Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-09
IMPORTANT DEALAT
ROUND MOUNTAIN
DAISY MINING COMPANY Sc
CURES ALL WATER
IN DISTRICT.
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. ever made in the Round Noun .
. tain or Jefferson mining district =
. was consummated this week. .
. when all the water in the dis =
. trict was taken over by the .
= Round Mountain Daisy Mining =
y Company. The water includes .
. the main Jefferson stream, Sho- .
= shone and Indian ranch. This .
. means about 500 miners inches =
. of water-eonugh to supply all .
. of Nye County and then have .
. some left. =
The deal was a quick one, Henry
J.. Bartlett having secured the OPP
ton on the gath day of January.
The papers were signed and the first
payment made Thursday in the office
of the Nugget Just as the clock was
striking the hour of 10.
The signers were Frank w. Dixon
and Jack F. Stebbin; two men who
have lived in the district for just
about seventeen years. They have
been in the cattle and sheep bust
ness all the time. They we're the
original locators of the Antelope and
Round Mountain Extension groups
and have many other mining inter-
ests in the camp at the present time,
owning as they do some of the best
propositions up Jefferson canyon
way.
The Daisy company only purchased
the water after a careful inspection
of the sources of supply by Captain
G. w. Thatcher of Bullfrog and John
J.. McSorley of Tonopah; two of the
directors of the Daisy company and
both well versed in the handling of
large bodies of water. That these
gentlemen We're well pleased is evil
denced by the prompt ann in
which they returned to Tonopah and
had accompany them Jack Stebbins
to look up and perfect all this: which
was done to the satisfaction of the
Daisy people and their attorneys.
Bartlett & Thatcher.
The Daisy people are already per-
fecting plans to bring in the water
at once, SO as to enable the many
mining companies operating here to
get the use of the water for placer
purposes. 1t is estimated that much
of the purchase price will be re-
turned to the Daisy treasury before
the summer is over. The dry wash
machines are very successful, but
with water the expense of working
surface dirt is reduced so per cent
saved. The Daisy, Blue Jackets,
Combination, %Sunnyside, Great West
ern and Sphinx will all bid for water
at once for placer mining the sur
face of their properties. Several of
these properties are already figuring
on mills.
The Indian ranch water will be
brought in direct from the spring for
domestic purposes and fire protection
for the city. This is one of the purest
and finest streams of water in the
state and springs from the very. base
of famous old Jefferson mountain,
whose peak is $4,000 feet above sea
level; the highest point in Nevada
and on which there is perpetual
snow. This spring never runs less
than thirty inches.
The 300 inches of jefferson Sho-
shone Creek will be used for placer
mining and milling purposes. All OF
these streams can be brought in at
a 1000 to 1900 foot pressure.
One Of the most important Uses to
which the water will be put is the
development of electric power and
we predict that long before the pres
ent year has become a thing of the
past, every mine and mill and the
NitS VIII Dt dpiC W nave cltClTlt
lights and plenty of them.
The Daisy mine itself is looking
good. In the bottom of the new
double compartment vertical work.
ing shaft the entire formation is pan.
ming from SIS to $40 to the ton
The Daisy stock is being listed thi!
week on the San Francisco and Ton
opah exchanges.
The stock is very active and
great future is predicted for thu
property. A 25-horse power g~asolin,
hoist is now on the way here from
San Francisco and will be installed
at once upon its arrival. Sinking 4
TO be continued night and day unit
a depth OF at least 200 feet has beef
reached. All lodges cut in sinking
will be developed by drifting anC
prosecuting at fifty fee. Durint
Thomas E. McSorley's visit to Cali
fornia next week 1t is expected tina
the order for the pipe will be PLACED
with instructions to rush Il here Al