The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume], January 10, 1914, Page 2, Image 2

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AND THEN IT HAPPENED.
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DEPUTY COUNTY TREASURER
ROSENTHAL COMPILES
STATEMENT
Deputy County Treasurer Rosen
thal yesterday completed the com
pilation of a statement of the stand
ing of the finances of Esmeralda
county at the close cf the year 1913.
It shows the amount of cash on hand
in all of the county funds to be $GS,
C24.67 . In the county maintenance
and expense fund, there is $28,
704.u7, less outstanding warrants
amounting to $2500. The value of
property owned by the county is
placed at $233 084.50.
The statement shows that there is
an outstanding indebtedness of the
county upon the Mineral county
courthouse building, under the terms
of the county division, of $14,235.
During last year the indebtedness on
the Goldfield fire department was re
duced from $0000 to $5400 The
fire department fund is in excellent
condition and the members of the de
partment will be paid in full their
salaries, now in arrears three
months, following the monthly meet
ing of the county commissioners to
morrow. The outstanding bonds of
the Goldfield school district amount
to approximately $G0,000 and there
is now on hand in that fund $91G4,
in cash.
SOME STOCK SHIPMENTS
[n all eighty-five carloads of stock
were shipped from this point since
last Monday. The Western Meat
company being the largest shippers,
having sent to the California market
forty-two cars of cattle and thirty
three cars of sheep. Moffatt com
pany sent out ten carloads of prime
beef cattle the early part of the
week. Lovelock Review.
TCNGSTEN COMPANY IS
SHIPPING CONCENTRATES
G. W. McDonald, superintendent
of the U. S. Tungsten company, op
erating near Osceola, this week ship
ped 71 sacks of concentrates from
the mill, which is expected to aver
age between $350 and $400 per ton.
The sacks of concentartes average
125 pounds each, making a shipment
of more than four tons, worth about
$1600. Owing to the cold weather,
which has frozen up the water sup
ply, the mill is not running at the
present time. Development work is
being continued in the mines and
when spring comes the plant will
again go into operation. -Ely Rec
ord.
_-A._
INTERMENT TOMORROW
The remains of George Maguire,
better known as “Blinker,” who died
Saturday at the county hospital, will
be laid at rest in the local cemetery
tomorrow afternoon. Funeral ser
vices will be held at 3 o’clock at
Dunn’s undertaking parlors. Rev.
Father De-mod' " til officiate.
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JOHN SALSBERRY of San Fran
cisco. who is extensively interested
in mining throughout Nevada, de
parted this afternoon for Zabriskie,
Cal., where he is developing a lead
property, after a visit of several days
in Goldfield.
UMATILLA TONOPAH
CALLS ASSESSMENT
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S ID E1! 1NTEN P EXT HASKELL IS
SUES REPORT OF OPERA
TIONS OX PROPERTY
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Accompanying a notice of an as
mssment from the offices of the
Umatilla Tonopah Mining company
is a brief report siauug that for the
past five months the company has
been carrying on the development
of its ground by means of joint work
with the Montana Tonopah Mining
company, each bearing half the ex
pense of sinking the Umatilla shaft
and driving the joint drift, thus
making the latter company’s expense
lighter than it would otherwise have
| been.
On December IS, the joint drift
j from the 1200-foot station was out
704 feet, leaving only 9S feet to coiv
nect with the Montana workings.
When this connection shall have been
made a north cross-cut will be driven
which, according to surface indica
tions, should penetrate the ore on
the 1200 level. Negotiations are
pending with the Montana copany
looking to a continuance of the joint
work to carry the shaft another lift
of 100 feet and to drive another
I joint drift on the 1300-foot level.
The assessment just called is the
third levied and is for one cent per
share, payable Jan. 20 and delin
quent sale set for March 3rd.
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PRODUCTION OF ARSENIC
The output of arsenic in the Uni
ted States during 1913 was all in the
form of white arsenic or arsenious
oxide commonly known as “arsenic,”
and amounted to about 2,3 75 short
tons, valued at $142,340, against 3,
141 tons, valued at $190,757, in
1912, a decrease of 7(!t> tons in quan
tity and $48,417 in value, according
to the preliminary figures collected
by Frank L. Hess of the U. S. geo
logical survey.
As in 1913, white arsenic was pro
duced in this country only from
smelter flue or bag-house dusts and
by the same three firms which pro
duced it in the preceding year. The
Anaconda Copper company saved
white arsenic from fumes made in
I smelting Butte copper ores at the
| (Ireat Washoe smelter at Anaconda,
Mont. At Midvale, Utah, the United
i States Smelting company sublimed
white arsenic from bag-house dusts
! collected in smelting tintic and other
Utah copper ores. The American
| Smelting and Refining company sav
. ed its output from flue dusts made
' from both domestic and foreign ores.
There is so little direct profit in
, the manufacture of white arsenic,
owing largely to the long distances
] it must be shipped to market, that
the smelting companies make it only
j because they must prevent its escape
I into the atmosphere. If the demand
and prices justified a larger output
| the production could be greatly in
! creased.
