Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-16
from the leases is repsying II faster than

from the leases is rspsying u faster thai
it was paid out.
As Tonapsh is OF the present time. !
is sn important place. GO miles from snt
southeast Of Sodaville, . station on tn
Carson & Colorado Railroad.
This station is the railroad base fol
supplies and also the shipping point 10
the ores which have been sent for treat
ment to the SsIby Lead & Refining Com
psuy st San Francisco.
The road between Tonopah and Soda
willie is . natural. unimproved highway
Of very easy grade. following the dsprss
sions between the hills and crossing the
saqebrush plains which make the char
scteristio topography Of the State. A
tri-wsekly stage runs between Sodaville
and Topspah. the journey requiring q
day and half. stopping over night as
Crow Springs. . stage station. sffordine
good sccomodstions. Railroad fare from
Reno, on the overland railroad, to Soda.
vile, is $ll. and from there by stage
The round trip is Sl2, or 81 one way.
The freight rate from Sodaville to Tono-
psh is $40 per ton. Trains leaving Reno
in the morning connect with the Carson
l. Colorado Railroad 81 Mound Honse
daily for Hawthorne. at which point
passengers are compelled TO remain over
night. the service from that point south
ward being tri-weskly. leaving Monday.
Wednesday. and Friday. passengers ly-
ing over night at Hawthorne and con-
Meeting with stages at Sodaville the fol-
lowing morning for Tonopsh.
There sre ten restaurants in Tonopsh,
and several lodging houses. and two ho.
tells are now being erected. Board 10 IS
. week or so cents . single meal. Wood
is SIS cord and hauled Is miles. Water
will soon be piped to town; it is now
hauled in barrels and sells at $l.50
barrel. Lumber sells at $55 to s65 .
thousand, being hauled 60 miles from
Sodaville. Hay in email lots brings
90. so per hundred and s35 per ton. A
large amount Of produce comes here
from Bishop, Inyo county, CAL, by
wagon transportation. Miners wages
are "a per day. carpenters 81 to Sc. At
present the camp is supplied with miners.
and the market for other labor isIpretty
well supplied.
There are three groups Of mines 10
this camp. owned by three independent
compsniss. The Butler group, compris-
ing the original discovery locations, is
owned by the Tonopah Mining Com
pany of Nsvads, with j. II. jenkins IS
General Manager. The Gold Hill group
is owned by T. L. Oddis. Brougher
Bros. A. L. Hudgens. R. Gordon and
P. Manning. ell residents of Tonopah.
The Clifford group is owned by w. H.
Dickson. A. c. Ellis. Jr., O'MesrA Bros,
J. B. Thompson, ]. e. Bsmberger, w.
A. Wilson, 7. ]. Lynch and others OF
Salt Lake City. Utah.
The Butler group embraces eight loca-
tions. the lodges all running nearly par
Allel. the Mizpah being at the northern
and the Valley View at the southern
boundary Of the combination. The dis
taucs between these two 10 about ], 800
feet. The topography and the situation
Of the several lodges are such that shaft
work is the only means OF operating them
to any depth. or. in fact. Of performing
any development work Of consequence.
All Of the lodges are being operated by
leases under royalty of 251S, and upon
allotment Of territory 100 feet in length
by so feet in width along the veins.
Operations are by no means strictly
confined to the msjor lodss, for interven-
ing-And. in fact. running almost paral-
lel-betwssn the stronger lodges are aux
iiiary lodges, oil ore-bssring. that are also
being prospscted and developed.
lu this ares of about l. 500 feet square
shafts and cuts are in operation every
where. Sacks Of high-grsds ore are piled
up on the various dumps like grain or
cord wood. Over 10. 900 sacks Of ore. av-
erssing over $40 per sack. are on the
Mizpah ledge alone. awaiting transporta-
tion. Windlasses. whims and whips
meet the eye in every direction. Nearly
all the ore taken from the properties has
been the result Of development openings
in sinking the shafts and by undsrhand
stopping. Had the ground been opened
and overland stoping been systematical
ly done. the product would have beer
much greater up to the present time
The lsassrs. aiming to extract the richel
ores. have - far ~ possible avoided
breaking down second GLASS ore or waste
rock with il, and have made no specis
effort to produce quantity, but directed