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THE RAY-TONOPAH, WATFD Q! !DD! V j ' MINING COMPANY Wa ! rL! !r A A H ^ H ^ g. FA ) A B H n A-H Eighteen miies southwest of Stiver A friend recently remarked that he Whose Prospects in the Ray District are Very SJ? f § tF 1 ^ (7 r ^ ! ! ^',J." , <- , . /**\ tuted by the Silver Peak and Oro Bianco I rant keeper, as he laoked one of the (jTf2tiiying tO ttlC F\YTlCfS. __________________ Mining Company which indicate that I prime essentials—the abiiity to say before many months that section will ' No" iu many cases where credit was A becomeaseeneofminingactivity only asked. But notwithstanding his gen- The latest reports from the Ray To & O'Brien mine on the north. Arthur^ !\^V!^VV V! Hj excelledin Nevada by the operations !erosity of heart, MrShields is success- nopah are very gratifying, and if pres- Knnze, the present manager, and Judge . ` . progressing in the Tonopah district, ful and has oue of tbeteadingmercan- ent indications eonut for anything they Ray, president of the company, were tU!*^S 3HU k UtUT^ k !3HS The Silver Peak and Oro Blauco Min- tile establishments in Tonopah. will soon make a big mine. At the the original locators of the ground. ***g Company is of recent formation E. R Shie)ds was born in Ohio and 160 foot point in the shaft a iedge was The shaft is bing sunk on the Enter _______________ eud its directorate comprises the fol when a youngster moved to Missouri explored for 6 feet with on)y one wail prise claim, which has three ledges on lowing well known gentlemen: J. S. and graduated from the State Normal insight. Streaks,* to 8 inches wide, the surface. One of these ledges is* It la only a platitude to say that the Messrs Curtis and Lewis, organized Stot!er, C. J. Blumenthal, E. A and school. Afterwards he went to Caiifor- inthisledge are very rich, assays go- feet wide where it comes to the surface. Physiological and economic offices of the present water company. When Frauk Montgomery, W. 1. Beauchamp,! nia_and taught school in Mono county, ing 6,000 to 8,000 ounces of silver and and sampled $102 to the ton, the values P"table waters are more intimately their plant was installed they reduced c. H. Elliott, A. F. White and Hugh but !ater he moved to Esmera!dacoun- 1 ounce of gold to the ton. being iu silver and gold, with a trace of connected with human effort than any the rate to a reasonable basis, and H. Brown, the two last-named being ! ty, this State, where he followed ranch- Notwithstaudiug this splendid show copper. The formation is a quartzite clement or combmationofele- most of all, eliminated all those unsan- pres dent and secretary, respectively, j ing aud storekeeping fora number of ing, it was decided by the management and lime contact ttm economy of man. Nature itary conditions which hovered as a The company owns a group of twelve } years, to continue sinking to a depth of 200 The officers of the Ray Tonopah recognizes this basic principle even dire spectre over the community, claims, and the developments to date feet, when crosscuts will be run to are: Judge L. O. Ray, of Tonopah, umversallythanisperhapscon These gentlemen had, prior to organiz- have been mosteucouragiug. On these ...................... - ceded. It was when the rich mineral iug their company, developed a supply ciaims numerous ledges of varyiug discoveries were being made aud ex of about it 0.000 gallons daily, by a sys width cut the formation, which is por- 5 ** " —j ploited iu and around Tonopah, in the tern of intercepting wells located in phyritic and similar to that which eu -SX*A ' . < midst of a forbidding, isolated and arid I the ri,-inity of the original well With cases the Tonopah ores. On the Oro '** ' ' ^ " ^ * portion of the desert, that water in this initial asset the company was or- Blanco the ledge outcrops for over 900 *EH ^ , ^ * '\ r commercial quantity was developed !ganized. A pipe line was immediately feet and is from* to 50 feet wide. Two M H *% 7', * -" " /* ' —^ adjacent to the mines. In thefaceof )aid fi om a 70.000 gaiions reservoir on shafts have been sunk on this claim !jj) y the most uninviting hydrographic con- an eminence near the weiis to the town, i and-are 12 and <2 feet deep. In the lat - H ditious, amidst the good na<ured taunts ! with a by-pass connection from the ter a drift has been run 30 feet to the '?ysHaM'w - of the increduious and the discourag- pumping main to the suppiy main, thus ] west, exposing a iedge of sulphide ore . -1 *: big prophecies of the locai oracies, the . supplementing a gravity with a direct, that gives assay returns as high as §188 management of the Crystai Water pressure