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The Goldfield news
“All that’s New and True of the Greatest Gold Camp Ever Known”
VOL. I. No. 12.
Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, Friday, July 15, 1904.
Price 10 Cents.
LATE LOCAL NEWS.
NEW BANK SOON STARTS
JuBt as we go to press Geo. W.
Richard arrived and anuonnced
that he would open np a bank in
Elliott’s building in a few days.
(*eo. Li. 1'atnck was in camp yesieraay.
Come try that Ramsey Addition water.*
Messrs. Thompson and Robinson are
late arrivals who are to start a restnurant.
Mrs. W. S. Williams is still confined to
her bed, but is slowly recovering.
Dr. White Wolf came in from Gold
Reef yesterday.
I. J. Gay, of Denver, is a recent ar
rival who came with the intention of
staying.
The Goldfield Electric Light company
expects to have its machinery in here in
two weeks.
J. McQuillan, late manager of the
Goldfield Lumber company, left Monday
for Tonopah.
W. Saul, a Tonopah capitalist and
miner, was looking about Goldfield on
Wednesday.
W. L. McGonngill has sold his shoe
shop and will now devote his time to
carpentering.
Vau Dorn A Son are digging deep well
No. 3 from which water will be piped to
all residents in Ramsey’s Addition.
J. F. Donovan, a real estate dealer at
Sparks, the new railroad town near Reno,
was in Goldfield early this week.
Mrs. .lames F. O’Rrien and son, Da
voren, leave tomorrow for a trip to Berke
ley and other California points.
J. D. Lothrop returned Monday from
Verdi, bringing with him his children
and mother-iu law, who will remain.
On August 1st. when improvements are
completed, Jots in R <mse>’s Addition
will be $lb(i. Today there are a few Jeft
at $‘25 and §5<>.
H. Lefkovits, of Oakland, one of tue
Red Front store, was inspecting the busi
ness of the firm last Friday and Satur
day forenoon.
ur. A. j. neniKer. a proiessiomu gen
tleman from San Francisco, i* in Gold
rt-Jd. and will probably locate here at no
V%die'ant day.
£ Tom Keane returned to Diamondfield
Tuesday after a trip to Touopab. ois,
partner, Henry McMahon, has returned
trom Carson, where he went for the ben
efit of his health.
While suffering considerably, W. S.
Elliott, recently burned by exploding
acetylene, is on the road to recovery.
Likewise G. H. Harder, who was also a
victim of the explosion.
Half the lots in Ramsey’s Addition are
now sold, but still many desirable lots
left. See Van Dorn & Son, owners. Of
fice on the ground. *
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Bragdon arrived
with their household furniture last Sat
urday to make their home in Goldfield.
They are welcome additions to Gold
field’s permanent residents.
T. Bissonette has given up his black
smithing business at Silver Peak and
come to Goldfield to reside. He has pur
chased a lot from the Townsite company
and will erect a shop thereon.
Judge Collins sent in his resignation as
Justice of the Peace to give more time to
his private affairs, but the commissioners
refused to accept it, for the present, at
least.
Buy a Lot in the East Addition to Gold
field I directly east of the townsite). Spe
cial rates for the next 5 days. For par
ticulars apply to W. I. Booth, agent, at
photo gallery. *
Joseph iintier, Jr., or xoungBiown,
O., and F. M. Kirk, of Cleveland, O.,
gentlemen interested in the Hazel Kirk
Goldfield company, were inspecting the
property for a day, late last week.
J. G. Martin, who came here last week
from Reno, has purchased two lots on
Crook avenue, near First street, from the
lowusite company. He will at once
erect a 14-room fiame lodging house
thereon.
,J. 4. Wilson is circulating a petition
looking to the organizing of an jerie of
Eagles in Goldfield. As J. H. Brearley,
of this city, is the district organizer,
there will no doubt be a goodly charter
list of members.
Eugene Dougherty, who is employed
by Captain Gardner at Cactus peak, re
ceived a wire Saturday from his brother
at Tonopah. announcing the serious ill
ness of their mother at Nevada City,
Eugene left on the Saturday night train
for tin ir former home.
