The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-14
REGARDS TIPTOP A
Conner

liz Iof, MAY lo.-N IA. oldHe;
representing Pittsburg capitalists, is
here negotiating for several of the
most conspicuously fertile prospects,
which he regards W it'll high favor. Il
have secured one very promising
claim he said, s'but prefer to say
nothing about it for publication at
this time, because T am dealing for a
large group, and when all the deals
incident thereto shall have been closed
| will make announcement of an ex-
ceedingly valuable character to the
Sierra district. because it will show
how some of the strongest men in the
investment world regard it. | have
been going over Sierra for two weeks
making Investigations and according
to the surface indications I believe it
has a splendid future. The four par
alell lime and porphyry contacts which
cut the district from northwest to
southeast are the richer in gold, but
less has been done on these by the
present day prospectors than has been
effected IN the porphyries between the
contacts Good values exist, however,
wherever the prospeetor works, and
the possibilities for big mines are
good, even in the oxidized zones, while
the sulphide areas below undoubtedly
will be found large and permanent
with greater values predominating.
Among my reason for this conclu-
sion are that the water is coming from
the veins in the porphyry and lime for
nations, and the placer gold found IN
the gulches has not travelled far and
is of the same character as that recov-
cred from the decomposed porphyritic
masses in the nearby lodges. A few
thousand dollars spent on many pros
poets of this region, | confidently be-
lieve will open up some wonderful
mines in a very short time.
CT came into the world,' he said,
cat old Unionville, near here, while
my father was putting in a mill for
John C. Falls in 1870. When two
months old / was taken away, and
since then | have been traveller, al
ways identified with the mining busi-
ness Since boyhood ! have heard of
the gold resources of this part of
Humboldt county, and here I am look
ing over it and believing it is the
ideal location for big permanent, prac-
tical gold mining operations. | expect
to see the Tiptop country take its
place very rapidly as a gigantic mil
ling proposition, carrying average
grades far above the milling PROPOSE
tions in other parts of the world, and
also disclosing frequent rich pockets
of gold that will undoubtedly contrib
ute spectacular speculative element
to the history of development opera
tions. There will be lot of excite
ment here when these possibilities are
known and are being realized.
"And another thing, when one un-
derstands that there is ample water
in the Humboldt river for the genera
tion of electric power with which 20
drive stamps and concentration mills
throughout the Tiptop region. at a
very low cost, this district stands out
sonspicuously as likely to become one
of the largest, if not the greatest gold
mining camp in all Nevada within a
few years. The gigantic gold-bearing
foothills will furnish profitable ores
for many years operations.
This week marks an inreased ar
rival of prospectors and representative
mining men. Among the latter is c.
Il. Wilbur, who comes from Seattle
in the interest of syndicate seeking
a big milling proposition. Mr.. Wilbur
said he operated in this county many
years ago. He was then interested
I, twenty miles from Mill City. He de.
clared that, as soon as he read of the
Sierra discoveries. he realized that the
source of the Barber canyon plaeers
had been found and he FASTENED here
as quickly as possible, feeling assured
all the time that a new gold mining
district of unusual richness would be
developed in consequence. 81 will
stay here,' said Mr.. Wilbur enthu
siastically, ''because ! know it is one
of the most promising places to oper
ate in all the West.
Each day sees the road between Tip
top and Mill City more thickly fillee
with outfits and supplies and provii
ions coming in. The arrival of sew
eral ears of ulmer in alb few days vii
see the erection of the first franz
buildings in the camp.