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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
DAISY LEASES
BETTER DAILY
MILLS AND HOSTS ARE BEING
BOUGHT AND CAPITAL IN
TERESTED.

In less than two hours during a
shift last week over $4,000 worth of
high grade was taken out of the
Madigan lease on the Daisy estate.
Pockets of phenomenal value are of
frequent occurrence. Every bit of
the ore being taken out is of milling
value, while the high grade is sacked
as fast as it is encountered. This is
shipped into Tonopah, and the last
shipment included the two thou
sand dollar pocket"
The pay streak continues to widen
and at the same time shows no di-
minution in values. Mr.. Madigan is
in personal charge of the work and
resides on the ground with his fam
lily in the Daisy company house which
has had an extension built on the
rear.
The Booth lease, which is in the
charge of w. W. Booth, Jr., is To-
Gated about 500 feet distant on the
same property and has been mining
in good values. 1t is not at all un-
likely that additional capital will be
interested in this lease within a very
short time and development be taken
up on a large scale. 1t is under
stood that outside parties are taking
a lively interest in the property.
The Crescent and Solid Gold leases
which complete the quartet of Daisy
leasers, r bending to their work as
fast as two shifts of men are able 20
ply hammer and drill both night and
day. The Solid Gold is still going
through the rich stringers that it en-
countered two weeks ago. All OF
this is being sacked as high grade,
which is shipped as fast as it accum-
ulates. Mr.. Johnson with his son,
Edward A., are living at the lease
and watching the interests of them
selves and associates while the lat
ter r in the East making arrange
ments to forward a mill to be placed
on the property. A power hoist will
be forwarded also for the Solid Gold
and gallows frame set up.-Round
Mountain Nugget.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
new COMPANY
AT MANHATTAN

The Manhattan Investment Com
pany has opened for business in Man
haitian, and they are preparing a
suite of the finest Offices in that camp.
They have taken the lower floor of
the Bronx building, and the move
shows not only that the men of the
company have the greatest conf
dence in Manhattan, but that they
are going to get behind the camp,
and push it forward for all it is
worth.
The people interested in the COM
pany all have properties of their own,
and to start with they are going to
infuse these with new life, and in
so doing will help the camp by draw
ing attention to it, and with atten-
ton bring capital. The officers and
directors of the Manhattan Invest
ment Company are the following;
President, J.. w. SHELTON; vice.
president, DR.. J.. Nee. Smith; secre-
tary and general manager, Harry f..
Sheldon; w. J.. Sinclair, Thos. A.
Patteson, Jr., and George Wood;
treasurer, Bank of Manhattan.
All the officers and directors are
well known in Manhattan as we'll as
in Tonopah, and they have all been
actively engaged in mining and in
the development of mines. They are
all men of standing, and the fame
and name Of the camp will not suffer
anything al their hands. They may
be counted upon to aid in the work
OF the Manhattan Committee, which
has for its object the PRONUNCIATION
of the truth about the mines, and the
development of work in the camp,
the enlistment of capital for the de-
velopment Of properties, and the pro-
lection of that capital. The Manhat-
tan Investment Company will work
along these lines in connection with
its W business, as every individual
in the camp Is doing.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
THE GOLDEN SLIPPER.

The manner in which the Golden
Slipper ground has been worked, and
the extensive equipment installed
there by the North Western Mining
company have challenged the admira-
ton of every enthusiast on the merits
of this district; the result has been
that the prospects of a big mine on
this estate has gradually become
brighter with time, and the eonvic-
ton has steadily grown that the own
ers knew what they were doing when
they put into commission a 5000
plant for deep work.
The wonder strike on the Cyclone
has made people think, as well as in
vestigate, and this has developed the
conclusion that not only is the Slip
per in line for the extension of the
Nevada Hills vein, but that it I'M
juestionably has the Cyclone vein;
and many are wondering why this
fact was never before patent to the
hundreds of mining men who have
visited these properties,
The main shaft of the Slipper will
be continued to the 200 level, where
a crosscut to the south will be driven
to explore the vein but a two hun
dred feet distant; in the meantime
the shaft will be extended to the 800
level and exploration started there;
500 feet to the north is the Cyclone
vein, but as to whether this will be
crosscut from the main shaft is not
announced. The company has a So
foot shaft near the Cyclone vein, and
It is possible that this may be drop
ped to the 100 level and the rich ore
shoot explored from there.
In any event the Golden Slipper is
ir line for wonderful developments
before the winter months have pass
ed.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09

