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NEWS OF THE MINES AND THE OIL FIELDS
WESTERN STEEL BUYS
NEVADA IRON DEPOSIT
Corporation with Plant at Ta
coma Enters Southern Field.
Will Ship the Product
Tho Western Steel corporation, op
erating a small steel plant at Iron
dale, near Tacoma, Wash., has pur
chased tho famous iron properties In
Lyon and Storey counties, Nevada,
noar the California line* which were
under option for purchase by the late
B. H. Harriman, Just before the tat
ter's death. • .
James Moore, president of the steel
corporation, purchased the property
direct from the owners, James W.
Smith and Alfred Merrlt of Duluth,
the price being $200,000. . .
This is said to be one of the best
deposits of high grade Iron ore on the
Pacific coast. The property was
bought for future use, as-the Irondale
plant is now using Chinese pig iron
under a fifteen-year ; contract, pres
ident Mooro says: ■ ', A " ' ' .
"When we get ready to bring Ne
vada ore here we will ship it by rail
to some point on San Francisco bay
and thence to Irondale at a low cost.
The area of the mines is 242 acres.
Tho ore in sight amounts to 14,000,000
tons, and every ton is worth at least
$1 to our corporation."
The above Iron mines are located
a few miles north of Virginia near
the old Lizard mine and what is
known as the Badger district, and
were first purchased about ten years
ago by the Mesaba Iron company for
$36,000, the original .owners, being
Frank Fielding, former , assayer a,
the Consolidated Virginia and Nich
olas Hanson of this city. I The prop
erty Includes thirteen claims? and
more than $100,000 ' has been ; expended
In development work, sinking shafts
and otherwise exploring the ground, ,
For the greater part of the. present
season a force of forty men has been
employed, and work was suspended
only a few weeks ago.
The announcement of this sale will
be received with marked interest ln
this section, for it undoubtedly means
the starting of a big new mining
venture sooner or later, which is
bound to be a factor in the pros
perity of this section of the state.
It Is probable that a railroad will be
built to connect with the Southern Pa
cific cutoff at Dayton.
ASSOCIATED (S. P.) OIL
MAY JOIN INDEPENDENTS
BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 18—Unveri
fied rumors were circulated about this
city today to the effect that a big deal
is about to be consummated between
the Independent Producers' agency and
the Associated Oil company, whereby
the Associated ls to join the agency.
It is said the deal Is to be negotiated
by S P. St. Clair tor the agency and
W. S. Porter and O. Scrlbner for the
Associated. Color was - given to the
report. by Use departure of St Clair
yesterday for Los Angeles.. While no
official Information can be secured, it
is admitted > that St. Clair and Porter
have been discussing some sort of a
contract. , ,_*._
According to the report circulated
here, three conditions are to be ex
acted in the deal. The first is that the
Associated shall Join the agency. The
second is that the agency is to sell oil
in large amounts to the Associated at
the rate of 35 cents, and the third con
dition is that the agency is to close its
doors to all producers not now within
its organization. . "._ ' ,„ ...
It is generally believed that if the
agency closes Its doors the outside
companies will be almost forced to the
wall, for there is a general belief that
such a situation, will mean that prices
at the well will be slashed almost to
nothing. Such a move as contemplated
will, however, in all probability, force
all the smaller producers into the
agency.
The Producers' agency began run
ning Lakeview oil yesterday, - and it
has also run 4000 barrels, from the
American Oilfields well on section 36.
KERN AMERICAN OIL
WILL SOON PUMP NO. 1
The* Kern American Oil company,
operating in the southwest quarter oC
section 6-29-28, Kern River - oil field.
is pushing work on Its well No. 1 and
expects to have it ready for the pump
soon. No. 2 will be starteJ immedi
ately after the completion of No. 1
and much of the material for it is al
ready on hand. Setclon 6 is proving
one of the most productive sections
in the Kern.River field; twenty wells
have already been finished in tho sec
tion by the Jastro & St. Clair and
Enas oil companies, while these arid
other companies are putting down
more wells rapidly. The Enas com
pany, which has - contracted for the
drilling of thirty-two wells, has a con
tract with the Standard Oil company
for the sale to the latter of 1,500,000
barrels of oil to be delivered in five
years. '■'■■"■ ■. "•'■,-;-•_' *■" ' "1:;'' ''■'.'
