Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-11
COPPER COUNTRY
Being OPENED
o,erRICT AROUND NINA THE
MECCA FOR PRosPECToRs
AND MINERS

The great copper country which
~ been opened up in the neighbor-
sood Of Nina, and stretching out
s.om there on both sides, is attract
mo the attention of p~rospectors, x
norts. spectators and investors far
and near. Nina is the Mecca for these
.aventurers, and the railroad town,
t,bich. a few months ago was a quiet
enough way station is now throbbing
with life and activity.
lack McCrimmon, n of the min
mo experts for the Schwab, Macdon-
ia Gillies interests, returned from
no new country yesterday morning
where he has been operating the Pay
master mine for his principals. Mr..
ucCrimmon is most conservative in
his estimates, but his plain statement
If what is going on in the district, is
enough to show the progress that is
boing made, and what the future has
IN store for the country.
THE Tonopah Mining company's
laterests, said Mr.. McCrimmon, "are
operating extensively on the old Dun
,ao mine about ten miles north of
Nina / understand that they have
! tupnel in a distance of 1900 feet.
Tley have a telephone from the mine
10 Nina, and are running things in
frst-class shape, Cutting and 9TH
ers are operating the Utah Nevada
property and have a very fine show
ing.
Further up the range, on the
north side. Joe Giroux is going ahead
Oh his property. He is sinking three
shafts and on one of them he has a
gasoline hoist; the other two, /
think. are being operated by whims.
Giroux expects to sink 1000 feet
There are a number of lesser proper
ties IN and around these workings.
Near Acme is the property Of
wIngheld & Nixon, and there is a
great deal OF work going on IN this
aeighborhood. This is q continuation
Of the same mineral belt, and Wing
fald and Nixon are meeting with
most encouraging results. The Utah
Eqmeralda company has just had
shipped in from Utah a lot OF ma
chinery and an outfit for the prose-
cution OF development work, and they
are going right ahead.
Cobb and his associates, who are
working close by. have a shaft down
200 feet. This property was worked
as a silver mine for a long time, but
recently they got into copper. SEN
ator T. l.. eddie is associated with
Mr.. Wright in a group at Fitting.
and they have twelve or more men
at work. Fletcher of Hawthorne has
a big group at Fitting, and has quite
an extensive camp there. Clarence
0ddie. on the other side of the gulct
n Fitting. is working a number OF
men right along.
Beginning again at Nina, on the
sonth side Of the track. we have the
Rlue Light mine. which has the most
wonderful showing OF any of the
camps. At a depth of ESQ feet they
have blocked out s2,500,000 in cop.
per ore, l.. l.. Patrick and ColoneI
Pcsey have a group lea by, Of
which Mr.. Edian Is the manager, and
which has a most excellent showing
"A recent strike close by opened
W elk feet of shipping ore. A littl'
above is the New Boston. Parmen
tier is shipping from Lime point, anC
is turning out very fine ore.
otto Taubert, who first strucl
rich ore on STATIONS independence
has a group a little West of Acme
between Acme and Thorn. FurtheI
along, on the opposite side of thu
rack near Thorn, Petersen, thu
Lucky Swede,' has just bought
group and is ready to ship already
In the Mum district there ar
ufee or four shipping properties II
silver and gold. There are well
Defined veins through diarite ant
granite.
Nina is the center of all tn
mining operations, and It is almos
impossible to get accommodation
tnere without having sen ahead tw.
Ut three days. Sam Davis, one o
tPe old-time miners of this country
mas the best hotel and restaurant |
We town. He has been there hin
ssl ana he knows just what is want
y. II there is a chance to get any
wing' Sam will get II for you