has recently increased its working
force by fifteen miners; the Eagle
Equipment will be in place by the
first of November and that means a
gradual increase of miners there for
the next few months. BY Christmas
no less than fifty men will be work
ing in the ore at the Eagle mine. The
big plant just installed at the Coxey
works will employ a good force of
men, and will start up in a few days.
The Nest lease is well into the ore
and the force there must be largely
augmented within the next month,
while developments on the Drome-
dairy ire momentarily expected. that
will call for a large force at that
property.
Altogether there is a busy winter
ahead of Fairview, and the prosper
III camp is only enjoying a small
part of the boom that is to come
Fairview News.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
SHIPMENTS into
WONDER DISTRICT

An idea Of the real activity and
progress of the Wonder district is
obtained when it is known that a
single supply company is bringing
weekly into the district 10000
pounds of freight. The t~ransporta-
ton charges on the goods amount to
$500 a week. And this company is
only one of half a dozen, all of
which have wagons constantly on the
road with mining and domestic sup
plies. A conservative estimate of
the bulk of freight that is hauled in
to the district every week would be
forty tons. These freight shipments
tell better than anything else the
story of the large number of men
scattered throughout the hills, and of
the great mount Of work in progress
in the many shafts and tunnels.
The first impression of a visitor
upon arriving in Wonder is that there
is not a great deal of activity in the
district. This is because Main street
looks quiet. The truth of the situa-
ton is that most of the parasites and
loungers have been weeded out. The
great majority Of the men who have
remained in Wonder are workers,
and they are in the hills. as the WISH
tor who makes a tour of the district
will perceive.
These workers require a great
amount of mining supplies and pro-
visions, and thus it is that the team
sters are always on the road to Won
der with many tons of freight. The
10000 pounds mentioned above is
the weekly consignment to the
Churchill Mercantile company. 1t is
this concern that pays freight bills
of $500 a week. Jack" Meyers, the
executive head of the Churchill COM
pany, says that 1t is doing more bus
mess than last spring, when Wonder
vas enjoying her first boom. Mr.,
Meyers. the kind Of a man who is
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
SUMMONS.

In the District Court of the Fifth IN
dicial District of the State OF NJ
vada, in and for the County Of NJ
Olive J.. McDonough, plaintif. VS. Ill
b. McDonough, defendant. 'ohi
Action brought in the District Conn,
Of the Fifth Judicial District az ~
state OF Nevada, In and for the COUNTY
of Nye, and the Complaint filed in sail
County of Nye, in the office of the Cieri'
of the said District Court. tA
The state of Nevada sends greetins
to John b. M~cDonough, defendant,
You are hereby required TO appear IN
an action brought against YOU bv M
above-named plaintiff in the Distriet
Court OF the Firth judicial District Of
the state Of Nevada, in and for tbe
County Of Nye, and to answer the Com.
plant filed therein, within ten DAYS
exclusive of the day of service) after
the service on you of this Summons ~
served within this county or, II served
out of this county, out in this district
within twenty days; otherwise, within
forty days; or Judgment by default will
be taken against you, according To the
prayer of said Complaint. "
The said action is brought to ohtatn
Judgment and decree of the above
named court that the bonds of matri
mony now existing between YOU ana
plaintiff be dissolved; and for sucG
other and additional relief as the court
may see fit.
And you are hereby notified that If
you ran to appear and answer said
complaint, as above required. sajd
plaintiff viii apply to the court for III
relief in said complaint demanded.
GIVEN under my hand and the seal of
the District Court of the Fifth judicial
District Of the State of Nevada, i'm ana
for the County Of Nye. this goth dav ~
september, in the Year of Our Lord
one Thousand Nine Hundred and Seven
(SEAL)
Attest: A true copy.
J. w. L~ANDQUIST, Clerk.
BY l.. Daniels. Deputy Clerk.
W-10-12. 10, 26, and 1l-2.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
NO SUCH PLACE
AS MANHATTAN
WELL KNOWN BROKER AND
PROMOTER ON FUTURE
OF CAMP.

