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"All that’s New and True of the Greatest Gold Camp Ever Known
Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, Friday, September 16,1904.
PRtCEiftf) CENTS.
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DOWN THE CANYON.
Two Cripple CreeK Scabs Notified to
Leave.
Lewis Hope ami Knllfty Akertr, who
■ claimed to lie from H Paso. torflc the
''route down the vaftiyon last Saturday
After having refrtvcil notice from acom
'mittee of the Miners’ Union that their ,
^^•resenee here was very undesirable.
Uo|»e and Akern came in on the stage
f Hint day and had hardly Alighted when
'they wire recognised as notorious C’rip
*ple Creek scabs. This recognition re
sulted in their plans ‘"being quickly
•changed. They were waited upon by a
•committee of tlfelfnion nnd questioned,
the result being that they made a com
plete admission that they had scabbed
in Cripple 'Creek. They were then noti
fied to kufte and they lost no time in do
ing so, Tt was a difficult matter for i
‘them to get a team hut they finally se
cured one, paying $o0 for its use, and
"struck out for Tonopah only a few hours
after they landed in Goldfield. The
whole proceeding was accomplislied qui
•etlv and no force was used.
Kojie and Akern \rt*re accompanied hv
another fellow Who had been working
here and hail taken occasion to defy the
local unions and denounce unionism.
He was not-given notice to leave hut
was grt<?n to understand that this was
mo place for those of his ilk and saw the
•force of the hint.
All three were lined up in front of the
Miners’ Union hall and photographed
•and their pictures were sent -by the otfi
•eials of the local union to Tonopah and
•all the surrounding camps, notifying
'•them of their presence in this section.
Seal is aie not wanted in Goldfield and
this incident will probably be a notice
■*>f warning for them to stay away.
TO BUILD BREWERY.
Large Plant te Soon to Be startea
Up Here.
Witliin sixty (lays a brewery will be
in operation in 'Goldfield unless some
unforeseen delay occurs to prevent the
plans Of the promoters from being ear
ned out. Tlie brewery is to be started
•by Louis Lienemann of Butte and Max
Stenz of Reno, both of whom visited the
camp this week to look over the field,
secure a location and make tests of the
water for brewing purposes. They de
parted on Wednesday, Mr. Lienemann
returning to Butte to close up his busi
ness affairs in that city preparatory to
permanently locating in Hold Held, and
Mr. Stenz going to Ban Francisco to or
der the plant for the brewery. This ac
complished he will [return at once and
anpefvise the construction of the build
ings necessary. The brewery will be lo
•eated at the foot of the bill on which the
water company’s tank stands. The
threw bouse and cellars will la* built of,'
stone and the plant and its equipment’
will lie of the very best in every respect.‘
The capacity is to be 50 barrels daily.
An ice-making machine of live tons ca
pacity will la* installed next summer, it
being the intention of Messrs. Liene
maim and Stenz to operate a cold stor
age plant also.
It is .guaranteed that the beer to he
made will be of the very best and it will
soon be possible to sail schooners over
the bat in Goldfield. Mr. Stenz is an
experienced brewer, having been em
ployed tor years in Henry Biter’s big
brewing plant in Reno. Mr. Lienemann
inis been for years Connected with the
California Brewery, one of the largest in
Montana, lie recently sold out bis
holdings there and is a man of wealth,
(ioldtield is to be congratulated that he
has decided to locate and invest here.
Returned to California.
Thomas M. Lane departed Sunday for
his Jioine in Berkeley after a three
weeks' stay in the camp. Mr. Lane
liuve the district a thorough examina
tion and expressed the Belief that this
is going to be one of the greatest camps
ever known. Mr. Lane is a practical
'mining man of many years’ exjierience
in California and a brother of Charles
ID. Lane.
While here Mr. Lane acquired an in
terest in a promising lease on the Ver
nal No. 1 and also has other investments
in view. He expects to return to Gold
field in a few weeks.
Salvationists Arrive.
Captain Ellis and her assistaut, Miss
Molley Helm-, of the Salvation Army ar
rived the first of the week from California
and on Thursday evening held a meet
ing on Main street and several hundred
people gathered around to listen to the
f singing and speaking.
The captain says t hat a barracks will
be established here soon if circumstances
warrant it. The ladies expect to be here
for a couple of weeks yet but ou account
of the illness of Miss Helm may not hold
any more meetings for several days.
