Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-06-29
DONALD GILLIES
IS INTERVIEWED
GIVES VERY INTERESTING TALK
ON CONDITIONS OF THE
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Tonopah Extension company, is back
from the south, and yesterday sub
mitted to an interview. Mr.. Gillies'
talk makes very interesting reading
at this time. He goes into the con-
dition of the camp, of the mines; and
Strengthens out the kinks in the af-
fairs of the Tonopah Extension. Here
is what he has to say:
"Tonopah mines were eve look
ing better than they are today. Not
withstanding that there is a general
market depression prevalent, the sit
alton is an artificial one, which can
and win be easily remedied in the
titles of ore being shipped from this
district is in itself ample argument
to show the condition of BUR mines.
Every mine in Tonopah is in a -four
ishing condition and the cause of the
depression is in no due Oh
caused by the condition or future
outlook of the properties themselves.
ut is true that at the present time
there is not as much shipping ore
reaching the smelters as there was
a year ago, but the mines are ship
ping great quantities of ore to their
mills and the total tonnage is much
greater than a year ago. With re-
CARDS to the shipping ore there is a
very good reason for this, which can
be easily understood by anyone who
will give the matter a little study.
For several years past Tonopah
mines were producing and shipping
only their highest grade ores, this be-
ing necessary on account of the exist
ing conditions at that time. Today
every property in Tonopah is being
worked with a view to the future;
that is, the great profits to be realiz-
ed will come from the large bodies
of milling ore which are blocked out
in every mine in Tonopah, and every
one knows that the big mines of the
country today, and the mines that
are paying the largest dividends, are
those that have large bodies Of mill
ing ore, and the mines OF Tonopah
have a higher grade milling ore than
those of any other district in the
United States.
Labor conditions here are in ex.
eellent shape. Current gossip is that
the resolution or agreement entered
into between the Tonopah Miners
union and the Mine Operators as
ISOLATION, will be withdrawn in tn,
very near future, such Withdrawal
being caused by the action of the res
olution recently passed by the West
ern Federation In Denver. In my
judgment there is absolutely M
foundation for such a rumor The
miners of Tonopah as men and as
union will stand by their agreemen.
to the end. They were satisfied wheI
the agreement was made, and arr
satisfied today. The utmost harmon,
and good feeling exists between tn,
union and the operators association
and there is nothing that can dis
turb this relation.
Many rumors and statement
have beer made in the past concern
ing the Tonopah Extension property
all of said statements coming froI
outside sources and none of them be
ing the product of III home marke
Such JUNIORS may or may not hav
been started for the purpose of stoc
manipulation. One statement mad
is that the Tonopah Extension vel
has pinched out. ! wish once an
for all to deny this statement as bC
ing absolutely untrue. The annu;
report of the property has been prin
ed and distributed to the stockholt
ers, and gives a full and complet
report of the condition of the pro-
erty. In order to set at rest tn
many false rumors regarding II
Tonopah Extension, and many sue
rumors have been started by stoC
manipulators. | will state briefly II
condition of the property, which
my judgment, when all facts are COZ
sidered, is in better shape today tha
It has ever been.
In order that those who are n
thoroughly acquainted with the To
opah district, may understand d
existing conditions, | will state tn
up to the present time the differe
rocks encountered in the Tonopi
Extension mine land this is rue
the other mines in the Tonopah d
trict) are earlier andesites or 10
bearing porphyry, later andesite a
Tonopah rhyolite dacite. The &c
logical sequence of these formatio
are the earlier andesites, or 10
porphyry, later andesite and Tonopi
rhyolite dacite. These three form
tions have a direct bearing on I
ore bodies OF this camp. The Ton