One of the men who has stood
by Manhattan from start to finish is
c. e. Mayne, the well known broker
and promoter of the camp. Mr..
Mayne is as confident of the future
of the camp today as he was when he
first went there; the outlook is bet
ter from all view points, according
to his judgment. He is a financier of
no meal standing, and his abilities
in that line have been amply tested
in the metropolitan cities, but for the
present there is no place that appeals
to him as does Manhattan.
They cannot keep the camp
down. said Mr.. Mayne. yesterday.
1T has long since passed the stage
of development, and will force itself
to the front on its own merits. We
have the ore, and now we have the
mills to convert the ore into money.
And now that we have one of the
mills in operation, we are finding the
richest kind of high grade. We have
made no mistake, however, in put
ting up the mills, for Manhattan is a
high grade milling camp"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
TONOPAH STANDARD GOLD MINING


Incorporated under the laws of Ari-
IONA, capitalization $1,000, 900, divided
int. 100000 shares OF a par value of
$500, 400. 900 shares In the treasury.
Stock worcestershire. Principal office.
T%onopah. Nevada. Officers and direc-
tors; Marius Duvall, president; VIM. ].
douglass vice-president; II. w. Ken
dali, secretary, and George Wingdeld.
treasurer. The company owns five
claims west of Tonopah on the trend
Of recent strikes. Workings consist Of
hoist. The buildings are ali
new ana u~p-to-date. a10tf
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
HIGH SAVINGS AT
SHOSHONE Mill

The Shoshone mill is working very
satisfactorily, according to the expert
opinion of Metallurgist F. M. Field
and Mill Foreman Shea, who were
seen at the property Thursday morn
ing by a reporter for this paper.
Mr.. Keith was just putting away
some of the product of the big plant,
in the form of amalgam balls about
the size of goose eggs. The mine man
handed n to the scribe, not to
keep, but to theft" and it was
found that it weighed two and a half
pounds, meaning that each one of the
many retorts which Mr.. Keith had
in his depository was worth about
$500 in gold.
Th9 mill is saving between SO and
81 per cent of the values, which is
considered very good, A few new
screens We're put in this week, and
the hope is expressed by those hav-
ing the plant in charge that the mil!
will soon be up to its capacity II
200 tons OF ore daily. There are
twenty men employed in the mill.
Many applications of mill men in
search Of situations are received
daily.
The management is reticent as to
the character Of the ore thlr is being
treated at the Shoshone mill. but
from sources that are reliable the
Miner is able to say that the rock
going through the mill averages bet
ter than $26 to the ton. OF this ma
terial there is enough in sight in the
Shoshone mine at the present time
to keep the mill busy for years.
The shipments of high grade ore
continue to the smelter. This min
eral runs $3.50. approximately, to the
ton.
The Miner is advised, upon author
ity that we consider reliable, that
since the mill was started about four
weeks ago, the product Of the Sho-
shone mine has been in the neigh
borhood of 100000. This, consid-
ering that the test period for the mill
has hardly yet been passed, is re-
markable. OF course, these figures
include the returns from the smelter.
From the same source of informa-
ton comes the following brief but
important statement:
when perfection has been OBJ
tanned in the operation of the big
mill the Shoshone mine win be pay
ing, individends, at least 100000
every month in the year. "-Bullfrog
Miner.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09

in the last few days. The average
value Of this ore is said 70 run close
to $500 a ton. From a third to a
half the values are in gold. About
100 sacks a day of this remarkably
high grade are being made ready for
shipment. and there are now nearly
a thousand sacks awaiting the tardy
arrival of the freight teams.
The weeks record of shipments
from the Jack Pot was thirteen tons
up to Friday. AT this time General
Manager Harris was momentarily ex-
pecting the wagons upon which he
hoped to ship ten on more before
the week vas out. He keeps a care
full tab on the rock consigned to the
smelter, and says that the average
value crowds close upon 1876 to the
ton. This ore is being taken mainly
from the drifts on the 200 and 800
foot levels. The present shaft will
be sunk no farther, prospecting be-
ing now in progress to determine the
best site for the permanent shaft,
which will have two compartments,
and will be so timbered as to permit
the easy addition of a third COM
partment. The 50-horsepower en-
CINE and hoist will be installed on
this shaft.
From the Vulture ten tons of ore
have been sent out this week. The
shipments from this property, as
from the others, are greatly hamper
ed by the lack of teams. If the team
ing facilities had been adequate the
weeks shipments from the Vulture
would have totaled twenty-five tons.
A carload of Vulture ore is now at
the railroad terminus at Fallon. and
is to be sent on to the smelter i'm
mediately. IL is announced that the
first shipment from the Ruby will be
made in a few days.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
IN-HAUL TONNAGE
IS ENORMOUS

