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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Fifth Judicial District Court
Of the State of Nevada, in and
for the County of Nye.
In the Matter of the Estate of Her
man c. Kah, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was on the thirtieth
day of June, 1909, duly appointed
by the Honorable District Court of
the County of Nye, State of Nevada,
executor Of the estate of Herman G.
Kah, late of said County, deceased,
and ON the same day duly qualified
as such executor.
All creditors having claims
against said estate are required to
file the same with proper vouchers
and statutory affidavit attached, with
the Clerk of the Court of said Coun-
ty within three go months of the
first publication of this notice.
Dated this 30th day of June, A.
d. 1909.
CLEMENT L. MILWARD,
Executor Of the Estate of Herman
G. Kah, Deceased.
. Phil M. Chandler, Rhyolite, New
ada, Attorney for Executor.
w-7-3-5t.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
LIFE OF PETE
BLAKE IS SUDDENLY
SNUFFED OUT

F. p. Blake, manager of the bar
at the Tonopah Club, one of the
most popular young men about town,
vas stricken in death Monday after
noon shortly after 4 O'Clock in the
sub-basement of the Tonopah Club,
by coming in contact with a live
wire. Physicians we're called in
shortly after the accident and the
young man was pronounced dead. A
coroner's jury yesterday brought in
a verdict of accidental electrocution,
after hearing the evidence of many
witnesses.
The people of Tonopah were
shocked Monday afternoon upon
hearing of the death of F. p. Blake
who was Familiarity known as
Pete" For several years past he
has been employed in the Tonopaf
Club as manager of the bar. II
that capacity he met many people
and became a warm %favorite will
all.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
WEST END.

Advantage was taken of the sus-
the holidays and some necessary re-
pairs were made to the hoist and
compressor, so that everything is
now in excellent condition for a
steady stretch of work. During the
short week a total of forty-seven
feet of development work was ac-
complished and ITO tons of ore sent
to the smelter. Work along the reg
ular lines is going ahead on the diff
ferent levels, and good bodies OF
ore are being exposed in some OF
the workings, especially in the raises
from the 400-foot level. In some
of the prospecting work the faces
show strong bodies of quartz, and
while the values at present are low
the prospects are very encouraging
275-foot-level-The west drift was
sent ahead eleven feet and is now
out 351 feet, the face showing full
of quartz carrying low values. The
north crosscut, $50 feet east of the
face of the west drift, was advanced
fifteen feet to the twenty-nine-foo
point, the face being in low-grad,
quartz.
400-foot level-No. 8 winze, 35,
feet east of the shaft, was SUM
seven feet, and is down nineteel
feet, showing some high-grade or
in the bottom. The west drift, 20
feet west of the shaft, was extende,
fourteen feet, the face being low
grade quartz and tale. The uprais
from the intermediate level, sixt
feet above the 400-foot level, wa
advanced eighteen feet, the top be
ing all in good ore. The uprais
from the west end of the intermedi
ate level was sent ahead twelve fee
the top of this raise also showing
good body of ore.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
BELMONT.

After a series of shut-downs,
caused first by the necessity of max
ing repairs t o the motors which run
the hoist, then the lack of power
and finally the holidays, by which
the greater part of the past two
weeks was lost, everything is now
going under a full head of steam,
and operations RI being pushed
ahead as fast as possible. Sinking
has been resumed in the bottom of
the Belmont shaft, which shows a
small flow of water coming in, SO
small, however, that it is easily
handled with the dirt that is hoist
ed. Sinking will be continued as
long as any water makes its APP
p~earance, after which an effort will
be made to catch it up by sending
a short crosscut in from the shaft
and using the same for a stump, so
that the churn drill car be put
through dry ground, in order to pro-
tect the lower workings of the mine,
which are absolutely dry. 1t is
thought that the wet belt is not very
wide and that but little trouble will
be experienced in taking care of the
water. The work in this shaft is be-
ing pushed ahead with two shifts,
as the management is very anxious
to make connections between the
bottom of the shaft and the cross
cut on the 1000-foot level, a dis
lance of over 500 feet. When this
work has been completed 1t will
furnish an excellent ventilation
throughout this section of the mine,
which will permit of the raising OF
a three-compartment shaft from the
bottom of the Belmont shaft, and
will also allow some prospecting
work to be done in the block OF
ground lying to the east of the
Mizpah fault, through which the
crosscut was sent to get underneath
the shaft. This crosscut encounter
ed numerous stringers of quartz, al
of which carried good values, thus
showing up an excellent piece o.
territory to prospect. Owing to the
constant interruptions with opera
tions there is little new to repor'
from the different workings of tn,
mine, the total amount of new
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10

