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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-24
Pool, Bah Of Tobacco.

The fact that the Duke tobacco EN-
pire has grown from very small seed
does not signify that any other boy
should or could go and do likewise.
Only one man at time can be presi-
dent Of the United States. Only one
man can be the Pooh Bah Of tobacco.
James B. Duke began his career
shortly after the close OF the civil war,
when the era Of gigantic trade deyel-
opment began. He was born on q
threadbare old farm near Durham,
N. G., fifty years ago. His father was
Washington Duke, who opposed seces-
sion, but was conscripted Into the Con-
9ederate army and served throughout
the war. Before going into the army
he sold his farm to neighbor, TO be
paid for III leaf tobacco at the close OF
the war. But the neighbor was as
poor as Duke, 30 the latter got his
farm back Tobacco was about the
only thing he could raise on the land.
With a capital Of 80 cents and two
blind mules Washington Duke began
| raising tobacco and manufacturing Il
for the local trade The first factory
was shabby old barn on the place.
That was the humble birthplace Of
the $4O0,00O,0O0 trust James III, the
youngest boy, started IN the tobacco
line when he was eight years OLD 90
4 helper to his father.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-24

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tne young man.
lou maven : W. i,onss snou :. =
buy US, atio Sou eau y pottoW io
enQggh:
I'VE are making ma $4uo.Veu1 year w -
OF our business, s. replied Duke, anu !.
necessary We'll s . eVery sssn - -
In advertising
Snanf Millions Ii, Advertising.
~, !, q 800 I. 4, IL. wives Ne The
~ s. y,s,.t,s,p0 already
~ - =. T,,,ra nour-
.au M 20 =, NanoIeon
= ... . $3.50 N ne s saus ,,,ynsaIf that
3 ~ - 10 sr, -. 81 Iaast
CO.. ~ NJ, non :, adyartss,ng nnly small
$500 i, ., +,,s ss,,t - ma eusnaners
49, j u -. 80 80 ,,s,Ib1ards Mnch
:. 49, = !. =, ,,,o,,e g lithnoranh
$50 - ey,rls vvs,ib nnke
p X, 800 s, ~ as,,a 49,, e c,ra 60 one
81 81 g,u awav
a. 90 ~ q, cnsfino a senta anteca
s,ts .,s,a 800, -at !. IL l
/. " ~. tirSss.sss 4, .ha .o,acco hns,ness
,tts ,,ras 81 v;aaa INC s-ynnnp
-. :. = ~, *
80. r,,t n.y., ,,,,,,, 80 ,,a,,t along
= ,,,.,.as ~ s,,,.ra,s 81 ntne toha Geo
= .,,,salr osra,od sha u,no MUGS clncka
"a 1890, 80, 1o,na a,,,nra,a are
49,. ~ - oen.
asa,,s. 80 ..Yobnn,,s :. and
1890 1oS as,t Them
Y,,s,,s, ~, ,at,,ra
n.,,,a r-ars os+ar : t,a ,,ar q f,,r,ter
people with q deluge Of advertising
ideas. Allen & Ginter soon came cam IN
out Of the wet. With them came 10
the Kinney Bros. and the other great
cigarette and smoking tobacco firnas.
Advertising seemed 70 pay 80 we'll
that new firm sprang up to capture
some OF the cigarette trade through
like methods. Do you remember the
Admiral cigarette? The new concern
made the Admiral and advertised II
with astonishing holiness Just as
the millions were getting ready to
pour In the Admiral people discovered
that they were up against q stone wall
Big orders for their goods were can
celed. The cigarette trust had gone
to The dealers throughout the country
and said to them something like this:
I've make eighteen or twenty brands
OF cigarettes for which our advertising
methods have created q great demand
You handle them all and make money
ont Of them. Now, II you sell the AID
miral you shan,t sell any OF our goods
Seer .5is
He Waikad tlan plank
n,,a IL, 8 :, M NJ J, $50 $500 ~ i,
q. !" - J, !, -
q ~ y n u ta..sss q
I. \ e s.s sa1e ~ .
seI.ous t .l.s pouy eo Wy ilaAs ~
Iesess' Ivy !, " coust set aiaypou,
| -. n-,n.as slral na. was 80 uss
~ 1,uAs - Luz VAN nsiu an lug a's'
- siia. salne.
asing soIllue.eu .ne clsate M
49,, i1uAe iooAeu ABOUT anu saM ~ ~
cneWing popacco Woslu. ae Wsnt = ~ y.
mat Inc A.oriilaIas o. Jersey sit,
anu Ihe Lrulhainohos anu Lggsstt
ssyers q q isouas toug,t nm Asrcs 7,
EYE a aa,, seyeh ysaiss Uue eYthtusai !;
naa e knuck dl' u1uer. scores q slaa.
g concerns were IoEced INTO 1ne sols
Duae prac.lcaaiy oW,eu sne Als'lica
tsade = c,garsettes. PIPE toDacco - y.
cheWang Ionacco. ln .s'aI s ne crossed y
ocean. re roagnt me srit,sn soD IA.
astests y = seallus. lle 49,
american Iooaceo company was Ao. s.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-24

