The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-09-19
NORTH TONOPAH CAMP
Continued from page one)

IlOWCfCiy thO PhOSRCStOA 10 a. NaAA
who makes the camp. He is govern
ed by hard-headed observation and
believes gold is where you find it.
Formations, lenses, dips, spurs and
angles are nothing to him so long as
he finds gold. Gold tells the tale.
If it is near the surface he believes
it is bound to go down in most cases.
And usually, he is right. Out in
North Tonopah the ground is too
hungry looking to furnish a square
meal for a burro and in spite of that
fact the very first shot brought down
a ton of gold ore that yielded $64 at
the smelter.
With such conditions before the
camp it would seem a golden chance
for Tonopah to get in on the ground
floor and stay with the game long
enough to demonstrate the value of
the new section. A popular subscrIp-
on individuals and the result may
be the bringing in of a camp that
would double in Tonopah, increase
the population ten times and stimu-
late business in every direction. If
the camp makes good it will furnish
employment to an army of men and
work a revolution in local affairs.
If it is not a fixed and determinate
proposition the quicker that fact is
decided the better for everybody. A
few men are nov bearing the brunt
of the burden and the majority of
Tonopah's business community is
willing to let them continue to pack
the water.
The discovery of the camp is d.
rectly due to the prospecting of Peter
Wyneken and A. H. Shipway, who
made the original locations which led
to the finding of the camp. They now
have four claims adjoining the Soren-
son ground and about 5000 feet from
the original first find, Shipway has
confident the camp is going to make
good. The number of leasers at
work has been variously estimated,
but it is certain that at least twenty
men are working for wages and half
as many more for a ~grubstake.
No. l lease vas taken by Harry
Mcnamara, Owen Daugherty and Pat
Mooney. They have a hole down 80
feet, showing a ledge 8 feet wide
carrying a 9-inch vein of an average
value of $50. Some of the stuff in
the vein will go as high as $50. The
company proposes to sink to so feet
before doing any lateral work.
No. 2 lease, known as the JARVIS.
is owned by Eugene Bertram, c. X.
Jarvis and Bob Richards and others.
Assay and paintings u about the
same as No. /, but they have had
paintings as high as $1,000 from the
seam contents.
No. 8 is owned by A. J. Gingles
and J. G. Cough, who have a 3-foot
ledge with the pay streak just COM
ing in. No. 3 is down eight feet.
No. 4, held by George Banovich,
adjoins No. 1 just Ove the hill.
No. 5 lease is being operated by
Mike Plamanez and associates. They
have just begun work.
No. 6 is the last one taken by
Thomas D. Murphy of Goldfield, who
was to begin work before this, but
has not done anything up to date.
To prevent a repetition of this tying
up ground the claim holders have
injected a clause in all leases re-
quiring tools to be on the ground in
three days.
C. w. Taylor and w. H. Sheppard
have five claims adjoining the main
strike on the northeast, where ex-
cellent paintings have been made.
Sheppard is a gold miner of varied
experience and came to Tonopah
from the camp of High Grade in
California, neal the Oregon line.
Descending the hill to the south
is the group of eight claims known
as the Saunders-Sorrenson locations,
which were made chiefly by w. P.
Saunders, a practical miner who has
had a diversified experience and who
thinks North TOnOpah is slated for
something more thar an epheemeral
career. He is associated with r. B.
~Sorrenson and both men are pushing
WOlk Ou tuclI CidlIlS, Willie uOlIS
all in their power to help willing
leasers who are bound to comply
with the stipulations calling for fifty
shifts a month, n years lease and
10 per cent royalty. Incidentally it
may be said that the Saunders-SOr-
renson grounds looks better to a lot
of people than the area further up
the hill and it must likewise be noted
that splendid showIngs of the camp
are right here. Jack McQuillan, w.
H. Spencer and James Pike. who have
a lease here. have gone down for a
distance of II feet and have 16
inches of good ore to show for their
labors, with enough in sight to enable
them to keep busy sacking. The
whole ledge pans $25 and a 16-inch
seam pans around double that figure.
lack Nav has a very promising