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( n] ' ^ - ''^-'4.r.f-_; / THE SAN FRANCISCO CAUJ, TUESDAY, MAY 23, IMS,'- . , , - --------------\ . ESMERALDA COUNTY CONTAINS NUMEROUS HOOD MINES" I —*— )i-------------------------------------------------------------------------—------------------------------------------------------------------—--------------------------------------------------^-----------------------------------------------------------------* That Runs !nto the Goid District. yaf!4v\r\eyrs rsv\/\vyv\ --------------------------------------------work has been carried forward on this ___. \inii^<! i M nt!t r claim. A shaft has been sunk on the '* _ ______^^^ t! i !\ i i t ! IT i?!\11i i ! & *^' ' ^ ....... ^<4 ""*'*§ vein to a depth of 400 feet and a large $ *- ^ ` ^ ''^'* i ^ * amount of ore exposed by the aid of^ yey r\v\vy TTT*iTAir\ * * crosscuts, drifts, stopes, etc- In the low- i At M M V H ! nJ\ - ' er workings the pay chute averages . its iii\ < . ! ). ! ! \, l about four feet in width. 7" 'ais33;$^t 4 * i*' viVnJ ' Ll I i ! ij f At the present time a dve-stamp mill Ss&.f ! .^s4MM6A$S$)S^)-<^/ 4 r—^wr , ^ ! y*a5s.^ (600 pound stamps) is kept^steadiiyjn \ QTt T^Tt*my T$GHfrlnqq f^1 q 1 TYlq ' ... . , ^ ^„*JSs3*;- A^ ^ ^ .7 while the bullion output of the mine at EpSBHYyis^^7f ' , t^ajl unzer-jjongiass Liaims H r.- Yle^aH^^t3r^-: ^^ - .. *?.:."W.*,*%> ** V '-r. . - H the present time is Hotted oniy by the F ' ^ *P-,--.-—b-l- Dr,rl!A It. 4-tsn Y, ^ Y - ^ present crushing capacity of the tbiil. Yi- - !.' ` : '^ i R6SemDie HO(ll6 m tne ''v*''*' - - - sMe The resuits, of the ore now being * ChSMKLCtCT of Products ^ ' crushed in the Bve-stamp mill taken fro^ ^.. . ' ,,,, ,, MT m$elAh * 3I\CSWIHG) SC^JWg^S^TtOM or y^\4PVZ&R^ this claim that most of this great series ` r ^ 7 Tailings That Will Hold 5M^M L—Of paraiiet veins seem to join on their 7r.- FOrtdie for Treatment j,___ 4__________________^_____ ' _______________________________________________ these veins on the ^ Duke property has ^ _ * 7*.'' A---------------------------------------------------------^ Company has been under his guidance at in this mine, with a crosscut tunnel of [the ore bodies as depth is attained, as ye miiling values. ', ^ .', ^nRif .tt ' ^ - , I the mine. S2O feet and drifts run on the 35, 65, also the values, contained in the ore. Associated with the quart: is a black `jJ - ^-t."- .J^ffrav. ' .. '.-n^**^' -T ^=r\l I * ______ 100. 200. 300. 350 and 400 foot levels, i„ manv ulaces it was impossible to spar. This is purely a quarrying propo- V SHSMHBBBM cotmty border, the eastern ^^..^n^S^n ^!s ^ examinations, as the ground had ^,-^J^ty\^'"an^ 435 HBHBB^\-`4aJBBB^ 1HBBH \ BHHHHBBBHHH ^ Sierra Nevada Mountains p,^* sampies *ha,Ve assayed as high kept open by the leasers and] gupp,y the ores can be mined and milled ` v ' and is attracting general attention in ^s %I5OO. Considerable ore is stoped was ailowed to come together. On the . a. cost not to exceed 31 a ton. ! the mining worid of to-day. The moun- ready to be knocked down and miiied. Orphan Boy some work was done on . This portion of the property is a mine i tain ranges are thoroughiy impregnated ^ careful measurement of ore in sight *^e surface, showing vein from 3 within itseif and worthy of immediate ^4HR .?&'* , ! with mineral deposits. Its prominence places it at $100 000. "o 20 feet in width, white 55 tons or j equipment and operation. From the above 5^3^307. aadSgm)si: '.*r\ .'.'^ r as a min)hg section was Hrst reached The iaai. three mill runs on ore from extracted and miiied, yielded claim 136 tons of selected ore yieided , hC ;\:'*.^:. ./& . *7 through Aurora, which produced many th's mine of 160, 160 and 100 tons net- $2023 56 in bullion. $3729 43, white the entire deposit which ..'al'rj* SS^8B^ mtiitons. It was followed by the rise of ted, respectively, $5232, $3782 and $2000, The Dispute claim adjoins the Or- outcrops very prominently for from 400 3;-.'