Snakes for Bodfollows.
Li‘e on the desert is accompanied by
,oine very unusual experiences. Two
voiiig men found'this to be true when
*i,,* «woke the other morning and dis
join large rattlesnakes as their
I The rattlers had evidently
ither too cold outside and
the tent and into the
•si to get the chill taken
> state the uninvited-,
dispatched as soon
^ -vered from their
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GOLDFIELD AND VICINITY.
E Marks At ( o. Vi II eAnurtciice T,hiki
ng nn addition to their store Within a
ew (lays.
A lmudsoite cabinet has been placed
n W. H. EllidH's sri’oon mid already ]
rontains a Ini gc collection of rich ore !
ipeciineus and curios.
A. K. Wheeler of Seattle, Wash., was !
in arrival this week. He represents
capitalists who are seeking mining in- J
rest men ts in this district.
W. .1. Stonebam of tire Tonopah |
Bonanza, was in town Tuerday on a
ausiness trip. Mr. Ktonelmm has miri
ng interests in the district.
.las. Donahue, n well known newspaper
nan of ’Cripple 'Creek, was nn arrival
Monday and thinks so well of the camp
that lie will probably stay.
H. Clay Herrick arrived this week from
Douglass, Arizona. He believes this
samp is a promising field and is going
into the real estate business.
The dance given by the Ladies’ Aid
Society Wednesday night, was a great
success, and the society takes this means
>f thanking all who so kindly assisted to j
make it so.
W. H. Tims of the Miners’ Union vis
iting committee, says that nil the mem- .
bers who are sick are progressing to- ;
ward recovery. No new cases were re- |
ported this week.
J. 8. Pearson, superintendent and gen
eral tnauager of the J. S. Phelps Stokes
mining properties at Austin and Berlin. ,
was here this week looking over the |
camp with the view of investing.
Maynard Jiixbee of Salt L ike, a I
well known mining expert, is staying at
the Merchants’ hotel in Columbia He J
is looking -lor mining properly in me
interest of Eastern eiipitnlists.
Sayres, Greene and Thoma3 have pur
chased a lot on Crook avenue, just otF
of Main street, and will erect a stone j
building immediately, which will be,
occnpe l by them 11s a safety dcpo-it and 1
assay office.
Kind Bros, will commence building in ,
a few days on the lot next to K. Marks |
& Co.’s clothing store, and when the j
structure is completed they will stock it j
with a line of cigars, tob.icc >, stationery ;
and notions.
Charles L. Hayes of Bridgeport, Cal.,
is here to locate and practice lr.s pro
fession of the law, his card appearing in
this issue. Mr. Hayes was District At
torney and Assessor of Mono county for |
several terms.
Proprietor Bolen of the Miners store
has erected a fine stone cellar in the rear
of his place of business on M.iiu street. ]
The cellar has walls IS inches thick and '
has a stone and iron roof, rendering it j
absolutely fire proof.
Work will be commenced next week '
ou a new building next to Mai ks & < 'o. s ;
clothing store ou Mini street. M hen |
completed it will be occupied by George ,
F. Blakeslee as a jewelery store and by;
Prouty A Curly as a drug store.
P. B Cuddigan, an old time prospec
tor of this section, left for the southern
count!y this week to try and find another
Goldfield. He prospected over the hills
hereabouts three years ago but was not
lucky enough to strike anything.
Harry Hedrick is here representing
the San Francisco Examiuer, Heno
Gazette and other papers and will furn
ish them with special articles on the ^
camp. He is recently from Boise,
Idaho, where he was city editor of the |
Statesman.
lioldneid was visum i»v
tingent of drummers tliir, week, the first
that hud been in the camp since the
blockade commenced a month ago.
They found stocks running low and
some large orders were placed by the
merchants. Ooldfield will be the drum
rat rs’ Mecca hereafter.
H. W. Knickerbocker, who went to
Virginia City to deliver an address on
Labor Day and afterwards visited San
Francisco on business, returned AVed
nesday. He says the old Comstock is
taking on new life and that Sau Fran j
cisco is beginning to awaken to the fact
that Ooldfield is the coming great goal j
mining camp of the world.
