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THE PIOCHE1 RECORD
I3TABUSIIED SEPT. IT. 1870.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. riOCHE. LINCOLN COCXTY. NEVA l I. h Kill V. A PI til. I, UM1.
SINGLE COPIES II CENTS.
VOLOIK 40. MMBU
1IARUEY LIME DEVELOPMENT LOCAL BREVITIES
PROVES SENSATION OF PIOCHE
The sensational discovery of silver-lead
ore on the Donohue and
Stindt lease In the Harney mine, a
mile eat of Pioche. was visited dur
ing the week by a representative of
the Record. The discovery make
one of the most interesting chapters
In the mining history of Ploche and
the orebody already opened up In
one stope. with a face of galena car
rying th usual high silver values
and the handsome average of $20 in
gold, and opened for a sloping dis
tance of about thirty feet and for a
height ranging from four feet In one
end to eight feet, with the ledg
widening to nine feet, marks a real
discovery of ore worth noting In the
history of mining in Jevada.
The ore maintains an average
value of between $80 and $100, as
broken In the stope. There is a
mall quautlty of second-class ore
being sorted out, due to the lack of
freighters and the desire to ship as
much high-grade as possible, and
this ore Is said to have a value of
$40 per ton. Bands and bodies in
the face of the stope carry sensatlon
al values. The extent of the ore
body Is not yet determined as, in
deed, it dips Into ground unpros-
pected and the lessees have had no
time to do more than open the one
working face.
All hoisting is done by windlass
and an idea of the value of the out
put was-gathered by timing the
hoisting for an hour, the buckets
reaching the top of the shait every
two minutes. Loaded as they were
with 300 pounds of ore, it was an
easy computation to estimate the
output at $7.50 per minute, as the
ore is worth 5 centos per pound.
To the miner the ore, both in the
face of the stope and in the ore bin,
presents a beautiful sight. Added to
the natural beauty of the steel ga
lena are the brilliant colorings due
to copper, of which the ore carries
a small percentage. Its coloring and
weieht carries conviction of richness
to even the inexperienced, while to
the most altruistic ot miners there
must come a momentary flash of
enyy.
The scene Is one of bustling activ
ity. . The freshly wounded cedars?
attained are hoped to be repeated In
the surrounding mineralized country.
norn. March 2. ta Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Morgan, a daughter.
Hereafter the Salt Lake route
freight office will clone at 4 p. tn.
The office will open at 8:30 a ni.. a
heretofore.
Improved Road
West Necessary
The recent large deal whereby the
Roadside mine, located in the Frei
berg district, changed hands for
consideration of $50,000 emphasizes
the admitted fact that, if Ploche is
to hold the vast trade that is to come
from the western part of Lincoln
county, something must be done to
ward improving the road to that lo
cality. If the mine owners and
stockraisers of that district find it
necessary to construct their own
roads they will undoubtedly select
routes connecting with improved
roads to cities In neighboring coun
ties, as this would entail a far less
outlay of cash. Good roads to both
Ely and Tonopah ace not far distant
from this district, and this trade is
sure to flow the route of least resist
ance. As the distance is shorter to
Pioeh-i this community is sure to
reap the benefits of improved trans
portation facilities.
A number of ppl who have ex
amined the two new culverts receut-
ly installed on the Eagle Valley road
claim it Is the best work ever dou
by the county.
PERSONAL GOSSIP
H. M. Lansdowoe of the Ploche
mine is In Salt Lake on business.
CALIE11TE NOTES COMET DISTRICT
ATTRACTS HAUY
The "old clothes drive" conducted
by the Red Crotut this week was a
successful
fin Mr. Kreil Smith
oeorge tenter and James Pettee chairman of the drive committee, re-
of Callente were IMoche Tlsitors last 1 ports that 879 pounds of clothing Comet district that once-famous
Wednesday. j were shipped from Caliente Monday. I mountain is again attracting the at-
' Thin Inj-lllrtoa (h. jl,,ttiln ..ihuvA.! I tunlli.n .. I. .. .
. - ... .riT ..v.w.. , wlc uuuiui promoters or
The board of county commission
ers will meet in regular session to
morrow. There is no business other
than regularroutii matters to come
before the meeting.
airs. Tony Jaoo'mon will return j in Caliente. Panaca aud I'rsiue.
