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THE TONOPAH MINER "T" VOL. II. TONOPAH (BUTLER P.O.), NEVADA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1904. NO. 29. NEARLY BURNED ALIVE A A TT A ]TX TT^ T CT/^T MASQUERADE BALL ^ i\!LyW 11 \ jiLyfil About 11 o'clock last Tuesday night ——____________________________________________________________________ The masquerade bail given by the a Bre broke out in ths bakery of Milier Rathbone Sisters at Miners' Exchange & Van Horn on Fiorence avenue, and ' . - . Haii on New Year's Eve was a great the bakery and two adjoining cabins ^ T Y i ^ Tt 79*' i success. The haii was crowded with ^:Jt'wa^s:f;.dby.recent Lonstfucuon W ork to t5egin at (Jnce— 1 he Mid- :rrmrk.::,\rm^.,^ of that part of town white on his way and attractive costumes were dis- home, and he had great difficulty in W B ^ p TT 7!^p p T piayed. There were au unusuaiiy arousingMr.Miiier,theseniormember !VR!S f (Y_____iV! fY !\l^lT7'C' iargenumberof character, represented, of the Hrm, who was very sound asieep W t* Y 1 * Aii-L A LJi 11 111 l^T 1Y All 111 l3r 1 1 ^ W 1O4 and the work of the committee on in one of the cabins, but; 6naliy sue- ^ ^ prizes was ditBcuit and exacting, needed in getting the old man out of , The prize for the best sustained iady the burning building. He aiso rescued ----------—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- character was awarded to Mrs. H. C. from the stall in the rear of the bakery Joues. It consisted of a siiver jewel the oid dun-colored horse that officiates casket. ^ at the front end of the bread wagon Qoidfleld. .j.*!**M*. . % .r. % *F*!*v^ I he Tonopah Company. Miss Aiice Clark secured theorize belonging to the Brm. The horse A contract has been let to sink the ^ On Thursday General Manager Oddie received ax I" obedience to a telegraphic ord^r (a Jim Butler souvenir spoony for the to belv^t tls e^hibRelby his'in" shaftan additional 50 feet on theC.^ -j. the Philadelphia oHice of the Tonopah $ fr.mth.Phi!ade!dhi. otB.e, a.ldevel anestlady'scostume. tone saved aswasexuiuneaujuisiu bination, and it has now reached the X ° ^ 1 opment work in the Tonopah Com- J.W. Douglass was awarded the prize ert owner, but by the vigorous applies- poult. The whole shaft is still 4- Company announcing that a SutRcient quantity of j- pany'6 mines was discontinued with <* silver ciock) for the 8nestgentle- tion of a large8tick of cordwood he ^^e same high-grade ore, going $200 A ygj}g ])t)ye been purchased from the Southern Pacific T the close of the year. Thisaction was} costume, and Ed. Knapp carried was eventually steered to a place ot ^ §400 per ton, and every pound is ^ ^ , , ,, , , , , , . A taken in conformity with the newiy- borne a tripie mirror for the bestsus- BEfety- . sacked as it come. out. At the 80 foot f Company to lay the track Of the lonopah road from ^ ^opted policy of the company to dolled character. The volunteer Bre companies re- pQ^t, a drift was run to determine the A Rhodes lO Tonopah, and that construction WOl*k will A no more exploration work for the! The prize for the best group was T^li^^nrne7in"aJd^ t^e ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ be begun at O.lCe Under the contracts to be let to-day. t PrBse.t,th. contention being that the secured by the "Highland Lassies," alarm which was tumea in, ana ny me the shipping oreat this point is 11)^ X ^ J ;,* ore reserves now iu sight are sufficient ""Personated by Misses Ada Douglass, time the chemical engines arrive on j<ggt in width. AA-f^*AAA-M-AA*pM*AAAAAAA<-*l-AAA:-AA*M^K**:*AAAAAA-:-AAAAAAAAAA4- to keep up a maximum production for ] ^race Cuddeback. Maggie Wylie and the scene the Bre had gained such steady progress is being made on the -: - - - ' - - - - - a iong term of years. The "draft" Bessie Cuddeback. It consisted of a headway that the maebiues exerted but j-^^bo. The drift at the 