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Itf LOCAL POINT OF MINING INTEREST IS NOW AT RAWHIDE RAWHIDE IS WINNING A REPUTATION . GREAT. HOPE IN . THE v NEW NEVADA CAMP :T>- P — '-V ELEMENT OF: ROMANCE,. IN ITS "."._.' HISTORY \V 'V . ■ i . y ' . Now Haa Three Thousand People and Main Street Haa Been a Wagon Road for Over Forty Yeara Rawhide to the focal point of all in ' terest In Nevada mining. \ In summing un the camp, which all who have Via . ited ;It - say , Is ~\ i. , wonder, the Goldfleld Tribune says:'. y . "Last _ June a party of prospectors who had been working In and ' around the ' Regent • district started for 'pas g tures new.' v On a certain Sunday morn- I ing ;ln the l same ; month they pitched ; camp ln the now famous Rawhide dis -1 trict. V Superficial prospecting disclosed to their gaze specimens which were far beyond their expectations. A consider able t territory was located and the party left for California, keeping their • new find to themselves. A few weeks 1 later % they - returned and commenced - work continuing through the summer. ' "Along ln the fall the news began to be noised, about that a new and rich " district had been discovered, and in 'October, about the time that the money '•stringency came upon the country, the ■- big rush began. For the flrst month or two a shortage of money prevented any extensive work, but this difficulty has now been practically overcome and the ; camp Is booming. • Now Haa Three Thousand "There are many interesting and a few . amusing incidents ln connection I with the history of Rawhide. Not the least of these, In fact which illustrates -: the element of chance which enters into 3 the . mining - business, .is found In the I statement that for over forty years the thoroughfare » which now . serves as ' I Main I street In I Rawhide was a much traveled wagon road, and that hundreds and thousands of miners and prospec tors have passed over the now valuable .'country without i giving It a passing thought. Almost in the center of the I town there was an immense boulder in i the road, around which all the travelers have been obliged to pass. Within the past few weeks this boulder has been 5 broken up and assayed and was found Ito have a value of $100 to the ton. -- "The way In which Rawhide derived Its name ls also Interesting. When the i first - prospectors located there they I placed beside the road a mall box, Into which the freighters who passed that way dropped their mail. Attached -o this mall box, for what reason Is not known, was a cow's tall. The freight ers for this reason, dubbed the place Rawhide, and It seems that the name Rawhide will go down ln history with the camp. -■'• "A couple of months or more ago a bank was established in the camp. All "-■ preparations had been competed, and the day for throwing open Its doors came. On the . morning of that day, shortly after 9 o'clock, the officers and clerks of the institution were In at tendance, watting for the first customer to come In. Just at that moment a 3 piece of rock about as large as a man s . Sit came flying through^ the window. At flrst It was supposed that the object had been thrown by some viciously In clined individual, but an «nvestlgat on . disclosed that it came from the Grutt - hill It seems that on this hill near the-surface, an immense boulder of high grade had been uncovered. There wis but one way to secure the values .and that was to blow the thing to pieces. One of the Grutt boys had un dertaken the task that morning, and when the explosion came It not only f blew the rock Into pieces but dis _- tributed these pieces all over the camp. The one which went through the bank window had a value of $53. The bank ers • deducted from that amount the r price of the glass and credited the Grutt boys with the balance. This was the i first deposit made with the Institution. Never Dreamed of Gold > "As ■ before stated. Rawhide has a population of 3000 people, with an ave rage Increase of 100 per day. It ls ex pected this average will go up several points when the spring rush comes. There are over 1000 tents and buildings standing at present, and a large num ber of men , are employed in erecting new i structures. They have been un able to supply the demand up to the present time, therefore a stranger often has difficulty in securing suitable sleep ing quarters. .There are plenty of res taurants, however, to supply the wants of the Inner man, and at a reasonable rate. ; 'y ' "".'-'*" ' ■ "Rawhide can boast of three banks, four newspapers, three weeklies and a dally, and another scheduled for the near future. H The largest mercantile houses in Nevada are demonstrating '" their faith in thj future of the camp by constructing substantial buildings and filling them with merchandise. There is an automobile passenger service daily from Schurz, Mlna, Reno and Fallon. Plenty of freighters are running Into the camp, and within the week there will be In operation a fast daily freight lo handle perishable articles. ■ _ • ."Real estate ls booming, y Lots which a few weeks ago sold as low as $100 are going at $4000 now. Claims which were located last fall and upon which the ■only work performed has been the an nual ' assessment work are selling at | from J $16,000 to $25,000. ; All the acces sories of a ; mining camp . are , In ■ cvi- I denee —saloons, gambling houses, dance ■ halls I and—churches, . Rev. Francis H. Robinson, a Presbyterian preacher who I enjoys the distinction of, being the flrst '' to hold religious services In both Tono :. pah I and Goldfleld, having located at Rawhide. .