&3&4 : Candeiaria, a camp that in the early an average of $32 60, $27 60 and $20 Phan Boy on the west, and showed h to 500 feet in width wilt average from $4 '80s added about $60,000,000 to the stock pgr ton. This company has about lyge body of quarts, the entire mass to $5 per ton. KMRiHr 4*-"/ ' of precious metais. $15,000 worth of tailings in reserve for having a value of from $3 to $3 per The question of water for power and HsHSBStiSMMK ^jay SodavlUe, In Esn$era!da County on the cyanlding. ^ selected niii] purposes Is always an important s*.-. 4M? '.^ ^....Y'-'y^. Carson and Colorado division of the The Van Duzer-Douglass Mining yielded $36nS 06 In bn! ion. question, and has been carefully looked . Southern Pacific Rai)road, is the center Company and the Van Duzer-Tonopah The Hew Party ledge, upon which into. Within the limits of the com- ".7-:*:iR%/ distributing and shipping point fot one Mining and Investment Company in- constderabie work has been done b\ pony's holdings are several avaiiabie sup- BK% ^ ^^B! of the richest mining districts in the ^nd^Jbining on a good-sized cyanide shows a 1^^- strong p,,.. water which require only de- -:-"-'.-<W. '^.-^8^ ' State. Connection is made with Tonopah p]ant for getting the values out of the '^^t*^J?n4v"n4^'^.?rb^Ln*chLtes v<^oP*"ent to prove an atmndant supply. ^ SA . t Railroad for Tonopah. GoldHeld and tati)ugs on the ^v. properties. width, the pay .reoccuring in chutes. *ip the Union and Rebel guiches are l-.SS&s4 Southern Nevada. Within Hve miles of The can.p is beautifn!ly located, and several springs while the Farrington ^4 'SB^ '7 Sodaviije on the northern siope of Mount known as the Gold Range mining dis- ^?.3**'* yieided $30,2-9 66 in and Pepper springs^wiil furnish a.n ad- BB<BBMBHHBBHHBBBBBB)^^H ^ wHSaBY Y Messiah on the most eastern spur of the triet. while the present postoS!cenamo "^7.7;°'''^. _ ,. ___ditionai supply. Connected with t e H3)BBSs & ;?!; Hxceisior ranae. 7.00 feet elevation, are ?. rJu^l.ss. The . Genera! claim, which is on. development of water on the above twehty-tw. claims, property of the Van A telephone line connects the camp ^!oJers^ eaL ett^ns^ Pr.P<-rt.es's ^ Duzer-D.ug.ass Mining Company. This with Sodavi!.e etn w o^e fa4o^B^unce ltd4e. sh^ws a "?f Li^iinf'he oJLhan Bo? ^-' BBBBM^^^'^BBH group ^f mines is on the spur of the On the southern siep. of the ^rldth .f from 1 t. 6 feet. -From 133 ^J^.h^Th. n^t ncrth^ly claim Sierra Nevad,a Mountains near the cen-ge,si.r range of mountains is a group tons of selected ore the results showed ^'"^7^0 is tTc^ v.in of great y4)grUBBc!UBsk!! #<53 ter of the great Caiifornta-Nevada zone of eight ciaims, a portion of which -. waste dump averaging ,.A?. J,A \.^!r the waters . V -r p* ^7 made famous by Bbdie; the Pamiico and adjoins the Van Duzer-Douglass mines. ? gg ^ ^ §-.width ^Mch holds back the w __ Lhpanta in Hawth.rna district and Sil- These are the property of E Grassie %he SnowbaH, Hard Luck. Trtangl J 'wng lb^re and be^?d^he prop- ;'^ ver Peak and characterzed by three of Sodaville. Nev.. and are at the pres- ^ p ^ contain a series of l^Jhoh tunnhr^nbrp^ed to the ------------ -^*<T ^^BHB^BBBa S fsaturesr First.. output; sec- cut time bonded to Eastern capitalists, ,nrn,,<n- parallel and crossing veins. ara^lW 3 ond_ high values; third, iarge ore bodies. Extensive ore deposits abound in this ., heeding into the Duke of Welling- ^ " gravity. _______ a.--------------- ....................................................................................— ----- ' -h The output of this zone has been $200,- property, and are the making of a<t , ^ claim where exists a veritable Upon the properties o- the company 000.005. Its possibiifties are unlimited; enormous mine, the character of ore there is an ample supply of wood for In reviewing the prominent men who tributary to Tonopah have changed all .