The Goldfield news. [volume], July 29, 1904, Image 2

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The Goldfield News
T«sr**r tv^r* Frio**
5AMES F. O'BKIEF - fdttor ana Pioprietoi
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THE “SUNSET"' FOR AUGUST
Tlie StinsCt Magazine fr*i* Anv
ils t is notv in anti contains a splen
didly illustrated article oil ('.old
field. Owing to t’.ie lidiitatlon of
Jipacc it was possible to give but a
general idea h? Hit situation here :
but little detail could lie gone 1
into. However, tire cuts showing
hundreds of tons of ?ioo to Si.ooo .
•bre at the January and Combina
tion, tosay iibthiiig of the big mill
■dumps averaging *40 or better, arc
very convincing, esp- -dally when
the age of the Camp i- taken into i
■consideratiotl. When the dfticle
Was written the '•trikes of fabu
lously rich ote oil the Jutiibo had !
bnly beguil ami as a consequence
this great property wdS not given
the space its present showing.
tvarrants. Besides the Goldfield !
article this number of the Sunset 1
Contains a dozen other interestin'
articles and liar-” u' t •<
v,. would 1 part- : o-':\
rn reaii. 1 * As the
• a wide in itiation -
•. or!fi, the u.it *. e.o
♦he artich
,-i]' 1
The Reno Gazette now runs a
department headed "Tonopah and .
Goldfield," attd prints daily inter-!
■Csting news bonCerning these |
great cahips. The State Journal
also devotes fconSiderable space to
•Goldfield in particular anti it looks j
as if Reno has awaked to tile won
ders of the ihinbral showing in this i
Section and thb benefits derived ,
iby that city as a result.
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\\'itli an enlarged paper we will
be able to devote more space to
hews-of other camps in the state t
jas well as general news. It is1
through no picayunish spirit that i
.other camps have received but 1 *r- (
tie menu a, i' re s i
ve (olO iapo;‘!it local news
v .d >' ili id that, then
> en scan’, « any room foi
outbid - matters.
If you receive a sample copy o
TuE News you may take it as ar
invitation to subscribe, and tin
ubs.ription once is noted at flu
he,w.’ of the editorial column
There i lest' in now • . •’
gi< uti le or the ; .< ■ '.
trict and bis'., y is
made No one who
u. <ir*- and mining •
igi -.e L.» utsfrict a, ■’ r. • V
is me only paper pubiisneu liicie
in. Consequently, if you would
keep posted on ‘‘all that’s new am
true of the greatest gold camj
ever known," you must subscribe
for The News. It has a reputa
tion for truth and conservatism—
in spite of the fact that its weekly
record of mining events sound;
too big for belief—and this repu
tation it purposes to maintain ii
the future.
We are in receipt of “The Mint
Examiner and Prospector’s Com
panion,” a book recently issued by
Hall & Williams of Denver. The
author, G. W. Miller, K. M„ C. E..
is widely' known by the mining
fraternity of the world. This
woik is an illustrated held 1 ook
ibesigned for engineers, prospect
ors, mining men and the general
reader. It is a practic d treatise
of mining-geology, mine examin
ations, ore niilling and testing and
assaying. The book contains 400
pages, profusely illustrated and
may be depended upon as being
highly trustworthy and reliable.
It is bound under flexible cover,
which renders it very convenient
for carrying in the pocket for field
reference. It is systematically ar
ranged into seven parts, viz: Ore
deposits, examination of mines,
ineralogy and petrology, testing
.id assaying, reduction processes,
Cnited States mining laws, appen
dix. It contains 58 page drawings
and is as complete a book, yet
compendous in form, as we bve
seen.. Price is light and anyone
^rttfy secure it by gfli'tlng at Tiih
News office.
“ield is the tovvu in which to buy
% and the best place for a resi
*’ •> test Additiou. A good
c mines and surrounding
< Booth, agent, at Photo
THE LOST BREYFOGLE MINE
C. H. Elliott Thinks It Has Been Re
Discovered In the Jumbo.