■-■:." ;'.'...y„ ■ ■ -yy,■'-..", if* "Some of the ore Is so rich that It is : deposited with the banks the same as ' money. Stock which a few weeks ago I sold for a few cents per share has gone ■to J a', dollar lor more, and a stock ex- I change ls planned. The smelter trust it planning to handle . the ores. :. A town- I site j has i been: organized, also a water I company, which latter promises to sup i ply that t necessary;,; article ■In . liberal I quantities and at a nominal price. Al- I together I the I camp lls I probably better I supplied I With those things which make I life s worth' living than any other min ing camp in the state ever.was at the I same age. There ls no reason to doubt j that Rawhide will be a world beater." >*;»s?v-; *jy •*■.._' -■ yy : Tip Top Bonanza , ..- ■ ...-' The McAllister lease on the Tip Top claim 'on i the I Seyler-Humphrey estate nt Manhattan Is opening Into a bonanza. The shaft is down only fifteen, feet, but in this distance seventy tons of $60 ore have been taken out. The ledge la five 8 feet In width and is certain, to enter the ? list 'of the flrst class leases of the camp. BROCKMAN IS TO SELL HIS QUADALOUPE MINE DOUGLAS, ■ Ariz., Feb. 16.—Al Brockman, ' the . well known ' mining man who is associated .with the Blsbee firm j of Boston & : Brown_ In : numerous mining ' enterprises ;' in v- Arizona and Sonora, has . for • some -, time ; been * en gaged ln developing a gold property. This property Is located ln the Guada lupe . mountains, about fourteen miles southeast of , Barnardlnb, -■; a station on the i Southwestern; between ; Rodeo and Douglas. v A strong ledge, carrying average gold values of • about $91 .to the ton, , has been uncovered. '■ yy .'-..".' ; ._ Negotiations i for a deal ' are'_ under way and the . property may ;. change hands. , The property has already been visited - once by experts,i; and < another party of mining men ls expected to ex amine the group soon.'* Should the deal be made It ls Mr. Brockman's Intention to do . considerable, development I work on mining claims in the Paradise dis trict In which he is Interested. SEVEN TROUGHS TO RUSH STAMP MILL HOPE OF DEVELOPMENT CEN. TERS IN WORK Many Leasers Have Resumed Opera. tions and the Whole District la - Preparing for a Real * Boom The work of grading for the $25,000 ten-stamp mill of the Seven Troughs Kindergarten Mining company, ' north of the company's works in' Seven Troughs canyon, which was started last week, is making good headway, says the Seven Troughs Miner. While It Will be pushed with considerable dili gence, there Is no particular need for haste in its completion, as It unques tionably will be , several weeks before the Nevada Engineering works of Reno, to which the mill contract was awarded, will be able to deliver the ma terials for the buildings and the mill Itself upon the ground. Word comes from Reno, however, that President A. J. McCone and Man ager R. F. i Roy of the engineering works are using every effort to secure timber and other materials for the mill buildings In the local market. Provid ing they are successful In this direction, the work of constructing the mill build ings will be materially lessened, as con siderable time will be required If It be comes necessary for them to send away for materials. When ln this district last week President McCone expressed the belief that It would not be neces sary to send a great distance for these materials and that he would probably deliver them on the mill site in a few weeks. Naturally it would require a considerably longer period to make de livery of the mill Itself, together with the concentrating tables and the. other machinery on the ground, and, with the completion of the grading work, the construction of the mill will be com paratively slow. • However, every ef fort will be made to have the mill com pleted at the earliest possible date. It is a certainty that It will be In opera tion by the first of May at the latest. Leasing operations • throughout the district, and especially In Seven Troughs canyon, have been greatly _- stim ulated through the beginning of work on the mill. This is due to the fact that leasers, who have been hindered during the past few months by reason of the depression of the money market, but who had good milling ore n sight, now see their way clear to realize upon their ores in the near future through the construction of the mill. Many leasers.have already resumed opera tions and many others are preparing to do likewise. " MAY THROW OPEN INDIAN LANDS TO MINERAL LEASERS Bill Now Pending Before Congress Regarded as Important to Arizona Mining Interests—Co I sioner Leupp's Letter PHOENIX, Feb; 16—If the bill now pending In congress, which Is referred lo In a letter received at Governor Klb bey's office this morning from Francis E. Leupp, commissioner of Indian af fairs, passes, all the mineral lands in the Indian reservations will be thrown open to leasers. .