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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01
DRY WASH WILSON
SELLS LARGE INTEREST
TO GOLDFIELDERS
J. c. Mccormack and Associates Take
Over Portion of Placer Holdings---A.
H. Davis enthused Over Camp.

y. II. Davis, the well known min
ing man, came in from Manhattan
yesterday morning and was greatly
enthused over the outlook for the
northern camp. In speaking of the
district, Mr.. Davis said:
viii publicly state on my reputa-
tion that after experiences of four
years in the Alaska placer diggings
and five years in the alluvial fields
of Central and South America and
California that Manhattan has a
greater continued showing of placer
and surface gold than any district
In the world and am free to state
that Manhattan will not alone find
gold in her washes, but it will not be
long before great discoveries will be
made on the benches and probably as
rich pockets will be found as has
been in the past in Alaska or Cali
fornia. =
History will repeat itself when
say that those that have faithfully
stuck to the camp through all its ad-
Versities will be the founders of un-
told fortunes to be reaped by those
that come in later and invest their
capital. There is no need for me to
dwell upon the merits and richness
of the Manhattan zone of minerals,
as they are well known to all that
nave been on the ground and moth
ing more is needed to further the
camps future than an unalloyed
statement of truth of the facts with
out any embellishments whatsoever.
aBt when a. investor visits the
ground he may have ocular lemon
stration of the same. There has been
but few exceptions when an investor
visits the camp that he is not thor
oughiy enthused and Immediately
makes an investment.
Last week alone recent investors
put forty men to work on the placer
digglngs- This fact | CLEANED from
the miners union. The new dredger
from Sacramento is now on the road
between here and Manhattan and
will be installed on one of the pieces
leased by Dry Wash" Wilson.
Il learned while in Manhattan that
J. Q. Spinny of Reno, who went to
Manhattan today, would install a
plant of machinery on the Rainbow
Fraction and will soon commence ac-
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01
MINES
AND PROSPECTS
OF Y~ERRINGTON

The copper mines and prospects in
the vicinity of Yerington, Nevada
were examined during the season OF
1908 by F. L. Ransome, of the Unit.
ed States geological survey, and a
report of the work has just been
published as an advance chapter
from bulletin $50 (3SO-B), which is
to form the surveys contribution to
economic geology, 1908, part L."
The town of Yerington is in Lyon
county, In that part of western Ne
vada which lies between Tahoe and
Walker lakes, and the nearest rail-
way station is Wabuska, twelve
miles to the north. The town is in
the middle of Mason valley, through
which Walker river flows northward
for some twenty-five miles before
turning to the east, near Wabuska,
around the north end of the Walker
range on its way to Walker lake.
Only a small part of the water of the
river reaches the lake, however, for
most of 1t is used for irrigating Ma
son valley, which is under extensive
cultivation and yields bountiful crops
of alfalfa. Near Yerington the val
ley is from three to four miles wide,
but it expands northward to a broad
plain, in n place fully twelve miles
across and irrigable only in part with
the present supply OF water.
The principal copper mines are
west OF the town, in the mountain
ridge of which the Indian name is
said to be Singatse, but which has
also been called the Smith valley
range. This range has an average
width of four miles, and the general
line of its crest is from 1900 to $500
feet above the valley at Yerington,
or from 5000 to 1000 feet above the
The mines constitute a chain
from two miles in length, lying on
the east slope of Singaste ridge,
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01
Important Data
on Watering Places
Of Nevada Desert

