Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-02-15

Ionhpah.
II c. Cutting writes the Reno Ga
zette a. follows regarding Tonapah.
The uew mining camp:
T%unapah may not strike you rs a
very euphoue IL name but it surely
Is unique. 1t is M Indian name and
means water brush. The name WAS
gwen To tie district by j. l. Butler.
ALo Discovered the mines here last
June.
Although thus property was dis
covered last June and n~otwltbstlnd
my the fact that there are about
1850 feet Of groupings that will as
say from Sd To S2,5JG per ton. one of
the discoveries would have nothing to
do with it. and the other one Mr..
Butler. gave away almost Ina I his II
tcrest III order to have it usslycd
No locations were made here unit
last August, but the country is well
covered now for some distance around
Mr.. Butler and his associates hold
light claims which Sem to cover
about all the ground worth having.
Che valuable ground Seems 10 be con.
hnei to Il small area. !! paralielu.
gram i2VOX2J 0fcet would cover all
the Groupings. The ieIgcs run from
a wide wash to Il purph!ry hill
through ON little roll NJ knOll- Of
light colorcd porphyry. The general
strike OF the i,dge5 Is northeast 10,
southwest, but the ground seems to
be a net work OF hedges which carry
good values. The gangue Of the ore
is quartz carrying sulphuret- Of silver
and some free gold. Horn silver IL
quite plentiful in some places. Min.
ing Ua:'r no have examined th,.
property eli say this is the largest
/ moving Of rich ore On the surface
thaty they have rver seen.
There are about forty men here
working on leases. One man IL nj
lowed but 100 feet on Il ledge and
Two or more get 30 feet. The
leascrs pay twenty tive percent net
and many work until the property Is
sold. These tcrms are pretty steep.
but when u considers that the
lodges run from twelve inches to ten
feet III width ard that some Of the
l~cascrs are taking ont ore that will
average from three to five hundred
dollars per ton and that these values
are night On tEe surface. yon can see
that there IL Il chance FOR Il lcascr Ia
make pretty good wages
As tris place is sixty miles from
| Sodavillc on the &. II &. road it is n
hard and expensive place to get to and
actommO la % II are ra'her meager
after one gcie here. There are two
frame buildings winch have been
thrown together and are ii hi cnnngl
"a screen the icy winds Of winter but
not Keep them Out. One Of these il
the Tuuaprh store. l2xli frrt. the
o her. the necessary adjunct ~ ever,
INNING camp, the saloon, which Is
l2xlG feet. Into these the whole
male pOpulaIOu-ubput sixty men -.
crowd every evening nd stormy day
for a tent IL pretty cold quarters when
que Is ont ot bed. The n redeem ny
feature OF TOunpah. besides the rich
'rsS oi the ore. IL the bpartIng house
u course yUu fnlks III Rcru NhO can
20 over To the River Idle md got one
II those dinncT that Harry Goss
acts up, might sCorn Il dinner Of tuuLfr
beef and canned goo IL snrycl IN a
tent with u brx Tor Il seat. Yun who
III around comfortable fire IN snug
house cannot imagine what u luxury
this Is III TOnHpah. but Ind you been
hero ma wHs before the boarding
house started you would have no de-.
predatory remarks TO mako. There liz
iot much chance here for more Icns
~ and Just at present minCrs ar" not
u demand. ~ ~. 4. COIN. DcLa.
'laf's head man, haa been here aud
may buy the property. which. Of
"ursc. will cut Off the Icuscn. but il
.hr surface values 90 to any depth
his will bo II boom camp within the
Year wuctbcr il in sold or worked by
he lcascrs. Hundred dollar ore here
~ low grade ma sixty dollar orc IL
worthless to the lcascrs ut present.