The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20

Frank Everett. one of the most sue
cessful mining men OF Nevada ana az
present superintendent Of the TOnOpah
Gold Belt Mining Company property, IS
in the city from that famous district
Mr.. Everett, in speaking OF the future or
the camp, says TOnOpah and its tributary
camps. the Gold Mountain and -Goldheld
sections, never has enjoyed the prosper
ity that it is experiencing to-day New
strikes are being made in every direction
and each day proves more concluslVely
the wonderful future of this section of
the great State of Nevada. which has,
beyond doubt. contributed more wealth
to the present supply in the United
States than any other camp in the world
within the same short period. From
bowling wilderness four years ago II has
developed a thriving city of 10000 pros
porous. souls, and it is growing rapidly
every day.
Following the world famous discovery
of that matChless Mizpah mine by the
poor but lucky prOspectOr, James l..
Butler who fairly leaped from the ranks
of the poor to a position of wealth and
power almost in a day. came hundreds of
other rich strikes in the same mineral
belt, each one of which contributes its
share to the happiness of the world
OF the very first to follow DiscOverer
Butler into the wilderness Of wealth,
now known as TonOpah, New, We're a
party of honest prospectors who had the
courage and endurance to brave the dis
comforts and hardships of mining
camp miles from a railroad and civtliZa-
tion.
Arriving on the ground early, they Of
course had the choicest claims in the dis
trict to select from. and that they i'm
proved the opportunity is evidenced by
the fact that they were the lOcators OF
the only other group or claims IN the
district then discovered where the rich
ore bodies crop out of the lava-coVered
surface Of the earth; all the subsequent
mines discovered were found after the
lava covering had been penetrated, some
of them TO a depth OF several hundred
feet
These claims. however. they concluded
to hold until the necessary capital could
be secured to aid in their development.
being entirely satisfied to take their pay
for this valuable property out OF the pro-
fits of the rich ore bodies after their
mineral treasure had been subjected to
development and dividends were declared.
This property includes five claims Of
nearly 12O acres in ALL and 1t is situated
within four miles of the greatest gold
mine in the world the "Tonopah Miz-
pah" and in the same mineral district,
showing the same ore cropping and the
same mineral formation as the celebrat-
ed Mizpah; and there are three veins on
this property from two TO six feet wide.
carrying values from $40 to S175 per ton
on the surface, which Is a showing only
equaled in this district by the one great
Mizpah mine. part of which was sold On
a basis of $40. 900.
No person can realize how hard il is
for a prospector to secure money to de-
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may be- unless he has tried PROOF or
this difficulty encountered by prospectors
is the fact that some of the most valua-
BILE properties have been considered
worthless for years until they pass into
the hands of capitalists. like the present
owners of the great Mizpah, and they be-
gin to yield up millions in gold. Then
every body is ready and willing to help
when help is no longer needed
Big cash offers have been refused for
this property for the reason that il only
requires machinery and development to
make il worth a million dollars more
than the offers received. and the owners
decided TO give part of this benefit to