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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALU, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1505.________________________________ ) H RivHLJ ^vWUr/AH t7! J) t\t\-L ! !T`D*! !*T^ ---------------------------------------------—:-------------------'--------:————*——————--—------------------------ --------------——^----------------:——----------------------'-------------—^-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * dreda who would never wjsh to live the . citizens to incorporate the town uousiy since January 1, 1902, and j hoisting machinery, ore crushers, etc., all mines is whether the veins go down ing Company of Tonopah and the Midway^] ---------e--------- , f*^ , climate unequated in the and invest it with the dignity of a the underground workings now amount at the mine wii! be operated and the and granted that one man can see far- Extension Mining Company, which enr^H -- rtETsi^TC its continuous sunshine; in Mayor and obtain municipai govern- to nearly three miies, most of surface and underground workings fur- ther into the ground than another, brace a totai of 434 acres. ' ^iUiitI.I^]AlY! LfC-Mi\^i^ cue winter tight occasional fails of ment and the many improvements that which are in ore of payable grade, nished with light, ^he mine is under there is no doubt that these ores are Aii these properties are situated on ?*r?y the summits of its foiiow in its train, such as a larger The main three compartment working the management of Frank A. Keith. of primary origin and should therefore the western course of the Tonopah vein * . tpftiest mountain peaks, a summer no, schooihouse and a high school. The shaft, known as the Mizpah No. 1, has THE TONOPAH BELMONT cb. continue to great depth. system, and have a totai extreme length 1 H ny ty , 07-K)ifFI/dM Francisco,, 'with cool citizen* of Tonopah represent every been sunk vertically to a depth of 945 Under the same management and MIDWAY MINING COMPANY. north and south across the vein system B h)ghts; the clear de^rt air and the won- grade from every rank of itfe-iawy^s, feet, and cut through the Mizpah vein virtuai]y u^.r^hJc<^t^^h..^. Adjoining the Montana Company's of 12.000 fe.t or nearly on. and Jnlif ' - . , A . ^ sunrises and sunset* casting stock brokers, doctors, dentists, mining on its dip at the 600-foot level, and the eapitaiists is the TonoDah Beimont Be- claims on the west and covering the ex- miies. and a continuous length on the CopjTight Appiied for by W. J. Stone- bti!ilantly. indescribable colors on the engineer*, store keepers, miners and principal deyeiopment work has been yeioDment Cnmnsnv having a caDitai tension of its known veins and those course of the Mizpah vein system of 84f s . ham, Tonopah, Nev. , mounta,ins give a charm to the country the miscellaneous crowd that is invart- done on the 569 and 300 foot ieveis. of 32 000 000 with ss'o 000 stores in the P*' undiscovered, is the property of the feet or over one and a haif miies throu? (fa INCE the discovery of Tonopah in enthralls the rest- ably associated with a mining camp. The Brough.r Shaft has been sunk treasury' and owning'over 200 acres of T""°Pa.h Midway Mining Company, the ground of the Tonopah Extension s` ^==S,the summer uf 3900, the progress of declares the dese{-t to be Balls and other social functions are the dip of the vein to a depth of 700 ! miner&i ground adjoining the Tonopah '"Me'* has but recently come into great McKane Mining Company's ciaims. * <a=gP the camp has been gradual, but 7, f' ^ '*** Masons. Elks, Eagles feet in a shoot of high-grade shipping, Mining Company's ciaims on the east by reason of haying opened of the pny,rties are being activeiy in every respect highiv satisfactory t Herein a sandy reach of the Ban An- ond^other orders are strongly rejpre- which at the lowest depth well main- and covering the eastern extension of "' Tonopah s phenomenally veiop.d th. most prominent being 5 i hiRHiy satisfactory, onto Range the Tonopah Railroad ?