me southwestern part of the Great
Basin-that portion of it including
the arid areas of southeastern Cali.
fornia and those of Nevada that arc
most easily reached from California
points-is known generally to tbe
dwellers in the less arid districts west
OF the Sierra as the desert" but To-
cal m are applied to its various
subdivisions. The most important of
the subdivisions are the Colorado
and Mohave deserts and the Death
valley region. The Colorado desert
extend from San Gorgonio pass
southwark to the Gulf of California
and includes the depression known as
the "Salton Sink" The Mohave dos
ert lies farther north and its bonn
daries are not so definite, but 1t in
Guides much the greater part OF San
Bernardino county and the eastern
portion of Los Angeles and Kern
counties, California. The Death val
ley region, which lies north of Mo.
nave desert, stretches eastward from
n Sierra Nevada, covering a large
part of Inyo county, California. and
extending into Nevada. 1t is named
from its central feature, Death val
ley, the lowest point on the continent
AT the present time public interest
In this desert region, which com
prises an area of about 5000 auare
miles, is intense, largely because of
the discovery and development within
of mines that are heavy producers
OF gold. The resources of the desert
however, are not confined to the Drec-
metals but include a wide range
Of products of economic value. among
may be mentioned several val
liable salts, including borax, soda.
gypsum, and common salt; building
material, including marble, ONYX.
PRICK, clays, and cements; baser met
lis, like copper, iron, and lead; and
among which are turquoise and
pal. These products are widely dis
ributed throughout the desert coun-
les, and although the existence of
ONE of them in commercial guam
tiles and available form is as vet
roblematic, others already form the
asis OF important industries.
The wells and springs of the des-
TT region are few in number and
cry ~irregularly distributed-so IT.
egularly. that while in some dis
lets watering places occur in groups
| others they are thirty to fifty {
Iiles apart. Unusual activity in rail-
lad work has so stimulated pros
Getting that there is a large inaux
strangers, many of whom do NOT
lily realize the danger of travelling
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01
Will Extend the
5. p. Railroad
to HdWthdrRe
ROAD THAT WAS DESTROYED
THREE YEARS AGO WILL BE
REPLACED.

From information received yester-
day that is considered absolutely re-
liable 1t is learned that the Southern
Pacific will in a short time commence
repairing the railroad grade between
Thorne and Hawthorne, and viii be
running trains into the Lucky Boy
district in ninety days.
The rails on the Hawthorne
branch of the Southern Pacific were
taken up about three years ago when
that place surrendered the county
seal of Esmeralda to Goldfeld.
The distance from the main line to
Hawthorne is seven miles, and four
teen to Lucky Boy.
This information was brought to
the city by j.. A. Digges, who recent
ly returned from that camp.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01
An Amended
Complaint Filed

James Morris and H. j. Lyons,
through their attorneys, Mcintosh
and Cooke, yesterday filed an amend
ed complaint in their suit against w.
j.. Tobin ct al, over the possession of
the Conservative claim of the Valley
Vie property at Pioneer. This
claim was sold by the directors of
the company without consulting the
stockholders and the plaintiffs ask
that the sale be set aside. In the
original complaint no mention was
made of the Gold Hills Mining and
Milling company, which now controls
the ground.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01

ABOUT half way between valley ons
crest. By wagon road they ara 80
to eight miles from Yeringtop NJ.
OF these mines have shipped some ~
iuized copper ore, and the history :,
all goes back thirty years or
but none has produced abpndon.,I
or continuously. At present onor.
tons are confined to deyelonmer,. !.
the zone of sulphide ore or. ~ ~
mine, in a one of mixed sulnhiss
and oxidized ore. Another eropn -
copper prospects lies in the lou Nm.
four or five miles southeast of Yer
ington, but at only one was VOL.
In progress at the time Of Mr. R.n
some's visit. The report which NAV
be obtained by applying to the Al.
rector of the survey, Washington n
O., gives a brief account of the con
eral geology of the region and a.
scribes the mines and prospects IN
somewhat greater detail. Concern,rn
the future Of the district Mr.. Ran.
some says:
The total quantity of oxldjzos
ore exposed in the district is small
and there is no indication of any ey.
tensive sulphide enrichment. Thu
quantity of gold and silver in tbe
ores is practically negligible. The
future of the mines depends on the
working Of low-grade primary de.
posits. The conditions are in iona
respects favorable for cheap mining
and concentrating; a railroad could
be constructed from Wabuska along
Walker river with very little din.
Guilty, water is more plentiful than IN
some other parts OF Nevada, and
many agricultural products can be
grown in Mason valley. On the
other hand, water. tailings, aud smel.
ter fumes are subjects concerning
which miners and farmers usually
find agreement difficult"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01
MANHATTAN GOLD
AVERAGES OVER
SIS PER OUNCE
Los ANGELES PARTIES ARE BE-
COMING INTERESTED IN THE
PLACER CAMP.

