and mechanical contraptions for trans portation of ore and recovery of gold. A crude hand made tramway from near the apex of the peak to base is mute evidence of his pioneer efforts bring the ore by gravity, in place of burro, down the mountain side, and an old mill half a mile distant from the ledge and on the property, is further proof of his loss of hard acquired if nances and still further loss of values, in his ore.
 Interesting stories are related of him that would fill book. He cross ed the Colorado river in the early nin- ties and after wandering over the country came to and located the Der rick property in 1895, and which he held until his death about two years ago, He was a very tall and raw boned chap and his kindly and gener- ous nature is remarked by old timers, His heavy full beard and large head, covered by a broad brimmed white hat his two burros, Ned and Balaam, pos sibly as old as himself, now being loaded with pack, now hitched to cart, made him a striking figure in the ear ly days of Vivian and Goldroad. Ned and Balaam getting old and slower and modern day shortening distance by uulOJ lliS lllCSIlclHlCdl DtHl ltll lOl luc new machine and he acquired an old Ford. Tho his purse never was able to keep up with the tires, so he fliver- ed around when and where he could on the iron rims, and luckless indeed was the friend to accept lift to the camps or ride to Needles in this bouncing pumping "buchaboo," once a Ford Ned and Balaam were now only used to pack ore to mill, and when and where good faithful old burros die and go, is more than the average pros pector knows.
 Through the several settlements of finding gold in the district, Marion Derrick would never let go of his property and always believed he would find way to mill his ore and develop
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

which is about 23OO feet above sea level, while the base is about 1900 it. It resembles the head and shoulders of sleeping lion as it silently guards it's lair. It is almost the full length of the claim long and about five hund- red feet through at point surveyed as a diamond drill station.
 One of the owners modestly eSti- mates the ore bearing width, as about three hundred feet, but one would be- lieve it more. The upper part of the "Peak" is surely all ore, and one walks on and over the gold bearing quartz all around the base of the peak, quartz replacing calcite; the vein is the brec- ciated andesite, quartz -phorphry, cal cite and quartz replacing calcite, stain ed by hematite and containing magan- csc and gold, all of which are distinct ly Oatman- Goldroad features in bon anza ore bearing veins. Many places in this immense ledge contain high grade mill ore and the former owner, packed many tons by burro to an old mill nearby. Systematic development by cross-cutting and drifting, into the mountain would no doubt block out an enormous tonnage of gold ore, and the modern method by diamond drilling would prove up a concentration of values at depth and develop ore re- serves in a most economical degree.
 The big ledge runs through two full claims, about three thousand feet, with gold values the entire length, but more actenuated on the Jumbo" claim, whereon the mountains covers an en- tire claim. The two claims Pinto" and "Jumbo" are synonomous with the "Derrick Ledge and about the center of the Derrick group of claims. Many spur veins branch off from the main ledge and make promising prospects, In fact, two of these spur veins have features all their own in gold values and will be prospected by diamond drilling.
 At shaft, on the north side of and at the base of the peak with contact of vein and country rock, the peak rises almost perpendicular nearly two hundred feet overhead and this is gold bearing quartz "in the air" as is all ore. From this point it is about four hundred feet through the peak, possi bly, more. A most wonderful contact is noted in this shaft and makes foot wall of the ledge, a perfect inclined plane of about 75 degree dip. The country rock of foot wall is monzon- ite, as denoted by Ransome of the United States Geol. Survey. The country rock on the hanging wall side of the ledge is the characteristic ande- sites of the district, with a pronounced rhyolite intrusion following the strike
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
The San Francisco Is Now Drilling Toward Their Rhyolite
 Dike-About 600 Ft. To Go

Ridenour made the advances that brought result. A shaft had been sunk to superficial depth in the prop erty, but little lateral work had been carried on. This work was in the bet ter looking part of the estate, but did not go far enough to produce results. The diamond drill work is to be car ried on from the surface, it being pos sible to reach into every angle of the mineralized territory from points of vantage along the vein outcrop.
 The San Francisco is surrounded by the Oatman United, Little Jim, Fes- Senden and United Eastern mines, ly-
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