60 foot poiut ————- affected about Bfty men. Ore ship-: fancy decorated fruit cake, iittie iuBuence on the con Bagration. ^ the shaft is now in 50 feet and the ments wiii confittue as usual and a)! Dancing was continued untii a late The event emphasizes the need of Bre the same high grade ore miners employed in extracting ore will {^°"r and everybody went home happy. plugs in that part of town, and steps which was struck last week, an average be kept at work. The order created! ^ . ^7--------—L should immediately be taken to supply assaying more some uneasiness on the street, but E"'"'"t Lawyer Visits Tonopah. "'em- than 81,400 per too. The shaft is be W ^ there is no cause for alarm The com-1 Schuyler Duryee, the eminent patent The burned building, belonged to R. .teadily and has a good grade pany's p)aos for the immediate future attorney and counsellor at law. visited P. McOban, who is at present in South .,n,m<)re. ` in the way of ore extraction will no Tonopah this week on professional eastern Nevada. The loss is about ^ Con Crook has opened up a Bueledge doubt require the re-empioyment of business connected with the adverse 8700. The name of the hero who saved ^ ^ ^ ^e Biue Buli the discharged miner, and many more suit now pending in the United State, two !ives—andincidentaiiy contracted !g^p ^ ^erage of twenty-one KaHF'MM 1H A in addition. L!ourt at Carson against the applica- a severe ease of hoarseness white "turn .amplea which were assayed was 817 80 !9^K''T" * Montana-Tonopah tion of the North Star Mining Company ing in" the aiarm-i. withhe)d in defer ton, which, as Con says, is much Development iu the Montaua-T.no- ^ a patent to the ivanpah claim. Mr. ence i.his excessive modesty but a than the Combination bad so -4SSSMSP pah is being pushed as rapidiyasp.s- Duryee occupied the position of chief movement is on foot to bring his heroic surface. J ^ ,, sibie. The ledge that was encountered ^ ^e United States Patent Of- - act to the attention of the Royal Hu H<m,y McMahon and Tommy Kane ^e north crosscut 221 feet from the "<* Presidents Arthur, Cleve- maue Society, and it is probable that have made a good strike on their claims gR f shaft on the 512 level is showing up ex- ^ Haryison, and since his he wiil in due time receive a gold between Columbia mountain and Me- j#^ceedingly welliu the west drift which retirement from that position basen- *"edal. , Laughlin's well, and north of the Blue =,r"""73B is now out 184 feet. Theentire'faceisi"ysda lucrative practice as a patent Careless Shooting. Bull group. Particulars as to the assay in ore o#high grade. The north cross- Washington. He also ,, 1 - 2, 1 values of the ore were unobtainable #y ^ "** cut on the 612 is out 410 feet. Four Seated and was largely instrumental A t sixlh^.^ th^hi!Mr.mI 'how that the ore is of very good grade. H face, of the east and west drifts on the ^ ' ^ ^e representative of the ** ^ H.,n.r hn.ia. The iedge is fully as wide as that of g ^g)Mj(aEy Macdoualdiedgeare both looking well. , ^efeiler interests, and makes hi. point near ^B D"^r Mgmg house Combination, and those who have The shaft is down 653 feet and will be h"*"" that city. Mr. Duryee left for about ten minutes pa^f ^ comparison say that the char continued to the 750 point, when a San Francisco thi. morning,and before passed "uirot^h* the house of Wm a°ter of both ores is apparently iden- crosscut to the north wiii be run to cut himseif^aa ^h"^waa"^aalMp^mi^hia cof near Hie ^ three adjoining groups of claims : station of the NorthStar, for ventiia- 1. O. O. F. Installation. do^.