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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
HISTORIC MESSAGE THAT
MADE T0N0PAH A CAMP

$100, 900 October 1, and $4,000 De-
cember 90. Have drawn on you for
first payment. Draft due at Penn
bank, Philadelphia, June 2S- Under
my agreement tributers may work their
ground until December 81, but all roy
alties received by owners after June
1, to be applied on purchase price and
to be subtracted from our last pay
ment. At least one million dollars in
sight above ifty-foot level. Deepest
shaft seventy feet, vein there six feet:
Five feet $40 rock, one foot $500 rock.
Eighty thousand dollars to 100000
worth of $40 milling rock now on
dumps. One-fourth of this and one
fourth of all mined hereafter comes to
us and we can ask all we want for mill
ing other three-fourths owned by trib-
uters or buy them out at our own figure
when reduction works are ready. Will
mail full particulars in few days. You
must get the money to meet this draft
without fail. / canno get the time ex-
tended. Write me at Grass Valley.
(Signed) O. A. TURNER.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08

1t is our privilege to present an ex-
act copy of the telegram on which the
Tonopah mine, now owned by the Tono-
pah Mining company, was purchased,
says the Mining and Scientific Press.
1t is a document of historic interest in
the annals of mining, representing a
ease in actual life of estimating avail
able ore of fabulous value while the
property itself remained a mere pros
pect. The realization of this sort of
wild dream which the promoter heralds
to the world seldom comes true. In
this instance it did.
Reno, Nevada, June 5, 1901.
Hon. John w. Woodside,
a31 Chestnut Street.
Philadelphia. Pa;
Tonopah mines greatest surface show
ing ever discovered. Thirty-seven holes
on eight claims producing both milling
and shipping ore. hany others pro-
drcing fine milling ore. all being work
ed by tributers. Net profits to owners
one thousand dollars daily on ore ship
ped; have bought these eight claims for
100000, $4,000 payable June %,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08

The Merger ground on Litigation hih
l. a veritable network of veins, a treas
ure house of gold. Three different
~leasers are row operating on this
ground and each is in ore, says the
Mail.
Lease No. /, operated by Milo Pa
menaz. is sinking two shafts. The one
known as the north shaft is an incline,
down 43 feet. in which all the wa;
down they have followed the lead
which is now one and a haif
feet wide and is giving up ore h a
will average not less than $50 per ton.
In the south incline shaft a depth of Oh
feet has been attained and a n and a
half,foot ledge uncovered that VIII
average s14 per ton.
Lease No. ., known as the Brygger
lease, is sinking on one of the cross
veins and at a depth of 20 feet is tax
ing out more than a foot of ore that
will run $40 per ton.
Lease No. 3, operated by Mcnamara,
Train and Stephenson, is so far the
bonanza lease of the camp. The shaft
is down 20 feet and 6 feet from the
surface they nave followed a vein one
foot wide that has averaged $500 per
ton. Some fine specimens are found,
but the main values are disseminated
through the rock. For the last IA feet
the values have remained as good as
when the ore shoot was first encoun'
tered at a depth af six feet.
Starts Ore to Mill
The Manhattan Consolidated com
pany has resumed operations and at
present the work of raising from the
20O-foot level is in progress. As fast as
the ore is taken out it is being hauled
to the Peterson mill for treatment. Tn
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
MANY LEASERS
AT NATIONAL