Tin- history of mining is filled w ith ’
stories of “lost” initios, usually of fab
nloiis riclim—«, which from various
causes tho discoverers were unable to
:ilTjiin locate. Some of t In so storios art1
undoubtedly trim in detail. wliilt* otlmrs
arc exaggerated—it i« always tin- largest
fish that gets away. It is will to rc
mcliilier. however, that al (iolillii-lil to
■ lav mini s arc actually pr<«lucing gold
of a- great richness as has c-vr hoeti
told i>t tlm most imaginative "lost
mitm. ■ Tim lost Itrcvtogie mum. n
om* of tin- legends of Nevada, ami Is -
low we vivo Mr. Flliott's theory ■ 1 it-,
rv-disoi ivory.
Tim history of tlm adventure-of .lohn
1 trey foele and the circumstance-. f tin
finding! of the rich ris k that threw tin
w hole Western mining region in a flurry
of excitement during the early tills have
lmen Very inileh distorted and a great
many men have Iwenlcd astray thereby.
S.pine have wandered info thl1 iininha! -
itahle regions of Meath \ alley, tie re to
mi et the death that for a time metiaeed
Urey fool,.. Fortunes have Is eii -pent
i11 the seareh. (>ne resident of Fresm
county. California, has in tin- eotir-e of
twenty-'ive years, squandered a patri
mony of skL’o.iHHi in a limitless niic-t. and
i- e.-w working for wages in tioldlield.
h has finally lmen proven Imy-oiid
e t to Is-the very district in which;
ogle made his famous di-covery
la- now famous .Tlllllho lodge the
• 'roiii whieh he hroke the cropping
d -aimed the gold fi-verthat sent pro»
rs into ilm burning sands of the
desert, then- to Is-eome maniac- or leave
their Ismes to hleaeh in the blazing heal
of the Italston, Armairosa or San Anti-in
■ h-serts or Meath \ alley.
I he main facts of llroviogle s first and
and second altemjits to reach the seelie,
of his great discovery are as follows:
Itroyfogle was a hlaeksmitliby oooii]>n- i
tio^ living at Austin. Nev.. from which j
point he made periodical tries through
different parts ot Nevada. This narra- i
tive is based on Urey logic's ow n story of >
his adventures as given to an old friend i
and eoiiipaiiion who materially assisted
him in his search for the great gold reel,
and wlm furnished him with the self
same canvas shoulder pouch which lie |
wore when he returned to Austin and j
which contained the wonderfully rich '
specimens that diverted tlm attention i f
the people for a time from tl > vil
strugok timu :oi g on in the
States.
In the «0io- mi f Jsfi* Id- - I -, t
Aust‘n with a s.nle , ...lying that
lie was -nt vf 11.1 j ■ ."mooting- trip.
’iVv1 . IJA to ■' ■. -last
I tend. now the deserted milling camp ol
' Be...‘out* and the county seat of Nye
county. IN- traveled -lowly southward,
pro-peetine for about twenty days witli
• mil finding anything, lie then made
camp at a spring, and liking tin- looks
of tin country, decided to spend sum*
time there prospecting. In the morning
a' tin -eeond day lie discovered that
hot 11 . .f hi- horses were gone and started
■t to find them, following their truck
il lie l;ciaiue bewildered. lie hi- k.
,■ ^ ^ , mi the croppings of a ledge.
