Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-09-05
VAN DUzER OBJECTS
TO FAKE COMPANIES
Is Trying to Rnn Them Out Of Busi'
ness in the East.

ten by Hon. G. D. Van Duzer to 7.
L. Oddie, was, as per reasons al
ready explained, left out of last
weeks BONANZA, but we take pleas
ure in publishing it this week, with
the suggestion that the propositions
advocated be pushed along by the
people Of Tonopah and Mr.. Van
Duzer given the support he requests:
Through you I would like to call the
attention Of the people Of Tonopah
and the Mining Exchange to the fact
that there is danger Of large num-
Der OF dishonest flotations on Tonopah
being promoted this fall send you
an article from the New York Sun.
After a great amount of detective
work | got the New York Sun to
take up and expose these people. |
have put two different promotion
outfits out of business and have run
one fake newspaperman out of New
York City. / also enclose you an
interview in the New York Sun from
myself, which will pretty well illus
trate the conditions in the city Of
New York. There is plenty of money
in New York and New York State
and in the east for investment in
Tonopah. 1t stands the people Of
Tonopah in hand to take rigorous
measures to protect the public. We
have mining camp which for clean
iness Of operations, and honesty, and
fair dealing in mining, is without an
equal in the history Of mining, and |
will not allow the name of Tonopah
and our mining operations to be called
in question by reason of any the dis
honest promotions which have already
ruined thousands in Beaumont, Grip
pie Creek, Thunder Mountain and so
forth. There are large number of
promoters in the east who promote
the public's pocket and not the peck
cts in Mother Earth. All they want
is some claim within five miles of the
rich district, and then they will play
on the prestige of the rich district.
| got hold OF prospectus last night,
which reads as follows: "Official an
nouncement," of certain mining
company whose claims are situated
about two miles west OF Mount
Brougher. Now, Mt. Brougher is
directly between the Mizpah and
these claims, and in great big letters
they make the statement that their
property is on the Mizpah- Burro and
Valley View lodges. Another COM
pany which has two very ques tionable
claims at Gold Mountain has adver-
tised, lone billion dollars in sight"
If the people of Tonopah expect to
be able to raise money on the sale Of
treasury stock for the legitimate de-
velopment of that camp, it is most
serious menace if they are going to
allow a lot OF fake mining promotions
in the east to sell treasury stock in
unlimited quantities to the unsuspect-
ing public upon one or two claims
which are absolutely worthless, when
the money which is raised is put into
the pockets Of the promoters and not
one dollar ever sees the soil of Tonopah
mountains. For three months have
devoted my time, my energy, my
money and my ability, and my atten.
tion to ferreting out these fellows in
New York City. | am constantly
receiving complaints from people who
have invested from $50 to $40, 900 in
these worthless claims. They appeal
to me as a member Of congress from
the state OF Nevada for informatio
and want TO say that since have
been here | have saved the investing
public thousands and thousands Of
dollars. Before the legitimate prop
osition of Nevada citizens are put in
shape all the eastern market will
have been ruined by lot of wild, cats.
cannot to strongly urge upon
YOU as one of the leading
mining men of Tonopah to cal
upon the Mizpah Club and upon the
BONANZA and Tonopah Miner, and
upon the chamber of comperce to i'm
mediately adopt the most rigorous
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