Lying to- the west and contiguous to the property that now is inducing whispered interest in the Oatman field, is the San Francisco. This prop erty was recently acquired from the old corporation by w. K. Ridenour and associates, who purpose big drilling campaign to ascertain the ore bearing qualities of the big veins that traverse the claims embraced in the company's estate. The Big dikes bisect the whole territory covered by the estate of the San Francisco and in every re- spect is similar to that of the Oatman United, which brought in it's wonder
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

the "mushers" and "stampeders" from Nome, the Yukon country and other parts of Alaska, know Sam Bayless and his interest in gold prospects and proveral success therefrom. He is willing to gamble on his judgement and has made money from it. He is a friend to all prospectors and his clothing store," their outfitting place. He is one of the Heading lights c that alluring, mysterious and romantl" societies of men organized within the Arctic Circle," called the "Arct;c Club, the wearer of the emblem of the success attained in search of gold in frozen north and land of midnight sun." During the Oatman fire in June 1921, Sam Bayless' clothing store like other establishments, was entirely destroyed, but undismayed, Sam faced it and said, 'let 1t never be said that we are in the midst of a helluva fix. understand" and held onto his Oatman United stock. The phenomenal rise in these shares seals Sans judgement, besides he is large stockholder in the Tom Reed and other live stocks in Oat- man, but his one big hobby is the Der rick property" and his judgement is backed by all of the requirements for large gold mine of his own.
 Harry Putney is also an old Alaska pioneer and "musher" but has been on the Arizona desert since 1911, and has made considerable success from his continued acquiring of good gold pros poets in the Oatman- -Goldroad district. His judgement in the very possible mines is not impeached by any, while his faith in the Oatman district is ex- celled by none, and he has profited thereby. He is one of the best known men in Oatman, an interesting person. ality, with wide knowledge of minera- ogy and geology of the district, his northern legends and desert lore make him the center of many gather ings. His faith in the Derrick prop erty is supreme and like Bayless, life hobby, between the two the dreams of Marion Derrick have promise of be- ing proven real.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

row veins of quartz, carrying here and there some good gold values, until some fellow in Joking through the old works would have found a spot that had sloughed off, exposing a showing of material that carried free gold.
 And it is this condition that has made many districts, the prospector looking for the material that his in vironment convinced him was the only rock in which ore would be found, and the tenderfoot coming along and find ing it in something else. Years ago the gcOogist pronounced against val ues being carried in other than slates,
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

portion of the San Francisco Outcrop. andesites that made up the walls in closing the quartz vein. This condi- tion prevented the property from being energetically operated and only when
 it was about to be abandoned did the miners accidentally break into the "wall' rock and find free gold, which caused intensive development of the country material and bring in one of the most important producers of mod ern times. This property not only made Capt. Delamar rich, but it also enriched number of miners and claim owners in that field. Mrs. James Me Fadden and the Dooley brothers, now of Salt Lake City, obtained their wealth from the mines of the Monkey Wrench district, their holdings being close in to the parent vein at Delamar, Had the ore bearing quality of the territory lying along side the quartz vein been overlooked that district would have plugged along with it's mar
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

that many of them will be found in the mineral class, it is possible that those paralleling the vein systems of the camp will show potential bodies where silicification has been abnor- mai. It is along this great mineraliz- ed Assuring, bordered by the big plugs of rhyolite, that the estate of the San Francisco embraces and it is this wonderfully potential area that is to be developed largely through diamond drilling and later by important shaft and lateral work. The drills are on the ground and expectation is that within a short time the first hole will have penetrated the ore bearing ter ,ritory. The veins are there and every mineralizing influence is there to pre- decate an ore body.
 For several years the San Francisco like the Summit, has been idle, but the corporation steadfastly refused to let any of it's shares get away until Billy
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

A prize of $1OO,OOO has been offer ed by Lord Atholstan, of Montreal, for the discovery of cure for cancer within five years. Sir William Veno, of Manchester, England, has offered $50,0OO as a supplementary prize for the same purpose. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of London is to judge the formula, if any cure is found.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

as it may develop new theory cover ing the geology of the district. The campaign now on is important not only in this respect, but in respect to the development of ore bodies in the quartz-calcite veins of the camp, and among the many we are eager to be- lieve that those lying along the vein strike of the Oatman United are the most potential from this viewpoint. The men at the head of affairs are the men who made the district worth while and they are to be relied upon to again produce the goods.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

Applications for telephones in Tokyo sometimes wait years for filling. Three hundred and fifty persons who applied for telephones in 1907 have just been granted them
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

One thousand two hundred eighty one Japanese women entered Califor- mia during 1921.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

Trackless trolley systems have been in use in China for some time.
Evening star., 1922-10-27
HOPE FOR FIRE FIGHTERS
REPORTED AS "MISSlNG"
Eight Of Workers in Terrific For
est Blaze Believed to Have
Made Escape.

