The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-02-02
KEELYN'S FAITH
TN MONTEZUMA
--.,.rnons Magnats Turns Attention TO
,r,ninr and Invests Heavily in Ola
Camp Of Montezuma

closed n uCdA ~ AAC0Nf AtA
group of claims s miles west
=, Goldaeld near Alkali springs. for
s95. 900 cash and a block of stock in a
company to be formed.
In addition to the Hose group Mr..
Keelyn acquired many other promising
nroperties in the Montezuma district,
numbering in the neighborhood of 40
claims. scattered about in various sec
lions of the district.
Montezuma is just now attracting no
little attention because of the general
impetus which has been given mining
operations by n succession of new
strikes and fnds of valuable mineral
approaching a boom.
Mr.. Keelyn twelve years ago organ
ICED and was the moving spirit in the
western Telephone Construction com-
many, a corporation which led the fight
against the monopoly of the telephone
business by the Bell Telephone COM
pany. During the struggle. which ex-
tended over a period of years, Mr.. Kee-
lyn was most active in the movement
which made competition in the tele-
pbone business possible. The Western
Telephone Construction company en-
KdScu Ia efO
and their appurtenances, as the result
of the victories won over the Bell peo-
nile. and Mr.. Keelyn was it's president
until a couple of years ago when he re-
tired with an ample fortune. He has
numerous investments in Idaho and
Colorado, but considers his Nevada
holdings as the most promising of all.
on the Van Goldield group. at Monte
- A. KoalUn hos arran0ad RI thor
oughly explore the ground for ore
bodies. A shaft will be put down 400
or 500 feet and NUM- sous crosscuts run
TO the known lodges.
II was not surprised to find so. good a
town here" said Mr.. xeelyn. "as l have
kept track of Goldfieid through the col
umns of The News and from friends
with whom / rave c~orresponded. 1 was.
howevere, surprised at the advantages
and improvements here. as but few min
ing camps rave ever made the progress
along elmost every line that has attend
ed the short life of the camp.
II believe the opportunities for sue
cessful mining investments here are as
good as any place on earth. Men with
either moderate or large means have OPP
portunities to invest money to an al
most certain profit.
'The Montezuma district appears to
me to be the best section in this vicin-
ity. 1t was a great surprise to find hat
it had been practically overlooked by
Goldfeld people. / believe, from the
geological formation of the country
that Montezuma is the foundation for
the values which we have here in Gold
field. Very little interest seems to have
- - - 49, 1s,@,iat - +ha oct
One of the owners of a property there,
who is one of the MIST prominent oper-
ators in the district, who has been
working a property exhibited a sample
to me which he thought carried only
gold values. In the determination of
it's values / found that it contained on
siderable silver. This incident inn
pressed me with the fact that even
those who are Interested in the district.
are not fully alive to it's Importance and
promise"
TT is surprising to me that so prom
Using a property should have been over
looked by the operators here in God
field" said Mr.. Keelyn. w have a
ledge $50 feet wide. well opened up by
the development work that has been ac-
complished and it outcrops for more
than 5000 feet. Our lowest average as
say shows five per cent copper and Sc
to 81 in gold and the best assay gives a
return of rs per cent copper with both
silver and gold values.
1.-THE ledge is of a formation that
makes ideal 1uxing ore, carrying a large
percentage of hematite iron mixed with
the copper. Nearly all of 1T will show
five distinct elements, gold, silver. cop
per, iron and s~ilicates, which with the
lime will leave nothing lacking but fuel
to smelt. There is plenty of water at
hand.
The property was first located a year
and a half ago by G. A. Frank, c. 3.
Creakbourne and H. Spearman, and they
later sold to Mr.. Hose. The develop
ment work has been of a very casual
character, but sufficient to open up to
some extent great ore bodies carried by
the ledge.
Our plans for the development of
the property include the construction
of a smelter to treat its product. How
ever, this feature will not come for
some time, perhaps a year or more as
we intend to fully open up and exploit
the property before we make any effort
at the systematic extraction of ore"
Before leaving Goldfield Mr.. keeiyn
organized a company to operate the
property. It's officers are James T..
Keelyn, president; Charles s. Wilkes,
vice president: DR.. w. K. Robinson. Sec
rotary; ]. L. Lindsay, treasurer. These
officers with E.. w. Eldridge, of Chicago.
comprise the directorate. The company
is a close corporation.
The location of the big copper depos-
its that are to be worked by the new
Keelyn-Robinson company. is midway
between Alkali springs, where the Com
bination mine gets it's water p
and Montezuma. Here there is an eleva-
ton that rises to the dignity of a noun
tain, but until recently vas unknown
to fame by any distinguishing name.
DR.. Robinson and his associates con-
Guided that the mountain should De
identified, and that the name or the man
who will undertake to make 1T famous
Mr.. Keelyn-should be associated with
it. Therefore a christening ceremony was