Sunday to her home in Salt Lake i A shipment from Ploche is expected,
after a week's visit with her cousin. J
II. K. Freudenthal. j The littte daughter of Mr. and Mr.
Mrs. Walter M. Christ ian and
Mrs. Carrie Orr entertained at the
reHideuce of Mm. Christian last Mon
day in honor of Mrs. Lansdowne.
Roudrean is quite ill with pneumonia.
Dr. W. W. Stockham of Ploche is In
attendance.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Wadsworth at the Prince March
31. Mrs. Wadsworth whs formerly
Miss Allen Baker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Nelson Baker of the Prince
mine.
Raymond H. Carr, manager of the
Geyser Land and Cattle Company,
arrived In Ploche Wednesday from
Salt Lake, accompanied by four
workmen who will erect fences on
the ranch for the next three months.
R. T. Walker, superintendent of
the Virginta-I.oulHe mine, who has
been in Buffalo. N. Y., for the last
two weeks closing up an estate, Is
expected home Sunday.
Mrs. R. H. Shaw entertained Sat
urday afternoon in honor ot Mrs.
Lansdowne, mother of 11. M. Lans
downe, who will leave the latter part
of this week for. her home in the
east.
Mrs. John Reese of Stockton,
Utah, who has teen visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam UeBolt, for
the last two weeks, was called home
this week on account of a death in
serviirg for tying posts' of improvised
st r! Is and the straw-littered ground
marks the resting place of the horses
used in the freight outnts engaged
In hauling ore to the railroad, a dis
tance of about two miles. Two out
fits were here being -harnessed up
pretparatory to loading. On the load
ing platform Air. uummue wm
recting the work of hoisting; sort
ing and the leading of the galena,
but was kind enough to guide the
party through the discovery. He
modestly spoke of the "good luck,
but the workings speak of a differ
ent story. There was the evidence
of the preliminary hard work; tor,
by the terms of the lease, it was
necessary to clean out an old shaft
for a depth of 100 feet and then to
clean out an 8 7 -foot drift. Two men
accomplished this in forty-five shifts
in addition to getting and placing of
shaft-sets in a most workmanlike
manner.
In this work a small seam of ore
was found, under which in the shaft
a platform was placed and the seam
followed. The older operators had
prospected the ground easterly and
again more westerly, and between
the old workings the lessees confined
their development. As the work
progressed the orebody widened, but
it was not until a new shaft was
raised to the surface and sunk into
the orebody that the real size of the
strike attracted attention.
The work up to this time has been
performed more with the view of
making the operation profitable
from the start than with an eye
singly upon the most profitable
motimrt of handling the orebody as a
whole, yet the work shows the min
ing experience of both operators.
Without waste effort the ore is be
ing rapidly developed, shipments
maintained witn regularity, aim iuy
whole enterprise placed upon a sub
stantial business basis. Tempting
Offers have ben made to the lessees
but these have been refused.
Adjoining the strike, and only a
few feet to the east the new shaft of
the Pitts and others lease Is being
pushed with vigor to the norizon m
which ore is expected to bo encoun
tered and upon which a double shift
of the most experienced miners in
the district are engaged in work.
The claims owned In that neigh
borhood are daily being visited and
sampled by resident miners and ne
gotiations are progressing for other
leases. The Vide Awake, owned by
Herman Freudenthal ; the Tele
phone,, owned by the Amelgamated
Ploche J an4 the Alps mine, owned
by Ploche and Salt Lake operators,
now take on an added value since
this proven orebody has a dip oppo
site to those of the other bodies in
that neighborhood and seems from
present Indications to be rather a
bed of ore than the usually sought
fissure.
. It is this courageous work of the
miner, aided bv local capital, which
commands the admiration of the vis
itor, and the good results already
I Divorced, Wedded
Within One Hour
Conductor Glen S. LaTourette,
who is on the run between Caliente
and Mllford, is a benedict. During
his frequent visits to the Utah rail
road town he wooed and won his
fair inamorata. Unfortunately she
was already encumbered. In the per
son of another railroad man, but this
difficulty was soon overcome and the
trainman s lady love accepted a po
sition as telegrapher for the same
company at Cresline, Lincoln coun
ty, Nev., where advantage could be
taken of this state's liberal separa
tion laws. Last Friday Judge Walsh
in the district court in Ploche sev
ered the ties that bound Nellie
Sleater to D. W. Sleaier. Imme
diately the fair divorcee inquired if
she was ut liberty to take another
chance. She was Informed that it
would be good policy to await the
filing of the decree, but fifteen min
utes later she wis the wire of" Mr;
LaTourette. They arrived at the
court house in Pioche at 10 o'clock
and departed on the nooa train the
same day, the whole performance
occupying about an hour.
