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sihiio T: -e Goldfield News
“All That's New and True of the Greatest Gold Camp Ever Known''
Vol. I. No 34. Goldf.eld, Esmeralda County, Nevada, Friday, December i6, 1904 Price 10 Cents.
IS IT THE OLD BREYFOGLE?
Rich StriKe Sooth of Bollfrog Said
to Be Lost Mine.
The “lust Breyfogle mine’’ for which
no many have searched for years, has
“again” l>een discovered—and it really
looks as if it had heen this time. The
sceneof the find is in the Funeral Range,
2Vg miles from the head of Furnace
creek and 155 miles south of Beatty. It
is three miles lielowthe Breyfogle tanks,
where the old man was supposed to have
camped when he stood off the Indians.
The discovery was made by Frank Hyde
of Lida and some samples of ore from
the paystreak are said to l>e linlf gold.
The ledge is nearly 200 feet wide but
has been opened up for only 18 or 20
inches. Samples of the rock were shown
a Mr. Yount, who found Breyfogle dur
ing his wanderings, and he says it is
similar to the black oxidized ore which
the old man had at the time. A verit
able stampede is on from the Bullfrog
section and it is said to be nearly de
populated. These reports have come to
The News through second and third
parties, and while they have the ear
marks of truth we would advise against
going to that section until the reports
are confirmed—and at no time without
adequate supplies.
Big Sale at Bniirrog.
Dr. G. \V. Tibbetts bas bought the
Bell group of three claims at Bullfrog at
the largest price vet paid in that dis
trict. They lie next to one of the Bull
frog Mining company’s groups on Ladd
mountain. The assays from close to the
surface are almost beyond belief. The
ledge on the Tiger is 20 feet wide and 10
feet averages $300 per ton, while assays
from the gouge go as high as $8,000. On
the Goodenough claim, an assay across
15 feet of the ledge ran $350 per ton.
The ledges on these two claims also go
through the Sidewinder, the third claim
of the group. On this claim the Tiger
ledge assays $100 across 5 feet. A third
' ledge on the Sidewinder averages $300
across 15 feet. These values for the
width are phenomenal, but the infor
mation comes from good authority.
Nevada Bullfrog Hines Co.
The above named corporation has
been organized under the laws of Ari
zona, with the usual capitalization of
^1,000,000 and the following are the di
rectors: F. E. Davis, attorney, of Los
Angeles; 11. J. Jory, mining engineer,
also of Los Angeles; C. I?. Gentry, G. S.
Wilson and F. A. Lucy. The property
of the company consists of two claims
three miles west of Beatty, which were
located by George Duncan, who was the
original discover of the valuable Dun
can group, 12 miles north of Searchlight.
The two claims which Duncan located
are on a knoll between two mountains
and there is a well defined contact be
tween porphyry and crystallized lime on
the hanging wall. The main quartz
ledge is 35 feet wide and three quartz
ledges come into the same knoll. The
croppings of the main ledge stand up 25
feet high and an average assay returned
values of $54 per ton. An average sam
ple across several feet of one of the cross
ledges showed values of $126 to the ton.
Mr. Duncan traveled the whole belt
south as far as Bare mountains, includ
ing Lonsway’s strike and thinks that
many portions are equally as promising
as the Bullfrog Mining company’s prop
erty on I.add mountain, which is surely
a valuable one.
Short Notes From Bullfrog.
W. H. Ballou will leave in a few days
for a return trip to Gold Center.
Frank M. Ish ami Roger \V. Griswold
left Tuesday on a Brief trip to Bullfrog.
J. If. Wilson, Robert llarding and
Sid Carey have returned from an ex
tended prospecting trip tlmmgh the
Bullfrog district. They report having
seen a most promising country and se
cured three good-looking groups of
claims.
Reports of another strike in the south
ern fields have reached this place. They
are that Shorty Harris has located a big
thing in the Funeral range, about four
and one-half miles east of Surveyor’s
wells and eighteen miles northwest of
Bullfrog. Samples shown by Harris are
said to pan from $275 to $200 per ton.