TEMPLE MIDWAY PLANS
TO START OPERATIONS
The Temple Midway Oil company
plans to start drilling at an early date
on its holdings, consisting of 160 acres
In the center of section 12-31-23,' Mid
way oil field. The drilling, it Is under
stood, will be done by the Zleratn com
bination rig, invented by the president
of the company. A. C. Zlerath, an jp
erator of extended experlnece in east
ern, Texas' and California fields. • The
rig represents a combination of the sa
lient features of both the standard,
or ■• cable, - and rotary rigs, and ls
claimed to be Ideal for work in the
Midway territory, and Mr. Zlerath
expects the Temple Midway company
to, make record time with it. The
Temple Midway company is controlled
by Lo&iAngeles persons . and Jfs direc
torate includes several men n well
known In; the oil world. ■;"-.,,
PARADISE SMELTER
Paradise, Ariz., Is to .have, a fifty
tori- mill \ which will not only handle
the 'ore or the Whltetall company, but
also.custom ores, thus enabling the
mines with ore on their dumps to
have i it treated at . little expense and
to utilize the proceeds'in ■ further ' de
velopment. • There are many proper
ties in the Paradise district that have
larger or smaller quantities of ore not
sufficiently'high grade to warrant
shipment to . the smelters, but which
It will pay well to have treated at a
nearby plant, the. expenses of trans
portation being minimized In this way.
CONSERVATION BILLS ARE NOT
SATISFACTORY TO OPERATORS
Mining and Oil Men Object to Certain Articles Contained in the
Several Measures Now Pending at Washington, and Min
ing Congress Urges a Free Discussion of a Remedy
The conservation bills now before
congress are not, apparently, satisfac
tory to the great mass of oil and min
ing operators, and these bills will prob
ably-receive close analysis and discus
sion at the American Mining congress
convention. A summary of the con
servation bills follows: ' :
"The conservation measure prepared
by the administration and introduced,
by Senator Nelson of Minnesota last
January, more clearly defines the con
servation policy of the government
than speeches to popular audiences,
it WEI therefore thought desirable to
obtain copies of bills prepared by the
administration flnd abstract them for
the benefit of mining men.
"The bills abstracted cover coal,
water, phosphate, oil, asphaltum and.
timber "measures. '.'
"These bills appear so radical i and
may so entirely change the spirit of
the old laws that mining men should
scrutinize the bills very carefully in
order to see their effect upon the min
ing industry.
"Candid, free and open discussion of
these measures can result in no harm.
There is much to be said for, as well
as against the measures of which ab
stracts aro given, inasmuch as these
bills practically apply only to the west,
although, of course, not so stated in
the texts, it behooves western raw to
pay special attention to these measures
In order that no permanent Injury be
sustained by the western mining
states.
'EXAMINATION • OF LANDS . .
a Senate bill 61S8— "Be it enacted by the sen
ate and house of representatives of the United
States of America In congress - assembled.
That the secretary of the interior be. and he
la hereby, authorized and directed to cause
to be examined any public lands, national"
forests, national monuments, national parks,
game reserves or other reservations valuable,
or which may become valuable, for the de
velopment of water powers, or power for
hydro-electrlo us» or transmission, and classify
and reserve by legal subdivision, or by metes
and bounds, from other use or disposition, all
lands he may deem of more value for power
development than for other uses. Whenever
areas so reserved Include lands covered by
valid existing locations, selections, or entries,
the locators, selectors, entrymen, or their as
signs, upon relinquishment of the lands so re
served to the United States, shall be paid
the value of the lands and Improvements so
relinquished at the time of such relinquish
ment as determined by the secretary of the
Interior; provided, that In the event any such
locator, selector, entryman, or assignee hav
ing a vested right In such reserved lands falls
or refuses upon request of the secretary of the
Interior to relinquish the lands or improve
ments claimed by him, such lands, or Im
provements, or both, may be tacqulred by
said secretary under condemnation proceed
ings." -.. .... V
Section 3 provides., that the applicant must
furnish plans, specifications, etc., and calls
for a deposit of $1000. All rights of way over
private land, secured by the applicant, shall
be conveyed to the United States. The life
of the leases grantod Is 40 years. The lessee
will be allowed five years to develop or trans
mit at least 25 per cent of the power avail
able.
Section 3. Each lessee shall pay for the
leasehold privileges "such rates per electrlo
horsepower developed • as may be
specified In the lease, which rate may be
graduated according to the amount of power
developed and also may be increased every
ten year period during the term of the lease."
Section 4 provides for the maximum rates
for power which may be charged to the pub
lic. Also provides for the forfeiture of lease.
