Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-05-06
MONTGOMERY
SHOSHONE
Malcolm Macdonald Gives In
teresting Facts About the
Wonderful Mine to Salt
Lake Papers.

Just tell them that the ore as
says better than $500 per ton, said
Malcolm L. Mcdonald Of the Sho
shone company last evening, when
asked how the forty-ton shipment
from the Bullfrog bonanza turned
out. The decision not to give out
the precise values of the ore was
reached after a conference between
Mr.. Mcdonald and General Manager
"A. e. Montgomery, and that such a
course would likely be pursued by
them was indicated by Mr.. Mont
gomery earlier in the day, when he
stated that in his judgment the fig
ures ought not TO be released.
"While l am sure there will be
nothing developed concerning the
value OF this shipment that IN itself
would prompt us to hold back the
figures said the manager, there are
a number of good business reasons
why they should not be released. We
have been very free in allowing peo
Pile to inspect the mine aud Il mum
Der of men have been granted the
privilege of sampling 1t. While we
had always considered that such
privileges would not be abused, we
have come to learn that in some in
stances our confidence was mis-
placed and that the result Of this
sampling was given to the public and
used to advertise propositions OF IN
known merit and at remote distances
from the Shoshone. We have no
wish to aid in the exploitation Of
wild cat. stock iobbing propositions
and we feel that it is due to our
selves and the district in which we
are operating to do what we can to
protect the legitimate operator and
at least compel the stock jobber to
shift for himself"
Other reasons were advanced by
Mr.. Montgomery, but they related
so closely to the business interests
of the company that 1t would not be
just TO repeat them here. 1t should
he stated, however, that 500 per
ton is known to be considerably I'M
der what the control assays showed,
and that in the face OF the fact that
after the carload or more OF first.
class ore reached Las Vegas, several
teams were loaded with sacked sec
ond class" ore from the dump-ore
hat was known to carry better thar
5000 per ton-and forwarded to the
loading station to be shipped with.
but kept separate, from the first
class. The mar at Las Vegas who
was to have looked after the bushes,
and who received his instructions by
mail as to what to do, suddenly lief
the place and the man who did at
tend to the loading mot being a
liberty to open the other mans mail
did so without knowing that ther,
were two classes OF ore, so the entirl
consignment reached here all mike
up,
As far as results we're %concerneu
the management cared little abou
the mixup, but it was anxious t
know what the real difference 10 tn
two classes was, as it would hav
been a guide for the future. TIL
company has arranged for the for
warding of nearly 1000 sacks t
camp, and regular shipments will b
made, the amount to be increased a
soon as it is possible to get timber
to keep the workings in shape an
insure the safety of the men.
Mr.. Macdonald, who is largely il
terested in a great number of prop
critics all the way from Tonopa
down to the Shoshone, will leave fo
Tonopah tonight and begin his regl
lar rounds of the properties owe
which he presides as consulting Ell
gineer and in other official c~apacitie.
He stated last evening that ii
southern camps were relying on tt
San Pedro to give them a fair de-
in the matter of freight rates, al
expressed the opinion that if it d
another few months to a year wou
see it handling a tremendous to-
mage. Salt Lake Herr Id