F. w. Novel;, secretary and man
ager of the Goldfield Bald Mountain
Consolidated company at Manhattan
and o. b. Steen, consulting engineer,
OF the same company, returned yes
terday from Manhattan where they
have spent the last few days looking
over the company's holdings. Both
gentlemen are somewhat iubilant
over the returns from about eight
yards of dirt they sluiced during
their stay. The high grade contrib
uted $124.6O and they consider this
a good average of the gold bearing
dirt in their ground.
Mr.. Novel; also exhibited a certif-
cate from the United States mint
showing the returns from 1870
of gold dust, a recent clean
up from forty-one yards of dirt. The
certificate stated the gold was worth
$l5.l7 an ounce. or a total value of
$7O9.6O.
The holdings of the are
about the largest in the Manhattan
placer district with the exception Of
that acquired by Dry Wash" VIII
1t is situated al Central. Mr..
Novel; will stop several days in
i~oldheld, where he will endeavor to
purchase a complete electric hosting
apparatus with pumps and all access
tories which will be installed on the
workings. 1t was first planned to in
tall a gasoline hoist, but owing to
speed in which the electric wires
being strung to that camp, It was
ecided to wait for the electricity.
nd If the purchase can be made in
ioldfield, the machinery will be
rected by the time the power makes
Is advent into the placer camp.
This is Mr.. Stems first visit to
ianhattan, and like all other Wis
.ors, he was enthused over the pros
ects.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01
WingfieId Says
that Nevada is
The Greatest Yet
YOUNG FINANCIER SPENDS SEW
ERAL HOURS IN ToNoPAH
YESTERDAY.

George Wingfield, one of the most
spectacular figures In the mining
world today, who has made millions
IN Nevada mines and mining stocks
during the past four years. was in
Tonopah for a few hours yesterday.
During his short stay Mr.. Wingheld
transferred his interests in the Tono-
pan Banking corporation, of which
he was a large stakeholder to Senator
Nixon, in furtherance of a complete
dissolution of co-partnership which
mas made %millionaires of both Of
them.
The mining situation, SO far as
NeVad is concerned" said Mr.. Wing
held, lis extremely bright, and |
look for an almost phenomenal out
put from the mines during 1909. The
Consolidated ! regard without an ex-
ception as the greatest gold produc-
ing property, not only in the United
states, but in the entire world. The
producing properties at Tonopah are,
also, 1t seems, getting into their
proper stride, and an increasing pro-
duction seems to be assured. 1t looks
as though both Nye and Esmeralda
counties would have a record break
ing bullion output during the re-
mainder of the year"
Mr.. Wingheld, after completing
he transfer of his banking interests,
'eturned to Goldneld.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01
DRUGGISTS MISTAKE
COSTS HIM THOUSANDS

NEW YORK, April 29.-Edward
r. Miller, a druggist in the Bronx.
VIII have to pay Mrs. Edith Dreyer
$4,000 and her husband $500 for doc
tors bills and medicine. Mrs. Dreyer
ordered Miller to fiji the prescriptions
two years ago. one for ergot and the
other for lysol, a poison. In court
she proved that he filled both bottles
with lysol. AS a consequence she was
Ill and has not fully recovered.
She claimed $4,000 damages.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01
IN THE
WEST END LEDGE
ARE INCREASING
BODY OF TALC ON 400 LEVEL
CARRIES HIGH VALUES;
$1,000 TO TON.

A mild sensation was caused yes
terday when the afternoon stock
quotations were received by Broker
Harry Epstine. The principal fea-
ture was West End, which advanced
from VI cents, the morning call. to
80 cents. The rumors started and
inside of an hour everything from a
nye-foot ledge to one 100 feet wide
carrying all sorts of values, had been
found in the mine.
FOREMAN Bob Christian stated that
to his knowledge the only new find
was the one described in the Satur-
day issue of the Bonanza where
mention was made of the
ing OF a body of tale in the west
lateral drift from the south crosscut
on the 400-foot level. At that time
the tale carried good values, but had
not been developed to any extent.
Yesterday the body had been pierced
Tor about twenty feet and showed a
composition Of red and white tale
d boulders of quartz. The red tale
n the quartz carries very little
values, but in spots. the white com
position runs high. A picked sample
gave returns of over $4,000 to the
ton. What the entire twenty feet
VIII assay is unknown, but it is
thought that it will make good shin
ping ore without sorting. At the
present the tale is sorted with great
care.
The find is in the direction Of
Mount B%rougher and is in what is
practically termed virgin ground 4"
IS very little prospecting has been
in this locality. The drift will
'e continued for some further dis
and the tale body will not be /
pened up for a few weeks.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01