- Leupp's letter to Kibbey, while I. brings displeasing news to.Arlzonans who hold mining claims In- the Colo rado Indian reservations, indicates that they will not be deprived of their rights should the pending bill pass congress. Recently mining men who hold claims in 100 square miles of territory, sided by President Roosevelt's procla mation to the Colorado reservation, pe titioned Secretary of the Interior Gar feld, through ■ Governor Kibbey, for redress. -' , , They set forth that . their mineral calms had been included In tho reser vation subsequent to Roosevelt's pro clamation, and that if nothing was done In their behalf they would.bo deprived of their rights. Garfield referred the petition to Com 'mlsslon Leupp, who has been' ln Ari zona and is well acquainted with the conditions. , In his letter to Governor Kibbey today, Leupp says that there la no manner in which to protect the rights of the petitioners, and that they must forfeit their mining claims, :.;js Leupp refers to decisions, which have held that when a president's proclama tion creates a reservation he ■ cannot amend the I boundaries or change the conditions,' congress being the only tri bunal ' that has authority to make any changes In modifications. •-"■' ' - \yy • H Leupp states that the Indian bureau s working for the passage of the bit*, row pending, which provides that min eral lands shall be leased and the rev enue go for the support of the Indians inside whose reservations the lands are located. ' '.' '•'. ' Should ' the ' bill! pass, ,It will. be the means of opening up much rich mining territory jln | Arizona, " from | which the prospector Is now barred by, reason of the | law I which I prohibits . the I location or .. development <: of £ mining ' claims.. in Indian reservations. y;' .;.-<..--j. ,••:.■. yy '; Especially j in , the i Colorado and Na vajo Indian reservations, of Arizona is It believed ihat there are valuable min eral | deposits i,which* have » never been prospected, for the reason that the law prohibits work in j that I dirctlon. yy * Should the law pass," the claim hold ers Inside the Colorado reservation will probably be I given the S flrtt/ chance to lsase the J mineral \ lands they } are: now forced to }i3__SSS_f?- ~ ; - -t- ; LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 17. 1908. T ■ James Morgan, Octogenarian Miner, Is to Make Inspection in Mohave County _i NESTOR among Los . Angeiea A ; mining men,. James Morgan, mining men, James Morgan, un ■f*- weighted by his eight-five years, ls looking ever to the tomorrows In the eternal labor \ that Is j digging | the precious metals from the earth. There have been many todays and many yes terdays with Mr. Morgan,' but he has passed them all, milestone after mile stone, with furrowed cheeks and with out lack of virility and enterprise. He is now planning , a trip lof > inspection through Mohave county, Arizona. - Mr. Morgan has mined in the golden west . for ' nearly, half a-' century. ■Of great stature, . erect, broadßhouldered, with courage and Judgment spoken by every line of his countenance, he now bears a striking - resemblance to . "Wil liam Cullen Bryant. His white hair and I beard most strikingly remind one of the poet. But ln other physical at tributes he is different. He is active, except , for < a hurt which • lames one knee, and pans out the value of each hour every day. ; Age seems to lay Its hand .on him so gently that many I a man of fifty Is decrepit In comparison. But the ; hardy ? life he .< has , led, the contact with rough nature and Its in vigorating atmosphere,- have made him a strong and picturesque figure among the ' mining ; men of the Angel city. ..-' '■ •'•':.'. •-■ --y '■ '■ >. No one here knows the . mining re gions of California,' Nevada, Utah and Arizona better than Mr. Morgan. The geography and geology of the devel oped .and undeveloped regions are photographed in his mind. vHe Is liv ing to witness the fulfillment of many predictions that he made decades ago. Because of his experience and contact with the great mineral areas, mining men everywhere seek his advice. He is generous with this advice, but Is 'cautious not to encourage sunbeam chasing. ' ' „ "If I was ten years younger, said Mr. Morgan the other day (the eighty five years seems only a step ln old age to him), "I would certainly enter Into active work In old Mohave county, Arizona." '*- ■■■'.'