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gates from the tanks are opened when
the teaching process Is through and the
tailings are sluiced out over battery
Of IL plates where any free gold is
caught
The mill originally had Q capacity OF
100 tons but by Installing four more
large Iron tanks II has now a teaching
capacity Of 800 tons per day. As soon
as No. s tunnel Is completed and the
ore is extracted from that l.-el 1t is
expected that tAe capacity OF the mill
viii be increased to 600 tons day.
In connection with the splendid devel-
opments In the mine the company has
done great deal Of good for mine own
ers and others around Gold Mountain
by completing fine road from SEWER
to the mine distance OF about 10 miles.
Another good road has also been built
over the mountain from Fish Creek 10
the mine. The company has erected
also a fine residence for the manager
and officers Of the company. and is well
equipped with an assay Office and re-
flnery for turning the product Of the
teaching tanks into bullion.
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leases; all of them were not success
IL was no fault of the camp, however.
that they were not. In great many
cases the pay ore was too far from the
surface to be reached with the crude
equipment which they had at their
command while the camp was yet new
Others got of Of the rich ore channels
altogether and of course could not
make It pay; but the more lucky ones
who secured territory where the lodges
showed themselves more prominently
on the surface, Jared better and II was
some OF these leasers who made their
fortunes In O. few short weeks.
Little Roadway was made by any OF
the ieasers until the spring Of 1901, al
though O few of them endured the rlg-
ors OF winter and suffered many hard
shipu before the great influx Of people
commenced IN earnest.
SOME DlsCoURAGEMENTS.
The camp was not without Its dis
couregements either. This period
came when the easers began to strike
the faults and the impression spread
that Tonopah would be short lived;
eomo said that after the rich ore found
IN the surface was removed that the
lodges would play out. Experts sent
in By outside capitalists to conduct ex-
amlnatons shared In the same opinion.
A member Of Capt. De Iamar's stan
of examiners. for this reason, turned
down the property OF the Tonopah
company, which was incorporated to
cover some Of Buffers first locations
on the Mizpah ledge.
After a while the cloud Of uncertainty
lifted, when some OF the more cour-
ageous leasers began drifting and
found the lodges again; which gave
them new hope. Finally the trend OF
the rich ore channels was ascertained
ana II was demonstrated that they
continued with depth and retained their
values. These operations completely
exploded the opinions Of theorists, who
seemed ever ready to give the young
camp black eye. But there are few
new camps which do not endure these
same set backs.
The leasers worked on, and towards
the fall OF 1901. those who had located
In the more favored localities began to
reap reward for their labors.
QUAKERs TO THE FORE.
In the meantime a crowd OF Philadel-
phia capitalists WIS attracted 10 To-
nopah and they succeeded in bonding
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the finest showings In the camp for the
amount of work done. A shaft has been
sunk upwards Of 100 feet, and Is In ore
from the grass roots. In the bottom OF
the shaft the ore has become base, but
above and below water line II carries
good values In gold. silver and copper.
On the east side Of the mountin lots
Of work In being done IN a number OF
prospects, many Of which are very en-
couraging. Among those who are PROF.
specting on the east side might be men.
toned the Wilson Bros, Agnes Winzell
and Col. George A. Henry.
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now engaged in prosecuting the wofka
drifting on this, the most lmpoFI.M
vein In the property. The values hu
far encountered In the Trapper VEN a,'
not high but the character OF 'he va,
justifies the belief that In time 80
mine will be developed there, Tnls ,an,
mel has tapped this vein ABOUT I" ~,
below the surface. An abundane, y
water has been developed, sumo en-,
IL said, TO run a mill. During ,ne w
the company considered the advlsipa
fly OF building mill but after mau.
consideration the decision va
reached to prospect the l'ana
vein and block out more Wy
before a mill Is erected Ihe o, ~,
pany Is spending abou, N.oSo m, ,"s
in this work and at the rate ,n' Xxx ~.
erty is being developed u VIII nvs y
long before the Trappers' Priae VIZ,
added TO the dividend payers o. y"
Mountain. ,s
A force OF eight men Is engage 4,
The work OF development. DUTIES ~
years the company built an elsa.I
iouse for the manager; a new ~,
ing house and assay Office raw a
been erected. The company has VI
during the year about $500 n su,,
ard patenting claims. AT the p.s' ~.
OF the year 1903 the company wv W., va
spent in the previous II monins MI
s2b, 1000 in the development ana ps.se'r
Of its claims. The officers Of ~.
pany are p. w. Madsen, rres'aa'
J. Peterson. vice president ahl "
Madsen secretary and treasurer
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recently bonded to Frank L. Wilson
and associates, who intend pushing
their development, Several thousand
dollars have already been expended In
prospecting these claims. A tunnel has
been run from the southeast side OF
the mountains a distance Of 100 feet.
This tunnel has tapped the vein about
100 feet below the surface. About Is
inches Of steel galena has been ex-
posed, which is said to carry from 40 to
50 ounces silver In addition to the lead.
Along by the side OF the strike Of ga
lena Is three feet Of iron oxide carrying
gold and copper. The vein lies on the
north side OF a big porphyry dyke. and
II is the intention OF the new owners
to explore the country on the other
side OF the dyke by means Of the above
tunnel.
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THE REGENT.

