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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-14
Rhuolite. Nevada. April 10. 1906.

Rhyolite, Nevada, April 10, 1906.
Editor BoNANZA:-The chief talk for
tho past week has been about big deals
that are about being consummated.
The Rush Group, which lies on Bo-
nanza mountain and which was bonded
early in January to DIR. John Grant
Lyman of New York City for $3.50, 600,
was sold to a syndicate of Goldfield,
Tonopah and Philadelphia capitalists
for $500, 900, cash. A company is being
formed to take up this property on a
basis of capitalization of 81, 500, 900
with 500,00O shares in the treasury.
1t is said that John S. Cook, the Gold
field banker will be president of the
company. The west side of Bonanza
mountain is veritable beehive many
men being at work on this property.
The vein walls are 154 feet apart, the
vein has been traced for a length of
three-quarters of mile. Work was
started February 10th of this year. The
main tunnel is now in 100 feet and close
to the vein. The North tunnel is in on
the vein 100 feet and crosscuts have
been started east and west; 81 feet of
crosscutting has been done. The Holo
tunnel on the south end Of the claim is
in s5 feet. Altogether there are five
tunnels and one dozen open crosscuts
already on the vein and all show a good
milling ore.
The Index claim of the group is being
developed by tunnel that is run in III
feet and in good ore. 1t is thought
that this is an extension of the Denver
vein.
Taylor e. Griffiths receiveda a Telegram
from Salt Lake City this morning an
nouncing that at the annual meeting Of
the Montgomery mountain mining com
pany, Samuel Newhouse was elected
president; d. II. Peery, vice president
E. H. Mead, secretary; and NJ. M. John
son, general manager. c. c. Parsons
Mr.. Newhouse's, general attorney, is
director, as is also C. E. Loose, of th'
Grand Central and Victoria mines o
Utah, and f. E. Edmonds, of Goldfeld
$4,000 shares of stock out Of a tota
capitalization of 1,250,000 shares, wer,
represented at the meeting. Work o.
Montgomery mountain is being pushe
with two shifts. The main tunnel
now in 260 feet, and the face of tn
tunnel is in good looking ore, whic
pans well and gives encouraging assays
The hoist, compressor and air drill
which have been ordered are expecte
to arrive about the middle of May.
Work started Sunday morning on tn
Yankee Girl property after sewers
months of inactivity. 1000, 900 share
of the treasury stock of this compar
was sold a short time ago to "Borax
Smith. This gives the company amp
means for development work, whi'
will be pushed as rapidly as possibl
The main shaft on this property is no
over 200 feet deep, and on the botto
the shaft is in lode porphyry that Civ
every indication of carrying value
''Borax" Smith, c. B. Zabriskie, al
Messrs. Edwards, Corkhill and Ryi
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-14
Bonanza Correspondent Sends
Interesting Letter Anent Do
ings in that District

have been in the camp for the past
week in the interest of the Borax
Smith extension of the Santa Fe road
which is headed this way from Ludlow.
The rails are now laid 60 miles out of
Ludlow, and the track is being laid at
the rate of mile day. The only
serious piece of work is the rock cut
below the old Amargosa Borax Works
in California. Chief engineer Ryan
says they will "shoo-fy" this rock cut,
so there will be no delay in getting the
line into the Bullfrog district at the
earliest possible moment.
Just what route will be used for
getting into Rhyolite has not yet been
determined by the engineering de-
partment, but this road is after tonnage
and that they will come right up into
the district so that the mines can be
reached easily and ore shipped without
hauling is an assured fact. The road
in here will be finished some time next
fall.
Work has been resumed on the Sho-
shone National Bank.
A shaft is being sunk on the Red Dog
claim which adjoins Newhouse's Mont
gomery Mountain property. A black
smith shop and tool house have beer
erected near the main workings.
General Manager Seller is working
fifteen men on the Bonanza Mountain
Gold Mining Company's property and is
now running a cross-cut from the bot
tom of the original shaft to catch tn,
west ledge which should be encountered
in about 35 feet. The character of tn,
rock is changing with every shot. Th'
ore that is being taken out carries
good free gold which is visible to tn
naked eye. The stock is in good de
mand throughout the East and larg
blocks have passed into the hands o
Eastern investors.
Work was started on the Bullfrol
/ Alliance property last week. The com
pany is sinking two-compartmen
{ shaft on the Pike claim within shor
distance of the Indian Johnnie claim o
| the neutrality-suspicious. This com
pany is looked upon with great favo
! by local people who have always be
1 lieved that the rich Montgomery Noun
S tain veins run down across this propert
e to Ladd Mountain. Good streaks of or
b are being cut in the shaft and there
i. every indication of striking somethin
s good before the hundred foot level
reached. No crosscutting will be don
until the shaft has reached the hundre
q foot level. The Clark road passes d
Il rectly over this property, as does tn
s Patrick pipe line.
Y The hoist which was ordered for I'll
- Happy Hooligan has been delayed 9
lie account of the washouts, but the con
h pany is going ahead with their opert
e. tions. The new shaft at the north eT
W of the property is down about 70 fee
m still in ore running from $50 to 500
es ton. AS soon as the hoist arrives th'
s. will upraise from the main tunnel al
I'd continue sinking the winze which
IN now down about rs feet deep.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-14