The ore is a white honeycomb quartz,
with quantities of chrome iron. The
discoverer claims to have opened a ledge
20 feet wide that carries shipping values
most of its width.
Bullfrog Stage Line.
W. F. Bond & Co. are agents for stage
line which will make regular trips be
tween here and Bullfrog. Stages leave
Goldfield every Saturday morning and
fare and freight rates may be learned
of the agents.
A Handsome Souvenir.
Henry Weber and Marvin Ish, the
well known mining men, are distribut
ing a handsome souvenir pa(>er weight
in the shape of a gilded turtle.
ANOTHER LARGE DIVIDEND
MINING NEWS FROM LIDA
The Old Camp Rapidly Coming to
the Front Again.
W. H. Lang, of the Mime-Hutro com
pany, has just returned from Lida and
lie is bubbling over with enthusiasm
over the showing in the Florida mine in
which he is interested. He brought
samples of line-looking ore and reports
that at the 05-foot level a crosscut has
been run to the west 72 feet, and to the
east 22 feet without tinding the walls.
Nearly all the ledge contains milling
values and several good-sized streaks go
from $000 to $1,200 per ton in gold and
silver. Mr. Lang predicts that with the
completion of its concentrating mill, and
other improvements the Florida-! iold
tield company will soon be paying divi
dends.
Minnis, Dwyer and Wilson have a
group of six claims in the Lida district,
midway between the Florida mine and
the Brown Hope, an old mine which has
produced $700,000 worth or ore. The
ledge can be traced from the Florida
through their property to the Brown
Hope. Their claims are located on a
big blowout, and while the surface rock
assayed from $2 to $2.44, at a depth of 8
feet an assay of $210.28 was secured
from a sample across 2 feet of the ledge.
Ledge matter is found across a width of
75 feet, but not enough work has been
done to determine the actual width of
the ledge in place.
Strikes Near Town.
Considerable excitement was created
early in the week when Herrick, Scott,
Berry and Morrisey got good pannings
from a lease on the Alpha claim of Dr.
White Wolf <St Co., at the edge of town.
Some pans showed lots of colors, but the
extent of the strike is yet unproved. A
man named Talbott, who claims that
mythical thing called a “squatter’s
right,” objected to the lessees working
and made a gun plav, for which he was
arrested and will answer to Judge Bell
Saturday, December 24th.
The excitement was greatly augmented
the next day when a supposed ledge was
uncovered on the Mary claim by a man
who was digging a vault for W. S. Mad
ding on a lot where he has placed a res
idence. Madding got assavs of $1,400
and $1,800 and acting under the advice
of Attorney Lewis II. lingers he signed
a location notice, which the latter wit
nessed, and claimed the ground. Dr.
White Wolf, Peter C. Kretz and associ-;
ates, the original locators and owners of
the claim, naturally objected, and for
a day or two it looked as if serious trou
ble would ensue. This has apparently
been avoided, as Mr. Madding and his
partner have renounced their claim to
the ground. The “ledge” proved to lie
only a large boulder and the find did not
prove of much account after all.
RAILROAD FROM SOUTH j
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Starting at Calientes Surveyors Have j
Reached Tule Canyon.
An outfit, which is surveying a route
from Calientes on Clark’s Salt Lake and
Los Angeles road to Coldfield, have
reached Tule canyon and are now at
work there. This would indicate that
on the completion of the main line Sena
tor Clark will lose no time in putting in
a branch road to Coldfield. That this
was the original intention Tiik News
has the best of authority for saying, but
of late it was supposed that llarriman
had secured control of the Clark road,
in which event it was thought the build-!
ing of this branch would be delayed, j
Notwithstanding the many published j
reports to that effect, it is stated posi- j
tively by one in a position to know that !
llarriman has not now and never hail 1
control of the Clark railroad.