search for his horses. and
nrd mgiitfall of the first or second
"lit from camp lie was seen by -unit
ians wlm were camped at theii
ings, walking hack and forth on tin
'side of a hill in sight of their camp
Tla next morning they saw him -till
walking aimlessly on tin- slope of an
other hutte. They approached him and
found him h> ht1 irmaim flit-v sarriNl
him t«> thvir cmip- ticil him with hn«*k
-kin thongs to kNp him from *n-ttiti^r
lonlilv into the Witter, w hit'll ht* wunttil
to ilo <i|mhi soring water tor the lirst time
in fortv-oight hoiir*.nnd k*-|»t him mnler
iruitr, 1 for a week, as it i' related hv the
head man of thr Shoshones, not even
allow ini: him free access to t lit• water lie
’•raved. In his ilelirinm lie Innl throw n
hi- hat away during hi' waiidorings.and
hi' he el In ins: partially hahl. the top of
hi' h: ail wai' hut nod to a solid blister,
thus oil ins: rise to the story at the time
h\ men who siot a glimpse of him. that
h< jnei htati -cal pod hv the Indians,
when a-a matter oi fact they hail pro
served hi- life; for it i- proha hie that
under the same eireiunstanees white
men would have killc I him iiv letting
him liavt’ all the water lie wanted to
drink.
|luring Hroviooio s stav in the t imp
the Indians would remove his clothes
and 'hoe-, hut w In n it came to handling
the "napiyasi" >hI in the roi‘k , In
would stniggle to retain |ios'essio|i of
the sack. When lie was ready to travel
the Indians -* t o;*' to the northwest
with him. and in less than one day s
travel \vi have his own words from this
point on . they jntt him on the Silver
Peak ami Vustin mad. The Indians had
found his horses in the mi'antime. and
he went hack to Vustin hv wav of San
Antone. arriv ins: there l«’fore the end of
the tilth week from the time of his de
parture. lie immediately reported to
the uien who had grubstaked him and
thi s kept tile 'tol l si ri’ct. sjfttillj! four
men and hini'elf to go hack and locate
the la w I Idorado. ’! his party had to
give up tin 'Caivli. Vgaill they starteil
and this lime went a- far as Ifeatli Val
iev before tiny gave up. < It her parties
to whom the stors of the rieli strike had
leaked out. followed them secretly, one
parts camping at what was then known
as Plunkett's springs, hut now known
as Monte/.uma.
tine story which is given lniteli ore
deiiee was toid hv a man claiming to
have in his possession llreyfogle's W in
chester rifle. whii’li lie claimed to have
bought from lfreyfosile in lsi>7. wlien, as
a matter of tact, the lirst Winchester
was not turned out until 1ST:!, lie says
that Urcyfoglo found t'e r •••'' ■■ his
w-.tv ’ on - I,"' Angeles ai^*Js
.a ; met. fgemmgl
' li ' • *1 . . mil that the search
p.ies foele failed to find th
I place, threatened l" hang him to th
| first tree they could find, and that li
left in tl c night alone tor Salt T ake.
p.( 7f. -|. tei- iii.my i Miniate Irlcnu
and acquaintances in this part of th
country who have always contended tint
the st ction of count rv in ss hieh he foil in
his rock must lie between Tokoji, Lidi
vallev, Kane springs, (ioldtield am
Klondike. The time hr eonsttmed ii
! reaching the place where he lost hi:
j horses, the distance of that place fron
Silver l’eak and Austin, and the dircc
i. us. all indicate that (ioldlicld distric
is the section of country lie was in, am
comparisons of the Ifrcy logic rock, o
w’liich there are only two nuthentii
'pecimons in existence, with the .luinhi
: rock in < ioldlicld. will prove to anvom
I versed in mineralogy, that they are tin
same. The nature of the quart/, tin
lame percentage of gold and the ahsemu
of the coarse yellow color so prevalent
in rich gold specimens, together witl
the fineness of the particles, all go ti
prove conclusively that tlie great Urey
i logic mine, so long lost, has heeii foiiinl
1 at last.
The Miner’s Dream
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OlNTKim TK.I)
Arizona. Arizona, I love tliy mck\ hills;
lint mien 11 am I cursed yon when forced to make 1*>njr «lri1l~
Across tin- l> irren wit ft«- oi sand : ami often i|o I think
4)1" the many rivers I ha ve ero—cl ami eoith In't "ft a 11 rink.
I cotlhl tell you tearful toric* 1 f trail and I listele.1 feet ;
Their menu my makes me thir -tv parti, come on. I'll stand a treat!