What becomes of the thousands of
tons of heavy mining timbers that
pass through the streets of Fairview
every day?
Veterans of Virginia City tell us
that there is sufficient timber in the
Comstock mines to build cities, and
that the present rate of consumption
of mining timber in this district ri
walls that of the palmiest days of
Mackey and Fair.
Yesterday, by actual count, twenty
two %freighting outfits passed up Main
street with loads; they varied in ca
pacity from four to ten tons, with
from six to twelve head Of stock in
each team. OF this number of out
fits, three were loaded with baled
hay; three brought in the new plant
for the Eagle, weighing twenty-one
tons; two carried fast miscellaneous
freight, while the remaining fourteen
brought lumber for the yards, and
heavy timbering for the various
mines. Not less than s~eventy-five
tons of freight were loaded on these
twenty-five outfits, which means that
a corresponding tonnage Of ore will
go out of camp today.
Not a day passes but a stream of
wagons passes up Main street on the
way to the mines, where it is quickly
swallowed up in the large number of
deep workings. Not less than $50,
900 feet of lumber is now being con-
sumed monthly in the camp, and the
revenue derived from the haul alone
is sufficient to make Churchill county
wealthy.
No less. than $4,000 a month is
distributed among the stores and pro-
ducing farms Of the country every
thirty days for the inhaul of mining
material and supplies, while the pres
ent record of freight on ore is $16,-
900 per month.
Think of it! Fully $780, 900 every
thirty days for the teamsters of this
county-a community that boosted a
few alfalfa ranches before Fairview
was discovered.
What distributes more money than
mines?
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
VICTOR BERNARD
BOOSTS AURORA

According to Victor Bernard. who
arrived in Yerington this week from
Aurora, the old camp is looking up.
At the present time there are many
lessees at work. all Of whom are
making good money. The camp is
taking on a new lease of life and bids
fair to outshine all previous efforts.
Old Aurora was at one time the
county seat of Esmeralda county. 1t
boosted of a population of several
thousand people. Here it was wheFe
Mark Twain used to white the time
away before he was engaged as a re-
porter on the Territorial Enterprise.
BY the way, talking of Mark Twain
and Aurora, recalls a chapter in the
career of the noted humorist. Dur
ing his residence in Aurora, Twain
acted as correspondent for the En-
terprise. His ready wit brought him
to the attention of the editor of the
paper. A vacancy occurred on the
Enterprise and Twain was offered the
place. Due to the fact that he had
40 funds, it is said of him that he
strapped his blankets on his back and
walked the entire distance to the
Comstock.
Arriving at the Enterprise office,
he threw his blankets on the front
office floor and in answer to a ques-
ton as to whom he was. he an
swered I'm Mark Twain, and I'm
lousy as hell"
But a stones throw from Aurora
also dwells one of the brightest men
who ever graced Virginia City in
the days when that city contained as
many men of brains as it did stores
of wealth. His name is II. c. Blanch-
ard, commonly known as Hank"
One day he was standing IN front OF
a prominent c street bank, contem-
plating the recovery of losses sus-
tanned in stocks. While he was thus
engaged in deep meditation, a friend
approached him and said:
Say, Hank will you go on my
note for a thousand. ! need the
money!"
Make it two replied Hank
Il need a thousand myself" Yer
ington Times.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
BOSTON TONOPAH MINING 80.

Incorporated under the laws of Ari-
iona. Capital stock. 1000. 600 shares.
Far value, $1.00. 200,0 600 shares in
treasury. Principal office, Tonopah,
Nevada. Location of property, Tono-
pan Mining Company. Adjoins the
North star, Belmont, Mizpah Extension.
Consists Of seven claims. Equipped
with ffty horse power steam hoist.
Located 1000 feet northeast of Mizpah
ladge. Has several veins cropping on
the surface, carrying from two to
twenty dollars In gold and silver. The
Boston is a very close in property, and
is under good management. Officers
ana directors: Geo. $. Nixon, president;
j. p. Henpessy. vice-president; George
Wingfield, manager; j. NJ. Fenwick,
secretaryi II. j. Davis, treasurer; j. f.
McCambridge, superintendent.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
~poRT.sAMpsoN GROUP.