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Goldfield LncKy StnKe Co.
The (ioldtield Lucky Strike Mining
company has been organized by I\ 11.
and J. E. McLaughlin, 11. 1>. Friable
and \Y. E. Lawson. The company owns
three claims northeast of the Lone Star
group on which is a good strong ledge.
Assays from the croppings have gone as
high as $72. One hundred and fifty
thousand shares of the treasury stock
have already been placed and active
work will begin about January 15th.
BanK Doors Will Open.
The doors of tin1 (ioldtield Bank A
Trust company will swing open in a
few days. Temporary quarters have,
been fitted up in the galvanized iron
building on North Main street, and just
as soon as supplies which have been on
the way here a month arrive, the new
banking institution will commence busi
ness. This is exjiected daily.
Combination Pays Out $40,000
—Sandstorm Shipment.
The Combination Mining company yesterday declared another
dividend of $40,(XX), which is 10 per cent on its capitalization of
$400,000, but is actually a dividend of 12j4 per cent, as there are
but $320,000 capital stock issued. This second dividend comes
quickly after tbe first, but the company could make them more
frequently and larger if they so desired. The Combination has
never had a very large force employed, anil have done but 50 feet
of stoping, and yet their books show a profit of $320,(XX) above all
mining and operating expenses during their first year. In addi
tion there are several hundred thousand dollars’ worth of mill ore
on the dumps..
SANDSTORM SHIPMENT ALMOST READY.
Developments on the Sandstorm continue to meet every ex
pectation, and the first shipment, consigned to the Western Ore
Purchasing company at Reno, will leave camp on the 20th, {his
siblv before. It will go out under guard. At this writing but two
lots have been sampled. The high grade running about $5,(XX),
and the second grade $1,000—indicating an average value thus
far of $2,000 a ton. Mr. Davis does not expect that the entire
shipment will reach any such high average, but should it do so,
the returns will exceed, with a single exception, the best the camp
has ever done. Surface work and exploitation continue with as
large a force as can be employed to advantage. Doth lodges show
steady improvement. The upper ledge is now 18 feet wide and
still growing. The lower ledge shows now two streaks from which
stuff has been taken rich enough for the mint. The old dump is
now being run through the ore house and screened in passing.
These screenings run about $420 a ton. There are 100 tons of this
old material that will be screened in this way. The lessees have
not yet decided whether to drift from the old shaft or sink an en
tirely new one. Surveys are being now made to determine the
best plan.
Simmerone Again Working.
Development work lias been resumed
on the Simmerone Fraction, upon which
there was strike of more than consider
able importance some time ago. It
will be remembered that shortly after
the opening of ore on the property, it
was sold for $4,000, and afterwards
bonded by the purchasers for $60,000.
Since that time until a few days ago no
work has been prosecuted on the ground.
When opened up the Simmerone, in
every probability, will make another
shipper and-materially add to the con
stantly increasing production of this dis
trict.
Tinhorn Showing.
The Tinhorn, owned by the Dixie
Mining company, has made an excep
tionally good showing the past week,
and may now lie classed among the the
mines of the district. Recent assays
taken from the ledge gave returns of
$852 and $861, one being a check on the
other. The entire bottom of the shaft,
which is between 60 and 70 feet deep is
in g<s«l ore. A pronounced change in
the vein matter has been noted accom
panied by increased values.
Opened Rich Stringer.
Lessees Sullivan, Baldwin and assoc
iates. operating on the north end of the
Patrick claim of the l,one Star group,
have opened a stringer of very rich talc
that gives great promise of developing
into something big. Assays run away
up into thousands and present imlica
teons point to the probable certainty of
their opening up a shoot of high-grade
shipping ore.
BlacH Butte Improvement.
In two faces in the crosscut from the
west '!vift on the Black Butte shaft then
arc showing faces of spendid milling
quartz, continued samplingand panning
indicating values ranging from $00 to
$00 per ton. These values have hecn
permanent for some time and there has
been exposed an additional ore reserve
of very considerable importance on this
mine.