SAN EERNARDINO, Calf. October
27.-Hope was expressed today among
fire fighters in the San Bernardino
mountains that the eight of their
number missing had saved them
selves in open stretches along a road.
The eight men left the main body
of those fighting fierce forest fire
near Lake Arrowhead when the
flames jumped a fire break, where
a final stand had been made to save
heavy sections of timber.
The fire has been burning several
days. Last night II swept over the
crest Of the San Bernardino range.
At inidnight a newspaper man who
started toward where the eight fire.
men fed was turned back by dense
smoke and the blazing trees. which.
he stated. fell about him. Fifty more
fighters were sent from the Lake
Arrowhead village early today.
The region is noted for its summer
homes and represents heavy invest
ments. Immense timber abounds. In
some places the flames as they top
ped the range were estimated to be
400 feet high. There was hope to-
day that the summer colony at Lake
Arrowhead would be saved.
Evening star., 1922-10-27
PRESIDENT IS INVITED.
Accepts conditionally. Offer
Gridiron Club BANQUET.

President Harding today accepted
conditionally an Invitation to be the
guest OF honor at the Gridiron Clubs
banquet to be given at the Willard
Hotel On the night of December|,9
To the committee Of the club th4t
extended the invitation personally
the President said that 6s would be
delighted to attend, but that his pres-
ence on that evening would depend
entirely upon the condition Of Mrs.
Harding on that date
In the absence of James P. Horne-
day, president Of the club, Arthur 5.
Henntng. vice president, headed the
committee. the other members being
J. Harry Cunningham. secretary;
Harry ]. Brown. treasurer, and Ar
thur Dunn and Edward B.. Clark,
members of the executive comihittees
Evening star., 1922-10-27
DRIVER STRICKEN, AUTO
JUMPS CAR PLATFORM
Cousin Grabs Wheel After Lewis
w. Moore Dies Suddenly
in Machine.

While driving his automobile down
Pennsylvania avenue shortly after 10
o'clock today Lewis w. Moore. sixty
Ave years of age, of the firm of Moore
& Wood, 3O6 10th street northwest,
was stricken with heart trouble and
died before medical attention could
reach him.
Mr.. Moore had just left his place of
business, accompanied by Thomas
Coltman. his cousin, and was going to
Glenwood cemetery. He drove his car
out street. north on 11th street and
east on Pennsylvania avenue. Just
before he reached the latter thorough
fare the car swerved suddenly and
ran across the street car loading plat
form. Mr.. Coltman grabbed the
wheel and brought the car to a stop
and observed that Mr.. Moore was un-
conscious in his seat. He Immediately
called for aid. and the stricken man
was rushed to the Emergency Hos
pital in another automobile, but he
was dead when he arrived.
He lived on the Columbia pike, near
Radio. Va.
Evening star., 1922-10-27
TO RETAIN
WALL |SFA|LURE
Citizens of WoodIey Place
Lose Fight Against
Building Contractor.
Art must bow to progress.

Exclusive Woodley place must sac
rifice the balustrated wall that has
marked it's northern extremity for
wears because Washington needs
room for new homes and it stands
in the way.
This was the edict handed down
today when the District Commission
ers granted a contractor a permit to
destroy what remains Of the wall SO
that he may more speedily continue
to fill up a valley where. in the near
future, rows of brandnew homes will
The wall of woodley place first
came into prominence when residents
of that street complained that the
contractor had knocked hole in
the structure so that his trucks
would have direct access to the dump
to drop loads of yellow clay and
ashes. simultaneously the contrac-
tor asked the District Commissioners
to grant him q legal right to COM
plete the demolition.
The Commissioners ruled that they
could not refuse the request, because
the wall had been built in the path
of what is now to be made a city
street and blocked free access to the
property the contractor is making.
Therefore. the permit will be issued
this afternoon.
Mace admit the contractors right to
remove the obstruction to his prop
erty. they have carried their com,
nlaint to the health department and
demanded % that since dump must be
tolerated near their home nnevsht the LAY. law
sons from filling the place with
oderiferous tin cans. old rags and
paper. :....
oitv rafuse to whom the complaint
was referred. said he had made a
complete Investigation and that al. al.
there it was quickly covered over by
ashes and dirt.
The residents denied any desire to
block the contractor from haviag free
access to his property, but they de-
clared their belief that the city au-
thorities should at least protect them
from odors alleged to arise nightly
from the debris that is said to be left
on the dump.
Evening star., 1922-10-27
D. c. AUDITORIUM PLANS
GIVEN, FRESH IMPETUS
R. P. Andrews Named Chairman
of Committee to Sell
Bonds.