Section 5 calls for detail reports to be made
to the government "In such manner and at
such times as the secretary of the interior
may require." >
TO APPRAISE PROPERTY
Section 6 calls for appraisement of the prop
erty within five years of the expiration of
lease an da new lease for a period of forty
years shall he offered to the original lessee
which, if declined, shall be sold at public auc
tion at an upset price. The original lessee
shall thereupon be entitled to be compensated
to the extent of the sum received for the Im
provements only. Same section provides that
no transfer, sale or assignment of the lease
shall be made without the approval i of the
secretary of the Interior. .
Section 7 provides for railways and other
rights of way.
"Section 8. That tha proceeds derived from
entry fees and leases under the provisions of
this act shall be distributed as follows, to
wlt: One-third shall be paid to the state or
territory, to be expended under the direction
of the legislature thereof, for roads and
schools in the counties where the. leaseholds
are. situated, and the residue shall be cov
ered into general fund of the treasury of
the United States."' ..'".'
"Soctlon 9. That Jurisdiction to determine
the Issues and matters which are by this act
committed to the courts ls hereby conferred
upon the United States circuit and district
courts for the districts In which the lands
or leaseholds are situated." '.' '
"Section 10. That the secretary of the In
terior Is hereby authorized to perform or
cause to be performed any and all acts and to
make such rules and regulations as he may
deem necessary and proper for carrying the
provisions .of this act Into full force and ef
fect."
Senate bill 5187—Introduced by Senator Nel
son. January 18, 1910, and referred ,to the
committee on public lands. . ;
OOAL RESERVATION BILL v
"Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of Amer
ica In congress assembled. That lands
within the United States or the Territory of
Alaska to which patents have not been earned
or to which a vested right has not been ac
quired, and which contain deposits of coal,
or ' of lignite or asscclated minerals j which
for the purposes of this act J shall be called
coal, and the coal therein, are hereby re
served from all forms of entry, j appropria
tion and disposal except under the provisions
of this act."
Section . 2 provides that any citizen of the
United States or any association of citizens,
corporate or otherwise, may on the payment
of an applications, fee of ten dollars | receive
an exclusive right to prospect for coal on land
owned by the United States. It la provided
that such licensee shall not prospect on land
within twenty-nve miles containing a coal de
posit in which he may be Interested as lessee,
assignee, owner "or otherwise." ..,'^'.
."Section 3. , The secretary, of 'the Interior
is authorized . under such rules and regula
tions as he may prescribe on payment of a
rental of not less than ten cents per acre to
grant to any qualified applicant a prospect
ing permit which shall give exclusive right
for twelve months "in the United States or
twenty-four months In Alaska to prospect for
coal on a specified area In compact form not
exceeding five thousand one hundred and twen
ty acres, of public domain and to , lease not
more than two thousand five hundred and
sixty acres under the provisions of the bill."
Section ij provides that any qualified appli
cant may I develop and extract for.- domestic
use and dispose of for local consumption coal
belonging to the United States I In areas not
exceedtng | forty acftii nor less , than ten' acrt
subdivisions for a period not < exceeding ' five
years "at such rates ■of payment, on ■ such-
.LOS ANGELES* HERALD: MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1910.
JAMES WYNKOOP
terms, and under such conditions as will safe- |
guard the public Interest."
Section 6 provides - for the execution of
leases In blocks not exceeding two thousand |
five hundred and sixty acres. It provides alio |
tot covenants relative to mining methods and j
waste, to period of preliminary development,
and quantity of production as may be pre
scribed by the secretary of the Interior. Tho '
first period of lease shall not exceed thirty
years. The lease may be extended In periods j
of. ton years under such conditions as the
secretary may prescribe. Maximum royalty Is
fixed at fifteen cents per ton of run-nf-mlno j
coal, and there shall also be paid yearly In ;
advance a rental of ten cents an acre for the
first year, twenty-five rents for the second
year,-fifty cents for the third, seventy-five '
cents per ■ acre for the fourth year | and one
dollar, for the fifth., year and each succeeding
year thereafter; but'the rental for any .one
year shall be, a credit on the royalty for that
year. '■-*-■' ;
: '... IN SECRETARY'S HANDS' "
"Section 6. All, applications for . permits, li- j
Censes and leases shall be presented to' such *
official as the secretary of the interior may
designate.
Section 7. No permit, license or lease shall |
be Issued until the applicant has entered into j -
a bond in such amount as the secretary of ;
the Interior may prescribe for the payment of '
all moneys or damages and for the faithful |
performance of all acts, duties and obliga
tions. ; . i
Section 8. No license or lease shall he as- .
signed, mortgaged or sublet, except with the |
permission or approval of the secretary of
the Interior and under such conditions as ha
may prescribe.
