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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1905. Tz T 22 SGIDRELD N 1905 <o = AMPSene 50 T — N GOLD VALUES TEBKEN AT MINES. L s S SUPPLIES A SUMMARY gt S Y CHARLES J. MOORE, M. E. o rporated tract: nging to as much as 300 1vestors are operat- territory to- ., on which es and sell ible to pur- of the ocent noters are place their properties panies and operate for ir profit in fluctuations purchase properties develop them into more t es, and who ex- from the the property the legitimate min- m _this article is 4n- profits also those of the second be referred to even by those r s an extensive voleanic characterized by the various lava rock types known as an- volite, and intersected by dykes of the same rocks, abase and diorite. There is also variety one carrying very far this has not nce of having been deposits either by rea- s chemical composition, or by reason of fissuring. The site of the main velcanic neck, himney, or crater from which the va- rious lava flows came has not teen definitely located, but is indicated by &n extensive andesite area near the center of the proved ore-bearing dis- trict. This, however, dence, thus far, of ore-bearing veins in the actual volcanic neck. The topogTaphy consists of a number low hi and ridges covering an approximating sixteen the ridges rising to heights of 50 feet to 150 feet above the mean level of the district, while the hills rise to 300 to 500 feet in height, and those forming the general boun- he south and east rise to prominences of 800 feet to 1000 feet above the average level. e west of the town the region unded by & line of steep slopes the escarpment of an exten- or table land, having an of 300 feet to 400 feet abhove el of the town, and cap- flat lying lava flows of sitic and rhyolitic tuffs. ng the low ridges mentioned, and crests of the lower hills are nu- us quartzose outcrops standing or ramparts along the ridges e to thirty feet high above = ground surface. certain belts, especially those ved to contain ore-bearing wveins, flows of desite and rl of e the ground is greatly discolored by red fron stai but this is not an in- riable sign of ore-bearing veins be- low The main veins follow the course of cified ledges or dikes described which have a general north- westerly or northerly course through- he district, but which in places th an east and west . and in one locality these silici- ¢ radiate from a prominence as the Black Butte, located some five miles northeast of Goldfield d on ich is one of the best mines in the district. the Quartzite. The origin of the ore deposits was un- doubtedly deep seated. The hot wa- ters came up the fifsures from below, carrying various minerals in solution, among them gold, a little silver, cop- per and some iron. -As the waters rose nearer the ancient surface, and con- sequently both the pressure and heat om the mine, | e days of the oid | though of course it | shows no evi- | l of the surrounding rocks decreased, the | solutions began cooling and depositing | their various minerals, the most ex- |t ng quartz, which thus silici- des or walls of the fissures, through which the circulated and in which the e deposited questions as to whether the de- show evidence of secondary as primary mineralization, wheth- djacent country rock originally ned minerals from which the so- ons obtained their values through aching, whether the silicified ledges are properly classified as dikes, or ould be designated by some other hnical term, cannot be discussed article of this nature, which is ended solely for the average news- The main questions are Goldfield district presents nce of permanency as a min- whether the high values in are merely ‘superficial or they can be expected at great- than any thus far attained vet), and whether the vel es are merely superficial the nature of gashes, or er they are true fissures of con- ble extent both horizontally and downward. If. the evidence shows that e answers to these questions are all favorable, then the Goldfield district must take its place .among the best gold producing regions in the United States and rank high among all those known in the warld to-day. 1 conclusions reached by the writer follows: —The region so far explored, partly so, includes fifty-six square miles of mineralized territory, of which only one-fourth has been de- veloped sufficiently min but t shallo explorations and surface indications in the remain- ing three-fourths all point to many | more