Appointment of r. r. Andrews to be
chairman of the finance committee of
the Washington Auditorium Corpora
tion was announced today by Presi-
dent Robert n. Harper.
Mr.. Andrews has called his commit
tee for a luncheon at the City Club at
1890 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
when plans will be mapped out for
dsposing Of the 100000 in stocks and
bonds that are uHSold.
The committee which Mr.. Andrews
has named consists of Corcoran Thorn.
E. J. Murphy. D. ]. Kaufman, Arthur
J. May, william J. Eynon. Morton J.
Luchs. Frank J. Hogan. William c.
Wimsatt. Ralph w. Lee. Gus Buch-
holz. c. J. Gockeler. c. ]. Columbus.
Thomas Bradley. W. W. Everett.
Evans. jr.; Townley A. Mckee. NJ. A.
Leese. Sidney West, +. Lester Jones.
William $. Corby. Chaplin Brown.
Wharton l.. Lester and f. c. Branden-
burg.
Il sincerely trust" said Mr. An
drews today that when the members
of the finance committee make call
upon our citizenship one and all
will be equally prompt and business
like. Since this is labor of love
for all of us. every dollar that is in
vested by the public is being put into
land and materials. Not a cent Is be-
ing used for promotion
Evening star., 1922-10-27

DR. Joseph Byron Moore. cclebra,..
of his seventeen wedding anniye-s-
AIRY last Saturday and resident Of this
city for nearly ninety years. died
early this morning at his home, 1911
Fairmont street northwest. He was
in his ninety-third year and was u
member of the Association OF Oldes-
Inhabitants of the District of Column
bia. Death followed an illness of six
months.
DIR. Moore was the son Of Joseph y.
Moore and Mary Ann Stethem. He
was born February -. 1880. At Fort
Monroe. Va. Since his second hirth-
day he had been an almost continuous
resident of Washington. For thirty
years he maintained n drug stor" ON
Pennsylvania avenue. hetwe"H l?'h
and 20th streets. DR.. Moore entered
the drug business at the age OF fft'en
years. being associated for wnIlo
with kidweli's drug store in G""r@"-
town. lie took A medical cou-sc
ington University, and graduated
therefrom in 1872.
Practiced In Georgetown.
From this time on until his retir.-
ment from active work in lSSS. d.
Moore conducted an active practice III
Georgetown, where he then lived.
with the exception of about seven
years he spent on his farm in Staf-
ford county, Va. He married Amelia
II. Prettyman. who WAS horn IN
Alexandria. but resident of WASH
ington since she was two months old.
They were married by Rev. Robert L.
Dashiel OF the Union Chapel Methodist
Church. October 81, 1852. Last Satur-
day DIR. and Mrs. Moore celebrated
their seventeen wedding anniversary.
the celebration, however. being OF
quiet nature. OH account of Br.
Moore's Illness. After returning frorl
Stafford county. Dr. and Mrs. Moore
again took up their residence IN
Georgetown, moving to the Fairmor;
street home about year ago. iT-
Moore was former member OF West
ern Presbyterian Church.
Leaves Many Relatives.
Surviving him are his wife. MFs.
Amelia n. Moore, aged eighty -sefeiE
eight children. thirteen grandchiidren
and seven great -sraRschiidrs''- -aQ
residents Of this city F
The children are Mrs. Lunsfors u.
Orndorf. Mrs. John J. Mclean. MIS-.
Seuaca B. Bain, Mrs. Bertha NJ. Read.
John F. Moore, Thomas j. Moore.
William Nelson Moore and DaNid
Pelton Moore.
The gra nCcHlIuTtn are MIR Eli
beth Amelia Mex enzie. Mrs. Josephine
b. kremer, Mrs. Irene Davis. Mrs. M7l-
dred Hill. Mrs. Ruth Darlington, MS.
Doris Booth. Miss Alice Mclean. MISS
Josephine Mclean. Miss RosaLnd
Read. T. Lynwood Moore. Capt Robert
B. Moore Philip :. Mclean and !:
Donald Mclean.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day morning at IL o'clock at the resi-
dence. Rev. DR.. James II. Taylor 81
the Central Presbyterian Church, will
officiate. Interment will he in OAK
Hill cemetery
Evening star., 1922-10-27
Laurel Entries