.erything is now moving along
satisfactorily in the building of
new mill and good progress is
made. The contracts for prac-
N all the amchinery and lum-
have been let outside of the
N machinery, and that will be
A before many days have pass
Va number of men and teams
/ work on the various founda-
and grading on the site of the
presents a very busy spot. Dur
he latter part of the month
of the machinery will be on
round and as everything will
readiness for it, the work of
ing 1t will start Immediately.
is considerable ground work
Hone before the erection of the
3gs is commenced, but 1t will
long before the frame work
egin looming up. Repair and
huling work is being contin-
the hoist and compressor, so
hat portion of the machinery
sh in first-class condition. The
t raising from the thirty-fve-
vel, which has been sent I'M
big mill dump, to tap the
IN be started about a month
the completion of the mill,
there will be no time lost
lng the reduction plant in mo-
In the mine large bodies of
ore have been blocked out
1910, 400 and 500-foot levels,
re is r enough in sight to
2 thirty stamps pounding for
onths.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10

week, which is certainly an excellent
record. The regular seml-monthly
melt of the cyanide ~precipitates oc-
Cured this week and resulted III the
production of tweuSy-ewo bars Of
bullion, weighing about eighty
pounds each, which were sent to
Selby's to be refined last Thursday.
In addition to the forty-tlve to fifty
bars of bullion produced at the mill
here in Tonopah every month there
are shipped each month between 100
and $50 IONS of concentrates to the
same firm for treatment, making a
total monthly output of a good
sized sum. During the past week
nothing Of Importance has trans
pired in the underground workings,
some of the faces of ore showing an
improvement, while others are not
looking so well, but this condition
of things is of constant occurrence,
owing to the irregularity in the
width of the various veins being de-
veloped. On account of the inter-
ruption of operations, the total new
footage broken during the past week
amounted to only 10 feet, and the
number of tons milled totaled GAS.
39O-foot level-The west drift
from the footwall crosscut on the
Triangle vein was advanced ten feet
the face showing the vein to have
widened out from six inches tc two
feet during the week, the ore carry
ing good milling values. Work cou
tinues in both ends of the stopa o.
the Triangle vein. The westerly emf
is being carried along to the ives
and shows a back of three feet o
ore. In the easterly end the stop
is being carried upward and expo.e
from ten to twelve feet of ore J
the present workings. The stope o
the south branch of the Triangl
vein continues to yield an excailer
grade of oxidized milling ore froI
the ore-shoot underneath the fNul
; 465-foot level-No new develop
: ment work was done on this lev
: this week, operations being confina
to the Slopes on the Triangle an
+ Martha veins. Both workings al
T producing the usual amount of or
s with no change to note in the a
# pearance of the veins.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
j. j. M'QUILLAN
THINKS WELL OF
LUCKYBoY CAMP