mines yet to be discovered there- in, also to the fact that the extent of the region will be much greater than at present, when further prospecting and judicious exploration is carried forward. Second—The veins are numerous, deep-seated and defined as well as some other rich gold producing re- gions. They are not so well defined as some of the noted gold regions of much lower average ore values, e. those along the mother lode in Cali fornia, the Bohemia district in Ore- gon, Gilpin and Clear Creek cqunties, *olorado, etc., but are more nearly analogous to some of the veins in Crip- Creek, Colo., Kalgoorlie, West and others in which the main ore channel is very narrow and must be watched closely during under- ground development and in which the values are mainly disseminated in a number of narrow parallel cracks, seams and laminations rather than in one large central well defined single crevice. Third—The ore bodies in these veins are .short, but numerous and exceed- ingly rich. The only region in the | United States comparable with this in | average value of the ore is Cripple | Creek, Colo., but the first year of Gold- | field’s existence, in which reliable esti- | mates show a production of $2,000,000 in smelting ore and $3,000,000 in milling ‘ore (smelting ore being reckoned as that above $100 per ton in gold value and the milling ore all that below this grade), is immensely beyond that of Cripple Creek, which shows only $200,- 000 production for its first year. It is only fair to state, however, that Crip- ple Creek had much unfavorable public opinion to overcome in its early his- tory, while the public was somewhat | prepared for Goldfield through the ex- | traordinary results of developments in Tonopah for two years previously, this | district being only twenty-three miles north of Goldfield. { Fourth—While the ore is disseminat- |ed through numerous cracks, cross- slips and fissures in the uppermost or oxidized portions of the veins, and is thus difficult to follow systematically, yet at a depth of 140 feet, where the oxidized zone ends and the live ore is found, the veins become much better defined and regular with one if not both walls clearly apparent and the | values in the live or sulphide ore zone | are nearly as great as the average of the oxidized zone above. Fifth—The character of the change in the ore as the sulphide zone is explored deeper is favorable to continuity of | values downward. Copper bearing min- erals appear in the vein together with one or two other base metals such as antimony and zine, anu chese all indi- cate permanency of value in- greater depths, especially where there is no in- crease in silver values over the small amounts in the surface ores. While these other metals in the sulphide zone | of course remove the free milling char- | acter of the ores, yet the high values | still continuing fully justifies the more | expensive plant necessary for bene- | ficiating these values, and there is al- | ways a permanent market for these | smelting ores in San Francisco and | Salt Lake City. | Sixth—The on and mill- ing facilities will soon be increased The first railroad, broad gauge, will reach the town and be open for traffic {the mnearest depot road. Two sampling mills are already {n operation which are fully occupied Emuso: president, J. D. | with the products of the mines. Two | ordinary stamp amalgamation mills are in operation and others in process of ierectlun‘ The Combination Mines Company has its own mill in for working its ores both by amalga- mation and cyanide. It will be gathered from the ing statements that the Goldfield dis- ed both as a safe and | the Combination mine on the triet is regard prog'txble field for gold mining invest- ments; it supplies the recent lack of such in the Sierra Nevada region, and when it is known that all modern methods of transportation are in vogue, including automobiles and traction engines, and that water is obtainable from numerous wells within the town and springs a few miles distant and at a depth of 150 feet in the mines, it will be understood that the difficulty of | working in a_ treeless country, a so- | called desert, is greatly mitigated, and that the advent of the railroad will | lessen considerably the cost of all sup- | plies, especially of timber, that neces- sity in all deep mining. Electric light and power companies are constructing their lines rapidly and bringing in power for all purposes from points eighty miles distant in Cali- fornia where