Show I The rhe ri 5 Story of the Great Camps amps Discovery i I I 4 i 1 it l I In InN ruining mining camp t over liver l n a i bard hn d 1 luck luckY the wet crest N NI behind b chi In d Its Lt It a discovery ami ani n d y PC 0 0 mildd el U d Is la no n o exception c ct tu to the tit th thIt e well known how haw Tonopah it I Is III rU rote It capital ot of 23 3 divided cd he be heU heT between 1 n M n d on o f started U Butler T L O Oddle dle 1 tw t tween ten Jim Jw and how Oddle and wile Trot lIot S their heir fortunes fortune merely for tor foro rock which Butler had o the ho essaying from rom the t I II pa I I Ml ledge I c d ge gebro but buti bro broken ken the expense of ot ascer e eng could 1 i J not a its stand value The discoverers of ofU o U I ng I anti and d W A d Har Harr tarry y C Slimier S t I m cr i iII II were nut not Il t even evell as ne we well feed us ns Marl nelson at Tonopah T I I liar II nr Wy IU their 1 hl his ulster 1119 tel Mrs I 11 J R r rI with nf rr SiC I I 11 to pals Jr from from rn Felmo Belmont Helmont t yet ie l Barr rry was ryas born 25 5 years yearn ago UKO c here taller Butler the thin first utter after shortly O I with dor om 1101 work Sr on n money the they hud accumulated able boarding house hous There Thele were wen many n dollar In Tonopah thenes then f not and more hungry men and as ns R es now flow 01 string wan always out the thet th 11 th t the e latch soon noun made way with the fl l iwko stake anti nna the boarding boar ln house was WIlS closed dosed Worked for tur Grub Stake worked work tl around the ramp camp and andi Slimier tho this of ti r i iv persuaded Jim Butler and Torn Tom I 1 lo to 10 grub stake him nail and Hilly Billy Billye for tor or n 11 1 prospecting g trip The e boy hOY hOYI ho Y a ar I Particular place In 1 view so Hut But ind I i w much herd and ind Kendall l did not have hae 1 them the Ille enterprise and l 21 tat t ih In n old buckboard with a IL o out at little mule muleto to o h ll was Ins hoarse Nod a 11 tod d i smaller smaller horse a IL commissary S r a II balk bli of ot hay mid and grub enough of n i days das With such an outfit it for or a II t few OW t look took them chela until midnight of ot the second Springs about two HV to 10 reach d mall mi U couth sauth of ot the present town of ot and 1 30 tulles from Tonopah Tnt Tho The next day Dec 4 1002 they located Springs s und and started 1 out to 10 prosper pros prose In ht the Rte most likely looking place per e n a high mountain to tho the north called cal od Columbia mountain and on noa that IO day and a p l few tew days following lo 10 loJ J rats t i 19 claims which Included 1 the Kendall Ier May In Queen Ne 1111 Hoy and others others all of o which have havo since formed the basis of ot big biff Incorporations nJ are arc active operating opera ling prop return d erti yg They took samples samples and 1 returned to Tonopah and while they had no val values vats ues to excite any one ono It was agreed that they would do the tho location work mid and hold the claims The boys hoys returned with 1111 the thc same jOme old ohl and for tor a long hauled their water In hi a 11 wagon two wheels of ot which were without tires and held 1 together with haling baling wire While at this work worl Slimier SUmler 1111 1 Marsh were all nil In lit tho the country and lUI had hall enough In their discoveries to dignify the tho district with a u name BO sn entailed tailed called It Grandpa district for tor the reason realOn that they wanted to be In llyle etyle Tone pah ph was all nil right and Wee pau Iu were wern coming to the front anti and antis 1 theirs h elm s promised n tt o ell a 1 well enough to be the Grand pa na of ot all nil of ot them Sandstorm Riches In January Jinn ar they discovered I 1 some rich ore orp on the Iho Sandstorm but It was waa W kept quiet Hut But little stock was wan taken In their operations by their friends and others of hap In III n Tonopah T O and anti they were laugh laughN ofed ej N at al for tor