White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
Was Not Afraid
to Risk Money
REPORT OF ADMINISTRATORS IN
DICATEs THAT THOMAS ROCK.
HILL WAS WILLING TO BUY
MINING STOCKS OF ALL KINDS

The diversified resources of the
late Thomas Rockhill, Mexican war
veteran, and pioneer mine operator
In the Ely district, ranging from wild
cat mining stocks to gilt edged se-
curities. and embracing notes that
are absolutely worthless to agricul-
tural. land OF great value. are re-
vealed in the final report of Henry
n. Byrne. administrator of the es-
tate, which has been approved in the
district court The assets of the es-
tate have been appraised at $780,
s53.37.
At the time of his death, the old
pathfinder was in possession OF the
following stocks: $4,000 shares of
Ely Calumet; 200 shares of Ely
Witch; 1000 shares of Cirae Min
ing company; 5000 shares of North
Belle Mining company. 1876
shares of Old Imperial Mining and
Milling company 200 shares OF the
Vulcan Mining. Smelling and Rein
ing company: 333 shares of the Ne
yada Consolidated; 1900 shares of
Robinson Mining company: 60,950
shares OF Ely Northern; i0.S66 of
Chairman Consolidated; $500
shares of Ely Central; 500 shares of
Giroux Consolidated; 1000 shares OF
Yukon Gold. 400 shares OF May Day
Mining and Milling company; 1900
shares OF Biscuit Mining company,
1000 shares of the Sioux Consolj-
dated; 800 shares OF Uncle Sam;
25O0 shares in Northern Hotel com
pany; 1000 shares in the Universal
Metallic; 1000 shares in the Utah
kearns Tunnelling company; 10
shares in the Copper National Bank;
80 shares in the campton CONNER
cial company, 1900 shares in the
White Pine Soda company; 10 shares
in the Ely Building company.
Notes against George n. Nix for
$3.50, J. A. Fesler for $500 and z.
b. McCraeken for $100 were re-
garded by the administrator as
worthless owing to the fact that the
parties owing the Indebtedness are
insolyent.
An agreement was entered with
q. l.. Rickard 10 transfer 5000
shares OF the stock in the Northern
Hotel company to liquidate an in
debtedness of 300 due the Rock
hill estate.
The Ely Northern Copper COM
pany had agreed TO pay the deceased
$685. 600 out OF the frsi dividends
that were declared by the corpora
, tion for the sale OF the mining prop
erty included within its possessions.
The document is eight years old and
was regarded by MIR. Roekhill dur
ing his lifetime as worthless. The
company possessed no means of de-
velopment and the possibility of the
estate realizing anything from the
transaction was rather remote. Jo-
seph aud Fred Pheby. the incorpora-
tors OF the Ely Nothern, agreed TO
transfer $4,000 shaes OF stock IN
consideration of transfer of the
contract.
In his final report Mr.. Byrne re-
ported that the estate had received
474.03 shares of stock in the Con-
solidased Coppermines company in
exchange for the stock held by the
deceased in the various corporations
that formed a part of the merger.
At the time of his death Mr.. Rock
hill was in possession of the Aura.
Mount Morgan, Katie G., Laura Lee
and Diamond patented mines, and
held a half interest in the Richmond
group of nine unpatented claims. be-
sides having a third interest In the
Fayorite placer claims Nos. l and 2.
Mr.. Rockhill was the original To-
Gator of the group of claims on which
the steam shovel pit at Copper Flat
is located, and was interested in the
first transaction made within the rec
ognlzed copper belt.