Among the recent arrivals in the camp
are George A. and Hugh AA'. Nelson, who
have opened an a^say, surveying and
mining brokerage office. They are well
and favorably known to all old-time Ne
vada men. Hugh AV. Nelson having been
for a number of years superintendent of
the Copper Mountain properties near
Bodie, and for the past year has had
charge of the Pamlico mine nt It aw
thorue. They nre much impressed with
what they have seen in this section and
have shown their confidence by purchas
ing some town property.
Street Prize Fight.
To settle a dispute arising from a game
of cards two young men adjourned to
the street the other night aud settled I
their differences by a resort to bare j
knuckles. A crowd of two or three,
hundred men quickly gathered aud i
formed a ring around the fighters, who j
gave an exhibition which though devoid
of science was stubborn and fierce1
enough to suit the spectators, who'
cheered when a particularly effective
blow was landed. The contest lasted
several minutes, oue of tlis fighters
dually going down aud out. Both men
were badly used up as a lesult of the
scrap. i
NEWS OF THE MINES
Rumored Extension of Richest
Leases on the Jumbo—Ore
Now Going Out
A strong rumor is in circulation tr clay that the Bowes-Kernick and Fuller & McDon
,.iu Uc.rcs cr. the Jumbo have been extended to January i, 1905. The original leases expire on October
^ist. This extension may apply to other leases though the rumor in no respect can be veried absolutely.
It is almost certain, however, that some move in the way of an extension of the Bowes-Kernick and other
leases is on and rumor has it that the leases are to be be taken over by the heavy stockholders in the
Jumbo company.
M arvelotis ore if still being extracted
from the drift on the 200 level of tlie
Howes-Kerniek lease on the Jumbo.
T1 uit the rieli ore body struck two weeks
mo is holding! out is lieyonil <|iiestion.
S|H*eitnens of the roek show almost half
gold, ami it is stated that fifteen saeks
of rook whioh is worth $1.0tM> a sack
have been taken out. It is too rieh to
ship and is said to he ke|»t under guard
n-t the headi|tiarters of the lease owners.
The shaft is to he sunk to a depth of
Jutland this work has been commenced.
If the rieh ore 1hsly above is found at
this level, of which there is no reasona
ble doubt, there will be an amount in
sight and of a value to staler the imag-,
ination.
Shipping from the Jumbo was resumed ,
this week, the liowes-Kcrnick lease]
sending out about 4,000 saeks. There j
are f>,000 saeks still piled up.
Three hundred saeks from the \ or-:
milyea least* were sent out today and
now that the teams are available the
accumulated Jumbo ore will soon he on
the way to the smelters.
Shipment from Sandstorm.
The Gardner, Oddie and I bitfield lease
on the Kendall claim of the Sandstorm
group continues to he one of the won
ders of the Goldfield district. It is en
titled to he classed as a wonder from the
fact that within two weeks of operation i
a shipment of $10,000 worth of ore is in j
readiness to la* sent to the smelters.
The shipment will he made tomorrow
and J. 11. I>ulliclii will go out with it.
11 v,’ll comprise 14 tons and its value
conservatively stated is $700 per ton.
This ore is the screenings from the loose
dirt shoveled up from the surface, men
tion of which was made in last week s
This is not t lit' host to 1 to sni< 1 of this
lost so, however, by any moans. Through
tho lodge runs an 18-ineh streak from
which the marvelous assays wore se
cured when the strike was first made.
This ore will assay all the way from
$7,000 to $10,000 per ton and the owners
have not touched it at all further than
to assure themselves of its value by as
say certificates. They will attend to the
taking out of this ore when the proper
time comes, .lust now they are sinking
an incline shaft, and exjtect to catch the
lodge st a depth of o0 feet. The leasers
have a‘force of nine men at work and
when the actual taking out of ore is ,
str.rtvl t!: is lease will jump into the:
front rank of the lag producers < ; t! •
camp.
Two other adjoining leases are being
operated on the Kendall claim and four
on the Sandstorm ground to the north.
There is hardly a possibility of doubt
tliat the licit ledge struck in the Ken
dall extends into the Sandstorm ground
and these other leasers have every
chance of also being favored of fortune.
Quartzite StriKe Very Rich.
Recent developments in the Ueilly
Krise lease on the Quartzite Fraction,
one of the claims owned by tin* Dia
mondfielil Gold Mining company, prove
that property to he even greater than
was first reported : fter shipping ore
was encountered. In crosscutting the
ledge the lessees have broken into a
shoot of very rich ore at a point Hi feet
from the shaft. An average sample
from 12 inches of this shoot assayed
$492 per ton. The strike was made af
ter the crosscut had passed through sev
eral feet of milling ore.
