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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
THE SHosHoNE HAS
A BIG CLEANUP

The July cleanup at the Shoshone
which was completed Monday was
one OF the largest within recent
months. There were ten bricks of
bullion from the zinc boxes weighing
approximately 1900 ounces troy.
This was shipped to the Selby smelter
at Vallejo junction, California.
The value of the bullion per n
can only be Appropriated. State
ments made by the management from
time to time are that the bullion runs
from 81 to $3.50 an n 1t con
tains a big per cent of silver, there
fore lowering it's value.
In addition to the cleanup from
the zinc precipitates, the company
shipped forty tons Of concentrates
representing the accumulation for the
month. These concentrates will per
haps return around 500 to the ton
thus making the production for the
month Of July in the vicinity of $780,.
900.
1t is understood that a big improve
ment is taking place in the lateral'
from the 900 and it is stated that TIL
ore is showing a steady increase II
value with development.
The company is employing a great
err number OF men in the mine ant
mill, and general work is %proceedini
in a very satisfactory manner Bull
frog Miner.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
GETS A FAT CHECK
FOR RAWHIDE ORES

The Grutt Hill Mint lease at Raw
hide is receiving returns from the
rich ore sent to mill and smelter, one
shipment putting the lease on velvet.
For eighty tons of ore the leasers re-
ceived a draft for $24,425, and from
two bars of bullion, the result OF a
mill run at the Gates plant, $4,000, a
total OF s29,025. The shaft is down
to a depth of 176 feet and still in rich
ore.
Both the Murray and Big Four
leases on the Consolidated have made
rich strikes. In the Murray a neS
vein was encountered on the 200-foot
level Of which four feet sampled $52
The Big Four has four feet of ore
that breaks $1400 per ton, and foui
feet that mills 1898.
The Truett lease is shipping regn
larly to the Hazen sampler, and u
breaking fourteen feet OF ore, j. II
Howard, one Of the heavy stockhold
ers In the Truett, has taken charge 0
this lease. This lease has an excel
lent chance of locating within II
lines the rich vein of the Grutt Hill
Coalition, which is sacking the rich
est ore yet mined in the camp.
The Rawhide Western railroad |
now being graded across the Red To
mine, in the north end of town. Tn
depot will be erected somewhere nea
the Northern mine and a high line
extended down along Balloon hin I
the mine and leases.-Goldfel
Chronicle.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
BUYING UBEHEBE
COPPER PROPERTY

Robert Arna Wood, one of the best
known mining engineers of London,
England, has been in camp for the
past five days. He is here for the
purpose Of making examinations of
copper properties situated in the
Ubehebe district, in Inyo county,
California, as well as properties in
and around Ida. He returned yes
terday from making an examination
of a group of copper prospects in a
district sixteen miles west and south
Of Ida, and the showing is so good
that he advised Mr.. James II. Dalton
OF New York, who is with him, to
take an option on the ground. The
consideration could not be learned,
but it is the intention to commence
work at once and drive a tunnel 1000
feet which will cut the outcropping
ledge at a considerable depth. Mr..
Wood has travelled all over the world
making expert examinations. and
among one he recommended to his
clients was the Highland Boy copper
mine in Bingham canyon, Utah, and
it has turned out to be n of the
best copper mines in the country.
Last night he said to a Tribune re-
porter: II have not had time yet to
take a look at the Goldfeld mines.
I am here looking for copper proper
ties. l am very favorably impressed
with the copper showing at Ubehebe.
and In the section west OF Ida. 1t Is
only a question of transportation. Al
the present time the mines can not be
worked at a profit owing to the fact
that the haul to the railroad is toe
far and would eat up all the profits
have been informed that the trunk
lines from the south into Goldfelt
intend to build spurs into the Ube
hebe and Ida districts, and in thai
event II is my opinion, from the shor'
time I spent on my examination, tina
some great copper producers will b'
on the map in a short time after thu
, road is completed into the camps.
saw a splendid silver mine on IN,
, trip. Owing to the fact that it raj
, only sixty ounces, with transportation
facilities 1t would turn out a big pa.
+, mine. "-Goldfeld Tribune.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
NATIONAL HAS A
BIG GOLD STRIKE