. --"Old Mohave County" • So- many have asked him for ex pressions regarding "old -= Mohave county" that Mr. Morgan has pre pared a general answer which will be valuable to all mining men, whether they are seeking the ■ information or not. In his answer Mr. Morgan says the development of Mohave county means much ultimately •to Los An geles. His statement. follows: - "I do not pretend to write as an ex pert from the Royal School of Mines, or any other noted Institute of tech nique, but as one who has had long years of' extensive '• experience, study, and successful contact with the real thing In mining and operating mines In' Montana, Utah, Nevada and Cali fornia, I feel Justified in a par donable '. pride touching my com petency to pass upon a mining country with a . reasonable , breadth of view, safety and discrimination. ."This preliminary leads me up to a positive end summarized statement touching old Mohave county. Arizona —a county ■ which ls some 150 miles north and south and seventy-five miles east and west. In which there have been scores of mining failures; a county against which there are many strong but false prejudices. In a large majority of cases, the cause of failure can be readily traced to the operations and not to the mineralized veins or lodes of old mother earth. The strong and varied mineral zones and localities are so extensive and of sucfi grades as to outrank in commercial Import ance many of the mining countries to which I have referred. Water, too. is plentiful throughout the county with deep ore development. -'■- V,, '_.': "Referring to a few gold ore districts out of the many, the one nearest to Kingman, the county seat, is some five to ten miles to the southwest, which locality is really virgin territory. The prospecting has been done by men of small means and consists mostly of open cuts, holes and . shafts, ranging from ten to seventy-five feet deep, which generally are more or less ore of good gold values down to a strong Inflow of good water. This gold belt ex tends some ten to fifteen miles north erly and southerly, by five to eight miles easterly and westerly. In places the smaller ledges carry high values In gold—from $20 to $200 a ton—while many stronger ones of two to ten feet carry safe and easy milling values. This is notably the case about and be- Profits Derived from Mines of the Entire United States AS had been ;, anticipated, January dividends ■ reflected the fall in prices | and curtailed demand for silver, copper, lead and spelter. Ac cording to a I careful compilation Iby the Mining World there were only twenty-two mines and - metallurgical works ln the United States that paid dividends in January, the total being $4,798,403. Since incorporation these twenty-two concerns have distributed the large sum of $163,744,343 In divi dends on an issued capitalization of $254,408,250, showing a return of about 65 per cent. - '■ * ' -"■ y' -.' In addition to the dividends given above, two securities holding corpora tions (the Copper Range .Consolidated and another) sent to their shareholders $423,781 In - January, • making the total to date $9,853,058, on an. Issued share capital of $40,378,100. And' one metals selling corporation, the United, which handles the I products lof the Amalga mated Copper company and other large concerns, s- disbursed '■ $375,000 ln ' divi dends in January, bringing the total up to $6,000,000 on . a"'- capitalization of $5,000,000..- ? "... :'-•_ 'it '■>,-: y •■ To :be , sure, . the copper i mines i held the pennant for January, four of these properties having declared dividends of $1,226,000. To p. date.,, their .dividends amount to the enormous total of . $72, --681,322, which is nearly double the out standing capitalization .'-. of i $39,500,000. Anaconda,; controlled by the -Amalga mated company," paid a quarterly divi dend of $600,000 on the authorized cap italization |of $30,000,000, and since I In corporation In 1895.has distributed $30, --300,000 In velvet-money.r- !>;.;.._.; --«"In ' January fourteen gold, sliver and lead mines ■ paid * dividends« amounting to $819,531, making' the i total \to date $42,703,807' on an»outstanding j capitali zation of $51,906,200, showing a yield of about 82 per cent. The feature In this group. is i the Homestake gold mine In South Dakota,'.which resumed the pay ment of monthly dividends of 50 cents per 1 share, of i $109,200, ' after a suspen sion of eight months,-: due to an under ground I fire. Since sr Incorporation 1 the Homestake, the largest low grade gold mine In \ the world, has distributed; div idends '■ amounting tt\ to Bt $16,189,550; its present capitalization is' $21,840,000. 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The railroad runs through this gold belt and If ln some parts of Nevada there would be hundreds of Intelligent' mining - investors *on the ground and work started up In a short time In a most aggressive way. : The ore In quantity, with Its safe values and plenty .of water, Is there and available to the right class of mining men for little or almost nothing. : Other Districts "Still pushing on In a southwesterly course for twenty-five miles, we find the McCracken . hill • district. Centen nial wash, Bill Williams, Buck moun tain and Yucca district, «ach-having their small and especially big ore bodies of working values, but most of which are In a.more or less primitive condition. The ore deposits, with values, are fairly available,; but they happen not to be In Nevada. L. They will be heard from soon, but now the chances there are ;easy..' "Away to the west again'from the county seat, some thirty miles, and along the river slope of the Colorado river range of mountains, and from four to five miles below the now famous Gold Road mine, we find other localities of immense gold ore bodies free to the milling and cyanide process of extraction. The present operations of the Victor Gold Mining and Milling company—the Gold ■ Dust' mine— a notable Instance of success. i .