§ fioat found by Robert Stewart of Soda- being the. shmo as in the Bounce and ' ,. ' ry g g ag steam and domestic purposes, hgyg gp materiaiiy assisted in making this, and Instead of handling c$tly viiie, near the Gem mine, which is about Van Duzer-Douglass mines. These ledges have also been more or which can be delivered at the mill at a Tonopah and the entire goid producing ^°"t^000 tons of ore a. month and 2S00 feet from the Van Duzer-Douglass The properties of the Van Duzer-Doug- w.rk4f by leasers and workings cost not exce^ ng ^ per ^ord. Co^ g,.^ict of Southern Nevada the great tAe J44d t^<Rlt^%Jt^f I ^presented a vaiue of $200,000 per ^ Mining C.^any a^e located at ^iled up. while 1362 tons of or. from j^V^t app5xtmat^y ao' per and promising country, it Is The T.^pah betweeR 8000 and lO%OO ton. V TO n .' S ^ of these claims yie'ded $29.I7S 65. ^ Call's desire In this comprehensive re- of ore a month, and during the past six - ?he Van Duzer-Douglass group com- Nevada, on the P"°^^°^herly siope of The Mary claim, the most southerly .[i.<^^ortant items con- view to give due space and adequate months has carried about 150 passen-. *C*tMt7 ' ^".............7--y ai prtses a series of gold bearrng quartz the eastern spur of the Exceisior range property of the ent)re group, shows a Thus t e economical mining and mention to a gent!eman who has mate- gers a -day and handled neariy 4000 ^ - y, ^^BBB$j^ iedges, w:th a general parallelism rus- of mountains, about six mtles in a west- remarkably weil defined vein, whi!o Jl^cted w ]y water an<f fuel, rially assisted in this grand result. pieces of baggage a month. At the t*sM ning neariy east and west. The ledges er.y direction from Sodavilfe a station ^ accompanying dike stands out in IMiiingofores, namely water anu rue, ^ discovery of goid in Tonopah outset one passenger coach was con- 'ag%%xg77V _ vary from two to hfteen feet in widtiu on the Carson and Coiorado Railroad a b.ld relief. The ledges have been ***?_ ' sorties it is imnossible naturally attracted to this section of sidered sudeient for the business, but The topography of the property and branch _system of the Southern PaciCc opened up by cuts along the vein and *" **th<i' available ore reserves the country hundreds of mining men when the road was completed It was -1 % J^t3Sa!iW development of the vetus are such that Raiiroad Company. ^ small shafts at several points. From to estimate tn . . , and prospectors. These swarthy argo- found necessary to purchase two more M a very accurate knowledge as to quan- The properties comprise a group of ^ milling of 939 tons of selected oro except from tue nature otvne^o. nauts were at once confronted with coaches, and shortly afterward two tity of ores and the values can be ob- twenty-two claims, including fractional from this ciaim the yieid was $19,073 35 Posits and past metnou m ex^unta" ^ momentous probiem of transports- sieepers were added to the passenger tained at a constderabie depth. Sev- claims, or a total of approximately 360 m bullion. ` the average va<ue ot me c tion, for Tonopah was sixty miles from equipment. Four more engines were ,^gggy^K[)jy eral veins have been opened by shafts acres. The elevation at the mines is 7000 ^ these ledges described the for- tracted. the nearest ajid, in fact, only railroad also found necessary, and the road is and crosscuts to depths of from 100 to feet above sea level, from which altitude mation and material aside from the ore It is always "3^****<)*^^ Y)y transportation facilities were now equipped with nine. The^business 400 feet The same veins are clearly a magnificent view is obtainable for miles handled show the values of rarely less the quantity and values conta available. Necessity, of course, is the has grown so rapidly that the road wajjy defined on the surface and have been of an extensive and valuable mining area, than $4 to $5 per ton, and usually much body of ore, but the estimates ma mother of invention, and as the camp has been forced to increase its facill- worked to various depths through the This section, formerly known as the Sil- higher. Nearly all of the claims owned the which place grew and the mines began to develop, ties, in equipment, sidings and ter- 't property. ver Star mining district, has taken on a by the