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    TONOPAH AND f A! !FORNiA isosTON-TONOPAH ^7 ^7 ^HLH A7!\il!!7A , M!N!NG COMPANY GOLD M!N!NG COMPANY ^ ^ .. „ Piant of Machinery in the Tonopah District. ^VMHET.n.pahandCaliforniaHold[3OOOfoot tunnel site. Location of[4footledgeoforea.s.ying $18 70 wa.lof 855.000 during the past eighteen i v , x^-- „ Mining Company is incorpo- claims, south of the Mizpah, Vaiiey cut. the !edge trending northeast and months. The management is most n.nv' ' ^ """ smootb- R rated under the iaws of Arizo- View and Goid Hiii claims. southwest and pitching 87 degrees to conservative, there b<dng no high sai Lt noHh o7th ' \t "" t < T !" sat.sfactn,,,. The superintend- na. Capitalization, 1,350.000= Impr.vemeuts-A 34 h. p. gasoline the east. A doubte compartment shaft aried.tBciais in any mannerconnLedM, . th^or^ ^aN^ri^ h th'' ^ ' ^r "'t^'''''^^ shares,parva!ue$l per share; 250,000 engineaudengine house, a 45footgai isdowu64Ofeet. Another statiouwiii withthecompany M<zpah thepioueersofionopah.isaarst-ciass shares in the treasury. iows frame, biacksmith shop, powder be opened and ieveis run from the 700, Stockholders visiting Tonopah are wouid miner, and he takes a great personal OfHcers—B. M. B)ythe, president; magazine, watchmau'shouse.etc.withlandfrom that pointextensivedeveiop requested to iuspect"the mine and ^thegrouudofgreat prospect.ve pndeaudi.,terest)n.heBostonTono- Dr. J.E Cowles, vice president; W.B.jfuii equipment for sinking 1,000 feet, jment work wil. be prosecuted, and! workings. Itr^nM^yZ.^ Soliender, secretary and genera) mana ! Developments:-A body of mi))iugi from the showing of ore in the upper that the Tonopah and Caiiforuia wili The claims owned hy the company are ______—___________________-______!_________________._____________I .. ^ ] AMuopau auu ^antorma win goat has been found on Mt. Ararat,] the Reptile, Broadstreet. Pinto. Pedro. and on the claims owned by the Bos-} May Day, Nevada Queen and Albert. ^ . "J* .*- —..........................., , ..... ionopah tttere are severat strong TiteoMceisand dif-ct-rs are: Ceo. iedges—one 30 feet wide—surface as- 8. Nixon, president; J. P. Hennessy, ^ [a r-],lein^ H I ).,vi^ HOIST OF THE TONOPAH AND CALIFORNIA GOLD MINING COMPANY 1^' ,, , , McCambridge, superintendent ______________________________________________________________________ The shaft is now down 400 f^et, but [ and general manager. Mr. Nixon is A . [ . ^* ^^* it is the intention of the management vice president of the Nye Countv Bank ger, Agency, State Bank and Trust ore, 40 feet wide, assaying $20.15 per levels, it is but reasonab)e to beiieve be the next mine in the camp to de- to sink deeper before crosscutting to of Tonopah, and president of thl Bank M. ton was encountered and opened up that high-grade or. wiii be enc.un- ciare dividends. Treasury stock has the ledges. There are no shrewder op- of Winnemncca. Messrs. Hennessy Blythe, Long Beach, Ca .,. Dr. J. E. at the HO level. A second level has tered. Butshouidtheorenotbehigh- been withdrawn from the market and erators in the district than the Boston- Wingfieid and Davis are prominent Cowles, Los Angeles, Cal; W.B.8o bee. opened up at the 450-foot point, grad, shipping ore, with the same or. the.ompany,s practically a.lose cor- Tonopah people, and that they will} business men of To Jpab Em^M^kf'^nM^v Hen ' ^crosscuts and drifts have been run bodies as above developed at this great ^THE MINER has frequently sent its open up. big mine seems a foregone The company is incorporated under Emil Marks, Tonopah, Nev, Heniy for more than o00 feet,and three ledges depth, there wiil be a sufBcient ton- representative to inspect this property conclusion. [the laws of Arizona