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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24
IMPORTANT DATA
ON FORMATION OF
SOUTHERN NEVADA

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 1t 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
probably worked. Especially is this
believed to be true of the Nevada
California region, where the natural
conditions eonspire to prevent as
careful prospecting as has been car
ried on in more favored localities.
For this region a description IT
southern Nevada and eastern Cal'
f%ornia, published some time ago by
the United States geological survey
as bulletin S0S, will for years to
come be valuable TO those who de-
sire to explore this region. for it ma
save them from wasting time and
money in examining places where the
nature Of the rocks shows decisively
to the trained g%eologist that no gold
can exist.
The region considered is a typical
portlon Of the great basin. 1t is arid.
with q rainfall OF less than twenty
inches a year. None of its streams
aow TO the ocean, and In this it diff.
fars from an other provinces of the
United States. The scenery. were II
moi for the grotesqae form and BIZ
zarie coloring OF many Of the noun.
aims and hills. would be depressing
ly dreary The mountain ranges foi
the most part trend north and soutf
and are Enthusiastically rugged ant
bare, although the crest of some o
the higher ranges OF timber are GOV
cred by q seant growth Of timber
Associated with the ranges are arr
low hills and mesas. many OF whicl
also have a nogth-south elOngation
Between the mountains and hills mr.
broad, gently slopiag Enclosed val
leys, the lowest portions Of most o
which are occupied by lakes or b!
'playas.' depressions which aftei
heavy rains are covered 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 abou
Goldfeld but also Pahute mesa ant
the ranges near it, the Amargosl
desert and mountain system, Dealt
valley, and the Panamint range. Be
sides gold, it discusses the water
vegetation, culture, and animal lif,
of the region. 1t is accompanied b.
a %geogolical and typographical MAJ
of the ia zion, and is published TO
free dis .riDution by the United State
geological survey, Washington, d. c
Applications should be addressed t.
the director.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24

this dyke and will soon install a
hoist.
The little MayHower mill is
pounding away twenty-four hours in
the day and is producing handsome
y. 1t is reported that the Califor-
nia-Neyada Power company decided
definitely, yesterday, to run their
power line to the camp from Rhyo-
lite at once.
The floating population of the
camp is at a minimum, and business
men report a decided increase in
sales within the last two weeks.
Let M more leaser strike ship
ping ore, and you mark me-, Pioneer
will go with a rush and a boom that
will be a surprise. The way things
are going there nov, | venture to
say that another sixty days will see
twenty-five hoists in the Maynower
and Pioneer section.
AT the Elks' ball which was held
at the Hotel Holland last night there
were many guests from Rhyolite and
Beatty as well as a dozen or more
from Goldfeld, Forty couples par
ticipated. 1t was a great success and
at $3.50 O'Clock this morning the
merriment was still going on"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24
ANOTHER LEASE THAT
LOOKS LIKE A WHALE

1t looks like the third mine OF The
Pioneer. Mayaower section has
pushed its head above the field Of
wholesome prospects. The ground
covered by block l, Starlight No. 4,
of the Mayfower Mining company,
under lease to Bert L. Smith, is the
territory that is referred to.
The lease to Smith was the first
one actually signed up by the May
flower company, and is also the trail
blazer in the matter of operation. A
permanent shaft was started this
week, previous to which time a re-
markable showing has been made in
mere prospect work. Henry Earle
has had charge of the early prospect
work. He is the nan who found the
first pay rock, sometime ago, before
the lease was granted.
The location is several feet due
north of the old Starlight shaft oa
the crest of the hill. Here a hugo
dixie stands out c~onspicuously for a
big width. The surface appears
promising, but nothing to attrac- the
old company, therefore it was not
scratched.
Grass root paintings on this dyke
go to indicate milling values-$10 to
$50 per ton, over q width approach
ing 100 feet. Paintings of this value
have in fact been obtained quite 100
feet apart. Several trenches have
been put in at different points, all
with the best Of results. Along the
formation-that is on the strike-nc
great distance has been covered in
the close prospect work. Surface
work has about ceased and the big
shaft will be put down with all pos
sible dispatch.
The formation at the point of de-
velopment is a contact where tbs
Mayfiower lode comes into the biz
dyke spoken of above. 1t Is propos-
ed to sink at once to the 1oc-foot
level, and there crosscut the country
The rock in the shaft at a depth OF 8
few feet is Of a good milling grade
-Bullfrog Miner.
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TO SPEND
BIG SUN FOR
OIL PROSPECTING
ONE PARTY OF INTERESTS WILL
SPEND $25O,OOO IN CAVE
VALLEY.

