New-York tribune., 1906-10-22
NEVADA MINING NOTES.
Opening of the Piute Gold Field at
Hand.


the Piute Indian Reservation, Walker
Lake. and the rush of capital into the new cop
per district at Greenwater. just over the Ne
vada border in Inyo County, Cal.
President Roosevelt's proclamation regarding
the gift OF the Piute country to homeseekers
and gold hunters issued on October 8. and
the official date for the expected rush was set
for the 29th. Every miner in the state is inter
ested in this from the prospector. with only one
burTo. up to the plutocrats who taking a
million a month from leased ground. For more
than forty years rumor has credited this reser-
walton with vast stores Of mineral wealth, and
many attempts have been made since the
pioneer days of Virginia City. Aurora and Bodie.
run these rumors down: but the government
aided and abetted by the stolid Piute Indian po-
lice has never let a paleface linger on the hills
around Walker Lake long enough for a real IN
vestigation
heads of the different families of the Pfute trlpe
get by allotment twenty acres OF the best rrl-
gated land on the reservation, and as the ouchs i
number three hundred and forty they VIII tiuS
receive about sixty-eight hundred acres. leaN-
ing for the white six hundred thousand
acres. The Indians will also individually re,
ceive s25O and agricultural implements. and
under thar agreement will not be permitted to
take UP any OF the mineral land
That the hills around Walker Lake are trav-
ersed by gold. silver and copper ledges has been
reiterated SO frequently that ii has become al
most an article of faith. Since the discovery OF
.ronspah, Goldfield and Bullfrog. thousands OF
rrospectors and investors. taking their weary
wzy across the desert from Reno Hazen have
aoored with longing eyes at the reservation hills
end have CURSED the laws which barred them
from that territory. The railroad now runs
along the east side OF the lake for thirty miles,
this being its length north and south, While lts
width varies from five to eleven miles. If there
is any gold thereabouts there ought TO De g. lot
of #, and the anticipatory immigration into
Hawthorne. the nearest town. is already aSsuih-
ing remarkable proportions
The story Of the Greenwater interest las DIFF
ferent attributes. For more than decade the
vast deposits OF copper which lie close TO the
furthsr crests of the Funeral Range nave peeh
nesleoted and ignored. Now hundred mighty
fortunes seem 10 be in rapid process of incuba-
ton thereabouts. Where less than year ago
the only signs Of human habitation were the
crude monuments which marked the claims of
itinerant prospectors, there has sprung up a
hectic activity, a stream of immigration, two
booming towns and a great confidence Cen
terfng in the new camp called Kunze, the ring
OF pick and shovel, the creak of Windlasses and
the sonorous roar of blasting make every slope
for miles to the east and west vocal OF the
bonanza hunter.
Considering the tortuous approach to these
new fields Of wealth. the isolation from main
travelled roads. which long barred them
from general exploration, the absence of rivers
or any drinkabe surface waters peculiar 10
all that sombre chaos OF mountain and gulch. it
is not to be wondered at that the earlier pros
pectors went from these Businesses with tale
that seemed incredible 10 the ears of the gold
seekers in the Nevada camps. For at least
eight years such tales have been told, tales Of
copper in such bulk, Of such great richness
that hole blown in the. ground by cannon
cracker laid bare q short cut to opulence-and
nobody believed them. Everybody believes
them now, however. And big mines, with big
yieldings. are being opened and worked night
and day by capitalists Of the calbre Of Patrick
Clark. the mining king of Spokane; Charles NJ.
Schwab, the L. N Sullivan Trust Company.
augustus Heinze, F. NJ. "Borax" Smith and
Charles r. Miller.
From Tonopah comes the announcement that
the Tonopah Mining Company. which is est-
mated to have $50 100000 of ore in sight which
has disbursed over = 100000 in development
and equipment and which has paid out over
81 10000 in dividends. is to build Immediately
1O0-ton stamp reduction mill at Milder
Station, twelve miles from Tonopah. The Mon
tana-Tonopah, which in its underground work
ings of two and half miles has shown ore to
the value of about $4,000 600 has asked for
bids for the erection Of a 40-stamp mill The
Tonopah- Belmont is enlargng the main work
throughout the mine to connect the various
levels, which it is expected will double the
output
Over at Manhattan the chief bit of news con-
Germs the proposed plan of merging several ad-
Joining mining properties into an immense es-
tate worth millions, for the sake Of economical
operation This consolidation, If effected will
include the Stray Dog, the Jumping Jack Ind
ian Camp and the Union No. claim of the Dex-
ter Company 1t is said that the owners Of the
control IN the first three mines thus named have
had an offer Of 100000 for their holdings
and have rejected that offer, and the Yiseacres
point out that merger like the one here out
lined would result IN the formation of one of
the most valuable mining estates in Nevada
The ore reserves blocked out in these properties
are valued at about S5.000.000. From Manhattan
also, comes the news Of a new strike on the A 6
You Like It and Lizard Fraction estates
A Los Angeles syndicate has just bought the
alfalfa mines at Johnnie, this being located be-
tween the Bulfrog Johnnie and the Gold Bar
mines. and IL has an extension Of the Gold Bar
ledge, from which some especially rich ore has
been taken On the Bullfrog Johnnie the double
compartment shaft is being sunk on from two to
three feet Of ore that viii average about $40
On the Golden Eagle claim the east and west
vein has been prospected, and shows a din Of
40 degrees toward the Blue Bell lode which ,e
three hundred feet TO the north. The Blue Bell
lode being vertical, It is thought that these two
Lodges Will merge at q depth, and the work
prosecuted is being done with that end in view
A new ledge has been encountered in the Red
Top at Round Mountain. not yet sufficiently
prospected TO demonstrate its value. but prornis-
ing pay grade ore at depth. The development Of
the Ruby group at Round Mountain is being ao-
lively pushed by Philadelphia capital And
here at Goldfeld, where the gold output for the
coming year is estimated at 100000 the tale
Of every mine is a tale OF prosperity with a tag
calling Tor special attention in the beginning of
work the Lou Dillon claim nested by the Mo
hawk. the Jumbo. the January and the Combina
ton nlines-all proved bonanzas.
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