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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10
Bills and
Effect on Metals

In the bill brought IN By the ways
and ear committee on March II
the changes of most interest to the
mining industry are those affecting
iron and steel, lead and spelter and
the ores Of those metals, says the
Engineering and Mining Journal
Iron ore on the free list will be Of
great advantage TO the independent
steel makers on the %seaboard, which
have been obtaining Cuban ore. II
will enable them to produce pig iron
materially cheaper, which ought to
be to the advantage OF consumers,
without adversely affecting any do
nestle iron-mine enterprises of con-
sequence. The removal of the duty
on pig iron and the principal steel
products will hardly lead to any in
crease in the importation thereof at
the present time. The effect will be
rather to restrain the rise Of domes-
tic prices at another boom period.
The changes proposed as to lead
and zinc are likely to be disturbing,
If we may judge from the range Of
prices during the last ten years, lead
could have been frequently imported
at a payment of a duty Of u cents
per pound. At present prices It could
not be probably imported, and this
will probably be always the case
when lead at New York is 4 to az
cents. which is not much below the
normal of the market. The chief
effect in the reduction in the lead
tariff also will be to restrain an ex-
cessive rise of prices. It has been
enormously reported, by ourselves
included, that the tariff on lead In
ore is to be reduced to / cent per
pound, but at the last minute, after
Mr.. Payne's statement had been given
out. the old rate was restored.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10
IMMENSELY IMPORTANT STRIKE

railway from Schurz or Walker Lake
to Rawhide and the erection Of a
mammoth 5O0-ton reduction plant to
treat company and custom ore at the
lake end of the railway.
Rawhide at the present time has a
reduction capacity in the mills now
operating and which r oeing built,
Of around 300 tons per day, and
with the addition of the 500-ton ca
pacity plant proposed we would be
amply supplied with a place to treat
our milling as well as high grade
ores, and as the purchase of these
two large estates by capital sufficient
to develop them energetically, means
the employment of considerable la
Dor, the future looks bright.-Raw-
hide Rustler.
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Made on a Claim of the Consolidated,
South From Company's Main Shaft
On the Red Top.

then it, too, apparently broke. The
material being still quartz, however,
and the general rule being lever to
quit while in quartz, a gap of per-
haps fifty feet was covered when sud
denly a round of shots opened up a
body of ore of splendid proportions
which is now being developed, This
ore body Is almost identical with that
in the famous Hampton stope on the
Combination No. 1 ground, and at
this time indicates equal permanency.
The discovery is at the extreme south
end of the Red Top workings, and
opens up tremendous theories for the
secrets in the bosom of the fourteen
or more acres comprising the Lucky
Boy claim.
Included in the large number OF
assays taken, some of which are OF
small value, showing the careful
character of sampling, are many run.
ming from seven to thirty ounces
which are taken across the entire face
of the high grade vein, a width o
four feet. Fifty-eight ounces in golC
is one assay, and it is highly con
servative to say that 500 across tn
ten-foot ledge is an average. The
ore body appears to be widening out
moreover, and by the middle of mex.
week the real extent OF the strike
should be made manifest. The ore
body trends directly into the old Mo
hawk-Jumbo workings from which
such enoromusly rich ore was re
moved, and the entire intervening
space appears to be saturated will
golden possibilities. The strike oc
curing as it does at the 800 leve
shows that the throw is not so grea
with depth as it is on the surface
and furnishes a good tangible system
upon which to operate.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10
of Chance
for Miners of Gold