-.vj "Then there are : such , gold bearing ledges of great size and safely, paying values ln the locality as the G. Amer ican, B. Ridge, Pasadena and others, while on to the northwesterly, In the Silver creek district, ln which are the same kind of big gold ore bodies, car rying safe commercial values, such i as the Meals, Bratlund, Holmes, Taylor, Miller and • Gaddis i mines, with more than a score of others .of | equal big ness, regularity and - values. < .Except for the first two or three . mentioned, the rest are simply Immense prospects of remarkable promise. Large, strong, persistent gold» bearing v*™.*™? ledges ln ■ a largely andeslte orlte rhyolite and porphyrttie dikes If these remarkable physical 'conditions could have been duplicated in Rhyolite or Goldfleld during the past two years, the results would have been fully de .._.i»r,-.H .md paying'mines on a big par value of Us shares Is $100, but dur ing the recent.; financial disturbances a large holder was obliged to sell at as low as $50. on January. 29 thei quo mtlotTs were firm at $70 to $72. without selling oneqiilcksilver mine, In «_.«*«_ Only one quicksilver mine, in Califor nia, paid a dividend .in January; the amount was $200,000 quarterly on $500, --000 capitalization, making _ the j total yield to date $980,000, or ; 196- per cent The shares in this mine are closely held In Boston. .« < y-yyri. !; ... - Three metallurgical works paid divi dends of $2,733,872 In January, bringing the total up to $47,379,214 on an Issued capitalization of $162,502,060, showing a return of about 29 per cent. ■ The Amer ican Smelting and -Refining I company continues to take the lead, having paid $1,875,000 In dividends In January, be ing equivalent to 8 per cent per annum on the common stock and 7 per cent on the preferred. a Since Its Incorporation, in April, 1899, the smelter.trust has de clared dividends of $40,456,553 on a cap italization v which I has ■ been • Increased from. $54,600,000" to $100,000,000, . half .In ■ common. stock and half ;in , preferred; NEW DISTRICT ORGANIZED . i ; IN PINE FOREST RANGE A new district has 1 been organized In the | Pine 'Forest ■-. range ,' of | Humboldt county,-- Nev., which | has ; been -.named the I Florence, mining I district, and al ready a great deal of Interest;ls- being taken .In , the new camp and a number of leasers are at work. The ore Is gold bearing and' assays range j from $31 'to $18,100 .to . the !■ ton. v- The district * has plenty of wood and i water. __ George A. Lane and S. MoKown lof - Wlnnemucca are heavily Interested In this new El dorado. *"'" '...■'. -y C '.'■■ - '._.' "■' ■ : ..' \;'-„New Stamp Mill «.' Work i on' the > new j 30-stamp i mill *, for the Snow Canyon company in the Pani 4nlnt vis I being: pushed f along 'l with - all speed I and ought .toI be working; In i the course I of, a few weeksj now. The com pany sis reported to have ft magnificent property,^ the I values lof which will Ibe demonstrated | when'K the | new i plant 's yielding ,a: steady; return.m§§fiMSHraß <_-*_____.» .Ai*.--__.«j__it'_,-a-;«s.*^..-. ,-..> -jyyy JAMES MORGAN ,_...-. , .---..-. scale. Many of the properties are In the hands of faithful prospectors and are to be had on a bedrock basis to the legitimate mining operator. . The River District "Quite as much or more might truth fully be said of the several mining dis tricts along the river range and to the northward,, situated on • the oppo site side of the river from the Search light mines. First Is the Union pass district, with Its Union Pass mine, the Tragedy group, the Hutchison, ■ Boule vard, . Tyro, . Sunlight ; and ■ others, . all of which are big prospects of most ex cellent-promise. . Plenty of gold ore and water easily, available. ' But they are not ln Nevada. " v. ":.'. .■■;•. ■■• "Still farther on! the _ northward we come to . the Minnesota, Weaver and Hall : districts, all of which 1- have splendid showings of well defined and strong ■ bearing gold ' ledges.' Including such groups as Hall's, Kemple's, Great West, Philadelphia, Gold Bug, Young, McCall, . Cooke, . Red Hill and a'scero of others of a most assuring character. The | ores ; and values | are In 'evidence and gold easy of extraction. ."Water is reached .. ln - depth development. The time is close at hand when many of these gold l properties will 'be taken in at a bargain ■by practical:, men v of means. They are only from twenty five to thirty-five miles from railroad facilities by good roads for freighting utilities. ■ ' ,"" • ' 'fy ■ • "In my observation I could ■ go on and enumerate and call particular at tention to other properties , and pros pects which I evidently I have great fu tures as soon .as the - right kind of people take them. up and push the re quired developments and equipments necessary, to put many of these on ; a safe, paying, basis. . » i. . -.