Arsenic is used principally as an
1 insecticide for spraying fruit trees;
1 in the manufacture of glass, espe
i daily plate glass; and for destroying
weeds, one railroad alone using sev
eral hundred tons a year for this pur
pose.
It. T. ROUSE of Riverside, Cal.,
is a guest at the Goldfield, arriving
yesterday.
! LONE MOUNTAIN HAS
HIGH-GRADE IN SIGHT
C. Gast, formerly of the Tonopah
& Goldfield railroad, was in from
Lone Mountain yesterday hiring a
couple of miners to work on his
claims, and returned this morning.
Mr. Gast is operating a group of
three claims incorporated as the G.
' & V. Mining company, with T. Vic
■ hio as the sole partner. Six men are
I employed ami the wcrk has been go
| ing on actively for the last three
' months. A vein of high-grade was
! opened recently, from which three
I tons sampling about $225 a ton will
be shipped next week. The find did
i not hold out, as it was cut off by a
j horse and, after making vain efforts
to find the continuation of the 1 >dge,
the partners decided to abandon the
upper workings where the shipment
came from and begin a more sys
tematic and economical exploration
lower down. Two tunnels have been
started. No. 1 is in 12 8 feet and is
expected to cut the ledge diagonally.
No. 2 tunnel runs due east and will
cut the formation direct.
The rich ore was found in an up
per drift at a depth of 50 feet, the
assays showing -120 ounces of silver,
$s.so in gold and 20 per cent lead.
The vein was IS inches and spotted
with values in very hard rock.
The G. & V. camp is t> V2 miles
from McLeans Station, on the T. &
G. railroad, and about one and a half
miles east of the old Nevada Alpine,
formerly worked by Lynch & O’
Meara, up Signal canyon. The three
claims are known as Gast Nos. 1, 2
and 2. The breasts of both tunnels
j are highly mineralized and are get
! ting into a lime formation.—Bo
| nanza.
HALT IS MARKED IN
Ul lIiDINU OP SMKLTEKS
While a number of improvements
were made in the various smelters in
Utah during the year there was not
as big an advance in the industry as
usual. During the year the Interna
tional plant added the fifth furnace
to its lead plant. During the year
the company increased the stock pile
to something over 150,000 tons, so
that there will be no decrease in the
haudling of 1250 tons of lead-silver
ore each day.
The American Smelting & Refining
plant at Garfield put in the most im
provements of any plant during the
year. A big smoke stack, larger than
! the present one, was started, the cop
! per rcverberatories were remodeled to
| use crude oil so that nearly all the
[ smelting at the plant is now by
moans of crude oil. Motors were also
installed for the handling of slag,
calcines, crude oil and other material
at the plant which is declared to be
more expedient and economical.—
Salt Lake Tribune.
FILES PETITION
Public Administrator James H.
Parks has filed in the district court
a petition for letters of administra
tion in the estate of Fred Elmen
dorff, who died recently, leaving an
estate consisting of a post office sav
ings account of $100 and 500 shares
of stock of the Goldfield Merger
Mines company valued at $60.
WILLIAM~CAMPBEL.L, a mining
man of Tonopah. is a visitor to Gold
field, arriving this morning.
INFORMATION WANTED
/oH.etORJSt.' I wish A
/ explain the
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APPROPRIATIONS MADE
TOR BUREAU OE MINES
The estimates of appropriations for
the United -States Bureau of Mines,
for tho fiscal year ended June 30,
1015, as approved by the secretary
of the interior, have just been for
warded to congress. The estimates
arc as follows:
For general expenses of the bureau
of mines, $70,000; investigating
mine accidents, $347,000; equipment
cf mine rescue cars and stations,
$30,000; equipment of testing plant
at Pittsburg, Pa., $10,000; testing
fuels, $135,000; mineral-mining in
vestigations, $120,000.
For inquiries and investigations ol
P troleum and natural gas, $30,000;
inspection of mines in Alaska, $7000;
hooks and publications, $2000; lands,
leases, etc., for mine rescue cars,
$100 0. The total for the bureau of
mines is $752,000. Tho item of $30,
000 for the equipment of rescue cars
and stations is for the first time
placed separately in the estimates
and represents an increase.
The $10,000 asked for the equip
ment of the testing plant is needed
for the purchase of steam and elec
tric equipment. The estimates set
forth that the present power and elec
tric service plant at the experiment
station is on the eve of breakdown.
For the mineral-mining investiga
tions, an increase of $20,000 is
asked, from $100,000 to $120,000.
For the inspection of mines in Alas
ka, an increase of $500 over the
previous year is asked. The same
increase is asked for books and p-.bli
cations. The item for lands, leases,
tc., for mine rescue cars is decreased
$1000.
The item of $30,000 for inquiries
and investigations of petroleum and I
natural gas is for the first time placed ;
separately in the estimates and rep- j
resents an increase.—Engineering !
and Mining Journal.
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RECEIVER OF CARSON CITY
LAND OFFICE PASSES AWAY
Earl W. Treniont, receiver of the
l'. S. larni office at Carson City, died
suddenly Saturday of cerebral con
gestion, at his home in the state
capital. Although lie had for several
months previously complained of
severe headaches, he paid no par-!
ticular attention to the ailment when |
it attacked him shortly before his |
death.