The recent gold excitement in
southern Nevada may not have re-
suited as favorably as some of those
who rushed to the region hoped it
would, but it again points to the
fact, already well known to many,
that the arid parts of the west still
conceal great deposits of gold that
may be profitably worked. Especial
ly is this believed to be true of the
Nevada-California region, where the
natural conditions conspire to pre-
vent as careful prospecting as has
calities. For this reason a descrip-
ton of southern Nevada and eastern
California, published some time ago
by the United States geological sur
vey as bulletin sos, will for years tc
come be valuable to those who desire
to explore this region, for it may save
them from wasting time and money
in examining places where the nature
of the rocks shows decisively to the
trained geologist that no gold can ex-
list.
The region considered Is a typical
portion Of the Great Basin. It is arid,
with a rainfall of less than twenty
inches a year.. None of its streams
flow to the ocean, and in this it diff
fers from all other provinces Of the
United States. The scenery, were II
not for the grotesque form and BIZ
zarre coloring Of many of the noun
tains and hills, would be depressingly
dreary. The mountain ranges for the
most part trend north and south and
are Enthusiastically rugged and
bare, although the crests of some OF
the higher ranges are covered by a
scant growth of timber. Associated
with the ranges are low hills and
mesas, many Of which also have a
north-south elongation. Between the
mountains and hills are broad, gently
sloping, inclosed valleys, the lowest
portions Of most Of which are occu.
pied by lakes or by 'playes,' depres.
sions which after heavy rains are coy.
cred by a thin sheet of water.
The bulletin discusses most of Els.
meralda and Nye counties. Nevada
and Inyo county, California. 1t de,
scribes not only the region about
Goldfield, but also Pahute mesa ant
the ranges near it, the Araargosa
desert and mountain system, Deatf
valley and the Panamint range. Be
sides gold 1t discusses the water, veg
citation, culture and animal life of tn,
region. 1t is accompanied by a geo
logical and topographic map of tn
region, and is published for free dis
tribution by the United States geolog
zeal survey, Washington, d. c. APP
plications should be addressed to tn.
director.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10
GOLDFIELD'S
$4,000 ORE
The Tonnage Statement and the EST
mated Value for the Week Ending
Saturday Night.

bring the total for the remainder of
the year to $31,G29,000, without
taking into account the amount thai
has already been reported, or at the
rate of $|42,172,000 per annum. This
more than equals the combined pro-
duct of the two leading gold produc-
ing states Of the union for the wear
1907. This is the last year for which
official report Of production has been
rendered. Figures taken from thar
report credit Colorado with S20,S97.
COO, California with l 6,S53.5 0
and Alaska, $1S,4S9,400. That was
the banner year for Nevada, as dur
ing that time the high grade shin
ments were going out from the Fran
cis-Mohawk and the Hayes-Monnette
leases on the Mohawk, but in that
time the entire state of Nevada was
represented by a total product Of but
$l5,411,O00 in gold.
These figures will serve to en-.
tighten the investor better than any
mere statement of production, as II
will be seen at a glance that Goldfeld
is outputting three times as much
gold as the entire state did a littla
short of two years ago.
The tonnage segregated was as fol-
lows;
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10
PROMINENT MEN EIGHT
FOR CONTROL OF MINE

r. NJ. Extension Mining company.
Third. The practical develop
ment work Of the property.
Fourth. The acquiring Of water
rights and privileges.
q q = During the absence of
Messrs. Lotus and Davis in Europe
last summer the management of the
mine and property was left in my
care. l took charge about the goth
of June. | had only been in the mine
once during the previous six months,
on account of absence from the state.
1t soon developed that there was
something wrong; the mill was being
supplied with tonnage largely drawn
from ore reserves, and these reserves
were being rapidly depleted. The
sinking of the incline shaft had been
abandoned and very little develop
ment work was being done in the
drifts and levels, except where the
pSol VIC Mdo LOuHu. lueI6 was d
constant eneroachment on ore re-
serves, especially in that part of the
mine where the highest grade ore oe-
Cured. If this policy had continued,
the mine in my judgment, would not
have paid more than its second divi.
dend; each week would have left the
mine with less ore in sight and the
property would have refrigerated as
a result, until finally the ouput from
the property would not have been
more than sufficient to pay the run
ming expenses of the same. = =
The incline shaft was sunk another
100 feet down to the 700 level,
Strengthened and enlarged the main
workings from the surface to the
500, taking out roof and sides,
Strengthening the track. etc, so that
entry and exist to and from the prop
erty may be had without danger to
life or limb. All the drifts have been
extended, increasing the daily ton
mage, and it still leaves much more
ore in sight than there was a year
ago.
The above is a fair statement of
the physical condition of the mine
under the management of Mr.. j. r.
Davis when he turned it over to me
before leaving for Europe last sum
mer.
How would you like to have a
Quilted and depleted mine instead OF
a fine producer and a dividend payer?
- have lost confidence
In the ability of Messrs. Lotus and
Davis to protect the stockholders Of
the Round Mountain Mining com
pany, and | trust that you will agree
with me.
If SO, please sign the enclosed
proxy and return the same to me
promptly. / will see that a competent
and conservative board of directors
is elected who will manage the affairs
Of the company in an aggressive but
conservative manner. We wish also
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10
lsnecial to the bonanza