The show'rv: on the Quartzite is one
of the best in the camp. There has
been exposed, besides the rich streak, 4
feet of ore that inns above $200 per ton
and from 41 to 8 feet of $35 ore. The
first shipment will lie sent out in a few
• lays.
Two Groups Sold.
This week the sale of the I>ig Dyke
group of five claims, located just east of
McLaughlin's well, was made through
Klliott, Williams & Colburn. The claims
were purchased by A. L. Curtis, a I.os
Angt les mining engineer, for parties in
flint cil... The sale Wn>.- made h i spot
cash and the figures are said to have
been well up in live figures. John Mc
Mullen and Con O'Donnell were the lo
cators anil owners of the group, which
is considered a valuable property.
Another sale made during the week
through the same firm of brokers was
that of the Russia group, situated near
Tognoni’s wells in this district. There
are five claims in the group and the
purchase was made by a syndicate of
ten local people. The claims have had
nothing hut .location work done on them
but it is the intention of the new owners
tout once commence active develop
ment.
January.
TiitMirin on iin* ifvri, Miim-u
strike <>f exceedingly rich ore wan made
last week, has now been exteinlod south
a distance of !*L’ feet, hi the face of this
drift there are now 1! feet of ore which
will assay all the way front $600 to $dHt,
and thi> is the class of rock which the ,
fortunate owners of this lease are now
hoisting for shii>ment. It is expeeted
•hat considerable of the accumulation of
sacked ore now on hand will he cleared
away now that teams are attain coming
in. In the new shaft a depth of 162
feet has been attained and the drifts on
the S."> and 112 foot levels are also being
extended, shipping f ro being moisted
from both.
Strike on Red RocK,
A strike which is considered of im
jiortanee us extending! the prooved ter
ritory of the district was made Wed
iresdav in the Red Rock No. 2 claim of
the Goldfield Treasure MinUig company.
In trenching for the ledge a cross vein
•4 feet wide was struck from which the
first essay gave fill .20. An average of
six assays from 2 1-2 feet of the vein re
turned $14.40. The ore is similar to
that from the Velvet and Manager <iris
wold and other locul slot kholders of the
coni|Kiny are much elated. Orders for.
the stock at lo cents have been placed
hut there is none for sale at that price.
Nontana-Goldfield Company.
M. <’. Scully, general manager of the
Bulls and Bears group, departed this
week for San Francisco to complete the;
organization of another company to be
known as the Montaua-Uoldticld Mining
company of Nevada. The group which,
comprises the company's holdings was
recently purchased from Matt Graham
and associates and consists of five claims
at Itiamondfield adjoining the Pai-y
Fraction and Vernal No. 1. The claims
arc as yet undeveloped hut have very
promising surface showings.
Florence No. 3.
Another big shipment will soon he
made from this prize producer. There
are now about Tot) sacks of ore of ship
ping grade on the dump and it is being
steadily taken out.
Water has been struck in the shaft,
which is now down 200 feet. A cross
cut has been started and it is expected
the ledge will be encountered ip about
:tf> feet. At present shipping ore is be
ing taken from the lit) and 1">0 foot levels.
leuow iop.
Two shifts are now at work ninkiiijr
the shaft on this projierty ami a depth
of 50 feet lias been attained. The val
ues are increasing with depth and the
outlook is very encouraging for a good
mine. J. Leslie Curtis, a Los Angeles
mining engineer, was here this week to
exi>ert the property for the company
and was very favorably impressed with
the sliowing. B. M. Blythe of Long
Beach, Cal., recently purchased 250,000
shares of this company’s stock.
Adams-Goldfield.
The north drift is now in a distance of
OK feet from which point the ledge has
been crosscut for 2d feet, the breast of
the crosscut Ik tag in ore which is im
proving in quality. Superintendent
Duttield is so well satisfied with the
showing that he is confident a strike of
good value will be made very soon.
LUMBER COMING IN,
Building Will Soon Again Be in Full
Sway.
Lumber is again coming in and the
sound of the carpenters’ hammers,
which has been practically silenced for
weeks, will soon again be heard in Gold
field and the other towns of the district.
Yesterday the Goldfield Lumber com
pany's big twenty-two mule team
headed a procession of lumber carry
ing wagons—six teams in all reach
ing town during the afternoon and
bringing in a total of about 00,000 feet
of lumber. Two of the teams brought
lumber for Williams & Trabert.