& When .'Buck, g as his cronies called
him, was eighteen years old he was
taken into the arm, which had branch
ed ont and built small factory In
Durham. The youth preferred sixth
interest In the business to college
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-24
BIRTHPLACE.

purely luxury. We could do without
tobacco. Many OF us do. But many
OF Us don't and went. Rockefeller and
Carnegie and Havemeyer5 .nionopolized
necessaries. Duke monopolfzes d lux
ury. This distinction should not be IT,
nored. s9#
yaterIooS Are Still Possible. z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-24

education, which his father offered
him Before many years he was the
boss. 1T Is related that when the firm
was making $500, 600 a year and there
were ave partners James B. insisted
that he and the others should draw
$16666 a month and no more. Ali the
rest went into the business. Every
thing was business with James B.
N Duke appeared In New York La 1888
to open an Office and conduct the Dur
ham establishment from that city He
lived In a cheap lodging house, paying
$3 a week for his room. Later when.
his business was earning q great deal
more he moved into two dollar room.
The dollar thus saved he needed in his
business AT later period when the
bachelor had a stable Of horses he oc-
cupied apartments In the second story
Of his stable. There was no high flying
for Buck Duke. That tobacco en-
pire was vet In the future, but Duke
saw 1t just as plainly as he saw the
lamp post across the street He work
ed steadily and surely # !ssfis
The American Tobacco company was
organized In January, 1890. AT first At
was known as the cigarette trust.
Duke OF course was the head Of It.
He built 1t Five concerns were con.
solidated to make the American Tobac-
co company. They were w. Duke
Sons & Co., Allen 81 Ginter, the Kinney
Tobacco company, w. s. Kimball a
co. and Goodwin B Co. How Duke
got them into his hands may be illus
trated by one instance Of his meth DDS.
Allen g. Ginter were his chief competi-
tors. Duke went to Major Ginter in
Richmond and proposed a consolida-
Hon. Ginter declined Then he pro-
posed the purchase Of the Allen & Gin
ter business. Ginter laughed. He told;
the young man: Al
you haven't got money enough to
buy US, and you can't borrow money
enough" y,
eve are making 800 900 a year out
OF our business, = replied Duke. land U
necessary wen spend every cent Of stt
IN advertising.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23

No great length of time will elapse
before the rich Walkover mine will
get under way and receive the atten-
ton and development the property
iustifes. Mr.. McCloskey, who will
manage the mine for the new owners,
Is daily expected and with his arrival
will commence a season of much ac-
tiyity on the ground.
1t is significant that the above
named gentleman has retained his in
.terest in the Walkover mine, al
though 1t has changed hands twice
since he became an interested party.
The Nevada Hills company of Fair
view were the first to take over the
mine from the original locators and
Mr.. McCloskey was at that time
placed in charge of the development
work. Under the new ownership.
composed of Captain a. H.. Mayne
and Salt Lake capitalists. he still re-
tains his interest and is a director
i'm the new company, He is thorough
ly acquainted with the ground and
under his supervision the property
viii quickly advance to the front as
one of Ramsey's greatest producers.
The Walkover, like the famous
Ramsey-C omstock, has a promi-
nent outcrop of very close grained
and hard porphyry quartz and as in
the ease of the dixie presents the very
remarkable condition of producing
excellent values and rich mornings
right from its apex. Numerous min
ing men have maintained the two
high grade properties are on the
same lead and If general character
istics, formation and similar values
count for anything the conclusions
are about right. The outcrop is
somewhat more extended than at the
dixie and has been we'll explored with
open trenches and preliminary shafts.
All the workings have produced sim
liar good results.-Recorder.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
Spider-Wasp Is Sold