GoLDFIELD, April S.-An ore
body ten feet in width which has
thus far been opened UP for twenty
feet. assays from which yield from
three to ~fifty-eight ounces in gold to
the ton, or, roundly speaking, $50 to
$11OO, with an extremely c%onserva-
tive average of 500 clear across,
forms the latest plume in the mag
niicent Easter bonnet of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company.
In entirely new ground-an estate
practically untouched except for oc-
casional erratic scratches in the past
this latest strike at ace consumes
what little establishment was left
when news of the big find in the
Hampton stope of the Combination
was made public a short time ago.
The Lucky Boy claim of the Jumbo
that un%explored estate lying directl!
south of the Red Top, east of thu
Jumbo Extension and west of thu
Clermont and Grizzly Bear claims
bears every indication Of being ont
of the biggest producing areas EN-
braced within the possessions of tn
gigantic corporation, and but adds t
the tremendous possibilities of pro
duction. Experts declare that tn
strike, which was made from tn
company workings of the Red Tor
bids fair to rank with the best eS
posed in the famous Mohawk.
At a depth of 500 feet, a drift wa
run to the southeast into the Luck
Boy claim of the Jumbo. AT thre
points the big vein was apparentl
entered, but the first two forks kink
ed to one side, as if the ore had beel
entirely lost. The third, however
continued in ore for a while AM
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10

(From the Round Mountain Nugget.)
A printed circular letter has been
addressed to all shareholders of the
Round Mountain Mining company
signed by ]. P. Sweeney and endors-
ed by Louis d. Gordon which indi-
Gates that a break has come between
these two men and Messrs. LOTUS
and Davis.
The Nugget is unable to give space
to the entire composition as it is set
forth by Mr.. Sweeney, but can only
print such excerpts as have to do di-
rectly with the mine. Mr.. Sweeney
goes at great length into what he
alleges to be gross mismanagement
on the part of Messrs. Lotus and
Davis. Into these personalities it is
not the province of the Nugget to
venture. There has been consider
able criticism in regard to the man
agement of the Gold Bar property at
Bullfrog is well known, but that
these men showed good business acu-
men In securing the property of the
Round Maintaining Mining company
has lever bee denied.
Aside from the failure of the Gold
Bar company Messrs. Lotus and
Davis have been highly successful in
their mining ventures so far as can
be determined. The Nevada Hills
property at Fairview and numerous
leases in Goldfield have shown up
Messrs Lotus and Davis abilities in
a different light to that alleged by
Mr.. Sweeney in his letter to the
stockholders of the Round Mountain
Mining company. The following are
some of the excerpts we have selected
as bearing directly on the property
and which is free of the personal re-
ordinations against Messrs. Lotus
and Davis.
"Goldfield. New, Mar. IS, 1909.
ITO the Stockholders of the Round
Mountain Mining company:
we desire to present TO you a few
facts in reference to the management
of the Round Mountain Mining COM
pany during the past year. In max
ing this statement we wish to say
that we regret the necessity that de-
mands it. However, we are large
stockholders and our personal friends
are also largely interested and 1t is
merely for the purpose of protecting
our interests that we lay the facts be-
fore you. Mr.. Gordon and myself
own 21S,064 shares.
Lotus and Davis own 200,0S6
shares, as shown by trial balance of
stock ledger, March Is, 1909.
"The most important matters con-
corning the life and welfare of the
Round Mountain Mining company
that occurred during the past year
are as follows:
First. The absorption of the r.
Great Western Mining company.
Second. The absorption of the
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10