the power is generated. The initial price of properties is not excessive, but as before stated these {are rapidly being purchased from the original locators, and with energetic well directed mine development this will speedily rise to the highest rank among the richest gold mining districts in the United States. BROWN TELLS OF WEALTH ‘ IN SIGHT BY 6. CHESTER BROWN, M.E.,C. E. Many gzold excitements have occurred | in recent years, but the marvel of them all is Goldfield, a city in the heart of | the desert, which has grown.from 200 to | 12,000 inhabitants in eighteen months. to open payable 4 This city has every accommodation that one could desire; electric lights, city water works, splendid restaurants, gbod lodging-houses, and last but not least, any form of conveyance from Tonopah to Goldfield, even to riding in an auto, which makes the trip in two hours. With an elevation of 5600 feet this city has an ideal climate; just cold enough: in winter to be bracing, and warm enough in summer to be pleasant. Columbia, only one mile east of Goldield, is also in a flourishing condi- {1‘0"\'] every modern convenience being at and. : | “Diamondfield, named after the well known mining man, Jack Davis, com- monly known as “Diamondfield Jack,” | is rapidly coming to the front, for new strikes are being made every day in this promising region, and ‘many prospects are proving to be good mines. This city is located three miles south- ,east of Goldfield. Now, lct us consider the cause of all the bustle and excitement in this re- | gion, namely, THE RICHEST MINES THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN., The famous Jumbo is worthy of the first consideration, for this property caused mining men to flock to this re- |.gion. Situated upon a reddish hill, a short distance from Goldfield, it imme- diately interests the visitor, not only on account of its location, but also_as a wealth producer. Two full claims, the Jumbo and Clermont, and two fractions, the Grizzly Bear and Lucky Boy, con- stitute the holdings of this company. The great strikes were made upon the Jumbo_claim..some eighteen months ago. The production from this single claim is astonishing, and large bodies of high grade ore still remain to be mined. ~ The Bows-Kernick lease, which was the heaviest producer, has shipped over $1,000,000 worth of ore. Over $15,000 worth of ore daily was hoisted from this lease when it was be- ing operated. The Zinn lease produced over $250,000, the Ridge-Curtis over $150,000, and the Vermilyea-Bartlett over $100,000. The product from the Jumbo is all over $20 gold, some of which runs as high as .967 fine, the finest gold ever received at the Carson Mint. The Bows-Kernick lease is down over 300 feet and sul- phide ore being encountered, is taken by experts to prove its permanency, and that the Jumbo is one of the great- est mines in the world. All the leases on this property ex- pired on the 15th day of January, 1905. Following is the list of officers: Prin- cipal office, Goldfield, Nev.; president, John McKane; vice president, C.. D. Taylor; secretary, rge McClelland, Goldfield; incorporated under the laws of Arizona; capital stock, 1,000,000 shares of each; 400,000 shares in treasury. Another property within a stone’s throw of the Jumbo is the famous Combination, which consists of two separate groups of claims, the Combin- ation Nos. 1, 2 and 3, el Queen and Rustler fraction claims, side-line the Goldfield Mining Company’s propert: on the east, afid is the group on whicl the Combination is located. The secona group comprises six well located claims, situated just south of the first named up - and join the most lolllher{y claims of the Goldfield Min- ing Company. This property pur- chased from the nal locators for $75,060, and outside of the first payment £ $5000, the mine has paid for itself, &Id in addition .