The January.
The new ledge on the January has [
been crosecut for 18 feet. There are I k. |
to 3 feet of shipping ore in this ledge, i
and the balance averages better than I
$4:1 per ton. The Goldfield Mining com- ,
pany lias bought the hoist and assay
office from the lessees.
The Quartzite.
The winze on the Quartzite of the .
Diamondticld is down 20 feet from the,
40-foot level, and the whole winze is in
shipping ore, while handsome speci
mens of sylvanite are encoiinted which :
go into the pictures.
Blue Bell LooKing Better.
Work on the Goldfield Blue Bell prop- ;
erfy is lieing prosecuted steadily and the i
company is greatly pleased with the
showing. The men are trenching ami
drifting, and pay ore may he opened up
any day.
Goldfield-Ruby Hill Co.
A working shaft has been started on
the Red Iloy claim of the group belong
ing to The Goldfield-Ruby llill Mining
company, a recent incorporation whose
property is situated a quarter of a mile
south of Diamondfield, in the northeast
belt of the district. The company is
controlled by Colorado and Ohio people,
J. Shumaker, a prominent banker of
Minerva, Ohio, being its president. C.
D. Weimer, its secretary, is a resident
of Colorado Springs, where the main
office of the company is located. Besides
the Red Bov, the company owns the
Clawhammer and Bonanza lodes. After
a month of surface prospecting, a ledge
5 feet in width has been opened on the
Red Boy. At tfie surface it assayed $3,
and at a depth of 10 feet, the ledge aver
ages $12 across 2 feet of its width.
W. 1). Hatton, the local manager of the
company, is gratified at the showing ob
tained in so short a time, and states
that the new shaft will be sunk to thor
oughly explore the vein. A tine looking
ledge has also been opened in the Bo
nanza claim, and surface prospecting
over the group will be continued while
the main shaft is Ireing sunk. The
property has been surveyed for the
United States patent, and the company
gives every evidence that they will push
development with vigor and do their
best to ojten up a pay mine.
Goldfield Apex Co.
F. .1. Campbell, W. S. Raymond and
C. F. Potter, of Denver, have brought
a half interest in the Goldfield Aja-x
company. Frank M. Ish has resigned
the presidency and Mr. Raymond has
been elected in his stead. These well j
known capitalists will add strength to]
the Apex company, and the directors j
have authorized the sale of ltMl.tKHt shares ,
of treasury stock to provide funds for!
vigorous development and for patenting ;
the property.
Short Mining Notes.
Crosscutting to catch the ledge is in
progress on the Cloudy Day claim near
I tiamondtield.
Judge Peters and associates have
bought the lease on the Harvey owned
by R. I.. Sehaffnit. There is a fine sur
face showing and J. N. Drcnnon, re
cently timberman on the Combination,
will l>e in charge of the work.
MeComas, Ish and Camp have taken i
a sub-lease from Krise and associates
on the south end of the Quartzite close
to the Black Butte line. They have
found $50 ore in a body but are trench
to find the richest pay shoot before sink
ing a shaft. ,
In a crosscut from the 50-foot point in
the shaft on the Blue Bull claim, there
is a 10-inch streak w hich averages $50
per ton. On other claims of the Blue
Bull group there are also good showings,
particularly on the Emerson lease on
the Iron Dike No. 1, where good pan
nings are gotten from a depth of 25 feet.
STRIKE IN M’NAMARA
Reports Reach Goldfield of a Good
Find in That Mine.
A few days ago the miners <>|iened up
a large laxly of ore while working on
the south crosscut of the 300-foot level
of the MaeNamara mine at Tonopah, in
an effort to strike the apex of their
ledge.