ELY. April 22.-Two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars will be spent
by Pennsylvania and California in
terests in setting up rigs and ex-
ploring the Cave valley oil fields dur
ing the coming summer, according to
w. J.. Gregory, formerly Of the firm
Of Gregory and Bergman of Geyser.
who arrived in this city on a brief
business visit yesterday. This
amount. according to the visiting en-
gineer, will be spent bs a single com
pany. Added to this, individual in
weston will spend in the aggregate
many more thousands CT dollars in
their %endeavots 70 prove or dlsprove
the existence of oil IN the southern
half Of White Pine ana the northern
section Of Lincoln counties.
Los Angeles parties a few days ago
purchased two sections of prospec-
tive oil land. paying $4,000 for the
same and agreeing in the contract of
sale to have a drill on the ground
and to begin boring for oil within
ninety days after April 10.
Colonel Gregory. himself, will be-
gin operations when the weather
permits, which he believes will be
within a few weeks at the latest. The
snow is rapidly disappearing, with
climatic conditions generally in favor
of an early start. The Los Angeles
and eastern oil men interested in the
fields will make personal visits to the
ground with the advent of warmer
weather.
By no means the least active in
the search for oil, he says, are .he
Ely men of whom there is a larg.
number.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24
RICH STRIKE MADE
IN UNION NO. 9
AT MANHATTAN
Promises to Become a Second Mohawk
milo Plamenaz the Lucky Operator
of Leases Strikes Ore That Will Put
Him on Easy Street

gar quartz with considerable Of the
characteristic egg-shell spar of that
section of the camp, and six inches of
blue lime-shale sulphide. The in
cline is being sunk, breaking from
the hanging wall, which is very
smooth and along which is a highly
oxidized gouge of tale and mangan-
ese. Concerning the value of the ore,
Mr.. Plamenaz gave out the following
statement to the Mail.
THE fourteen inches of altered
schist and quartz will run between
$500 and $4,000 to the ton and the
sulphides will average close to $3.50
per ton. From the latter / had an
average sample run here which went
$145.60 and another in Tonopah
which went S161.30 in gold to the
ton. At the 2S9-foot point | took a
sample across fourteen inches of the
unaltered schist on the footwall and
it assayed $3.50 per ton"
The hanging wall is porphyry anC
the footwall is schist. At the 245.
foot point the ledge begins straight
ening up and is now approaching
nearly the vertical.
To prevent 'high-grading," Mr.
Plamenaz has stationed a guard a
the mine and no one is allowed to 81
down in the shaft unless bearing al
order from either Mr.. Plamenaz o.
the Manhattan Dexter company.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24
Will Russell is
Optimistic Over
Pioneer District
Secretar!

tunnel which is following the vein
being in about seventy-five feet. The
ground is somewhat broken up as
yet, but assays around $40 are fire.
quent. A hoist has already been Sc
cured for this property and as soon
as values in the tunnel warrant its
installation a raise will be made to
the surface and the plant set up.
This lease is now in process of in
corporation. | consider the Giles
pie to be one of the crack leases of
the camp, and l have just acquired
an interest in the same. II adjoins
the Richard ON the west and takes
in a large section of Tobin noun
tain, which is unquestionably the
center of eruption. From Tobin
mountain most of the lodges In camp
radiate.
1.-The shaft on the Rogers Is down
eighty feet, and is showing frequent
liberal Mornings in a clay gouge.
Part of their 25.horsepower hoist
has arrived and in a few days will be
in operation.
Yesterday the gallows frame OF
the Indiana company was raised and
their hoist put into position. Len
McGarry and company have their
tunnel in about $50 feet and expect
to cut one Of the Richard lodges al
about 200. | went over to the Bert
Smith lease on the Mayfiower and
was amazed, While there saw al
least a dozen Mornings taken from a
conglomerate dyke 100 feet in width
all Of which showed more or less
gold. They are sinking q double
: compartment shaft in the center O.
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Operations on
lone pldCerS

Placer operations on a huge scale
are contemplated by Thomas d. Muir
ply and K. r. Collins, who control
more than 600 acres of gravel at
lone in Nye county. The two gentle
men have returned from the field and
have completed arrangements for ex-
tensive work. Two tanks, each with
a storage capacity of 100000 gallons,
are to be built. giving a pressure of
200 feet. Within three months, 1t
is expected that the company will be
working in three gulches.
There is an immense flow Of wa
ter that has been recently developed
and three sets of sluice boxes will
eventually be in place. The first
cleanup of the yellow stuff ought to
be not later than May 18th.
Bed rock is, on the average, about
seven feet down and the values lie
all over the territory. Where work
will start within a few days, the
gravel runs about $1.35 a yard. The
average, straight through, 1t is said,
will not be far from 40 cents to $40
a yard, making the proposition one
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24

