Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-09
WHITE MOUNTAIN
IN fine SHAPE
SHOULD DEVELOP GREATEST
lead NINE IN THE
COUNTRY.

Most glowing accounts of the
White Mountain Gold, Silver and
Lead Mining Company are brought
to Tonopah by DR.. w. ]. Nelson,
president Of the company. The prop
erty, which is situated about four
teen miles from Laws station, in In
yo county, California. was recently
acquired by DR.. Nelson and ]. ]. Nc
Sorley of Tonopah. The c~onsidera-
tion was $4,000. 1t was bought
from S. p. Roberts and consists of
fourteen claims. The property had
been owned by Mr.. Roberts for about
twenty-nine years, but owing to the
inaccessibility of its location only a
limited amount of work had been
done. All the shipping during that
period was done on the backs of
burros. The Nevada Power Mining
and Milling Company has recently
constructed a fine road, which runs
through the property, giving splendid
means of communication with the
Southern Pacific. At present a force
of men are at work driving a tunnel
which is expected to cut four rich
veins. which are known to exist, at
a depth Of 470 feet from the sur
face. Other veins are likely to be
encountered In the work. At the
present time there are on the prop
erty t~wenty-eight workings in the
shape Of tunnels and shafts. The
entire property has just been re-
sampled and from specimens taken
an average assay of $107.65 has been
obtained. OF this amount 59.45 per
cent is copper and 51.30 ice sill
yer, the balance being gold. The
returns on selected samples show the
high figures of $119.20 in gold
$421.21 in silver and $71.34 in lead
making a total value of $540.4S to
the ton. The work IN the property
will be vigorously prosecuted on the
tunnel and it Is confidently expected
that it will be completed in foul
months. 1t is positive that shippins
will begin within the next ninet!
days. Over seventy men will be EN-
ployed extracting the ore before Jun'
1. The property is ideally situated
with abundance of water and timbe
at hand. Up to the present tim
leads have been opened up and or
shipped for a distance of over 800
feet.
A great advantage that will inur
to the owners in operating the min
is the fact that all work will b
done by tunnels. thereby obviatin
the heavy cost of expensive hoistin
machinery and bringing the wor
down to a most economical basi:
The formation is a chrystalized lime
stone and porphry. 1t is not owe
hard and makes an easy breakin
ground. 1t is identical with tn
formation of the big lead and silve
mines of Park City, Utah, as well a
with the mines of Belgium and Aui
tria. Over 100000 has already bee
expended On the property and tn
ground has been thoroughly proved
DR.. Nelson is confident that tn
property will develop into one of tn
greatest lead producing mines in tt
United States. The White Mountai
Gold, Silver and Lead Mining Con
pany is incorporated for 10000
shares at 81 par value. There hs
been paid into the the treasury 400
900 shares. DIR. Nelson, who is i
president, is a leading mining ma
of the country and during the pa
f%orty-one years has successfully hal
died 1S1 mining properties withol
loss. A. Asher, vice president, is
the firm of Cohn G. Asher, large hi
manufacturers at Los Angeles.
A. Vail, secretary and treasurer,
also a Los Angeles man, where /
is a member of the firm of Sanbor
Vail & Co., leading merchants wit
branch houses in San Francisco ar
Portland. OF the other director
Warren Gillellen is president of IL
Broadway Bank at Los Angeles al
II. j. Woolacott is a Los Angel
capitalist, having previously BET
president Of several important ban.
ing institutions. Every one of the
men enjoy the reputation for mark'
conservatism and their presence I
the directorate is an absolute qua
antee that the affairs of the compai
will be directed in a wise and &c
nomical manner
DR.. Nelson stated that If he q
tempted to describe the marvelo'
richness of the property people won
not only disbelieve him, but won
feel also that he was suffering fro
some mental arrangement. DR.. Ne
son lQaVae In tho Oanrufuu for n