Two hundred thousand dollars is
the price paid for the Spider aud
Wasp mine. The price was paid by
Tonopah capitalists, who will con
tinue to work the mine and will float
tie stock on the market for 81 per
snare. This is as high as any stock
has been ioated on the market in
Nevada in recent years.
The Spider and Wasp group is
considered one of the best in the
Wonder district. Six leasers are
now at work on different claims in
the group and ore has been struck
on most of the leases. The leases,
many of them, have also changed
hands. A half interest in the Tohey
lease was sold a short time ago for
100000. Many of the claims of the
group are now ready to ship ore and
are only waiting for the new road
to be completed.-Fairview Miner.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23

Wonder and the Marie Wonder Nos.
1 and @.
1t is conceded to be one of the
best located groups in the Wonder
district, being an extension of the
Billy the Kid property. which has
been sacking high grade ore for some
time. The theory is that the rich
lead of the Billy the Kid mine
crosses the Marie Wonder property,
and it is the intention of the COM
pany to tap this lead.
The first allotment of the treasury
stock, consisting Of $4,000 shares,
was placed on the market at 10 cents
per share and was soon over-sub
scribed, investors placing their
money solely on the advice of other
Wonder property holders. The sec
ond allotment, $4,000 shares, will
be loated at rs cents per share and
will be handled by the Red Top
Wonder Brokerage company.
The officers of the company are as
follows: c. c. Higgins, president;
Russell T. JOY, vice-president; l.. N.
French, treasurer; C. C. Emerson,
secretary; F. A. Virtue, director, and
Joseph Morris, consulting engineer
Fairview Miner.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
Dago 40. ?

The big shaft on the Dago No. 2
has undergone good Roadway the
past week and a few days more will
bring the work to the 150-foot lev al
at which point the crosscut will be
driven to cut the unusually big
ledge.
The enormous outcrop above the
workings has been the occasion of
surprise to numerous visitors to fhe
camp. Here is a mountain with z
northeast and southeast trend. the
entire crown of which is covered with
a porphyry outcrop. 1T would seem
as though nature had been unusual
ly generous in the naturalization of
this great hill and had e~ndeavored
10 turn the whole thing into a va 4
ere quarry. Distribution of metal
~ the ledge was also liberal and a
systematic sampling of the huge dixie,
which occupied several weeks. gave
retHrus to justify goodly develop.
nient and the expenditure of a lot
IN mt and the expenditure of a ot OF
money. When 1t is considered The
ore is free milling ard the ledge OFT
crops from 125 to $50 feet in width
and nearly the length Of the clalpl
the possibilities for production are A.
most beyond calculation.
Virginia City and the eyer-famous
Comstock lode are fifteen miles
southwest of Ramsey and it looks as
though the great lead after dipping
under the hills easterly from old Mt
Davidson had reached a point where
1t would again bob up and the great
dixie on the Dago No. 2 is a partia.
result. Big porhpyry leads are pres.
ent in Virginia and the same thina
again occurs in this district. The
trend is the same. They dip similar.
ly and most important of all, the,
carry the metal.
1t is interesting to contemplate the
result of the crosscut which will pen
citrate the ledge 225 feet from tn,
apex. and the community patiently
awaits the completion of IRE
corder.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
fine SHOWINGS
AT PHONOLITE

Duluth, situated in Phonolite dis
trict, Nye County, is making wonder
full finds for the mount of work
done to date. Three notable strikes
have been made in the last ten days.
On the July claim, the Yonkers lease
at the bottom of the 5-foot shaft
averages nine ounces in gold and
fourteen ounces in Silver. On the
Mays lease on the Climax claim ore
running into the hundreds and a
ledge over four feet wide was en-
countered at less than thirty feet.
On the Hargot, Ray lease on the
July, the tunnel is in 200 feet, and
has erosscut a fve-foot ledge carry
Ing shipping ore tile entire width,
On the Silent Friend, the Benford
~leasers are in ore at a depth of fifty
feet and demonstrates beyond doubt
that the Silent Friend ground has a
number of very rich lodges from five
TO twenty feet in width that are
magnificent milling propositions. An
other lease on the same ground,
known as the Baird lease, but on a
different ledge, shows five feet of
ore at a depth of sixty feet averag-
ing $12 per ton free milling. Ore
on the Paymaster claim, on a large
ledge recently opened up, averages
$500 per ton in gold.
About fifty men are working on
leases in the Phonolite district, and
many properties have changed hands
lately. The Phonolite district has
plenty of fuel, and plenty of water
has been secured by purchase and
will be piped into the district this
spring. The company controlling
the same is a strong one, composed
of Tonopah and Salt Lake capital
lists. The district boasts of having
the best showing for the amount of
work done of any district in Nevada.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
BLAINE NINE