•"I have in view plans to Inspect this counts • quite extensively, with the view of determining Its .mineral 8 import ance, and. consequently I know . whereof I afffrm.when-I - say "the diversity, plentiftflness and -availability of I min eral gold throughout much of Mohave county.is a sure guaranty.for.lts In dustrial future.-' ' V y ' "The greatest difficulty the -territory and the mines are having now Is the high freight rates put up on traffic by the Santa Fe railroad, but it Is to be hope, that the Santa Fe will .soon see Its error." "": >»-■■»■">.■ ■--.-"*' NEVADA HILLS TO PAY A DIVIDEND Haa Paid; Five , Similar Dividends ,in the Past Fifteen Montha—Prop. ■•■"■■- y.'y erty -Is, in Fine '• : Shape . . ■-. Nevada Hills will next month make Its sixth quarterly disbursement to Its stockholders.. The dividend, will be the same as. the, five that has. been paid ln the last fifteen months, 10 cents a share, or $75,000 in the aggregate, says the Fairvlew ;News. " ' ■-. '" '-'. ' That this r dividend; will be; paid •is known to the Fairvlew News, upon the Very best authority, and while no offi cial ■ announcement to that ' effect has been made, It la believed that, the pro ceeds of ore shipments during- the last three months have been' sufficient Ito meet It, without the company having to call upon Its reserve fund.',*' »'*';;. --■■'-■■ i'-. Since •>- the ;. December.'- dividend v! was paid, ■ Nevada Hills ' has J been j working with a. reduced force, and Its ore ship ments have .been small • compared with „\ hat they . were. before; the ' panic > be gan, with the consequent slump In the price of - silver. ■. '. ;>,;;... .>* i. -.'.': . «;< The mine had, however,, nearly 10,000 sacks of very high-grade 'ore awaiting shipment at the time Us'force .was re duced. j I The force ,that has ' been work ing has been sufficient to keep the sup ply of sacked high-grade at this figure, so ■:' that shipments ■ and output _| have about *, balanced * during j the v period t of depression. _■' .;,""' y\'"":.'-' •.'■';'."',_- \. Nevada Hills stock has shown on ex change- , the I confidence •of traders that the _ March dividend > would !. be * paid. During S the ) past', three t weeks' .It has advanced ninety points and it is known that Insiders In ; the' company- manage ment were not only buying at-the low figures but were, tipping their, friends to buy._:.:%'.-■-',■"■-. '.yy-t -yjjy^-v - ■ ,'.' Last" year ! Nevada': Hills:> paid % divi dends amounting to 13.9 per cent, on the average market value of its stock.' This was the largest return to .the Investors made by any Nevada mining corpora tion. With the assurance that the divi dends l will t. be i continued, it is i likely that \ the'- record I for this I year j will I ex ceed " that -of 1907, and unless some, new wonder/-Is > developed,? Falrvlew's; great mine "seems certain of leading the pro cession again iin ; 1908.;, .".',*,- *Ti " . ' LAWSON IS NOW AFTER THE ):1K; SADDLE MOUNTAIN MINE It is now said that Thomas W. Law son, who has taken over the Consoli dated Arizona Smelting company, is negotiating for the purchase of the Sad dle mountain property at Christmas ln Pinal county, with a view to obtaining a self-fluxing proposition to aid In the operation of the Humboldt smelter, none. of the baser metals having ever been discovered In Yavapai county in sufficient quantities to make it worth mining for smelting purposes. J Color ls lent to the report by the fact that Lawson has been in communica tion with the management of the Sad dle mountain | property and is even said to have . sent a representative to Christmas to ' make an exhaustive re port thereon. -At present Christmas is virtually [ a dead camp. It ls under stood I that the 4 management of the property holds Its claims at 12,500,000, but whether Lawson will deem It worth the price Is a question. '-," y RUSH BEING MADE TO A NEW STRIKE DESERT NEAR LOVELOCK IS THE _'...'.-: SCENE "'.„..' ! Strike la Twelve Miles West of White Plains and Gives Promise of High Grade . fy; 'y/i'yf, ■ • Ore - ■,'.■■■ '.■'■* ■ LOVELOCK. Nev., Feb. 16.— NeVer before In the history of Lovelock was there such a stampede for conveyances of all kinds as there was Wednesday night, all day yesterday and this morn ing. All : sorts of . rigs—automobiles, Luggies, wagons and even burros wero pressed Into service, and today It Is al most '. impossible . to • get . transportation of any kind ln Lovelock. | The big rush was caused by the ar rival In town ef Frank Jessup and R. ____. Hopknis from the new strike in the Desert district southwest of Lovelock. These gentlemen * brought : with them specimens of ore ; from the new dis covery, and as soon as they were ex hibited the news spread like "wild Are" and the big rush was on, and It ls esti mated that at least thirty outfits went | out frorfi Lovelock alone. . When seen yesterday, Mr. Jessup, who with L. H. j Murray, .is - credited with making the rich find, said that the showing was , | remarkable for J I the amount of development work- done. There are two parallel ledges