The Goldfield news. [volume], August 12, 1904, Image 2

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The Goldfield News
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'month.
Loral reading notices is cents a jibe.
Entered at th* CoM6eld pslofiict lor trans- j
mission through the mails at second class rates.
PROTECTS PROSPECTORS
The Land Department at Wash-!
Ington has confirmed the decision
bf the local land office at Helena,
Mont., which heht that a iiiineral
locator, who had complied with the !
law in staking Ills claim, posting 1
iiis notice and filing a copy of it i
In the Registrar’s office, is not com
pelled to produce minerals in pay- j
!ng quantities and so prove that he
has a mine and that the land he
lias claimed is wbtth tMorfc for min-:
ing than for btiief purposes, but
lliat he need only show that the !
indications are good enough to jus
*ify him in the development of the j
property into a paying mine.
The ruling Is liberal and is in '
Accordance with various decisions ;
in State and Federal courts, some j
bf which may be quoted:
“The prospector on the public
Momain can hold to the extent of ■
•iis claim in actual possession,!
orior to the discovery of mineral
in place.'
“Whatever is recognized as min
eral by the standard authorities, i
where the same occurs in quantity ’
and quality to lender the land in
Question n'.ore valuable on its own
account than for agricultural pur
poses, is mineral within the mean
ing of the mining laws.”
“Upon discovering a lode the
locator is entitled to a reasonable 1
length of time to perfect the de-:
velopnient which tile law requires
bf him.”
“Valid location of a mining
blaim may be made whenever the
prospector has discovered such in
dications of mineral that he is wil
ling to spend his time and money |
In foll'owing them in the expecta
tion of finding ore.”
While it is necessary to find ore
in place, the law does not require!
that any certain amount df ore be j
mined and that it should have anv
speciTTgfLva]JU£-■ ,-T-he insistance of j
that would defeat the object of tire .
law. The fact that mineral has!
Wen discovered and that the pros
pector is using due diligence to
honestly comply with the law by
’developing it to the best of his
ability and judgment is sufficient
to^proteet him in maintaining his
fight to the land claimed.
While excavating on the big ca
nal a number of weeks ago, a la
borer uneaitiled a petrified stump,
around which was entwined a pet
rified snake. This story is
Vouchsafed for by many who claim
to have seen it. The laborer dis
posed of the curiosity in Wads
worth for $10.—Fallon Standard.
This story takes second place to
the one they tell in Arizona of the
'‘petrified forest of petrified trees,
on the petrified limbs of which
are petrified birds singing petri
fied songs.”
“In his review of the week at
Goldfield, James F. O’Brien of Thh
News, which is doing so much to
promote the growth of that Ne
vada gold camp, says:” is the way !
''the Salt Lake Tribune introduces!
an article it copies from The]
News.
Representing Risdon Iron WorK*.
C. G. Logan, the well known tnurhin-!
1st of Tonopah who has been appointed i
local agent of the Risdon Iron Works, i
accompanied by Frank M. Ixland, who i
is connected with the firm at San Fran- i
cisco, spent several days in camp early 1
in the week looking after business. The
Risdon Iron Works is the largest eon*
eern in its bne •»> the cu:i id is aM
io *1 vndte •’e-tbing in the i\ ■ of mm
i .& i: ,1 rr.i iag machinery :ud • .
isti .cti<
HARKS EPOCH IN . HISTORY.
TlM Mmt of Ik* First Strom
gioo Imo TKn^k
“I have jifsl aitendevl a celebration
which marks an epoch in the history of
Nevada and the Went," said Hon. tip*.