MANHATTAN, April 22.-The
Plamenaz lease on the Union No. 8
gives greater promise of developing
into a second Mohawk than anything
yet encountered in Manhattan. A
representative OF the Mail visited the
mine this morning and to say that he
was surprised with what he saw is
putting it very mildly.
At the 291-foot level, in the in
cline shaft, a body of ore has been
broken into that Is richer than any
thing else found in the camp. From
the surface to the bottom Of the in
cline the lead has been followed,
varying in width from only a few
inches to two feet. Drifts were run
on the $50 and 235-foot levels and
ore was taken out that milled on an
average OF $40 to the ton in gold. A
drift is now being pushed south on
the 235-foot level and the incline is
being sank on the vein.
In the incline shaft below the 235-
loot level and down TO the 2S2-foot
point, the pay streak was erratic
ranging from four to twelve inches
in width. At the 2S2-foot point the
pay streak was four inches wide, ant
at 291 ii had widened to- twenty
inches. Fourteen inches of the weir
matter is a conglomerate composed
principally of altered schist and su.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24

The result Of the past years oper-
ations has proved highly gratifying
to the board of directors. This ron
dition is to a large extent due to The
efficiency and fidelity of the hea is of
the various departments charged
with the management of the cam
pany's affairs at Tonopah ana The
board hereby commends especially
the services rendered by Mr.. w. w.
Charles, as comptroller in charge of
the accounting department; Mr.. ".
H. Blackburn, as superintendent OF
the mine; Mr.. A. r. Parsons, az su-
perintendent Of the mill, and Nj. j
#. Wolfe, as superintendent of the
power and electrical department.
BY order of the board of directors
c. A. HIGBEE,
Secretary
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24

VIII Russell returned last evening
rom a three days business trip to
Pioneer. He brought with him the
most encouraging news regarding
The progress of that camp. In
speaking Of the district, Mr.. Russell
said:
The last ten days have shown
great Improvement at Pioneer, es-
pecially on the original lease, Tex
richards ground, the Gillespie
lease, the Rogers, the McGarry and
on the Smith leasehold on the Star
light claim Of the Mayfower Con-
solidated. The big lease is now
shipping about eighty tons per day,
and will be putting out at least 200
IONS Of high grade within the next
thirty days.
/ h company is about to raise to
"A"NV uhu lhStdAl ahObhVA ASADN'
Today they bought a second COM
pressor capable of handling ten
Ia drills. This added to their six
urill outfit, which was only started
up last week, will give them a fine
equipment.
Tex Richard commenced cross
cutting from the 16O-foot level to-
aay' He expects to intercept his
edge in about twenty feet. Yester'
Jay saw some excellent mornings
rom the adit tunnel which he II
'unning. close to the surface, fol-
prospecting purposes. He has fifteer
'eet OF ore in the tunnel workings
~ OF which pans freely.
The Gillespie lease on the Mu
'uai is showing up excellently, thu
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24
$4,000 IN GOLD
BRICKS FROM THE
KEANE WONDER
Represent "A Value of Over $4,000
Largest Shipment Made.

RHYOLITE, April 20.-Homer
Wilson, manager of the Keane Won
der mine, came into Rhyolite this
morning with five big gold bricks
which, we understand, represent the
result of a t~hree-weeks' run at the
eompany's cyanide plant.
The bars are on exhibition at the
First National bank, and one look at
them is guaranteed to cure any case
of sore eyes. Three of them are
about ten inches long, four inches in
width and three and one-half inches
in height. The others are about
10x4x2 IA inches. The five repre-
sent a value of over $40,O 900.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24
NEW COMPANY INCORPORATES

Articles of incorporation were
filed yesterday in the county clerks
Office for the F. G. M. Mining COM
pany, which has its principal office in
Reno. The company is capitalized
FOR 100000 and is incorporated by
j. B. Giffen of Manhattan, Ernest r.
Sharpe and Robert NJ. Price of Reno.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24
SUES ON OLD

James M. Rhodes, who sued the
Wyandotte Silver Mining company on
an old Judgment owed BY that com
pany, secured the same in the dis
trict court yesterday. The amount
involved was $12,342.13.
The property of the company is To-
Gated in Lincoln county
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24


of the finest of its kind in the coun-
try. Three small giants will be
brought into commission and kept
constantly at work. The preliminary
washing will take place within the
next ten days or two weeks. Two
miles of piping is required and al
most all of it is in place.
lone was the first county seat of
Nye county. The value of its gravel
beds was known several years ago,
and Senator Bell conducted profitable
operations about fifteen years ago,
although he had to have the gravel
hauled fully $500 feet to a spring.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24
A
Advertising
Always Pays
NEW ADVERTISEMENT