Dee A. Clark, who is interested in
the Blaine mine at Water Canyon,
returned recently after having spent
several days at the mine inspecting
the progress made during his alb
sence.
I'VE are running a drift tunnel"
said Mr.. Clark, Sin order to tap the
pay shoot within ninety days. The
working force will be increased in
a few days. Our shaft has reached
a dept of 500 feet and is all in ore.
We have a four foot vein in the shaft
which will average from SIG to 500
In gold to the ton"
The Blaine mine was located in
1892, by William Pope, but he al
lowed the property to go by default.
Four years ago this ground vas ia
ken up by V. T. Shepard and he is
still the owner of the mine. The
property has been under bond since
June /, 1902, and has been worked
continually since that date, develop
ment being represented by a 1850
foot tunnel and shaft work. When
the bond is taken up Dee Clark will
have a fourth interests, James Reilly
a fourth, d. s.. Nickerson three
Fights and Thomas O'Neill one
eighth.
A movement is now being perfect
ed by the miners at Granite to reor-
ganize the old district. John Hudgen,
Dee Clark and w. d. Campbell are
the leaders in the plan. The new
district will extend from Ole Han
sens ranch to Log canyon, above the
Hot Springs, and will include the
Blaine and Ben Hur mines within its
confines.-Ely Exposition.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
The Rnmsey

Shipping operation is under way by
the Ramsey Mining company on the
Rather No. 2 and everything pre-
sages the warranted activity the
great snine deserves. Steady lowering
of the incline shaft will be the order
OF the day from now on and before
many days have rolled around a
depth of 100 feet will be made, at
which point 1t is the intention to
again crosscut the great ledge. This
may not be done at once, however, as
the company is anxious to secure sub
stanial depth In the mine and ascer-
tain the ore values at a point well
down on the ledge. The water level
at the Rather mine is evidently lear
err the surface than at the Ramsey
Comstock dixie, although a distance
of about 200 feet separates the two.
The Rather workings have conse-
auently shown ore with a greater
percentage of sulphides than ore
from the big neighbor, a short dis
lance up the hill. This fine quartz
is showing better with every foot of
depth and the contemplated shaft
when lowered to the 250-foot mark
or even deeper can be reasonably eX-
peeted to bring forth results that
would satisfy the most exacting.
A great amount of timbering has
been done in the new incline shaft
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
RAMSEY Miners
BUYING STOCKS
Ramsey-BonanZa

The Ramsey . Bonanza company
continues substantial activity on the
big Bennett group east of the dixie.
The ledge at the bottom of No. |
shaft on the hanging wall is being
crosscut to ascertain ore values at
hat depth-seventy-ive feet. Num-
erous samples broken from the ledge
as the shaft was being put down gave
excellent returns. 1t is no trouble
to get plenty of ore that will show
VI long strings of gold in the pan,
anywhere in the present workings,
ana picked pieces will furnish horn
ings that are simply high grade.
The big ledge shows a more direct
easterly course at the Bennett grouo
than on the Ramsey-Comstork
ground further west. This probably
results from an unusually heavy for-
nation of andesite in place directly
above the ground. This andesite as
sumee an almost easterly course, aud
its strength has evidently turned the
trend of the big porphyry ledge at
tais point. The ledge matter here IS
also more closely confined and this
characteristic Is also Que no doubt TO
the heavy andesite formation above.
Development has not been confined
exclusively to the main workings.
Much trenching and shallow shaft
sinking has been done all owe tho
group and numerous spots have been
uncovered which will give flatterils
assay returns. A number of these
places will receive due attention at
a later date.
\ very significant sign Of some
taihs choice being discovered is the
fGct that each month the miners are
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
Marie Wonder Group

