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GREATEST NEVADA MINE.; tliil Ore Bottle In th Tninh Other Mining M.i in Strte h iiihIiik um Ictm-d Chan. Wottacittt rrltiitiiil few day ago from a trip to tide water, Jim JitM'lilm. tin- inintinr man Iff I Tin- t-alv uml vtimatic work fur Sum Francisco thi nioriiinir i i... n... t.. i. m..,;.,,.i ,vin.i ,., .r K. Mark A ( ii. have a great re duction hull of lf'l" DOW "II llUllll. Frank Golden came In mi Monday evening' htagC. r.NiilHMiV dally ii'iii ! me grami ag givgate of wealth thrown III sight. Tin-fu( iiiv it-Ill tif dividends will he Imiilt-'l imiIv ly tin' force employed in tin- extraction uml rnluction of ores. Tilt' SlI-lMTt sllllft, the largest as to size and where tin heaviest hoist will In- placed, is dropping downward to day from the :!MI level. The drift on tin"- H00 -level, connecting the Sieln-rt with the J)tM-rt Queen, ha been completed. The Queen shaft has t ut through twenty-four feet of ore of the value of $H0 per ton. A working station has been cut out ut the til 4 foot point. On the east .r00-level of the Mizpuh ledge the ore body is twelve feet wide, all of which goes over $ 100 per ton. At the face un altered ore is coming in, replacing the oxidized ores. A new winze has been started on the east 300-level, which is nMning up from six to seven feet of $100 ore. In the east and west drifts at the 340 level of the Valley View the ledge is six feet wide and forms a mass of ore of yet unex plored length, which yields $200 to to the ton. New York-Tonopah. Resumption of operations In the New York-Tonopah will continue the work of dropping the big working shaft from the 550 level. It was the intention of this company from the start to sink 1000 feet before begin ning the work of cross-cutting the great extent of ledge-bearing ground covered by its claims, whether or not ore bodies were encountered. The mineralized blue porphyry, com monly forming the wall rocks of Ton opah ledges, has been penetrated, together with inshoots of a denser character, all of which are indica tions of the proximity of a regular contact, aside from the quartz inter spersed. Silver Too. Superintendent Fleming reports 1hat the shaft on the Silver Top has reached 70 feet in depth. The com bined ledges continue in nearly verti cal position between the contact, the walls Ix-ing of hard "Mizpah-por-phyry '' and andesite. The clay gangueon the hanging wall is strongly impregnated with iron, while late as says from the four foot ledge show a marked improvement in values, mainly as to gold. The company is planning for the early erection of a steam hoist. Mining investors will lie interested in the fact that some 1-easury stock may be, sold for the purpose of completing the mine equipment. 1 nd liiiia-Toiiopali. During the past week the work of sinking the two compartment shaft on the Mia claim has progressed steadily. The formation in the hot. Unit of the shaft is changing and the indications are that it is nearly through the volcanic capping and the possibility of getting into the miner alized formation in a very short time seems assured. In prospecting lately on the claims at the east end of the group, cropping of a ledge were dis covered which showed small values on the surface. As soon as the snow melts systematic prospecting will be done on all the claims of the group. Toiiopah-l'iiion. Progress on the Tonopah-Union shaft at Gold Mountain is being made at an average of twenty inches per day good work with a windlass, in very hard ore and a 110-foot hoist. So far as known as to its width the ledge ranges from seven to ten feet; assays from two to three feet of this run from 142 to 1 .257 per ton. At the iMittom of the shaft the ore shows less oxidization as the work goes along. Alpine. O'.Meara A Lynch have returns for eight car load" of ore shipped from their mine at Alpine City, Lone mountain, and have three cars in transit and three at the mine ready for shipment. The ore nets the lucky owners (251 HI per car. The produc tion has paid the purchase price of the property, which is now estimated to be worth $1,000,000. Moiitrtnu-Tonopiili. The high grade ore in the hot torn of the shaft has widened out to live feet on the north side. The north drift nt the 400 level fs all in good pav ore. Sinking continues at the, rate of two feet per day. The first car load