$t&L. - . '-tains its values. Two other shafts, that Compaq's vein system^ The chief 7"" ?*? Th. company owns Tonopah Extension mme. which adjo) and its condition to-day warrants the tapds the traveler in the town of Tone- \ What was always regarded as the the Cutting and the Lyn<ih, have also developments in this^mine* have been ?H5e%i""'..*''"* hasa capitalization of the Buckboard claim of th. Tonopah M' prediction that it wiii ere iong take pah. nestiing between the .mineraiized great drawback to Tonopah—the water been supk to a depth of 300 feet on the carried on through the Desert Queen shares of $1 each, of which ing Company on the west, the MacN rank as the greatest gold and stiver mountains now being divested of their ^PPiy—^ss pow been sotved. A com- same vein and are also in high-grade shaft of the Tononah Mining Company ^60,000 were placed in the treasury. mara on the north and the Bhndgrt* mining camp in America. The critic juried wealth- For a few miies he has ggV °f t^.!tfornia capitaiims acquired ore. Thirteen - hundred and afty feet and the eastern extension of the Mizpah 545 "2X1? th ^ Tonopah Mining Compaf who refers to the age of the catAu and *'<"* ^'oke stacks and the head- "_h4t is known as th. Rye Patch, situ- east of the Mizpah No. 1 shaft, the vein is now being explored on the , crosscuts and on the south. l,r, Tr" ^ the age of the camp and ^r different mines, but the change ated afteen miies nor*h of Tonopah. ! Desert Queen shaft has been aunk to 7(M 300 end^m *^cifts the total amount of underground This was the arst property purchas^ asks why a greater number of mines ,r.m the solitude and quiet bf the and by sinking w.i!s ha* secured a a depth.fll27fXet a^ thr^ugrit the Thi^ mm^hls itk^ mher. in th. ^ amount., to over 4500 feet. ^ On. by Mr. McKane and work was are not paying dividends must remem- desert to the busy depot is startling, yactlc'a!)y unlimited supply of pure Mizpah vein is being opened up in the camp produced so*me ore^of extraor- of*M^^.t"^t.d^hre^orh^^tXX*'in ^nced in May, 1903, a shaft being sta^ ber that Tonopah more than any other The freight yards are p]ied up With ai) water. A targe bumping station with ground belonging to tim Tonopah Bei- dmary *tdXhness, m,t Jro attempt has XrosMuts tn thl^nrth Alt Bwel' ^ins ^ thought to be the coutj new discover)., of recent years labored c'^s°f commodities from groceries to Rump*, capable of raising 409,000 gai- m.nt Dev.i.^n.m Company. been mJd. tf<m .thesis, th^rnmn- X^ried or. m pa^i.^'.ii ng JraXX 7'"-,.^"''^ h.ppiiy pr.vi under great disadvantaged which took '"IT""'' <""* msohin,ry; Ltrucdl,nd\hfwl^r m numbed",m " th. Stiver tain an av.rag. grad. of about 360 per and. in m^k, m high g^dX XnmrXd ^ time, perseyeraj3ce (uid capital to over- 4i*c vast#piles of bay, lumber 1^*. ^ ***s been sunk to a depth of 74Q ton, p,nd of this quailty ovgr 3(iOP tonjs shipping ore. It was not, however, un- 50 f.@f dinning rm+ ^ continued come. These disadvantages may be coal, mingled with freight cars - f!nwn o-mvitv thT-nuc-h feet on the Valley View vein and drifts have been shipped. The property is til the end of February of this year 270 feet Thia^v^in ^ shaft at a , , enumerated as foii.ws; the smeiters. Im- been run east on the 340 and 440 perhaps best, if ters.iy described in that th. north crosscut entered what been exnJ^d ^ Firstiy—The deep rooted prejudice "$*"**. wagons with wheeis six feet. ^ T.nwa^ wh.r. foot ieveis and west on the 640 foot the words of a visiting mining engineer is now known to be the western ex- opened UD on ^ **?* against Nevada, which^ since the de- b!gh and eignt inches wide, two *.ndl. ^***"'?! level. This vein is s)xty-eight feet wide of world-wide repute. Who. after a tension of the south vein in the Mon- fe.t on th. m* ef.<T***f" ' ciine of the Comstock, has staggered j^ra. hitched together in a. line, and; ^ nrivatf ^dM^^h**!^aWmtiAv 300-foo,t ievei and is mostly of careful inspection of the property said, tana mine and one of the richest pro- ^(t ,, now within**' fl*"'f *!