Geo. S. Nixon's lot, next to the Na
tional Club, has been leased to Hagerty
A Wiseman who will erect a compressed
brick building with plate glass front for
a saloon and restaurant. The ground
rent is 350 per month.
In order to settle a small bet Tuesday,
4. two Goldfield gentlemen made a tour of
the camp and counted60 Mobe and frame
buildings under course of construction.
Does any one doubt the growing propen
sities of this great gold camp?
Sanders & Inman have contracted to
orect an olliee building for the W. S.
Williams Co., south of the Goldfield
lodging house. The building will be 16
„24~ feet and contain a public office and
two private rooms. It will have a rustic
front iind a 10x16 covered [torch.
i
Ore Values Beyond Belief
The showing, under development, stnmps the Jumbo
mine ns the marvel of the mining world. Were it not
daily visited by prominent mining men from every sec
tion who see for themselves the size and extent of its
fabulously rich ore. one would hesitate to tell anywhere
near the full truth. And there are a number of other
properties in the Goldfield district which are but little
less wonderful than the Jumbo in their showing.
On the Vermilyea & Bartlett lease on the Jumbo the
extra rich si ike has widened out to 6 iuches and the
values are increasing ns depth is gained. Such a state
ment sounds preposterous, but it is nevertheless a fact.
The writer saw a piece of rock pauned Mouday and
three-quarters of it was gold. Mr. Vermilyea has
installed a small mill, consisting of a mortar and a large
pestle suspended from a spring board, and with this
crude appliance turns out 25 pounds of amalgam a day,
worth not less than $5,000. The bard rock, 1 foot in
width, along the rich streak, goes trom $400 to $500 per
ton. The drift from the 50 foot level should get under
the rich shoot with another 15 feet of work and if the
values hold to even that depth, there is a mint in this
lease alone. Mr. Vermilyea. like oihers who are getting
big values, has his tent on the ground and stays with his
bonanza night and day.
The Curtis and Ridge lease, while not having such
sensational values, is still a wonderful money maker. It
is not yet 50 days since they started and besides erecting
a hoist and doing lots of dead work, they have taken
out $100,001) worth of shipping ore in that time. The
daily production now is about 12 tons of ore going about
$1,»00 per ton, and the same amount of $50 to $100 ore
which is put on the mill dump. At least three ship
ments of the rich stuff will go out from this lease this
week.
And the smelter returns will tell the tale.
The Kernick aud Bowes lease has not extra rich ore in
the drifts at present, but from the old shaft 17 sacks of
ore were taken Monday night, which are worth SI 000 a
sack. A carload was shipped Tuesday
The Richard and Cowing lease has opened up a new
shoot close to ihe surface and an average assay across
. % feet gives values of over $600 per ton. They are
still sinking on the main shaft.
On the Zinn lease two men are taking out 840) to $500
ore from a drift at the 5" foot level, which is a good
increase in the shipping values first found. Twenty feet
from Zinn’s shaft a streak of ore was found close to the
surface on the same lease and it is stated, but not veri
fied. that the values are as good as anywhere on the
Jumbo.
The St. Ives StriKes It Big.
Joe Wilson, of the Joshua Club lease, on Sunday
opened up the ledge in a new place. The ledge has been
stripped for lb feet in length and an average assay across
1*2 feet gave returns of $6221 to the ton in gold. They
are now sacking ore and will soon have a shipment.
Geo. McClelland also made two eood strikes this week
on his St. Ives lease. At the 50 foot level he had a
streak, 1 foot wide, which he thought was mill dirt, but
an assay clear across showed that it was worth $636 per
ton on the average. On the same ledge he has opened it
up in another place aud an average assay across 4 fett
returned values of $618 per ton. Mr. McClelland is
sacking ore for shipment.
Jumbo and Vernal Extension Mining Company.
The showing now being made on this company’s vari
ous properties is such as to justify the prediction that
before the end of many weeks the different leasers will
be taking out and shipping ore. Up to the present time
sensational values have not been opeued up on any of
the company’s claims, but on the Branley & Lytle lease
on the south end of Vernal No. 1, in close proximity to
the rich strike on Vernal No. 2, a splendid ledge carrying
milling values on the surface is being uncovered. The .
crosscut being run from the bottom of the Poloverde ■
shaft is now in nearly 18 feet. Each foot driven takes it
into a more highly mineralized zone and the contractors
predict that the west ledge will soon be encountered.
