Show TONOPAH MERGER MERGE DENIED BY KIRCHEN John Sohn O. O president and general gen cn- cn eral ai manager of both hoth tho the Tonopah Merger cr and Tonopah 1 Victor Mining companies com corn panics returned this week from a l business business busi busl- ne ness trip to the coast and requested tho the Tonopah Miner to make an emphatic dental de tic- of or the Ilia numerous rumors to the 1110 effect that n a consolidation between these these- two companies was planned 1 t. t Kirchen said bald I I 1 have Im received several eral telegrams asking asking- if sr there theto was arr air truth In 10 the statement that the con con- v- v of or the tho TonopaH Victor and Tonopah Merger mines was contemplated and I want to most emphatically den deny this thiR The Tho Tonopah Victor ictor company compan is con conT trolled b by myself Senator Key Pittman and Seeley W W. Mudd fudd and Frank A A. Keith of Los Lol Angeles Angele and oven even If I wished to effect a consolidation atlon of or the two companies Mr Mudd and Mr Ir Keith who are aro not interested in the Tonopah Merger company would not for fOI one moment moment moment mo mo- mo- mo ment consent They The believe c with me methal that thal the Tonopah Vl Victor tor will develop clop Into a great producing property and are perfectly willing to await developments and operate the property Independently The Victor JI Is i In splendid shape being now equipped with one of oC the best het surface stir sur face tace plants In the camp and its triple compartment shaft is now 1325 feet deep I Jn in It formation and when the ore oreIn oreIn oreIn In encountered the equipment of the mine will vIll enable the tho company to operate on a very vert large scale scalp The development of ot this property and andt U Its t operations as an independent company com cm- pan pany will I think be of Immense benefit to the camp anti and once and for all I den deny most mOt emphatically that a a. consolidation tas 1121 been discussed or even contemplated 1 |