TlTUrTTT TT A C T5T7T7M *T"*/~\T i^ENo Oaxettk, of Tuesday, nmler the side caption, says; “ Manager (’hnrles Snyder of the Western Ore Purchasing
IlINn-* I I* \ I M M A J |\|l| I Or* 1 11 I III 1J Works, recently returned from Ooldfield, where he closed contracts for practically the entire output of this phenomenally rich
———milling camp. Mr. Snyder believes that Ooldfield will prove greater even than Tonopab. although one-tenth of the brilliancy
-- of the future of the latter camp has not vet l>een seen.”
The Goldfield News
“All that’s New and True of the Greatest Gold Camp Ever Known”
Vol. I. No. 10. Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, Friday, July 1,1904. Price 10 Cents.
THE MGCELEBRATION
Goldfield Will Do Herself Proud on the
Glorious Fourth.
That Goldfield will have a big celebra
tion on the Fourth is now assured. The
different committees have worked faith
fLilly aud the result is that everything
will be in readiness for a big time on
Goldfield's first Fourth of July. The
News has been asked to mention several
of the committees for especially good
work, but when nearly all (including th
ladiest worked so hard ami well, it will
probably be best to single none out for
spe cial mention. The townsite company
and business men are cleaning up Alain
street and Manager Barnes of the water
company will see that it is thoroughly
wet down to prevent dust during the
parade and races.
The contest for Goddess of Liberty
was a spirited one aud closed Tuesday
night amid great interest. The baud pro
vided music during the evening and each
worked hard for his or her favorite can
didate. The judges were Mesdames Fes
ler, Elliott and Tow ley, and Messrs. J. I>.
De Lafontaine and Claude Inman. On
counting the votes the result was an
nouuced as follows:
Miss Minnie White..
Mi-s Edith Linton ..764
Miss Nettie Phillips. 375
Miss White will therefore be the God
dess, Miss Linton will represent Nevada
and Vtiss Phillips will represent Gold
field.
Different teams are practicing for the i
drilling contest, aud it promises to be a
lively affair. In addition to the prizes
offered by 1 lit* committee, Casey At Arden,
of the merchants’ Hotel, will give $-5 to
the winning team, and Ingalls, Shirley A:
I’esler "ill give one-half dozen bo ties of
Mumm's Extra Dry. W. S. Elliott will
give #*25 for a lliiid prize. The follow
"pi,., LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Well! Well! Lots of clear cold water
at Ramsey Addition.
John Shirley cams over from Silver
Peak with Sheriff Ingalls.
Swift's premium ham and bacon. Mi
net 's Cash Store.
Milltown will have a fireworks display
on the night of the Fourth.
Mr. and .Mrs. W. F. Patrick and son, I
Brownell, are recent arrivals.
Accommodations for lodging 2f> guests
at the Merchants’ Hotel. Columbia. *
Have you noticed how rapidly they are
building up Kamsev Addition'i * j
A. W. Honsinger arrived from the east
ern part of the state Wednesday.
M. Ttidish and Mike Raddulovich were
in from the wood camp yesterday.
C. I). Taylor reports that water for the
new town of Jumbo will be piped from,
Columbia.
Mrs. J. A. Fesler is enjoying a visit
from her mother,wi.o comes from Bakers- i
field. Calif.
Geo. Bartlett, the Tonopali attorney,
came out yesterday to see tile bonanza j
ore on bis Jumbo lease.
Fid Miller, of Speaker & Miller, came
out yesterday from Tonopali and will
spend the Fourth here.
W. H. Ramsey was in from the well
this wefk and is much elated over the
tine body of water recently struck.
Ed. Wheece, of Tonopali. and Thos.
Price and son, Aubrey, of Oasis, were
among the arrivals on Wednesday.
Mrs. Hilton’s room adj lining the enter
prise lodging house, will be used as a
ladies’ dressing-room <>n the Fourth. *
l)r. C. E. Coulter, of Ogden, Utah, anil
M. V. Gilbert, an attorney of Caicago, i
are looking over the camp this wee*.