It is also the company's intention to soon begin cross
cutting to the east ledge, which nt the surface for more
than 6 feet across averaged more thau $8 per ton. A
lease on the Gold Wedge, adjoining the Jumbo, has
beeu spoken for by a first class mining man for Colorado
people who will, in all likelihood, sink a 100-foot shaft to
intercept the Jumbo vein which, less than 400 distant,
is yielding such phenomenal values.
StriKe on Algae Lease No. 4.
Wednesday afternoon a body of high grade ore was
encountered |in the shaft on this base at a depth of 12
feet. The lease is being operated by Athearn, Dnrgiu.
Elkins and Foster. The extent of the ore body is not
yet known.
The 0. K. Fraction and Red King.
A strike, which looks now as if it would take a back
seat to but few, was made yesterday on the side lines of
the O. K. Fraction aud lied King, by Kunze, Stevens,
Auguerebery and Roberts. The ledge, where uncov
ered, is 3 to 5 feet wide aud the ore is full of visible
gold. Assays have not been made yet, but none are
necessary to prove that is very rich.
Adams-Goldfield.
The whim on the Adams was started Wednesday and
yesterday drifts were begun each way on the vein. Sink*
iug will also continue. Seven feet of the ore will pay to
mill and many specimens contaiu visible gold.
Columbia Mountain.
President Knox, of the Moutana-Tonopah and associ
ates have bought a large block of Columbia Mountain
treasury stock and active work on the tunnel will soon
begin. * The same geutlemen have also bought large
blocks of lied Top and Goldfield-Mohawk, the latter
having just been incorporated. Several of the Mon
tana-Tonopah people have leases on the Mohawks.
The White RocH.
In one of the drifts on the White Rock there are l
feet of oxidized iron quariz between hard blue walls an 1
it is expected that good values will soon be found. The
fine hoist and boiler, good for 1,01)0 feet ordered b\
Manager Oddie, is now on the road and will soon be
installed.
The January.
On Sunday the January lease raised 131 sacks of ore
that went $1,02'> per ton. Ten tons daily of shipping
ore are now being raised and this will soon be increased.
The Combination Mill.
Work on the new Combination mill will start the 1st
of August. The production and value of the ore in the
mine remaius about the same.
The Red Top.
Capt. Bradley’s lease is looking much better than for
some time. He is drifting on vein and the next week or
two will see great change for the better. The company
workings have plenty of good ore.
Combination Fraction.
Sanders and Inman are down 14 feet on their lease on
Myers «fc Murphy’s Combination Fraction. Panuiugs
indicate values up to $200 per ton.
Florence Lease No. 3.
This lease still looks fine and sinking will commence
in a few dayB. There are 60 tons of rich ore awaiting
shipment.
The Daisy.
One of the best posted miners in the district said to
day: “You can say the Daisy is looking fine, especially
the Gi aham lease.”
Short Mining Notes.
The Coming Nation company will start
work next week on the Curly George
Fraction adjoining the St. Ives.
Kalpus, Moyle & Co. have received
assays as high as $71 in their lease on
the Mohawks.
The Dunwoody lease on the Lone Star
has 10 inches of ore that will go better
than $25 per ton.
C. A. Baldwin and Frank Gauahl have
just secured a sub-lease on the southeast
50 feet of the Zinu lease of the Tutnbo.
Mernin and Hazeltiue have sold the
Central group on the east slope of Ban
ner Mountain to C. E. White, who will
incorporate a company.
Elliott. Ridge. Curtis, Price and Currie
have bought the Graham and Wight
lease on the St. Ives and already have
opened up good ore in a new place.
Skiuner, Adams, Marks and Danielson
took a lease this week on the V ernal No.
2 claim and have already opened up a
good looking ledge.
Col. M. M. Ogden, of Frisco, and A.
B. Acorn, of Tonopah, were out Satur
day and the Colonel says work will soon
begin on the Spokane group, close to
Diamondheld.
Mike Foran recently sold his interest
in the Graham lease on the Daisy No. 2
to a Mr. Crismon. Mr. Foran has gone
in on the Welsh and Dingee lease on the
Vernal No. 2.