"Section 9. That a license or. lease may,
in the discretion of the secretary of the In
terior, be terminated upon the written re
quest of the licensee or lessee to the secre
tary, and after opportunity has been afforded
to said secretary to examine Into the condi- i
tion of the property."
Section 10. In' case a license or lease ls
terminated, the right Is reserved to the retir
ing licensee or lessee to' dispose In the open
market of such of the buildings, machinery or
other Improvements as. in the opinion of the
secretary, can be removed without Injury to
the leasehold. But all rights are forfeited to |
so much of these Improvements as the secre
tary may deem necessary to retain as a part
of the premises. It Is provided also that if
the secretary shall rellcense or relet the re
mainder of the coal covered by the former
licensee, he shall provide that reasonable com
pensation shall be paid by the new licensee
or lessee to the former lessee or' his represen
tatives for remaining structures, IWturea or
Improvements. ...
Section 11. Licensees have the right to use
so much of the surface as shall be determined
from time to time by the secretary of the
Interior. Licensees, however, shall compen
sate all settlers, entrymen and owners of .any
lands embracing their permits.
Section 12. The secretary of the Interior
may withdraw from entry, occupation or set
tlement any unappropriated public lands the
[surface of wh lch be may deem necessary for I
use in connection with the.production, hand- |
ling or transporting of coal under this act.
Section 13 provides for forfeiture of license
on failure to comply with the terms.
I Section 14. "Maximum; prloes or rates shall
be fixed beyond which the lessee or licensee
shall not charge'the public for coal extracted
the lease or license.
\ UNDER LEASING SYSTEM
"Section 15. Tha: the laws) of the state or
territory In which the land Is situated for
control or inspections and the operations of
mining aad producing coal shall apply to op
erations under the licenses and leases herein
authorised, except where such laws are in
conflict with this act."
Section 16. Lessees or licensees shall furnish
the secretary of the Interior with written
statements of any and all acts performed or
of any and all moneys received by them under
such lease or license In such manner and at
such times as the secretary may require. •
■ Section 17. To mine, produce or remove coal
belonging to the United States without au
thority derived from the secretary of the in
terior shall constitute a trespass, punishable
upon conviction by a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars or Imprisonment for not ex-
ceedlng one year, or both. •
' Section 18 gives the secretary of the interior
authority to make such rules and regulations
as he may deem necessary or proper for car
rying out the provisions of this act.
Section 18 provides that all unappropriated
and unreserved public lands may be settled
upon under any of the non-mineral public
land laws, notwithstanding the existence of
coal, and patents may be issued for such land.
But patents for all such lands shall contain
a reservation to the United States and Its
lessees for all coal therein and the right to
use so much of the surface as may be neces
sary to the mining, removal and sale of such
coal.
Section 20. Jurisdiction to determine the Is
sues and matters which are committed to the
courts is conferred upon the . United States
circuit and district courts. .
Section 21. All existing laws relative) to the
sale or disposal of coal'deposits and all other
lavfs ln conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Senate bill Introduced by Senator ; Nel
son, January 18, 1910, and referred to the com
mittee on public lands.
Authorizes the disposal of phosphate, oil,
asphaltum or natural gas.
There are In this bill twenty-one sections,
and these are, for all practical purposes. Iden
tical with the terms of senate bill 5487.
Senate bill Introduced by Senator Nel
son, January 18, 1910. and . referred to the
committee on public lands.
TIMBER RESERVE r
"Be It enacted by the senate and house,of
representatives ot the United States of
America, ln congress assembled, That all le
gal subdivisions of surveyed, vacant and un
reserved public lands of the United States,
west of the summit of the Cascade range and
Sierra Coast range of mountains, bearing
milling timber which averages eight thousand
feet per acre, and all such lands east of the
summit of said mountains bearing such . tim
ber which averages five thousand feet ' per
acre, and the timber thereon, shall be I dis
posed of only in the manner prescribed by
this act."