‘•Bought a fii e fifty-dollar lot ia llam- |
sev Addition last week and today was]
offered &1G) cash for it.”—Mr. Wis.-man. j
Mr. and Mrs. Salsberrv and Mr. and
and Mrs Crocker, of the fonopah Lum- I
her Co, were over to the Jumbo this
morning
Col. T. G. J.o khnrt letnrmd today;
from a trip to Dei ver and Rochester. N.
Y. He reports timt Denver is “too dead
lo bury.”
Buy S‘20 worth at the Miners’ Cash
Store aud get a ticket free for the miners’
first annual hull at Goldfield, Nevada,
J uly Fourth. * j
Sheriff Ingalls came to Goldfield on ;
Thursday and attended a meeting of the j
Protective association’s general commit- i
^ tee in the evening.
Mr. Williams, one of the owners of the
St 1 ves, recently got a fine specimen con
taining much free gold from • cClellaud’s
lease on that claim.
H. Wood, an experienced tinner, has
opened a shop on Main street, opposite
This Nkws office. Air pipes, ore hoppers
and stencils a specialty. *
C. J. W. Langley, of Stilt Lake City, has
been in camp daring B e week. He will
tell the saints a few things about Gold-!
field when he gets back.
ing teams have signified an intention of
entering:
From Goldfield Parham and Pitman:
Benane iiud McCloud: Maher and Cav
anaugh.
From Diamondtield—Welsh and Bjorn,
From Tonopah—Hanson and Bevis.
The celebration will start with the fir
ing of salutes at sunrise and the raising
of the flag. The 75 foot flag pole was!
furnished by A. E. Barnes and the flag, i
12x20 feet in size, by Joe Wilson.
The parade will take place at 9:30 a.
m., and will be headed by the Goldfield
band of 1-1 pieces. The four floats for
the Goddess of Liberty, Nevada. Gold
field, and children representing the
stales, are being artistically decorated
under the direction of Joe Wilson.
One of the big features of the parade
will be the Tonopah Aerie of Eagles, ac
companied by their own drum corps of
10 pieces, anti assisted bv the Goldfield
members. The battle cry lor the day
will be:
A. A. A.
Let vour voices crv
K. O. E.
Our emblem ’till we die.
A. A. A.
Let your voices ring.
There’ll be a hot time in Goldfield
When Tonopah Eagles take their wings. |
At 10 a. m. the musical and literary ex
ercises will take place on the lot south of
Marks’ store.
The complete program of exercises!
and sports has already been published in j
I'he News and it need only be added ;
that Goldfield will have a royal cclebra- j
tion and invites the residents of T< no
pali and sister camps to come and have a 1
good time on tiie Fourth.
DANCE AT COLUMBIA
Jolly Time at Opening of Ramsey
S Glover’s New Building.
A large crowd, many of whom went
from Goldfield, attended the dance last
evening in the new Ramsey & Glover
building. All report a jolly time. The
music by the Ward Bros, orchestra gave
splendid satisfaction and the floor was
just right for dancing. Among those
present were: Mesdames Elliott. Ker
meen Hilton, Collins, Arnold and Miss
Adams of Goldfield; Mesdames Krise,
D( iris and Beauci, and Misses Williams
and lieanci. of Diamondfield; Mes
dames Crocker and Salsberry of Tono
pah; Mesdames J. Casey McDannel,
Steward, Stimler, Gray and Mitchell of
Columbia; Messrs. Elliott, Wilson, Duf
field, Becklev, Win. Inman and Blake, of
Goldfield; Messrs. Crocker. Snlsberrv,
Hall and Col. Watson, of Touopah:
Messrs. Krise, Doris and Williams, of
Diamondfield; Harry Tailor, of Jumbo;
Harry Smith, of Sacramento; Messrs. J.
Casey ' cDannel. Stimler, Shaw,
Gray, Meyer, Tom Ramsey, A.
B. Glover. Corregan. Brown, Walters,
Harwood. Lynch, H. (). Hall. J. C. Ram
sey, Goodall, Mitchell, E. H. Brown,
John Mason and J. Snooks, of Colmn
bin.
