Show I MAN GETS PER MONTH TO GUARDE GUARD CLOSED E D MINE r Draws Salary for Twelve Years From President of Inactive Company TONOPAH Xe Nev April 20 Tho The Tho Tonopah Tonopah Tonopah Tono- Tono pah Gold Cold Zone Zono Mining company compan operating operating ing Ins on the Tonopah has procured a fine gasoline clI engine lne from the tho vicinity of Bonnie Clare where It was Installed some years ago ngo b by an Eastern syndicate that never turned a wheel after atter sinking a deep p shaft The company compan got cot Into litigation atlon and antI tho the plant was left there waiting for a purchaser which was found In the Zone company The Tho en engine Ino and anda a gallows c frame rame worth originally 1500 was acquired for or a n. fraction of tho the first cost and hauled away v to Its new station Fifteen years ago O the Bonnie Bonnin Clare dare ills dis district US- US tract known as Goldfield t Gold Cold mountain was the scene t of great activity owing to the tho discovery of ot phenomenal values at grass roots hut but the cupidity of or the tho stockholders as asserted Itself In several everal cases which resulted In capital n fighting sh shy of or the tho district and ancl Investors fearing to ven venture turo further In Into to a n section that tho t appeared beset with le lesal leal al entanglements In removing in the old equipment the freighters were surprised to see eco eo n n. loneman lone loneman loneman man off oft on the gray ra landscape who came forward to ascertain tho the business of the newcomers He lie proved to ho be a watchman watchman watch watch- man for the Williams mine name who had tl been 11 living a hermit existence for the past twelve years and drawing down a salar salary of 12 a month for or watching watching- a property y that had not turned a wheel since 1006 1906 when the th Goldfield boom was wason wason wason on and Goldfield Gold mountain was the tho scene of rare activity lie expressed himself satisfied with his job as ho explained that he ho re re- re re-j re I 1 I Io his month monthly pa pay check promptly o every ory ry month from rom the president nt of or th the company somewhere In the tho East Th The check came through without a single lc failure allure drawn against a n. Boston bank and If the tho watchman lives ho is likely to continue to an Indefinite age In the tho service of or his Ills unknown employers who have paid him In wages wage for watching watchIng watch- watch In Ing a n. plant estimated to bo be worth about I The Tho southern country country- Is being combed cl for machinery suitable to the tho demands of ot the Tonopah Gold Cold mountain I district where the companies are paying 11 a premium for second hand outfits since they cannot procure new equipment short of six months delivery dell Five companies companies companies com com- are operating there and oth others rs will 1 begin as coon roon as there thero Is a show for tor landing machinery on their groups There Is a n. possibility that the Tonopah Tonopah Tonopah Tono Tono- pah Goldfield railroad will decide to torun torun torun run the tho branch line from rom tho the flat fist back backof backof of ot Mount Brougher leaving the Tonopah switch below the present depot It Is I said that an easy grade may ma bo be had from that quarter uart r and better hetter than theline tho the I line lino now un under er survey from rom siding One rea reason on for preferring tho the spur to be run from rom near Tonopah Is I the probability that the tho new camp on the divide will have to rely on local ocal mills ml for treating the tho ore Charles 15 g. Knox manager of ot the tho Montana Montana Mon olon tana Ton Tonopah pah which has a milling plant on the slopes of Mount addle Oddie says AAS ho Is willing to resume operation If ho he ron can get geta a a. sufficient tonna tonnage o to warrant the ex ex- ex Tho Montana mill has been closed for four tour years pors and some somo of ot tho the machinery was sold old or removed but there remains a complete battery hattery of ten stamps all a available ble for or active and economical worK worn The MacNamara MacNamara- ac Is also willing to place same Ramo of or lt Its stamps on custom ore oro from the ne new district and the West Vest End custom custom custom cus cus- tom mill can take tako care caro of a n portion of the tonnage e About bout 10 men are areo steadily employed eel In construction work In the divide country country country coun coun- try and some of the re regenerated properties properties proper proper- ties tics arc are going to put on two shifts to quicken the work of ot setting down to de de- de These gangs will will b be employed chiefly in old shafts anti and the companies will provide temporary camping camping camp camp- ing InS facilities facilities for tho the night crews crows The demand for or good miners miters is so 50 brisk that it Is la Impossible to get et good men to work at tho the new camp which Is six miles s from Tonopah and accept Inferior accommodations accommodations so the employers bring them therm to and from their homes In Jitneys at the beginning and end of each shift shirt without snaking making an any charge |