A phenomenally rich strike of ore
was made here today in the Gayer
and Donellson lease. In sinking a
shaft a vein of ore was encountered
at thirty-ive feet showing free gold
and silver that is immensely rich.
One assay gave the following returns;
Gold; $~77,111.10; silver, %$1840.59,
making a total of ~$78,951.69.
These figures are not bolstered, but
are actual, Neither was the sample
concentrated or sifted down for the
purpose of getting a sensational as
say. The vein is about three feet
wide and the owners, greatly elated,
are going ahead with active work to
fully prove UP their find.
c. X. Jarvis and ]. E. Fleming are
in town from National. They re-
Gently disposed of their lease on the
workman property. In speaking OF
the camp generally. they stated that
many of the properties there were
making good and that a number of
the leasers were extracting good ore.
Large bodies of milling ore are
being developed at National and we
have high grade ore Of exceptional
richness said Mr.. Jarvis. ION
Charleston hill, one of the properties
of Mr.. Workman, at a depth of fifty
feet, where drifting is being done on
the ledge, the leasers have e%ncount-
cred extremely rich ore. The strike
was made only a few days ago and
the immensely rich values in gold il
a development of the most favorable
kind, as the silver values have great
ly predominated in the ores of the
district up to the time of the strike.
Humboldt Star.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
CUNNING CROOK
RUN TO r.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-The mystery
of the theft of $4,000 from the
United States subtreasury a year and
a half ago one of the largest losses
the government has ever suffered in
this manner, is believed to have been
solved by the arrest at an early hour
today of George w. Fitzgerald.
Others are believed to have been i'm
plicated in the crime which for
months completely baffied the gov
eminent secret service men. Fitz-
gerald was an asserting teller under
Assistant United States Treasurer
William Boldenweck. Suspicion at
the time Of the theft, February 20,
1907, rested on him, but so plausible
was his story, and so intent his APP
parent interest in discovering the
culprit that he was not arrested.
Much work was done on the theory
that the crime had been done by a
eolored man. Meanwhile Fitzgerald
was discharged from the government
employ for culpable negligence in al
lowing such a theft to be consumated
under his very eyes. The money
stolen had been used, and was tied ii
packages, some of which having beer
marked for destruction at Washing
ton. Any of them would readil!
have passed anywhere except TO
their large denominations. None 0
the bills was under $500 and som,
were $1,000 and $4,000 denomina
lions, these $1,000 ones predominant
ing.
The theft created a sensatio,
throughout the country, and congress
at the last session was asked, and re
. fused to release Assistant Treasure
Boldenweck from liability, althoug
1t was promised that congress woul
again consider the matter at its nel
session.
Meanwhile, Herbert f. Young,
former Chicago newspaper man, an
now head of the Young Secret Ser
Ice agency, became interested in Il
is case. at first without official come
IF ton, but later as the agent of NJ
b. Boldenweck. Mr.. Young's attentiC
~ was directed to Fitzgerald. The Ia
ter upon his discharge from the su
IL treasury, stated that his whole &c
tie tune consisted of 5000 and a sto
certificate for $1,000. His wife h
n a 5000 interest in the estate of h
We mother, which was valued at abe
We $4,000 and was in litigation.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29

The we'll known young attorney,
Harry H. Atkinson, announces his
candidacy for the Office of justice of
the peace of Tonopah district, sub
ject to a decision OF the Nye county
Republican convention. Mr.. Atkin-
son is a graduate of Stanford uni
versity and has taken a post graduate
course in law at the same university.
He has resided in Tonopah for a num-
Der of years and has been an active
practitioner before the courts of Nye
county. He is well equipped for the
office of justice and If elected will
give the people the benefit of a judi
cial mind. He has a host of friends
in this county and will u%ndoubtedl.
be the choice OF the convention.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
THE COMMITTEE TO
RECEIVE DELEGATES

