Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-29
TONOPAH COMPANY'S
PRESIDENT ARRIVES
Says Railroad and Reduction Works
Are Sure Things.

John Brock Of Philadelphia, presi-
dent Of the Tonopah Mining Company
of Nevada, was an arrival in Tono-
pah last Sunday. His presence here
caused considerable interest, as it
had been previously reported that
his coming would confirm or deny the
truth Of the rumors that had been
circulated regarding the construc
ton OF the railroad and reduction
works, and would also determine
when work would be commenced and
when completed, but in fact his COM
ing settled neither one nor the other,
and the matter stands IN about the
same light as it did week ago,
| On Wednesday a representative of
the BONANZA called on Mr. Brock,
and from HIM learned that the Ton
opah Mining Company took a great
interest in the proposed road from
Rhodes to Tonopah, and while he
would not say that the company
would not build the road, he did say
that they would aid it as far as it lay
in their power. The road was a
vital necessity to the prosperity and
future of the camp, and the sooner it
was built the sooner would begin
the wonderful prosperity that was to
follow. But before cons truction be.
gan, it was necessary that certain
formalites should be gone through,
and these perforce would naturally
| tai Ettln M. Rrnaly
did say, however, that the railroad
was coming, and the inference drawn
by the reporter was that the com
pany would have big hand in it's
building.
In the matter of reduction works
Mr.. Brock said that the develop
ment of the Mizpah, Burro and Val
ley View mines had reached such a
stage that the erection of an i'm
mense reduction plant would be JUS
tilted; wonderful amount Of ore was
lying on the dumps and had been
opened up in the mines that would
not bear shipment because Of the
excessive transportation and smelt-
ing charges, and although 1t con-
tanned large quantities Of very rich
ore, it would show poor Judgment on
the part Of the company to extract
that and let the rest stand, and II
would therefore be found necessary
to erect such reducing plant as
would handle it all. Two charac tiers
of ore, oxide and sulphide, had been
found in the properties, and to deter.
mine the treatments that would be
required to handle these ores with
out too great a divergence in the pro
cess was matter that would entail
considerable study and investigation.
Such examination was now proceed
ing on scientific lines by competent
experts, and when the results were
declared the plans and specifications
for a commensurate plant would be
drawn. Asked how long he thought
it would be before the plant would be
erected, Mr.. Brock could set no def
mite time, but said the company was
as anxious to have operations begin
as were the good people of Tonopah.
This is Mr. Brooks second visit to
Tonopah and he was agreeably sur
prised at the strides the town had
made since his first visit. He left
Thursday for his home in the east
Mr.. Brock is a pleasant, affable gen
tleman, but business to the core
He said that he and his accociates
were not in the Mizpah for specula-
tive purposes, but for dividends, and
sooner or later they would get them
in big numbers, regardless of the
market value of the stock.
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