The Regent Mining company's prop
erty consists OF two CD claims in one
Of the richest parts Of the district. 1t
Hes about mile southeasterly from the
Gold Hill mine. The formation Is por-
phytic granite. The vein has a north
west and southeasterly course with a
dip to the southwest. II appears very
prominent on the surface, being from
FIVE TO six feet wide and continues the
entire length OF the group. Several
thousands Of dollars has been expended
In development work, and so far and
upwards Of 500 feet of shafts, drifts and
open cuts have been run all In ore. The
deepest shaft on the property Is two
hundred and fifty (2sO) feet deep In
the bottom Of the shaft seven-foot
body Of sulphide ore has been exposed.
On the top OF this base ore lies a 20
foot stratum Of iron ore carrying gold
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THE GOLD HILL.

The Gold Hill property Is among the
most important In Clifton district and
In Deep Creek. The control is owned
by the heirs Of the late Col. Wood
man. A great deal OF work was done
on this property years ago, but Cot.
Woodman. who took pride during h.s
lifetime In exhibiting various chunks OF
ore from the property, showing mug
gets of solid gold as large as peas i'm
bedded In the rock. But little work has
been done on these claims for some
time past, but II is the intention to re-
fume work shortly by pushing a tunnel
TO cut the vein lower than the present
deepest workings. at about 200 feet
from the surface.
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OLD MOUNTAIN MINING DIS
[ triet has come prominently before
the public during the last ar
through the unparalleled developments
in the Annie Laurie mine. In spite OF
the fact that this district has lain COM
paratiyely idle for so many years. not
withstanding its many inducements to
mining men, Il bids fair now TO become
the great gold camp OF Utah. One mine
does not make camp no more than
one swallow makes a summer. but the
mineral resources of Gold Mountain
district as they appear on the surface
and in the workings OF numeous pos
poets, Is convincing proof 10 the observ-
err that Gold Mountain, sooner or later,
will be shown 10 have within 1t bound
less stores OF mineral wealth and many
mines.
The district lies In the Southern part
OF the state at the northeast corner OF
Beaver county and the northwest cor
rer OF Piute county. At this point some
splendid mountain peaks appear In a
range Of mountains which extend from
the southern border of the state at the
Grand Canyon OF the Colorado. Mount
Belknap and Mount Maldy, are the two
principal peaks In this great mountain
range and from them as center ex-
tends huge fault line In the form OF a
horseshoe for a distance OF 40 miles.
THIS great and almost continuous fault.
which forms the outer rim Of the Mount
Badly gold belt, forms a rich mineral
zone, the boundary OF which Il not less
than % miles in length. About six
miles from Beaver city, on the south
east Of the belt. is the Newton mining
district Adjoining the Newton on the
north Is the Indian Creek district and
northeast q OF Indian Creek about u
miles, and situated at the bases Of
Badly and Belknap, Is the famous Gold
Mountain district, which has invited
capital for so many years seemingly In
vain. Its awakening has come nj last
and the nerve Of the owners OF the An
mic Laurie has given great Impetus 10
the district by affordlng investors ev-
erywhere an object lesson Of the vast
ness Of the gold deposits OF that sec
ton
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several months ~ ano.at,,. -. (
jment work. The oo"urtelic deyeio..
McCullourh. GooS E vnipahy owns ~
claims. the McCuiInouen and Bur-
extensively develonsS 81 lode has b ss..
the leasers. duriny ~ from this claI.a
camps history ons,s s,a, Period Of Naa
fully. The renero, '" e very success'
Culioush lode Is q ,, .Vurse OF the NJ
and probably ertend ,,e north OF en-,
Hidden Treasure ana Through ,Sss
claims on the east a. ,'esope mlnjns
mains OF the Tonopah -" co silo the dc'
wes:. 'o'npany on n.
s,it on.th
raLa ,aar ar p.opefty In which M.
10 ~. Nav, @e prominently ldennc.!
tba sor,h ~ qp,lNe.Ionopah located y
u'as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, =, nIougner mountain y
sow ue"ra aa'u, IN this properiv .
ar" ~ s a,. az .nat the ore chann,a
hn, sba ~ on " brousher mountai,
v vo ~ liz, ne veins continued on ~
' yvnn ,m ,nes VI 'hat property for =.
''"'o"" u'ace' ~
VEINS Ann co>,u
~ CONTINUOUS
Some predicted that n ma
ers OF this mine found orA s own
proved that the veins are con, az tla
the town OF Tonopah WON'T SaNuVus
population twice that OF the ue
In another years time. There issscpl
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DRAGON GROUP.