Key Pittman, chairman of the
committee on reception to the dele
gates to the state convention, to be
held at Tonopah on the thirty-frst
day of this month, by virtue of the
authority delegated to him by the
Nye Democratic club, has appointed
the following as members of the re-
ception committee:
Robert Prouty, j. Watts Briggs,
R. T. Harris, Frank Golden, Eugene
Howell, Henry Schmidt. Walter Ag-
new, George b, Thatcher, James
Cleary, John Clendenning, Ell
Walker, Charles Keilhofer, l.. L..
Blumenthal, E. r. Schields, w. J..
McCabe, ]. w. G~regovich, Bert L..
Smith, Captain George Thatcher, D.
]. Fitzgerald, T. L. eddie, w. J,
Douglass, Dick Davis, ]. L. Butler,
j. E. Degan, Ed Malley, p. A. Bowler,
Arthur Raycraft, Harry Epstine, Alex
Smith, Robert Govan, J. F. Dennis,
Roger Stenson, John G. Kirchen, W.
w. Charles, w. b. Alexander, Vail
Pittman, J. J.. Deagan, Bob Gilbert,
George A. Bartlett, P. A. McCarran,
J.. P. O'Brien, p. E. Keller, r. P.
Dunlap, w. r. McFadden, Cleve
Baker, Walter Cole, Jack Morris
Charles Smith, G. H. Mcintosh, Brant
Smith, Puddy Grimes, Milo Davido.
vich, Zeb Kendall, ]. j. Owens, H. G
Cooke, James Morris, L. C. Branson
j. s. Daveler, Frank Darragh, r. G
Moore, Tom Kendall, Grant Crumlev
Dave Holland, Curley Graham, J. ]
McQuillan, Ownie Dougherty, 10
Gori. H. #. Cuddy. Walter Drysdale
]. Wesley Stewart. George Blakes
lee.
The chairman urges all members O
! the committee to meet at the head
quarters of the Nye county delega
, tion on Main street Saturday after
noon at 4 o'clock, for the purpose c
l organizing the committee, and al
ranging for the proper reception
the visiting delegates. 1t is the d,
sire of the committee that a full a
0 tendance be had, that nothing ma
be left undone to reflect credit on ii
: people of Tonopah.
e The chairman further stated thi
he would be pleased to appoint an
n one in town who desired to partiC
pate in the reception Of the delegate
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29

the ledge goes down" has been prac-
tically eliminated.
Beyond the question of the ore the
leasers are now taking out on this
ground and of great interest to the
company is the fact that the lodges
now opened up plainly show the man
agement the trend and dip of the
several lodges, and when the com
pany begins active operations on its
W account 1t can do more intelli-
gent work.-Manhattan Mail.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
LOOKING AFTER THE
sIICIUs ORES

r. T. White, manager of the Bal
aklala Copper company OF Shasta
county, California, and Thomas Bar
bour, vice president of the same COM
pany, arrived in Tonopah yesterday
and are the guests of Charles and
John Kirchen while in this city. These
gentlemen are in the field looking for
silicious ores. Their company has
one OF the largest smelters on the
west coast, which is just about to be
blown in, and are making contracts
for the handling of ores from this
camp. It is an independent smelter'
operating outside the trusts, and the
gentlemen have met with very nat
tering business success while here
They inspected several of the mines
in the district yesterday and viii
leave for the north this morning.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
ICE CREAM SOCIAL TONIGHT.

The event of the week in social
will ma~terialize tonight at the
Presbyterian church, where the
Ladies' Aid will hold forth as hostess
es at an ice cream social. The en-.
tertainment committee has secured
Mr. Arthur Burrows, Miss Valencia
Bawden, Mr.. Harry Downs and other
soloists, besides a male quartet, man
dolin and guitar trio, and have been
promised several selections by a boz
cal quartet Of young ladies. A special
invitation is extended to the Demo-
cratic caucus to adjourn early and
come to the social in large numbers.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
LITIGATION HILL
REWARDS LEAsERs

Wherever work is being done in
any part OF the camp gold Is being
found in paying quantities. Persist
ent leasers are being rewarded on
every hand and the companies work
ing are opening up bodies of ore. The
leasers on Litigation hill are all In
ore and each leaser wears a smile OF
the can't-rub-oif type that is pleasant
to see.
Milo Plamenaz, who has lease NO.
on the Union No. 2 claim, is sinking
two shafts. Shaft No. l is down sixty
feet and he has three feet OF ore that
averages $40 per ton. Shaft No. 2 is
down nfty-fve feet and is being sunk
on a junction OF two veins. One vein
Is thee feet wide and gives an aver
age Of $12 per ton, and the other is
two and one-half feet wide and aver
ages $50 per ton. Ore from both
these leases Is being piled on the
dump prepai atory to being milled al
the Veith-Plamenaz mill This mil
Is now treating ore from the Veith-
Plamenaz lease on Union No. o.
Lease No. O., owned by Brygger and
associates, is sinking a perpendicular
shaft to tap the Plamenaz ledge open.
ed up in his No. / lease. The shat
Is now down thirty feet and they ex
pect to cut the vein within eighteeI
or twenty feet.
Lease No. 3, owned by Mcnamara
Stevenson and Train, Is the bonanzi
lease on Litigation hill The origina
work on this lease consisted o
trenches and open cuts, opening u
the vein on the surface for nearl
forty feet. After they had determin
ed the trend of the ore body and tn
dip of the ledge they began sinkin
a perpendicular shaft, four by eigh
leet In the clear, which is now dow
twenty-five feet. In the bottom {
This shaft there is three feet of OF
mat will average $40 per ton, an
tney have Ave or six inches along tn
hanging wall that will average clos
70 1926 per ton. This streak is bein
sacked and the ore from the tire
loot ore body is being piled on Il
Jump. When It Is remembered thi
'nis ore body was only a few inch
vide at the surface and at a depth
twenty-five feet 1t has widened
'nree feet, the question as to wheth
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
MAMIE YEs. MAYBE 40.

