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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
FULL PARDON
GIVEN LITTON

j. w. Litton yesterday at the coun-
ty jail received the glad tidings by
telegram from Governor Sparks con-
veying full pardon to the former,
who has been in the Jail here since
December 26, 1906.
His offense was shooting up the
streets of Tonopah and Judge Bris-
sell gave it to him to the extent of
one year with a fine of $500. Dis
trict Attorney McCarran interested
himself in the mans behalf and as,
besides, public sentiment seemed to
regard the sentence as too severe the
result was a pardon.
Litton comes of a good family and
claims that he has always been good
before and surely will be hereafter.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04

the Mayflower shaft has proven be-
yond reasonable doubt that they hive
a true assure vein. On the 300-flot
level they have a beautiful clean-cdt
hanging-wall, separated from the
vein matter by an inch of tale. An
other encouraging feature is the
change in character from gold-bear-
ing rock only to an ore containing
silver as we'll as gold; another evil
dence of permanency.
The main working shaft, 1900 feet
north of the Mayfiower shaft, is
down 125 feet. The management
did not expect to get values for some
distance yet, as they figured they
were still many feet from the ledge,
but the bottom now runs from So to
$3.50, seeming to indicate that they
are very near to the hanging wall. A
%twelve-drill compressor plant has
been ordered by wire and they hope
to have it on the ground and in oper-
alton within two months. -Rhyolite
Herald.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
MERRY KNIGHTS
OF The MIZPAH
ELABORATE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THE GREAT JINKS To-
MORROW NIGHT

When the Shriners get through
with the alteration of the Sphynx
then will the merry knights of the
Mizpah get in with the jinx.
Sire Newton Fassett has announced
most elaborate arrangements for the
great doings on tomorrow night, and
that the doings will be great, one
glance at the program is sufficient
for assurance. The thing is to get
the program.
T'at's tie ting.
The Mystic Shriners will have a
great show here today, but they are
going to Los Angeles. And the dust
that they kick up behind with their
camels will have hardly obscured
them from sight when the minister's
will be out doing stunts.
AS a matter of fact all the camels
on the oasis r now being strongly
guarded, a raid from the jinksmen
being feared at any time. The merry
dervishes of the Mizpah want the
camels to set them an example of "tc
have and to hold" which comprises
the weirdest definition of a package.
And a camel can drink more and
carry it longer than an elk.
The wandering Arabs had better
look out for their gourds, because
they hold more than any drinking
vessel than there is in the archives
of the Mizpah, and the minister's need
them in their business.
AS to what will happen on the
evening of the morrow, get in line
and become acquainted with the in.
ner circle.
The jinx will put 1t all over the
Sphynx.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
SEVERELY INJURED
IN A RUNAWAY

On May /, while a party including
Mrs. Riggs and Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
La Lime were en- route from Man
haitian to Round Mountain, Mr.. La
Lime lost control of the spirited team
which they were behind and a VIC
lent runaway occurred in which the
party was upset and Mrs. Riggs Sc
verely injured, Fortunately just at
this time Harry Mcknight and My
ron Champlain arrived upon the
scene and took the wrecked party
on to Round Mountain.
A thorough examination had not
been made of the woman's injuries
when %Champlain and Mcknight re-
turned.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
FOUNDRY WORKER
dies OF PNEUMONIA

Edward C. Berger, a worker at
the Tonopah Foundry, aged about As,
died yesterday morning at his home
on Bryan venue after a sickness OF
only a few days of pneumonia. Mr..
Berger was formerly a miner, at one
time being superintendent Of a mine
in California. He came here about
a year ago and was until recently
employed at the Tonopah Foundry.
He leaves a wife and daughter. The
remains yer prepared for shipment
by undertakers Wonocott & Hall, and
will be SEN to Oakland probably this
evening or tomorrow. The family
are awaiting the arrival Of the de.
ceased's father today.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
MASKED MEN
Hold UP SALOON
IBy Associated Press. l

SALT LAKE, May 2.-Three
masked men held up James Nc
Tierney, proprietor, and two other
men in a saloon tonight, while the
street was filled with people. They
used revolvers to enforce their de-
mands. They got money and jewelry
valued at $1,000. Among the victims
was a bank clerk, who gave up his
watch but asked that it be given
back because it was a birthday pres
ent from his mother. The watch was
Immediately returned.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04