This is said to be a record for the
record state of Nevada.
The storeroom between the post
office and the Bank of Pioche, owned
by Mrs. C. Buck, is being put tn
shape for occupancy by an unknown
tenant. The roof is being repaired
and the interior kalsomined and
painted. Vernon Jeffcolt of Caliente
has the contract.
A contract for wrecking the old
Pioche Transportation Company llv-J her husband's family
ern uarn, on weauow vauey street.
and the sale of the lumber and iron
has been let to Dr. W. W. Stockham.
Operations will begin in the near
future.
Corporal Thomas M. Gillespie, who
has been visiting at his old home in
Pioche for some time, left for BJtte
yesterday to visit with hi sister.
Later he will re.toln his regiment at
Quantico, Va. He exnwts to be dis
charged from the aorvio in the near
future, when he will return to Pioche.
Pioche. Every day witnesses an In
flux of investors looklna fop r&rnra
Die openings for niininc skill and
capital,
For several years the only oron
-rty being worked on a large scale
was that ot the Tungsten-Comet Min
ing Company, under the manara-
jiN tvenny in is ween niovetinis i nieni or fc. u. Smiley. This nroMr
family from Denton Heights Into ty has been undergoing constant de
mo house on Company row made I veiopment for two or three years
vacant oy me iiusseys. a new mm nas D'en Installed at
great exDense. and about tha first nt
tors. Cy Horn and son Billy were June, when water will be olentiful.
in from Delamar Tuesday. ' I it is the Intention of the manage
ment to begin concentraflnK the
Mrs. Lucille Ryan returned to I large bodies of ore which have been
Los Angeles Sunday night, after a blocked out in the development
two weeks
Pioche.
visit in Caliente and
Charles Culvrwell was down from
Ploche Tuesday.
work. When this mill is proven the
success it undoubtedly will be It U
more than likely that a number of
promising claims will be developed
by their owners.
II. E. VanHousen. division super
intendent ot the Salt Lake route,
spent a few days in Caliente this
week.
E. N. Neff of Milford was here ou
railroud business Tuesday.
C D. Breeze, Las Vegas attorney,
was in Caliente early Saturday morn
ing to catch No. 1 for Las Vegas.
Berenice, two-year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Less Denton is very
sick, having a heavy cold and fever.
Pioche Editor
Boosts the South
Sheriff Roeder
Hard of Hearing
Last week Bill Powell of Caliente
hied himself to Pioche to serve his
country as a juryman in the district
court. The routine proceedings in
an attempted! murder case was be
ginning to have its effect on all pres
ent, and a chair warmer in the au
dience imposed upon the dignity of
the court so far as to go to sleep.
The noise from that direction was
becoming more audible with each in
halation of the breath. Judge Walsh
enjoyed the concert as long as possi
ble., and linaHy said to Jack Roeder
Sheriff, please awaken that Jew.
Sheriff Roeder, who had been ob
serving the sandman at work In th
jury box, misunderstood the wora
"Jew" for "juror," and thereupon
approached Juror Bill Powell of Cal
iente, who appeared to the officer
least able to keep his eyes open, auu
gave him a good shaking.
After the audience had regained
its composure a word from the court
put matters right.
W. E. McCarthy, who has taken a
position with Stindt & Donoiiue as
expert ore handler, has moved into
the house formerly occupied by L.
H. Beason. Mr. McCarthy will
spend much time in Salt Lake look
ing after ore shipments. He was
formerly In the assay office of the
Virginia-Louise mine.
C. L. Alquist is In Salt Lake buy
ing stock.
The Mansir and Crowe strike on
the Culverwell and Ronnow prop
erty is continuing to show immense
values as the work progresses. A
new open cut on the ledge has been
made about 200 feet below the for
mer workings. From this opening
the same high values are being
taken out. Samples taken from a
seam about eight inches wide assay
70 per cent lead kud over l.OOo
ounces In silver. The entire ledge
of about four feet averages near
$100 per ton. It Is a well dezneu
ledge and is traceable for over 4,000 -feet
to the top of a spur of the
mountain and well down Into the
canyon beyond. The ledge dips
about twenty degrees to the south
and the footwall strips clean as It
the ore was sawtd out. The hang
ing wall is not so well defined, the
Dr. Stephens, formerly of Caliente,
but now of Los Angeles passed
through Rnniiav nn hia wnv tn Suit
Lake. Dr. J. West Smith joined him mineral seeming to taper off In value
here and accompanied him.