If Luckyboy comes up to the ex
pectations of James McQuillan, it
will develop into one of the big
gest lead-silver propositions this
state has ever had. Mr.. McQuillan
is not at this time making compar-
ison. He is Nevadan enough to
know that it would be ridiculous
to say at this time that the camp is
another Eureka. But he does not
hesitate to give hrs opinion that
Luckyboy, should it keep on improv-
ing as it has been doing since his
last visit, will make a camp that
will produce abundantly of lead and
silver and that as the years roll on
1t may equal or exceed the produc-
ton of Eureka.
Mr.. McQuillan states that the
roads to the mines are lined with
machinery being sent in to be put
in place on the various properties.
There is activity on every hand.
Two hoists and an engine have
arrived for the Oddie lease and will
be put in place at nee. The engine
on the Spencer lease is now in po-
sition. At a depth of 800 feet ore
has been encountered by Spencer
and his associates. The work of
sinking to the 3O0-foot level was
done entirely with a whip. Many
of the workmen are interested in
the lease. They took a chance with
Spencer and have been working
since December last without receiv-
ing one cent of pay. Now that the
ore has been encountered Spencer
has cut them in with him and it is
more than likely that all will come
out with much money,
The Brodigan lease has ore as has
the MeAfee lease, the latter of which
has reached a depth of $50 feet in
the shaft. A blower is being in
5ldiltu mere anu as sOOH db ~ ID III
working order three shifts will be
put to work, extracting the pay ma
terial.
While there, Mr.. McQuillan was
. shown some very rich ore that was
reported TO have come from Tampa
canyon. He states that it is ex.
tremely rich and that it will com.
pare favorably to tina ore found Al
Glendale.
The well-known mining man II
much taken with the country as +;
whole in the neighborhood of Haw
thorne, He believes that there will
be many more finds to enrich tina
section. AS yet there Is an enor
nous. country to be |prospected. Will,
the ground that has been passet
over is Just as inviting as wha
might be called the virgin terri
tory.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
Weeks End Report of the Mines

ground broken from the fifteenth of
June to the first of the present
month amounting to only 299 feet,
which is far below the usual record
of the mine.
1100-foot level-The west drift on
the Belmont vein from the bottom of
1856 winze is out a distance of la
feet, and shows about two feet of
ore on the hanging wall. A strong
vein of quartz is just coming in the
face of the drift, which looks very
promising, and a few rounds of shots
may widen the pay streak to the
full width of the drift. The face of
the east drift on this vein shows the
ledge to be a little over three feet
wide--somewhat narrower than last
week. For the past forty feet the
vein has shown an average width of
six feet, all of which carried good
milling values. There is no change
to note in the Slopes on the Miz-
pah vein east and west of 1854
Wine. OF late but little ore is be-
ing extracted from these workings,
although the ore body shows a width
of from twenty to thirty feet in both
slopes. The most of the ore being
sent to the mill at present is COM
ing from development work and
Slopes on the Occidental and South
veins, and the big ore body exposed
on both sides of 1854 winze makes
an excellent reserve. The east drift
on the Mizpah vein from the 1Jrth
crosscut from 1854 Wine is oui
1891 feet, the face exposing low.
grade quartz. Work in the face OF
this drift has been suspended fol-
the present and a south crosscuI
started to pick up the south branch
of the vein. The raises on what Il
called the middle vein, which is tn,
one encountered by the north cross
cut from the 1854 winze at a poin
eighty feet in, continue to produce
fair tonnage of good milling ore
These raises are being sent up OF
! the vein east and west of the cross
cut and both workings exposed tw,
feet of ore in the top. Tll5 mai
south crosscut from the 1100-foo
station in the Desert Queen shaft !
out $50 feet and is still passir
| through a fault, the face shown
l considerable drag quartz, some {
t which carries very good values.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10

faction, furnishing plenty of air to
run the drills and the hoist, the
latter having been formerly operated
by steam. Everything in and about
the mine is looking first class, and
while there are no particular inn
provements to note, the different
faces of ore are more than holding
their own in strength and value.
During the week a total of five cars
of fifty tons of ore each were sent
to the shelters.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
MONTANA.

iering the short week, due
oss of two days on account
of power, the results of or;
in the mine and mill have
st satisfactory. Especially Is
in the mill, where the run
past week. tonnage consider
the best for many months,
We of ore being put through
nsiderable higher than for
le past. In addition to the
value of the ore worked,
cent Of extraction jumped
V last week to 92M this
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
.BELLEHELEN
MEN PASS THROUGH
TO THE COAST

F. B. Lavender and brother, VIII
arrived in Tonopah yesterday
from Bellehelen. They are EN- route
to Los Angeles, where they will par
ticipate in the Elks' festivities
which are to take place in the south
ern California metropolis from the
Sth to the 18th.
Asked concerning conditions in
the Bellehelen district, both gentle
men stated that work was progress
ing steadily with satisfactory results.
They are connected with the Sciota
Nevada Mining company and gave
out the news that a hoist and other
machinery had been ordered. The
same will reach the camp within
thirty days and will be put in place
Immediately following its reaching
the district. The installation of the
new machinery will greatly facilitate
the opening up of the property
which has considerable ore exposed
in the lower workings.
The Messrs. Lavender have the
greatest faith in the Beliehelen dis
trict. which is evidenced by the fact
that they are expanding large sums
of money opening up their property
They have the kindest words for the
district as a whole and believe ina
the day is not far distant when thai
section will take its place in th'
front ranks of the camps of southern
Nevada.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
TONOPAH MINING.