j.. L. Workman. one of the original
locators at National, the camp situated
sixty miles northwest of Winnemueea,
is spending a few days in town, says
the Star. He states there are now
forty-five leasers at work on his prop
erty and as development progresses the
lodges are proving good and rich ore IS
being piled on a number of dumps.
Mr.. Workman brought in a number
of samples of ore that are rich in gold
and silver and pieces of talcy sub
stance which when put under a blow
pipe blisters all over with globules of
the white metal.
Out of the forty-ive leasers at work
one-half of them are taking out ore
that will pay to ship and in some of the
leases extremely rich ore is being taken
out.
1t is from what is known as Charles
ton hill that the rich tale is being x
tracted and indications are that good
mines will be opened on this hill. On
Radiator hill. another prominent sec
tion of the camp, six leasers are pro-
dueing shipping ore.
For the past month development has
been slow for the reason that a great
deal of the work has peer the sinking
of shafts. Now a number of the leasers
have reached the required depth and as
soon as the drifts are in far enough
stopping will be commenced and Ma
tional will be heard from as a shipping
camp.
Bert Lyons, one of the ~leasers, start
ed work on what was only a small
stringer on the surface and ten feet in
the tunnel he is running the ledge IS
from eight to ten feet wide, showing
good ore clear across the face. A
streak in this big formation carries ore
that assays three ounces in gold and
thirty ounces in silver to the ton.
The Walker brothers are taking out
ore that runs $162.4 40 to the ton from
a ledge that is eight feet wide with ?
pay streak of eighteen inches. The
ore is being sacked for shipment.
A good road has been built, connect
ing with the stage road to McDermitt,
so any kind of vehicle can reach the
camp without difficulty.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
WHAT GOLDFIELD SHOWS
FOR FOUR YEARS WORK

just follow the course of Goldfeld
for the past four years. We find, in
variably, one big lease leading the
others on to greater endeavor. The
Reilly lease was a marvel in its day,
and the Hayes onnette lease was a
greater marvel. Then there were
others. The Rogers-Syndicate was 4
sizeable affair, and very profitable. Now
it would seem that the Engineers lease
is another record breaker. 1t is also
well to note that this production is COM
ing along without asking leave of the
stock exchange, and both bulls and
bears are not in the consideration when
it comes to development and produc-
tion. But what a change has been
wrought in these past four years!
From a series of rich surface shoots
that made the world cry caution, the
camp has evolved, through the right
sort of development, into a deep dis
trict, and the richest bodies of ore are
now being worked all the way from 800
to 600 feet below the surface. That
they are richer and larger by depth is
being proved every day, which rather
dumbfounds those who so freely
criticised the camp as only a surface
wonder.
But that is only half the story. The
district itself has come right down to
the hard basis of economy. 1t costs less
to live there. The camp is building
mills, and after this fall, very little ore
will be shipped from the district. The
larger producers will reduce to bullion
every ounce of mineral bearing rock
they produce. And this means, of it.
self, a saving of 40 per cent. 1t also
means that whereas only one-fourth of
the ore could be p~roftably shipped, now
all of the ore can be worked. 1t also
means that tens of thousands of tons
careiessly thrown onto the dumps in
the earlier days, will now yield liberal
profits. While Goldfeld may not be
treating ore OF the same lines of econ
omy that Cripple Creek is scoring, the
big Nevada camp is still making good
far better than even the most sanguine
supposed or predicted. Labor costs a
little more, and supplies cost more, as
compared with Cripple Creek, but on
the whole, we can safely say that Gold
field is really on al economical basis,
and that its future is positively assured.
Colorado Mining Investor.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
MT. GRANT PROPERTIES
ARE BEING DEVELOPED

Messrs. Shores, Burke and Knudson
of Wheeler Pass are down 40 feet on
their Gold Bar group of claims and
have ore that pans well. The ledge
matter is about 8 feet wide and the pay
streak is Is inches. They have just re-
ceived a new cable and pullies and are
preparing to go down at least 80 feet
further. This group joins what is
known as the Wheeler Pass group on
the north, says a correspondent of the
Yerington Times.
Ben. Fisher from Dutch Creek has
struck a big ledge just northwest of the
Gold Bar property. The ore is a cop
per stained quartz carrying good values
in gold. He has six claims.
Mr.. Mcleod of San Jose, Cal, has
completed a mill and is ready to make
his first run. He has the ore bin full of
good looking ore. He also has an assay
Office. The mill is situated about two
miles northwest of the Gold Bar prop
critics.
The Morningstar group, owned by T..
b. Gambel, is showing up fine. He has
$35 ore and has several thousand dol
lars worth of work done.
The Pauper's Dream Mining company
is planning to commence work on their
property between Cottonwood and
Dutch Creeks.
Pete Nelson is developing his prop
erty on Squaw Creek. He is tunneling
and has opened up ore that assayed as
high as sl60 to the ton.
The Champion Gulch Mining com
pany are working men on Cotton wood
Creek about two miles from Dutch
Creek.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
JUMBO DISTRICT HAS A
VERY PROMISING FUTURE