Amalgamated Mill
May Be Operated
The movement which has been on
. Bill White returned from Sail
Pedro Sunday in a second lieuten
ant's uniform. He went on to Mll
ford and from there he will go to
Salt Lake to take his old position
with the Salt Lake route.
Jack Coombs, formerly principal of
the Caliente school and now a lieu-
foot for some time past to lease and tenant in Uncle Sam's navy, sailed
last week from New York for Ham
burg.
LEASERS
THE SILQOLED MIXING COMPANY
Will Lease Portions ot The
ELY VALLEY GROUP
To Responsible Leasers. The Com
pany Furnishes Tools and Ammunition.-
Call at The Mine, or at
Plocho Assay Office,
A. A. Sherman, editor of the Pl
oche Record, arrived in Renq this
morning to attend the meting of the
Nevada editors, says the Reno Ga
zette. "This is my first visit to Reno
and I am much impressed with the
substantial character of the business
houses and neat and clean condition
of the citv." he said.
Above all things the Southern
editor is a strong booster for his
home community. In an interview
with the Gazette, he said.
"As you know, our chief Industry
In Lincoln county Is mining. Great
opportunities await any man there
with a little money ana urains.
Everything in the camp is looking
fine and we anticipate much new de
velopment this summer. Recent
strikes of large bodies ot high grade
silver ore prove absolutely that the
earlv pioneers In the mining industry
found but a small portion of the min
eral wealth that abounds in the
mountains in all directions from
Pioche. The strikes of the present
day are not confined to the small
section lying within a mile or two
of Ploche. as were the early-day ac
tlvlties, but high grade ore is being
found practically on tne surtace
within a radius of fifty miles of the
town.
Much ground in the old wormngs
is being worked by leasers, who are
realizing far better than wages and
also laying a foundation ror ruture
wealth. New leases are being sign
et nearly every day. The main
value to a community of this method
nf minimi lies in the fact that, wttn
the exception of transportation and
treatment, all the money stays at
home,
Our areat need is milling facili
ties for the concentration and treat-
mpnt of tne large amount oi low
grade ores that are uncovered in our
quest for the higher values. One
small mill is now in saccessiui upei
ntfnn and we have hopes that with
in a short time a local company will
an nrppn in establishing another, In
a short time we could supply a
thousand tons ot milling ore a day
it there were facilities for handling
that amount.
City Garage to Have New Quarter
Pnv rirr of the City Garage is nav
lng the building opposite the pres
Wnt Inn remodeled for the pur
pose of occupying it as a machine
The hnlldine will be extended
huf.v" to the blacksmith shop, the
MTAtit Viulnir flnilfl bv Henry Bowling
The quarters now occupied will be
used for storage purposes ,
News and Notes
From the Movies
v Tonight the Electric Movies will
present a Goldwyn Rex Beach play
of six reels, "Laughing Bill Hyde,"
featuring Will Rodgers of the Zleg-
field Follies. This picture is une
of the Goldwyn Star series and is
one of Beach's best efforts. The
Ford Weekly will also be shown.
Stanley Atkin of Milford Inter
viewed the business men ot Caliente
Vednenday.. .,,,, ..:.'. .''. . , , . . .; ,
E. N. Mitchell reluctantly enter
tained a few girl friends at a chicken
dinner Sunday evening. The guests
enjoyed themselves immensely. '
operate the Amalgamated mill cul
mluated last Tuesday evening in a
meeting In the office ot Attorney A.
L. Scott of mining men and others
interested in the upbuilding of' PI
oche , The meeting was call4 for
the purpose of considering a proposi
tion from the Amalgamated corpora
tion to lease the mill to a Jocal com
pany to be rormed for that pur
pose. The entire proposition was dis
cussed ana considered from every Mrs. J. Pearl, formerly Marie Rice,
point of view. While the conditions arrive! from Sun niprn Tiii f
imposed by the Amalgamated cor- visit her father, Hyruni Rice, in Cal-
puianvu wbio itul uuiiBiuereu m a jiente
tavorauie lignt, it was the opinion
of nearly every one that if these con
ditions were modified In several pat-
tlculars It would be good business to
run 50 or" 100 tons of selected ore
through in order to make a practical
test.
