The Nome nugget., 1903-03-14
T0N0PAH
 THE GREAT Richest Quartz Camp
 In the World. IS THE CLAIM MADE 0ser Sll,0OO,00O Taken Out In IS Months and Tens of
 Millions in Sight.
IS THE CLAIM MADE

A San Francisco paper of December date publishes the following interesting interview with J. w. Travcrs. of Tono- pah, New. concerning that famous min ioR camp:
 "The camp was only discovered a car and half ago. and since that time over SIP 0ee, GOO has been taken out aat enough blocked out and on the dumps to be beyond computation. The are k now being sacked and hauled 8 distance of 60 miles to Sudavillc or Candeleria by 20-horse teams. It takes them .Seyen days to make the round trf, returning, aS they do, with mer- chendse and other supplies.
 "Discoveries of other rich districts tributary :o Tonopah have been made within the past year Among them are Gold Mountain, six miles south of Tonopah. which is producing ore that goes from S2QUeto S4oG per ton in free gold"
 Nr. Traverse goes on to tell of strike made on Gold Mountain by two young pos,ofice clerks. who ran d tun- nel near the top of the mountain and took out ore that ran ol0 to the pound, or s20, GOO perto This rich pay streak is' in. a four-foot ledge, and they are still working it. This ore has to be taken to the Murry smelters. near Salt Lake, for reduction. All the other Pacific coast smelters are blocked, de- clares Mr. Traverse, and soon those at Marry will soon be in the same fix.
 Another company at Gold Mountain. which bought the Coleman property a ledge in new shaft at a depth of only 70 feet. This is clps only part of the Tonopah district in which gold predom- mates.
 Nine miles to the north of Tonopah is the Ray district, which has proven rich in lead and galena ore. These products will be of great benefit as a "fuX' in reducing other ores. From the Ray mine proper they are shipping ore that goes not less than $50 per ton and that is called low grade ore in the very high in any other part of the world
 Silver Peak has lately come to the front, together with Quartz Mountain, Red Mountain, South Tonopah. Little Butte and the Old Liberty mines, owned by the Cramps Bros. ship build ers of Philadelphia, is again being worked and yielding rich ore.
 One of the most remarkable facts ap- pears to be that little or no San Fran cisco capital is being invested there, while such men as the Cramps of Phila delphia, eX-Secretary of the Navy w. (. Whitney and General Warren, of Butte. Mont. are going into the deal largely, and sTorrrpresent indications eastern capitalists will control the vast mineral output of this rich region.
 Speaking of the camp itself, Mr. Traverse places its present population at about $500. composed of very SUI. perior class of people. The rough ele- men1, so common to mining camps, is conspicuous by its absence here. Another notable feature of the, camp Is that the miners do not, as a rule. risk their money at the gaming table, o which, of course. there are many. They put their money in the mining stocks of the district.
 It is confidently expected that there will be an abundance of water within the coming month, as the Crystal Springs company has nearly completed their pipe lines to the wells four miles north of the town. Then this will be the greatest camp in the world.
 Water is now hauled in tank wagons and sold for sl.5O per barrel. Baths cost a dollar, lodging at hotels sl.50 per night, and meals 90 cents and up. ward.
 Senator Clark is figuring on building