The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-02
CONGRESSMAN VAN DUZER
TO RESIDE IN GOLDFIELD

1 - WIS ~
Mr.. Van Duzer. came in Monday night
and registered at the Hotel Goldneid.
The next day or two he spent in look
ing over the city and district and was
not long in making up his mind that
Nevada. and the place from which he
wanted to operate.
In speaking of his experiences here
Mr.. Van DiEer was very enthusiastic
No one could have been more aston
ished than 1 when Z struck Goldheld
Monday night. 1 had not been here for
a year or more. Then IL was a COM
munity OF tents. When / was brought
over town through the long streets
lined with many substantial dwellings
and business houses. filled with people
and brilliantly lighted with electric
lights. I was nonplussed. i went to bed
but could not sleep. my surprise was so
great; and 1 had to get up and go out
and satisfy myself that I really had not
made some great mistake and got into
the wrong place. l never saw such a
change in my life; but after looking
around, meeting the business men, view
ing the mines and realizing the general
hustle on every side, then / knew the
reason for the great transformation.
This is the best town / was ever in. /
never saw such a splendid lot of rust
ling, hustling. brainy and energetic peo-
pie as your brokers and business Esen.
They are the men who are to reclaim the
deserts of Nevada and make this the
greatest mining state of the union. /
have already seen their enterprise in
getting in first at Manhattan, Round
Mountain. Fairview, Buckskin and other
camps. They are on the jump all the
time and ready to take a chanc That
Is the reason l want to settle Gown
here; to get in touch with such people,
and be able to operate from the center
of the states mining activity; for this
is the center and always will be-"
Congressman Van Duzer has put out
several mining companies within the
past few years. and has had a great
deal of adverse newspaper criticism of
his mines and methods. In fact he has
been denounced at HON and abroad as
a "w~ild-catter;" as one who HAD taken
advantage of his high official position
to float worthless stocks among the peo-
pie of the east. etc, etc. His bitterest
accusers have been his home papers. in
C1hA VI NhAo NhAs 81 01eNA
said:
THE attack upon me has been due to
politics. My political enemies have de-
termined to ruin me and drive me out of
politics, and this is the way they
adopted. / nave held public office in
this state for II years, continuously,
and If 1 had been a rascal, the people
would not have shown this confidence in
me. I am going to quit politics, how
ever, but my enemies will not ruin me.
1 am going to work now to show UT
these men and make good on my mining
! schemes. / am either the worst rascal
in the state of Nevada or am the most
abused citizen, and ! will now have o
chance to prove which. I am collecting
evidence against my traducers and am
preparing to bring suit against news
papers and individuals who conspired
to undermine my business and reputa-
tion."
Asked in particular about the mining
enterprises that had been exploited by
the press as wild CATS" Mr.. Van Duzer
said:
II don't know what they call wild
cats if they include my properties in
that class. / have three different COM
panies and all have been worked-one
being worked now, and all having good
showings. lust because they are out of
the line of travel and the district un-
~frequented by "boomers," is no reason
for my not having as good properties
as those that are most "touted" in the
papers and pushed by professional pro-
moters. My properties are in one of the
| ola oo.orc NOT pa,Ioh Ennuyp ahnuf now
seven miles from Nina, in the Excelsior
! range; but 1t will be known better, for
it is already attracting attention. and
1 am here in Goldfeld to try to interest
some of your mining men in the camp.
1 want to take them out to see my
wild cat properties; I guess if I didn't
have the goods 1 wouldn't want to be
showing them.
MY companies are the Van Duzer
Tonopah Mining and Investment COM
pany, the Gold Range M. & NJ. company,
and the Gold Range Bonanza. The first
company owns the Bounce mine. The
company is capitalized for only 100000
| shares. The Bounce has a shaft 434
feet deep, and the bottom is all in ore
running from SIS to $50 in gold. There
is $50, 900 worth of ore blocked out;
there is a stamp mill and we are now
getting in water to commence opera
tons. We nave 5000 tons of tailings
that test 1854 to the ton, which We will
run through a cyanide plant.
1.-The Gold Range company has a
group of IS claims, with two tunnels.
one PIG feet deep and one 80 feet. The
ore is low grade, running 81 to $12 per
ton.
The Gold Range Bonanza has four
claims, with a 116-foot tunnel; assays
run from $14 to $58. one specimen which
/ took from the breast of the tunnel
running $25,95S.3S. There are also two
shafts on this property, one 40 the
other so feet deep. We are working
this property, and are now engaged in
| raising money to operate them ALL"
Mr.. Van Duzer has taken an office in
| Goldfeld and now considers this place
his home.
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