“300.000 has been. di- under $200 n, estimated is at present $400,000 worth of 'ue is feet in width and an ore shoot feet long was there encoun- tered, the values running up in the hun- dreds. Very little stoping of ores has been in the mine, the large extraction coming entirely from the development thousands of tons rgmunn |in the coming September. At present.! ;',g;‘;,;“,"“ ready for extraction A is at Tonopah, |ten stamp mill has just been erected, | twenty-eight miles distant by wagon | as well as a complete cyanide inock bpll?lri‘lt- uilding, Hubbard; "d:a Principal office, Monad: resident,. T. short time. October and St. Paul claims, which ad- join the Combination on the south and west. The January lease: produced in one year over $1,000,000. In the dumps on the company’s ground are over 20,000 tons of rock which average $30 per ton in value—too low grade to ship under the present high freight rates, but which can be profitably milled on the ground. The lessees sunk the main shaft down 250 feet, and drifted 300 feet on the ‘ledge.” It is authoritatively stated that the shaft on this lease when t has reached a depth of fifty feet had roduced $50,000, or $1000 per foot. This will convey to the reader the phenom- enal values contained in the Goldfield ores. A ten-stamp mill will soon be erected by the company. Principal office, Tonopah, Nev.; presi- dent, R. L. Johns; vice president, H. M. Clark; secretary, H. F. Bragdon; treas- urer, A. C. Eisen; incorporated under the laws of Arizona; capitalized for 1,000,000 shares of $1 each. The Florence is another property that has been a big producer and the vein to which the main shaft has been sunk has done much to convince the world that the veins are permanent. The shaft is down 500 feet; a ledge 3 feet wide of $1000 ore has been opened up at this depth. Every ton of ore shipped from this mine averaged over $400 per ton. Over $800,000 worth of ore was extracted by the lessees in one year. The owners will incorporate and then erect a twenty-stamp mill, and with this object in view are now widen- ing their main shaft. The St. Ives claim adjoins the Algea group on the west, the Paloverda frac- tion of the Jumbo Extension Company on the south, and lies within a few feet of the line of Jumbo Mining Com- pany’'s property. Rich ore has been found in place on the surface, which assayed as high as $2000 per’ ton, the smelter returns on 200 tors netting the company $70,000. The majority interest in this property was lately sold to M. Bond, ‘W. Bond and Captain Hazel of San Francisco, who will organize the St. Tves Mining and Milling Company. The price paid for this interest was $100,000. Goldfield Silver. Pick Mining Com- pany’s property -consists of four full and one fractional claim, adjoining on the north the January claim, and the Mohawk on the west. There are three leases being worked on this ground and the showings that have been made are excellent. A number of ledges out- crop the claims, which.are being pros- pected. T*his is one of the favorably located properties in the district, being an extension of the January on the north, on which the big strike in the Riley-Kendall lease is situated. Main office, Goldfield, Nev.; president, A. D. Myers; vice president, T. D. Mur- phy; secretary, M. L. Detch, Goldfield; Nevada laws; capital *Stock, 1,000,000 shares of $1 each, of which 400,000 shares is treasury stock. Red Top Mining Company consists of one full claim, and is an extension of the Jumbo en the north and the Mo- hawk on the east. The company Is sinking shafts on the property and has 2 big ledge of milMng ore. F. Brad- ley, who is leasing on the north end of the claim, has a ledge of milling ore over 18 feet in width. This property is extremely well located and being in good hands, 1s looked upon as one of the coming mines of the district. Main office, Goldfield, Nev.; president, C. D. Taylor; vice president, . M. Ish; secretary and treasurer, R. L. Colburn, Goldfield, Nev.; laws, Arizona; capital stock, 1,000,000 shares; par value, $1; 400,000 shares in treasury. Goldfield Mohawk Mining Company consists of the Mohawk claims Nos. 1 and 2 and the Slim Jim fraction. There are five leases being operated on the property, and the showings. indicate large ore bodies. * The location and sur- face indications on this property make it one of the very attractive prospects in_the Goldfield district Main office, Tonopah, Nev.; president, H. Ramsey; vice president, J. H. Fore- man; secretary and treasurer, H. H. Brown, Tonopah, Ne laws, South Da- kota; capital stock, 1,000,000 shares of $1_each; 400,000 shares in treasury. Booth Mining Company consists of one full claim lying between and adjoin- ing the Red Top and Columbia Moun- tain property; four good sized ledges outcrop and seem, to be extensions of one or more of the ledges on the Jumbo, Combination and Florence property. No leases are to be let upon the prop- erty, which will be developed entirely by the compan;. i Main office, Tonopah, Nevada; presi- dent, George S. Nixon; viee preagdent. W. W. Booth; secretary, J. W. Stewart, Tonopah, Nevada; capital ‘stock, 1,000, 000 shares