Goldfield’s Band.
All of the instruments and drums for
the Goldfield brass band have a- rived
and the members who, by the way, are
old time musicians, are putting in extra
time familiarizing themselves with the
new music. The band is composed of
some of Goldfield's prominent business
men; who take a pride in the camp’s ad
vaucerpent and will not allow interest to
become dormant. The members, and
the instrument they play, are: Cornets.
J. I'. Dougherty, C. F. Smith, Johnnie
McGinn; clarionets. W. S. Williams. F.
A. Montgomery, ('Iras. L. Hayes, l)r.
Howland; baritone. J. D. Lotlirop: trom j
hones. R. T. Newton. R. M. Brin; tuba,
Mark T. Andrews; altos. J. 1*. Bran ley,
Frank Lotlirop; snare drum. Sain Har
ris; bass drum, John 11. Lynch. At j
their meeting last evening, F. A. Mont- j
ginnery was e ecteil manager and J. I.
Dougherty the leader. 1
WONDERFUL RICH ORE
Found in the Jumbo—Good StriKes in
Other Properties.
With reports of strikes of fabulously
rich ore in several parts of the country,
the writer enters with trepidation upon
the task of telling this week's story of
the -Turn ho. Mining men have found the
stories of rich strikes untrue so often that
th* y can hardly be blamed for being
skeptical. Many have doubted what they
heard of Goldfield, but hundreds have
come in and found the actualities twice
as great as the "press reports sent out
from this place. However, if they find
things twice as good as reported this
week a find or solid pure gold will have
to be made
Oil the Vermilyea & Bartlett lease ore
was found this week which assayed
3251,440.55 to the ton—a iittie less
than half pure gold. That was only a
specimen, of course, but Monday after
noon Mr. Vermilyea chiseled out at least
$3000 worth of ore from a streak 1C
inches wale. A pi-ee of the hard rock a
short distance from this rich streak as
sayed $6,243 per ton. Mr. Vermilyea is
a lawyer—a good one—and he gets big
fees, but Ins work with the chisel is now
more remunerative.
The Kernick and Bowes’ lease has a
carload shipment ready which will go
at least $1200 per ton. Out of a hole on
this lease, hx6x4 feet, at least $15,000
worth of ore was taken out. The north
drift at the 50-fool level has 4 feet of rich
ore and other portions of the workings
have lots of $50 to $60 ore.
On the Richard and Cowing lease
there are VC feet of ore in the west drift
which will go above $:50 per ton. It is
reported, but not verified, that Geo.
Cowing has sold his one-fourth interest
in this lease, which runs but four
mold hs, for $l»d00 cash.
THERE WILL BE A
RED HOT TIME
In Goldfield on the Fourth
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
.Tust arrive 1 choice line of family
wines ami liquors. Old Kentucky Zinfan
del jjer liottle. m iners’ Cash Store.
Kansas City corn fed meats, turkey,
chicken, and all the delicacies of the sea
sou at the Merchants’ Hotel. Columbia.
Ca-ey & Arden, proprietors. *
Walk up near Mr. Patrick’s new resi
dence and inspect our twenty live dollar
lots. Van Dorn A Son, owners. Always
on die ground. Hamsey Addition. *
W. S. Elliott is installing into his new
building an acetylene gas plant of <!’• *
burner capacity. It is one of the latest
designs and b llliaucy of light is its chief
feature.
J. N. Van Dorn ,fc Son, recently from
Seattle, have bought the surveyed ground
in Uamsey's addition and will soon put
in a pump and tank to pipe water to all
residents.
Di m't forget to clean up around your
places for the Fourth. There will be
many visitors in Goldfield that day and
the town should present as attractive an
appearance as possible.
\\\ S. Elliott expects to open his new
place in time for the Fourth. He has
the most pretentious and best building
m town and will have a very attractive
place when fully completed.
The surveyors aie kept busy these days.
Elmer Chute is surveying the Portland
group and \V. D. O’Linen, of the W. S.
Williams Co., is surveying the claims re
cently purchased by John E. Lutz,.