8. Nixon last evening to a tlazette rep
resentative. "To m*> it was a thousand
times more interesting than though I
had wandered through tlie miles of
splemlid exhibits of the nations of the
world at the St. Ixnis Fair. The cere
mony ofjlriving the’ last*a)tikg in the
Tonojcih railroad ami the welcome of
the lirst locomotive into that marvelous
mining ramp'w hich.'w ith its near neigh
lior, tJoldficM. Is certain to rhange the
cnrrentj«fjiro-<jierityjo'this state to full
title, causing Nevada from now on to
take lirst rank among all the galaxy of
mining states, were events naturally
bound to Ik- inspiring to every Nevada
man who hits staved by this state
through its long |K-rit»l of adversity. I
saw in that event what everyone else
saw who lias followed the marvelous
course of mining discovery there, that it
meant for Nevada a glorious awakening
from the lethargy of the past quarter of
a century, and was the herald of the
commencement of the r-‘al history of
the coming greatness of this state of our
adoption.
"It was a jK-rlnd of rejoicing ami the
people of Tonopah, lioldlicld and the
surrounding camps know how to rejoice.
The central figure of all whert'ver he
went was .lames ltutler, the father of
Tonopah, and I doubt if there was a
happier man in alt the universe than
was .lames Butler during the three days
of the high carnival. Nature mndc.lim
ltutler a big man with an expansive
heart, ami it was a delight to watch the
abandon of his joy. lie was here, there
ami everywhere, simply overflowing
with the enthusiasm of the occasion of
which lie was the central figure by right
of dis> ovt I V.
“I don’t thinr there is anyone who
attended that celebration who would
j»art- with its memories for thousands of
dollars. It meant to Nevada what the
completion for example of the Panama
Canal will mean to the eommeree of the
world. That sixty miles of railroad
from Rhodes to TonopttfV, and which
within a brief while will !»• continued
on to Col. I field, means the unlocking of
the treasures of a mineral belt jierhaps
the richest ever discovered upon the
American continent. From now on there
will he a steady stream of ore shipped
from that district, the mintage of which
will lie felt inYvery avenue of trade, to
stimulate prosperity in the West and
especially of Nevada to an unexampled
degree. Whih* the new railroad is a
narrow-gauge, It is under the manage
ment of a broad-gauge.! man. Superin
tendent Ahtnzo Tripp, who is just the
kind of a limn apparently for the dis
trict. Although the new railroad was
built largely by the owners of the Miz
pah company. I am informed that the
, 'iev will lie to facilitate the develop
ment of the ■•anin and that e.ptal and
fair treatment will be a. ■••Hed every
sliipjier. Mr. Tripp endeavored in ev
ery way to make it pleasant for his
guests during the carnival and I am
sure lie succeeded in every instance.
“What is your candid opinion of To
nopah. < iol.itield iii'il the other camps
in this mineral belt?” asked the re
p< >rter.
All < can say, replied .'ir. .Mxon,
“is tliat every minim: man whose jinIji
inent is worth anything, who lias taken
tin- opportunity to visit the under
ground workings of the various mines,
express hut one opinion, namely, that
nowhere, not even_in California, Colo
railo, Montana, Alaska, Australia or
South Africa, with the same amount of
development work have they ever seen
so much ore as is now visible in this
district and moreover nowhere ore of
such phenomenal values. It is beyond
computation, and if oiie were to put
down in black and white what in his
sober judgment he believes this district
will produce, he would at once be dis
credited by everyone outside the dis
trict itself. It is fortune’s Land. The
spot where to those \\ bom Fortune favors
—and one must always remember that
Fortune is fickle—wealth comes in the
striking of a pick, in the blast of the
powder, and then in an instant the
dreams of a lifetime may all l>e realiz
able in the potentialities of the specks
of gold in the broken rock at the miner’s
feet.”
DAVID KEITH OF SALT LAKE
Visits Goldfield and is Daly Impressed
With Its Riches.
l>avid Keith, .who with Senator
Kearns of Utah is interested in many
valuable mining properties, accompan
ied by .1. A. Ed son, manager of the Den
ver Rio Grande Hailway, paid his first
vim! oldfield this week and has gone
a ,av f < impressed with the wonder
f il Hr . of tic* camp. Me was down in
M ■ , ,n an. was particularly struck
« s' J character of the ledge
rich ass of the ore. He also ex
-mc ft opinion that the country
re I umondfield would soon come
j the f-ont.