on their propertyone on the Mabel B and ono on the King Solomon. On . the Mabel B the ledge shows a width of 15 feet and outcrops very prominently for - a distance of 1200 feet. . Pannlngs have been taken from/dlfferent parts of the vein and In no Instance were the own ers unsuccessful ln getting good results. A 12-foot hole has - been sunk , on this vein, and ln the bottom seven, feet of ere averaging better than $60 in gold to the ton has been opened up. On the' King Solomon much richer ore is found, and Mr. Jessup had speci mens with him that were literally alive with the yellow metal. ' The ledge on the King Solomon Is about twelve feet wide . and outcrops fully SOO feet. A shaft has been sunk to a depth of 32 feet on the hanging wail side of th? ledge and at this -point a • veritable Jeweler's shop has been opened '. up. There are two feet of ore, Mr. Jessup says, that will easily average $1 ' per pound, and as work ' progresses the in dications become petter.' In sinking the shaft about 500 pounds of;picked ore has been sacked '- and stored away. This- ore is worth fully $2 per pound. There are several tons of lower grade piled on j the j dirtnps, | and - owners are confident they could make a high ship ment with very little work. • Not ■ alone have . Messrs. Jessup and -Murray been successful ■ln - • locating some good ground, but R. M. Hopkins, Charles Stoker and .Sam Hopkins, all well.. known in Lovelock, have been equally so. -The Messrs. Hopkins and Stoker have located the west extension of . the j Mabel B and 'King Solomon veins,. and while but very little work bas been done the showings are equally as good as on the Jessup property, the pannings showing values all the way from $40 to $75. These gentlemen have nine claims ln the very heart of the dis trict and they are confident further development will open something.big. ; John J. . Mackedon and George Tay lor have been on the ground during the past week and have also acquired good territory. to the east of ' the '• original strike. ' » ' : In, giving a description of the loca tion of the new strike Mr. Jessup said it was situated about twelve miles west of White Plains, a station on the main line of the Southern Pacific The find vas ; made In White '-. canyon. in the Desert mining district. The values ar;. found In sugar, quartz which shows a great deal of hematite. •■ The country formation' Is porphyry and the dikes p.re very ; prominent, and Mr. Jessup says that conditions generally are Ideal for the opening up of big mines. MAKE BIG GOLD STRIKE , V WHILE SEEKING SHELTER RENO, Nev.. Feb. 16.—A special from Hazen says: "While sheltered from a blinding i snowstorm, after ' being • lost for twenty-four hours, A. H. Gale and J. R. Thompson, former railroad labor ers, discovered a .three-Inch, stringer seamed with gold on the desert twelve miles south of here. .: The report of the find caused 200 government reclama tion employes to desert the camp and rush for, the scene. • Hazen is likewise deserted.-., Gale and Thompson staked valuable ground surrounding their lode. They told of, the deposit in f a local saloon, giving the public the first'ln formation of the strike. .-.'' -.';<>•; Dividends Will ;Be Resumed P "; ;. The' directors of , the ' Quartette : com pany of Searchlight, j Nev., expect' to resume | dividends this . year. • Dividend payments'- were g suspended a last g Sea* tember owing to the expenses lncurrkl in the building of a cyanide, plant, the striking of a streak of; low I grade ore and I the purchase. of 1 additional ' land. In the fiscal year ended September 80 last the company paid $90,000' In divi dends. '...-■;..;-'.«.' --A»V«si.jj»;-• - ■ ';. •:»-- ' ■■'■'-■ a. m -— ,; , i ■ .-'''."_. ' ■■■' Neighborhood : Favorite <•.; -,'-«'*-.■ .. ' 'mm TT. I . _-.l,AwlAa __# HflrViftP TUT* Mrs. E. JJ. » unariea ■oi . nsruor, .- _»»., speaking of ; Electric < Bitters, says: "It Is a I neighborhood > favorite | here I with us." _i It deserves to be a favorite every where. It gives quick relief ln dyspep sia, liver . complaint, i kidney derange ment,' malnutrition,* nervousness, weak ness and general debility. 1 Its action on the blood,. as ; a thorough purifier.' makes It! especially useful Jasl a j spring j medi cine. V. This grand I alterative I tonic sls sold B under ! guarantee *j at Dean j Drug , F?w«mmfMM^%3^ ROMANCE OF SOLDIER WHO LOST A MINE TWO ANGELENOS MAKE RICH 'ARIZONA FIND ONE NUGGET OF GOLD WEIGHS TWENTY-THREE OUNCES '. ' • ' Soldier Found the Mine Decades Ago -;-While Scouting but Lost All ■■'■ Trace of Its Lo. ■■* cation PHOENIX, Feb. 16.