FOR SALE-one new two-horse
power Wagner eO-cycle, single
phase, electric motor. Address p
Bonanza Office. RI
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01
ORE SHIPMENTS
FOR THIRD WEEK
OF THIS MONTH

The following ore shipments have
been compiled by the Tonopah and
Goldfeld Railroad company for the
third week in April. 1903:
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-05-01

George Wingfeld spent a few hours
in Tonopah yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
Nervous
 Prostration

"I suffered so with Nervous Prostration that thought there was no use trying to get well. A friend recommended Dr. Miles Nervine, and although skeptical at first, soon found myself re- covering, and am to-day well.
 MRS. D. I. JONES,
 $500 Broadway, Cleveland, o.
 Much sickness is of nervous origin. It's the nerves that make the heart force the blood through the veins, the lungs take in oxygen, the stomach di- gest food, the liver secrete bile and the kidneys filter the blood. If any of these organs are weak, it is the fault of the nerves through which they get their strength. Dr. Miles Nervine is a specific for the nerves. It soothes the irritation and assists in the generation of nerve force. Therefore you can hardly miss it if you take Dr. Miles Nervine when sick. Get bottle from your druggist. Take it all ac- cording to directions, and if it does not benefit he will return your money,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
INDEPENDENTS
 MAY COMBINE
Important Meeting of Fertilizer Manu lecturers Is Held at Mont
 gomery.

Montgomery, April 5.-(SpecialO- Whether or not the three independent fertilizer plants of this city and numer- ous others of the south will become part of an independent fertilizer conn bination is said to depend largely on a meeting held here today. Speeches were made by T. C. Meadows of New York, H. D. Kuhn of Mount Pleasant, Tenn, and George Hafer of Buffalo, N. Y. MT. Meadows Is an Alabama man formerly resident at Florence and is known to be behind the movement for combining g the companies outside the trust. The Germofert plant recently eretcd at a cost of half a million dollars Is expected to be the nucleus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
CHURCH WOMEN BUSY.
Raise Neat Sum for Building Fund at
 EufauIa.

Eufaula, April 5.-(Special.)- )-while the Episcopal church here Is still without q rector the women of the parish seem no less enthusiastic in their efforts in church work. During a two days bazar. held here last week, about $75 was raised to augment the building fund of the new church. which is under construction While the parish here has only about 90 communicants they have always met their obligations in the way of church as- easements promptly and in proportion to membership pay more per capita to main tain a rector than any church in the dio- cese. In addition to this the church last year saved the mission fund approximate ly $500 by putting its rector, the Rev Bertram Brown. to serve Union Springs and Clayton. Every. effort will be eN- erted to secure a rector at the earliest opportunity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
LIVE STOCK BOARD
 DOING GOOD WORK

Montgomery, April 5.-(Special. .)-Ef- ficiency of the live stock sanitary in spection board of the state Is indicated in report made at the quarterly meet ing today. showing that in the three months there have been only two cases of glanders discovered. At the same time, however. there has been a costly increase in hog cholera.
 Strange to say the hog diseases have come from infections at the recent state fairs. Twelve government inspectors and three state inspectors are pushing the cattle tick eradication fight in Mont gomery, Autauga. Elmore, Lowndes and Dallas counties with great success. It was shown that there were inspected for entry into the state 5641 mules, 1920 horses, 96 cattle and 2006 hogs. Of 40 cattle tested for tuberculosis 45 were found infected.
 The meeting was held in the office of Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Wilkinson, member of the board. the others being Dr. c. A. Cary and Prof. D. T. Gray of Auburn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
EDGAR GRAY HAS
 BEEN ARRESTED
Is CHARGED WITH COMPLiCiTY WITH JOHN J. MAY IN KILLING GROVER PATTERSoN-MAY HAS NOT BEEN ARRESTED.