A meeting of the Marie Wonder
Mining company was held this week,
and it was decided to at once begin
active development work on the
property. The members of the com
pany visited the ground "Wednesday
for the purpose of deciding on a def
mite line of work. The development
work will be done under the super.
vision of Joseph Norris, who is tbs
consulting engineer of the company
The Marie Wonder property con.
sists of three fun claims-the Marie
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23

pdtting all the earnings they can
spare into the purchase of stock
Recorder.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23

Advertise in The Bonanza.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
letter FROM
BELLEHELEN

Since the snow has disappeared
this district is showing renewed ac-
tivity as prospectors are focking in
at the rate of ten to twenty a day.
At the Wendall Company mine the
work is progressing rapidly and the
909-foot tunnel has tapped the ledge
at a depth of coo feet and the values
range from $27.40 to $40 across a
three-foot ledge. Three shifts are
steadily employed and Mr.. James
Cayander can be congratulated on
the showing he has made for his
company.
rhe Bellehellen Mining Company
Henry group has ten men at work
and the shaft OF the Prospector has
been sunk to a depth of sixty-five
feet. Crosscutting will at once be
resorted to and if the ledge gains
in value with depth as it has been
doing all over the district something
great may be looked for as values
TO the amount of $4S.76 were en-
countered on the surface. At pres
ent this company has County Sur
veyor c.. c. Grimes and staff sur
yeying the property. This task will
take them about four weeks, as the
company has twenty claims. Four
hundred town lots will also be sur
veyed. The demand has been very
great as outside people are anxious
to get in on the ground floor in this
wonderful district. 1t is the Belle
helen Mining Company's intention
TO build a five-stamp mill at once as
all of their ore runs high in gold
values and is free milling.
The Cornforth property has the
richest ore yet found in the district,
values to the amount of $4,000 be-
ing uncovered and at present over
500 sacks of ore are waiting ship
ment. This ore will be shipped
within the next ten days as the
roads are now I'm frst-class condi-
ton and the large freight teams will
have no difficulty in transporting it..
Twelve men are regularly employed,
but as soon as Mr.. Cornforth can
install better facilities for handling
the ore a larger force win be put
to work. The ledge is three feet
wide having widened out from a
three-inch stringer on the surface.
The shaft is down about 1875 feet.
Mr.. o. A. Erdman, secretary and
manager Of the Wellington Associa-
ton, is now i'm Tonopah arranging
for the opening of the company's
property in this district. II Is Mr..
Erdman's intention to have a force
Of men working inside of thirty days.
This company has a group of claims
adjoining the Bellehelen Mining
Company and assays as high as s32S
have been received. Great things
can be expected Of this company's
holdings.
Messrs. Bertram and Coble Of
Tonopah have a group of valuable
claims adjoining the Wellington
ground and as the weather will now
permit the working OF their prop
erty they will at once resume opera
lions. Ore has been found on a
~three-foot ledge that assays $292.4 40
to the ton. Messrs. Bertram and
Coble will leave Tonopah early next
week for Bellehelen with a complete
mining outfit.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
Joe Wonder.

on the Joe Wonder mining prop
erty much trenching and prospect
work is being done with promising
results. The vein on which the strike
was recently made on the June Won
der has been encountered on the Joe
Wonder and good values obtained.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23

since its completion from the sixty
foot level in anticipation of the hoist
ing necessary with the projected ac-
tivity from now on. For the present
the within will be used, but at no
great length of time a hoist will be
installed and make possible much
greater Observation-Disclosures
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23

A t~wenty-foot shaft has been sunk
and work on it will be continued.
Two men are at. present employed
end the force will be increased as
soon as the superintendent, Wallace
MacGregor, returns from Goldfeld.-
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23

Write d. G. Doubleday, Merchants
Exchange, building, San Francisco,
for market letter and sheets showing
actual market prices In all Nevada
stocks, free. You should read Mr..
Doubieday's market letter. tt
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-23
WONDER OUTPUT
IS INCREASING


Ore has been found in four diff
ferent places on the Jack Pot prop
erty and is being sacked for ship
ment. A large force of men is en-
ployed and the Jack Pot is maintain
ing its position as one of the best
producing mines of the district. r
Fairview Miner.