The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-03
FORTUNES IN NEW GOLD CAMP
MAN TURNS $3.50 INTO
$500, 900 AT TONOPAH, NEV.
Worked on Leased Ledge and Got Rich
Returns Company Now To Work the
Field-Rush to the Ko,ukuk Field In
AIaska-Rcports From Copper Mines.

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Field-Rush to the Ko,ukuk Field In
Aiaska-Rcports From Copper Mines.
RpNo. New. Jan. fiat the Tonopah
mining camp. which is now largely deserted.
tho most impressive things are the huge
stacks Of ore awaiting shipment TO the smell
ter. Henry Cutting. who came into the
camp early last year with only $3.50 In his
pocket, has one stack which IL estimated TO
be worth $500. 900. About half the orc will
run $500 TO the ton and the remainder viii
average BOO. Another man who has been
very lucky Is Frank Golden. who came in
with about si5. 900 and who has a great stack
OF sacks Of ore like a fort which Il worth
1000. Golden and his partner. Sinclair
had a lease on u part OF the MlZpah NINE
which proved to be the richest on the LODE
lie. like Cutting. Is also Interested In a num-
Der OF other mines, which. II Tonopah proves
to be a second Comstock lode. will make him
several times q millionaire. Willis and Con
Brougher had a good lease and from this
with their restaurant and saloon. they nave
cleared up at least $500 900. Sullivan.
OMeara 4 Lynch had a lease on a part OF the
Mizpah and took out sooo.ooo In the last
week they took out sIS. 900 a day. The lessees
have left the lodges exposed and the ore
thus laid bare is very rich. What Is not
known IL how deem the ledge goes or how
wide IL will prove 10 he. As II Is. 6.01o,oO0
has been taken out OF Tonopah In u single
year. II the ledge holds out. this year we'll
see many times that amount extracted. as
the company which owns the mines will work
them In a scientific way.
omaha mining men have bought the Snug
gler mines In Good Hope district. Elko county.
These mines have produced upward Of
q, 900, 600 and there Is still a great mass OF
paying ore In sight. Assays give the poorest
ore as running ie2 ounces OF silver and ST.
In gold TO the ton. while the richest yielded
10. coo ounces in silver and good values in
gold. A concentrating plant will be put III
to handle the low-grade ores.
In the Ruth mine in White Pine county.
SOM Of the richest copper ore ever found
in Nevada has been discovered At 800
feet rich supplies Of copper were found.
ALASKA.
SEATTLE, Wash. Jan 2s-The De Lamar
gold mine on Boulder Creek, Atlin district.
which is being worked by men who received
permission 10 develop the property in a GER
tain direction. providing they would take
their pay out OF any ores they might dis
cover, Is turning out u BONANZA. The ground
is paying 81 TO the yard and nfty mines are
steadily employed. A largo amount OF de-
velopment work u under way throughout
the district this winter and q large output
is expected In the spring.
The koyukuk fever having struck Dawson
hard within the past month. there Is q stampede
on from the klondike capital 20 the new
dissins.; The s nesr sse b SolnS p pfessed IL into %H he
service, and those who are not able To- COM
mand a team. are content 10 draw their own
outnt on sleds. The excitement was caused
by miners from the koyukuk making a bg
display OF coarse gold and big nuggets on
The Ttsh 70 valdes continues TO Increase.
and the vessels engaged ln the Copper River
trade appear e. have al the bushes they
of mining machinery and machinery Tor
the drilling Of oil wells Coal oil and topper
are the three principal product OF .his prom
The line from sEGgusy 20 Dawson Is open
s T. eu1rhins from whitehorse TO Darron, 5si
miles, Il said 20 be splendid, ana the Trip -
mad. IN -four days. Including stoppages al
tie stations and relays
noETASL
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Who are leasing the u'Brlen property az
NalhArt, the n%orhetn Aontah1 sll'i sanH
mined and have on the dump thirteen tons
oil almost malleAhle silver The ore runs
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