company have produced consider- figures at $12,000,000 are certainly con- <,f transporting freight minals, threefold over what it was at ) The ores of this district resemble renewed le9.se of life, and a new mining able good ore and the development work servative, as the estimate was mane on ^ stage and wagon was found to be first thought would be necessary. M those of the celebrated mine at Bodie, district has lately been formed and is on same goes to show the regularity and 500 feet depth of the main vetns °niy, ^adequate, and a railroad running di- In November of iast year the Tono- \ F Cal.; and are generally of a soft de- known as the G6ldRahge mining district, persistency of all these ledges. and, to be still conservative, tne veins camp was found to be pah Railroad Company Was notified by composed quartz, yielding readily to which embraces an !area some twenty , Lying between the (General and Snow- were estimated at an average of two ^ necessity. Capital was secured and the Southern Pacific Company that it ------------------------ -I, free miiling plates and amalgamation miles square, from within the boundary ball is the Bounce mine, which property, feet in width and the ore at $10 per ^ company formed to construct a road would at once begin to broad gauge its \ Vfy4n4'O /t/!A?ri?rocM4Af process, the cheapest method of or$ re- of which has been extracted in the past although owned by other parties, should ton. Most of the ore formerly milled from Sodaville to connect with the Car- C. and C. line from Moundhouse to ^ o GV/VfyMOOWA/V. duction. The gold is free and consid- fully $15a.000,COO. be united with the Van Duzer-Douglass returned an average pf $20 per ton, Colorado road at that point. Sodaville an3,that this work would be <^r* v.n +*,* ered very fine. This company has about The early ihining operations in .this sec- holdings and forms a decidedly valuable while the tailings show an average of ^^^^^p^^^gQ^sideratlon was completed in three months. TheTono- $60,000 Worth of tailings which are to tion of Nevada forms ah interesting part adjunct. A large amount of development $6 per ton._____________________________the selection of a manager and super-! pah Company ]ust phtced^R o2^er_ *Mhl^ thc^ ^an ^u^er^rbrnypalf ^hin^ ------^tfi"the*^hstbry^ol ^^ ^"" _____* ________2___________iTTIntendent to take charge of the con- for three new narrow ggVgS^<Esg'!ne^, and Investment Comnanv WAS bnrn 1^ July, li9O4, the section was visited the fact that goid was first discovered * . 1 - ^ structlon work. The people were in a and this, oMer was canceled. <-"* a.<^* Lar Moulin Ci^E^cJuntvNev ^ ^terrih!c cloudburst that did con- here. ^ T-HC ^-TA-TC A!Cn/A^A hurry for the road to get into Tono- count of the freight blockade which May 4, 1866 He was educated in the siderable damage to the workings of For years the surface of the numerous fhF THF §TATr )![* ]\]EvADA ^ order that provisions might be occurred on the C. and C. eariy public schools of the property. Severp.1 hidden ledges leggeS was worked by leasers by open t3VWH\ H HHL ^ ^ ^ ^ precious metal ship- winter, the Southern PaciSc Company from the State University at Reno in were laid bare and recently a few of cuts, shafts, tunnels, etc., of limited ex- j -/ + . -' ped out, so that it was necessary to was unable to carry out its plans ^th* 1889 and from Georgetown Law Col- them have been opened up to a depth tent, and exceedingly rich ore extracted ' secure for that important position a in the time specifie^ lege (B. L. In ]S93, M L. in 1594)* wzs from four to six feet from the sur- from the pay chutes, but the instances XtOfC "*kn who could not only build k be ninety a<^;t^ to p;Hue. in the Supr^e face with remarkable showing, assays are few where depths on the same pay tlUCT EXCCUMVe WHO OCCbUrCdL """gS"' OLVtC ^ad in the least p.s.ibietlme,but ^ ^ me^Um^heT^pah^.n^i.d Court of the District of Columbia in from samples taken running from $21 chutes were undertaken. ^ ^ a tr — — one, as well, who* could consruct a Ip_ 1893; was appointed by