What'll I drink, volt ask me? I'll take the same I I thiny
That jmts us miners on the hum and keeps us on the winy.
What makes us birds of pa-saye? The lh k ymws every year,
Fncrcasiny still more rapidly with the eomiuy of cheap beer.
Arizona’s much too hot tor some; 1 mothers, much toodry.
((hi ('olorado, she's all riylit. but tie altitude is hiyh.
So thev hie themselves up northward at the openiny of spriny:
lint the chillv blast* of winter a swarm will southward briny.
They'll tell you of tie - tortuiv route and the bread-a nd-milk-way, too.
That's w het they yot in I’t.di, when they were eominy throuyh.
They call them hobo miners: but this, you’ll litel. is true.
That those same miners are a* yood a* any in the crew.
I tut their days a re few and tV -t i ny: w lieu they yet the w rink les out
They look around the countr\ for the ever-oiiward mute.
There is always somethiny laekiny in every bloominy camp.
There is sure tobe some yood exclt-c t-- keep them on the tramp.
If the yrub and water are ail riylit, tie a'r u ill not be ..I :
They couldn't work there if they woitl I,and wouldn't if the\ could.
Away down South, in winter-time, thev lony to be ayain,
A small road stake, he'll catch a brake upon a southbound train.
In some warm stogie it is his hog e to find a winter's home,
I11 Arizona’s copper camps tilobe. Itishec or Jerome.
And when across the tireat Divide they t ike their last lony hike.
We fondly hope they'll find a camp which one and all will like
All union camp* w here horn - are -I ■ rt and the bosses ail are riylit;
Where they neverchanye from day shift and have to w • mk at niyht.
Where the summers never yet too hot; the winters not looeoid;
Where everythiny yoes on the joyful joh except the viryili yold.
Where tin- eompanies furnish ruhls vo.ys for all wet places there,
Tiieydon't hold out ioi road tax aim the stogies all havt yood air.
Non lore the company hoard iny lr ai*e; no m me the dark star routes;
No more to pack tie- yri.-»,bays (.r *»;• t for cold poke-outs.
No more of roastiny sulphi > - so need of cupgierore;
, lfyIn across on the I eautiful shore.
■ mun wi-T leave them in their home,
w II run out. and they'll care no
Nanyhi.' -• "l,,nous, by
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HIS ENTHUSIASM GROWS
Successful Promoter Surprised At De
velopments Since His Last Visit.
Win. L. Wilson. secretary-treasurer of
tlic Mucky Mountain SeriirititT t’o,, of
IVnvcr, who arrive) in c*siii«|> last mi k.
aemmpsiniol hv I.lilm rainier, of tin*
saint' firm, continue* to soiiikI praises of
OoldfieW everywhere. lie says that
since his first visit here two months ago.
he is more than ever convinced that
“(iohltieM is the greatest voting gold
camp on eartln” He mail'' this an
nouncement in <lis|mtehes tntlict'olo
railo ncwsplpers (hiring his first sojourn
here and has done a great ileal for the
camp's advertisement throughout the
I' lilted States since, lie said: “Iconic
hack to Onldtield to find that in the
space or only about sivty days she Inis
advancisl very rapidly in entent of de
velopment mid increased imputation and
imprnVemetits. It is certainly a won
derful evolution that one sees now on
the ledges along .liiinho and St. Ives
hills. Then there were only three or
four mines in o|s*ratioli and now there
are in dozens of places active develop
ment and the shippers have increased in
immtiers. The productive territory can
not fail to expand steadily just iu pro
portion to the rapidity with which de
velopment is pushed. AH that is
needed is capital intelligently applied to
make a valuable mine on many of the
thousands of ledge outcroppings in the
district.
"\\ hrn 1 was hist here I scrim'll some
irood property in ti c I? min Fraction ami
Curly (icorjic amlii fine plant of machin
incrv is on the way here from |>enver
with which to rn | >i< 11 v develop these
claims. They arc both to lie fully cx
(iloitcil. For this |nir|iose the shafts
can lie sent down 1,000 feet if neces
sary, with the facilities we will have.
