Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-27
HAVILAH IS new
CAMPS name
NEW GOLD DISTRICT IL IN
THE SILVER STATE
RANGE.

gold, is the name of the new min.
ing camp in the Silver State range
20 miles northwest of Winnemucca
the scene of the recent gold strike
made by Messrs. Kotelman and
Critchfield.
p. B. Kotelman, who came in from
the camp yesterday, states that q
meeting of the claim owners was
held on Monday for the purpose OF
organizing the district and giving il
name. There We're fourteen claim
owners present and the name oil
"Havilah was unanimously decided
upon. The following boundaries
were defined for the district:
Beginning at the Havilah well and
running two miles east to a point on
the east boundary line, thence north
about eight miles to the Sod House
road, thence west six miles, thence
south to a point four miles west OF
the Havilah we'll, thence south eight
miles, thence east six miles, thence
north eight miles TO the starting
point on the east boundary line. The
district is sixteen miles long by six
miles wide.
Robert G. Pohl was unanimously
elected district recorder and a COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. Kotel-
man and Pohl was appointed to noti-
fy the County Recorder and the
County Commissioners that the dis
trict had been formed.
Besides Messrs. Kotelman and
Pohl, James Coleman, e. A. Lud-
wick and L. G. Garcia also came in
yesterday from Havilah and they all
say the camp has showing which
marks it as sure winner. Location
work on the principal claims is about
completed and development will pro-
gress rapidly from now on Wher-
ever work has been done on the large
quartz lodges which abound in the
district, the showing is of the most
encouraging kind and high gold as
says are obtained. Mining men who
have inspected the various proper.
ties are confident the camp will be
big producer.
On the Kotelman and Critchfield
property several tons of ore have
been taken out and will be shipped
just as soon as the necessary sacks
arrive.
L. G. Garcia is the owner of fine
group of claims, on one of which he
has opened up ledge from which
high gold assays have been obtained
r. w. Fairbank has about finished
surveying the townsite located by
Messrs. Ludwick and Gleaves and
lots will soon be placed on sale. A
well has been sunk and a plentiful
water supply developed.
Summerfield and Pearce have
opened feed yard at Havilah, with
plenty of hay and grain on hand
This is great convenience, as it will
not be necessary for those who visit
the camp hereafter to take along
feed for their horses.
P. B. Kotelman, R. G. Pohl, C. w
Quin, Walter Gleaves and several
others who own and are working
claims in the new camp of Havilah
arrived in Winnemucca last evening
Mr.. Kotelman states that he and
his associates, Messrs. Critchfield and
Shaw, have bonded their Sunrise
group at Havilah to Messrs. Fried.
hoff and Hoeffel, mining men from
Cripple Creek, Colo The Sunrise
group adjoins the Little Johnnie, on
which the original strike was made
and comprises three claims, with one
of the best gold showings in the
camp. Work under the bond is to be
commenced at once and carried on
theoretically.
ne plospeCtS DIT f1dVlldH are LOOK
ing fine and there is every reason to
believe it is going to be a winning
camp. Nearly all the claim owners
have finished their cinch work, and
the principal properties and the town
site have been surveyed. Most of the
claim owners are now arranging tc
begin development and open up the
big Lodges which show high gold val
ues on the surface.
Since the strike on the claims
owned by Mr.. Kotelman and asso.
ciates was made, gold has been
fuond in many places and the camr
hac fu1Iv half do1an ,.onor+;ae