the Governor to $175, nearly all of the values being The Van Duzer-Douglass properties fOT BfO3(! L3M(l E3St OT SiCffB. road on the most Improved plan for C p y . broad gaug<f ties of Nevada in 1892 State Land Agent, in gold. Ten samples from various comprise a series of parallel goid-bearing safety, etc. . ___ , ... ]i„e from Soda- to reside In Washington City. For five portions of one new ledge averaged quartz veins, ail holding a general east- ^———-------------------------------------' *& Naturally, there *were a number of Tonopah. This work Is now years he served as private secretary $65 In gold and $3 in silver. It i, es- efly and westerly course, with a slight . "ten availably but the directors wise)y vil!e to Tonopah.^Th^s to Hon. Francig G. NeWlands of Nevada; timated that at least $10,000,000 can be dip to the south. The ledges vary from selected Alonzo Tt*ipp. ye F . gauging of the C. and C. is com- t. now engage^ mining. extracted from this group of mines. one f. fourteen feet in width, the entire a .^Jr^ s and ^man th^h!y pf^d ^ Rs^jun^n p34t%i?h ^. Mr. Van Duzcr was elected District According to the United States Mint group covering an area two miies in ^Bay^ggy * ver4^liLaH tL manifold details nec- Tonopah railroad, the latter will be Attorney of Humboldt. County, Nevada, receipts $300,000 has been taken out length by three-quarters of a mile in . XH?% ps^rv tR tL o%^ constrJctim< ^d ready to spread its rail!!, and the work in 1893; elected to the State Legislature on this property since its discovery in width. A marked feature of ali these XP?r </; -\ ^d?RLment of the^road To say that can be accomplished In twenty-four in 1900 and chosen for Speaker of the 1393. While the amount extracted was series of veins is their remarkable per- - J&hi ,y, - - ?' ^ th^ direetnrs chose wisely is verified hours. The Tonopah Railroad Corn- Assembly. large in the aggregate, the work hav- Sidney in the deepest workings They are ^ # L4 the^t thar^uIt MactlJ four pany has nine bioad gauge engine. When Tonopah was hrst discovered ing been done largely by individuals traceable for a long distance upon the BBH,-r A , , `` ys ths the hrst shovelful of lying at Sparks ready for service, ho was among the first to Oast his lot and with no capital or concerted et- surface, while the system of dikes which MMiti" f.. .. was thrown out the last and Three of these engines belong to the with the new section. In 1903 he was fort, was su(Hciently simply to dem- parallel the veins are strong and well de- Hst`L t.').' J 4SR ^ ,he wav a golden snlke was driven GoldHeld extension, which is now elected to Congress to serve In the onstrate the large ore bodies, many of Hned, and the veins, which are true ns- ^EBSSgsa, Fr fRe last tie of the new road, and graded to within Hr* miles of Go!d- Fifty-eighth session; re-elected in 1904 the veins being merely scratched over, sures with the contact features, are In- thus Tononah was placed In fl!rect Held. If the rails and other material as a member of the coming Congress. The property has been looked upon closed in porphyry and limestone walls. ^ ^ \ communication with the markets of the are delivered promptly, the GoldHeld , "Van," as he is generally known from as one of great uromise. the ore leaving the waits perfectly free. 7. \ worid This feat was commented on line will be ready to handle business the Atlantic to the PaCfHc, has prob- within eight '.Res the GarHe!d Min- The ores are generally a soft, decom- \ bv nearly all of the leading railroad by the time the Tonopah railroad, is ably Interested more people in Ne- ing Compt p! ' dduced $8,000,000. The posed quartz carrying Iron, with some . , ,%f .xiig iournais of the world as being a re- broad gauged to Tonopah. vada's possibilities, both mineral and Van Duz-*- ' Ydglass Company has at sulphides (pyrite); the goid is free and S8MSBSgHL ^ Y markable example of railroad construe- At the present time a passenger train agricultural, than any one other indi- present ar^7stamp mill on the ground, quite Hne, yielding