claims in the Jumbo mining district
This group of claims located is the
University group and was slightly
worked. 1t is one of the richest local.
tiles of the Jumbo district and promises
to be a valuable property.
The company will be known as the
Sunnyside Mining & Milling company
and following are the incorporates:
T. s. Huston, L. r. Garrett, j. R. Parry.
James A. Hoolihan, J. NJ. Rhodes, Max
Schilisselblum and C. A. Hart.
Jumbo Comstock
While the Jumbo Comstoek COMPANY
has not been in a position to push the
development of their various and valu-
able properties, nevertheless the devel-
opment to date warrants the assump-
tion that at an early date they will
have one, if not more, shipping mines.
The development upon the North
Star, Immediately adjacent to the town
of Jumbo, is especially fiattering. On
the johnson & Bradbury lease a short
crosscut from the 50-foot level dis
closed two and a half feet of fine mill
ing ore. The dip of this vein will carry
it into the original vein from which so
much values were taken years ago. 1t
is also fair to assume that at the point
of contact of the two vein systems the
values will materially increase and that
a larger body of ore will be exposed
Jumbo Miner.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08

That Jumbo is a wonderful district
and is destined to be a permanent anil
one is evidenced by the fact
that the matter of extending the ia
nous Sutro tunnel into the district is
being seriously considered, and that
within a comparatively short time the
work of driving the big tunnel west
ward will be begun.
This announcement will rank as one
of the most important ever made in the
mining world, and is second in import
ance only to the beginning of work on
the Sutro tunnel in the late sixties to
drain the Comstock mines at a depth of
l,750 feet. That the problem of driv-
ing the tunnel into the district is IN
easy one goes without question. And
it is patent to everyone who has fol
lowed the fortune of Jumbo that the
tunnel company or any subsidiary com
pany which may undertake the extern
sion of the bore will be well rewarded.
There is little doubt that larger and
richer lodges than have been found on
the surface here will be found at the
depth the proposed tunnel will tap the
district, and the revenue of the tunnel
company through royalties will be 4
splendid one.
New Mining Company
A new mining company was formed
in Reno Wednesday by local people for
the nnrnnse of onaratinp q grOnn of
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
MANHATTAN IS SENDING
ORE TO THE MILLS

company has a 1,50o-ton contrae,
the reduction company.
Manhattan Humboldt
After more than a year of con,;nu.
work the Manhattan Humboldt,
pany's tunnel has struck the ob;ac.;-
apex vein. The vein measures 40 >.
inches in width and frog. which
satisfactory assays have been obt,;n.,
The tunnel is AIS feet long. aud W.
on the vein is being continued. Two..
feet more will be added to the main ~
mel to tap another large ledge which !.
known to exist. The locality is b;rhl.
mineralized and many small veins s..i
ers to the main artery, are in eyide0..
Six Days Run
Last evening there was deposited :
the vault at the Nye and Ormsbv co0,
ty bank a sack containing amal,.,.
valued at $4,000. The amalqam w..
escorted from the Peterson mill 70 u.
bank by an armed guard of two mon
1t represents a six-day run of ore from
the Kendall Douglass lease on Tn;on
No. 9. The seven hundred and sf,r
tons of ore put through the mill by tbs
~lessees will result in a net c~lean.un -
about s2o,50O.
Starts Work
The Manhattan Gold Bar comnanv
has put two men at work sinking /.
shaft on it's estate and developmsn,
will be prosecuted from now on.
Lease Makes Strike
The Mott lease, formerly the Wilson.
Mcneil on Union No. 4, is into soma
high grade ore but at this time the ev
tent of the ore body eannot be deter.
mined. They are stopping at the sO.foot
level and as soon as the water is low.
cred in the Rose-Nash shaft, ADJOINING
sinking will be resumed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
UNDER REVENUE LAWS