Mr. Treniont was a native of New
Orleans. La., and was fifty years of
age. Locating in Nevada, he resided
tor a number of years in Eureka
county, where lie was identified with
mining. In 1S99 he was elected to
the state legislature from that coun
ty and served one term. In 19OC ho
was appointed to the position he
held at the time of his death.
THE CONTACT COMPANY
A. H. Chase and Joe Calvert came
to town to celebrate Christmas. Thev
are working on the Contact Gold
Mining company ground in North
Canyon. There is a shaft sunk 60
feet on this ground, at the bottom of
which shows a two-foot vein averag
ing $2 4 per ton. They are now driv
ing a tunnel which will tap the
ledge at a depth of 4 SO feet. The
tunnel is now 420 feet, which leaves
120 feet more to run.
This property is owned entirely
by local people and they hope to be
shipping ore in a short time.—
Walker Lake Bulletin.
ELKS MAKE MERRY
AT ANNUAL BANQUET
One hundred and twenty members
of Goldfield Lodge, No. 1072, Benev
olent and Protective Order of Elks,
gathered around the festive board
on the second floor of the lodge
building New Year’s eve upon the
occasion of their annual banquet and
high jinks. Milton M. Detch officiat
ed as toastmaster and was largely
responsible for the merriment that
prevailed at the delightful feast.
Augustus ,T. Tilden delivered the
principal address of the occasion,
taking as his theme, “‘The Spirit of
lit 1-1 in Goldfield.” Mr. Tilden gave
liis hearty approval to the present
movement looking to the organiza
tion of the Goldfield Unity club and
made optimistic predictions as to the
future of the camp.
Addresses were also delivered bv
E. Pritchard Smith, Marvin Arm n’,
John Kunz, L. K. Koontz, Walter
Drabnick, Frank Dunn, Jake Good
l'riend, James H. Parks and others
A musical and literary program was
also rendered by the members.
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MAIA'OLM-McDOXALl)
ESTATE CLAIMS MINK
Attorney General Geo. B. Thatcher
came to Reno last night to meet Irv
ing McDonald, whom he is repre
senting in a suit pending in the dis
trict court involving large interests,
which will be heard on an applica
tion for injunction January 9 next.
The suit is that of Irving Mc
Donald, as administrator of the es
tate of Malcolm McDonald, against
A. J. Stinson, W. M. Kearney and
the Eastern Star Mining company,
and the petition asks an accounting
and a decree giving the estate 108,
000 shares of the mining company
and $13. >00 in money.
The complaint says that A. J. Stin
son and Malcolm McDonald secured
the Eastern Star on joint adventure
and that upon the death of McDon
ald Stinson assumed full ownership.
The Eastern Star is near Gold
Circle and was recently acquired by
the Feltons of National.—Reno Jour
nal.
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CHARLES W. Firs NIGER of Phil
adelphia, who was one of the “early
day” brokers of Goldfield, left this
morning over the T. & G. railroad
for Reno and San Francisco after a
a business visit of several days in
camp, during which he made his
headquarters at the St. Nicholas.
SAYS JOKE WAS
PEAYED ON HER
SOUTHERN GIRL SAYS SHE DID
NOT ADVERTISE FOR LIKE
PARTNER
It pays to advertise.
The Tribune received several
weeks ago a letter, dated Asheville,
North Carolina, written on mono
gramed stationery and signed
“(Miss) Orayce Acheson,” inviting
respectably men of Goldfield be
tween the ages of 25 and 35 years to
write to “a lonely girl of nineteen
who is refined and educated.” The
letter contained the request that its
contents be briefly published and, in
compliance therewith, the Tribune
printed excerpts from it in a con
I sclentious effort to assist the young
lady, who purported to be the signer,
in securing a life partner.
That there are among the readers
of the Tribune marriageable young
men who are anxious to become
benedicks and need only be helped a
little to sum up courage sufficient to
“pop the question” is evident from
the following letter, dated Asheville,
in. L., Dec. 29, 1913, and received
by the Tribune today, from Miss
Mabel Grace Acheson, who says some
of her school friends played a joke
on her. Miss Aeheson's letter, in full,
follows:
“I have reveived severai letters
from young men of your town which
they state are in answer to a matri
monial advertisement printed in your
paper, supposed to have written by
me.
“Now. permit me to state that the
letter you received in regard to the
advertisement was sent by some of
my school friends for a joke on me.
I have no criticisms to offer in regard
to you or your paper, for I see you
<u e not to blame, but I hope and
trust your gallantry will permit, you
to make a complete retraction of the
! most embarrassing article.”
WILLIAM HALL TO UNDERGO
AX X-RAY EXAMINATION
Mrs. Depencier received last night
a telegram from her son, William
rtall, who was hurt in a cave-in in
| one of the properties of the Gold
field district several months ago, ad
vising her of his departure from
Carson City for San Francisco, where
»e will undergo an X-ray examina
tion m the Lane hospital to deter
mine the extent of his internal in
i juries.
E.C. SMITH E.J.AMANN
SMITH & AMANN
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