Fred Young, of the Hayes-Mon-
nette staff, arrived here Sunday, and
has taken charge of a force Of men
employed to develop the Gold
Crown group, better known as the
Port Samson estate, situated about 4
mile south Of the Nevada Fairview
mine.
The property was recently pur-
chased by VIM, J., Morgan of Mil
waukee, being at the time under
bond to the Hayes-Monnette inter
ests. Development work extending
owe a period of six months was car
ried on by the former owners, and
the vein traversing the property was
opened in several places; at n point
a 45-foot shaft was dropped down
upon the vein and some high values
were found in excellent quartz. IT
has the name OF being a leading pros
pect of the district and deserves the
most painstaking and thorough pros
pecting possible. which it doubtless
will receive, as the price paid by the
new owners was a large one, and II IS
evidently their intention to make a
mine.
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bound to win out, has unlimited faith
in the future of the district, and has
some important plans for the effec-
tive handling of the demands of the
situation as the requirements grow.
Meantime. he is meeting the ext
gencies of the present in a big way.
He has just ordered a carload of
gasoline and coal oil. A carload of
stoves has arrived within a few days,
and another carload is on the way.
A carload of blacksmith coal and a
carload of soft coal for domestic use,
each amounting to forty tons, have
been ordered. The freight alone on
this coal will amount to $3S a ton.
The demand for mining supplies is
indicated by the fact that Mr.. Mey-
ers has put in an order for a carload
of steel, and for a carload of powder.
For the storing of the latter he has
recently completed a magazine with
a capacity of about twelve tons,
which is about a months supply for
this trade. In addition to the mining
supplies there is in this establish
ment an impressive stock of furni-
ture, groceries and other stock for
domestic use. Similar establishments
in Wonder and Hercules have big
stocks and are constantly replenish-
ing them. A visit to the stores, next
to a trip around the properties, is
the most convincing kind of proof
the remarkable activity in the Won
der district.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
To the Stockholders OF the Tonona
CrVstal WnIer Co

To the Stockholders OF the Tonopah
Crystal Water Co.
owing to the partial destruction o,
certain certificates of the company
stock in the san Francisco fire of
April is, 1906, ana the consequent az.
mands made upon the company for
new certificates, the directors have
resolved to call in all issued and out
standing stock for cancellation, and to
issue new certificates therefor.
Therefore, you are hereby notified
and requested TO return your stock GER
tiheates to the Undersigned, Registrar
Of the company, address r. o. Drawer
2l03, Goldheld, Nevada. for cancella.
ton, and for which you Will receive a
corresponding amour Of stock of the
new issue. Al stock must be returned
Tor cancellation and exchange prior to
December LIST. 1907. and must 30 en-
dorsed TO the Registration Trust Conn
any
REGISTRATION TRUST co.
Registrar.
Dated Tonopait Nevada, October ION.
1907.
BY order Of the Board OF Directors.
Tonopah Crystal Water Company.
1t tW)-I0-ig-26. l1-2-g.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLTCATION.

Department OF the Interior.
Land Otfiee at Carson city. Nevada.
October -. 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Frank
simpson Of Touopah. Nye County. Ne
Vada has dled notice Of his Intention
to make final commutcd proof in sun
port Of his claim. viz. Homestead En-
try NO. 1855, made August z. 1906. for
the NEA sen, Eta NEA. See rs, and
SEA SEA Sec. :. Township North.
range ~ East, and that said proof
VIII be made before County Clerk Of
Nye County, at Tonopah. Nevada. on
Monday, December 9. 1907.
He names the following witnesses TO
prove his continuous residence upon.
and cultivation Of. the land, viz: Frank
Little. OF Tonopah, Nye County, Ne
vadai James !. Wickham of Tonopah
Nye County, Nevada: william Turner
of Tonopah, Nye County. Nevada; j. g.
Schmid Of T%onopah, Nye County. Ne
vada.
Date of first publication. october 90.
LOUIS j. COIN, Register.
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