readily to the free 7 YY. tlon is run each way daily between _Soda- vidual. He has dellvei ed many which Is used to make small runs of milling process of battery and plate amal- wee - *Y..: ' " ' Mr Tripp under whose direction the vi!!e and Tonopah, and three freight speeches in Congress upon the Sage- ore from 100 to 200 tons. gamatlon, supplemented by cyanide treat- Tonopah rai)road was so quickiy and trains, consisting of about twelve cars, brush State, and has been sought for The company has but recently ac- ment of the mill tailings, and a high ex- compietely constructed, was bom in are run each way evtry_ day. The by boards of trade, chambers of com- quired this valuable property. Con- traction is thus enabled. Kennebunk, Me., in 1839. The son of freight tr&Hlc from Sodav!De Is about merge and other ,ndustrlal organlza- tracts have been let for a large hotel The topography of the property and the parents who tilled the soil, he received 10,000 tons a month, and no mtnpnes tions throughout the East to address and ofHce building to be constructed at development of the veins Is such that a What little education he could gather are sent back, all ears being loaded with its members upon the resources of Ne- the mines, and as soon as completed very accurate knowledge as to quantity from the district schools of the county ore. About 70 per cent of the Incoming x**dm the working force will be increased to of ores and the values can be obtained to XtnBh. 7 ?^" tn which he was bom. At the eariy freight goes to the southward py mu e Congressman Van Duzer will have about twenty miners. a depth of 1000 feet. Several veins have "?7*Y #33 of 13 he left home to battle with teams for GoldHeld. Bullfrog ana tne the distinction of being the only Dem- A 700-foot triple compartment shaft been opened by shafts and crosscuts to the big world. Thrown upon his own other camps now springing up ait over ocratic member of the next House of -]g to be started at once, with a hoist a depth of from 100 to 400 feet beiow the XS!SS^nBBSS!^m)a. ^ resources, he went to Boston, -where Southwestern Nevada. Tbeequipntspt Representatives west of the Missouri capable of sinking 1000 feet, while ievel of the miii. These same veins are Eggy ^BHS$M)ggs^. he went to work for the Boston and of the broad gangs road witi oe tns R!y*r. „ . , later on a Hfty-stamp miii will bo cleariy deHned on the surface and Rave XBjSasgHSEH^. Maine railroad and iearned the. art of equal of that of a^ ranroaa in tns Georgs B. Ackerman, general manager erected, with accommodations for 100 been worked to various depths as they - railroad telegraphy. In which he be- country. A through FUnman steeper of the Van Duzer-Tonopah Mining and stamps. extended through the property, reaching rt'TtSMiiflnHriiTrMgMTrWr^MirH^^'-ESsM came an adept. He was among the will he run ^omOaMand to Tonopan Investment Company, Is a Boston man. Water and fuel are available In suf- elevations of from 500 to 1000 feet above [ , Hrst to !eam the profession, and with and GoldHeld. The broad gauge^ ! 11 having received his education in` the pub- nciet`t quantities. the mill and down the opposite side of Robert Pitcairn, Andrew Carnegie and hand)e four times the amount ottramc lie schools of the "Hub." For several A very prominent mining engineer, the mountain to about the same level. other noted men, formed the Hrst now handled by the narrow gauge ana years he was identiHed with journaiism, after making an examination of the This district was discovered in 1393 and W telegraphers' union. In 1361, attracted the country win furnish It. having been associated on the editorial property, stated that It was capable of has been worked on a small scale by leas- )gB^B3BBaHg}m[/1 by the oil excitement, he went to Pitts- * ' _ ^ staff of the Boston Transcript, New York workimr 100 men for 100 years w*ith a ers and various owners, a number of ^ TvC^i t burg, where he accepted a position as mgWS$*APER ADV$E!tnsEVt*. Bun. New York Cotnmftrciai, St. Paul 100-stamp mill. ^ whom took out snug