.'•it Keith said that Senator Kearns
e . o busy with private interests to
ilk the trip with him.
M' Keith, who is heavily interested
.. •. Clark railroad from Salt Lake to
L .r.geles and San Pedro, said that
c • ain line would lie completed by
•he first of the year and that it was rea
>nably certain that soon thereafter
work on a branch line to Goldfield and
Ton tali would l>egin. The benefit to
C ield of the construction of this
bra: h line can hardly be overesti
nftt. d. It means lumber at ♦i"> per
homand instead of |70 as at present.
cost of other supplies would be sim
.1. / reduced and there would, be a
rirnr—mid—comparatively inex[iensive
Uu .. for ore to the. smejtefs.
r. Kdson, of the Denver & Rio
■snde railroad, agrees with Mr. Keith
.is opinion of Goldfield's future.
BILL MAGEE OF PINE NUT.
( sum I>*visln 8uttwt Magazine.)
’Twas a dn-ary day at Pint Nut, a A* gloom was every where;
Then- wa* sadnesS in the little camp tttid sorrow in the air.
A more <lolefnl set of fares one would not Fare to see,
The ,inv the bny« laid out the corpse of p**>r old Bill Magee.
’Twas pneumonia or whisky—they couldn't quite decide—
That sent the fleeting soul of Bill al'ross the Great l>iviile;
Hilt with very little wrangling over life’s extinguished lamp,
they arranged a mighty funeral to advertise the camp.
1 know of places where a man who shuffles off Ills coil
Is pitched face down with boots on in scarce a foot of soil;
But now the Itoys of Pine Nut said such things had had their day,
And they’d lntry Bill with socks on in the decent Christian way.
So they hired a Carson preacher, of notisl funeral skill.
And agreed on forty dollars for some extra wohls for Bill.
Thele art- sonic parsons in till- land that’d go a little higher,
But this man was no grafter lint my own illustrious sire.
At two o'clock the coffin passed through Bill’s wide cahin door,
With Otto shill/, and .h>e Kaycraft and Jackson at the fore.
Tony Cramer, with his goggles, helped to hold the coffin up,
Then followed tall Miles Johnson and Ids little brindle pup.
Pratt, with a llcltniati flour-sack sewed firmly on his paflts;
Bill Pet kham, Baidy Admits, Ix*w Stevenson, Old Nance;
And loomin' ahhad of all, the Itig long'hearded Zern,
AH headin' toward the hourn from which no travelers rHtitn:
They finally reached the grave that yawned heneatli a spfeadihg tree,
The parson told how pure had lieen the life of Bill Magee;
A lid as thev heard the kindly things the clergyman had said,
They almost thought that anglTs wings was sproutin’ from the dead.
They jowered the coffin down with hands as steady as a clock’s,
And then began to shovel in the gravel on the box,
Wlieii suddenly they stopped the work. Somebody hollered “Whew!”
And then a golden nugget ritnie a Ilashin’ into view.
Joe Kaycraft, straddlin’ o'er the grave called out, ‘*1 locale liefe;"
And then hew Stevenson gave Joe a swat upon the ear:
Next Johnson jumped aboard of Lew in a most decided way,
And then the savage brindle pup plunged headlong in the fray.
Then Baidy Adams pulled his gtlii, anti Billy Pcckham Ids,
An«l in 'bout half a scednd tilt* lead begin to whiz.
For several humming minutes it was a tearful fray,
With all epofi tlie ground before thh smoke liad cb-aH’d away.
The parson, when he heard tlie shots, whipped lijt tlis old gray mare,
To tiild the coroner ami send that functionary there.
A ini when that official reached the sjsit, immediately d'd lie
Tack a location notice on the headstone of Magee;
ltenlarkin' td the wounded: *'I regret you cari’t ajirre,
I'll record these placer diggin’s and consider it my fee.’*
And so Before the sun was down the records was complete,
All in accordance with the law at Douglas County-seat..