continuing work where every everyone everyone one was stas IS certain nothing would bo be found Their discovery finally leaked 1 out and In May 1903 Tonopah uh com mm it a j stampede o to the he Grandpa dis district Among Imong tho the first to arrive was C C IX D Taylor now probably I the wealthiest nun mn tt In Goldfield president of ot the tho Jum Jumbo Jumbo bo be and companies and 1111 how ho managed tl to g Ret get t over Oer the lire 30 miles antes from T on the old odd of o a horse that thit ho ha had hall was teas a mystery to SUmler Stimler anti and nd Marsh but the horse brought broll ht him and also n a barley borIc sack partly tilled filled with grub rub He lie camped In the th gulch Mow helot the tho Sandstorm and the tho next day May ID 19 located locatell the tho Jumbo and Florence claims about tIle the same name time A 1 D My Myers Myers Iy ers en arrived In III camp and anil an commenced looking I k far T nr extensions ext of ot Urn till Slimier Stimler and Marsh locations Hoys Showed Him Time TIle boys showed ed him where lines lilies ran and told him where they tho could locate I to some good looking ground Be He Before fore tore this Slimier and Marsh had hud located nil all the tho ground now nUI embraced In ht the Jumbo Florence lorenco l and 1 Combination properties but Kendall and Butler thought they had enough and as os only 12 SZ assays could he bo secured from runt tho the as far tor as II It had bad d been beun i prospect prospected ed ei they did not consider the claims valuable enough to complete the thu Io ho f tons and as ns Slimier SUmler nail mill Marsh had hud already been compelled to up por portions portions portions of ot their Interest In the tho first loca boa locations which they considered rc t I the tho most valuable to keep up lip their thou end devel developing and felt too poor to 10 do 10 the work themselves they told Myers to Kick down their monument nail take tako the ground which he lost no lio time In doing lie He called tho the claim the Combination and an 1 afterward II Ie fold sold It for tor and un 1 tho the story of ot Us its development nt und and wonder wonderful ful ul output la 11 told toM in 11 another column Tho 1110 11 me JI nabs around G nil Tho The Jumbo ground secured by b Char Charley Icy ley I y Taylor Ta had r let been i s located locate loca ted t by Slimier for himself and George of ot Smoky tho tiro latter came down downto to 10 see It at nt request When Shen he h was wall ready to return Slimier broke e off about 30 pounds nf ot the s aid aad threw them Into t waIt tor for him tins to haVe hate assayed at Tonopah j 1 Ho Ile thought HO ee III little of oC tho the rock tock ant and tilt tho claim datum that he lie threw thin tho sample out nt at his camping place that night and amid they are there theT today tOllay a n silent monument soon mono meal u pointing tho rho way woy out of ot the th country to the tho man with cold 1 feet teet tho the man mun without nerve nere There were others who hind had little faith In III the tho th of ot Grandpa district nt ut this time besides Toni Tom nam o end and Con Can Crook owned th the Red lied Top amid ami nu 1 three other ether adjoining claims and they wore were glad to tu get rid rl of ot them to Charley Chancy Taylor at 35 apiece Today the th Hod Itel Top TOil hits him n a 1 market value of ot and nud Ins h ns 1 of ot ore era In n sight 1 ht Turn Tom Ken Kw Kendall cn dell dall let go no of 0 nit nil Interest In Iti the tha Sandstorm and amid II claims to Oeo Geo for tor 1200 but hut has hns since rea ren realized at ut least 1000 out of j the re rc eight interest Got The discoveries on the thu Jumbo Com and other claims noun toon followed and und Marsh eh putted parted with lIh his hi Interests tot toe nettled s c 1 down ns os n a cattle raiser near Helmont Jim Butler Hutler with wilh without out ou t ever evor coming ng to tee see the ground Rut gut ot tor lor tho the Interest the tho boy locate for far him which had