fortunes, producing *fJr7 clerk for the Aladdin OH Company. Oil " _____ Pioneer Press. Mobile Daiiy Register and The oHlcers and principal owners of In all abouf $400,000. !y. %- was then a manufactured product, and James F. O'Brien Makes a Phenomena! the Associated Press; was tn the Weather the Van Duzer-Douglass Mining Com- While the amount taken out was 7 ): ^[Ay ) when the natural petroieum was dts- gneeeaa of the Go)OBel<l News. Bureau, United States Department of pany are Congressman C. D. Van Du- large in the aggregate, the work hav- X covered, he was made manager of the The value of proper newspaper ad- Agilculturo for eight years, serving on zer, Tonopah, Nev., president; Allan ing been done largely by individuals pA[*,' same company. Receiving a most in— yqrtistng was never better illustrated stations in many of the metropolitan Benny, Bayonne, N. J., secretary; Con- and with no capital or concerted ef— Tvi vitlng offer to enter railroad work, he fhan In the brlct history of GoldHeld. cities of the country. Going to Nevada gress#nan Harry Maynard, Portsmouth, fort, was sufhetent simply to demon- h*' resigned jils position with the oil com- when It was a camp of but three tents In 1898 he resigned his Government post- va.: John L- Watson. Portsmouth, Va.; strata tb^ large ore bodies, many of pany and went with the Aiiegheny ^ frame shack it was visited by tion to re-enter the journalistic Heid. judge Herman Lazarus, Bayonne, N. J. the veins being simply scratched over. K4 EsBHSMBHS; lY railroad In the freight and passenger F. O'Brien, a newspaper man, ' When Congressman Van Duzer was The Bounce mine, comprising twenty The principal properties compris- department, atid when he resigned to ^ ^ad come to Tonopah from Colo- elected to Congress In 1902. Mr. Acker- acres, property of the Van Duzer- lhg the Douglass group of mining 4%BSg* .SAKHN? ^ JR? Baltimore and Ohio rati- ,.me six months before, man went to Washington with him as Tonopah Mining and Investment Com- claims are: The Orphan Boy. Dispute. Hr % road in 1882, he was general yardmas- Acting upon the faith that was In private secretary. pany, of which Congressman C.D. Van Duke. Frottler. New Party. Excite Y`J O) j ter of the was t^nerai ^ O'Brien immediateiy started Since residing in Nevada mining has Duzer Is president, F. E. Van Duzer ment, Confusion. Monarch, Progress, ^ ^ * yardmaster fqr the Baltimore and Ohio heraid to the worid the taken up considerable of his attention secretary and John B. AckermaA gen- Triangle, Hard Luck. Snowball, Mary, V ? i ' ]J*"^ ^t^.RR Dosslbllltles of GoldHeld. Every spare and the management of the Van Duzer- eral manager. Is a developed mine and Original and others. The following UHHRggS? . * <iiiMli 1 ij , h i cnariestowm Cincinnati ana cntcago „t was devoted to sending oorre- Tonopah Mining and Investment Company a producer, it having produced $100,000. will be found Interesting, as it fur- ^ Ky spondence to the leading papers of the and the Van Duzer-Dougiass Mining] A depth of 400 f.Jt has been reached pishes a fair Idea of the strength of ! ^ ^eUntende^Tf^ermma^4!thh^d! eountry°H.^^fused^a,.piUt ^.f c.n- E*v One of the principal eases of litigation Francisco. He will, however, for the ^ ^ 1933 when he azmepted the high Ing new lining camps, printed his stuff 4—^- " V CLr\tl^yr\ which has come before the courts is the next few yearstake up a residqnc.for ^ <T *' rv and respon^bie position of general su- ^erelt ^ ^ n i`.vinr#tAl several months in the year at Go!dHeld # MlT\ perintendent of construction and gen- Finaliy Goidneid ^ew to wnere it HH T <kT El famous Jumbo mine of C. D. ay * ^nd Bullfrog, at both of which points he ] ^ WJ eral freight and passenger agent of the needed a newspaper. Workingfor noth- \J[\/r' ^ 7VY!!lEL ^ ^ services of ex-Govemor ^ ^ omces. having already one at J)Wifsr Tonopah railroad. ing is not conducive to fattening a James H. Budd have been retained, who former place. What business he has ^ This road was boiit as a narrow pocketbook and Mr. OBrlen was prac- w j% ssy is well known on thePacihc Coast and in will be personally attended to, his part- ?r&u?e from necessity, owing to the fact tica!!y in that condition which is LA^ W. Washington D. C., as an attorney of ners attending to the San Francisco Jy ^ that the connecting line was a narrow usually referred to as being broke. prominence in affairs of mining and cor- branches while he is at the Nevada of- ` ^7 4$ a— gauge road. The Tonopah road is But the bo?