Articles of Incorporation were filed
May l with the county clerk of Nye
county by the Manhattan Teresa Gold
Mining company with the following
men, all OF Tonopah, as incorpora-
tors: Vail Pittman, j. A. Montgom-
cry and Frank Pittman.
The principal place of business of
the new company will be Tonopah
and the Incorporation is with the
usual full rights of buying, selling,
leasing mines; buying and selling
stock; the power to acquire machin-
cry and full mining equipment; in
fact, all the powers necessary to
carry on legitimate mining.
The capital stock is $1,000, 900 and
the value of the shares one dollar
each. No debt greater than $500,0 600
may be contracted.
The board will consist of seven
members to be elected from the
stockholders. The regular meetings
Of the board will be the second Mon
day in May.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
CONFESSES TO
HIGH-GRADING
JOHN SCOTT ADMITS TAKING ORE
FROM THE VALLEY
VIEW.

The ore that was taken from the
cabin of the three high-graders on
Wednesday night. came originally
from the Valley View of the Mizpah
mine. This fact was established very
positively by Superintendent Black
burn of the Tonopah Mining Com
pany as soon as he saw the rock.
John South, one of the high
graders, made assurance doubly sure
by confessing to Sheriff Owens yes
terday that he had stolen the ore
from the Valley View shaft. He ex-
culpated his brother and Dohlman
from all connection with his crime.
South claimed that he had car
ried all the rock out in his lunch
bucket, and secreted it in the cabin.
This part of the story is ~discredi,ed,
for the reason that there were taken
from the cabin in all, 1920 pounds,
which it would have been impossible
for him to lug off in the tin bucket.
The officers are Of the opinion that
they have nipped in the bud the
plans of a gang of high-graders, who
were on the high road to fortune.
There are seven open cuts from the
surface OF the big mine, and it would
have been easy, up to within a few
days ago, for the high-graders to
carry on their work u~nhindered, os
up to that time, there were no guards
at the openings. But the guards will
be there from now on.
The value of the high-grade is es-
timated at between $4,000 and
$4,000.
The three men will be arraigned
before Judge Brissell tomorrow.
j. H. Camden, the high-grader who
was stumbled onto by the police in
their hunt for the Cobweb saloon
holdup men, has been held to an
swer before the District Court, and
committed to jail in default of $500
bail.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
M'LEAN IS SAD
and DOWNCAST
NO MORE RAILROADS TO BUILD
THE BURDEN OF HIS
SONG.

80 we'll lay down de shubbel and
de hoe
Dere's no mo- work TO old Uncle
joe"
Neil Mclean, the railroad con-
tractor, sang that refrain as he
walked into the railroad office from
Rhyolite yesterday morning. He
hadn't walked in from Rhyolite, only
from the cars that came from Rhyo-
lite.
When one stops to think of the
growth of southern Nevada, he has
to think Of Neil Mclean, for it was
he who ran the first mule team
across the desert from Sodaville to
Tonopah, and it was he who con-
structed the railroad into Tonopah,
then continued it to Goldfeld then
switched, and threw a spur into Sill
yer Peak, and then went on with
the railroad to Rhyolite.
Now Mr.. Mclean comes back to
Tonopah, and is sad and cast down
because all the railroads are built,
and "dere's no mo- work TO- old
Uncle Neil"
Cheer up Neil, cherries are ripe.
You remember the story of the lad
who was learning to lay brick. A
wise old guy came along, and said
What are ye doin' me lad?"
Laying brick" responded the boy
who was quick at repartee. "Wha
do you think I'm doin'-blackin
shoes?"
II think your wastin' time me buc.
co. Don't ye know that the houses
wull be all built be the time ye're
grown up?"
Well, the boy stopped working
right there and became a millionaire
But the wise old guy fooled him a
that. There were lots of buildings
put up since then. The Hickey build
ing has been built since that time
and the Govan Brougher new Miz
pah hadn't been started yet.
But the millionaire boy neve re
GREETED that he had stopped work.
Are you on, MI. Mclean?
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
GENERAL OFFICES
IN GOLDFIELD

The general Offices of the Nevada
terday in process of being removed
from Tonopah to Goldield. The re-
moval was made because much of
the lines and property of the COM
pany are better reached from that
central location. General Manager
c. M. Hobbs is authority for the
statement that Bullfrog will in the
near future be reached by a power
line. Constant repairs and recon-
structions are being made by the
company. Superintendent Clemens
and Cashier Malone will now have
charge of the local business.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
COPPER E A CLOSED