Bullion Collector and Tax Agent j.
+. Haley, who has been in Carson sew,
eral days, says that under the revenue
laws of Nevada the gypsum plants
at Empire and Mound House should be
paying the regular bullion and mineral
tax on their net output, also that the
Gardner lime property near Carson
should pay the same tax. Haley con
ferred with Governor Dickerson and
later with Attorney General Stoddard
and both officials bore him out in his
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
FINE r IN SIGHT

Ray Harris, manager of the Seven
Troughs Florence Mining and Leasing
company, at Seven Troughs, has re-
eeived word of a most important find ON
the company's leasehold on the Seven
Troughs eompany's ground. About 10
inches of very fine quartz has been
opened up on the 120-foot level.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
PROGRESS OF WORK
AT OSCEOLA CAMP

Joseph F. Scheswold, for the Ely
Golden Ledge company, has put men to
work ON the Golden Ledge Ne. 6, above
the Lime point or long fume on the
west ditch and has also put on a force
at Hogum where the company owns lou
acres of placer ground.
The Pilot Knob company is making a
run in the mill on Willard creek with
a lot of ore that was recently packed
down from the Knob.
Marriott and Hume made another
cleanup from their placer diggings al
Hogum last week and got about twenty
ounces of the yellow stuff.
The Gold Bar company is sinking an'
other shaft to catch the pay streaA
opened in the incline recently and VIII
soon be taking out good dirt, as the
shaft is now about 60 feet deep.
The Osceola Leasing company mas !
number of men at work in Dry Gulen'
DR.. H. A. Whitney is doing devel'p
ment work on the big mountain WIN d
small force employed. The Cumper
land mine is working regularly anu
operations continue as usual at the N'"
Moon in the long tunnel.
The French American company q
the largest forces in the district "oiA
ing on the French p~lacers, Vdere nen
Schilling is in charge, and on the hu'A'
Boy lodes, in charge of William ho''D
SON.
1t is rumored that the Nh pesp'
andum will resume work on the nfS'
August.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
MILL NEARs coMpr.Er1oN

The Springdale mill, at Beatty. is
rapidly nearing completion, and win be-
gin operations next month. The plant
is the property of the Springdale Min
ing & Milling company, and may handle
some custom ore in addition to com
pany ore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
PRODUCES MORE
ORE THAN IT'S AVERAGE

The ore shipments over the Tonopah
and Goldfeld railroad for the week to
the Western Ore Purchasing company,
consisted of 81 tons from the Touopah
Extension.
The Tonopah company sent $500
tons, the Belmont company 200 tons,
the Montana onopah LOIS tons, the
Midway 100 tons. the MacNamara $50
tons, West End 80 tons, and the North
Star so tons to the mills, making the
total shipments for the week 5,905 tons.
The total output of the Tonopah
mines was 1896 tons, of an estimated
value (the shipping ore being valued
at 500 a ton and the milling ore at $25
a ton) of s153.025.
Belmont
The report from the Belmont mine
this week continues to be most EN-
couraging. The steady and energetic
manner in which the development work
is being carried on in this property is
producing most gratifying results, and
day by day greater confidence is being
placed in its ability to make good re-
turns to its stockholders. Besides de-
veloping the known bodies of ore on the
different levels, the prospecting work
now being prosecuted is most import
ant, as particular attention is being
paid to the southern and northern por-
tions of it's territory. The big vein en-
countered in the east drift from the No.
4 South crosseut on the 1,000-foot level
has been opened up by the drift for
slopes show an average of Ii feet of
milling ore for the entire distance.
From the Wine which is being sunk on
this vein from this level nothing but
ore has been extracted. The bottom of
the winze, which is down 36Es feet, is
Z feet wide and Is feet long and
shows nothing but ore, with the same
grade of rock continuing on the foot
wall side. While the vein of rich ore
reported last week in the west drift
along the north side of the MiZpah
fault has narrowed down a little in the
face, the underhand slopes along the
drift show the ledge to be stronger than
in the drift, exposing fully 4 feet of
rich sulphide ore, and getting wider as
depth is obtained. From appearances
it looks as though they are on top of a
large and rich ore shoot. The general
condition of the mine is very encourag-
ing to the management.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
Midway