And new that thrifty coi'onCr; its inahy are aware,
Is livin' off that placer claim, a multi-millionaire,
While tli*' parson oft lias mentioned, confidentially to me*
Fron! that eventful day to tins lie never got his fee.
Coming to Goldfield.
George Fritchinff departed AVedncs
j day evening f'>r < J«>l«ltifl<l. George lias
j decided to cast his lot in tlit* new t'amp
I and will go into business thhre. Ilis
j many Lovelock friends wisli Itiin sne
i cess.—Lovelock Argus.
For Sale.
A National cash register. in first class
| condition, is for sale. Original cost,
$225. For particulars apply to B. F.
! Baker, Nucleus hotel, Hawthorne-, NeV.*
For lots iq East Addition apply to AV.
[. Booth. Buy while prices are low.
Free well water. *
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GOLDFIELD
•.
Lumber
Company
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
Dressed and Plain Lumber, Shin
gles. Shakfes, Etc.
MINING TIMBERS A SPECIALTY
Sash. Dodrs, and all kinds Building
Material constantly on hand
The Peerless Cafe
THE UP-TO-DATE
RESTAURANT OE
GOLDFIELD : : :
Main Street, next door to PostoflVce
Short Orders a Specialty
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
j WILSON, WAGNER & CO. Proprietors
J. L. WOODWARD Manager
C. C. INMAN J. P. SANDERS
Sanders & Inman
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
Correspondence Solicited Estimates Furnished
MAIN STREET
Goldfield, - - Nevada
Esmeralda Lodging House
MAIN STREET, opposite Lothrop's store
Yewly Furnished Reams end CLEAN BEDS
HOT AND COLD BATHS
MRS. E. LA PORTE, Proprietor
When you come to Goldfield, stop at
The doldfield Lodging House
where all the lending mining men stop
and are made to feel at home,
First-class in every respect
MRS. ADD1E WILLIAMS. Proprietress
ANDRUS & FREY
FUOPK1ETORS
Goldfield Meat Market
Choice cuts of meat always on hand
Main Street, - Goldfield
Mining Timbers, Stulls,
Lagging, Square Sets,
and Cordwood, see
£. R. COLLINS, Agent
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Notice is hereby given that I have
bought of A. C. Martin all hia mining in
terests in tile Goldfield nnd Hannapnh
districts and no other person than myself
lias authority to dispose of same.
(Signed) A. It. Guaham.
Oil r Taste hams, Miners’ Cash S'ore
opposite Recorder’s office, Goldfield. *
T^IiN PEARLMAN
MINING PROMOTER
Tonopah,
Nevada
Q L. HAMmONI)
Physician & Svroeon
TonopAiT,
Nevada
J£ey Pittman & W. D. Pittman
ATTO R NEYS’AT-LA W
Goi.den Bt-.oTki Tonopah, Nev.
I^JLARK & KERMEEN
Stenographers and
Typewriters
Office with Mims & Co»
TONOPAH, - NEVADA
C. KING, D. I>. S.
DENTIST
OFFICE; CUTTING BUILDING
Tonopah, - - Nevada
7 J- HOWLANI), M. D.
.-Jm
Physician and Surgeon
Hus removed to his new building on upper
Street, opposite Gold field Lodging House.
^eteie{eie<eieie)eteiete>eK*aeio<oiotGiGtQiGiQK
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" This Space Reserved for the ~_
GOLDFIELD BARREL HOUSE
Next door to Wells-Fargo Express Office
*
*******:
Miners’ Cash Store
Neatest, Fanciest
in the Desert....
“economy for
THE PEOPLE ”
Table Fruit a Specialty
MAIN STREET
Opp. Recorder’s Office, GOLDFIELD
TOM BOLAND, Prop
:: mail orders ::
:: Dry Goods T jj
* * Women and Men’s Furnishings * *
. • Men's Clothing and Shoes for all . •
RYAN & STENSON ;;
!! TONpPAH. NEV. I!