The wedding of Julia May Roberts
and Thos. |. Lynch took place last Mon
day evening in Tonopnh. Miss Roach,
of Goldfield, was the maid of honor, and
this is the ninth time she litis acted in
that capacity.
General C. T. Rice, department com
mander of tiie G. A. R. for California
find. Nevada, and whose home is in River
side, California, spent the early part of
the week in camp. He came in with C.
H. Elliott, the broker.
Private families who can accommodate
lodgers during the celebration should
make the fact known to some member of
the committees. The hotels and lodging
houses will not be ab.e to accommodate
! all the visitors and private individuals
are asked to help out.
Ladies’ Aid Society.
The Ladies’ Aid Society will serve ice
cream and cake all day the Fourth of,
July, and the'proceeds will be devoted to
the fund for building a hall. In this con
nection the ladies wish it distinctly un-:
derstood that the aid society is not con |
nccted with any church or denomination. ;
The society is strictly non-sectarian and
the hall, when built, may he used by
churches of all denominations, and for I
public meetings held for any lawful piu-1
pose.
Stemple Fire Extinguisher.
I have been appointed agent for the j
Stemple Fire Extinguisher for Goldfield.
Many have used these in Tonopah and
know they are the best tire extinguisher
on the market. For prices, etc., call on
or address Milton C. Ish.
New Meat MarKet Firm.
W. D. Frey lias bought Mr. Walton’s
interest in the Goldfield meM market and
tiie new firm will be Andrus »fc Frey.
They will carry a full line of fresh and
sail meats, etc. *
Twenty-two lots sold and still excellent
lots left in ltamsey Addition. *
Vienna sausage and sauerkraut, 25
cents per pound. Miners’ Cash Store. *
Location Notices and Certificates of
Location (for recording) for sale at The
News office. *
MINING CLAIMS FOR LEASE j
AND BOND.
The St. Frances Goldfield Mining Co.
oilers 15 mining claims, throughout the
central part of the mineral zone, and of
proven values, for lease and bond, on fa
vorable terms. Surveying and assess
meut work completed, and abstracts of
title reaily for inspection. Hank Smith,
the mining expert, will exhibit these
properties to applicants, at the cor
poration's expense. Apply to
Dn. Fkances L. Williams,
General Manager,
1 Otlice adjoining Mallou’s Assay olliee.
Short Mining Notes.
It. P. Dmilnp, J. P. Willis ami Don |
A ldridge have taken a lease on the Cor
nishman claim.
Bruce, Day and Triplett have taken a
lease on the Combination Fraction and
have a shaft down 20 feet.
Pi ice <fe Currie, who have a lease on the
Clermont, have begun the work of
trenching. They are pleased with their
prospects.
The showing on Keane, McMahon and
Fletcher's Great Bend continues to im
prove daily. Tin whole face of the drift
70 feet from the shaft, is in ore that goes
into the hundreds.
Jas. P. Harvey has been down to
Searchlight looking over the mines of
that district. He will need several
searchlights before he will tind a better
property than the Jumbo.
Ij. T. Oddie and associates have taken
a bond on a group of five claims, located
just east of McLaughlin’s well, from
Bamsey, Vermilyea and others. Devel
opment work was started last Monday.
Seller, Richardson and Cocldmrn have
sold the Chicago group of five claims to
Roger Dougherty, of Tonopah. These
claims are about one mile south of Isli’s
Black Butte and have several good look
ing ledges on them.
Dr. Frances Williams left last Satur
day with Spokane parties who wished to
inspect the coal fields 48 miles northeast
of Tonopah in which she is interested.
The Spokane people have taken an option
ou 5U0 acres.
General Carey, of San Francisco, who
is ex-attorney-general of California, ar
rived in camp last Monday. He came to
investigate the property of the St. Fran
ces Goldfield company with a view of in
vesting iu same for himself and associ
ates. The General left Thursday morn
ing to return home,
Harry Vernon, of Touopah, who was
in Coldiieid t• *r a few days on mining
busines. r. turned vest* rduy.
W. b r.lliott had business at Touopah
yesterday.