The Dragon group Of five (5) claims
lies north Of the Windsor property In
Pole canyon. A tunnel has been div
en- about l05 feet on these claims
and shaft from II was run TO cut the
porphyry dyke where rich silver Gre
has been encountered. The ore also
contains some copper in places. Thu
surface showing on this group Ii ex-
celent. Small deposits OF very rich ore
being found In other places on The pro),-
erty.
Lying further north In Dry canyon
are some claims owned by the Cedar
Mountain Mining company. This Is a
good prospect and has responded ex-
cellently to the development work done.
Some high grade ore has been found In
the Cedar Mountain property, and also
In other property near by. W. Call.
green IS also developing q prospect In
Dry canyon and is able to show some
good silver-lead ore, which Is said to
average as high as 500 per ton.
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THE SPOTTED FAwN.

The Spotted Fawn IL a group OF six
fG) claims situate In Dutch Mountain
Immediately south Of the Garrison
company's claim. 1t Is owned by Chas.
l.. Murdoff. Several hundred feet OF
workings are found In different parts
OF the property, and large body OF
very fine concentrating ore is being de-
veloped. The ore is said to average
close to As per cent lead with some
gold. The condition OF this property
Is said 10 be very encouraging.
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WILLOW SPRINGS DISTRICT.

One OF the most promising groups In
Willow Springs district OF Deep Creek
is the Windsor group In Reilly canyon.
II Is owned by Wilson Bros and con-
sists of five claims. An incline shat,
has been sunk depth OF $50 feet on the
vein. which is big lime reef. The IRE
Hes on the top Of this lime deposit.
The ora has been followed all the way
down the incline, and the bottom Of the
shaft has entered sulphides. This ore
assays about ~ per cent copper ard %
per cent lead, besides a little gold
and silver. The owners are preparing
to start tunnel TO tap the ore chute
at a depth Of several hundred feet.
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THE JUMBO GROUP.

Lying south from the Queen Of sNta
Is the Jumbo group on which some hlsi
grade gold and silver ore has been d.
veloped. A great deal OF work has t..i
done on the group by shaft prln1palE
The deepest workings are nearly y
feet and considerable ore has zen
blocked out. The owners are talsIIi
OF erecting q mill, and II is prolaas
that action viii be taken In this maj
ter during next year. a..
l.. +. Karrlck has also been worklii
in Johnson Peak district on the soal
end OF the Deep Creek mountains gu
has been doing assessment work ~
year on a group In which some hlI'
grade sIlverlead ore has been ene'uD:
tered. Some OF which assays over "
ounces silver per ton,
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STRANGE FIGURES VI sso"'

