Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-09
Senator Kearns and Party Re-
turned Yesterday Afternoon
THE SENATOR'S FIRST VISIT
Citizens Of Nevada camp Are Hopeful
OF Securing a Braneh Of the
salt Lako Route.

Heath and Thomas j. Lynch returned
Yesterday afternoon from Tonopahr All
Of them are enthusiastic regarding the
outlook for the hounadng mining
camp in western Nevada and declare
II to be essentially big bonanza With
the exception OF Mcssw. keith ana
Lynch 1t was their first visit 70 THIS
mining district While none Of the par
~ was anxious to be quoted, content
ing themselves with indulglng In gem
eralitiea as To the wonderful ore de-
posIts to be encountered. It was appar-
cnt That all were impressed with the
visit.
II would not have believed II" said
Senator KearnH "Tonopah VIII, In
my opinion, become the greatest ore
bearing camp In the United states, II
NOT in the world. II seems almost In
credible, but there IL Is ANY anyone
can see H. The deposits are not only
very accessible and In regular veins,
ard valuable beyond comparison, but
nd one has yet fathomed their extent
They seem TO cover an eNpanSe OF coun-
try far beyond present work.
"Ton0pah today reminds me o great
deal OF BUTTE Mont, when ] FIRST saw
tin general appearance and In de-
yelopment work. | believe II VIII be as
great city while | have no doubt Of
the value Of the camp" said David
Keith than whom there ~ no more sue
cessfu miner In the country, man
who can look az far as anyone into
the milestone OF u mining proposition.
al f.f fha ~ h4
continued, lies not alone In the great
value Of the ore and It's accessibility
In mining, and the Tact that many mill
lions Of the best Ote have been taken
from veins visible above ground but
the fact that up to this time there has
not been a single lhllure~eyery SHAFT
has reached pay dirt Tonopah needs
transportation more than anything else
now. It ~ Il pity TO see millions OF tons
Of ore worth from i2i 10 500 a ton on
the dumps Ono-hundredsdollar ore Is
graded as second class orr and Is not
being shipped and can not be, till there
are railroad facilities at Tonopdh.
During their visit TO the camp the
party visited the Montana ronopah aud
the Belmont and their allied holdings
and were surprised to see "a much de-
veopment work accomplished. The
party brought back several samples OF
rich ore which viii assay from $1,000
TO $4,000 n ton; these samples from good
veins and broken down az random
During their visit TO Tonopah the party
was royalty entertained While the
camp only consists Of obs.lt $500 In
hahltants good hotel accommodation
was forthcoming and the night before
their departure Messrs Kearns, Keith,
Kerens and Heath were given 9 recep-
ton az the MlgpHh club Remarks were
made BY citizens and The visitors.
Judge L. NJ. Bowler opened with an adj
dress OF welcome. Then Messrs,
Kearns and Keith. as expert miners,
gave their idea OF the future OF the
camp after four days OF investigation.
Their summing up OF the outlook was
very pleasant to listen TO on the part
OF the miners present The speakers
also compimented the camp on the ali
sence OF rowdyism. aud, said they, ev-
erythlng went to indicate that the men
were there for strictly business, were
working IN peace and Were not ham
pering the camp by unfortunate litga-
ton
Col. r. G. Kerens, also made a hit
with the residents OF Tonopah. His
happy remarks to the effect that he
was warmly In favor OF branch line
from "A point near las Vegas on the
main line OF the salt Lake Route TO
tap Tonopah. were chered TO the echo,
He declared that the building OF this
branch would De a good investment;
the work could be completed In few
months, az the branch would be not
longer than over 200 miles OF desert
country that was eaaly negotiated and
would not necessltate the building Of
any bridges or heavy grades, II Is be-
heyed that this project viii be laid be-
fore the board OF directors at an early
date.
Messrs, Kearns and Keith are al
ready interested In Tonopah In Che
Halifax Mining company This Is sit
uated about 5000 feet east OF the big
pioneer property OF the camp and also
adlons the Belmont The Halifax Is
believed 20 be- a splendid proposition.
Mr. Kercns. as stated In last nights
News" dld not return to salt Lake
but left the party at Reno New and
went on Ia Los Angeles, lie is expected
20 return 20 salt lake In company
with Vice Presidents j, Ross Clark
aud II ~ tlhhon naXf week