** ] under, th. damaged reputation of I sii- f**? by ^rom tweiv. t. twenty-two' *2M 09^ ^ miiiihg grad, ore, but having from "The Beimont is going to make a great ducing veins of that mine. T^n.Jah M?nmJ f ver State, whose oncj great and only and mules, are loaded up with f ^^AA, three to eight fe.t of shipping ore on mine," _ At the'point where it was struck in havh^ proved !"*"?* mining camp was exhausted. kinds of supplies for such distant NBlMSI*Al EHS OF TONOTAH. th. hanging waii side. The Mizpah One other company is under the pame tbe Midway it was eieven feet wide, ,, A . ! Secondly—The lack of water and fuel CMhPs as Go]dHe!d. Buiifrog and Ka- Beside, a dai)y paper. The Tonopgh vein is from ilve feet to fourteen feet management and control and that is and for the whoie width showed some ^ ""a tne sinamg of the < and the consequent difBeuity in the *"9h. Watch how the teamster drives EaiiySun, a veryCreditab!ejourhai re- wide apd the highest grad, ore,occurs the Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Co., °* the most wonderful specimen ore ^ ^ "een resumed. . proatabi. mining of its ores, added to twenty-two animais with a single centiy estabiished, the camp has two in Shoots at irregular intervais. Both which was formed in August last with opened up in Tonopah. It has now been -ns Jt?tTf IT* , '*`"'l this the fact that it was separated by ^"4 Erecting them by his voice, tpeekiy papers, The ?TOnopaA, Miner of veins have'an, east and vyest. course, a capital- of 32,000,000, having 600,000 drifted on for 100 feet west, and 150 ; " n.e e s^' sixty miles of A'apert from &e nearest P^^ObtofthecroWdadfreightyards t`we!Ve ,pages. w.Mehgives,the. m!ning Since its discovery the production of shares in the treasury. Thisorganiza- feet east and stili maintains its gr#at ^ narai!C t. e ^e ^00 *raiiwaypoint. making it nccesM.rytbht a,nd turns a corner ina style that new* from aii the d&trictsofSouth. theminoisas foilows: ExtractedbV tionisaconsoHdation-of the Tonopah ^^'^^'bFiowid^ from four to {^,*b^n^BWMd 7o%Jm? ^H payable shipping hre siiouid be of the causes despair and envy to ride in the Eastern Nevada, the editor being Sam icssees, 34,eOO,OOO; shipped by bonipany to Sait Lake, Gold Hili, Tonopah Fraction i *" shipping-gra^e. and is ^ ^ , ^ minimum vaiu. <H% 0. Jr ttm ^ ^e ordinary driver. ' ' & Dunham, a w.U-khow* and. b^tiiant, dat^ 34.27^4?; totai, 38;37O,9M- and Tonopah City companies and eon- '"ether exp .red by winy, and n Sdng grade. Both these vein. , ThirdJy-Ann:A^ Abo ordinal die Iu astonishment th. new arr.vai wen- Journalist ether 4^kly mining l^4g ^. current year th. com- t.y^-t.-th.-..*y-..i.,a.y 1*0 a.,.. .3 S ProL^,c^nm.l f'g^at^ , M<ta$ i-y--tiM^T;cit39Air 4WM ittAjJ. th!saetMy, th-e .nr ,nou. I pany ija* pdid off the 300.000 pr.fer.nte, SH}e"dld4y loes4.d ground in the heart "ehru Jv, 7:f w &v. tot*l amount of u^Jgmund w"r'X H Mirticg Company Oil Nevada, covering <.ons of goods, the many team^' ! "cc' jourt,al of , the ^ci^Kp. This is 'etMUree. andk&ntheMd of Apriiiaa'. dm- of the camp; whiea la the Sa.t Lake, . ^tpop-i but tb* return* lor m ton* -ibis min. lamounis to s:bpn44MO feet eM but a limited area, *fn veins Outcropped *"* gene)mi unmistakable signs of W. W. Booth , :tributed cg"dtvidend of - 28 cents per Fraction and GOid Hi!! mines had been oniy have been receive? atm ne-ted'th. posing ore of ^e'estimal^? va!tue oh the surface thude enabling the de- busy prosperity. Here within a few . Tpnopah is weii served by t-#o ip=ai Share; amounting to 3250,900, and it & proved to contain several veins of high- company $7p" 47 M; am average of ^0,000, and there are aisobver 5000 ton's*^^ tractors of the district to proclaim for yards of the depot is the Tonopah Ex- telephone companies with house to undayntood that regular quarferip dtvi- grade ore. From the Gold Hiii mine ,343^ per ton. . of ore on the dump assaying 330 ner ton two years that it wab but a ono-mlh. tension mine, close by is the Tonopah b"u*e connection and extending to d.