system. The distributing i,,g,dd,siiver and iead. On the Wyo ' jL ^Company developed a supply for the reservoir was placed sutBcientlyhigh mingau incline shatt 30 feet deep has ^ town, the ^ines and the mills which, ^to deliver w^ter to aii parts of the been s^nk^ on^ wail,^nd a^ j — j * ' oped by a tunnei now in 35 feet, and in May, 1902, Mr Shie)ds came to si 8* A ** . . -mwiiwMWH ... , , , , . lonopab and opened upastore, carry- HOiSTATTHE RAY-TONOPAH ^ tt. emirs, ttha.cuttw. of seven iedg^ ^ J the line of general _______________________________________________ which have been opened by prospect. . , , - . , , . ^ ^ , merchandise, i'^citidm^ mining sup- open npthe iiu.e showing on president; J.L. Makeever. of Chicago, ^ shafts on the surface. The ledges al- tA. .t t . . ^ . r-. ^ ^ *. *. plies. J^ast summer he bought the the surface, amt betweeu which the;Vice presideut; JohnS. Cook, of Tono- ^A ready cut show strong, permanent + j *i 4 . ^ vv j ^ -j - u- ^ Roya! restaurant, and owns ttie two shaft was sunk. pah, treasurer; C.H. Hammett, of Chi- ^ walls, aud chloride ore assaying high ^ . , , ,. ,. , ,. _ _ ^ ^ ^ ^,j -! - ^ *__t ouna!ugs, including the lot fronting The progress made at the Ray Tono jeago, secretary; Arthur Kuuze, ofTo- , ^ silver is being extracted I ^ ^ ^ ^ pah speaks we)i for the hustling abili juopah, manager. These gentlemen, to . ^ therefrom. Ail indications point ^ ties of the management. It is but five ,gether with W.J. Johnson, of Chicago, the Or. Blanco becoming within thej ^.*g,^,,L has iu.eres<s in many months since work was started, and in constitute the board of directors ^ good mining p. ppert.es, .nciud,,.g the that time the shaft has been sunk The company is incorporated under duaers in the State. , , iiear)y2OO feet, a hoisting engine has the laws of Arizona, with a capital AJ * f t ' < The company has been capitalized of whi -hh i- tr ,idt-ut- t),. Mil- been installed and the necessary build- stock of 1.250,OOOshares, par value §1 * ,`-I ^* . bn* l,OOO,OOOsharesof theparvalueof . ' . . i. t i .... ings on the surface erected. The com each, 500,000 shares being placed in the SI each, and of this amount *00,000 ,<-inii ^ f . t rPi a in l**6asury and the baiance pooled for have been put into the treasury and neroua claims at Loh)th-id and \ t wood, panyownsa group ot etgnt claims in year, by which time it is hoped .,, . . j. .t. A Nine years ago Mr. Shieidswwsmar- MiRi"S district, ten miles expected that the mine will be on PUMPING STATION OF CRYSTAL WATER CO. J<! Inllnt of !hT nrone^v T^ to Anna M. Dalzeli of Atlantic n.rtn of Tonopah, and joining the Ray a dividend paying basis.________________________________________:______________________________________________ velopment of the property The bal- ______ __ 8fteen months old, is at present three While the topographic drainage incorporators—has been placed in pool have three interesting children a boy jlj jA jA ) TT^T j—t times greater in quantity than thede basin which the wells seem to inter- and wiii be tied up for a year. and two girts. ^ A AvAA *A—y A AT AAA TA^ mand. This supply is yet susceptible cept is smaii, and while the annuai . ' '" ' ....— . ^ . TT**s it n*^^T *nt T^*T*v A TH being quadrupled when the time precipitation is perhaps not more than ] ] f )]\jr*l !\/jf H ] AA demands more tbauthe present maxi j eight iuehes. with evaporation at about ^T*^^T E)\Z C AA n! -***-*- NA-^ ATA^^^A T A A AAA 1 supp]y. In the meantime the eighty inches,the sourceof supplyis ^JUL<D Y T ' --------------------------- company has paid an 8 per cent divi- presumptiveiy not derived from snr dend. face waters, but from a permanent T n^^^ A T`v AA A 1^7 Hip'll (jf2.de OfeBeiriPf EilCOtmtered bv Recent Although the mineral wealth of the subterranean source. In this it seems AMD ! ^ ! V /A. 1 1 Y & ' camp developed into striking propor- possible to develop a supply even much ntl tions with such unparaiieted rapidity beyond present demands. BUS.NESS OFFICE; HVC ^ H /* as to demand, and indeed warrant, the l Inaddition, however, to the weli sup- 416 Montgomery Street R. R. MOORE, __________________ development and deiivery of water at ply the company has acquired other SAN FRANCISCO CAL Nevada Agent. any cost, yet the suppiy has happiiy water rights. Two of these resources O -e of the miues at Loue Mountain j sufBcient ore for steady production, been so developed that the water rates ! are from deep shafts at the ea6t end of _________________ which is showing up well under devel By the time THE MiNEB reaches its are not in excess of those in other sim- ! Tonopah. The water from these shafts, WORKS AT 8^k opment