^Two shoL also passed through situated about three mileseast of Cold- < ' . The ore shipments continue Ail member, of Belmont Lodge No. Ross Meder's house, and the occupant. H^d-une ^owu as the Mattie group, about the same. 24,1. O. O. F., are requested to attend narrowly escaped injury. A Bfth shot °w"'d by W.b.LBio ,J. . ones, y. The Midway. the regular meeting of the lodge next struck the cabin of an old colored man ,. y'*^Y°** M The Midway management has pur- Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at who lives near Mr. O'Neil's. The T* Overbury, and two known as HjN chased the two boilers of the old Com- Butler Hall. The installation of of- authorities are looking for the reckless **"* Joshua Man and Diamond Joe H9 bination mill and hoisting works at Boers for the ensuing year wiii take reveler, and if ho can be located he wiii &;<"*!*' owned by J.L. ioguom, j. A. ,7, t Belmont, and they will leave Belmont place, and other business of importance G* be up against a $500 to 5 shot. Montgomery, H. A. Lersdortf and Jo n ..^ $r -. to day for Tonopah. They will be in- will be transacted. All visiting broth- -----------^-----------. T. Overbury. Active development stalled at the Midway mine as quickiy ers are cordia!iy invited to be present. An improved Smelter. work will begin immediately. En 7,1?^ as possible, in place of the small boiler FRANK L.8ELLSTROM,N.O. In another plaoe in this issue wiii be c"yB,ging assays have recently been now in use. This improved equipment FRANK NAUGBTON. Sec. noticed an advertisement of an im- °°tamed from a number ot prospect Theteu-stamp miUof the Tonopah Mill. Mine and Development Company, wiii furnish ail the power necessary to ^ —— proved mineral smelter. The idea of holes on these claims. an organization composed of a number of prominent leasers, was completed last thoroughly ventilate the mine, so that Convcted of Vagrancy, this invention will provetobeofines- Ray-Tonopah. Monday, when Bve stamps were started to work,*and yesterday the entire bat work may be resumed in the north Miss Carrie Watkins, a colored !ady timabie value in the reduction of At the depth of 180 feet the entire tery of ten stamps was set in motiou and is now crushing ore from the Tamblyn crosscut, where operations were sus- from the red-light region, was this week metaiiic ores by the blast furnace pro- shaft, which is 6 by 9 feet, is in ore Brothers' lease. The mill, which is situated on the ground of the Midway pended some time ago on account of subjected to a rigid examination in cess. The main object in view of the averaging from $70 to $80 a ton, and it Mining Company, was erected, under a joiut contract, by Herrau, Rickard bad air. The face of the west drift on Justice Lindsay's clearing house as to invention was the use of bituminous or looks as if a large body of good ore is & McCone and M. P. Boss. The battery is augmented by two Huntington mills the south iedge and both stopes in that ] her Bnanciai standing, with the resuit even lignite coal instead of coke, "to about to be opened up. as regrinders, with eight pans and two settlers. Capacity. 60 tons; cost, $70,000. drift are looking better than ever. that she was given a provisional sen- „ ... ^ ` itenceofseventvBvedavsinthecountv afford,' as the inventor states, "a com-,------- —..........- ---- ' '' ------- -------------- — .... ^* ... ^ , . piete combustion of the smoke and by ^ ^ ^^ppey,ingS. Butler Lodging H.u.e^Nice rooms Carl Stoddard ha. returned to Tone- Jim L.thr.p Back. ^ choose the alternative of taking the a second combustion of the gases to * and beds, just like home, with pen mid pah after a business trip to Me*lco. j p Lothrop returned to Tonopah f., Sodaville-aud she took it generate the required heat at a mini- mk included. If you want to do any building, go to T<resdav nieht and wiii locate in Gold-! ^ _______-_______ mum of fuel and that of a cheaper E.B. Stone of Oakiandisa guest at County Auditor Rice came over from the Tonopah Lumber Company for r,o.,< . A Hundred-to-OneShot than heretofore ceneraiiv the Palace. Beimont Wednesday to spend New iowest prices and easiest terms. * Beld, where he wiii open a general mer- A nunaren to une ^not. „ , . . Best cup of coffee in town at the Year's in Tonopah. j 'p Darrough of Junction was in chandise store and have charge of that Mark Braffett, who thoughtlessly empioyea._______ _______ City Bakery. * Music lessons ou the guitar and town two or three days this week, en end of the new telegraph and telephone I and hilariously Bred his revolver into ... , . , , ! J J White of Go!dBeid is a guest at Piano; aiso painting lessons. Inquire route to his mining property at Wee- Hne. Jim brought his iittie son John ! the air iu front of the Tonopah Club Telegraph Line to Goldfield. [the Merchants' Hotel. at Mrs. Gibbons' residence, behind pah. with him, and the latter will be taken last Tuesday, appeared before Justice The Lothrop Davis Company has de For delicacies, don't forget that T.E. ^ DF. McCarthy willleaveMondayL^eof by Mrs. R.B. Davis. The boy Lindsay Wednesday, and that hearties. cided to extend its telegraph and teie- Edwards carries them. * habms M Clarke and Arthur E for Crow Springs to inspect ^e opera-1 ^ from a mild attack of iudieial tvrant Rood him $100 and i. A ^ i tJA3 i-3* A .3 Barnes inspected borne properHes at tiotis at the Gilbert & Thompson prop- LSDOwsntiering irom a miiaanacKoi judicial tyrant nnea mm ana phone system to Goldneld, a Con (h*ooks of GoldReld is registered Lone Mountain this week. erties, of which he is manager. measles. costs. Bratfett has given away his re- . work of constructing the line wil eja e ere an s o e. . A shipment of latest designs and Miss Lillian Malcolm was seriously -----------——------- vo!ver and will hereafter conBnehls ^ .commenced immediately. J. D. Loth Wm ^ Coyle of Sacramento is stop patterns of wall paper has been receiv- injured this week by being struck by Leap Year Ball. pyrotechnic performances to plain Bre- *7rop, whois going into the mercantile P'"8 at-i-ue vaney ymw. edbyNeliigan. They are ali new and the handle of a windlass on a claim on _, , . o. L-mf<bor. business at GoidBeid wiii have charge ! For a good night's rest go to the up to date. Call and see samples. * which she was having the assessment The iadies of Altar Chapter of St. - _______^________ of that end of the line The company Butler Lodging House. * We have a few more of those elegant work done. Mark's Guild of the Episcopal church Change of Ownership. .1.0 oont.mnlat.H establishing a nieht J^ll of, Telluride, Colo., is a packages of Lowney's candies. Noth If you have not called on us there is wiii give a bail at Miner's Exchange Mrs. D. S. Cohn has sold her entire also contemplatesestatiiisn i^a nignt g^gtattheVaUeyView. ing could be more acceptable as a New still time. Our leader, Chicken Cock Hall on Monday evening, February gtogn of confectionerv stationerv etc service for Tonopah andallioca!con- ^ ^e merchants' lunch at the Year's gift. The Miners' Drugstore whisky, ten years old, at "The Cabinet." mho members of theoommittee ! t ^7 confect.onerystattonery, etc., ceotions in the near future. "OwL" only 25c with drink. * (Ino.), Goiden building, exclusive CoLE&BRiaas. ^3° "^moors or toe comm tree to Miss Logan, who wiii reopen next , . --------r-- —- John Beckman of Beaumont, Tex., is agents. * Clem. P.Swinn,a compositor in THE hainngtheagairinchargeare making in Hrst-class style in the old Married. ^ ^te arrival at the Palace. Rev. E. L. Burnett has been suffer MiNER oiBce, who has been conSned to elaborate preparations for the event, Golden building on Upper Main street, Chas. P. Mackey and Miss Margaret Fine beds and a good warm stove at ing during the past week from nervous his room during the past weekbya and a delightful time is assured. Do j formerly occupied byStoneham'sbro- A. McGee were married Monday even- the Butier Lodging House. * prostration, but is rapidly improving, threa^^d attack of pneumonia was „.t f.rg.t the date. k.r.ge oiBce. ing at the residence of the bride's par- Duncan S. McDonald of GoidBeid is . Why pay rent when you can get a able to be out yesterday -----------.