The late J. ]. Linn, so long justice
of the peace. was a fatherly soul and
the friend Of all the boys who got
into trouble, A little colored chap
was under arrest one morning, charg-
ed with stealing So, when Judge Linn
took him informally in hand and the
boy said he had not stolen the money,
that he had won It.. Judge Linn said
IN a coaxing tone: Are you sure you
won it2"
Deed | win It, Judge. had to
win It. had four fves," and he got
the verdict.-Reno Journal.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10

to establish offices apart from the Of
fees of Lotus and Davis, where the
stockholders may call and be receiv-
ed by those who represent the Round
Maintaining Mining company, prim-
arily. This can be done at practically
same expenses as we have at present.
y y y ''The Offices of the COM
pany will remain here at Goldfield.
Pay no attention to rumor circulated
that the offices are to be moved to
Salt Lake.
During the next two years very
important matters will develop in
reference to the future of our prop
erty. 1t is most important that the
management shall be conducted un-
der the direction of a board that un-
derstands and appreciates the posi-
bili,.es and realities of its great flu
ture as a mine.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) -. P. SWEENEY.
Il have read the above and APP
prove Of and endorse the same.
(Signed) L. D. GORDON"
1t is generally conceded that as a
mining engineer Mr.. Davis is compe-
tent, as the very successful outcome
Of the Round Mountain property and
the Combination and Sandstone
leases in Goldfeld testify, besides
numerous other mining investments,
both Lotus and Davis being large
holders in Goldfeld Consolidated.
There ara many men in the country
who are willing to attest the fact
that they have followed Messrs. LOT
tus and Davis in their investments
and have made money with them.
"The mining ability of Messrs
Sweeney and Gordon is not known to
the Nugget, but insofar as the prop
erty of the Round Mountain Mining
company is concerned we doubt il
the attempt to take the active man.
agement away from Messrs. Lotus
and Davis and put it in the hands Of
Messrs. Sweeney and Gordon will
find much favor. The former gentle.
men, especially Mr.. Davis, have KEEP
in close and intimate touch with TIL,
property, while as Mr.. Sweeney say
he had been in the mine once dur
ing the previous six months, on ac
count Of absence from the state.
Mr.. Gordon has made but one or twt
! flying trips to Round Mountain il
! more than a year. and it is doubtful
. If he has any practical knowledge 0
what progress is being made in TIL
mine from day to day.
Even the purchase Of the Gold Ba
at the time it was taken up by Mr.
Davis was not considered a mistak,
in mining circles. Development onl,
f showed that the property was not al
q that was expected of it and at tina
q no fault has ever been found with tn,
= manner in which it was mined AM
i engineered. The S~unnyside min,
. speaks for Mr.. Davis. It has becom,
a dividend payer under his manage
ment.
The annual meeting will be held ii
Goldfield on April 18th.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10

For the week ending Saturday
Goldfield produced through its
mills and shipments to shelters, the
grand total of SSH. 600, of which the
Western Ore Purchasing company
took away 1000 tons Of high grade
averaging $500 per ton. This in
cludes the seven cars, or 210 tons,
of high grade shipments Of the Con
solidated, which averaged $1,000 per
ton, a consignment of ore from the
Florence, and the regular average
from various other shippers in the
district. The entire railroad output
represents approximately twenty-five
carloads which went 10 the smelters.
To any one who doubts the existence
of a market for the rich silver-lead
ores from the Hawthorne district, it
must be remembered that it takes at
least two carloads of the wet ores to
serve as a bath for each carload Of
s~ilicious high grade gold ore from
this sections of the country. This
enables the shelters to balance their
accounts by securing two diverse
characters Of ore from practically the
same district.
This output of gold ore, says the
Goldfield Daily Tribune, means a
production that, If maintained, will
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10

Location notices in triplicate-
handiest affair for prospectors and
miners ~ contains carbon ~ $50 no
tees in book. For sale at the Bo-
nanza office.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10
COMsTOCK PIONEER DIES.