All of this quantity of lumber was de
livered to waiting customers without
being unloaded at the yards and still
only a few could be supplied with what
they wanted. Enough was received,
however, so the building operations
could be resumed and from now on
enough will probably be received to
keep the boom moving. More teams
with lumber arrived today and it is be
ing delivered in Tonopah by the railroad
company as rapidly as possible. A mil
lion feet are said to be on the road be
tween Mound House and here.
Growing in Numbers.
The Goldfield Federal Union has now
a membership of To and is rapidly grow
ing. Meetings are held each Thursday
at - p. m. in the Miners’ Union ball.
All trades and occupations are repre
sented in this body except the miners
and carjiei.ters who have separate alfiii
uted locals. All workmen in this dis
trict are eordialb welcome.
POSTOFFICE SWAMPED.
Office Force Unable to Handle tbe
Mail Received.
The business of the Goldfield postoffice
i is increasing so rapidly that the present
, force finds it almost impossible to hail*
' die it. Tills is a cahcellation office and
the government allowance is far too
; small to pay the clerks which are
! needed.
Postmaster Smith has taken the mat*
| ter up in an endeavor to have the de
I partment increase the allowance to
what it should be and today the follow
ing telegram, signed by a number of the
leading business men, was sent to the
Postmaster-General:
“Great stampede here; postoffice
swamped with mail; immediate assist
ance necessary; we urgently and respect
fully request it.’’
Fine Stone Building.
The lot on the northwest corner of
Main street and Crook avenue, one of
the choice business locations of the
town, will not be vacant for long. John
Peterson is preparing to at once con
struct a 25x00 one story stone building
on this lot. It will have a plate glass
front and be one of the finest buildings
! in town. _
To Build a Store.
M. Weinberg has leased from Ruth
Clark the lot on the southwest corner of
Main street and ltamsey avenue, front
:U> feet on the former street. Mr. Wein
berg a ill put up a building and ojicii a
dry goods store, the stock for which is
already here.
BULLFROG NOT BONDED.
But a Deal With Eastern Parties is
Probable,
J, W, McGalllayd lias returned from
Bullfrog district, where the recent rich
j strike was madcf and brings good tidings
i for his associates. Messrs. Lanka, Detch,
O'Brien and Frey, who are owners of
the discovery claims. He brought in
! fourteen samples of ore which gave an
| average assay of $53.68. This rock was
taken from across the ore shoot, which
is 4*2 feet wide and has been traced for
a distance of 800 feet.
The report that the owners of the
Bullfrog claims have bonded them is
premature, though it is probable that
such a deal will be made In a short
time. Yesterday representatives of J.
D. Hubbard, president of the Combina
tion company, and Mr. Bagiev, a Pitts
burg capitalist, left for the district and
if the result of the examination is satis
! factory a bond will doubtless be taken
j on the property. The valuation placed
on it by the owners is said to be $150,
000.
“Shorty” Harris, one of the original
locators, has sold his sixth interest to P.
E. O’Brien.
| Other parties who arrived during the
week from Bullfrog corroborate the fa
vorable reports which have been re
ceived and it will doubtless be the cen
ter <>f a big mining excitement. The
i country is said to l>e located for miles
around where the original strike was
made.
NOTES FROM COLUMBIA.
Tom Aubrey, one of the owners of the
firth fitloon, has given Johnson & Wal
lers thecontract for a residence which
will be one of the handsomest in town.
The Nevada Coal and Lumber com
pany of Tonopah is inakfng arrange
ments to open a branch in Columbia.
W. K. Wise, manager of the company,
was in town this week for that purpose.
Phil Blume the well known Tonojaih
saloon man. will open a saloon in Co
lumbia as soon as a building can lie
erected. The lumber is already on the
ground and tin- building will lx- finished
without delay.
Ahern, Coburn and Jarvis, Colum
bia's hustling mertfliants, are 'having a
:!0xl>0 warehouse built in the rear of their
store Ihuilding. .The warehouse will be
built of \lobe and fireproof. This firm
is doing a large and constantly increas
ing business.
Tbu business men of Columbia are ill
fine spirits over the raising ol thefrright
blockade and tin- way.things are picking
up in their town. I'.very day brings
new arrivals and the arrival of 4 lumber
means that the town will double in size
within the next six weeks. Columlna
will Isiom from now on.