----------- -----------— ingat.tueresnieuuemnn3unMOBHKt I home from the Tonopah Lumber Com We are now thoroughly convinced Goldfield Postoffice ents, on Lower Main street. The j petered at the Valley View. pany for almost ahe same monthly pay- that the people in Tonopah want noth- Partnership Accounting. n.,id. Qmith h.. ceremony was performed by Justice ' Chris. McCarthy is back from a ments that you now pay as rent? * ing but the best, and at the Miners' An action has been commenced in Postmaster Claude Hmitn naa re- Lindsay ; I month, visit to San Francisco^ The Merchants'Cafe bar is the most Drug Store (Inc.), Goiden building, is the Federal Court at Carson by <*ived word from the postal authorities - I Mr. and Mrs. J. R) au of Reno are elegaut resort in town aud is being ex where yon Bnd a line of Roger & Gal- Michael Suilivan against M J O'Meara that the mail wiii come direct to Qo!d- TONOPAH MINERS' UNION. registered at the Merchants Hotel. tensively patronized by the discerning; let's, Piver'a,Pinaud's and other ceie- . , r Beld postofBce, beginning the 8th inst. ________ New goods arriving daiiy for holiday . . ____brated foreign perfumes and toilet j and Ihos. J. Lynch fora partnersnip ** TonopahMiners'Union, No. 121, W. trade. White House Clothing Store. * ^ J wiii Tor TONOPAH LABOR UNION. F. of M.,was organized July 2,1901J Joe Coach is in from GoidBeid and ^aily take charge of the Siiver Star .^s. D. S. Cohn and her son Chester nethM. Jackson and Campbeii,Met.onl It at present ha. 380 member, iu good ^ popping at the Merchant. Hotel. property as general manager. He will Inrm^h^futu^ ^ Campbell appear for the com-! Tonopah Labor Union No. 224, A. L. standing. The ofBcers are: J.J.Owens, beahsentaweekortendays. [ Mr^C.hn ^Bremainin Tono-i^^t. )u.,is a. organization composed of ail tirMi<4anf-DanDnfHn viceDresident: -7 . , - . ^ . Aii kinds of second-hand goods pah some time to settle up his affairs.! ------------------------ crafts and its object is the maintain- I^D Sheri^^d^ bought and sold. Also storage and He wiii stiil retain his extensive min- Of interest to Tonopah. i„g .f . high scale of wage, for all f-^. D. oherlaan, recoruing secretary, o. all classes of windows go to Neliigan. goods sold on commission S P San , „ j—Atwood and in this . . .. .. .. . , , - , , F. Lindsay, Bnanciai secretary. The Sheriff Cushing spent Christmas in tos, Main street, north of Merchant's vicinity. There have been all sorts of rumors j tradesjand branches of !abor in Tono- union maintains a hospital and the Tonopah and left yesterday for Bel- Cafe. * * ' on the street lately—some false and pah. The union is constantly growing payment of 82 per month entitles a mont. .. will probahiy want to economize Located in East Reno. eome probably trne-abont railroads, in membership and is in a very proa- member when sick or injured to bed Full line of choice imported and opon your cigars after the holidays. J. E. Hart, formerly of the Valley reduction works, shut-downs and other perons condition The ofBcers are; and board a nurse and medical attend- *nd tobacco at T.^E. Those "Dominguez" (an Habana, Cuban yiew Hotel, is erecting a substantial things, but "The Cabinet" moves on C. C. Inman, president; A. M- Brad- an... The sickbeneBt. are 810. week. ^.n.m.n her daughter ^.,wfk^w^ll^l^"'J.m%h^ twoshiry frame b.iiding in E^tReno, serenely ..^inn^^^I^t. .Mw v^sid^nt; Jules Karskay^ During the past quarter the union paid Miss Eisie, have gone to California for Miuers' Drug Store, (Inc.) Goiden according to the State Journal, and patrons with 10-year-old Chicken Cock recording secretary, J.W. Dongiass, ont 8740 in sick and funeral beneBts. [ Ihe winter. 1 bniiding—of course. * ! wiii remain there permanently. [ whisky. Bnanciai secretary and treasurer.