Florence. April 5.-(Special.) )-Edgar Gray, nephew of John J. May who Satur- day killed Grover Patterson, was arrested here today, charged with being an ac- cessory to the crime. May Is still at large. Gray made no statement. Two white men who witnessed the tragedy say Gray held the horses head while May called Patterson to the buggy and shot him. They claim Patterson was un- armed. The dead man was 19 years old. May was former constable and political leader.
 Jackson was a tenant of Mays and the two had had trouble over some fodder. Jaskson recently getting judgment for SIP against May in a magistrates court in Florence.
 First reports of the killing were that the men passed in the road and May turned and called Jackson back and shot him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06

A novel question of law having to do with legislation enacted by Congress In connection with the interstate commerce. commission has arisen here. Some weeks ago R. c. Brown, @ stockman, had a horse shipped here from Tennessee. In billing out the Birmingham office ap- pears to have dropped the advance charges, so that the agent here did not collect enough by 84 MT. Brown paid charges assessed, holds receipt from the company in full and has his horse. It now appears that the law says full charges must be collected and the com pany has called on Brown for the extra S24, and the question now is: Can the company hold, or has it lien on the animal for charges. and can Brown be held for 1t when he has receipt In full, even though the interstate commerce law does stand?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
Shops Increase Capacity.

Decatur, April .-(Special)-Work is again opening up in the Louisville and Nashville railroad shops in New Decatur For some time past these shops have only been in operation three days in the week and the men who have been work ing there have been barely making liv- ng There is now a notice posted at the shop gtae stating that the shops will now run five days week instead of three. as formerly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
FARMERS ARE BUSY.
Fruit Crop Is Thought to Be Safe From
 Frost

Decatur, April ecial)-Farming operations have opened up in earnest here during the past few days of fine weather. Farmers are now busy preparing the lands for this years crop of cotton and corn. The market gardeners are also busy planting their gardens.
 The prospects for a fine fruit crop of all kinds in this section of the state are most fatterlng at this time. Strawberries are now in full bloom. Fruit growers say that the season is now too far advanced for the fruit to be killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
Coal Miners on Strike.

Shenandoah, Pa. April 5.-The employees of the Garber Coal company, an indi- vidua1 operator, at Gilberto, went on a strike today as a result of cut in wages. committee from the United Mine Workers was told by the colliery officials that the strike commission award of 1903 was no longer in effect This is the second strike in the hard coal fields since the expiration of the agreement between the operators and mine workers on March 31.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
Sunday School Convention.

Anniston. April b.-(Special.) .)-Charles D. Kline, president of the Sixth District Sunday school convention, has called a convention to be held at Parker Me- rnorial Baptist church in this city on April and g, at which time the accom- plishments and purposes of the Sunday schools in this district will be thoroughly discussed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
Bryan on Bank Guarantee.

Austin, Tex, April 5.-W. J. Bryan ad- dressed the legislature here today in fla vor of bank deposit guaranty bill. MT. Bryan declared that the national dem ocratic platform was binding and that the Texans would not do their duty un- les they passed the measure. He urged the legislatures to read the platform before adjournipR.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
DIR. HARRIS DIES.
County and Commissioners Courts Are
 In Session.

Livingston, April 5.-(Special)-Dr. R. J. Harris, postmaster of York, died at his home Saturday afternoon. He had just returned from Selma, where he had been for treatment. He was about 45 years old and Christian man, who had many friends. He leaves a wife and two daughters.
 County and commissioners court are both in session here this week. There are a number of men from all over the county in attendance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06

lace, who commenced work today, and 1t is understood that the Western Union Telegraph company will install phone service in order to compete with the Postal, the railroad company refusing to do so. Shippers here, and especially farmers, have built several miles of tele- phones
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06

E. M. Shaw, tax assessor of Sumter county, and an honored resident of this place, was taken to the Davis infirmary in Birmingham yesterday in order to ob- tain relief from physical troubles that have kept him indoors for some weeks Advices received by the family this morn Ing are very encouraging.