Casey of the Merchants’ hotel is the
happiest man in town. After a weary
wait of weeks a consignment of lumber
for the new hotel was received this
morning and work on the building again
commerced. It no delay occurs the new
Merchants’ hotel will lie rushed to com
pletion as fast as carpenters can do the
work and in a few weeks Ayj’l be ready
for the accommodation <r; guests.
Democratic Primaries.
Till1 primaries held in (iulilfield, Co
lumbia ami lfciainnndtield last Saturday
fur tin- election of delegates to the Dem
ocratic county convention were lively in
the extreme, there being three tickets
in the tie‘i<l, representing the three.can
ilidatcsifor Sheriff—J. F. Casey, J. A.
Fesler and *'i)nc*’ O’Toole. The three
cornered fight was one of the hottest
ever seen at a primary election and a
heavy'.vote was polled an the result.
The result was a victory for the Casey
ticket in every precinct, this assuring
him the nomination a the convention
in Soilaville next Woluesiay. Intlold
tield there was a total «I •'»“<» votes cast,
of which the Casey ticket received JJJO,
O'Toole’s lit' and Fesler's 111". Three
votes were thrown opt,on.(he accojant <fl
lu-ing irregular.
Jumped into a Well.
A slightly eccentric staid greatly ine
briated individual mimed Johnson, as a
climax to a week of idiotic street nations,
jumped into an abandoned well on South
Main street hist Sunday evening. The
act was observed by several people ami
the well wtis so.su the ocliter of an ex
cite I throng. A rojie was quickly low
ered and John son, wet as a drowned
rat,was drawn to the sin face. He wasn't
injured in the least hv the is foot jump
and there was only i.nough water in the
well to give him a partial hath.
Next evening Johnson, drunk ns us
ual, was arrested and locked up. The
officers intended to send him to Haw
thorne, toJie examined as to his sanity,
but finally turned him loose after his
several days' stay in jail had sobered
him up.
A New Company.
T1h> tioldtield Minin-. Milling and De
velopment company in one of the re
cently organized companies "f the tiold
tield district. The olticcis of the com
pany arc Jno. II. Dnr.n, prcsidcntj J.L.
Lytel, vice-president; 1>. 1 Burger, bcc
recary; A. J. Johnston, treasurer, 'i he
capital of the company is 1,000,000
shares of the par value of $1 each. A
small amount of the treasury stock has
been placed on the market. The oom*
party in addition to doing a general min
ing business, will buy, se)’. bond, lease,
Incut,• mjni,ig r)iii|U« toftiHtes, tvfltcv
rights, and j.rupo«,c p, etti i ,t (‘tpabilii
mill ut the earliest possible ttrtte, All
of the otHeers of the company are prac
tical and experienced mining and mill
ing men.
Robbed the Till.
F. j. Kett her, a cook at Hit* Pckfles"
restaurant, was caught in the act of tap
ping the cash register one day this week.
The theft occurred in the daytime, the
cashier being temi>orarily absent, but
the act was witnessed by a customer.
Ketcher was arrested and in bis pockets
was found the $13 which he had taken
from the register. He pleaded guilty in
court to the charge of petty larceny and
was senten :ed to thirty days in the
county jail at Hawthorne. lie was ta
ken to the county seat by Sheriff
Ingalls today.
Bftoght Good Property.
An important transfer of real estate
was consuinatcd Wednesday in the sale
by Tom Murphy of the Joshua Clul
saloon building and 23 foot Main street
front. The purchase w as made by I.ouis
Lienetuann, the wealthy Butte brewer
who is going to locate here, and a com
fort able sutn was paid for the property
it being one of the most valuable loca
tions in town. Brearley <S; Troxel, own
ers of the Joshua club saloon, have s
lease on the building and the sale lias
no effect as far as their bn-is css is con
corned.
JUMPERS MAKE A KAIU.
1 Take Possession of Silver, Pick CM>
pony's GfNBi
Colombia has an addition, though
it is as yet unnamed and the townsite
plat has not been filed. It wae laid out
during'the night fmd eow a new city #1
tents extends? from what was the toi^p
limits of Columbia ^southward in the di
rection of Jumbo town.