"Section i. That the timber on all lands
mentioned In the foregoing sections shall be
sold by the secretary of the Interior to citi
sens of the United States or to associations
composed of such citizens, at public sale at
not less than Its appraised value, in sucH
manner and amounts and under and subject
to such regulations, terms and conditions as
the secretary of the Interior may prescribe,
but a purchase of timber under this act' shall
not be construed or operate to give the pur
chaser thereof any right, title or Interest In
or to the land upon which such timber la
standing, except the right to such use and
occupancy thereof as may be necessary to
tho cutting and removal, or to the sale 'or
manufacture of the timber into lumber, and
all timber so sold shall revert to the United
States if It Is not cut and removed within
twenty years from the date of Its sale, except
in cases , where the timber 'ls purchased by
entrymen or locators to whom patents issue
under this act for the lands on which such
timber is: located." ' ' '. -"""■_
■ Section ». The acquisition of land under
mineral or coal land laws or homestead laws
gives no right, title or Interest to the lumber
thereon, ' 'fHj'SxfSlfS.'?' ' ''."''*.'" '■'
' Section 4. Any person who has made a loca
tion or entry has a preference right to pur-
chase 'the timber at the top price bid there
for at a public pale at which such timber
Is offered. Ho shall pay the purchase price of
such timber in such Installments and at such
times as tho secretary of tho Interior may di
rect, but no locator or entryman shall sell or
cut or remove the same or any part thereof
until the whole of the purchase price of all
timber has been fully paid. No patent shall
Issue to any locator or entryman for any
lands covered by timber purchased by him un
til after he has fully paid for such timber.
section 6. Proceeds from the sale of timber
shall, after paying the expenses of appraisal
and sale, bo distributed as follows: "One
fourth shall be paid to the state or territory,
to he expended Under the direction of the
legislature thereof for roads and schools in
the counties where the timber sold was located
at the time of the sale. The residue of said
proceeds from the sales of timber In the
states or territories subject to tbe provision!
of an act entitled 'An act appropriating the
receipts from the sale and disposal of public
lands In certain states and territories to the
construction of Irrigation works for the
reclamation of arid lands.' "
MIST FIRST SELL TIMBER
Section 6. As soon as any timber sold under
this act has been removed from the land, such
land shall become subject to entry or dis
posal under the general provisions of the
public land laws of the United. States.
"Section 7., That the art. entitled 'An act
authorizing the citizens of Colorado. Nevada
and the territories to fell and remove timber
on the public domain for mining and domes
tic, purposes," approved June third, eighteen
hundred and : seventy-eight, and the act en
■ titled 'An act for the sale of timber land- In
the .states of ' California, Oregon, Nevada and
In Washington Territory,' approved June third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, except
ing sections four, five and six thereof, and all
acts and parts of acts amending or extending
Sections one, two and three of Bald act, and
all other acts or parts of acts Inconsistent
herewith, be, and the same are hereby re
pealed; provided, that all valid subsisting
claims heretofore initiated under sections one,
two and three of said act of June third, eight
een hundred and seventy-eight, or amend
ments thereof, may be perfected upon com
pliance with law and regulations issued there
snder."
BIG LUMBER SALE
Nearly 2,000,000 feet of live and .dead
timber- on the' Uncompahgre national
forest- has just been (-old by : the for
estry service to M. W. ' Ra-nsay and
D. S.'Heekfhan of Delta; Colo, About
1,650,000 feet board measure of this sale
is live timber, which fold for $2.50 a
thousand. The remainder, .about 300,
--000 feet, board measure dead timber,
brought $1.25 a thousand.
The land Office of the forestry ser
vice 1 has'also accepted an'application
and frill, advertise for 3ale 2,195,000 feet
board 'measure timber on the Sopris
national forest. '
COMSTOCK MINES THRIVE;
REPORTS SHOW PROGRESS
VIRGINIA CITY, Sept. 18.—The reg
ular monthly financial statements of
the Comstock Mining companies were
filed San Francisco recently, giving
the indebtedness of each company and
the cash on hand, and showing «early
all the companies to be in a thrifty
financial condition. Con. Virginia re
ports cash on hand as $33,998, and all
bills paid, which Is the best report
from the finances for a long time past.
The Ophir * company had on Septem
ber 1 $732.93, with pumping and electric
power bills unpaid, and an outstanding
note of $1000.
On the other side, there still remain
two carloads of concentrates at the
smelter unpaid for, which will leave
! a good balance in- the treasury. The
I last milling gave very'satisfactory re
returns. Mexican had $5280 on hand,
with electric power and pumping bills
for August unpaid. Bullion returns
on a recent shipment of ore have not
been cecelved, and when in will give
that company .a good working balance.