I expect to he permanently identified
with the preat work of the camp's de
velopment in other ways. There is
nothing like (ioldfield anywhere else
in the way of opportunities for investors
to make money. Therefore I am ne<jo
tiatinn for a lot of property and have
many lirst-elafs propositions under eon
sideratioii, and shall In* here some time
yet, and will then take an extended trip
to New York ami Philadelphia and tell
capitalists the truth alnntt the irreatliess
oft ioldlicM.
•‘The l’oeky Mountain Securities
Company has been extremely successful
as the liseal ajfent of many mine devel
opment companies in Thunder Moun
tain. Idaho, Cripple Creel*, Idaho
Springs and Central City, Colo:, alld of
oil companies in t he l’aola and Coffey
v i I It* fields of Kansas. It is the most
xtt iisivt corporation in this line of
l'ii.— :. ‘.s- in Colorado. Mr. Wilson this
week lsaiiiVthe Daisy, I'nion, (iolden
1 Wedm' and IVtmught l-ass claims
southeast of town. Mr. W ilson has
also I'reeted an otliee Iinl.'Ua for his
iipan\ s he.tdipi.liters, which .to he
i enlarged as soon as the lumber is avai.
aide and i"im>eliters can he seemed, uui
will maintain representatives in tin
cutup continuously.
Through Mr. Wilson’s invitation, W
(>. Ilershey, a heavy eastern investor ii
mines, arrived in camp last Sunday am
has been his iruest durinji the week.
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THE OPENING OF TONOPAF
The Reno Gazette Sees Wonderfu
Things as a Resalt.
Monday tin* whistle of tin* first trail
will In* heard in Tono|>ah and the wliis
tie will reverberate throughout the Stati
of Nevada and the entire West. It wil
mean that the treasures of what is now
believed to he the richest mining dis
trict ever discovered will he tinlockci
ami the precious metals contained in tin
ores transmuted into gold and silver dol
lars as fast as modern appliances wil
permit. The finest hoistin'* machinery
will he installed in these mines, even
invention that skill and genius can de
vise will he utilized to extract the orei
rapidly ami at lowest cost, anil finally
they will he shipped by steam to tin
reduction \\o*ks where the values wil
he recovered from them.
That camp will create millionaires
new captains of industry and may havi
j as great an effect upon the destiny *
this country as did the Ornish ck 01
Butte.
The world will he made the richer by
fonopah, (ioldfieid and the other nearby
camps, prosperity will he increased am
the sum of human happiness mailt
greater.
The one beautiful thing about the tak
ing of mineral wealth from the earth i
that no one is injured by it nor does it
enter into competition with those en
gaged in any other industry. It enter>
the avenues of trade and commerce t<
cause looms to weave, w heels to turn
ami the songs of industry to lie heard ii
die land. It is the talisman of powei
over necessities, luxuries, joy and hap
piness. It cau sooth and almost con
ipier disease a id hold in abeyance tin
monarch of lfentli. Money is the token
of command over all things. It i>
sought bv us all because it is the tangi
ble representative of all our human as
pirations. And the history of mankind
j teaches that tint more there is of it tin
better, happier and more glorious is tin
age.—Rem> t iazettc.
Buy a lot in Rust Addition to Gold
field. where you *un get good well watei
.mi your own lot—if you dig for it—til
from ‘20 to 30 feet. *
Miners’ Cash Store
Neatest, Fanciest
in the Desert....
“ECONOMY FOit
Tint PEOPI.K ”
Table Fruit a Specialty
MAi.i STREET
Opp. Recorder's .fitfice, GOLDFIELD
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BUY A LOT IN
Phenix North Addition
TO GOLDFIELD
Closest part of goldfield to the mines
All travel from Tonopali must Collie through it nikl a main cross
Street pointing directly to the Combination and January miner..