Robert Cochran, aged 81 years. a
pioneer Of the Comstock, died of
gangrene at Reno Monday night. The
funeral occurred yesterday at vir-
ginia City.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10

Location notices in triplicate-
%handiest affair for prospectors ana
miners - contains carbon 49, $50 no.
tees in book. For sale at the Bo-
nanza office.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10
ORE SHIPMENTS
FOR MARCH

The following ore shipments for
the month of March have been COM
piled by the Tonopah and Goldfeld
railroad, and shows the large tonnage
handled by that company from Tono-
pah and Goldheld:
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10

ed cotemplation and analysis Of the
above table will open the eyes Of
many who have been declalming
against the claims OF Golddeld alleg-
Ing that they were predlcated on false
%pretenses.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10

WANTED-Clean cotton rags. with
out buttons-Two cents per
pound-Inquire Bonanza Office.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-10

1t had been thought that the ban
ner week OF production had been
reached, but the foregoing figures
dissipate that idea. For some weeks
the production has been sufficient to
astonish the world, but a c|old-blood-
Putnam patriot., 1909-09-03
What Is . Sidewalk

The city of Niilmantie, like Put nam, k In a ,uandaty about it's side. walks, With this difference, that Wit limantie has undertaken to settle the quandary by adopting some system that will glNe permanent satisfaction and by which the making and repair. ing sidewalks can oe carried on with out further discussion. While Put' nam has undertaken no advanced step since the hap hazard method was be- gun when the city charter was adopt cd. While our sidewalks have proved more satisfactory than the pre-eNist- ing condition, they are not what they should be, nor what they can be- as witness the many better sidewalks in other towns and cities. Yes, and even Putnam can show sampleso of what sidewalks can he 10 give comfort in walking over them and pleasure in seeing them--the most attractive and beautiful of which are lhe few hundred feet of granolithic sidew alks along Ere mont and Pleasant street, in front ot l.. NJ. Arnold's new buildings.
 No one should rest eoatent--not can indeed with the present condition oi our sidewalks. A city may have eve rythiug to heautify Il except sidewalks and Il win appear like finely dress ed gentleman with an old battered silk hat, or coarse, unttdy shoes; while a man with neat hat and weiI.erashe,i shoes, with ordinary clothing, would be recognized more of a gentleman oi 1 refinement than lhe other. So with \ city--it may have only ordinary build. ings, but with nice, comfortable side N alks and tidy lawns, will appear to better advantage in the estimation al aIl people, than a city with fine build, ings but with hrokeu, uncomfortable sidewalks.
 Me speak thus pointedly, because new and better system of sidewalks should oe adopted-one in the long run that will hs The most economical and al the same comfortable and pie as- ant to view.
 No one would think of demanding tho present sideN alks should he torn up and replaced with new ones. Far from that. Every part of the present sidewalks should he allowed 10 remain, at the option of the lot owner, until it's usefulness comes to an end, and then replaced, he itin five len or iifsy years time. What is aansed Is a new and
Putnam patriot., 1909-09-03
Monument te Hilton.

Delighted with the works Of Theo- dofe Tilion, journalist, poet and orator, Gilbert A. Tracy, who liVes near this city, will erect beautiful memorial in Westlield cemetery to the distinguish ed writer.
 The memorial is a beautiful section- al monument Of selected Westerly granite, and arrived this week at the yard of local deaIer in grantes and marbles. IL k in three sections, the base being more than five feet in width. Mir. Tracy has purchased Il plot in the cemetery especially for q site for the memorial and as soon as the stone can be made ready it will be erected there.
 The great block of granite surmount- ing the bases bears the inscriptions:
 In Memefiam
 Theodore Tilton
 Poet-Joufnalist-Orator
 ls35.l9O1
 Died Tn Paris 1907
 Buried in BarbiZon.
 By Friend.
 The erection of this fine memorial by MT. Tracy Is said to be the result of his appreciation Of the writings of MT. filton.
 Theodore Triton was born in New York October :, 1895. He was grad uate of the College of New York. Dur. ing his journalistic career he was edit or Of the New York Independent, The Golden Age and the Brooklyn Union | He was the author of The Sexton ! Tales and other poems, and also wrot, The chameleon's Dish, Tempest Toss ed, etc. The last few years of his lift were spent In Paris, where he died ii | 1907.