of rich ore will Ik- ready about the 10th of February. West r.nd. The engineers at the West End shaft reversed the usual order of proeeedure in having completely set up their hoisting engine first and then using it to raise the big gallows frame. The latter now looms over Main and Summit streets, and will begin business next Tuesday. Colli Mountain Mines. All of the Gold Mountain mining companies are sinking in ore of good values. The stock of the different companies is in great demand, many thousand shares having changed hands during the past week. The recent lire alarms show the efficiency of the tire laddies. M. J. O'.Meara left Thursday morn ing for Salt Lake and I'liiladclphia. County Clerk F.nger has so far re covered that he is able to Ik1 up and about. Constable .Scott Hit-key, who has been on the sick list, is now on the improve. Mr. Charles Watson and wife re turned on Thursday's stage from San r rancisco. R. T. Zaspd has received a large consignment of hardware and gro ceries this week. Dr. H. H. Chittenden of Santa Cruz, Cal., is in Tonopah on a visit to his son, Dr. II. W. Chittenden. Mrs. Al Stock, wife of Superinten dent Stock, of the Tonopah-Union, is among the late arrivals. W. C. Wyneonp, of the JJberty mine, and 15. Glulden, the attorney, came in tin Thursday's stage. The snow storm of Tuesday night was a severe one in this vicinity About a foot of snow fell on the level Mr. Davenport, whose leg was so successfully amputated by Dr. Gar ner last week, is getting along nicely. Assemblyman McCabe fortunately escaped without serious injury from the railroad accident at Wadsworth Hub Woods, agent for the National Cash Register, is in town making, his semiannual trip through Southern Nevada. The snow drifts may be to the ad vantage of local wood dealers, but it lets the water-wagons out of a lot of business. leslie arren who has oecn con fined to his bed for several weeks is reiKirted better and will soon be among us. J. (i. Hooker and ramiiv were ar rivals on Wednesday evening's stage and will hereafter make Tonopah their home. The new front in the Eagle saloon Ijogan is. heylor, presents a verv handsome appearance. This work was executed by Ernest J. Waidnian of louopah. Milo Plamenaz & Co. are getting ready to open up their new saloon where the old Barnum restaurant "used to was" and which promises to be one of the linestm town. Norman E. Conklin, Esq.. of Bak- erstield, is a late acquision by Tono pah. He is looking for investments, and will join the legal fraternity in the practice of his profession. An additiou to the family of County Commissioner Egan was presented Sunday evening, in the shape of a bouncing baby lioy. The mother is doing fine and Tom Egan is the hap piest man in Tonopah. The card of Clyde Jackson, mines and mining stocks, will be noted this week under the head of "New To day." Mr. Jackson's thorough and practical knowledge of the business insures his reliability as an advisor and agent. Harry Clark and his estimable wife who have been sojourning in San Francisco for several weeks have re turned. Mr. Chirks health has much improved. She is accompanied by a younger brother who will remain here for some time. Klng-Tonopali. The shaft has attained a depth of 150 feet and Messrs. Lynch & O'Meara are confident of cutting a rich ledge in the next few feet. Several small stringers, which assay from $15 to HO per ton are now being sunk upon. There is none of this stock on the market, it being a close incor)ora tion. The property lies about 1 mile north of the Mizpah. Molly. Good headway is being made in sinking the shaft which is in por phyry. The new steam hoist is in transit unci will arrive very soon The porphyry shows value. The Molly stock is a good investment. . Stone Cabin. At the 300 level drifting and cross cutting is being carried on. The ore in the drift is of high grade. Sinking will be resumed in a few clays. ItCNCUP. Sinking of the two compartment shaft is being prosecuted with all possible speed. The shaft is now down 100 feet. Midway. Duri'-g the week several stringers of ore was cut in the shaft, the tire giving good assay values. The shaft is down 200 feet. (ioltl Hill. The shaft is now down in quartz 317 feet. Geo. Dewey and Doc O'Toole have returned from Carson. COLD AND SILVER RATIO. i IVcfdilcMt tiend McM to C fire on I he Huhjcct. j A Washington