of $1 each; treasury stock, 400,000 shares. Columbia Mountain Mining Com 1y covers almost the entire extent of Co- lumbia Mountain, which is in the center of the Goldfield-Diamondfield district. Big quartz ledges outcrop continually across the property in the for: of dikes. On the east side of the m tain a tunnel has been run in a distance of more than 300 feet, whence cross- cuts are being driven to tap the ledges 600 feet in depth. This tunnel has cut three different ledges, which assay from $9 to $40 per ton. At numerous other points the outcroppings have been pros- pected, showing values which will pay to mill. This property .is one of the choicest prospects in the district and jore will be heard from' it in the near uture. ¢ 2 3 Main_office, Tonopah, Nevada; - dent, George S. Nixon; vice pre t, T. W. Kendall; , J.. T, Brissell, ‘Tonopah. Ne ; capital stock, 1,000,- 000 shares of $1 each; 400,000 shares in eighteen inches, the ore assaying from $500 to $10,000 per ton. The values found here have eclipsed all strikes made in this district. This property will soon be incorporated. The Goldfield Great Bend Mining Company consists of five full claims and two fractions, which was just re- cently acquired and organized into the present company by Mr. V. P. Strange and Mr. Peter Porter. It is sitnated in Diamondfield district and in a direct line with some ‘of the strikes recently made. Two hundred and fifty feet west of the incline some stringers of tellu- rium are found assaying as bigh as 00. Main office, 211 Atlas block, Salt Lake City, Utah; president, Frank A. Keitn,| vice president, F. B. Cook; secretary and treasurer, Peter Porter, Salt Lake City, Utah; general manager, V. P. Strange, Goldfield, Nevada; incorporated under the laws of Utah; capitalized for 1,000,000 shares of $1 each, of which 200,000 shares is treasury stock. Diamondfield - Gold Mining Company owns three fractional claims, the Har- vey, Daisy and-Quartzite, located in the Diamondfield- district, joining the Black Butte, Jumbo Extension, Goldfield Daisy and the Vernal No. 2 claim. This prop- erty has only lately come into promi- nenco through the strike on the Riley lease on the Quartzite fraction, where at a depth of forty feet a thirty-two foot l&dge was crosscut, assaying clear | across its surface more than $150 per ton. At present this property is being operated by McKane, who bought the lease from the Diamondfield Gold Min- ing Company. They have erected a| complete gasoline hoisting outfit and have sunk a shaft to a depth of 200 feet, and in less than a month’s time shipped more . than 300 tons of ore averaging | $200 per ton. On the 100-foot level they have a body of ore forty feet wide, which assays more than $60 per ton. If| the present conditions continue _this lease will rival the famous Jumbo. Min- ing men of experience claim that the property should have good values with depth, THey are now working forty men. Main office, Tonopah, Nevada; presi- dent, T. L. Oddie; vice president, G. S. Nixon; secretary, A. S. Watson; mine manager, Jack Davis; laws, South Da- kota; capital ‘stock, 1,000,000 shares $1 each; 400,000 shares in treasury. Black Butte Goldfield Mining Company consists of two full and one fractional chaim, adjoining the Jumbo Extension and Diamondfield Gold Mining Compa- ny's property. A tunnel has been run in for .a distance of 500 feet, exposing a ledge twelve feet wide, which assays more than $50 per ton. There is a quartz ledge cropping clear across the claims twenty to fifty feet wide, which assays fgom $5 to $40 per ton. This property is one of the greatest milling proposi- tions in existence and they have ore enough on the surface to keep a 100- stamp mill in operation for more than fifty vears. Main office, Tonopah, Nevada; presi- dent, T. B. Rickey; vice president, T. L. Oddie; secretary, H. H. Brown, Tono- pah, Nevada; laws, South Dakota; capi- tal stock, 1,000,000 shares, par value $1 each; 400,000 shares in treasury. Another one of the Goldfield compa- nies which has every indication of be- ing a great mine and one of the large producers is the New York and Nevada Mining Company. This company is or- Zanized on one of the safest poesible plans, as this property consists of six full claims, two of which are located in Tonopah, two in Lone Mountain and two in Goldfield, just north and east of Black Buttes, which gives them the possibility of at least three good mines, all under one company or incorporation. On the Goldfield claims