Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-04-27
ROUND MOUNTAIN
TUNGSTEN STORY
J. Ii. MORRIS TELLS OF DIS.
COVERY OF THIS
METAL.

District Attorney, to a Daily Bonanz;.
reporter in quest of news, did I
ever tell you that Rouzd Mountain
tungsten story?"
Upon receiving a reply in the mega
tive and a request to turn in copy"
he said:
I'm almost afraid to give it. PEG
pie won't believe it and you will be
inquiring presently as to the particu-
lar brand smoke, even if o do
not catch me internationally tickling
my nose with my fingers, but it's all
the truth. just the same, and every
word | intend to say may be veri-
fed"
The reporter assured him that
newspapers kept their own particu-
lar brands of hop and that his story
would receive full credence in the
telling no matter what the public
decided after it was told, and thus
encouraged Mr.. Morris continued:
THE Round Mountain Monster
Mining Company has property in the
district from which it gets it's name.
The Monster part OF 1t was a flash
of genius in its inception and goes
well with the story as it afterward
developed. Well, the is
owned by Frisco people and /. Pop
per. who was engineer for Dave Moi
fatt, the Denver railroad magnate.
for many years, is the engineer in
charge. The property was located
and operated as a gold prospect at
first, but almost at the start some
funny looking ore was encountered
1t was new to Mr.. Pepper and al
though the miners called 1t plain. nm
a~dulterated iron, Nj. Pepper had his
doubts and applied first one reagent
and another to determine its nature.
After many superficial and purely ex-
perimental tests he detected the pres
ence of tungsten and then he had
the ore analysed and assayed for
tungsten alone. He was more than a
little surprised at the returns given.
or course he knew of the value OF
that mineral and its scarcity in this
Western country and that such tung-
stem as is found is of a low per-
centage.
The purest tungsten known car
ries II per cent of the mineral.
Judge, then, of Mr.. Peppers heart
action when the analyses showed his
ore "A per cent pure. He couldn't
believe the returns true and had
other analyses made, and was reas-
sured when he found each return
corroborative of the others. During
the past six weeks 1926 tons have
been extracted and are on our dump
ready for shipment. | say our be.
cause l am in on the deal. HAVING
that amount of ore out and ready for
shipment the next question was:
What can We get for it, and where
do we have to ship it?' We wrote
letters all over the country to get
wise, and the funny thing about il
was we received no replies. Instead
a man from New York walked into
my office one day and announced he
would like to arrange for the puf
chase of our product. The same day
another man, from Denver, but rep.
resenting a Philadelphia outfit, also
called at my Office and declared him
self open for any sort of a deal; he
would buy the property, contract fol-
the tonnage or give any kind of Z
deal necessary to gain control o.
the tungsten, He offered to pay u:
the market price, which varies from
81 to SO per unit, If we would sell
the ore to him alone under contract
That would mean a net profit to us
of over $500 per ton. We feel OF
easy street for there is more ore
where that 1926 tons came from.
"Mr. Pepper will go to Denver il
a few days to ascertain whether i
would be the more advisable to sci
the Jaw ore or to erect a plant ant
to reduce it into a merchentablt
shape.
"You need not look at me tina
way. I'm telling you the truth anC
you may go to the Tonopah ASA!
Office and ask to see the returns o
our samples, but l told you in thu
beginning you would think | hat
been hopping. This is no stock con
talk; it's the real thing. You
couldn't buy a share of the Monste
stock if you wanted to, Wait til
we make our little shipment and thei
you may place more faith in m,
words. Do you think it will maxi
good copy?"
Hughey McGovern, brother of Ter
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