Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-12-17
STRONG COMPANY
IS ORGANIZED
Lucky TOnOpah People Sc
cure Rich Property.
Own Six Claims Adjoining Kane
Wonder Which Has $1,OOO,0OO
in Sight.

A short time ago several of Ton
opah's representative mining and
business men, delegated Charles
Maunder to proceed to Death Valley
and secure by purchase. promising
group of claims, which had been of.
fered them. How well he fulfilled
his mission may be judged when it is
told that within twelve days after
leaving for that forbidden section, be
secured the property, made the first
payment, put four men at work, re.
turned and had the incorporation
papers on their way to South Dakota
for filing. Charlie is certainly rec
ord breaker.
The group, which comprises six
claims adjoins the Kane Wonder
group in the Funeral range, for
which Capt. Delamar recently paid
$l70, 600 Mr.. Maunder states that
Capt Delamar has 100, 900 tons OF
ore blocked out on the Kane Wonder
property, which averages $27 so a
ton in gold, and which can be worked
for 81 60 ton, the 100, 900 tons thus
netting hiE $1,000, 000 He also
states that in his opinion the prop.
erty secured by himself and associ.
ates is just as rich as that Of Capt.
Delamar. On it they have two big
Lodges that give assay values OF from
81 to 1864 in gold and one of the
lodges, called the Blackbird, is from
fourteen to eighteen feet thick. II
is schist with a big Gaping of quartz
lite. The company Incorporated by
Maunder and associates to handle
the property is called the California
and Nevada Gold mining company,
incorporation being under the laws
of South Dakota and the capitalize.
tion 81 900, 600. The incorporators
are James l.. Butler, Judge Kenneth
Jackson, Charles f. Maunder, Thos.
Arden, K. j. Waidman, A. ]. Greg
ory, b. l.. Hickman, Duncan b. Har.
rison, w, H. Routledge and Geo. w.
Lynch, and IL is certainly a strong
company. The officers will be chosen
in few days and il he will accept,
Charles f. Maunder will be manager
OF the company.
The Jumbo.
The legal battle over the Jumbo
mine still continues. AT Carson, on
Tuesday, in the State Supreme Court
the case OF the Jumbo mining company
versus the First Judicial District
Court and NJ. A. Murphy, Judge of
the court, was argued and submit
ted. The point involved was as to
whether Judge Murphy had exceeded
his jurisdiction in appointing re-
ceiver in the case OF John McKane VS.
Taylor ct al. Messrs. Key Pittman
and George A. Bartlett appeared
for the defendants, while W. II.
Metson & Judge Jackson of the firm
Of Campbell, Jackson, Metson &
Brown represented the petitioner,
the Jumbo mining company. After
listening to the able arguments on
both sides, the court took the matter
under advisement.
Gold Pass.
A new gold camp in the Kawich
range, known as "Gold Pass, " is at.
tracing some attention. 1t is sit
uated forty miles east of Goldfield in
the midst Of a forest OF pine and
cedar and water is abundant. The
ore bodies on the main group OF
claims range from fifteen to thirty
feet in width and the ore is free mill
ing gold with values averaging $l2 a
ton. The country rock is porphyry.
The main group Of claims, -four in
number are owned by Messrs. Catlln
Howe, Byrue and Jack Gleason the
Tonopah pioneer and one Of the best
known prospec tors in Nevada.
TOnOpah-GOlden Gate.
Work has been resumed on the
Fonopah. Golden Gate property west
Of town. The owners Of this prom
ising property are r. L, Johns, H.
I. Bragdon, A. C. Eisen. H. H..
Clark and James Gleason.
Will Continue Pool.
At meeting OF the directors OF
the Jumbo Extension and Vernal
Mining companies held last Monday
evening, it was voted to continue the
pool Of the stock Of the two com
panies until Aug. 8, 1905.