Fifteen feet from the shaft to the
south on this 300-level they are now
breaking ore averaging from $<«0 to $'.K)
from a 4 to R foot ledge, and it is im
proving with every round of holes. The lo
cation of the MaeNamara being immed
iately west of the Mizpah and on the
south of the Tonopah Kxtension, which
are the leading producers today in Tono
pah, bids fairto MaeNamara’scontinued
prosperity. The capitalization of the
company is only 500,000 shares, making
the present price away below what
would seem to lw> a fair value.
Still Another Hill.
G. L. Dean, of Dean & Jones of Los
Angeles, on last week Thursday bought
20 acres west of the Coldfield townsite
and within a couple of hours had men
at work surveying the ground and grad
ing for the instalation of a custom re
duction mill for Goldfield ores. Amal
gation, concentration and cyaniding will
l>e arranged for in the new plant which
will have a capacity of about 60 tons j>er
day to start with. Immediately upon
the purchase of the ground Mr. Dean
had the machinery started overland
from Johannesburg, t'alif. Mr. Dean
is an experienced mill man, and is con
fident that all the water necessary for a j
number of large mills can be developed \
at or in the immediate vicinity of Gold- j
field.
Patients on the Hend.
Orlo Parker, who was operated on for j
appendicitis by Dr. W. T. Liggett last
week, is rapidly improving and is now
considered out of all danger. His rapid
recovery is the more remarkable in view
of the fact that he was ill so many days j
on the desert without medical aid.
H. L. Grimshaw, a former clerk in j
the postotfice, has passed the crisis in '
an attack of pneumonia, with which he I
has been suffering several days. His |
fever has left him and his rapid recovery j
to complete health is now apparently !
but a matter of a short time.
J. D. Lothrop Harried.
J. D. Lothrop, who ipiietlv left last J
week for Reno, was married to Miss i
Sadie Mitchell of Verdi, at that place, I
last Sunday evening. Mr. Lothrop
who is one of the pioneer merchants of
the district, will come back with his
bride after Christmas and receive the
congratulations of his numerous friends.
HE CAN'T BE BLUFFED
Judge Bell Is Not a Good Subject to
Run “Sandy” On.
Judge Bell, Justice of the Pencil-Elect
and who was recently appointed to till
out the unexpired term of Judge Collins,
is demonstrating conclusively that he
intends to enforce the law without fear
or favor. He cannot lie bluffed.
Once, when Bell was marshall of Vic
tor, Colo., a “bad man” <>f Cripple
Creek sent word that he and his gang
were coming over to \ ietor to “do up
the marshal. Billy went down to the
depot, met the "had man” as he got off
the train, and quietly said :
“1 hear you have come over to clean '
me out.”
“Oh, 1 don’t know,” replied the bully.
“Well, then, I'll tell you,” said Bell,
as lie knocked him down, took his gun
away, and with it pounded him into in
sensibility.
The “gang” returned to Cripple Creek
in haste and were joined later by their
leader after he emerged from the hos
pital. and paid a good stiff tine.
They never tried it again.
Boxing Bout at Tonopah.
A match has been arranged to take
place at Tonopah on January 10th, be
tween Bert Lundy of Tonopah, and Billy
Otts of San Francisco. The men will
light at loti pounds. Voting Corbett
will be in Tonopah about the 22d of this
month and will act as Otts’trainer as
well as get in condition for his coming
light with the winner of the Britt-Nel
8on light. The light between Lundy
and Otts will lie under the auspices of
the Tonopah Athletic Club, composed
of a number of the prominent, sport lov
ers of that place, and will he for the
gate receipts, tkl [sr cent to the winner,
and 40 per ceut to the loser; and for a
purse of $1,000 which has been put up
by the fighters.
HOLD-UPS GETTING BUSY.
Number of Bold Robberies Occurred
Daring the WeeK.
That Goldfield is in dire need of a great
deal better police protection than is
afforded under conditions at present, ob
taining lias clearly Iteen shown during
the past week when a number of hold
ups and robberies were committed with
most remarkable disregard of the law or
fear of detection.