Luts on Main Street selling fast and houses of fine construction
being erected. \Ve have only a few more lots left on Main Street—
every one of them level.
Bide street lots for residence $30 to $50
A well too feet deep, with pure water oil the grounds. IHiy before too late.
tfor maps a ltd information, apply to
G. S. PHENIX,
GOLDFIELD
rW. S. WILLIAMS CO.
■ ^ J ILTON M. DKTCH
A T TORN K V- A T-I.A \V
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Co.NVFA ANCING INCORPORATING
Mining Litigation a Specialty
Goldfield, - Nevada
! i; R. COI.LINS
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Justice of the Peace
Goldfield, - - Nevada
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A TTO R N K Y - AT - L A \Y
j ANDRKW F. Hl’RLKIOH of New York City
Associate Cot'Nsi i.
MINING AND CORPORATION LAW
Goldfield, - - Nevada
^ J c LA UGH LIN & 1IART
ASSAVIvRS
Main Street, - Goldfield, Nev.
| ^ t OLDFIELD
ASSAY OFFICE
ROUT. I.ANKA J. \V. McC.AU.lARD
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J^LMER J. CHUTE, M. E.
Engi n HE K INC.
and Surveying
Maps of the GolilftcM Mining District for sale*
^ 'UAUDK M. SMITH
District Recorder
COLDFIELD, NEVADA
(Conveyancer ami Notary Public. Typewriting
1 J JENRV C. MARCUS
Mining Engineer
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Claims Kxamined for Responsible Parties a ml
Reports on the Camp Furnished
— I Do All Kinds of—
Carpenter and Cabinet Work
l»v l»ay, l’ieee or Contract.
Your inonevV- worth for voiir money.
W. L. McGOXAGILL.
: opposite O'llrien's Corral].
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This Space Reserved for,the
| GOLDFIELD BARREL h^USE
■ Next door a ***
Office
J. F. MITCHELL,
Mining Engineer.
Mining Properties Examined and Reported on.
Gocd Mining Claims in Goldfield District For Sale.
eg®'.! @®®®c» ■ seise ®®®®e®sxsx?®®®&
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Tlis Space
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THE
GoldfieH Feed Yard
M. S.Sharp, Prop.
East Side, jouth Main Street
KiKlity-foot sited and Free Water in Corral
tor patrons
HAY ANI GRAIN FOR SALE
Water delivered to any part of tlie district at
fusotiable rates
®§Xt @®®@@e®e®®@®®®®®®®C
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| Goldfitld Drug Store |
Pure I>ujj;s and Chemi
cals, Pitent Medicines,
Perfumery. Toilet Arti
cles, Scaps and Cigars,
Mediciral Wines and
Liquor* : : : : : : : : :
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded
| M. MULLER, Assist ,s
MOORE & O’BRIEN
Livery, Feed & Sale Stable
FIPVT-tLASS TURNOUTS
HAY, GRAIN AND WATER
Delivered to all parts ol the city
o- /;or Prospecting Surrounding Country
A At KuiouUt Rates
•Mv.tf
|. A. Fester John Shirley W. A, Ingalls
THE PALACE
Ihe Finest Gentlemen's Resort in
Goldfield.
COR. MAIN ST. and CRCOK AVE.
Fine Wines, Liq
uors and Cigars.
IV Gentle Tiger in Club Rooms. Checks Cashed.
Thejo ma Club
Brearl 1 Troxel,
/ops.
Cor. Main St. id Crook Ave.
Not the Best of Every
thing, but pretty fair
drinks and cigars.
Club Room in connection.
THE
Goldfield S^ov
MAIN STREE’
ROBT. DUNN, froprietgr
The Pioneer Saloon of the
Goldfield district :::::::
GIVE US A CALL
THE T. $ L.
Restaurant Saloon
HILLTOWN. Goldfield lUtrict) NEVADA
CHAS. THOMPSON and
OLIE LF.RVOOi, Props.
FVilST-C L Me4
• ars