LAUREL RACE TRACK. Md, Oc-
tober 21.-First race: purse, S1.30p:
two-year-olds: six furlongs-Picketer
los; Brilliance. 10: Scribble. 10:
Segovia. 1Ie: ComiXa. iln; ca VIM
ner Take All. 10: ta) Fennon. 1l3;
Curlaud. 1i3: Gen. Thatcher, lis: Sog-
garth Aroon. l!3: Tuxedo, ll3: Lu-
nrinist ll3: Better Times. 113. taD $
Louis entry.
Second race: purse. $500; claiming:
for three year-oldS and up; one mile
.John Morrill,. 100; 'Fleer. lo6: 'Min-
ute Man. lO6; Lady Luxury, los: MOL
lie Barnes. los; Encrinite. los: Pene-
lope, los: sTidings. los; 'Whalebone,
III; Some Baby. III, old Sinner. III;
Charles J. Craigmile, III: Lads Love,
Ill; Romulus. 116.
Third race; purse. $4,000: handicap
for all ages: six furlongs-Stoto. Ss;
Goodtimes, 9S; Dinna Care, l1S: Mis-
sionary. ia: Prudery. lis: Hildur.
lis: On Watch. 1928; Careful. 124.
Fourth race; the Manor handicap.
mile-Ambier. 1O2; Valador. 106: Miss
Smith. 1e9: Daniel. los; Bucado. ZOE:
ic)Carol, III; My Own. III: td)Vigil.
liz; ib)Rialto, 116; (b) Cherry Pie, 1lS:
Ia)Martingale, lis; tcDBluemoRt. l21:
Sallys Alley. 1928; td)Wilderness. 1913:
(a)Dunlin, 125.
(aJ. S Cosden entry
(b)Greentree stable entry.
(c)Quincy stable entry.
(d)R. T. Wilson, jr., and w. j. Sal
mon entry.
Fifth race; the Washington handi-
can: $4,000 added: three-years-olds
and up; one. mile-Slippery Elm. 30;
Polly Ann. 1903: Oceanic, lo4; Medina.
l0b; Paul Jones. 10S: Capt. Alcock,
lI0: Lucky Hour. 120; Paragon. I'd.
12l: Exterminater. 1872.
Sixth race; claimine;. handicap:
purse. $500: for three-year-old and
nm. one mile and seventy yards
sTwo Feathers, 80: 'Dnncecap, IS:
pastoral Swain. loi; Saddle and
Boots. 107: Lunetta. 1o4: -.
Seventh race; purse. $1,000; CLAIMS;
ing; three-year ar-olds and up: mile and
a uuarter-Freezy Sneezy, 9S; 'Helen
Akin. lOl: Ozark Horse, 102: c.
Moody. 102; .On High. l0i: Dolly e.
l04: katherine Rankin. lOt: Johnny
Oyerton. I94; Balustrade, 109. Il
Apprentice allowance. - z
Weather clear; track fast ~ ,..
Evening star., 1922-10-27
THIRD AUTHORIZATION
CONGRESS GETS TO- WORK
Delegates From Eleven Countries
Taking Part In the Delibera-
tions at Brussels.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, October 27.-Delegates
from eleven countries are participating
in the third anti-prohibition congress IN
session here. The sessions are being
held in secret =
Senator Delannoy. Belgium, who In
presiding, defined the object Of the
congress as an energetic struggle
AGAINST the tendencies of modern lesis-
lation to sacrifice individual and COM
mercial liberty. The delegates from
each country reported on the prohibition
campaigns in their respective states.
Sections of the congress were chosen
to study how the fight OF the organiza-
tion could be carried on against the pro-
hibition movement, which it was as
sertsd. possessed large funds and an or
1anixation with ramifcations every
where. 1t was decided that International
action must be inaugurated.
The countries represented at the
congress are: Belgium, Canada. Spain,
Finland, France. England, Denmark,
Italy. Norway Sweden and Switssrland.