The new city-is one of squatters or let
jumpers, as 'they are sometimes called,
and thoqtround of wliich they have takqp
possession is that of the Silver Pick and
Kohnstk Mining companies. The jump
ers .-took possession Wednesday night
and yesterday morning what was before
vacant ground was dotted with tents
laid out in regular streets. Many pf
the squatters who were not fortunate
enough to possess tents just pulled up.a
sagebrush or two to make room for bed
ding and took possession of what grouiyi
they wanted in this manner.
When the news of the squatters’ raid
was (received here yesterday morning
some-excitement was raised, it being the
first organized effort at lot or claipa
jumping to be made in the district.
.There was all sorts of speculation ac
to what action would he t..ken by the
minim: companies to eject the squatters.
As soon as lie heard that the jumpetfs
had taken jsissession <rf tire Silver Pick
ground President Al Myers of that com
pany went over to Columbia and served
notice on the squatters that they must
vacate the ground at wee or legal pro
ceedings would he taken tocompel them
to (IO.HO.
Thi< notice peatus, tojl'Uve had little
effect, :ih t U” twits are stUl there to-day
and the nuinher gi squatters, which was
originally about eighty and has beep
increased to nearly one hundred and
more tents are going up.
both sides are determined—the squat
ters to hold tlie ground and the mining
companies to compel them to vacate and
the ultimate outcome remains to he
seen.
Home of the squatters state that they
are w illing to pay a fair price for tire
land which they have taken possession
of providing a townsite is laid out and
transfers madeitothem.
From tins it is inferred that the ob
ject of tlie .raid is to compel the compa
nies to lay orst an addition to the town
of Columbia, wliere the lots of the origi
nal iywnfite company have nearly ajl
been -sold. Wither or not tlie com
panies will I" this is very doubtful and
it is likely : at ejectment proceedings
will be toke-Jhg Otero ^ regal ^ ■ >ssesa
ion of the ground.
Tlie re is Jk, ,likehtiood of e her side
resorting to viqieni measures and tlie
whole matter will probably be settled in
the courts unJous the squatters decide tp
abandon the .attempt to take possession
of and hold the ground which is legally
held by the mining companies as quartz
lisle locations.
The squirtters aoe^pjil to be nearly all
recent arrivals in Cijluiifbia.
When asked in regard to the matter
today President Myers qi the Si1, eT
P.ck said that bis comjvw has no n
intention of laying out-a townsite ad
dition to Columbia tut ,*vill enforce its
rights in the courts ff the grogpd s not
vacated by the squatters.
BOUND FOR GPJJJFretB.
Transportation FaciHtwfnadeqoatj
to Bring Tktv ,in.
Persons from Tonopab sgy there were
1E0 passengers on ycstenJaF morning’;
incoming train and the town iis filling
111> rapidly. Most of the new aurival*
are bound for Goldfield hut they find t!
a very difficult matter to get from Tono
pah here. Yesterday teams were not tt
he obtained for love nor money in Tuna
pah, nearly all the rigs being.at this enfc
of the line. The incoming stages it
said have all hepn booked for sevent
days ahead and the inrush is mild mow
to what it will be in a few weeks.
tomy ticimi.
The socialists of Ooldfield held a ttias#
meeting at Miners' l nton hail last Mott*
day niiMit and nominated a full count!,'
ticket to he placed in the field for the
ensuing election. A petition to, have
the names of the Socialist candidates
placed on the ticket Will he circulated
for signatures. The following nomina
tions were made J at! of the nominee#
except Mr. Jackson being residents of
this district:
Assemblymen—tV. K Kilker, J. E.
O’Brien; Sheriff and Assessor, P. Mar
qunrdeon ; Auditor and Recorder, Joel
Nelson; Clerk and Treasurer, K. M.
Rogers; Piztriet Attorney, Jerry Lex
ten; County Commissioner (long term),
W. H. Jackson; County Commissioner
(short term), J. R, Froberg; Public Ad
ministrator, J. H. Lorraine; County
Surveyor, J. P. Cosgrove; Justice of the
Peacei P. Toohv; Constable, J. M. Bus*
sell.
i
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Sent to Hawthorne.
In Justice Collins’ court Tuesday
night a man named Uampsey, who was
arrested for being drunk, was given e
sixty days’ sentence in the Hawthorne
jni,\ Dempsey had been working e
begging grnft for several days end the
town is well rid of him.
Homer Piielp-, who was also arrested
for being druuk, was fined B2S SB^
costs, which he paid.