Alta, cash $1877.41; Alpha Con.,
$2807.04; Andes, $4229.76. electrk? power
bills for August unpaid; Best and
Belcher, $4584.24, bills receivable, $140,
owes $168.80; Chollar, $1086.84, owes
$3521.70; Exchequer, $360.78, owes.$1000;
Gould and Curry, $5269.17, bills receiv
able $196.76; Hale and Norcross,, $3358
and 400 tons of-ore,, in transit of an
assay value of $15 a ton;. Kentuck,
$25.28, owes $4950; Justice, $1134.82> Fo-.
tosl, $4454.36, owes 46536.76; Sierra Ne
vada, $2866.28, owes notes payable for
$3000 and electric power and pumping
bills for August; Savage, $682.45, owes
notes payable for $2500; Union Con.,
$143.28; Utah, $2417.(14; Belcher, $4584;
Bullion, $3566; Caleddnia, $6069, August
expenses unpaid; Confidence, $1715,
August bills outstanding; Julia, $1572;
Overman, $3419, mine expenses for
August not paid.
The mines - above collecting assess
ments at this time are: Exchequer,
Potosl, Savage, Sierra Nevada, Union
Con., Utah.
CONSOLIDATED MIDWAY :
TO DRILL CROWN GROUND
Representatives of the Consolidated
Midway Oil company, who were given
a lease on part of the Crown Oil com
pany's property in section 30-32-25,
Midway, have started to drill. The
Crown's rotary will be used, and it Is
believed the well will be completed
within ninety days. Adjoining section
30 the Honolulu Consolidated entered
the gas belt at 3100 feet, and a gusher
is looked for any day.
In Ventura county the Crown has
lately been fishing for a string of tools
which went to the bottom when the
drilling line broke. Drilling will be
started again Tuesday and continued
to 1800 feet, since the Dixie National
and White Star companies brought in
big wells at 1900, feet. The Crown's
property in Ventura county consists
of 320 acres of high gravity oil land,
120 acres of which is patented ground.
The company intends to drill many
wells' to Insure a large production of
this quality oil. _■___
COALINGA BRIEFS
COALINGA, Sept. 18.-The Domin
ion Oil company, on section 7-23-17,
is down 1620 feet in 8-inch casing. The
formation in which they are working
is a brown sand shale which has a
streaked showing of oil accompanied
by a strong gas pressure. The well is
being drilled by, the log of the South
1 Field OU company, which is just en
tering the oil sand. The Dominion ex
pects to go into the sand, at between
1800 and 1900 feet. . ' .
, Well No. '4, on section 30, of the Ne
vada Petroleum was drilled in a few
days ago with a rotary rig and is now
, 650 feet deep and making good head
way No. 4on tho same section is
being rigged up for standard drilling
and will be ready to spud in within
three days from today. No. 4 on sec
| tion 18 is being drilled with a rotary
drill and Is down 1650 feet. ,'
The crew of men working on the El
Cerrlto well, 14-32-17, are shipping ma
! terial and casing from here to Mari
copa for Capt. Barneson's Interests.
The 6% -Inch was loose, so that all was
removed to 4105 feet; the 8%-lnch 2972
feet in the well, 2870 feet was pulled;
there was 2520 feet of 10-inch in the
well,* and this was shot off about 1000
feet from the bottom, the remaindet*
was pulled out and will be shipped to
the Sunset district, where it is hoped
it will do sertice in an oil well. ,
NEWSPAPER MEN FEAST
ON HUGE OSTRICH EGG
At Breakfast Given Scribes Ari
zona Booster Serves Best
of Territory's Products
Harry. Welch, secretary of the Los .
Angeles exhibit of the Phoenix board
of trade, was host at a breakfast Sun
day morning at the Sierra Madre club
to a few newspaper men. The break
fail had several Interesting and odd
features, among them being a fried
ostrich egg from the Pan-American
ranch near Phoenix. The egg was an
extra large one and it took the largest
pan In the kitchen and two cooks to
handle it.
Everything served at tho breakfast
came from Arizona, including Glen
dale cantaloupes and crystallized cac
tus candy, a product of the Arizona
desert. Mr. Welch was a splendid
host and entertained the boys in right
royal fashion.
The board of trade of Phoenix is
arranging an elaborate exhibit at the
Eos Angeles chamber of commerce un
der the i direction of Mr. Welch, who
has been receiving for some time, from
day to day, products grown in the Salt
river valley and Maricopa county, Ari
zona. • He will leave today for Phoe
nix to complete his assortment for tho
Los Angeles exhibit.
At the breakfast yesterday morning
there were present, beside Mr. Welch
Mr. Johnson of the Express, Mr. Mor
ton of the Examiner, Mr. White of the
Times and Mr. Wynkoop of the Herald.