Little progress was made in the
'ronopah Mining %company's ground
during the past week, due entirely
10 the two days shut down for the
holidays and another day lost
through lack of power, the total
sAew footage amounting to but
sighty-three feet, of which forty-five
nd one-half were broken in the Miz-
ah ground, sixteen and one-half in
ne Silver Top and t~wenty-one In the
Ned Plume. No sinking was done
lfA the Mizpah shaft, which has at
lined a depth of 1447 feet. When
he power was shut off last week
he water rose in the shaft to Ito
let above the bottom, and this had
st been pumped out and arrange
ents completed to keep the pump
N)ing through the holidays when the
aver was again shut off, allowing
e shaft to fill up with water to the
0-foot point a second time, which
quired the greater part of this
eek to pump out, allowing the
lrk of sinking to proceed yester-
v. The foundation for the new
elve-drill 100 horsepower COM
sssor has been completed and
erything is in readiness to install
machinery upon its arrival,
ich is anxiously awaited in order
push the work of development
ing at a faster clip. A great deal
important prospecting work had
n started, but owing to the limit
mower of the present compress
] much of it had to be suspend
until the new machinery is put
commission. The order for the
eh-needed auxiliary to the plant
placed some time ago and Its
val is looked for any day. Mean
le a small amount of develop
II work is being kept up at sew
points in addition to the worl
he slopes.
the Silver Top portion of tn
pany's workings nothing is be
done on the 240, $40 and 440
levels outside of Stopping on tn
by View vein west of the shat
on the Silver Top vein east Q
shaft, all the different stope
ucing the regular tonnage {
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
ANOTHER INCORPORATION,

The San Francisco Placer Mining
company yesterday filed articles of
incorporation with the county clerk.
The company is capitalized at L.
900, 900 shares and proposes to OPP
crate in the placer fields of the
Manhattan district.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
MIDWAY

The regular work was carried on
on all levels of this property This
week, the result showing nc an
portant changes. A great deal of
prospecting work is being pushed
ahead into virgin territory, and
while no ore bodies Of commercial
value have yet been found, the ex-
cellent formation and numerous
~stringers of quartz carrying values
encountered gives every encourage
ment to continue the work. In the
older workings the drifts along the
veins continue to show the usual
amount of ore, while the various
slopes are producing the regular
tonnage. During the week 100 tons
were sent to the mill.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10