hud not coat COJI him to ex cx exceed x ered I O addle Oddle mind 1 Gardner received O from front one shipment of ot 14 tons Ions from a lease l alle they had on time the I nd ll anti and Ious Loftus and Sherman hail their bank hank account swelled to lo the thu Ih ex cx extent extent tent lent nf ot b by what come came out of ot a 11 10 by b 10 by 20 tout foot hole In n the Sandstorm not to speak of ot the tha th other thousands of dollars that have been extracted tint tho the ore ure that the Kendall hats has ha lately been taking out and piling In time the batik bank vaults of ot for Cor sate keep keepIng Ing lug all direct results from rom rota the discoveries Irks cries of ot SlimIer Stimler amid Marsh With a 1 bank account of ot hilt hI own earl Slimier commenced com commenced operations for tor lt Ho ao ac a I half halt interest In n and amt laid 1 out tho the nf of o Columbia and amid brought mtr through h a II i lp line lino from front springs to furnish the town 1011 which ho he h I still his Moore home Ho lie Inn hum continued to lu operate In and hUll hue been serY n In ht Ids his undertakings ant and with him are associated 1 some eoute of ot tho limn strong stron financial men coca of ot the state Tv of ot his hll pet net projects project are tho the Goldfield and nines mines anti the Val Valley i al alIe ley le Ie Gold 1 Mining company cuman and amid he ho Is I general manager of ot f both both D DA DJ U UA A J Bender Bell of ot the tho State Hank Bank R Trust company Is 11 president of ot the Gold Reed Heed company 11 If G Doddy Duddy a banker of o San Sun Francisco l Is 18 vice Ice pr president president sl dent and amid J JP P Y manager of ot the Hayward estate San Salt Francisco 1 is secretary y and treasurer Considered Gnat Property The ground lies Just north of ot tho the Kendall lendall timid and 1 Is considered one une of lit the thu heat best groups In the time camp cam A 1 crocs eroca cut tunnel line cut feet tc t of oe JS S 8 ore and have havo ed ninny many stringers of ot very rich ore Six men 10 11 aro are kept constantly at lit work on the Tho The Death Valley R Palmetto company com pan has three claims in Death valley ulley and three at nt 1 Palmetto about seven lIeen miles t west vest of llda Iida T The ho Death valley claims have hao an Immense ledge INigo 00 feet wide widen ft n 1 sample from ruin which recent recently ly 11 I Y gave gal rove 10 In III gold gel while the Palmetto group hag hils hit s several veins s cl mis fro from m 6 Inches to to 2 feet teet wide wl e running from 10 in to Henry lIen Juggles H of ot Llda Lida George Bartlett Hartlett of u Tonopah and pert Hert Smith Smitha a n prominent banker backer of ot Kuraka and amid nao associated with Mr It Sinter In li this property Both the companies are aro pushing lu work wort on nu the tho thead properties und ad will continue the de development until until they taro aro on a It dividend bask basis Broke or m on Easy Kasy Street Harry Barry Slimier Is always the same and the iw ue I of ot wealth hits has not necessitated haled the use usa of ot n barrel hoop for a ahat ahat hat band When the th truth Is I told in inthe tho the story of ot Gol the tha names of o Barry SImler and Hilly filly Marshm will be he III given as ns the first men teen to break rock In III the e camp first to t o discover dl the ledges to make locations and like Jim JimI Hutler at Tonopah paved the way ten and nuth anda I a n golden way WI at nt that Ihal for those thos who wh followed them Thin The lh name Grandpa district was WI changed ell to Gol district nearly a year eal ails after the tho first discoveries of ut Slim I r and Marsh and today Is the moat mo t widely known mining camp In the time world 1 unequalled In hr Its lis production of ot yellow ellow metal for the term torah of o Its existence ant and with n a future full tul of o promises of ot great greater er things The Great January Mine Mimic llIe When the rush to 10 from To 10 Tonopah first started Marled