John R. Cook was empowered to
select a practical committee of three
to consider the practicability of
slightly remodeling the mill to make
it avaoilable for handling the differ
ent low grade ores of the district.
in the country rock.
Fred Mansir and John Crowa
leased this claim from Charles Cul
verwell and Dan J. Ronnow, but
after the strike an agreement waa
reached by all the parties that Man-
sir nnd Crowe be given a sixth inters
eat each in the property and relin
quish their lease. The property la
now being operated under this own
ership. ,
With further development tnia
ledge will undoubtedly prove as val
uable as the n w famous stindt ana
Donohue ledge in the Harney mine.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Lopez, April 2 a daughtHr.
Found on one of the seats the fol
lowing: .. - -
What a difference there is in a
kiss from one who is experienced!
Apropos of the fire scene In the
Kinedom of Youth." As she was
having her corsets laced her daugh
ter said, "Mother, wnat wouia you
do If I hollored 'Fire! now.'
In the Dlay "Kingdom of Youth"
and the scene of the wouia-oe
charmer, Mr3. Rice was in her pa
amas when Madge yelled -iire:
a troice from among the audience:
I hone her ' G string uoesn t
break."
New beets, new cabbage and other
fresh vegetables on special saia io
2ay at the Ploche warset.
Railroad Notes
From CaMente
Five .regular frpfe-ht- crowa pro
This committee will probably report now employed between Caliente and
to another meeting next week.
Midnight Race
for Comet Mine
Milford. Heavy fruit shipments
from California points is given as
the reason for hliis indication of
prosperity.
The section' foreman at Six-Mile
on the Pioche branch, has fifteen
men making general repairs between
mile-post four and mile-post eight
A spectacular midnight race to ?en' j?6 8etiQn foreman at Pioche
v,bu, ...... LiTCllllg UlBiaUlJQ
to mile-post eighteen from the north
New seventy-five pound rails are to
be laid the entire "distance between
Caliente and Pioche with the excep
purchase an interest in one of the
recently discovered fabulously rich
claims or the Co.niet district was wit
nessed in Pioche this week.
By virtue of assisting in tire dls-
Another old-timer who has re
tained his faith In the Comet dls- -
trict is Charley Schodde, .who 'has,,.
been working single-handed for some
time in an endeavor to find the leage
in the old Lynden group. In early
days the Lynden mine was a heavy
producer In valuable silver ore. An -immense
bed of this ore, high up on
the mountainside and about eight
feet thick, has been extracted, prob
ably $100,000 having been realized
in this manner. 1
Some distance from the old work
ings Mr. Schodde has uncovered a .
valuable ledge, several feet wide,
and visitors to the mine are positive
that with a small amount of devel
opment work this ledge will prove
another bonanza for the Comet dis
trict.
Found A pfn at the Movies. Own
er can have same callins at box
otnee.
Sergeant Martin Returns to Pioche
Sereeant Frank Martin of the
First engineers, who has been sta
tloned at Liverpool, England, has
recently been discharged from the
sorvice at Fort Kusseii, vvyomin,:,
and returned to Pioche.'
C. J. Warren Regaining ftw iieaun
a letter from 0. J. Warren, who
is reouperattng in Pasadena Cal.,
says that the California climate has
benefited his neaun ana nai ue
will return to Pioche about tho vrst
of May.
covery of the rich ledge John Crowe "o11,01 fur mIlei n th canyon, this
has inherited a one-sixth Interest ii.
the Culverwell and Ronnow group
of claims, consisting of the Ronnow,
Dorothy and Jennie.
Word was whispered around Pl
oche last Wednesday that Crowe
would like to connect with a piece
of change for his interest in the
claims that he might be sure ot a
competency in his old age, This
news reached the ear of Al Carman
who decided to start out bright aim
early Thursday morning for the rich
diggings of the Comet and close a
deal before other possible buyers
t could arrive on the ground.
After closing hour Wednesday
night Charley Culverwell got as.
inkling of what was on the program
for the morrow, and decided forttt-
section already containing the heav
ier rails. Within two weeks 100
trackmen will be employed In layln
the steel and reballasting the track
for the entire distance. The com
pany is anticipating the heavy traf
fic from the Pioche mines during the
coming summer, and this much need
ed Improvement will permit the
moving ot heavier trains and enable
the crew to kegp to schedule.