On the Curtis and Ilidge lease the les
sees are getting things in shape for a big
production. They have ore that' will
average $t0{)<) to the ton in several places
and it will be soon moving towards the
smelters.
The Zinn lease is shipping steadily
and the value of the ore is improving.
Monday a panning was made which in
dicated values of j'Jo'Ml per ton. but not
much of this has been found so far.
In all lot) men are now working on ti e
! Jumbo group and this number is being
daily added to.
Three StriKes at Diamondfield.
This has been a good week for the
mines near Diamondfield, three very
good strikes having been made. Graham
S Urns, and associates uncovered a ledge
ou the Daisy and 4 feet across the ledge
assays on an average $201 to the ton. A
i specimen assay went $1,939.01. This
1 strike had scarcely been made when one
was made by G. J. We sh on the Vernal,
which is even better. The ledge here is
a little over 4 feet wide and the whole is
shipping ore. A streak a foot wide along
the hanging wall will average $800 or
$901) per ton and many of the specimens
show plenty of visible gold. On Wed
nesday from one pound of rock Mr.
Welsh panned gold worth $1.01). On the
Palace claim which adjoins the Daisy on
the south a ledge was uncovered this
week which pans freely all the way
across. Those interested near Diamond
field are naturally very much pleased
and predict lively times for that section.
PatricK Gets BlacH Butte.
Ij. L. Patrick, who made the deal on
(he Combination and is one of the lucky
lessees on the January, has bonded (lie
Black Butte claims of Frank M. lsh.
These claims 1 it; close to the Daisy and
Vernal on which such rich strikes were
made this week and fine ore has already
been opened lip on the Black Buttes.
Fuller details of Mr. Patrick’s plans for
development will be given later.
Kane Springs Country.
J. H. Spiking was in from Kane
Springs early in the week and reports
the prospects in that section asencourag
ing. lie expects to start development
soon on Ins properties there on
which he has found free gold. It is evi
dent that the country to the southeast
will receive more attention in the future.
The surface indications are as good as
any portion of the district and it is the
opinion of many good miners that seveial
mines will be made with com para
lively little development.
Activity on the MohawKs.
Four leases have been let on the Mo
hawks and they are all in exceptionally
strong hands. One has been granted to
T. Ij. Oddie, Geo. Gunn, A 1. Johnson
and Frank Keith. They agree to put up
a hoist and sink at least 200 feet. Another
has been granted to Malcolm Ij. Mac
donald, consulting engineer, and K. P.
Dunlap, secretary of the Montaua-Touo
pah company, j. P. Willis will be in
Charge of this lease. A third lias been
granted to Judge Ij. Q. buy, and a fourth
to J. Ij. Kalpus, Paul Danielson, J. W.
Moyle and Jack Salsberrv.
Contract Let for Combination Mill.
A contract has been let for a 10-stamp
mill for the Combination people to the
firm of llerrou, Rickard A McCone. The
machinery must he shipped in and the
erection begun within 90 days. The
water for the mill will come from Alkali
Springs and will be pumped by wind
mills, as the springs are some 800 feet
lower than the point at which the mill
will be placed. A test windmill is now
being erected. In the mine, the ledge
has been struck a short distance from the
shaft at the 280-foot level and the high
values usual to the Combination are
maintained.
Mayflower and Frances No. 2 Bonded.
l)r. Frances Williams, vice president
and general manager of the St. Frances
Goldfield company, has leased and
bonded the Mayflower and Frances No.
2 claims to people from Spokane. The
amount of the boud was not given out,
| but ,is said to be very favorable for the
company. The Spokane parties will re
turn to Goldfield in three weeks, open an
office and locate permanently.
The January Lease.
On the January the lessees are now
grading the shipping ore into three
classes. The first goes better than §1,000
per ton; the second, §300 to §.">00, and
the third, better than §200 per ton.
Florence Lease No. 3 Rich.
Today the lessees on the Florence are
hoisting very rich ore. This information
comes from a man who is extra couserva
j tive and in view of the past record of
| this lease, it means a great deal.
; The liuest of job printing at this office.