Application Me-. 1896.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
For Permission 20 Appropriate the
Public Waters Of the state Of Ne
vadn.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of April, 1909, in accordance
with Section rs. Chapter XVIII. of the
statutes of 1907, one Mrs. Milo Caine.
Of Tonopah, County OF Nye, and State
OF Nevada, made application to the
state Engineer OF Nevada for permits
sion to appropriate the public waters
OF the State OF Nevada. Such appro-
prtation is to be made from Spring az
Mckinney Tanks at point at spring
by means OF ditch, and one inch per
second is to be conveyed to points
use by means OF ditch, and there used
for irrigation and domestic purposes.
Water not to be returned to stream.
Date of first publication, April "a,
Date OF last publication, May is,
(signed) FRANK n. NICHOLAS,
State Engineer.
w-4-24-4t.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24

Promotion Stock and Treasury
Stock" rubber stamps for sale at this
Office. These stamps are required to
be used by the new law.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24

and mill We're nearly 100, 900, as
shown in detail elsewhere in this re-
port, should dispel any doubts as to
the ability of this company to oper-
ate at a good profit under the most
unfayorable conditions In ia silvar
market.
The average direct cost per
dry ton of ore milled in the
past year was ......... SO 44d
The general expenses amount
ed to .....,........... .719
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24
ORE SHIPMENTS
FOR SECOND week
OF THIS MONTH

The following is a compilation OF
ore shipments by the Tonopab and
Goldfeld railroad for the second week
NJ Anril.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24
IONOPAH MINING
G0MPANY'S annual
REPORT RECEIVED
continued from Page ID

PARSONS, superintendent OF mill:
nuring the past year a new com
..ossor was installed, thereby pro-
'idine an ample and continuous
.,only of air for agitation and all
,,,,Iing operations where air is used.
,lso an additional vacuum pump
r.s placed in the mill, 10 that now
no operation of the filters is con-
,uuous, where before it a neces-
.ary to close down when making re-
uaIrs to the pump.
In the direct milling operations.
one of the notable facts is that an
average of 1913 stamps were drop
ming continually during the year out
Of a total complement Of 100 stamps.
There were milled and treated
15S.052 dry tons OF ore, averaging
S54 ounces of gold and BIB
ounces of silver per ton, making the
total metal contents 55,SS4 ounces
Of gold and 4,940,464 ounces of sill
yer, from which there was recovered
BY concentrates, averaging 4.737
ounces of gold and 1,036.593 ounces
Of silver. BY cyanidation there was
recovered and shipped as bullion
1914 fine ounces of gold and g.
423,772 fine ounces OF silver, show
Ing an average metal recovery OF
both gold and silver of 90.3 per cent,
For the preceding year the average
metal recovery was S6.7 per cent.
This improvement in the recoverles
has added approximately $4,000
to the earnings OF your company
above what it would have been on
the basis OF extraction of the year
previous.
We wish to call your special at
tention to the fact that the average
price received for silver during the
past year was only sale cents pei
ounce, while In the previous year th'
sverage price received for silver wa
BIB cents per ounce. n the price
Of silver had been as high during tn
past year as during the pre~!or
year the revenues OF your compan.
would have been increased chou
s490.0 00, But the fact that with q,
low price Of silver during the pas
ear the net earnings Of the mia
Following is the combined in,
ing company of Nevada and the d,
year ending February IS. 1909:
Net earnings and income for year;
The ronopah Mining compam,
Desert Power and Mil eompa
Total earnings and ineon
Dividends paid for year.
No. ~. July 81. 1908. 25 per
No. 10. Oct 81, 1908, 25 per
No. "a. Jan. q. 1903, % per
Net surplus for year ............
Balance surplus. February 20
Total surplus. February IS. 1909.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24

per dry ton of ore $4.l65
Upon comparison with the prev
ious year, this indicates a reduction
in direct milling costs of $1.377
per ton and in general expenses a
reduction of $0.369 per ton, or a
total reduction in cost of milling of
$1.746 per ton for the past year.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-04-24

Advertise in the Daily Bonanza.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-17
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

In the Matter Of the Estate Of Hubert
Woolman, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given that on
the tenth day Of May, A. D. 1909, be-
Ing one Of the regular days of the
term Of the County Court Of the City
and County Of Denver, in the State Of
Colorado. /, John L. Hilton, admins
traitor Of said estate, will appear be.
fore the Judge Of said Court, present
my fnal settlement as such estate,
pray the approval Of the same, and
Will then apply to be discharged as
such administrator. At which time
and place any person in interest may
appear and present objections to the
sane. II any there be.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-17

Dated at penver, Colorado, April Sd,
1909.
JOHN L. HILTON,
Administrator of the Estate of HUI
bert Woolman, Deceased:
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-17

If you want to enjoy yourself come
to Dania hall April 9th and hear Har-
ris' orchestra's latest hit for schottisch,
You're in the Right Church, But the
Wrong Pew"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-17

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