A new passenger fare tariff issued
March 15- for the Pioche branch
makes it possible for patrons ot the
line to purchase a ticket from one
Intermediate point to another. Here
tofore Panaca and Delmue were the
only intermediate points to which a
ticket could be purchased. 1 Here-
Extralaterul Rights Are Conveyed
Two deeds recorded in the office
of the auditor and recorder ot Lin
coln county Thursday would show
the inclination of some of the local
mine operators to avoid legal com
plications in connection with the doc
trine of extralateral rights.' The
owner of the Wide Awake claim con-
veyed to the Nevada Volcano Mines
Company all extralateral rights ex-,
tending into the Volcano lode, and .
the owners ot the Volcano lode in
turn conveyed all extralateral rights
extending into the Wide Awake
property, the result being that the
surface lines projecting vertically
downward will be controlling, and
some lawyers may be deprived ot fat
fees thereby, as the recent find on
the Volcano or Harney property ap
parently strikes across, the Wide .
Awake line.
C0NAWAY RANCH
FOR SALE
ALSO STOCK
Notice is hereby given that the
CONAWAY RANCH and STOCK is
for sale
For particulars call at the Ranch
or address Caliente, NeV. '
with to run the would-be mine op- after transportation may be pur-
erator a merry race. So he hitched
up his faithful Ford and started ira
mediately for the new land of
Wealth.
When Carman arrived on the
scene about 9 o'clock1 Thursday
morning he discovered, to his dis
may, that Crowe .was' no, longer the
owner ot an interest in the Ronnow
group, that his title had passed to
Culverwell about an hour before.
chased from the conductor for Com
et, Water Tank and Dry Valley also,
making quite saving to travelers
between these points
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
1919 SUMMER SESSION 1919
June 2:1 August 1
Varied and attractive courses of
study, planned especially for teach
ers and for those who seek appoint-
Owing to the heavy traffic east an
extra sleeper has been placed on
trains 3 and 4, also an extra day
coach on the same trains between
Milford and Salt Lake. No. 3 leaves
Caliente for Los Angeles at 11:50
p. m.! and No. 4 for Salt Lake at
4:55 p. m. This new equipment will
be much appreciated by travelers to
and from points in Lincoln and
Clark counties.
Father Slattery Preaches lit Ploche
Rev. Father Slattery ot Caliente
held mass tn Pioche ut 9 o'clock last
Sunday. The service was well at
ment us teachers in Nevada. Board I tended and a uumber approached the
and room on the Campus for women Sacrament ot the Holy bucharist
summer students, seven dollars Der Father Slattery spoke on the great
week. For descriptive bulletins ad- tragedy of Calvary with a view to
dress. Director of the Summer Ses- preparing hts hearers tor the Holy
sion. University ot Nevada. Reno. Week season. He will endeavor to
evada. . visit Pioche again alter Easter.
ioclie t)re Shipments for the Week
Ore shipments from Pioche tor the
week ending April 3 aggregated
1,750 tons, as follows:
Prince Consolidated 1,200
Virginia-Louise BOO
Bank ot Pioche 50
X' . . J ,1. ,!..
v&iiii4ij 1 utira vi tiro a iww wba ii.v
H. E. Freudenthal has given a
lease on the Wide Awake claim to
M. L. Lee and others.
The Pioche Mines Company to
day hauled their new direct connect
ed straight line air compressor ti
the mine. It is ot eight-drill capac
ity and Is gasoline driven.
E. D. Smiley ot the Tungsten-
Comet mine at Comet is in Pioche
for the purpose of letting a contract
to continue the main shaft from the k
250-foot to the 400-foot level.
Elmer Mlddleton has taken a lease
from Joe Foster on the Badger No.
2 claim, on Lime bill. Several good
showings oi ore nave Deen uncov
ered on this Dronertv. The lease ex
tends for a period ot eighteen
months.
An attachment suit was filed last
Saturday by John P. Fleblg of Los
Angeles against the Holden No. 1
Milling Company and E. L. Holden
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on account ot mortgage bond sub
scriptions paid and rescinded. The
milling company has an option to
purchase the property ot the Dela
mar Exploration Company anil that
of Ellen Michener, known as the
Painter-Hames property, located in
the Delamar or Ferguson mining, ,
district. ,