A. H. Butler of the Milbrae sent sew
eral teams of supplies TO Gold Mountain
this week. Actual development work
on the property will commence at once.
The Milbrae is one of the choice groups
in the Gold Mountain section and with
the development work planned should
develop into a good producer and ship
per. The Gold Mountain district, in
which are the properties of the Tonopah
Gold Mountain, the Tonopah Union, the
Gold Reef Mining, the Nevada Goldfields
Development, the Toggery, and many
other companies, is one of the richest
in the state of Nevada. That something
is wrong with the management has
been known for long time. That
company has very rich property and
if tunnel was run into the mountain at
it's base instead of at its summit, a
strike would be made that would startle
the natives. The stock of the company
has been hammered down and at the
same time bought up by San francisco
brokerage firm. which controls it, for
some time.
Walker Bros. and other leasers on the
ground are extracting $4OO ore and the
main company has shipped many tons
of high grade ore during the past few
months, to our own knowledge, and W.
therefore heartily agree with 4th'
answer of the Mining and Engineering
Review to the query of San Dieg
subscriber. The query and answe
were as follows.
We have a report from an undoubte
authority that more ore was shippe
from the Tonopah Gold Mountain min
, last fall than ever before and that tn
mine was looking better than it eve
did when operations by the compan
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LAYING Of Corner Stone.


On Wednesday next, April 18th, at
p. M, the Grand Lodge Of Free and
Accepted Masons of the State of Nevada
will lay the corner stone of st. Marks
Episcopal Church, Tonopah, Nevada, in
accordance with the ancient customs
and usages of Masonry. Deputy Grand
Master Walter j. Harris will conduct
the ceremony as Grand Master and
Grand Steward A. L. Smith will act as
Deputy Grand Master. The following
Masons will act as grand officers:
Michael Sheridan as Senior Grand
Warden; Nathan Crocker, Junior Grand
Warden; R. B. Davis, Grand Treasurer;
Mark R. Averill, Grand Secretary; R.
L. Johns, Grand Chaplain; Henry Stew
ems, Grand Marshal; A. j. Crocker,
Senior Grand Deacon; Andy Ackerman,
Junior Grand Deacon; George Hewitt,
Grand Tyler, and Grand Stewards Jas.
Forman and Frank Selstrom.
The Orator of the day will be Rev.
Samuel Unsworth of Reno, who is
Grand Orator of the Masons of Nevada.
There will be music and exercises appro-
pirate to the occasion.
All members of Tonopah Lodge, No
%, and sojourning brethren are re-
quested to meet at Masonic Hall at | &c
p. m. Wednesday, April IS, and partici'
pate in the ceremonies. The public i:
cordially invited to be present at The
laying Of the corner stone.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-14

The shaft on the Booth mine at Gold
field is now down 200 feet. The forma-
ton is changing and the ledge is becom-
ing thoroughly mineralized. The shaft
will be sunk another SO feet before
crosscutting for the rich Red Top ledge
will be resorted to. A sensational
strike is anticipated within the next
few weeks.
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The Keewanas.
Charles M. schwab's Opinion,

81 am as great an enthusiast as ever
on southwestern Nevada. think it is
one of the greatest mining countries
the world has ever seen. ''Tonopah,
Goldfeld and Bullfrog have all proven
to be wonderful camps, and the earth
as yet has only been scratched. think
that many more discoveries of such
sections are yet to be made. Charles
NJ. Schwab.
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Gold Bar Annex.