Max Yunghaeudel of San Francisco,
a gentleman representing considerable
German capital, much of which is in
vested in mining propositions, was in
Goldfield on Monday. He made an ex
tensive examination of the miues in this
section and was very much elated with
i what he observed. He went to Tonopah,
where he will remain for a few days,
i when he will return to this great gold
i camp and endeavor to invest. D. V.
Suowglosa accompanied Mr. Huughaeu
del and the two were piloted over the
district by W. H. Rontledge.
ST. FRANCES GOLDFIELD CO.
General Carey Becomes a Director
of the Above Company.
The annual stockholders’ meeting of
the St. Frances Goldfield Mining Co. re
sulted in Gen. Carey becoming a director.
Hon. Joel B. Dow. attorney for the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail
way was again chosen as president. Two
famous lawyers are now on the directory
of this corporation. The abstracts of
title have been revised by them, and the
corporation’s title to the 17 mines, lo
cated in the heart of the mineral zone,
are pronounced perfect. The August
claim adjoining the Combination is being
much sought, but Dr. Williams, the
manager, refuses to either lease or bond
this claim on any terms offered as yet, as
the corporation has decided to develop
this property on its own account, unless
entirely responsible parties secure a lease
on the corporation’s terms.
James L. Bailer Here.
Jim Butler, the father of Tonopsit.was
in camp this week. He was accompanied
by Messrs. Keith, Higbee, Knox, Dunlap,
Badgett and Wingfield.
Miners' Cash Grocery.
Dishes given away at the Miners’ Cash
Store. Buy a dollar can of baking pow
der and get a dish free. Sale commences
Monday.
Western washing machines and daisy
wringers.
Derby and Jessie Moore’s AA whiskey
&1.5U per quart.
Stationery, pencils, pens, all sizes and
prices. Tablets, inks aud mucilage.
Take a look at our Bee Hive depart
ment.
New Telegraph and Telephone Line.
C. H. Elliott, the Tonopah broker, on
his recent visit, announced that be and
C. W. Kinney, the borax king, would
soon put in a new telegraph and tele
phone line to connect with the Western
Union. The promoters announce that
the present rates will be cut in half and
that press dispatches will be sent free, as
they believe the advertising such dis
patches will give to the district will more
than repay them in increased business.
Dick Is In It.
Owing to rapidly increasing business
the W. S. Williams Co. has taken Dick
Colburn as a partner. Dick, who is now
at San Francisco on business for the firm,
is one of the best stock brokers in the
business, having been one of the organ
izerR and directors of the Salt Lake ex
change.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
| Notice is hereby given that I have
! bought of A. C. Martin all his mining in
| terests iu the Goldfield and Hannapah
districts and no other person than myself
has authority to dispose of same.
(Sigued) A. R. Graham.
MINING CLAIMS FOR LEASE
AND BOND.
1 The St. Frances Goldfield Mining Co.
offers 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
ment work completed, and abstracts of
title ready for inspection. Hank Smith,
the mining expert, will exhibit these
i properties to applicants, at the cor
I poration's expense. Apply to
Dr. Frances K. Williams,
General Manager,
! Office adjoining Mallou’s Assay office.
FOR FIRE PROTECTION
Act Now—Don’t Wait Until a Fire
Barns a Lesson In*
The soliciting committee to secure
funds for fire apparatus are now at work
and are discouraged at tbe support they
are now receiving. They have called a
mass meeting for Monday evening at El
liott's hall and unless at that time or be
fore they receive more encouragement
they will cease their labors which are
given for the general good, without hope
of personal reward.
Their are none of us who would not
willingly pay a 10 per cent premium if
we could obtain fire insurance. Siuce
this cannot be obtained it behooves us to
put things in best possible shape to fight
fire. Let everybody come to the meet
ing Monday evening.
Arrivals in Goldfield this Week.
E. R. Conger, W. Higbee, C. W. Kin
ney, New York; W. R. and J. Williamson.
Utica, N. Y.; J. Gay, D. Keith, W. O.
Manson, Denver; R. R. Wilson, G. H.