I NATIONAL MINE SHIPS
300 POUNDS OF BULLION
. HUMBOLDT, Nev., Sept. 18.—The
first shipment of bullion by the Na
tional Mining company since it ac
quired the Stall Bros.' lease was made
Saturday. The shipment weighed 300
pounds and was of the approximate
value of $45,000. It was sent by express
from here to the United States mint
at San Francisco. ,
It Is understood that the greater part
of this bullion came from high grade
ore taken from that part of the com
pany's ground that was formerly
known as the Stall lease. The com
pany mill Is now running on the lower
grade ore, of : which there is a large
tonnage on the dumps, as well as
blocked out in. various .workings. Be
sides this, the property is maintaining
a production of the high grade
ore for which it has become .famous.
It is said the company Intends to
hereafter make Its bullion shipments
by mail to the United States assay
office in Salt Lake City. The bullion
will be melted Into four-pound bars
and sent out by mail in small quan
tities instead of in shipments valued at
$40,000 to $100,000 as has been done
heretofore. The value of the bullion
is to be guaranteed to the company
by a surety company, making the new
arrangement much safer than the Old
one, under which the danger of a hold
up has always been considered as a
possibility. V i!.'.;.■' •*':.' ;
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GOLD DISCOVERY STIRS
CAMP OF SEARCHLIGHT
SEARCHLIGHT, Sept. 18.— since
the discovery of Hart, several years
ago, has a strike caused greater local
excitement than the one made known
last week at the Kerwin camp, twenty
miles south of Searchlight.
William Kerwin, the discoverer, care
fully guarded his flnd for some weeks,
but ten days ago the news began to
leak out and a few wise ones hied
themselves to the scene. A few days
later the news became general and
there followed a daily exodus. Autos,
all manner of conveyances and animals
were pressed Into service, and a line
of dust marked the road leading south
ward.
The scene of the new discovery is in
tho northern end of the Chiquita hills,
a range some five miles in length,
which rises up midway in the wide
valley, it is two miles north of the
eld Chiquita mine and about four miles
west of Juniper camp. '. •
What started the rush was the bring
ing into town of exceedingly rich free
gold specimens. The ore is iron-stained
quartz and quite soft. Returning min
ing men tell of taking the ore, crushing
it between the palms and finding par
ticles of gold. There ls one dump from
which one can grab a handful of ore,
throw lt into a pan without mortaring
and never fall to secure a beautiful
horning. ' /*
OIL EARNINGS
A table prepared for the September
I Issue of the OU Industry, of the divi
dends paid to date by seventy-one Cal
ifornia oil companies listed on the
Los Angeles stock exchange and the
California Stock and OU exchange,
San Francisco, shows an aggregate of
$35,682,005.38, nearly all of which has
mous distribution to stockholders ha-*
been made In tho last ten years and
probably three-fourths in the last five
years. The amount paid during Aug
ust by these listed companies was $1,
--056,450.98.
WIFE CHARGES CARPENTER
WITH THREATENING HER LIFE
Frightened Woman Causes Arrest
of Husband, P. Anlauf
P. Anlauf, a carpenter living at 360
Wilcox street, Hollywood, was arrest
ed by Patrolman Pratt last night on
a charge of making threats against the
life of Mrs. Anlauf.
According to the story of the wom
an, Anlauf passed the day in drink
ing and returned to his home In an
ugly mood. He began to quarrel with
his wife and intimated that he would
shoot her if he had the opportunity.
She became frightened, procured his
revolver and locked lt ln her trunk.
Later Aulauf began a search for the
weapon, forced her to tell where she
had hidden It, then broke open the
trunk and obtained It. The woman
ran out of the house and summoned
Patrolman Pratt, who placed the stren
uous carpenter under arrest. He will
probably be arraigned In police court
this morning.
REPORT 6 NEW CHOLERA CASES
' ROME, Sept. 18.— new cases of
cholera and two deaths are reported
in southeastern Italy during the last
twenty-four hours.
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Art Notes
ELIZABETH WAGGONER
The coming season promises to be
an Interesting one as to picture shows.
The local galleries have arranged for
successions of exhibitions of work
from abroad as well as the best and
latest canvases of our western paint
ers, and a number of one-man exhibi
tions will be features of the year.
The ,Steckel gallery has opened for
the season, showing some delightful
color etching by Luigln. The group of
canvases by Jules Pages is still in
view in this gallery and continues to
be a source of delight to the art lover
and of added interest in view of the
honors recently bestowed on the artist.
At the Kanst gallery may be seen
a number of recent landscapes by John
W. Gamble, Granville Redmond, Ben
jamin Brown and other well known
California masters, as well as many
canvases from eastern studios, such
as the exquisite marines of C. J. Gue
-that are alone worth many a visit to
the gallery. . The Blanchard galleries
have not been formally opened for the
autumn, but will doubtless be, as In
the past, a center of artistic activities.