Another big copper deal has Just
been closed in the Nina country. Col
onel o. P. Posey and New York as
sociates this week closed a deal and
took v e the new strike, near the
Blue Light, mention of which was
made in Jul last issue. The claims
were the property of Frank Baker
and Burns and another employee of
the Blue Light mine. AS soon as the
discovery was made, M. Ediams, rep
%resenting Colonel Posey and asso-
eiates, visited the property, which
showed up so favorably that an OPP
ton was taken. This week Colonel
Posey and Colonel Heffron came in
from Goldfeld and visited the
grounds Thursday, with the result
that the matter was closed up.
M. Ediams, who has been the man
ager of Colonel Posey's Walker Lake
interests, has been transferred to
Nina to look after the latest pur-
chase. Yesterday he informed our
representative that work on the prop
erty would begin at once with a large
crew. He stated that he never saw
finer showings in his life, and that it
was his belief that the property
equaled the Blue Light, which has at
the present time so, 800, 900 of ore
blocked out and is shipping steadily.
Western Nevada Miner.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
--LATEST MAN ALIVE"
After Twenty-Five Years in Bed
Obliged to Get Up


What may well be a worlds record
has been established bya man named
James Thompson, who went to bed
in 1877 and did not leave it until a
fortnight ago. 1.-THE LATEST man
alive" was a term applied to him by
the Lurgan guardians.
Thompson, who lives with his
mother at Glare, Lurgan, was still
a youth when he began his long rest.
He was looked after by his mother,
and his presence in the house was
hardly known to the villagers. He
would have remained in bed for the
rest of his life had not a crisis oc-
Cured in his domestic affairs.
Mrs. Thompson, who is now 80
years of age, was at that time i'll, and
had to be removed to the Union in
Urinary. Left h~elplessly alone,
Thompson was compelled to get up.
A search was commenced for the suit
which he discarded twenty-nine years
ago, but he was unable to dress with
out assistance. Two neighbors were
called in, and the work of squeezing
him into the clothes occupied the
three men a whole evening. When
dressed he was too tired to walk,
and an ambulance had to be brought
to convey him to the Union. He re-
posed there until his mother was
well enough to leave the inirmary,
when he followed her home. This
time he was compelled to walk, as
the guardians refused an ambulance.
The facts of the case came out
when the relieving officer applied to
the Lurgan guardians for relief for
Mrs. Thompson, who has only oc-
casional help from some more ener-
getic sons who have emigrated to
Australia. She was allowed IS pence
a week. The recital of the story con-
vulsed the guardians.
Inquiries show that numerous
medical men have tried their hands
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE

NOTICE
we, the undersigned citizens OF Nye
county, Nevada, In meeting assembled
on this 25th day of April, 1907. hereby
organize a Mining District. which shall
DC known as Truett. This district shall
pc bounded on the east by the summit
OF the awi Range, on the north by
laws canyon on the west by COYOTE
fioles' M on the south by Cactus Dry
Ira. Pudrick is unanimously elected
District Recorder.
G. w. SNYDER. Chairman.
p. y. DOMON, Secretary,
III CALLAHAN,
JOHN N TELL,
CHAS. GLENN,
NELS ERICKSON,
r. JOHNS,
A. A. THORN,
y. II. CARSTENS,
g. BENJAMIN PARKER,
]. FRANKLIN HALL,
A. ADELL,
II. McGUNEY,
ID. II. WALKER,
GUST PETERSON.
TIM j. MCCARTHY,
c. DRUMN,
]. C. LAWSON,
r. DRUM,
L. u. EKELUND,
WIN. BLEWETT,
]. IT. BROWNELL.
D, M. TITLE
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04

at stimulating Thompson out of his
chronic letargy. Irritating plasters
were applied, but they had no power
to irritate him. Mild electric cur
rents failed to ruffle him, and the
doctors left him to enjoy the serene
calm they were unable to disturb.
Thompson is said to quite healthy.
He has remained in bed since his
return home, and the suit of clothes
has again been put away.-London
Telegraph.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
OPENS Big BODY
OF VERY RICH ORE