there is a ledge outcropping for 1000 feet, which indi- cates an immense ore body. The sur- face assays from the outcropping have given values ranging all the way from $40't073100 per ton. b Goldfield Daisy Syndicate owns three claims at Diamondfield. which adjoin on the south the Great Bend group and the Vernal No. 2 and on the north and west the Jumbo Extension ground. There are two leases in active operation on this property and at the present time two shafts have been sunk, 75 and 100 feet in depth, in which assays have been made, ranging from $30 te $100 per ton. Main office, Goldfield, Nevada; presi- dent, N. Mansfield; secretary, M. L. Detch; treasurer, Nye and = Ormsby County Bank; laws, Arizona; capital- ization, 1,000,000 shares of $1 each; 400,- 000 shares in Y-n‘surv‘." i Jumbo Extension ining Company owns two claims and two fractions ad- joining the Diamondfield Gold Mining Company, and the Goldfield Daisy at Dhmx_flcla. This property is one of ;l;: choleu} ‘:n t‘:o &I:mt ct, tihn loa.u“: n uliar each separal taim or fraction 1s entirely surrounded by properties on which the camp's greatest strikes have been made. Main office, Tonopah, Nevada; presi- dent, Key Pittman; vice president, A. S. ‘Watson; secretary, H. Lind, Gold- field, Nevada; laws, Arizona; capitalized for 1,500,000 shares, par value $1; 500,- 000 shares in treasury. Vernal Mining. Company comprises two claims and one fraction, the Vernal No. 1, Big Chief and Uncle Sam, located within the rich mineral belt in the Dia- mondfield district; adjoins the Black treasury. i Sandstorm - Company econsists | Watson &." :lh:‘;'x:l’:fflhllt A ang on the south | It i8 at preSent being worked by lessees and splendid show! are. made. 3 g e o, O Roneal e 8 ‘whicl e f ‘was . made extends south throu, -entire gth trom which the s takes its name, This is bound < claim | vel «ob?ono : of the big propertles of the district in a | tend t'!:rem Tonopah, Nevada; from 3 Main office. ] treasurer, A. You Chi ‘L. Butler; vice presiden every confidence that they agent, H. H. Brovr-n‘. Tol?o]u 5 secre! H. H.- h I, in the near future, open up an ex- manager, A. Winslow; incorporated un- | pah, Nevada; laws, mm-u; “fine Tty. der the laws of West Virginia; capital- 000,000 . "$1 each; 4 n _property that is attracting ization, 400,000 shares, par value $100. in treasury. ) much mgfln‘u.flnw Frac- ‘The mine adjoining the Combination sm» is the property .as tivm {: _are not only consists of two s e ETOUps, owned 3 L lease recently “but be by the Goldfield’ Mining Company. The such marvelous -values. It | 'The extant of t _rutg:h is only ten first and most important is the January | com; threesclaims ‘joining on the | acres. the W ='. sixty fe 50 ot oo Rk SED | I S Sty BRy ot | Sum ip e bt e R e S 3 =i a5 e u second group consists of the September, | screened and sacked to a - M'" H ton. All ore oea < e e to the smelter by Wells-Fargo’s Ex- press. The owners are Malcolm McDon- ald, C. Morris, A. Parkhurst, all from Butte, Montana. J. Campbell is general manager and superintendent. The com- pany is incorporated under the laws of Arizona for 500,000 shares; 200,000 shares in treasury. Following is the list of leases in the Golgfleld district and the production of each: Bows-Kernick lease; expired Janu- ary 15, 1805; located on famous Jumbo property; produced $1,000,000. Zinn lease, was the first to ship ore from the Jumbo; lease expired January 15, 1905; produced $275,000. . Ridge-Curtis, on the Jumbo; lease ex- (%{)Cd January 15, 1905; produced $160,- Vermilyea and Bartlett lease on the Jumbo; expired January 15, 1905; pro- duced $135,009. Total production from leases on Jum- bo property for the year 1904 was $1,570,000, Kendall-Reilly lease, on the Goldfleld Mining Company’s property, known as the January; expired January 15, 1904; produced $1,000,000. Hennessy and Winfield lease on the Florence property; expires September, | 1905: produced $360,000. Oddie-Gardner lease on the Sand storm Mining Company’s property; e pires September, 1905; produced up to date, $320,000. Loftus-Davis lease on the Sandstorm expires September 15, 1905; produced up to date, $59,000. Another lease on the Sandstorm that will produce ore is the Keading-Petti- grew. They secured this lease from Adoiph Myers of Lothrop-Davis Com- pany, Columbia. McKane lease on the Quartzite, of the Diamondfield Mining Company; expires January 10, 1906; produced up to date, $300,000. Kernick lease on the Velvet; lease expires August 1, 