with a capital THE OH!O-TONOPAH THE TONOPAH GOLDEN REPUBLtC-TONOPAH ^^ M)NiNG COMPANY GATE MiN!NG COMPANY M)N)NG COMPANY The Remarkabte Resu)ts Accompiished by the Pioneer Company A Strong and Conservative Company Owns the Most Wester!y One of the Most Promising Properties in the New Territory Now in the Expioration of Outiying Territory Mine in the Tonopah Mining District Being Proved by the Ohio-Tonopah t shdke, dip and char- This company was organized and in- lime present in considerable quantity. The property of the Republic Tono-! the surface of these claims carries va<L acter, to be a continuation of theMiz- corpor.ted in April, 1903, for the pur- This being the case, an inexpensive pah comprises the Arizona, Utah and ) ues ranging from 2^ to 7 ounces silv..- ^ * the Ionopah Mm- pah ledge system. In the northern pose of purchasing and developing a cyanide plant can be installed on the Red Rose mining claims, adjoining the and the same proportion of gold as is, r.Ll " workings the ledges that compact group of eight ciaims about property, the ore treated at a cost of property of the Ohio-Tonopah on the shown in the ores of the district. [Ltth The ^ been cut and the character of one and one-half miles west of Tono- less than $2.00 per ton, and the capacity west. The company was only recently Immediately to the west of this prop^ rlhfrLi. RP P consists of the the minerai found in them show great pah, and in May work was begun on a of the plant increased at slight ex- organized. A hoist and gallows frame erty there is a very large and strong hana „nrl f)rJL ^""^"^^0 the ores of the Montana- double compartment shaft, which at pens, as development progresses. have been erected and a double-corn-} outcrop of quartz which comes to the '7 n- Tonopah The developments on this present writing hasattainedadepth of Thecompanyis incorporated under partmentshafthas been started, it be- surface, carrying values from $10 to $20- comta^isin^reld n e^lwiil be.oiRinu.dt. op.nupth. 196 feet. the law. of Arizona andth.st.ckis ing the intention of the management to upon which some work ha. been done* , claims in ledge systems that have already been After sinking through 147 feet of the non assessable, with no personal lia- sink to a depth of 1,500 feet. The prop- and a short distance farther west the I-- . , ^ cu , an 8m mg romthis level on the later andesite Row the shaft passed bility of stockholders; capitalized at ertyofthecompanycoversthewestern Tonopah-Superior is showing up ex- n vemsand ledges themselves will be into a mineralized zone of quartz por- $500,000, shares $i.00 each, with 200,000 extension,asnearascanbedetermined, ceedingly well, minlr 7Rn 770 . ... showing strong fracturing, and in the treasury, which is practically in- of the Mizpah and Valley View veins, The surface indications on the prop- <*ntannri HrifTaaty . T* ^ u y equippe witha5O Riled with oxidized seams and veinlets, tact at present, the money necessary and on the Arizona claim there is a very erty of the Republic-Tonopah seems to . ^ sggregarng , ee - P- otstng engine, a 4dtill2stage which show the constihcation and comb to purchase the property and carry on heavy outcroppingof black quartzcar-justifythebeliefthatthefaultingwhlch ' ' " compressor, and a 9 h. p. structure peculiar to the Mizpah and development work having been fur- rying 15 ounces of silver and $1.75 in has affected some portions of the dis- ------------------- Montana series of veins. nished by the incorporators and direo------—_______________________________!_______ Average bucket samples, taken while tors. AH issued stock is pooled under work was in progress, gave an assay an iron clad pooling agreement, thus "* .. ' ' * < m.