Blake was just going off shift
when he was told by Johnny Nc
Caffery, who is also employed in the
Tonopah Club, that the beer had run
out. The former, after listening to
the last round of the Ketchel-Papke
fight, returns from which were be-
ing received at the club, fastened
to the lower basement of the build
ing to tap new kegs. He had been
gone some time, when McCaffery
went to the cellar to tap the beer
himself, believing that Blake had
been called upon to do something
else. When he lit a match in the
dark basement where the beer vas
kept he was greatly surprised to
find the ~lifeless body of his associ-
ate upon the floor. Upon further
examination, McCaffery found that
the unfortunate young man held an
electric globe in his hand. Evidently
a leakage caused a shock of electric
ity to strike Blake, which brought
about his death. Medical aid was
summoned, DR.. Cowden being the
first physician to arrive upon the
scene. He worked over the body,
but life was extinct. DR.. Hammond
was also called in, but 1t was found
that Blake was beyond all human
aid.
ha' de- tth was not instantaneous
is borne out by the evidence of Nc
Caffery before the coroner's jury.
The young man stated that after he
had extracted the electric globe from
the hand of Blake, he asked him
what had happened. Blake MUIR
INJURED something which could not
be understood by McCaffery. The
body was removed to the upper
basement, where all that could be
done was rendered.
The news of the death of Blake
caused profound sorrow in the camp
lie was a highly-respected youns
man of moderate habits. He is one
of twelve children and the first on'
|, of that large family to pass away
His mother and father are both Nv
ing and are residents of the Com
| stock, where the body will be takeI
this morning for interment. TIT
: Eagles and volunteer iremen of thi
4 city will accompany the remains U
D the depot. the deceased being
t member of the Comstock aerie o
t Eagles and the local volunteer fire
men.
pete Blake was q years OF age
a native of Virginia City, Nevada.
brother, John Blake, arrived In TOT
opah yesterday morning from IA"
thorne and will accompany the re
mains to the old home, as will
/ sister. Mrs. ]. HALEY of Goldhelt
e and the latter's husband. John
1t McCafery will also attend the fur
< eral ceremonies in irginia.
At the c%oroner's inquest yesterda
y afternoon, held in the office OF Ju'
d tice of the Peace Atkinson mar
At witnesses we're examined. The pm
Ly ~siclans who examined the body wei
lie Of the opinion that death was d.
~ to e%lectrocution. A post morte
1t held by DR.. Hammond and DR.. Ale
ander drew forth the facts that u
in heart of the deceased was in exec
lent condition, while the left har
a showed that 1t had been burned !
the current.
is The verdict of the jury was
er before state, accidental electrocutio
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10

S. II. Brady Of the Belmont De
velopment company of this camp,
was a departure yesterday for Cali
%fornia, where he will spend several
days.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-10
Lease is Let
on Good Ground

The producing zone of the Tono-
pah district will likely be extended
before a great while. Chris S. Nc
Carthy, one of the earliest residents
of the camp and a miner of much
experience, together with Harry Ep-
stine and associates, have secured a
lease on the ground of the Jim But
Ter company. The acreage secured
by Mr.. Mccarthy and the others
was formerly known as the Fraction,
being a portion of the claim lacking
onto the west end line and the south
side line of the West End claim.
That Mr.. Mccarthy and Mr.. Ep-
stine have been figuring on securing
a lease to this ground has been
known for some time. However, 1t
remained for the past two days to
record a successful consummation of
their ambition. They will start OPP
erations between this time and the
fifteenth instant.
BY the terms of the lease, the
~lessees will be enabled to work the
ground for a period of two years.
Considerable work has been done on
the property before it was acquired
by the Jim Butler Mining company,
The lessees will devote their atten-
ton for the present to the Fraction
No. / shaft, which is now down to
a depth of 400 feet. From that
! level they will drift toward the Wes'
) End ground in an endeavor to locate
the ledge from which IN the lattel
: splendid ore is being extracted.
{ Mr.. Mccarthy was quite reticen
yesterday when seen by a repr osent
alive of the Bonanza. He held him
self to the cold facts of the leas'
and volunteered but little informa
: ton concerning his opinion OF tn
9 ground, giving as his reasons tina
= the time was not ripe for any eS
u tended remarks.
1t has long been contended b
d mining men who are acquainte
e with conditions in this camp tina
II there is not the slightest possibilit
of the West End ledge escaping tn
ground secured under leasehold b
: Messrs. Mccarthy and Epstine.
+ was common talk yesterday that tn
lease would be shipping ore With
a comparative short time.
IS OF course there will have to be
lie heavy expenditure to equip the lea'
IS in a manner which will admit of l
ID being worked to advantage. Wheth'
or not a company was to be formt
g for this purpose. Mr.. Mccartf
as would not say, but it is believed thi
W the departure of Mr.. Epstine for Il
Ill north is connected with the raislI
of the funds necessary to carry {
ne operations as they should be carrie
on.
Another producer added to the II
de of good ones in this camp wou
prove of incalcuable benefit. In Z
so working of a lease, nearly eve
ak dollar remains at home. And VIII
en- the period of production begins t
re amount that finds its way into G
90 cuIation on the spot is hard to es
ed mate.
W Great interest will attach 10 I
Sc operations on the lease when wo
.ty is finally under way. 1t is assert
as that ore will not be difficult to
re- counter. However, that remains !
Ise the future to reveal, although t
d. weight of opinion seems to be tn
ct, there is little chance of missing
a