The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-28
FAMOUS OLD CAMP
To Be REVIVED
TuscarOra Has Attracted Strong
New York Capital During
Past Year.
NEW COMPANY TO
WORK OLD B0NANIAS
Properties With Il Production
Record of Forty Millions
Owned by Company.

Keep your eye upon the famous old
Nevada mining district of Tuscarora,
It has been turned loose and from all
its history and all It's possibilities, no
more important step has been taken Ill
tho gold and silver mining industry of
Nevada during the resurrection period.
For three years Just passed. rumors
have come from different points, from
New York TO San Francisco, that some
powerful capitplistic talent was gather
having in the Tuscarora camp, but no
one could be found who would talk au-
thoritativcly upon the subject for the
reason that those desiring the whole
camp had not yet completed their task
of acquisition, 1t WAS stated yesterday
in this city that this gigantic work
had at last been completed, and no
farther necessity existed to keep the
news of tho old camp out Of the pa
pcrs.
Tuscarora was al one time the great
est camp III tho country. That was
thirty or forty years ago. During lts
cventful life il produced more gold and
silver than Goldheld or Tonopah com
binod. That seems big statement, but
from available figures of the principal
properties ut Tuscarora, TO say nothing
about what was done and forgotten TO
history, the statement seems justified.
duccd something like forty millions Of
dollars, while in dividends thirteen mil
lions were distributed during the peri,
cd Of mining activity. In all these old
properties, the workings were shallow:
Two shafts were sent to q depth OF
600 feet, one reached 700 feet, but the
average was below 300 feet,
Experts who have visited the district
during the past few years, are agreed
that with depth still greater things can
be expected from the mines, All the
above mentioned properties are now
owned by the new company, which has
been at work for three years TO secure
them. BY name they are the Dexter,
Grand Prize, Navajo, North Bell Isle,
Commando, Nevada Queen, Indepcn-
dence, De Freese. and the placer work
ings The combination that has ac-
quired these interests is known as the
1uscarora Nevada Mines company, an
organization of which Arthur a. Brown"
ley is president, who, with his New
York associates, own the control of the
same. In fact, it is stated that the
stock of this company is held by not
over twenty-five stockholders. The
company has an authorized capitaliZa'
tion of $12 100000. $2,000,000 of this
is preferred, the balance common. The
company owns absolutely $500 acres Of
miueralized territory. absolutely free of
all debt, also 552 additional acres upon
which is an obligation OF something like
$2lj,000.
All the old producers are, includ ed
within the new company's lines. In
addition the company owns several
old mills, many old dumps of tremen'
dous toDnages and values, an electric
power plant; while 100000 of the pre-
ferred stock has been set aside for the
sole purpose of building o railroad from
Elko 10 the camp, a distance Of fifty
TWO miles. The company owns com.
plete watcrworks system that cost
$300,000 TO build, and this includes a
twenty mile piping system.
All the wealth that has come from
this camp was found III two great paral'
lei dikes, between which run eighteen
veins, ali Of which have produced, and
are producing today. Within the next
thirty days the new company expects
to put n large force Of miners at work
This Will consist of probing all the old
working FOR their mineral wealth, as
nothing under $50 was purposely taken
out during the carly period OF activity
That which WAS extracted went over
the dumps. while that not necessary ia
Slopes Those days were before the
ideal orc concentration methods of to
duv: So the old dumps will be forced te
disgorgc their contents as well, esti
mated at many millions Of dollars.
The company is planning deep shaft
which will pave the way to deeper lev
els than ever gained before. This work
should be we'll under way this sum
mcr, and from the start, the company
rate, The ores are acknowledged u
have been the richest ever found ever
| in Nevada, many of the small SLOPES
producing great fortunes. The placer:
also. with 4 record of production OF
81 100000 gold, are to be equipped Will
modern machinery and gone over fol
their gold values. The company vii
| find it necessary 70 rejuvenate all tht
old mills. and ii may be found better
/ 10 construct an entirely new plant fol
J the proper treatment of the lowel
/ grades of orc.
Some time ago, William Parish. tn,
mining engineer. made IN examination
! OF Iheso properties, and made some
! thing like eleven hundred assays from
/ tho workings and dumps. He dccmt
many millions of dollars worth of or,
in sight, and states that the company
/ owns one Of the most promising golc
and silver properties in existence. IT i
with everything well in hand that tn,
/ management viii be enabled to inaugu
/ rate development work. and, unless al
signs fail. tho Tuscarora district viii
soon bo elevated 10 that high state o.
/ usefulness and fame that IL once en-
| joved when all Nevada was in it's glory
Several old time camps are being re
juveuated surrounding that camp. New
of rich strikes are coming in each week
and prospectors and those with none,
are trooping in for the purpose of get
/ ting in on the ground floor. The Tus
carora Nevada Mines company appar
emily has left little in that district 70
outsiders, but it may have overlooke,
several good things that will yet wax
up TO cause regret in tho officials minds
They have secured enough however
for the ordinary mortal 8 ambitions
and their results should be in ever,
way in proportion to their possession
and their richness in precious metals