—Charles Pick enback and G. W. Wlek of Los Angeles passed through Phoenix last week for their home city with a couple of sacks of gold totaling between 75 and 100 ounces of gold, as estimated ■>by ono who saw it but had no opportunity to weigh It. This was not the product of a mill run, or anything else that had a big reduction charge to subtract from the net result. It was the real thing, picked up by hand and with a gold pan, being- therefore practically all proflt. ' The gold came from the placer claims owned by the Barbarosa Mining com pany, four miles from Troy camp. The larger nugget looked - about like a shredded wheat biscuit and weighs 23 ounces. It was credited with having a gold value of $360, but the owners have been offered much more than that for it. . The other nugget is valued at $50, and the rest of their gold is smaller nuggets and dust. These nuggets were found January 25, though the men had been working the claims for some time before that. .. The men named have organized the company which owns the four claims they hold.; They say they are not seek ing notoriety and have nothing to sell. They do not want to start a rush to that country because they do not think It would be the right thing to do. Hav ing secured their flrst claims they pro ceeded to prospect the adjoining coun try • very thoroughly, and the four claims taken in about the ground they deem very valuable. If there had been a wider field they would have taken that In also, for there were no strings on them. Anybody who goes prospect ing on adjoining ground will •do ' so with the knowledge In advance that it has' been ' worked over and discarded. Messrs. Snider and Werner of the Two Queens mine were on the train when these gentlemen came In, • and like everybody else, they were much enthused, especially Mr. Werner, who knew Pickenback and Wlek as real estate agents in Los Angeles. They have no personal Interest in this pros pect, but they can't help exulting that people can run over in that section every once in a while and dig up gold by the roots, and great hunks of it at that. Moreover, they verify. a story that has been heard before, as being one .of the generally . accepted tradi tions of that section, and which Indi cates that the Barbarosa (Red Beard) property Is but the rediscovery of an old find. The story is that a generation ago. when the country was hardly settled at all between Fort Grant and Globe, the soldiers passing from one of those places to the other used a trail that led over the hills at the head of the Barbarosa gulch. An old soldier while crossing this trail one day discovered a ledge on the top of a mountain, from which he broke off some specimens rich ln gold. This mountain is supposed to "bo the -tone- that overshadows the Barbarosa claims, for the soldier said that from the ledge he could look away' to the south and see Fort Grant. .The mountain at the head of the Barbarosa gulch affords about the only view that answers this specification, and for that reason - the Los Angeles : men expect one of these days to find the Old Sol dier's ledge, which they think will prove to be the origin of their placer gold. ' - - • . , __ SAYS ORE SHOWS GOLD LIKE KERNELS OF WHEAT Old Gladstone Mine In* French Gulch fy In Shasta County la Said; v' . to Have Struck It v 'y.y Rich REDDING. ■ Feb. 16.— J. W. Bomar, mine carpenter at the Gladstone, who came to Redding Friday evening by stage from French gulch, says that about a year ago the main ore ledge at the Gladstone was lost for a while, but when they struck it again they found It richer than ever. - • ,;■-■ Mr. Bomar says that within the last two weeks he has seen ore taken, from the mine .which was so rich with free gold that it looked as If it had been scattered By handfuls into the rock as one would throw a handful of wheat. They are now working a hundred men at the Gladstone. .<v . - '.- '■'<.•>■ y*.y Mr. Bomar owns what he thinks is a valuable quartz :. mine located twelve miles west of French gulch,and three miles south of the Fairvlew mine. His tunnel Is .in • 140 feet and he expects to cut the ledge within the next twenty feet. - His ore goes $15 per ton, accord ing to mill test. --. * '■ i '- ; ■ ' '■< ■ Mr. Bomar Is ln Redding on business connected - with his mine and will re main ; a day .or more,. returning ■ home Sunday or Monday morning. * ■ ► Harris Makes Strike ''■■-■ The 'Mining^ Review .of Salt Lake .is Informed % that .N. ,B. Harris Jof I Cres cent Nov., has made a strike a short distance south. of that place consisting of four inches of ore going $8785 to the ton in gold. ' The ore shoot is being fol owed and is holding out In good shape. The camp of Crescent is In a prosperous condition. y-y ;•';'.' ' _fff__y.''.''-)z'\.'■• ...... -, n. i a i a -. •- f,. > Rich- In Silver .'.Another' strike has been reported .in the property of the Imlay Mining com pany, In' Humboldt county, Nev.hThe find was made on the 145-foot level and samples which were sent to Salt Lake for assay i went. 28.6 per. cent lead, 1 173.7 ounces silver and; $6.40 ln; gold to tho ton.'.lßf&BfUKttamx.^. --■;■■■ '•• -:;,--'.*.-■--." ■. ' - •; ;'<-,' 1 ',:' Gold Sulphide - .. , ;. Black i mountain, InS the -; Yerlngtonv country, comes ito , the i front; this week « .with a strike of big proportions*- At he, 130-foot level In the shaft of the North- i crn Light company, a body of sulphide^ ore has been : uncovered which.runs up to $100 In-gold;-*-** '•■":"' ' '■'■''■>' ' t *-'2.- "",■'«' HOLLENBECK LODGE ' NO. 310. F. 1 twAl*''' & f A.» M.. will 1 confer I the, third! d* v^ySm- MM Tue«day,"> February 18. commenc ,?RJ\. J<to*i'.tlt,l»>m--<*''V'-'i>--' /VA !J. WILL DlCK,.sec'yy