U n I L Johns a 11 practising attorney of ot Tonopah was In ii the tho crowd He lie had hod never made mado a It I location but wanted to try tr his hIli luck He lie was a tenderfoot us liS fur far as ns prospecting was concerned d mind and lint If It there Is anything In ht the tho proverbial ten luck luc lucho ho had hn d It for tor 1 he Ir located r the tho January Y mite mine stayed with n It II and In is today todor tho lit e president of ut time the Mining lining com company compan pany pan of ot Nevada which owns the tho mine besides hc l leH several other outer claims Including the February October September Henry Clay lay Hi t Paul and Crocker Cracker II 1 I T marl and A 1 C C i m ell had Iho the location work ork done dotre on the January and ond secured a n one In Interest Interest terest and with Mr Johns are still RIll In ht control of or time the company com pan The Tha January adjoins the Combination on the south and has proved 1 to be lie ono one of ot the aen en Rational sl n toms mines t in I ues ot oe the camp having a record of lit of vr shipping ore oro sent rent nt out lilt by h the thin leasers leasere of ot milling oro ore titled piled up on OH the dumps and 1143 sucks sacks valued at ut now sacked Backed ll ready for shipment u n 1 total production 1 of ot OOOO 3 I j ti Y w r k a e 00 i ia I i a Q 0 I kiss i l la 1 V a tl c j Q Qt t ey F 6 O 0 o oa a Ott o 1 I f rD 1 o Y 0 U j jO O 0 U o 0 0 OU Oj t Q 0 0 I 00 o 0 fJ 0 T i q 11 1 t ie 00 0 00 p 0 0 3 d J Js 0 t 0 1 0 f N ti it 1 r r 0 vI U t s o R T t U d 0 U b 11 tr j f i pyo l JJr A r l q qi I ir i l r r Ili i T i 1 n 1 1 WILLIAM A MARSH HARRY nAnny C Tim limo Two Original Orl of or Huth of Whom Have lIac Made hide Out int of ur till the w Mr NJ r MM M k IV 1 NN u M tt I While this Ihl Is a II pretty prell good record fur fin Ifs 1 leas than two limn t Ill years earll work I rl It la Is I out not In proportion to tt the tor output of ot the other ether miles duo due lle mainly to condition vouch Ion which lava have hll I retarded active development The Tho leases expired eI In III i n January i lust ln In et t and a the company took tool IK ses lon with Hie ne Ih In Intention cation of nt following ing u plan lush of ot development A pump poop teas ordered but bUl on account of Itt the lell I 1 COO con condition ii of ot d for a II ions lon time lint work was IS practically at III a 11 standstill A l big hI cave In In III the in hue In it InIa Slay May Ia required 1 the full tull furor forro for nearly u 1 month In III catching 1 It up The he troubles trou troubles bles were torero Olm though anti and 1800 feet feut of ot work sva k tins Ims been heen performed during durIn the tho year III arum Tho rho shaft hue has been heen b sunk sUllIe to a depth of or feet feut arid and levels put lut out tilt Into the thc ore tle IC bod leu at lit ICO List SO feet ht the tho attending of ot ott those t ose run inn by h the time leasers IIII enl nt lit CO GO feet Sli gE feet and feet t H No Nth 0 attempt hums bus bec beep i imade made to 10 bre Ure by b yet et an amount more than halt to LO nil mill operating ol expenses ox onset hUll has been iten taken from till the work of ot the drifts drIft Two e tI I have 1 et 1 b barn i n made mado duro Il I lur lurIng tr hag Ing the tho year y ar and there thero lire are now no I over sucks sacks all on the dump ready ad to be ho disposed ell of ot Sense Rome of ot the biggest t lope In III the camp amp nl found In the January Many of oe them averaging 15 Iii feet r t In ht Width These were well made by bythe the leasers Ia Jones nod Kendall They Thoy extracted front from 11 n block of ot ground no feet long kung and 1111 1 10 J feet deep Sucre Si mires s sTo To show holl the values of ores shipped II by lay h the tho leasers of ot Goldfield the follow tollow followIng In Ing taken hum from the sheets of ot the smelter returns of ot shipments lineup y of ot the January leasers 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