According to reports Carl Young,
one of the leaders of the radical ele-
ment at Rawhide and known here,
has been appointed a colonel and act
ing paymaster of Governor Dieker-
sons staff to succeed Frank +.
Wildes, resigned. The governor is
at Ely at the present time and is ex.
pected home the latter part Of tn
week.@Carson News.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29

IN COOKING

The Santa Cruz ladies are now
joying instruction in the culinary
art. The Sentinel says:
"To be sure salads do not seem to
require much cooking, but potatoes
must be cooked, and some Of the
salad dressings need cooking too
Telling about potato salad Miss Tracy
proved that she believes people
should eat with their eyes as well as
their mouth. The potatoes, she says,
must be sliced thin SO that they abb
sorb the dressing more easily. but be-
ing sliced thin, they do not want to
be mushed and mashed in mixing. So
Miss Tracy advocates that a layer -
potatoes is laid in the bowl and then
the dressing poured over; then an
other layer and more dressing, and
so on to the top.
But Miss Tracy did not confine
herself to the homely potatoe alone;
orange salad, chicken salad, other
salads, and last of all, too late, alas!
for me, a salad of the large white
grape, the Malaga, which were plen-
tiful on the ranch. You take off the
skin, split the grape in half, and take
out the seeds: it is not so hard as it
looks at first; and the salad must be
splendid. These are not sweet salads,
you understand, but the dressing
gives you an appetite for your din
ner.
In boiling chicken for salad, or
beef or corn-beef, you must boil hard
for only ten minutes at the begin
ming, afte rthat simmer slowly. She
tells you why, and you believe it. She
gives so many little helpful hints on
economy and for emergency. SUP
I pose you must have ag reater guam
tity of salad and have only a limited
! quantity of %mayonaise or other dress
ing. Then you whip the white of an
egg very stiff, mix it in, and you have
y dressing enough to go around.
For dessert we had cream pufs,
and again Miss Tracy showed us with
how little gas we can really do our
cooking and baking. One of the
ranges had been removed to make
room for the circular heater, like the
waterjack and reservoir Of the cooH
stove, but this contrivance is for in
Simultaneous heating by gas, witt
i very little expenditure of fuel gas.
miss Tracy has made her read
" ings, or rather her addresses, and tn,
lessons, very interesting. l coul,
hardly believe my ears when she sait
~ there would be only three more les
sons. The next will be on preparinl
~ and cooking vegetables. and she ha
kindly volunteered to answer an,
questions, or show any little manipl
u lations that her listeners might wis
demonstrated. She has won tn
: hearts of all her pupils. and the cook
ing school has made friends for tn
. Coast Counties Light and Power com
pany."
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
Work Progressing on Gymnasium.

At the meeting of the volunteer
fire department last evening the com
mittee which has had the drafting Of
the plans and specification for the
new gymnasium reported that the
plans had beer drawn and the work
of securing the bids for the construc-
ton of the building from contractors
would be commenced Immediately
and the bids submitted at the next
meeting of the body which will be
Thursday evening.
The work of excavating for the
foundation is being rapidly rushed to
completion and everything will be in
readiness for the contractors when
the contract is let. so 1t should not be
very long before the fire laddies will
have a comfortable dwelling in which
to amuse themselves.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
no MEET.

The Republican county central
committee will meet this evening ~
1880 o'clock at the law Offices of L.
A. Gibbons in the Butler building at
which time will be issued a call for
the Republican primaries and a date
set for the holding of the Republican
County convention,
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
WILL A FoR MuRnER.