—-——****** value in gold per ton as follows: $34 62, making an investment in the treasury $42.85, $36.00, $6.40, $9.96, $279.47, $2.91, stock of the company doubly safe in ^ ^ ` ^ §31.20, $31.60, $12.18, etc., the highest the event of its being placed on the , < ^ [free gold is frequently encountered in The ofBcers, directors and incorpora- ^ ! theore, and the intense activity of hot tors are as follows: H. T. Bragdon, . ' AsdR !W .. [mineralized ascending waters is so president; H.H. Clark, vice president; - 1 * '' ^ - .... mg<gf strongly in evidence that there is R.L. Johns, secretary and treasurer; ' ;W*S —" ! h"**^*y room for doubt that large and George L. Brown, A. C. Eisen, James ^3^' L g , 'HHHHB8gk 7E %]j , r'ch assures will be opened up by ] Gleason, W. P. Leech, Jafet Lindeberg, R ^ crosscuts from the shaft when su(B- j all of whom are well and favorably ,r .. ^ , i cient depth shall have been attained to known in business and mining circles ' I warrant crosscutting. I throughout the PaciHc slope. -,- = The ore thus far encountered in the ] It is the intention of the company to - - - shaft is of a very porous nature, and ! replace the present 8urfaoe equipment 3HB&< 1- will doubtless prove amenable to cyan <** early date with hoisting machin- ^ j '**'-tment in it. crude state, the ^"5^ ...........................................emnrni, gold bemg free and very due, with the limit of its usefulness. ' ^ ' HOIST OF THE OHIO-TONOPAH WILLIAM A. MARSH. HARRY ST!MLER. ——!5$— southcrosscuti8out5l4feet, the north steam engine for driving the blower i xxri!t!-— A mr , crosscut is out 217 feet, the east drift The blower contains a Ln.h blower '' ^ °'^e- The pioneers of Tonopah should be THE REPUBLIC-TONOPAH HOIST on No. 1 vein is out 275 feet, No. 2 east and an 11-inch pip. extends through Au.t'n in 1877. grateful to Harry St,mler, for it was he —— drift on the large ledge formation is all the workings of the mine He was one of the pioneers in Tonopah and his sister who ran the .Hrst board- gold, being similar in character to the trict since the veins were formed bag- out 45 feet, and the winze from the A list of the officers and directors of , secured a lease but met with mdif- mg house in the camp. Harry is a Nye outcrop of the Mizpah ledge at certain not disturbed this territory, and the- east drift is down 15 feet th. nhioTonon.hi. M: *srent success. His nrst good strike county boy, having been born in Bel- places. The developments in the trend of the principal ledges indicate- large ledge formation about 25 feet in work on this property was Jl.nnedby G^MaJl&' T^r ^ h^dM.rveJ'the Hot. the west of the Re- Republic-Tonopah Mini^ Comp^ width have been cut. Values up to S. A. Knapp, the eminent mining engi- gratitude of those who have since and the lease froLv^ich^Gold^ and Psblic^Tonopah, indicate that the over- ^^"^'"^^"gDirecto^ $40 in gold and 200 ounces in silver neer, and has been prosecuted from the many who will in the future make clair made a fortune, but he sold just M shallower at this well-known mining en^^ have been found in certain portion, of the start under hi. able management. fn m.ntoM^be^NM^r^n ^ struck. H.is P°'°t hanattheOhio-Tonopah,where ^^h.h^t.u^fSly^^r these quartz veins. The large ledge By proving histheory, Mr. Knapp has L,as married on O<`tnh<M-9H slso one of the discoverers of Goldheld 525 feet. tended the development of the Ohip- formation encountered 300 feet south d<memore than any other man in To- Mary Week^, of C^nt^a.^! ThMr thf f^Hu^ which Ms^ ^ T.nopa, hi. also manager of the Repub- of the main shaft., the 770 level i.M the p^MbimUorth^ulv^ throughout th.^at^H K tf^ed i^f ^m^s "*i"<"*B'<* quartz show, on the sur- ^ ab.ut25f.et ^ width and is supposed,^ ^ ^