^ds wiii b. paid hereafter. The mine pre to th. value of 316,000 had been 3500 tons of ore on On October 29 the nun. commenced H camp. "**"*,*"? tbe Midway mine, and but a GoidMd^ and,.u. company .has c.ntn- -i.-weH equipped for extensive dev.top- shipped, the Sait Lake had shipped ore the^nj of an ti^ge vaiu. of 340 shipments and from that date m Amii ,H CONDtTIO?fS ARB COX(&I7BRB:iX a^wa,y at the foot of its whes to Bullfrog. A. local Work, Immense self dumping ore ^ Value of $17,000 ahd the Fraction while the ore blocked out in 29. six months, 4356 tons have been ship- H The indomitable persevere, of th. Mo*nt Oddi, is the Montana Tonopah ^ *f. nearing cmpieti.n hnd rail- had contributed 335.000 worth. R,. „ ,.tim.t.d at 34.350,000. pod. th. present .utJLt^Xg fmm ^ H pioneers of the camp, whose faith in "** Tonopah mine; gnd perched western Uni^ at 8odaville. and the -gp,d' tracks have been buiit up to the Under these circumstances it is no To more rapidly develop the mine, a to 300 tons per week. Th. management H its future never wavered has overcome ^ ss-gdes nest on the aido of the various shafts to facilitate ore ship- wonder that the new organization, new seventy horsepower hoisting en- of this,company are not yet at liberty to its natural adverse conditions and is the North Star and a dozen j**so just completed its own line to tho menta. In 190$, the company realized mainly due to the efforts of Charles gine has been ordered with cages, cars give the exact returns for the total broken down the barrier of nreiudlco mines near by. These are the town. . ' . in order to supply the necessities L<- Knox of the Montana Tonopah mine, and also a Gates ore crusher by which amount of ore shipped which is graded which encircled the State demonstrat- o* it all. the same cause that ^ Among the improvements about to o( Tonopah and carry to the smelters was greeted with enthusiasm, b The the output of the mine will be greatly to an average value? although some con- H ing to capital that here' in Tononah up S*n Francisco, the rush for he undertaken, immediately is a second the vast tonnage of medium grade ore^, whole of the treasury stock offered, increased. From the present great siderable quantity of very high grade ore and generaiiv in Southwestern Nevada! a prosperous mining camp the 3lectrlc light plant and a franchise has which were not sufRcienfly high grade 100,000 shares, was subscribed for showing in the n?ine it is easy to pre- has been marketed. As an Instance of this H are the greatest opportunities for the srea,test civilizing agent throughout the 4lpo been granted fora complete sew- ^ bear the co$t of hauling by team, at par in a few hours. No time was diet for it a wonderful future. Fur- it may be stated that one car load shipped profitable investment of money that can ^°***3- e:age system; while the growth of t.*e camp must be provided with a rail- lost in starting work on the property, ther exploration will undoubtedly open the first week of this month realized over be found in America, to-day . TONOPAH'S MAIN STREH3T. town is so rapid that a streetcar t'y**- road, and statistics then showed that and by arrangement with the Tonopah up in its territory the great "Macdon- $900 per..ton net. M When it \is considered that the men The main street of Tonopah, where * narrow gauge road with a moderate Mining Company, operations were com- aid " and 'A. B. K.'' veins on their ^ splendidly equipped with t. whom credit for this must b. g!Jn Hve short year, ego stood on. *mgii discovery of Tonopah, iike many equipment and two passenger cache, m.nced through th. Stiver Top shaft western course from th. Montana mine. ^ p.