SAN QUENTIN, Aug. 27.--DeIGn
Albitie, who was convicted for the
murder OF his wife at Monrovia in
August, 1906, and was sentenced to
death, will be hanged at this place
tomorrow, August %, at 10 a.. M.
The crime for which Albitie is to paw
the penalty was one Of the most cold
blooded ever recorded in Los Angeles
county. Arriving at his home late in
the evening, apparently sober. he.
said nothing to his wife, who was ly-
ing in bed, but Just pulled a revolver
from his pocket and killed her.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
GRAFTON WAS
ENTIRELY ABSENT


A smoker of the Democratic vari-
ETY. minus even one speech, was the
result Of an affair pulled off at the
Miners Exchange hall last evening,
which had been heralded as a Demo-
cratic smoker.
Thirty-seven red hot speeches pro-
wing to the unterrified particular rea-
sons why thirty-seven individual can
didates should be given a show at the
coming convention, consigned to the
waste basket.
What time, what labor, what
thought, what awful tribulation, what
dire distress and to think that not
even the opening sentence, My fell
low Democrats" was heard. In lieu
thereof we're several colored gentle
men who engaged in a th%ree-round
boxing contest, Bud Mills and another
Bud Galloway, which was highly en-
tertaining, refereed by J. Tom Lewis;
a two-round pillow match between
Walter Agnew and Jim Tarbett; two
more colored gentlemen, Dude Kelly
and Percy Wilson entertained with
selections on the piano and dancing.
Mindful of the error made at the last
Democratic meeting Chairman
Gaoroa Tbofobnr nronOcod tbrao
cheers for that three-time leader,
Bill Bryan, and then the rank and
file filed out.
Fully 900 of the unterrified hidden
to the Democratic smoker we're on
hand promptly at 8 o'clock in the
J Miners Exchange hail. The Tonopah
3 brass band discoursed delightful mu-
sic in front of the hall for half an
hour previous to the gathering. AT
this hour r. P. Dunlap advanced to
the front of the balcony of the hal
and announced in clarion tones thai
there was free beer for those who de-
sired to indulge up stairs. The
stampede that followed led passersby
to believe that a new strike had beer
made somewhere in that vicinity
Once inside escape was impossible
There must have been a hitch in tn,
program for the chairman failed t.
call for responses to the following:
George Bartlett-"Why Pat Nc
, Carran Should Keep Out of tn
Way"
Cleve Baker-"Will He Remai
True While the Other Dear Fellow
Away"
Walter Cole-"Win Those Blac
Republicans Stand Hitched?"
Walter j. Agnew-"Am l a Bette
: Man Than l Was?"
Billy Briggs-"Can I Read M
: Title Clear"
H. w. Scheld-"Are the Caro-
, Stacked Against Me?"
e Daniel H. McNeil-"Win l Be o.
y In the Cold World November AZ"
j.. Watts Briggs-HWhat Kno
. About Law"
Pat McCarran-'How Many Diffe
= ent Offices Can a Man Aspire
Reach at One Timer"
y j. j. Degan-"Am a Democrat
Percy Wilson, the colored pianis
. brought down the house with his di
lect song. Then followed Dude Kell
who it was announced by Perc
would render a masterpiece. aft
~ which Dude Kelly announced tn
Percy would render his masterpie
and then everything wen to piece
The press was kindly remember
by Chairman Thatcher and Secreta
McCabe with a position on the pl'
ES form which was as devoid of life
will be the coming Democratic pli
NV form.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
EIRE Avn COUNTY HOSPITAL.

An alarm OF fire yesterday morning
from the county hospital caused the
FIRE department to make a speedy run
to that location. The chemical was
brought into action and the fire was
quickly subdued. The blaze started
between the ceiling and the attic ana
is thought to have been due to a de-
fective fue. The damage was slight
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
CAUCUS.

The Democrats OF this district will
hold a caucus tonight at the Miners
Exchange hall for the purpose Of
placing names ON a ticket to be voted
for at the primaries of September 8.
The delegates selected at the primar-
les will go to the county convention
which will be held on September II.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29

The shipments of ore for the past
reek from Tonopah and Goldfeld
reached the enormous tonnage of
s719 tons, $40 tons more than the
PREVIOUS week. This is the shipment
for the week ending August 81, 1908,
For the week ending August Is,
1897. the shipments were 1850 tons
and at that time the Montana was
included in the shipping list. The
mineral production Of the camp Is
constantly increasing and it is but yet
in It's infancy. The following is the
comparative statement furnished by
the Tonopah and Goldfeld railway:
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29

Location notices In %trirlIcate--
handiest affair for prospectors and
miners-contains carbon-i50 mo-
tlces in book. For sale at the Bor-
ANA office.