Herbert H. Hallett expects to return
from the east about October 1, and
will reopen his delightful gallery. The
midsummer exhibition at the Carnegie
library in Long Beach has Just closed,
having proved one of the most suc
cessful and largely attended exhibi
tions of the year, and the collection
at the Hotel Virginia In the .beach city
is being enriched from time to time
by notable canvases.
WANT PERMANENT EXHIBITION
From the many plans for the cur
rent year it Is hoped that a permanent
exhibition of the work of our Califor
nia painters may grow into existence.
Art and progress notes among Import
ant happenings In the field of art
a movement of this .nature ln Chicago.
Recently the Art Institute has set aside
one of "its galleries for a continuous
exhibition of the work of artists re
siding in Chicago and its vicinity. Not
more than two works by any one art
ist will be exhibited at the same time,
hor more than four during the year.
This is the outcome of the annual ex
hibition held in the Art institute in
January which attained an exception
ally high standard. The jury elected
by the artists for that exhibition has
been continued for a year and has
made from the exhibition and in the
artists' studios selections for the con
tinuous exhibit. All expenses, Includ
ing Insurance, are paid by the Art
institute, which assumes both respon
sibility and control. As the chief ob
ject of an art museum is to promote
the cause of art in its own locality
this seems an eminently logical pro
cedure and one which other Institu
tions of the same character might well
emulate. While we have, as yet, no
art museum in Los Angeles, many ef
forts in this direction are being made
by both private galleries and organi
zations among the painters, and such
an exhibition Is assured for the not
distant future.
ART SCnOOM OPENING
The several art schools of the city
are opening v their doors with many
new features for the coming year,
distinguished artists coming' to join
the ranks of Instructors, new studios
nearing completion, and general en
thusiasm on all sides.
An event ln art circles is the return
from Paris of Frederick Melville Dv-
Mond, who will Join the faculty of the
Los Angeles School of Art and Design
during his sojourn In Southern Califor
nia. The new studio at the school will
be opened during the flrst week ln Oc
tober with a reception and exhibition
of Mr. DuMond's work, which is well
known In Los Angeles from former
exhibitions-and has long been notable
In the wide world of art.
The elementary classes of the school
are now in session, but the advanced
classes in life, anatomy, perspective
and design' will begin September 27
with an enrollment that promises to
exceed all former years.
Important • Improvements are under
way at the Art Students' league, which
has been closed during the past week
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for this purpose. The main class
room is being enlarged and a north
skylight put in, making the room five
feet higher to the celling line with a
skylight 17 feet by 5 feet. Since the
recent exhibition held by the school
the number of new pupils has been so
great that it became necessary to in
crease the floor space and the light
area. The life classes will continue
under the direction of C. C. Crista
doro and Rex Slinkard, who have
brought new life and new methods to
the already ■ high standards of the
school.
TO BKETCH FROM LIFE
At the College of Fine Arts a spe
cial feature of the year's work will
be the attention given to - sketching
from life, as well as 'to the partrait
classes under the guidance of one of
our foremost portrait painters, Helma
Heynsen Jahn. The • school is moat
1 fortunate in securing the services of
so able a painter as Mrs. Jahn, and the
portrait classes will offer an unusual
opportunity. A "flften-mlnuto sketch"
class will be held from four to five
each day with the costume model. In
addition to regular classes in sketch
ing for illustration. Outdoor sketch,
classes will be conducted by Noll Dan
ley Brooker, who also has charge of
the department of design. The In
struction in handicrafts will be car
ried on by a force of able instructors
under the general direction of , Alfa
Wood Anderson. Dean Judson will,
maintain his usual classes in life, il
lustration, modeling and out-of-door
sketching, assisted by the force of
teachers an increased enrollment ren
ders necessary. The exhibition of re»
'cent canvases by Dean Judson, Mrs.
Brooker, Mrs. Jahn, and the work •of
other members of the faculty in vari
ous lines, will be held early in Octo
ber. ■ ' •■ ■ ■
Elmer Wachtel, Marion Kavanaugh
Wachtel and Frederick Miner an- en
joying a sketching trip in the San
Gabriel canyon. - »
The Ebell club will hold an exhibi
tion of arts and crafts at the clubhouse
the latter part bf November, follow
ing the precedent established last win
ter with an exhibition that proved
such a marked success.
I The beautiful york In photography
that has Placed Louis Fleckensteln
in the ranks of the artists has received
recognition at the International Pho
tographic exhibition, it having been
given the honor of reproduction In the
catalogue of the exhibit.
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