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Show APEX TROUBLES HMf El II MERGER West End Consolidated Company Com-pany May Soon Include the Tonopah Extension. Now that all posslfilllty of an apex suit between tho MacNamara and the Ohlo-Tonopah companies has been ob-vlated ob-vlated by the consolidation of these two companies with tho West End, under the name of the West End Consolidated, a conlllct that has long promised to be of large dimensions, there is considerable consider-able favorable talk over the plan to solve the apparently Imminent dllllcully between be-tween tne MacNamara and the Tonopah Extension companies through the &arae means as auillced In tne Ilrst Instance. May End Trouble by Merger. Should Borax Smith, the power behind the West End Consolidated, lock horns with Charles M. Schwab of the Tonopah Extension over the apex rights of the rich vein Involved, the struggle would bo ono of such long drawn out duration and of such great expense as to serve as ono of the greatest drawbacks to the camp of Tonopah that thld district has ever encountered in its way to fame. Would Mean Much to Mine. It Is not thought Improbable that tho West End Consolidated and the Tonopah Extension will eventually be merged be-I be-I fore the trouble actually reaches tho critical stage. Such a consummation 1 would be of Inestimable bfiieflt to all parties Involfed The Extension's south vein, which Is In dlopute, has not been worked to anv great extent The obvla-tlon obvla-tlon of the present dlmculty would allow the company to proceed on this source of revenue, nnd It Is thought the company could make from It a mine almost double In value lo that which !l Is now making from the great north vein. |