Hnrd, J. P. Hay, Thos. Stewart,
George Coslett, •!. Fitzmaurice, Reno;
Clarence M. Oddie, Clay Peters, W.
Chalmers, Alex McCone, Max Yung
haendel, J. M. Butler. A. Falberg, J.
Findlater, J. Pierce, W. Edwards, H.
Ochiltree, San Fraucisco; Dr. Campbell,
Dr. F. A. Wheeler, J, S. Pettigrew, Port
land; C. J. Hall. Spokane; J. M. Knox,
A. Nygard. Los Angeles; j. Dominion,
Assistant U. S. Geologist, Washington,
D. C.; J. Shirley, Phil Bissonette, Silver
Peak; M. Hay, Walla Walla, Wash.;
Thos. Cnllyford, Duluth, Minn.; W. Os
borne, Omaha; C. F. Maunder, W. J.
Sinclair. Chas Blumenthal, Joe Stenscn,
Jim Forman, W. H. Lang, J.P. Hen
nessy, Geo. Wingfield, Barton Pittman,
G. A. Bartlett, S, A. Knapp, A. C. Fisen.
•mm Forman, B. J. Reilly, . H. Rout
ledge, J. Badgett, 1». P. Dunlap. W. D.
Xci.'igau. Tonopah; H. T. Hragdnn and
Wif~ .. ''
One of the merriest -rowiis tha*. e> -r
tripped the tot' Panta- ic m le Tuesday
night a jolly one in tibiriey hali, Dia
mondfield. Nelson and Lynch furnished
music for the following ladies and gen
tlemen, who were from Goldfield, Colum
bia and Diamondfield; Mesdames Davis,
Krise Muller, Lewis, Nelson and llaucia;
Missels Whiting, Fitchett, Linton, Marsh,
Bancia and Gray; Messrs. Davis, Krise,
Miles, Marshall. Blake, Dingee, LSeekley,
Sears, Bjoru, Phillips, Welsh, Fortin,
Holland, Hall, Coates, Booth. Chapman,
Rogers, Miller, Nelson and Glover.
John HcKane Injured.
John McKane, the well known and
popular miniug man, was attacked by a
rufiian in Reno last Saturday morning
and quite badly injured. McKaue’s as
sailaut knocked him down and in falliug
his arm went through a glass case. The
hand is almost severed and the cords are
so badly lacerated that it is possible he
may never be able to use it again. It is
to be hoped, however, tht^t such will not
prove the case.
New YorK Broker Convinced.
Robert S. Conger, junior member of
the New York brokerage firm of Irving
K Farrington & Co., was in camp this
week, and is now thoroughly convinced
that for riches nothing like Goldfield was
ever known.
For a Sprinkling Cart.
W. S. Williams announces that he is
willing to pay $20 per month towards
keeping Main street sprinkled, if other
business men will contribute the balance
necessary.
Lodging House for Sale
Bath in connection. Good location on
Main street. Lot 25x1 OU. Enquire at
Esmeralda Lodging House. *
Hotel Arrivals at Columbia.
Merchants’ Hotel—Geo. J. Young,
Reno; R. J. Watson, I. N. Hannah, C.
J. Blumenthal, T. W. Kendall, W. J.
Sinclair, Ed J. Roberts, Geo. Wingfield,
Chas. E. Knox, Jas. L. Butler, F. A.
Keith, R. P. Dunlap, Geo. F. Badgett,
Touopah; W. P. McAuley, Port Arthur;
Robert S. Conger, New York City; J. A.
Hallo well, Sau Francisco; W. W.Watr
terson. Bishop; E. A. Green, Fletcher,
Nev.^M. H. Kuuze, Chicago; James A.
Donovan, Reno.
Late Notes from Columbia.
Mrs. J. Casey McDannel, of Columbia,
drove to Tonopah yesterday with James
L. Butler, She returned today accom
panied by her sister, who will visit with
her.
W. D. O’Brien has surveyed the north
addition to Columbia tor John E. Lutz.
Lots in this addition are now on sale.
The Sunset saloon, in the Ramsey &
Glover building, had a very successful
opening Wednesday night. Two cases
of champagne, as well as other thirst
quenchers, were disposed of.
The fiuest of job printing at this office.