The tunnel being run on the Gold Bar
Annex at Bullfrog is now in 160 feet
and two shifts are driving it as fast as
possible. Several stringers have been
cut in running the tunnel, that give
values of from $40 to $14. A shaft will
be sunk on this ground in the near
future. There is fine spring Of water
on the property.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-14
Lone Mountain.

C. E. Howard of San Francisco and
H. S. Webster of ST. Louis, stock
holders in the Princess Maude company,
which is developing its property at
Lone Mountain, spent the week at the
mine and are greatly pleased with the
work done thus far. Crosscutting on
the 200 level continues and it is ex-
pected that big body of ore will be
cut within very short time. F. j.
Herman is the resident manager of the
Princess Maude. Messrs. Howard and
Webster will spend several weeks look
ing over the Lone Mountain district,
which looks good to them.
Round Mountain.
The Smokey Valley and Round Noun
tain Gold mining company, ia new
corporation with, T. A. Patteson Jr.,
president; H. B. Gee, vice-president
and treasurer and C. T. Lawrence,
secretary. The directors of the COM
pany are:-T. A. Patteson Jr., H. B.
Gee, John Cahill, Emil Sutro and VIM.
c. Mikulich. The company owns five
choice claims which have the extension
of the lodges on the original strike at
Round Mountain.
Jefferson Canyon.
The Queenie Consolidated company
has been organized to develop foul
claims in Jefferson Canyon, formerly
known as the Little Florence group
The officers are: Emil Sutro, president
VIM. C. Mikulich, vice-president anC
treasurer, and Eugene E. Serf, secre
tary. These with James Falconer an'
T. A. Patteson, Jr., constitute tn
directorate.
The Keewanas.
Louis Schloss who came in iron
Goldfeld yesterday says the Keewana
mine at that place is improving wit
depth and is looking splendid. A sta
ton has been established at a depth o
100 feet and prosecuting will be CON
J menced at once. The shaft will b
t continued to a depth of 800 feet. Tn
} new machinery to be installed on tn
: property arrived in Goldfeld yesterday
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-14
Hot Creek.

Senator Williams and wife of Hot
Creek spent the week in town. The
Senator says Hot Creek is lively sec
tion and the prospectors in the adjacent
hills are making many discoveries of
rich bodies Of ore.
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Tonopah Mining Co.

President Brock and general manager
Frank A. Keith of the Tonopah mining
company left for San Francisco Thurs
day morning on company business.
Work on the new gallows frome on the
Silver Top claim is progressing rapidly
and the new hoist will be placed in COM
mission within the next two weeks.
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Montana-M Midway Elk. Co.
TOnOpah Home.

The new Cameron pump, with a
capacity of over 5000 gallons an hour,
has been installed in the shaft of the
Tonopah Home and is doing splendid
work in handling the flow of water.
The shaft, which is now down below
the 3OO-foot mark, will be pushed to a
greater depth.
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The Rabbits Foot.

The Rabbit Foot property is one of
the choicest in the Lone Mountain dis
trict and is bound to be developed into
a great property. President M. Patter-
son has samples of the ore in the office
of the company on Main street that
should open the eyes of investors to the
fact that there is wonderful rich ore
close at home. Stock in the Rabbit
Foot is in demand, as it should be.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-14

The Kendall-Mason Drug company,
1t giving a nice bunch of violets to each
lady visiting their store this evneing
and tomorrow. 1t
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Ford Wins.

The case of ]. G. Ford, ct al. VS.. W.
Campbell ct al, which involved title to
the Ella May claim, one Of the Bullfrog
Yolo group, was decided by Judge
Breen this morning in favor of the
plaintiffs. Judge M. S. Bonnifield and
John T. Wheeler represented the win
ming side.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-14

Our Easter goods have just arrived
and if you want any you will have to
act quickly. The Union Drug Store.
See the window. u
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-14

Not corn. We have a corn cure
that makes corns unnecessary. The
Union Drug Store. u
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ORE SHIPMENTS

shipments the Tonopah railroad for the week ending
follows Tonopah Mining Company 146O Montana
Tonopah Extension tons; Belmont 255 Midway
tons Nevada Alpine 80 tons; Jim Butler, 70 tons;
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MINESOF
TONOPAH


Duplex Compound Air Compressor has
been shipped, and is expected in a few
days. The new hoist will be shipped in
the near future. Foundations for the
new compressor and hoist are now
under way"
MOntana-Midway Elk. Co.
D. w. Bisbee, who has been installing
the machinery on the Montana Midway
Extension company ground, has COM
pleted his contract and the plant will be
turned over to the company today,
Work will be resumed on the shaft,
which is now down 100 feet, early next
week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
Pride Goeth Before a Fail.