^erfui hoisting piant 7t^. drii! came to Tonopah absolutely without Hnen southward for half a with ease ali the freight on the Vatley View vein and drifts on white the unkonwn ^Mib liGes of its compressor piant and a Gates ore crusher H money and dragged from the desert miie through the town. The sidewaika and pa*senger trafHo which would be that vein east front the 440-foot ievei great extent of virgin ground can not with a capacity of 100 ton* per day. H what they now^esess. it is wonder- conor.ted and th. st,e.t is iined X v offered to it. and west on the 540-fct^ ievei were This mine i, remarkable for th. fact that H ful that it has taken so abort a time with handsome stores and two-stpry were found by James L, Qutier of ha,rd gllE TONOFAH RAILROAD commenced to the Jim Butter ground. THE NORTH STAR PROPERTY. for the fui*.66O feet for which vein No. H for Tonopah to attain the c,iRonlt buiidings, mostly of frame.^but there *?7*T. mt 7 The f}rst-named drift is nearing the On the eastern extension of the Mon- f ha. been expior.d on !t7c.ur*. it!. ^ now hoid. in th. mining world. are a!so some substantia) stone ,true- ^ with bigek oxide of manganese- The construction of th. road was boundary, but the iatter ha. been stop- tana To^p^'s vein system is the prop- ^ost perfects denned vein in th^)H To one who has never %i^ted7 west- tures occupied by banks and stores, cmmcced .n January 26, 1904. ped on account of bad air and opera- erty of the North Star Mining Company, camp, and .how. no evidence of faulti^H ern mining camp and whose ideZT.f with the upper Hoor a. otBces. On the t *?*^ because and ^ ^tai iength from Soda- tion. have been transferred to what is empris^g Hv. ciaims and a tunnei 400-foot ievei of thie vein such a nlaca have been fnr^ea bA/te.X risina eroimd to the west some hand- *^e discoverer had not the means )o vtlie, yhere it connects with the Car- known as the Wandering Boy shaft site. A main shaft onfthe western slope ^ , mined from a .tnnelJM ing popular romances. TonJi,ghm^ some ^side<^e. hf stone, frame amiassaying an^pkrUyboca-j*. .oynd^!o^doRaiiroad, is but sixty- and acros.cut from this'^n^w being ^J.^d^ut"^./feet w!de. every .pound of wmchi^^ bo MTnATVhat nf . adnh* havo b^ilt hv tho woa!fhi.r its appearance Was no m^uce^eht to Ove mHea. There are no engineering run to the vein from which the Frac- depth of 1060 feet, and about 3000 feet ^ade Aa thia nrnn*rtv eov^<H ^JrA?rr^talab.^n7JtrtJd^ an a.sayerto dot.;, w^rk,for an n- di.rulties, yet ov^ng to unavoidable tion Company extracted its or. and ^n^lhj w^ dr?ft^onn^ti^ J,!S m"fh. ctmj%**th^ ,. - ,, -..in,,-,,, terest in the ciaims) We hnosv now deiays in the arrivai.of matertai and which has been explored to a depth of uone, the west arttt connecting with i,,.nv h. with\ C^t'J"^st.^!ngt^ e^h ^nd%^i^ Wh^i wm und.^ttd!y°bA ^*1!!,^ "a^g.mett't.'mJnt.'.n^u?.r'^hip! e*W*Jn!X ^.ht*^r^r.,%t^jj js.d°t^e 7ithc7h^f d^,nk^dP^t ^t^twc^Hk^.%"^d J7ms^y, ?^.^jwcimJsf^ th.^Jrf am^,ho Jt^d^ "'^Jy^Uy d^.p^intj*7nf^f tJT"Jf°orJwt^hi7p.d°m 'jj}yl.R' Th"^^ bkg the hours away by shooting up the County Bank and the agency of the {State %a&t that it would stand $75 ner ton tho y , tha camn is the ^^cli is said to have netted about $200 is owned by the^H town or nonchalantly dinging 320 goid Rank and Trust Company-both Ananciai- .^d ^ ^ m^! P*rton. pany of T<m.paZH pieces on the gambling table white dar- ]y strong and doing an immense ahd A,.." sn)endid ^ 7, unprejudice The company is capita]ized for 1,000,- ciaims, whict^sH ing dance haj). iKd "hurdy-gurdy" ^apid)y ihcr.asing bus)ne*s. 4-nd a Xhi hompetent to judge. 000 shares of 31 each, of which 400.000 give a i.ngsM] houses cater to his amusement at night. Nations! Bank has just b*en organized. „b,-*.And The owners n<it hsvinlr n-, Pl*""9d Goldde!d w.s unknown and THE MONTANA COMPANY. were piaced in the treasury. The mine of the two In piaoa of this, although the town It has three chin-ches. 6nd each bf'lh* J ^ ' -n da".ha mine resorte<fto^B)e Next io the Mizpah mine, as the prop- was cio,ed down in April last, no rea- sion mine. I is -run wide open," it is as quiet and Fresbytsrign. Cathode and Episcopalian an? K **M aho..t° that camp, 4he ,rt^ of the Tonopah Mining Company son being given by th. directors. erty isioc^H as .rder!y as any 3. dat. city. There denominations, a i.rg. ,ch.oih^ with a J?g Jant^ oJ wh^ ^,"*Ur* !' ^miiiar!y cal!