Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-03-29
NEVADA HAPPENINGS.
Senatorial Prospectus-.-AII Heading for
TonOpah'--Thunder Mountain--.OId
Jim Orndorff---CarsOn Mines.
CARSON CITY, March q, 1902.

that Francis Il. Newlands will soor
begin an active campaign for the
seat in the L. S. Senate now occu.
pied by Senator John p. Jones Of
Nevada. According to our under.
standing, Newlands has already com.
menced and is making elegant pro,
gress, Perhaps he has bought Jones
off and out of his way. Jones Ger.
tainly is making no fight for the
position, and nobody else Seems to
care for it. Others are talked of
but they don t materialize. Every
thing in the recent fusion meeting of
the Democratic and Silver Party
central committees at Reno went
Newlands way and no other. He
depends upon the fusion nomination
and will get it.
The Democracy fully expects to
carry the Nevada Legislature this
year, in which case Newlands will be
elected without doubt And New
lands himself is not idle by any means
He is working up his irrigation and
arid lands, the Cnban question and
the Chinese exclusion bill for all they
are worth in the way of prestige in
his behalf, and will also try to get in
ON the right combination for the gov
ernorship
But the Democracy will hardly
carry the Legislature this time.
therefore Newlands is not 50 sure Of
election. Moreover, the Republican
nominee for T. 5. Senator is not
definitely fixed upon-but he will be
before long, and Mr. Newands will
be given the fight of bis life.
Every train passing through Car
son carries more passengers for To
nopah and that section of the coun-
try and prospecting parties are
starting out with rigs of their own.
intending to make the Journey leisure.
IT, camping out and examining the
mineral prospects as they 90 along.
but Nye county is the Mecca toward
which all eyes are turned. Quite IA
formidable lot arrived in town Sat
urday from northern California, and
Idaho. They are well provided with
four good wagons and twenty animals
and grub enough for Il whole wear
They even have lumber for il cabin
and propose making their headauar
terS at Tonopah, prospecting the
surrounding country and meanwhile
working their teams whenever re
quired as Il source of revenue. One
OF the party has been at Thunder
Mountain, Idaho. He speaks well Of
the place and its prospects, but says
1t Is IN an almost inaccessible region
and the mines not near as rich as
represented. He prefers taking his
chances at Tonopah.
jim Orndortf stopped of in Carson
two or three days ON his return from
Tonopah, leaving for his home in San
Francisco Tuesday night Jim had
lot of happy experiences to tell Of
what he found in Tonopah, the old
boys he met with and how he found
himself at home. He considers it
place of infinite prospects and bound
less possibilities, aud will return
there later ON.
The great Tonopah and other Nve
county discoveries has aroused much |
prospecting enthusiasm even around
Carson, and many parties are en-
gagged in exploring old, abandoned
properties and hunting up new dig
2mgs. The range to the north and !
east is now clear of snow and the
rock sharpS are out on the hunt !
bringing in dead loads of specimens
gold, silver and copper,
Up near Wellington Il rich streak
of gold and silver ore twelve inches
wide is uncovered which has lain idle
for the last ten years with its true
merits undeveloped until now, aud
over in the old Noltairc country sew
eraI good prospects are found, in
GLIDING one small rich seam of 800 |
ore, about four tons of which is
sacked on the dump. Some big lodges |
the Mammoth for instance are
being investigated with very encour-
aging results. Our prospcctors have
no fear of uncoveriug a second Tono-
pah, but expect to develop at least
one good mine during the coming
season. Meanwhile the construction
OF the Vulcan smelter at Gardner
vile is being pushed toward compile
ton with great expectations,
Bob Logan 5 mine and mill up at
Como, twenty miles east of here, had
to be shut down early in this month
10y reason of the vast amount of snow
blocking the roads and shutting off
supplies. The North Rapidan mine
at that place has been shut down
half the time for the same reason.
A rich strike Of $500 gold ore has
recently been made in Edward Har
ris mine near Washoe City, resem-
bling the rich pockets of ore found in