1905; produced up to date, $75,000. Total production by leases in the Goldfield Mining District up to April 1, 1095, $3,162,000. BULLFROG MINING DISTRICT. Some eighty miles northeast of Gold- field there is a mineral belt that is very attractive, not only to the prospector, but also to the mining investor. This district is designated by the name of | Bullfrog, which first came into promi- nence some eight months ago, due to | Original the phenomenal find on the Bullfrog of high grade ore. This dis- cevery was made by Lige Harris, known as Shorty Harris, a poor pros- pector, who was headed for Goldfield. He noticed a well-defined dike and after a careful search found rock con- taining gold. Sending Cross, another prospector and his partner, to Goldfield with samples to be assayed, Harris be- gan to open up the ledge. Cross, upon arriving in Goldfield, se- cured aid from townspeople, as the as- says ran up into the hundreds, some as high as $15,000 per ton. It cost tne original investors just $500. This is the authentic_story of the discovery of the Original Bullfrog, which has proven to be one of the richest properties in Ne- vada. Work is being pushed on these claims, more than thirty men being em- ployed, and there is an immense ledge of quartz, fully 2000 feet in lensth, which outerops on the surface. A cross- cut has been run in a distance of 200 feet, as well as a drift more than fifty feet in length, and the crosscut, as weill as various shafts, all more than sixty feet deep, show good ore bodies, which assay from $120 to $1500 per ton. This company recently shipped five tons of ore, as a test for gold and silver values, and recelved returns from the smelter of $873 per ton. Main office, Goldfield, Nev.; president, J. W. McGulliard; vice president, F. C. Carlsen; secretary and treasurer, M. M. Detch; laws, Arizona; incorporated for 1,000,000 shares, par value $1; 300,000 shares in treasury. /. Another property which has a splen- did showing is known as the Hazeiton group, situated ab®ut three miles north of the Original Bullfrog. A ledge has been opened up in the tunnel which is ten feet wide and runs $200 per ton. Assays were obtained from the surface which gave returns as high as 37396 per ton. Mining men consider these claims as good as any in the district, for every indication points to permanency. Mr. Ben Hazelton is general manager. group has not been incorporated. The greatest strike ever made on the desert occurred recently on Montgom- ery Mountain, in the Bullfrog Mining Distrjct, a distance of one mile from | the town of Rhyolite. The showings on this group have astonished even the most skeptical of men, for assays as high as $100,000 per ton have been ob- tained from a seam of talc in the tun- nel. A crosscut 100 feet in length opened up a big ledge, it being more than sixty feet in width, which will average $100 per ton. Crosscut tunnel No. 2 also shows up well, as there is a lead in this tunnel five feet in width which assays $200 per ton. Mr. Edwards, one of the o";::‘l.l sold his lnlemtdtor'-:lu.m ew company, under the name the Shoshone Mining Company, wi.n‘ erect reduction works at an early date. J. C. Connor of Colorado Springs, xwuldut: M. McDonald, vice president; : adjoining ~ orth, owned by R. l(o-mr;.-umk:c:n as This | | THE NEVADA PROSPLCTORS TRILND -— - - m the Polaris. Development work on this property is being rapidly pushed. Another valuable property which is being opened up in this immediate dis- trict is the Bullfrog Empire Mining Company, located only three claims dis- tant from the famous Shoshone group, which is valued at $300,000. Picked samples from the Bullfrog Empire gave assays as high as 34020 per tom, prac- tically from the surface. Bullfrog, the newest and richest dis- trict yet discovered, 2 new_surprise | every day, and the Bullfrog. Empire is in the center of the district. Incorpor- ated under the laws of Arizona; capi- talized for 1,000,000 shares, par value $1; treasury stock 400.000; J. H. Wil- ms, Goldfield, Nev., manager. TOKOP DISTRICT. Tokop is in the old Gold Moutain dis- trict, about-twenty miles south of Gold- | field, and covers an area of twelve square miles. | The ledge on the Tokop Consolidated, | one of the best properties in the dis- trict, is more than ten feet in width and runs as high as $30, They have a well defined ledge of | quartz. the country rock being a gran- | ite and a porphyry. Extensive develop~ ment work is being done. | The St. Louis is another good prop= erty, having