^!. no property is more THE WEST END. op4 .ExtjH is nothing attractive about the country daily attendance of over 159 pupils, an knoW.7aa fim Mizpah Vaiiey rvf.r P°PdItr than that pf the Montana Tono- Adjoining the Tonopah Mining Com- reached a^ through which the Tonopah railroad opera-house, a splendid social ciub with F^l-,snd BiirroNos 1 and* veins ^ P*h Mining Company, which, is faith-.--p^,,y's property, stightly south of west, yet passes on it3 way to the. camp. It a membership of 200, famed for its Ros- ,<.g ].a'ses nrdveh hroflt- '"l*y described at length in another ,u][ owned by the Tonopah a mo,t B crosses long stretches of sandy desert, pitality to viSitoi-s; two hoteis ahd a anme the values wereJst b^svy s)iipmentsof "y'j°h` coiun^i. This was thedrst Tonopah Extension Mi!i and Mining Company, smking4^^o.s^l°^-sodH",-AuhP`'^,-eo"^, bars bf ail vegetation but a scanty iarge humber of eomfortabie weii fur-, shotted and iti^some the company to P^y a. dividend, and the but more popu!ar)y known as the West minersi/k-oqH*^ -,at 1° ^ growth of the sagebrush which gave nished rooming houses. ^ utmosi\and paraiyzed the Carson and mine which haS Shipped out in carload End. having a capita!ization of 600,000 that crlsXlTqoS , .U*i P" . M Nzvada th. tit], of th. "Sagebrush 177 stores most of which are asar. Coiorsdo Raitroad [.ts the richest ore from the catgp. The ,,,ares of 31 each, of which :oo!ooo m.nce itl^ it"" M StAte.* The desert is bordered bv —! ^ !3o*k*fA*4 eypbihse entAiled In marketing; it. The business of the Tonopah Railroad date of its next dividend, which can not reserved for treasury. The main A^4^3.^ ^ -, ranges of bJe. rugged fo7biddinjiookl JicifJ l7^J Morons stJks every ^vertheiess. the output from these „ now so heavy that it take: s*yen be far distant, is a matter for daily dis- has been sunk to a depth of *30 o^l^ MutA^D ing mountains in many Dlaccs cm-inusiv tricity,ca^yenormous stocks ofavery ]guses wa* so great that soon the emei'- passenger chaches and two Pu!iman cussion in Tonopah. The mine com- f„et, passing through a big body of " u! ^ ru'M ^iTSlh^'y R<3X2d 4?^*- ^ "t Sah Francisco, Ey.fett.and Ta,- tb accommodate th. 5000 passen-tmcnccd operation with a cash capita! ^ ^uo"*`*.foMP? *? a dark b^^h^^JrJnrl^r *f. choked With Tonopah brg. g,r* wh.thiv.i over it evbry mo-hth,!bf 35].OOO on August 23. 19.2, and the A^*Lut north from th. 400 foot vol^nm foimat7i< of' ia^a. It ^ f ?* 'ccent act of the Legisiature -ponopah . the meantime water had been found white the incoming freight averages first sh)pment of ore was made n May. ,.y„, baa been run through this, and it '* u3\" Ju\O4 """" pus watJies7""Jon' I^d natu7hv ^ s ""txty miies of desert between, ,ov.r fifty carloads per day. and ore 1903, and since that dat. th. m n. has „ „.w being drifted on .ast and west. , Md Ah^Jt UncXLci^h; tJve ^ ""y* C""""""'y """""" t Tonopah and BodavUte. the rdliroad shipments exceed 2000 ton. per week been seif-sustaining. The output of Assays a. high as 3200 have been ob- *F , ""z^Ji^tMs country is uo?^cood^°A^^^°7^J""""^""F.p' point, thug.n4bting leasers to`ship out The freight yards cover an extent of U`<s mineis as foiiows: tain*d and the indication for encounter- mb"" f^r%Bning ls it gJd f J anythin^"" Courthouse to cost 326.<h)O. Indeed, ^ ^ profit pre of a minimum vatu, of Jes ahd a repair shop 260 feet May. 1903. to Sept, l.net.... 350.261 63 mg a body of shipping or. ar. exc.i- ***?"""""" o^7m`U`^' YM hJ. 3 Jrtain7^ason^, shJn hoJs queried on. mil. from th. town p.r tdn. )^ng and 60 feet' wide fitted with the Bept.. 1903. to Aug.. .1904 .... 266,023 16 „„t. This ciairn is .p!.ndidly !.cat.d and *.m. vaiuabf. T""l* b<^ BMtur.dfm v^^ arowf^.^n^''^'^7^L ? ^ ^ The teasing period ended oh Decern- mtest hydrau!ic machinery fa constant- ' ; A ——— and it sviii he surprising if the western """"""^d)y be opened up at d*i^C`p,^.m^' on some varieties of sn7e A,a buildings and on Main street aion. four ber -gj, 1901, and in* about, thirteen jy busy. And stilt tho capacity of the Average vaiue, 3104 per ton. 3306,2S9 73 extension of th. Vaii.y View vein sys- Adjoining the Midway mine onl?)