is the Paymaster. This prop- ; readers that point wiii have been jfariiy situated communities Indeed, j which aggregates 150,000 gallons per VsHejo JuMCtlOM, Cs!. ... ^rtjr comprises eleven full claims. On. reached aud the crosscut started. The there are many instances where the, day, is pumped di ectiy into another every one Of these ciaims ledges show indications in the shaft are exceiient, rates are conspicuousiy higher than ! reservoir of 130.000 ga)ions capacity. * en the surface aud assays indicate; the white porphyry being fuiiof quartz those prevaiiingiu Tonopah. From this reservoir an independent C*Rl![H] *T*EOC good vaiuesiu each. feeders leading into the ledge, which The Crystal Water Company was or- * inch pipe line connects with the cus- jjlY!t—L! t—a\<<J T)te main )e<ige, ou which the shaft ]aii carry more or iessmiutrai. ganized September 17,1902, with a paid j tom milt and adjacent steaming piants. ......„ jjCy. is being sunk, cau be traced for two j The iedge being a true contact of -----:------------------:--------------------------------!-------------------------------------------------------- miles on tbe surface aud varies from ; lime and porphyry and showing ore at _ ^ OF GOLD, SILVER, 2!^ to 12 feet in width. Assays from! every poiut where it has been tapped, COPPER AND LEAD B ...A- this iedge at the poiut where the shaft! it is believed that when it is opened " . ORES, J4 CONCEN- was started returned values up to 8*15 fromthe2OO-footievel, steady produc- r' ^ TRATESJ!MATTE 'BMSHA ..'Jl'oji . W to the ^ai^^he^ mine AN^D C Y ANIDE^^ ^ ^ ^ up capital of 8100,000. Immediately It is announced by the water company "*^" " 1 " ! thereafter it commenced the instaiia- that all the water secured from the ^TtS* tion of its present plant. Prior to that shafts is to be used wholly for com- THE PAYMASTER MINE time, however, water was peddled from mercial purposes The well supply is ___________ --------------------------—------ wagons which hauled it from wells five to be conserved and put only to do- footwaliwas fo)iowed from the sur- pay dividends. It is the iutention of [miles north of town. Vehicles of all mestic use. fm'e')otii the 100 foot point was reach the company to erect a hoist and put I kinds were pressed Into service, from So far as the industrial welfare of the , . .- . X. ^ ed. Rich ore *as encountered alt the up their own reduction works when the primitive "go devii" to the cumber- camp is concerned, it is altogether !"^T * e v.-ydowu,the assays going from 8250 j this is accompiished. some fourmnie schooner. Sanitary dependentona liberal supply. With- *^! , a - to 81,300 per ton. At a depth of 100 j One of the most commeudable fea conditions were large!y ignored or nn out water none of the ores of the camp A Jj)f* feet, the iedge took a turn, iiut the shaft tures of the company is the fact that; known. The barrels were aliowed to can be treated iocaiiy, and conse J was continued )<erpetidicuiariy. Atthelthereisno stock on the market but. become iucubatorgfor aii those forms Locai "treat- 150 foot point a levet was run which,treasury stock, that which is held by j of organisms and bacteria which are so Q,-gg bespeaks much for the tapped the iedge 18 feet from tbe shaft, the incorporators being pooled until deletereous to health. Prices ranged prosperity of a camp; because it in Here the vein was better deHned and ini the rniue becomes a dividend payer, from 81.50 to 82.50 per barrel, and in sures, aside from the mines, a !arge and piace, and the ore consisted mostiy of! The directors of the Paymaster Min-, smaller quantities, from 15 to 25 cents j biackmetai and horn siiver. An assay ing Company are: A. O. Cushman, C.j per bucket. This was a rate which if I ^ ^ at,d reaches practicaiiy ^ from this oi*e went 8l,397.*5 to the ton {HEitiott, Chas. Kieihofer, R. S. Cul- it prevaiied in the cities would cost j )^e whoie of the town. Tbe outlying . When it was thus demonstrated that j verweii and John Zweifei. Mr. Kiel- each consumer from 86 to $10 perday residents, beyond the reach of the sys- *7— the ore went down aud became richer , hofer is the Superintendent, and his} on the basis of tbe ordinary per capita ] Thf' who"^'s%f^'m embiw!es with depth, it was decided to continue haudiing of the property proves that consumption. about 30.000 feet of suppiy mains snd —Ti. —A—i< .w-,.-. -------nwr t^c shaft to the 200-foot point and he is a mining man of iarge experience Realizing these info!erabie condi- about 15000 feet of distributing mains t?nn!if`TT oroascLHttothe iedge^ which open up and exetiient judgment. )tio-8, two public spirited citizens,: aud laterals. ^ PARTIAL^