Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-06-10
STRAIGHT FACTS
ABOUT TONOPAH
Editor FitzsimmOns OF the Min
ing and Engineering Review
Talks Good Horse Sense
TO Lying Newspapers.

cellent journal, the MlulhS anu Eu
g%ineering Review Of San Francisco
takes a fall out of the Black Hills
(South Dakota Mining Review and
incidentally shows that publication
hal the Black Hills mines good
as they are-cannot hold d candle.
metaphorically speaking, 70 the
mines of Tonopah. We herewith re-
produce the article in fun and 1t is
wen worthy Of perusal:
"The editor of the Black Hills
Mining Review calls il attention to
an error-a typographical n by the
way-which occurred in an article in
the Mining and Engineering Review
of the issue of May 9th, wherein the
total dividends paid from the Home
stake mine was given at something
e 3.O0O,0 900, when it should
have been over 1S,O00,0 900, the first
figure having been dropped and the
BONANZA-THREE
mistake overlooked in the proof read
ing. The error was attributed by the
Black Hills authority to ignorance
and he launches forth in a TRADE of
abuse mingled with the cant of the
gutter, which make us sorry-for
him.
1t was not the intention of the
Review to detract from the splendid
record the Homestake has made, but
TO make comparisons of two great
mining districts.
In order to enlighten the South
Dakota editor we now make the
statement, for his benefit and that Of
the public, that if the Homestake is
the greatest gold mine of the world,
it is not the greatest metal mine,
nor the greatest precious metal
mine. He will probably note the dis
tinctIon, for he claims to be a mine
engineer. and he actually did take Z
course in assaying in Rapid City, s.
u.
But the point at isue which drew
the fire Of the Black Hills man was
the comparison made by the Review
between the mines of Tonopah and
those of the Black Hills, which, by
the way, was drawn for the purpose
of both sections, for the attention of
investors has been conferred for some
time on both.
The Review made The statamen0
that there are more values in ono
mine in Tonopah than in ali the.
mines of the Black Hills. Values.
mind you; not gold alone, but gold
and silver. Corroborative OF that
statement are the reports Of the
most eminent mining engineers in
the world, made over Two years age,
that by actual measurement there
was in sight, or the dumps and in the
mine Of the Tonopah Mining Com
pany alone, over one hundred million
dollars. Since that time develop
ment have been constantly in pro.
gress and not a pound of ore has
been stopped out yet, although the
company is paying dividends at the
rate of n million dollars a year
from shipments alone, no reduction
plant being yet installed to treat the
ore on the ground.
I'VE are therefore justified in stat,
ing, in answer to the Deadwood ed
ltors question; Are there any Tono-
pan nine with more tina ma hundred
million dollars worth of ore blocked
out" Yes. And it is ready to be
taken out when the proper method
reduction has been decided on.
Ihere are also many more millions
N the Montana onopah, the Bel
mont the Midway, the Tonopah Elk
.ension, the Jim Butler, the Tono
oah Extension, the Jim Butler. me
Mcnamara, and the Golden Ancho"
This is not guessing, but from actual
observation. The ore is in sight.
ising that term in its exact mean
ne.
The Mining and Engineering Ro-
lew has not more interest in Neyad,
han in South Dakota and would noi
willingly distort facts for the benefit
either section, but when papers
'hich are edited by men who are fllv
informed eoncernin anv section
1ake such ridiculous statements
alculated to mislead the public as
appeared recently in some of
eastern papers about the mines Of
onopah, 1t is deemed to be the duty
mining journals to state tho foot
they really exist, without pretu-
Ice to other mining sections. And
ithout d%isparagement to the Black
ms Whlch Is undoubtedly a won
'rful gold producing region. We re-.
'at that the mines of Tonopah lie
thin the richest ore zone. rich in :
ecious metals, and are the greatest
ecious metal mines yet discovered
ywhere.
ITO the credit of the camp i. can