^wpuf stonai 7icy bunch graX which snrmi7 structures are nearing compie- months to that date the camp had prq- road is too sfuaii and it and the Carson From September 1 to Aprii 29. inc)u- tern is not opened up. are two patented ciaims and on. up after the wtnt.r^snow ^ ^ duced about 3^,990,090 w-brth of ship- Jd Co!orAdb Railroad ar. being *'v*. there were shipped out 3453 tons, <The principa) owner of this property owned by th.Goiden Anchor Mining Uon!A^.^a aw<^ And beneath thesrde^rr^^al about to be buiit- In at! Over 3390.000 p,^g ore, ruhning from 3100 .to 3500 aR.rcd to standard gauge. the returns for which have not yet is Mr. F. M. Smith of 8an Francisco, pany. The shaft on this property reached^ t a nlsnttf^! ^ worth of new buildings are contracted ^ , addition to whjch {be !eas- xviLL !NCRE4SB ORE Ol)-I-PitT been issoed. bub included in this was a who is so weii-known as tb. ""Borax a depth of 760 feet, and a crosscut north for. ers left on th. dumps for treatment^ INCREASE ORE OUTPUT. banner shipment in January of fifty-two King.'' from this ievei has recently cut a vein M spring of There are no police in Tonopah. Or- fnture time about 20.000 tone ^hep this is comp!eted in Juty the which netted over 327,000. Out of McNAMARA MINING COMPANY. over twenty feet wide of'miiiing vaiue. th^n* d^r is kept by the Sheri!!, his deputies .qow-grade)' ore valued at an average ^ 7""! these returns the company has paid: on the north side of the Weet End *'t whij tn pieces assayed as high as H those delate looking mountains ^ Constable, who. with a Justice of g, 7y%J ton. .And the.mine was so^. ?"" K!"" ^ Bainberger triangie fraction, mine and aiso adjoining a part of the H?"" and MM per ton. This vein is now B __ATTRACTIONS OF DESERT. the Peace, find time hanging heaviiy TnxtnP4H COMPANY OF NEVADA ore. To relieve the pre?gure furthqr a 313.000; dividend, 359.000: for construe- -fonopah Mining Company's ground on being opened up and the main shaft is With aii its drawbacks this vast on their hand*, so t)tt!e have they to do. standard gauge railroad is being bpiit tion raiiroad switches, 319.600; also the west is a fractions] ciairn owned by !*'*"" being sunk fo the 900-foot ievei, desert ha* its great attractions to hun- A movement is nova on foot among Fhiiadeiphia cspttattms organtze<i a to GqidHeid connecting with the Tono- heavy items for machinery, wages, and h(he McNamara Mining Company, havins from which point another crosscut wiii company known as the Tonopah MiR!ng pah Raiiroad nine miies from Tonopah. the many misceiianeousexpenzes which ,.p,n, uf ;g09.000. divided into 500 -I be run to tho vein. / ""* ^ ,. +------- -------:-------------;-------------------------------------------------------------------------—--------------+ Company of Nevada with a capita! qf; and this road wtitprobgbiy be in opera- are.involved in the operation of s I ooo shares of 31 each, of which 200 000 ! It to quite impossibie to overstate die 3l.3OO,OOO, of which 300,000 weic pref- tion in September. The Tonopah Rail- , great mine. In addition to; this the t wore placed in the treasury. The main ] value of this discovery, not on!y to the y^) A F 6T* y^* C* <^y LF r' ^ V y erence Share* and constit)lte<r a mort- ro^d, which is owned by the Tonopah company has on the dumps over 30.090 ,(,aft has been sunk to a depth of 600 owners of the mine, but aiso to the Mld- y yyy**f AS F A f A- gage on the property, hearings per cent Mining C<rmpapy. has catied for a con-I tons of mmingore.which. on amozt: ^,th crosscuts south from this way snd Montana Tonopah companies. ^ * * ** y # ^ 4<s<g^* ys interest per annum, and.the opty opj;- ^derabie outlay of capita], but it is not conservative estimate, wiii net 316 pari t,vclund north from the 360 foot ievei and in fact, tn the enure district The cropping veins*at Tonopah. covering but on!y a most va!uahie asset but also ton, representing a totai ngt valuation] The management ciairn to have open-) general appearance, minetaiization end a smalt area, passed into their posse,- me source nf a large revenue. of 3469-000 The ore reservM biocked ,g ^o %e!ns and also ciairn Sh2t character of the ore bear, a remerkabi. H F/ ^ F/J)fFF // F FyWy7*OF7l?