:, The grumbler entered. a drug store
for the purpose Of phoning to a friend,
and finding he had no nickel to drop
into the slot, he approached the clerk
very young and .disagreeable-looking
person.
:. Throwing down a dime, he said:
"Give me two fiyes, please" -,
The boy took the dime and looked
at the grumbler hard.
"two nickels?'' I;
Then the grumbler boiled over.
1T want what I asked for, you mar
row Drained numbskull,' said he.
"Two fives-two scent pieces7"
"You didn't imagine I expected to
get two SIS bills, did you?, Because you
are accustomed to referring to coin in
question as a nickel does not signify
that it is not a five, or that you have a
right to correct me in supercilious
tones. You are like the druggist who
told me he had no 'kwi-nine, but had
'kwee-nene,' or like that, art-ware deal,
er who caught me up on vase and en-
ct asked for two fves-two Scent
you nincompoop9"
CHOW, if you are all ,done," said the
boy, when the grumbler stopped fol
breath, "I'd like to have you know
that this is postal station as we'll as
drug store. About half the sales ]
make at this desk are stamps. I ain Y
mind reader, you know, and I've got
no way Of telling whether two fves
means two nickels or two scent stamp:
have I, you 1obster?'
hadn't. :
The grumbler is once more deaf tt
abuse and dumb as to retaliation.
B. A, s.
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COlored Elouuence

The collection had been taken on
Sabbath morning Of certain5 negro
congregation in the south. When the
hat was returned, good old Parson Wool
mon examined its contents, then arose
and sternly said:
"Bruders and sistahs, before de hat
was done passed around I expounded
de request dat de congregation contrib
ute accawdin to DER means, and I sho ,
expect dat yo' all would chip in
magnanimously, but now,'' looking
carefully into the hat, 1T find dat de
concocted amount contributed by de
whole entire posse Of yo' am only de
significant am pusillanimous sum of
60 cents" =.
Seeing the eyes Of some of the con-
gregation wandering, the parson added
| still moretsternly: ." =
cam at dis junction dar amt no
| 'casion for yo'll to look at Brudder
Slewfoot, what done circumambulated
| de hat around, in no such suspicious
manner; for in de fust place, Brudder
Slewfoot ain It dat kind of man, an,
in the second place, done watched him
like hawk all de time muhself. No.
So cents was all dat was flung in; an
dess wants to- say, in my humble opin.
ion, instead oh contributin' accawdin
to yo' means, yo' all contributed &C.
cawdin' to yo,' meanness. De choir vii
now favor us wild der regular melodi
ousness.' R. W. G.
| Graceton, MINI.
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FIRST PRIZE.
This Story Gets S..
He Preferred a Prayer.

The 5-year-old son of sectarian col
lege president in city in Iowa had
always enjoyed immunity from severe
punishment for mischievousness. His
father was devout Christian, in fact
owned the title Of ''D.D.' and was a
good disciplinarian.
On several occasions when the preco-
cious youngster had disobeyed his faith
er the latter had taken the lad into
door, very gravely lectured him for his
misconduct. On each occasion at the
close of the lecture the father would
ask his boy to kneel with him in a
prayer for forgiveness. With sad face
the youth would kneel while fervently
the father would pray for him.
One day the little chaps conduct was
more fragrant than usual and it shocked
the dignifed father very much.
"Young man. he said sternly, "gc
and get q switch and take it to my
study and wait there until l Gomez
With some apprehension for his per
sonal safety the lad obeyed. The par
emit joined him in the study a few mo-
ments later and began to talk in pretty
plain and determined language to his
boy. The youth kept his eye constant
on the table.
E..Now, sir" the father said finally
and in sharp voice, 'what do yor
think I ought to do with youe'
The terrified boy glanced up into his
fathers eyes appealinglv and in 6
tone that was mild and diplomatic, re
piled:
EPapa, let s pray" j. A. S.
His Second Nature.
A lawyer on examining a witness, an
1rishman, was not satisfied as to his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
Subtraction,