DR.. r. Hauthal of the Argen'ln' =,
scum Of La Plata. South AmeH,a
solved an old mystery that MS ~, 4.
wonder story OF the indians IN n
Southern Cordilleras for years alss !,
east side OF this great cnain, ,,a,slss
on the mighty sky-stormlng n,ss s.-rissl
stand great. impressive iisuss' Tsr
penitente, the Indians call tnsm .,,n,s b
say that these are penltens. ~ u vi,
snow. sinners In life VINO s'" r,itass
bowed heads expiatIng ths't .o,soT %
and weaknesses by eteIhai ss, al
the white solItudes OF Pa'asV"
the Argentine. a.. a,lacks q
DR.. Hauthal reached ne = ;s"crnf
penance" after a long. na'u ,.s,n5 ~
through the wilderness ne s,, 'Ta al
great figures. looking Imp snuns III!
striking, indeed. But ne ~ LIT he sf'
they were Just ordinary eiess he 4.
that they took form tnsouss rsrp<ipl
feet feet Of tn ne sun on the fields Of p'''
Snow.
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QUEEN OF sHEBA MINE,


One Of the best known properties
In Deep Creek is the Queen 81
Sheba. which has attracted NOR
or less attention from mining m.a d,
number Of years past The OWES
have been working II very successfully
during the past year, taking out sbcs,
5000 monthly In the yellow metal VIII
q small mill. A hoist has been put n
recently. also a pump TO enable IA
owners to handle the water which viii
be encountered as development rork
progresses. The property IL vel
equipped with a good mill including
sawmill and 1900 feet OF tramway n.
ore occurs In free form and ssmps,
brought to the city show the glltterir,
metal In very good quantities
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the group OF claims which formed the
basis for the incorporation OF the To-
ropah company. The price agreed up
on for the territory was S336,O0Q A
payment of $4,000 was made TO Jim
Butler and his associates This deal
was contaminated In June or July and
the balance OF the purchase price was
made to come due on Jan. !. OF this
year. Some little time before this date
arrived the final payment was made,
hut the company had realized consider
ably more than enough out OF royalties
from the leasers TO pay the total cost
Of the mine, SO, In reality, the pro-
perty paid for itself before the pres
ent owners ASSUMED actual charge for
Butler. In order TO keep faith with
the numerous leasers would not yield
had expired, which was at midnight,
Dec, *, year ago,
A MEMORABLE NIGHT.
Those who were In Tonopah that
night VIII never forget such unusual
scenes witnessed on the occasion Of the
close OF the leasing period In the camp.
Fully eight hundred men were at work
OIl tIllS fntlllbldDiN ilbHl bNN tNtNN't
on the passing Of the old year all the
miners dropped their tools, all work
ceased and every man Of them came
down the mountain side TO the town.
II Is needless to explain how some OF
them conducted themselves for a few
hours thereafter, but the saloons -four
ished and the camp was full Of life.
All the miners had plenty OF money TO
spend. Leasers who worked some OF
the best ground, and who had found
themselves independently wealthy In
order TO make the best Of time paid
their men considerably more, towards
the last, than they had agreed to, In
deed, wages were all the way from
So to $40 per shift of eight hours. II
was not uncommon TO see miners put
IN shift and half and sometimes
even more than that. Money was plenty
and II went into circulation. But the
leasers could well AFFORD to pay these
prices for help In working their prop
critics, for Dame Fortune had certainly
been kind to them II Is estimated
that $4,000 900 had been taken out By
them In the course OF one year.
SALT LAKERs' BIG LUCK.
One OF the remarkable leases, known
as lease No "a. was owned by OMeara,
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and silver with some zinc At the $50
level In the shaft the vein has been
drifted Mt distance Of 30 feet In good
ore. At different places along the out
crop OF the vein, the Regent company
has prospected with very good results.
and thousands OF tons Of ore have been
blocked out, which will net the com
pany handsome profit when shipping
facilities are available,
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copper and silver Some other high
grade copper occurs also In this group.
The owners have sunk distance of
i05 feet on an ore chute which Is show
ing up we'll. 1t is the intention now to
start a tunnel with view OF Inter-
secting this chute at greater depth, also
the gold vein above referred TO at a
depth Of 800 feet.
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ergetIcally circulated from time TO time
10 the effect that the camp is controlled
BY one company. Nothing could DC
further from the truth than that ~
would be much better to say that y
Is eyerybody's. camp; that would w
nearer the actual conditions as they
really are. Ii might be safe 70 10
further and say, that In Tonopah there
are more independent companies oper..
ating than In any other camp west OF
the Rocky Mountains. Perhaps this
Is a little overdrawn, yet the TACT re-
mains that II Ia not by any means
one-man community as has peeh
charged.
when the writer visited the great Ne
yada Eldorado not long since, thirty
shafts were In the process OF sinking
In the immediate vicinity OF Tonopan,
Since then new corporations have peeh
formed 50 that the number has Deen
undoubtedly considerably Increased.
These do not all represent produc-
ing mines, yet the camp has enough
actual producers now to insure pro-
sperIty there for many years to come,
hut the limit has not been reached and
there is no telling how many more VIII
he added to the list during the present
winter.
FIFTEEN SEPARATE LoDES.
The Tonopah company, controlled by
Philadelphia capital, has the most ex-
tensiye workings and the most valu-
able equipment In the district AT the
present time. This was the first cor
poratlon formed at Tonopah, and Us
territory covers the boundaries OF the
first discovery In the camp on the
famous Mizpah claim. Upon the prop
erty OF the Tonopah company no less
than fifteen separate lodes have been
discovered, the Mispah, Of course, being
the most important.
The Buro lode, out Of which much
ore has been taken. Is probably q spur
of the Mizpah, as It Joins the latter
OF, It's strike. The Valley View IL
next Of Importance and some there are,
who contend that after undergoing
thorough development. 1t will prove
TO contain the yielding capacity OF the
Ni2pah. The Valley View ledge extends
across the southwest side and end OF the
Valley View claim Of the Tonopah COM
pany, and into the Stone Cabin mining
claim on the east, upon which one OF
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IS conveyed from the mine 10 the mill
by a gravity tram road which delivers
the ore TO the crusher from which II
passes through the dryers. II is then
lowered and passed through four sets
OF rolls. which grind II sufficiently
hne to enable 1t 20 pass through a 20
mesh screen. In this condition II Is
delivered 10 the teaching tanks,
where most OF the gold and
silver 10 extracted. In order to secure
any free gold that might b In TIE Sra
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workings are said to be less than one
hundred 00O) feet deep, but some fine
galena and carbonate ore has been en-
countered in different parts OF the prop
erty. The company Is working small
force of men and IL sinking with a
whim on some lead ore which assays
from 90 to 70 per cent lead with some
gold and silver.
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ranchers and was afterwards ma
chased BY James NJ. Hamilton and ,
Il. johnson. Very rich silver ose n,
been discovered on this gtoup, wbkh,
being followed down by the ownes an
is said to look better at the depth oi d
or 30 feet than II does on the surhs
The ore assays from 800 to st,,nI
thousand ounces silver per ton.
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Operations in Gold Mountain.