Work is progressing very favorably
throughout the workings of the Mid
way. From the old workings the regu-
lar amount of ore is being extracted
and sent to the mill, the veins showing
no particular change, either as to
strength or value. Diligent prospect
ing and development work is being ear
ried on in several places and much new
ground is being opened up.
On the 300-foot level the east and
west drifts on the vein cut by the south
crosscut, about 400 feet west of the
shaft, have been advanced 10 feet each.
In the east drift the vein has improved
since last report, there being about 2
feet of good ore in the face, while the
west face shows no change, the ledge
still being Is inches wide. The slopes
on the Brougher vein on this level are
producing about 21a feet of good grade
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
Tonopah Company.

The sinking of the Mizpah shaft and
Plume shaft of the Tonopah Mining
company continue, and good progress
is being made in both workings. Hav-
ing plenty of ore blocked out to keep
their 100-stamp mill running for a long
time, the management is devoting much
Of it's time to the gaining of depth and
thus proving up it's ground far below
the present workings. During the past
week the bottom of the Mizpah shaft
was lowered 20 feet and is now down
1,0S6R feet, the formation encountered
thus far being rhyolite dacite. 1t is
the intention to continue this work
to the l,300-foot point before doing n
prosecuting. When that depth is at
tanned extensive prospecting work will
be carried ON. The Davis core drill
has reached a point 100 feet below the
bottom of the Red Plume shaft, which
is 500 feet below the surface, and will
be sent down at least 1000 feet further.
in order to ascertain the character of
the formation at depth in the western
portion of the company's holdings. The
drill is now passing through a very
hard quartz. OF late the core has been
reduced from 4 to 2 inches owing to the
necessity of putting in a second set of
castings. During the past week 1871
feet of new ground were broken in the
Mizpah claim and 1872 in the Silver
Top, making a total of 351 feet-Tono-
pah Miner.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08
Montana


Everything is running along very
smoothly in the mine and mill of the
Montana Tonopah Mining company.
During the past week a total of rs feet
of new ground was broken, and the
work of prospecting and developing is
being carried on in a thoroughly miner
like manner. Throughout the different
levels of the mine ore is being extracted
and development work done, and while
an average of nearly 100 tons a week
is being sent to the mill, the condition
of the mine was never better. Though
the mill was somewhat handicapped on
account of the power being off at inter
walls the records show that LOIS tons CT
ore were treated, an average extraction
of about 90 per cent being reported.
Jim Butler
Energetic development is going on
from both shafts of the Jim Butler
Mining company and their territory is
being thoroughly prospected, over 100
feet of new ground being broken during
the past week. Some ore is being taken
out and placed on the dump, but only
that which is absolutely necessary in
order to carry ON the drifting and rails
ing. Crosscuts are being run south
from the different levels of the Stone
Cabin shaft, the object being to open
up the ore bodies developed on the first
level at greater depth. Good progress
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08

DUN GI.EN'S FIRST MILL
The { first mill at Dun uiea
started up last week.