Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
TONOPAH MEN IN
round MOUNTAIN
WONDERFUL SHOWING OF DIS
TRICT ATTRACTS LOCAL
CAPITAL.

After a ive-day trip, which was
one Of interest and revelation, Cap
tain George w. Thatcher, Zeb Ken
dali, L. L. Mushett and j. j. Nc
Sorley returned to Tonopah yester-
day. They are all experienced min
ing men and made a visit to all Of
the principal northern mining camps
to look yer the properties. They
visited Duluth and Phonolite, lone,
Berlin, Cloverdale, Jefferson Canyon,
Manhattan, Milletts and Round
Mountain. 1t is the last named camp
that completely captured them, They
had originally planned to spend two
hours looking over the leading prop
critics there, but were so impressed
with Round Mountain that they
spent two days examining all the
workings of the various mines, in
Guiding the Round Mountain, with
its several hundred feet of workings,
the Sphinx with a 200-foot verticle
shaft, from which has been opened
two levels exposing large bodies Of
high-grade ore, which carry through
the property of the Round Mountain
Mining and Great Western. They
were most %agreeably surprised at the
wonderful s%howings, in fact the con-
ditions were such revelations that
Mr.. Kendall, who is a pioneer leaser
of Tonopah and Goldfeld, is re-
sponsible for the expression that the
showing on the Bartlett group beats
anything that he has ever before
seen in Nevada. Mr.. Kendalls
statements are fully corroborated by
Captain Thatcher, who has had
thirty years mining experience in
Colorado, California and Nevada
Mr.. Kendall and Mr.. Mushett could
not resist the temptation and pur-
chased the Bartlett group, which
consists of four claims and a frac'
ton. The property adjoins the
/, Sphinx, Great Western and Round
Mountain. Already the first pay
ment of $4,000 has been made
. These gentlemen have also pur
chased the entire first allotment o
D the treasury stock of the RounC
3 Mountain and Great Western. Mr.
e Mushett has secured leases on tn,
, Great Western and Round Mountain
= Daisy. Work will be started at ono
on both properties from which high
q grade milling ore is now being eX
+ tracted and run through the Chap
| man mill at Round Mountain. Bot
= leases have a large quantity of high
grade milling ore on the surface.
r The party also inspected the prop
erty of the Round Mountain Dais
and one and all pronounce it as on
of the coming great mines Of Ne
! yada. The Mulholland lease on tn
Daisy has taken out ore runnin
q 5000 to the ton and put it throug.
g the Chapman mill and there is a
present several hundred tons on tn
dump yet to be milled. Mr.. Mu'
holland has considerable more or
# blocked out than It will be possibl
for him to extract during the life {
n his lease. which will expire in Apri
After securing the Bartlett grou
r MIR. Mushett and Mr.. Kendall en-
ployed dry washers to test tn
ground and the returns obtaine
warrant them in the statement thf
the profits from placering will te
times over exceed the purchase priC
of the group, which is well up in th
thousands. Within 100 feet of Ii
Bartlett group Dry Washer" Wilso
cleaned up in thirty days over $50
900. Messrs Mushett and Kenda
1t intend to organize a company to q
le crate the property and active wor
q will thereafter be vigorously pushe
IS The new company will probably !
n known as the Round Mountain Nj
10 hawk Mining Company. CAPITA
o. Thatcher, who is a director and larl
nj stakeholder in the Daisy will all
ne be a director Of the new compan
Ieb Kendall and l.. l.. Mushett w
n spend much time and money on Il
Bartlett group with the confident e
is p~ectatfon that the returns will
as many times over the amount of the
investment.