The talk of the camp this week is
Mayiower, and all on account of the
~opening of a big body of very rich ore
way down on the 3OO-foot level. Such
a body of ore at such depth is of in
estimable value to the whole district
as well as to the May1ower Consoli-
dated company, and will make a long
stride in the journey from a low
grade to a high-grade camp.
The Herald has already told of the
first sixteen feet Of ore in the cross
cut from the bottom of the shaft, but
since the last issue six feet more of
ore has been exposed in the crosscut,
and a sample taken across the whole
twenty-five feet ran $26 to the ton
in gold.
From the si~xteen-foot point, drifts
we're started north and south, and
after running ten feet the entire face
was in r averaging $24. At a point
three feet south from the crosscut
Superintendent Bob Smith began to
find rich specimen ore, an average
sample at that point across the
breast running $58.
The big surprise came last week
when they broke into ore that in the
sunlight glistened with the precious
metal. Numerous pieces were taken
out that showed blotches of free god,
and assays made from samples ran
$500, 5000, $1,000 and $4,000, all
coming from the breast of the drift.
This week a party of directors and
other mining men made a trip to the
Ma7fower. In the party we're w.
A. Starr of San Francisco, H. G. Me
Mahon and j. T. Overbury, who says
they went out to find what the dew
strike amounted to. They broke
down a sample from the seven feet
across the breast, catching it In a
canvas, every effort being made to
avoid getting the rich specimens. It
assayed $76,92. The company is
sacking without sorting all the ore
that comes from the south drift.
Those unfamiliar with mining get
accustomed to reading of assays from
picked samples, taken from narrow
seams, which run way up into the
thousands, and when they read OF
large bodies of ore running around
500 to the ton, it causes no exaite-
ment. To the mining man familiar
with the fact that large dividends are
paid on ore running SO to the ton,
the prospect of a property mining ore
averaging ten times that amount,
with some of 1t running into the
thousands, fills him with enthusiasm
and a camp with two or three such
properties no longer belongs among
the low graders.
Each 100 feet has shown greatly
increased values in the Mayiower
and If the next 100 feet improves
over the 900 as much as that leve'
did over the 200, there is nothing
can keep 1t from being. a veritable
Mohawk. The Mayiower has found
ore wherever it has sunk for 1t, ant
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04

John w. Brock, president OF the
Tonopah Mining Company, is due
here sometime between the Sth and
18th of this month. Charles r. Mill
er, vice president of the same com
pany, is due here about the same
time, and it is possible that there may
be something doing in the way of
more railroad building.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
EVENING ENTERTAINMENT

The Ladies' Progressive Club gave
their first entertainment at the resi-
dence of Mrs. J. A. Pierson. A very
interesting program was rendered.
After partaking of the delicacies of
the evening and with many %congratu-
lations to the host and hostess the
guests departed to their homes at a
late hour.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
MONTANA CARAVAN
WILL PITCH tents
Continued from Page One,

meet in conference, and talk abo,.
any old thing and every old thin.
and smile and stroke their beard.
and quaff zen EN-, and be much !.
home. They are as much at hon.
in one oasis of the desert as in An.
other.
They viii visit the mosque. W..
they will, and pray for the unho'
levers and praise Allah that they ara
such good and noble men, and wbor
the sur has reached the zenith ana
gone some, the caravan will be 60,
in motion again across the burn,n.
sands. And the band will play again
after having played all day long 10
soothe the souls Of the unfaithful
And all will be dark where il was
bright, when the glittering pageant
becomes a mere tinsel against tho
sands. And sadness will fall again
when night falls, and 1t comes tho
turn of the Mobiles Of Nevada IN
start on their pilgrimage to the Mos.
lem city.
But that will be a turnout to glad.
den the eye of the faithful. With
gaily caparisoned camels, with ora
from the mines, with gay trappinps
and accoutrements, with Goldfeld
and Beatty and Ryholite swelling the
ranks, they go to show to the outer
world what mobiles dwell in the des-
ert.
They go in their travelling robes.
the kahki suits and leggings and COW.
boy hats, with a glorious red silken
band bearing the legend, Southern
Nevada" They carry with them to
distribute as souvenirs a beautiful
red silken badge surmounted by a
burro in gold with a scimitar and
crescent attached. on the badge Is
the inscription;
SOUTHERN NEVADA MOBILES.
GOLDFIELD-ToNOPAH.
IMPERIAL COUNCIL.
A. A. o. N. M. S.
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1907.
Depending from the badge is a
buckle to which is attached a miners
pan filled with real quartz from the
Mohawk.
Maybe the Nevada Mobiles aren't
going some.
The Boston-Montana band. which
will head the caravan of the Mystic
Shriners across the hot, burning
sands, is one Of the most unique az,
gregations in the United States, II
not in the world. In the first place
every member is a miner, and ha.
taken his shift under the ground
and every musician is a master on hi.
own instrument.
Every bandsman is an elk.
The band took second at thu
Worlds fair in Chicago. then cap
tured the colors in every city the,
visited. In Denver they we're to NEE
the crack Colorado tooters in com.
petition, but they reached down tn,
street playing for all they were
worth and the Denver horn-bloweri
took to the hills. At Salt Lake the
band also captured everything II
sight.
1t remains for Tonopah alone t
check the onward course OF these
victorious windjammers, and oul
band has been practicing day ant
night to go them once, as they com,
down Main street.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04

