Show A LAND OF WONDERS special correspondence tonopah To nev jan 20 in this land of wonders so many sensations are sprung that one is not surprised at anything the J W LANGLEY latest is the strike in the kawich mountains about seventy miles southeast of tonopah To the samples first brought in were filled with the yellow metal and those returning from there since bring reports of wonderful promise several hundred rushed to the new field and a townsite has been platted the first days sale of lots amounting to over thus the chase for gold continues he who stops to think or meditate finds the procession ha haa passed on and that he has been left at the quarter post reports from the bullfrog section continue good and the two leading properties are shipping ore to the market that runs into the hundreds the larger mines in goldfield have been busy getting ready to continue operations since the leasers leaders gave possession and the present year will undoubtedly see a much larger production than last on exhibition in a window of a leading bank is a pan of gold taken from a panning of five ounces of dirt from the mayne lease that weighs over three ounces results like this to the most doubtful is certainly proof of the wonderful richness of some of the dirt in southwestern nevada interest is not confined to any one section however but in nearly all directions one finds the prospector also the miner doing either assessment or development work several sales of properties are reported in the lone mountain district and more work is being done there now than at any time durin during g the past year at the anaconda tonopah we are working two shifts and have uncovered four feet of sil ver lead ore that gives average values of better than 40 I 1 visited silver peak last week and note q fuite bite a renewed activity in that section the homestake Home stake recently purchased by the mohawk alpine company is erecting a five stamp mill and in the face of transportation difficulties has most all the machinery on the ground and expects to have stamps dropping within thirty days the recent advance in montana tonopah was no doubt caused by the disclosures made on the lower levels as the ore encountered is richer and much wider than above I 1 am informed from reliable source that they now have over cash reserve in the treas ury rumor says the tonopah will post a dividend during the coming month the common stock has been called in and there is no doubt but that the mine is in condito do so and to continue doing so for many years late developments in the tonopah extension have proven this to be one of the large mines in the district the pittsburgh on the west of the extension and owned by the same people is sinking a shaft expecting to go 1000 before drifting As the extension vein is headed directly towards this property there is little doubt but it will be heard from the coming year tonopah is growing rapidly and new buildings being erected as fast as the material can be secured J W LANGLEY |