A teacher in a western public school
was giving her class the first lesson in
subtraction.
"Now, in order to subtract" she ex-
planned, "things have to always be of
the same denomination. For instance,
we couldn't take three apples from four
pears nor six horses from nine dogs.''
A hand went up in the back part of
the room.
"Teacher!' shouted a small bow,
"can't you take four quarts of milk
from three cows7' M. K.
Owatonna, MINI.
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Marshall, MINI.
A Pretty Safe Guess,

/. The Sunday school teacher was tell
ing the little tots about the birth of
the Christ child, how it was born in
the manager, and about the wise men
coming and: bringing presents, etc.
T." Now she said, "what do you think
the wise men said to Mary when they
saw the little baby lying there in its
mama g arms9''
Several hands waved frantically in
the air. Turning to a little girl Of 4
the teacher said, "All right, Ruth, you
may tell.' -.
They wanted to know, It'll it boy
or a girl.' L. W, G. .
Bismarck, N. D.
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Prizes for stories printed on this

Prizes for stories printed on this
page are awarded as Indicated.
For the coming week T h u r.
again offers SIS, first prize; S.,
second prize, and So, third prize, for
''the best story you ever heard"
1t Is not required that stories be
original, but new and good stories,
retold In the writer's own words,
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Write only on one side of the paper,
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Initials used as signature. Do not
send clippings or enclose stamps, as
manuscripts will not be returned.
Stories should not exceed 300 words,
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Omit Introductlons, and be brief.
Checks Will be sent prize winners.
Address, Best Story Editor, Jour-
nal, Minneapolis. MINI.
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OF a. Saving DISPOSITION.

One summer afternoon about two
years ago young couple were out
walking, when suddenly the young lady
expressed a desire for an automobile
ride. Her escort wishing to please,
stepped to nearby phone.
The girl could not hear the CONVEX
sation from where she stood, and looked
inquiringly at the young man as he
came sauntering back.
"Uh, yes,' he answered, "they
wanted So for the first hour. So for the
second and 81 for the third,' then he
finished very grandly, II said, sI'Il
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SECOND PRIZE.
This Story Gets So.
Not Even Standing Room.

A traveller on an electric car had a
seat next an old negro couple, whose
earnest voices attracted his attention.
50! tell ,yo', Sam, dat's one OBJ yo'
mod n notions. I amt got no patience
wifi desc yere mod N notions said the
old nanny.
And I say again just like I done
sayd befo' )" replied Sam, "dat I seon
it in de newspaper
"Yo' mean fob t. tell me dat you
seen in de paper how folks was alvin
on de moon9'
&c Vas IN, desc yere wise folks say peo
pie am a-livin' on lie moon. An
what's mo-, dey say de moon is crowd
ed wifi 'em.''
The old lady's eyes cleaned suddenly
in triumph. "Den eff dat's de case
Sam, whah do all dem people go wher
de moon dwindles down to a little
| streakY' j. M.
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Canned Voice.

The Indians in Alaska regard white
men and canned goods as SO closely as
ISOLATED that they are nearly synony-
nous. Wherever the white man is
seen canned meats, fruits and veget-
ables are found.
A recent visitor to Alaska carried
with him a photograph, and it was ex-
hibited to an old chief who had never
seen a talking machine before. When
the machine was started and the sound
of human voice came from the trum-
pet the Indian was much interested.
He listened gravely for a time, then ap-
preached and peered into the trumpet.
When the machine finished it's cylin-
der and stopped the Indian pointed at
it, smiled an expansive smile, and re-
markell:
"Huh! Him canned white man.
Il M. M
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One Redeerning Trait.

Rastus Johnson was so utterly shift
less that when he died in the poorhouse
no one, not even Squire Monson, who
always had a good word for the: dead,
could say one word in his favor, So
sure were the village grave-digger and
undertaken of this that they bet on the
matter. 49,.
When the squire stood looking S1 down !
besotted face, he remarked: "Well,
Rastus is gone; good thing, 7 guess;
well, he was a mighty good tobacco
chewer.' w. W.
Fargo, N, D.