BUY A LOT IN “
Phenix North Addition
to goldfield
COSES'!* PART OF GOLDFIELD TO THE MINES
All travel from Tonopah must come through it and a main cross
street pointing directly to the Combination and January thines.
Lots on Main Street Selling fast and houses of fine consttuetiort
being erected. We have only a few tilore lots left on Maid Street
every one of them level.
Sid£ Street lots for residence $30 to $50
A well to'o feet detifc), with pure water otl the grounds, fltiy before too late.
For maps arid ihfbrmation, apply to
G.3. FHENIX,
GOLDFIELD *W. S. WlLLIAMS CO.
'yjii/roN M. De'1'ch
AttorneV-At-Law
Conveyancing Incorporating
Mining Litigation a S^^Cialty
Goldfield, - Nevada
17 r. coLlins
1j«
JuSTKfe Ofr THte PEAtE
Goldfield, - * Nevada
B, LIND
ATTORNEV-AT-tAW
ANDREW P. BURLEIOrt of New Y\»rk City
Associate Counsel
MINING and corporation raw
Goldfield, - - Nevada
^yjcLAUGHLIN & HART
ASSAYERS
Main Street, - Goldfield, Nev.
^OLDFIELD
ASSAY OFFICE
ROUT. I.ANKA J. W. MuGALLIAKD
J7LMER J. CHUTE! M. E.
Engineering
and Surveying
Maps of the Goldfield Mining District for sale
QLAUDE M. SMITH
District Recorder
GOLDFIELD, NEVADA
Conveyancer and Notary Public. Typewriting
JJENRY C. MARCUS
Mining Engineer
Claims Examined for Responsible Parties and
Reports on the Camp Furnished
J EMIT COX, M. D.
OFFICE hours:
9 a.m. to i p.m.; a p n. to6 p.ra.; 7 p.m. to 9 p.m
Opposite Postoffice
Tonopab, - Nevada
— I Do All Kinds of—
Carpenter and Cabinet Work
By Day, Piece or Contract.
Your money’s worth for your money.
W. L. McGONAGILL.
Opposite O'iifieu'a Gorrall,
J. F. MITCHELL
Mining Engineer*
Mining Properties Examined and Reported on.
Good-Mining Claims in Goldfield Distritt For Sale.
This Space
is
Reserved
THE
Goldfield Feed Yard
M. S. Sharp, Prop.
East Side, South Main Street
Eighty-foot Shed and Free Wattr in Corral
for jyatrons
HAY AND GRAIN FOR SALE
Water delivered to any part of the district at
reasonable rates
Goldfield Drug Store
Pure Drugs and Chemi
cals, Patent Medicines,
Perfumery. Toilet Arti
cles, Soaps and Cigars,
Medicinal Wines and
Liquors : ::::::::
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded
Mo MULLER*
Mining Claims for Lease and Bond
The St. Franoes 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, »nd abstracts of
title ready for inspection.
Db. Fuances E. Williams,
General Manager,
Office adjoining Mallon’s Assay office.
i
J. A. Fesler John Shirtey W. A, Ingalls
THE PALACE
The Finest Gentlemen's Resort in
Goldfield.
COR. UADI ST. and CROOK AVE.
Fine Wines, Liq
uors and Cigars.
A Gentle Tiger in Gub Rooms. Cashed.
Thejoshua Club
Brearley ® Troxel,
Props.
Cor. Main St. and Crook Avenut
Not the Best of Every
thing, but pretty fair
drinks and cigars. *
I3r’Club Room in connection.
THE ^
Goldfield Saloon a
MAIN STREET
■OBT. DUNN, frtrrbw
The Pioneer Saloon of the
Goldfield district :::::::
GIVE US A CALL^=^
THE T. ® L.
Restaurant Saloon
MILLTOWN, (CaldflcM District) NEVADA
CHAS. THOMPSON sad
OUE LERVOOG, Props.
FIRST-CLASS MEALS
\ Liquors and Cigars