Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
HOSTING PLANT
FOR FAIRVIEW
MACHINERY FOR NEVADA HILLS
AND DROMEDARY HUMP
MINES

noted property for the past week, re
turned from Fairview Tuesday night
and reports that the mine never
looked better in its history, and the
stockholders are much elated over
the present showing. The company
shaft which is nearing the 100-foot
level. still maintains the high grade
values that it has carried from the
surface, and the ore taken from this
shaft and the tunnel, will be sacked
for shipment. At the 100-foot level
tinued as soon as the hoist is in
stalled. Mr.. Ridge states that the
forty-horsepower Fairbanks : Morse
hoisting plant, which has been en-
route for the past two months, should
be on the ground within a week, and
will be installed Immediately, and
from then on development work will
in reality just begin.
The Merritt brothers, who were the
only successful parties to secure q
lease on this property, are also near
ing the 10O-foot level, and report the
same ores that have been encountered
by the company. AS has been the
policy of the Goldield leasers, to
spare no expense in equipping their
workings. so it is with the Merritt
brothers, and by paying quite a pre-
plant which is due in Fallon now and
will probably have their hoist in
stalled as soon as that of the COM
pany, thus enabling them to bring to
the surface for shipment the i'm
mense wealth that is rewarding their
efforts and unbounded faith in the
Dromedary. The Herritt brothers
lease is being incorporated this week,
under the name of the Dromedary
Hump Leasing company, with w. H.
Weber of the Nevada Hills Mining
company, as president; Thomas
Stacey, secretary, and c. r. Merritt,
treasurer. These, with H. L. Herritt
and Joe Jarvis of the firm of Doug
lass & Jarvis, bankers Of Fairview,
constitute the board of directors. A
treasury fund of $15, 900 has already
been subscribed by the gentlemen,
and it will be practically a close cor
poration and very little of the stock,
If any, will be offered for sale. The
Dromedary Hump Leasing company
will have a capitalization of 1000 O0
shares, and will be incorporated I'M
der the laws of Nevada.
The Dromedary is conceded by all
who have visited the Fairview camp
to be second only to the Nevada Hills,
and in view of the ract that two
hosting plants will be Installed with
in the next few days, the Dromedary
will get a hump" on her that will
be the pride of the Fairview district.
Upon completion of the railroad into
this camp the shipping properties of
Fairview will be able to increase
their tonnage and ship at a much re-
duced cost.
Wingfeld and Nixon have taken
active charge of the Golden Boulder,
of which property they purchased
control last week. and Joe Morris,
their general manager in charge, is
planning a campaign of great deyel-
opment. The Golden Boulder is
a continuation of the Dromedary
ledge, and has sacked a great guam
tity of the anne high grade ore. The
next property on this great ledge, the
Lena Fairview, is being vigorously
developed by Frank Carroll, a mining
man Of vast experience, from Ouray,
Colo, and he has already opened up
a splendid body of high grade ore on
the surface. Three shifts are work
ing in the tunnel. which is being
driven to tap this ore body.
The next property, the Cyclone,
which is still a continuation of this
ledge, has a most remarkable show
ing. In sinking their main working
shaft on this ledge. they have had
the high grade ore constantly and
there is enough of this grade of ore
on the dump at present to begin ship
ping. The new 25-horsepower hoist
ing plant for the property is now on
the ground and being placed for i'm
mediate use.
Mr.. Ridge and party yer the
guests of w. H. Weber of the Ne
vada Hills Monday on a tour of in
spection Of this wonderful mine and
all left with the opinion that for its
age and amount of development work
1t is by far the greatest mine in the
state OF Nevada. In the lowest work
ings Of the property, which consists
of a winze being sunk from No. 5
tunnel, four and one-half feet of ore
is being sacked without sorting,
which averages better than $500 in