* went on his note for ! - - ----------o—-— poraQon laws. Rcea For the latter he has other af- thoroughly equipped in every way for $50$. a small plant was bought and on - . -y - —. . He was admitted to practice over thirty rangements made, but will in person at- ,<<L—=x=^Ji ^ --w—rapid and safe handling of freight, and April 29, 1^0^' ^ On to Nevada. The bar of Nevada is has been actively engaged tend to the preparation *f papers and the / )L JW 6OVEKKOR the road enjoys an enormous business, ber of the Go!dOc!d Newa To-day he very qtrong In Ita personnel. Indeed, but ^ ^,ia profession since, somewhat trial of causes. f ^r?<rT^VC. one that It may truthfully be stated Is ha^ a lot. building and plant worth the rapid development of dlverslHed Inter- 1... during his term In Congress, and During all these years of practice he - much larger than any other road <)f over $15,000 and the business Pays a eats throughout the State and the aggre- white Governor of California, but even has been most successful, and engaged / P NEVADA the same miiea^e in the The good rate of intereat on a capitalization ration of caDitnl which has been attract- then doing all that the duties of the of- in many of the largest cases In the coun- / road was built by the Tonopah Mining of $100,000. ^ ^ gauon or capital wMcncas t>een attract menum^^mrar e tits above and in San Joaquin. Stanislaus f ^*ko<ew<e-e. Company for the purpose of hauHng Its The GoldHeld New. has subscribers ^ to mining investment, in g.n^l htm H^wouM p^t ,. ^d%thlr of the cou.ttJ.f this State. ' / own ores out of Tonopah In buying ..,rly every State 1. the Union and ^rten<h-d to so many various interest, that .flbeSmteThavlng He wa. raised a lawyer, his father being / ^ ----------- the equipment and PoepMlngfor bust-,,, foreign countries It Is possibly the aervicoa of professional men from all stockton their base He resided during one of the abiest of the State and serving t ness, the plan was based on conditions n,.,t conspicuous success in the his- parts of the country are In constant de- these years at that prospering town, years on the bench, dying at the ripe age . (_________________________________________:---------------------------- — 4* as they existed two years a^o. ^t-that to^y of mining camp joumaMs*a. There , ^?^L<md^OiBct ^for lha Hc^M*giT^M^'&om^othdvMsRyof John Sparks of Nevada has boon successful and ho now owns on, of a'J"thcrc^are now. and it was thought 4orid to^ay th!m GoidntM."4Ld to tho and corporate interim, specially in min- ^I man ^.^ m4^ t^ "TtmJg tiv. .f i^. Sagrbru^ State. Inpoiitics ^ T^ prepay wa, b<mght by Gov- ^r lnd that pWtmipa!!y from thc kroat^tcr^it. -------------- ing the new goid Gelds of Nevada have ^?**5*^ Calaveras. Tuolu ^ ^ ^ ^ * rommAnds the he is a Democrat. He is one of the ac- ernor Sparks a few years ago and has Tonopah Mining Company^ mines. The Denver group, situated in an ad- - ' , [.Marian **"*P"*^- th"B ,h. ^4mir^Bon tiv, citiWM of Nevada. Stock raiser, and boon developed extensively by him. The The new discoveries to the southward joining range of hills, just west of the, ^ ! ^ laws and H. sthl conHdence of his t^n^ b^47^fancy cattle all ovv th. world Governor J yuhlto spirited^ aCabl. and end the springing up Uke magic of town of Rhyolite, is being opened ^ owing to the high moral status of the retains an Interest In the Stockton Hrm. of Ms Mends.-and the respect nt the breeder, cy ^ ^aa popular 1 GoldHeld. Bullfrog end other camps extensively, V men who are-operating In the State. j[ though he ha* gone tnto practice In San^people. _ ^ —-^i