dispatch of Januarv j 2'-Mli mv : ' i The President to day vent to emi gres a message urging that tlie ex ecutive be given Miwer to mule some arrangements with other nations looking to the fixing of some ratio value between gold and silver. This message is the result of a lormal ap peal to the United States by Mexico and China, asking that the United States come to the assistance of these two great silver-using coun tries. It was pointed out in the me morial that the enormous fluctuations in the value of silver were rapidly ruining the trade of China and ail Oriental countries, which amounts to an immense sum annually. It is pro posed that the United States make overtures to the other powers for an agreement which will fix a definite ratio between gold and silver. MM t. (! i:tiiiix Angel Camp. Such is the titular designation at tached to the newly-discovered gold fields, found a few months since by A. H. Lee, where he has interested with him W. J. Sinclair, P. E. O'Brien and Frank Stewart. The locality is four miles southwest of Paradise mountains, Lodi valley, Nye county, arxiut seventy miles north by east from Tonopah, ri-hl miles north west of Pactolus. The general for mation is porphyritic syenite, with lime and shale over-capping, through which three known ledges crop. The country is thickly covered with rich float. However, eleven assays from ore in place average $57 per ton in gold, with no trace of silver, the lowest being $19 and highest $1(53. The ore Is oxidized, ferro-auro, and shows free gold. There is plenty of wood and water on the claims. Mr. Sinclair is in town after mining tools and supplies for the purpose of com mencing development work at once Twelve miles north of this point, and still in Nye county, Albert Lebeau has round a series of gold veins yielding rock that "horns" well and assays in gold $80 per ton. llaiinapab. A group of fifteen claims at Han napah, belonging to the Graham brothers and which adjoin those of the Hannapah company or Newhouse properties, are under a six mouths bond to a New York mining syndi cate represented by L. L. Patrick Four ledges are known, crossing the locations east and west, in a por phyritic formation very Ijke that of Tonopah, the surface ores of which assay from two ounces in silver to $130 per ton in both gold and silver. Active mining operations have been inaugurated by the bondees, which will be vigorously prosecuted. Good Methods. During the coming week Tonopah Labor Union will place in each busi ness house in town, where so entitled, a notice that the same does not em ploy Chinese help, the cards are the property of, and issued under the seal of the unions, are very handsome specimens of typographic art from the Bonanza press. Since . this peaceful blockade against the hordes of Asia was established, the unions have succeeded in placing seventeen American laborers, including several young ladies in good positions hith erto occupied by Chinamen. Id-signed. Walter A. Harris has resigned his position as cashier of the local branch of the State Bank and Trust com pany, and leaves for his home at Car son to-morrow, mis news win ne eeeived with sincere regret by busi ness men here, who are familiar with Mr. Harris successful career as the pioneer banker of Tonopah. How ever, his many important and rapidly enhancing interests will necessitate frequent business visits in the future, where he enjoys the confidence and esteem tif everylnxly. Send the Information. All companies operating in and about Tonopah mining district are requesteo to send accurate and full information regarding the loca tion of and number of claims in their property, with their capitalization and amount of stock set aside for tlie treasury, and list of officers, to H. C. Cutting, room 412 Mutual Savings Bunk building, San Francisco. An Acquisition. The Bonanza is glad to announce that Mr. James Morris, an old-time Nevada printer, and among the very best on the coast, is now in charge of the job department. The attention of mining companies and business men generally is called to this, as well as to the fact that all work turned out will be first-class in every particular. Meeting Postponed. On account of the illness of county commissioners Egan and Rogers, the regular monthly meeting of the board of commissioners has been postponed until March 1st. C K Kii,r tle M.M.tana T.whi )wh. ill-put ted t.tr in.i!jile!il,s ht.t ' w I,... ' i VIUMIIt l III. .1 lllll, John WIUmi mid .Mr. M. Nal.li, Hi hfH i.t fit yearn in Alaka, ar il ed in TonoMih thin week. The llelinont utage lia dim-arded it wheels for runner, the mow In the Mciiiityof Belmont lieing a foot tleep. , R. C. Taylor, who had a surgical titration performed by Dr. Piper, is now able to DjiK'ur the utreets much im proved. Harry Clark, of the "Original Package," contemplates the erection of a new building or, the ground now occupied by him. A handsome recess glass front has taken the place of the wooden one in the Palm saltxin, and adds much to the looks of that cozy resort. C. E. Elliott and Dr. A. L. Hud gens leave for San Francisco Sunday morning. Mr. Hudgens goes to pur chase a steam hoist for the Indiana- Tonopah. The Eagles will entertain with a "smoker next Friday evening, Tonopah Aerie now has a member ship of over a hundred, with forty eight applications to be acted upon. E. E. Savior and wife were in at tendance at the wedding of Mr. John Bowler and Miss Emma Glore, at the residence of the bride's parents, Reese River. Mr. Bowler is a brother of Mrs. Saylor. For the convenience of night pedes trians, the Bonanza has had placed on the corner of its building, on Brougher Ave. and Summit street, an electric light. Messrs. Kendall. VVingfield and Hennessy have also had a light placed on the pole oppo site this office. The Rev. Mr. Dorrance, accompa nied by his sister and youngest daughter, arrived from Bakersheld. this evening. The Reverend gentle man comes to take charge of the Presbyterian church and will hold services at the usual house on Sun day, February 7th. Alex. Whitman who was shot by May Howard several weeks ago has been operated upon in the German hospital in San Francisco. The x-Rays was brought into the case for the purpose of locating the lost bul let, but without avail. The shat tered bones were extracted through an incision in the buck. The patient stood the operation with considera ble nerve. Returned. Urt li. (Jurtis has landed Rarely in Tonopah, after an extended itinerary throughout all the principal eastern cities and important centers of the middle west. At all points he found investors on the qui vive as to min ing interests here it was all Tono pah everywhere. In Ohio, at Cleve land, while a guest of F. M. Kirk, president of the Ohio-Tonopah, Mr, Curtis was elected member of the "Coal Club," an exclusive organiza tion which suspended rules in order to admit a miner, on the ground that gold and coal were now of equal value. At Chicago he broke bread with Chas. E. Hannon; at Kansas City, Mr. Curtis enjoyed the hospi tality of F. T. Piatt, meeting else where on his travels Chas. E. Knox of the Montnna-Tonopah, all of whom are believers in Tonopah. Mr. Cur tis' vacation over, he will put in over-time on the Chrystal Water Co. and several other company affairs here. Uowler-CIore Nuptials. On the 20th inst., at the home of the bride s parents on Reese River, Mr. John Bowler, a brother of attor ney P. M. Bowler, Jr.. of this city, was joined in wedlock to Miss Emma Glore, an accomplished young lady reared in Lander county. 1 he happy couple Were the recipients of many beautiful and costly presents. The Bonanza and the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Bowler in Tonopah wish them bon voyage upon the sea of matrimony. No. - Engine. Fire chemical engine No. 2, pre sented to the city of Tonopah by its discoverers, Mr. and Mrs. James L Butler, will arrive to-morrow. The engine is a duplicate of Io. 1. lhe volunteer fire department is now composed of about forty members, which membership should be divided into two companies and the boys given a trial for supremacy in getting on "first water. ine citizens or Tonopah greatly appreciate the kindness and liberality of the good hearted donors. LONE MOLNTAIN DISTRICT I In Knowing of th nj mauler And Other Propcrtlc. leaving TtmoiHih the na to f me Mountain district run down a sliuht grade in a northerly direction almiit xcven mile, then aceml at a mill easier grade for eight milea more ti the Miiuiiiit of a ridge of the old mountain. It then descend into a narrow valley, which run directly south. Two mile from the siuiiuii't is a ruined stone cabin, built by pros ecurs years ago. JMght miles fur ther down is the nroiiet tv of Cuttinu & Gritlin. These gentlemen have twenty-one claims and there is at least one lodge on every one of them. in tact, one can hardly step without stubbing his toe against, a ledge of quartz. There is undoubtedly a prospect for a great mine here. Tlie Formans are in this belt and have as good prospects. Adjoining on the south Dr. A. L. Hudgens has a number of claims which also promise well. Back in the mountains to the southwest are the Coleman claims, and it is very encouraging to see the sacks of ore which are stacked up wherever work has been done. Further to the south are the Mead i & Kendall claims. Here airain are sacks of ore taken out from the in cline which is now being sunk. lo the east of these latter claims and two miles south of Cuttine & f Griffin's, the Paymaster, the only ; incorporated company In the district, is operating. Their group consist of nine claims and two fraction, The discovery was made on the Mi i of Erin claim, where the ledge en e ped on the side of a deep gulch, i t says of $231 were had from the or pings and a shaft was started on foot wall of a weil-dehned let The shaft is now about forty-fivei deep, and on each side of it all way down the ledge can b pi seen. 11 consists of an a vera eight inches of galena ore car silver values to the amount o per ton and also a trace of Outside of this is one foot of assaying $110 per ton. Thet ' of the shaft is all vein matter, assays from $12 to $40 per Joi sacks of ore characteristic district are very much in e here. It is the plan of the Compaq t.n Rink- t.hp shaft fthnut. , 3 deeper, than drift along and start stoping out the shipment. ' i j A con&ervative estimate i value of the ore developed shaft and at presentopened i . the ledge is $100,000 now, wt " foot of depth adds many dc the amount. At their cam a half mile from the mine aiK side of the Silver Peak wagd a wed will be started within few days, and when water u ble a stage station, corral l will be established. The : d has already established a ret ped assay office at the cai.i should prove a great help to 1 pectors m that part of the Water for this district it tained from Silver Peak from a well at the salt ma miles from the Paymaster r, latter is somewhat brack ii ever. Wood is abundant ;i zuma, twelve miles away. : try around is full of prosper are working systematical! ing from what has aire. found there is no doubt a short time a number of will be in operation in thi AVeddeil at the On Thursday afternoon I Francisco, E. E. Kuapp Edna A. Malatesta werri marriage. The fair brJ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 4 testa,- now of Tonopah, i of Eureka. The irroom i! Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Knati thorne, and of the well of Knapp & Luke, asst return of the popular cou ODah will be hailed with c the nrofound trood wishe leL'ion of friends. The li knowledges a bountiful su norted champagne, which to the health, wealth am of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ivi The Masquerade. TvpAn vmir pvp on the date Feb ruary 12, on the nignt of which will transpire the grand masquerade ball to be given by the Tonopah fire de partment. Costumes and masks will be on hand m time tor gening goou ready for the fun, for which orders must be left at the store of Lothrop & Davis. Prince and princesses, ghosts and ghostesses, with the coons and Happy Hoolihans, will all be there. Place vourad. in the Bonanza. in- re jed s for an- ino- j his i his is to king bali- i Sew Bank Oflid w UUII, if. xnvuwivio, w arrived from Carson las evening. Mr. Richards I his earlier duties for the and Trust Company as ca Tonopah branch, having ferred from the central He is right at home, hen and has the welcome ol the hundred. da v. mint The "knocker" along advises persons who are Tonopah to keep away, body s life is in danger oR who hold you up in day Main street and commit night. Tonopah to-day neiicenh e cit v in the tl in i . , i 1 ura are norerm is safft within its E n . w f ' - -- - ( r ijtt, nnlv rohhprv of anv noto JNews eare pro Stt, ledge ric! forty eii values pojfls and thejroduct Tht after a net at a T"' ten tion fjiOO-foot Flol will be male. Mr. Mrvith the Roan buy. Iwidhe sale We1 of the 'coiio relin-(-O'lings. atte a ri! privlP. Mr. t,) jcted to jje,ih dur 6 South- lige)18 Car-var(3istrict ah will , ther to 'Nevada sibly to X tended T,feel the