/7AfFFK4F/ .Sion bn January LI9O.. -. On the completion of the standardiz- put Sreestimatedat over!^0.000^ ^exe „ ^e apex of a vein now resembishce to that of the Macdonaid 3- ""'At""T, V. J. Qt/V/)/(7/f F""U/W /!CyWUN. p.cause the mafn work of the calpp ,ng of the raiiroad the Tonopah Mining I"" ,JiTr being mined in the Tonopah Extension vein in the Montana mine, but whatever H --------- was concentrated On thisproperty.be- company wiii proceed to immediately ^ Jjeof^Jhlc'h *7bnn't ground adjoining. The matter is now'vein it may be. it adds considerabiy to JH ^ ^ cause these ware the only veins that carry into effect pians for the opening grade shipping or wntett about 1 ,qb Judies"" and the property Is now ; the vaiue of the Midway and Montana (H Fen Ef*<IHC5K^O Cff/J !J {0 ronpra?Mf(7ff(f. 7Vo{AlHP appeared on the surface, the pessimhi up of Its mines on a *caie commensur- *juy "" PB oua'drunied <r being explored by drifting, crosscutting through which ground It must pass, while H y , . , ^ . - A, j proclaimed it a ""onq-mins camp."" Other lute with their vaiue, and the output of and sinking on various ieveis. it increases considerably the known nro- (7aC(7!fn{<?fOMffMOM 0/ rtt^ icompanfeswereformed—the Montana' pro wiii aiso bs enormously tncreaseA ^!""^,,*,.,r,Ylnn-edt^th^ won-! *Pbc heaviest operators in the Tonopah juctive area of ths camp. Adjoining thia .,^,A L .r - - ' r-rl- -T-. . ' theMfdway.Be)htobt, North Star, West! These pians inciude the operation of dietrict and the owners of the iargestiumnertv on the north is the Bobtaii 7( raNR 0/ 7VfLat?<! J nfcf/ llUHMfg FfM-f. T/lC o/ End. Sait Lake ahd Fraction. The cry'Lhe mines by electrical power, for the ! uom'the enormous tommge 7f pjable ' ***** mineralized ground are some ciairn and others comprising the property ""H 7`OKO^A, Olid BffWr-0^ K'/// f'wfo 6fMy j!7f/r- I went up eeperaU.n ""'which a P'^t wii' , be } ,7""= ,^t in. the min. oh. must!^'^''^P'^''*MJ^^,^ Charies .[ tn. ,, .. . , , . . . - . - ,, - , ... organizers of these companies had f*J.th] constructed at what is known as taketnto consideration the poesibii)ties ^ Schwab and repeseuted in Tonopah MIDWAY EXTENSION COMPANY. HfJ-t flM l/fd ffF-fftff ?rM{ 7f!!ffNiP' <7fj{rir/j Gf /KM KFWM^K^fF, in their ground and then ensued thatCDeep We'is on the iine of the raiiway. these veins at denth. the length onlby J""h"" McKane. who is president and ___________ ... ' . , esr f -r, , ,, - , / , s j.raof ""biind sinking"" which, so !oudiy! qfteen miies fromTonopah. ttLlrcLJ^vet t7b7driftedonand;6cn.rai manager of thefr companies, ini TheM claims run north and south and GW<V //id f!P7t'J J6tf/ O!(/ o/ !tl// J( / /Ad W!tt?t/j o/ M!d]f, j Sported, ca!ied for so much courage and! Thia wit! be the most complete and immense amount of territory owned i which he aiso owns a iarge interest. The cover the-extension ofsny veins running /Ad Tf'or/</ fM)rr fTf/nofr- ?tu^fA r/,'<)'r-/' fo hrrrh'rfAnfr f*M /Ad trAtfocf 1 has been so fnafveiohsiy successful in,' best equipped piant of its kind in by the company as yet unexp!oreti and 1 propertiea owned by t),*s group of espi- **** *""** west f^mMo^t Oddis which M D!dHCrfG WfT, ^MI!fd.t7rKGtJ!n?IO/ttN-nC!/?n^!!! I/tCOlf!!Oyi ropenmg up some of the richest and America and wiii combine the latest probab!y as good, if not better, thanitsiist* comprise the Tonopah Extonaim ^ay be found *mrth of the present work- f/Aw:i/<7A/c f*ffAdJ p/ /All HW Co/foifl/p. I greatest mine* in Americk to-day. . electrics! devices in duplicate to in- the stna!l portion, on!y one sixth, a!-[Mining Company, the Goiden Anchor '""k* *""* oe`W'<Pment of this property The Tonopah Mining Company has! sure an unfaiiing electric current. Its ready opened up. { Mining Comp*ny. the Red Rock Consoi- -------------------- ------- + . -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ developed its property almost contin- totai cost will"