Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-11
HAS LOTS
OF RICH Mines
LARGE FoRCE,oF MEN AT WORK
DEVELOPING THE
PROPERTIES.

ii is quite a good town. There 10 no
boom but good, steady growth. The
reason for this is that it is surround
ed by copper deposits that are pro-
nounced equal to any in the world by
all who come in. Most of the lead
ing copper men or their experts have
been here and many have secured
properties.
Geroux has large force of men at
work in his Copper Mountain Consol-
idated company, sinking shafts to the
water level looking for the sulphide
bodies. He is also erecting substantial
buildings.
The Santa Fe Mining Company has
large force at work erecting COM
Portable buildings, and sinking ON
the ore. This company is backed by
Pittsburg capitalists.
The Todd camp is working full
blast with quite number of men.
1t is known as the Luning Syndicate
Mining Company.
The Portland Luning Copper Com
pany is shipping ore from a shaft
and running tunnel to tap the ore
lower.
The Silver Leaf Mining Company
is just starting to develop silver
copper property with about twelve
men. 1t is putting in the latest ma
chinery and hoists. Assays from this
property show over 5000 ounces OF
silver and good per cent in copper.
1t is financed by Goldfleld and Bak-
ersfield capitalists.
The Nevada Champion has large
force working steadily. The ship
ments from these in the last four
months have made this company
large returns.
Nugent and Miller are still devel-
oping property that shows a large
body of sulphide copper ore.
| The Nevada Marble Granite Com
pany has now developed its property
to such an extent that it can ship
| blocks ten to twelve feet in length
The last shipments to San francisco
were very satisfactory. This company
has some colored marbles that equal
any of the imported and bring very
fancy price in the market
The Pilot Range group, owned b.
Fermenia Sarraris Copper Queen OF
Esmeralda county, has four leasers
taking out rich ore for shipment. The
Dandy group is also being worked by
lease and is producing some splendid
ore. These two groups of twenty.
five claims eacn are reported on by
some of the best copper men as great
properties.
The Black Cat coppes mines are
being developed by Mr. Alviez. He Is
now running tunnel to orosscut the
main ledge at quite a depth.
The New York copper mines have
several hundred tons of high grade
ore on the dump ready for ship
| ment.
The Mayfiower has large force
of men taking out rich ore and de-
veloping very promising mine.
The Sunset is also making a fin,
showing.
The Luning Consolidated has re
Gently been sold to New York people
who are now putting it in shape t.
makes shipper out of it.
The Esmeralda Copper Compan.
has just been sold 30 some gooC
parties that will develop it.
The Banks brothers and James
Calvert have made new strike OF
what is supposed to be the same leal
as the Lottie mines. They have :
siS-foot ledge of silver and lead tina
! runs very high in both metals. TIL,
ledge crops out and shows strong TO
5000 feet or more. They are devel
oping it with good force and nov
have out car or more of rich ship
ping ore. They expect this propert,
to pay all expenses from the gras
roots.
i The Lucky John, short distanc
from the Banks and Calvert claims
is considered a big copper and silve
proposition.
The citizens Of Luning are now ar
ranging to put road through to tn,
Auiga and Blue Light mines, whicl
will bring those mines within eigh
miles of the railroad, where nov
they are hauling sixteen miles.
This will be big thing for botl
the mines and Luning, also for TIL
Garfield. All of these mines have
j large force of men at work and ar
taking out shipping ore,
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