Of 10000 shares with par value OF
slC0 each. Quite recently the capital
was increased 20 $500, 900, or $1,000
shares OF the par value of si0w. Not
outstanding the Increase In It's capital
stock none OF the stock Is being offered
Tor sale.
The Annie Laurie property consists Of
81 full mining claims including six adj
lining claims recently purchased from
the Golden Star Mining and Milling
company. This area covers LOO acres.
The mine is developed from Two tun-
nels numbers and 1. number tunnel
intersecting the vein at deprh Of 700
feet below the surface. All OF the ore
that is mined Is delivered to the mill
through this tunnel. Another tunnel 500
feet below the present working tunnel
Is being driven 10 the vein as fast as
burleigh drills can do ii. II has al
ready been extended some 1900 feet on
its course. II has about 5000 feet fur
Their to go and the management calcu-
ietes that this work viii be completed
in about eight months more. Fabulous
treasures Of ore are expected 10 be re-
vealed by this tunnel when II shall tap
the vein. as the experience In the Annie
Laurie has taught that the ore bodies
are greater In extent and contain high
or values 700 feet below the surface
than they do near the surface. 1t Is
anticipated, therefore. that an improve
Inent In every way viii be seen when
this new strike is made next summer.
Thus far the mine has In tunnels, sub
levels and raises, 1916 feet OF workings
all In ore. The average width Of the
vein in No. 4 tunnel is "a feet, and II
Is calculated that on and above that
level the company has 6i665s tons OF
ore blocked out. Assuming the ore to
carry an average Of $500 per ton in the
precious metals the ore already blocked
out Is equivalent TO $3.50. 900. Some
idea may be formed from this OF the
maichless resources Of the Annie Lau-
rie. when the No. tunnel prospects the
vein several hundred feet deeper.