the same lead as the Tokop | Consolidated, and ore that assays $30,- | 000 per ton. | Cosgrove’s claims, four miles north of | Tokop, have ledges thirty feet wide, | which, run $50 per ton. Assays as high as $4000 per ton from the surface have been obtained. Water was obtained at a depth of four feet and wood for fuel |is plentiful. An offer of $200,000 bas | been made for the property. | KAWICH MINING DISTRICT. | Situated in the Kawich Moun seventy miles east of Goldfield. This re- gion hsa only I discovered five months, yet good \Kdu's from the sur- face are being obtained. | _ The original discovery was made by McDonald of Tonopah on what is now known as the Kawich M g Compa- ny’s property. claims are the best | in that distri d the company is do- ing much development work on its holdings. ays as high as $50,000 per ton were obtained. Nixon and Oddie control this compan Jack Davis also has property hers which bids fair to pay handsomely. He located the townsite of Kawich, named | Nixon, after his old friend and associ- | ate, Senator Nixon. \ JOHNS FINDS WEALTHY MINES The Adams-Goldfi pany, which owns Adams, Jefferson and an example of the intelligent and con-~ servative development characteristic of this district. These claims were lo- cated by the president of the company, | R. L. Johns, who is also a prominent | attorney. Mr. Johns is the president of the Goldfield Mining Company and the | locator of the famous January mine. Since Jume, 1904, the Adams-Goidfield | Company has been constantly engaged in developing work. Thus far no ore has been shipped, although some ore assaying as high as $100 a ton has been extracted. The ledge at the bottom of the location shaft averages $i1§ a tom. On the Monroe claim a ledge was dis- covered averaging $46 a ton. All the stock of the original owners of the claim has been pooled and the com- pany is not selling any treasury stock at present, as it has sufficient money for development purposes. The Goldfield Mining Company, which | was incorporated in January, 1904, owns three groups of claims, all of which have been leased during the past year. | The January mine produced during the last year $200,000 worth of shipping ore and $300.000 worth of milling ore. All the ore was extracted from a portion of the ledge 150 feet in length and 106 feet in depth, and much valuable milling ore was left in the stopes. Both the above companies are incor- porated under the laws of Arizona with a capitalization of one million shares of stock of a par value of one | dollar per share. The officers do not receive any salary. The same officers serve both companies. They are: Presi- dent and attorney, R. L. Johns: vice president ‘and mine manager, H. T. Bragdon; secretary and treasurer, A, C. Eisen. | TONOPAH WATER COMPANY. | Until the advent of Colomel B Q. | Wheeler and J. B. Quigley of San Fran- | cisco with Georgs D. Mahooney of Oak- !1and, no one had realized the commer- | cial value of the snow-clad hills to the | north of Tomopah. They did, howewer, | and the Tomopah Water Company, with !a capital of $1.000,000, was the immediate result. The company now owns 10,000 acres of watershed supplied from thess same | mountains. It has ten wells, each from |50 to 140 feet deep, and a pumping plant sitnated sixteen miles north of Tomopah |in the heart of the desert. The water |is eool, pure, and so plentiful that a weex's trial pumping reduced the valume | not one inch. This bhas all been accomplished since last August and yet so quickly has the | population grown that the city supply is now far from adequate. Often water | gives out altogether and long since the housekeepers of Tonopah learned to make washday and bathday coincide from sheer necessity. But the water company is even now constructing a new reser- voir. This will have a capacity of 252,000 gallons and the water will reach the heart of the city under a pressure of 125 pounds. So the days of buying water by we gallon or barrel will soon have passed for good. SPLENDID OUTLOOK. GOVERNOR SPARKS SAYS PROSPERITY WILL LAST. IN my opinion the presemt conmdition is mot a boom Nevada. Discoveries have given prominence to mining, but agriculture and stock raising are permanently contributory. Irrigation of arid lands by the Govermment of the United States is now giving opportunity to homeseekers. Railroads are being constructed to meet the requirements of trade ond | . commerce. New life and energy inspire our people. Stram- gers come and are not deceived.