Mrs. w. w. Booth, wife of the edi-
tor and proprietor of The Bonanza,
is lying at the Sonora sanitarium in
Sonora, Calf, having undergone a
serious and delicate operation. Mr..
Booth was summoned from here to
her bedside. and is still away. AT
last accounts the patient was con-
valescing slowly.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
BUSINESS WITH
COUNTY CLERK

Declaration of intention, or first
papers of naturalization, were filed
yesterday with the county clerk of
Nye county by the following per-
sons: Nick Merlais, an Austrian;
Paul Vukcevich, a Monte Negran
miner; Frank Dalla, an Austrian
stone mason.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
HASHERY CLOSED
FOR REPAIRS"

The Union Restaurant on Main
street closed its doors May'1 "for re-
pairs The stock, which was $1O,-
600, has been assigned to the former
manager and president, j. II. Lang
ley, and it is by his action that the
mouse is closed. The restaurant is
now for sale.
Certificates of location at this
office.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-13
Cling, and is another evidence OF the
wonderful accomplishment of Mr..
Hagenbeck's animal trainers.
SIX CASES ATTENDED TO
AT POLICE COURT SESSION
Two Prisoners Appear in Person
and Others Are Represented
BY Put Up Fines.

Two prisoners stood up in front
of Acting Mayor W. H. Cole OF the
regular session of police court this
morning and received sentence OF
three days in jail each for being
drunk in the street Saturday night.
They gave their names as Jacob Eel
lars and Michael Thomas. The put
up fine Jof SO and costs deposited by
James Langston for being disorder
ly and interfering with an officer
while making an arrest on Pike
street Saturday night, was forfeited.
Put up fines of So and costs left
by Tom Thomas, a. c. rsa1pnsnIder,
John Langston, William Morgan and
Charles Merryland for being drunk
in the street Saturday night, were
forfeited.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-13
1t i Near Hamburg Where Hagen.
beck, the Worlds Geological Pur.
veyor, Collects His Beasts.

The most famous wild animal ex-
change in the world is to be found
at stellinger, pretty little suburb
of the port Of Hamburg. 1t is pre-.
sided over by Carl Hagenbeck, one
Of the owners Of the Hagenbeck-
Wallace Show which comes here Fri.
day, May II, who may DO well de-
scrihed as the worlds geological pur-
veyor.
He Is the one individual 10 whom
Sou must go if You are seeking a
hippopotannns, or a rhinoceros or
any other rare beast. He keeps
them in stock, just as a horse deal
er keeps a number of horses. His
collection OF wild beasts, reptiles,
and birds is larger and more valu-
able than the animals found in any
one geological garden In Europe.
His depot, which is also a zoolog-
zeal park, occupies some S5 acres
of ground.
How the curious merchandise is
collected and transported to Ham
burg, makes thrilling reading. Take
for instance, the lion, the acknowl-
edged king OF beasts. Few visitors
Ito a geological garden are aware
that they are taken in he wilds Of
AbyssjBia OF the Egyptian Soudan,
when mere cubs, By natives at the
expressed order OF a European, trav-
e1er. The mother is speared by the
blacks, and the young ones removed
to the camp, where they are nursed
on goats milk and pieces OF fowl un-
til old enough to brave the terrors
of journey across the seas to
Europe Tigers are obtained in
much the same way. as lions. al
though many adult ones are caught
in large pitfalls Lions vary a great
deal in price, ranging from $500 to
as much as $1,000 apiece. Grown
Prince" the riding lion is probably
worth about $4,000, but, of course,
will not he sold as long as Mr..
Hagenbeck is interested in a circus.
The common Indian tiger cost about
$500, but a line specimen of the ST.
berian variety is worth from $1,000