This is a summary of criminal events
during that time in Goldfield and vicin
ity: If. C. Berry beaten into insensibil
ity by two hold-ups in his own tent and
robbed of over $150; Isdd hold-up of
man, whose name could not Is- learned,
on the Columbia road; llenry Marens
anil Harry Cadle held up on Crook ave
nue and relieved of money and tewolry;
laundry on hill west of town broken into
and trunk, containing $-’0H in money,
rifled; Webster’s lanndry on Fifth ave
nue entered and trunk containing nearly
$1,000 carried away while Mrs Webster
was engaged in delivering packages. In
the last instance, however, the burglars
were deprived of their spoils owing to a
hasty pursuit by officers aurf* blood
hounds. The trunk containing the coin
was iron hound and securely locked and
proved a heavy burden for the thieves,
who dropped their booty in a gulch east
of town in a vain attempt to hurriedly
open the strong box.
i ne Derrv outrage *ieeurreu ,▼ iuT-n
day night. The victim was about town
(luring tin: evening until bedtime when
he repaired t<> his tent north of the city.
It seems probable that the men who
robbed him were aware of the fact that
he hud sold a part interest in a lease he
owns and had the money on his person.
He was evidently followed to his tent
and, after being allowed to retire, was
murderously assaulted and relieved ol
his wealth, lie suffered a fracture of
the skull in addition to numerous con
tusions about the head and is in a serious
condition.
Tlie two laundry robberies were exe
cuted in a similar manner, excepting
that in the former instance the crimi
nals succeeded in breaking into the
trunk and making away with their
booty. That there were two engaged in
the crime is proved by the fact that
when the proprietor approached the
laundry on his way from town he ob
served a light that was quickly extin
guished before he could reach the houtic.
So far there have been no arrests.
Will Operate Stage Line.
William Kitchen has arrived in camp
with 20 head of horses ami fom heavy
spring wagons and will operate a stage
line from (ioldfield to Tonopah. There
will be two stages running regularly,
one leaving each terminal point a,t H :'.l)
a. m. Like practically all others, Mi.
Kitchen, after looking over the district
and observing its rapidly growing cities
and the constant improvement in the
mines, looks forward to a tremendous
rush next year that will tax all the con
veyances that can be pressed into com
mission. Naturally, he expects to do
his share, which, lie believes, will he all
he could possibly handle. Mr. Kitchen
came overland from eastern Oregon,
making the trip in £5 days. He ami t; .
stock fared very well on the long i< <t
ney and landed here without inishui f
any kind. It is more than probahte
he will conduct a livery establishment
in connection with the stage line.
Ellis' Christinas Banquet.
Christmas being a time for feasting
and family reunions, tile event is iu.t
being overlooked by the Elks whose
brotherhood in Goldfield and vicinitv is
represented by members from diften ..I
lodges all over the United States; reel
as there is no lodge of the order iieai or
than Keno, there has been no oppor
tnnitv for the Klksto fraternally asscei
ble together and become actpinini I
with one another. These conditions are
now to be remedied, and a movement
is on foot for the Klks to give it
banquet on Christinas night, at w‘. « h
none but members of the order will ' r
present. Ml members of the H. 1\ < K
desiring to partieipate in this banign i
will leave their names with Brother
Win. <i. Doane, at Doane Rosen
thal’s, before Dec. 2d, 1904.
For a Church.
Rev. Father Rerun dy i« collecting
funds for the purpose of building, a
Catholic church in Goldfield. He has
for the nucleus of the fund ♦22r> wlm h
Father < ileeson collected for the same
purpose, and which the latter tun i d
over to Father Rermody after the bisin p
appointed him to this parish. In the
next issue of Tub Nkws, Father Rer
modv will publish a list of those v. bo
have subscribed to the building final
Nevada Hardware Q Supply Cc.
The Nevada Hardware & Supply Co.,
of Reno, are now buying nearly every
thing in carload lots. While this neces
sitates carrying a large stock, it also
enables them to sell to their customers
much closer.