Deseret Evening News | 1904-12-17 | Page 27 | True Stories of Big Fortunes and How They Were Made

1 TRUE UE STORIES ST RIES OF BIG FORTUNES AND HOW THEY WERE MADE w I f M i 4 I f i S G I If Ij f y ded dr f j George S Nixon I To be Senator fur a I n nw MW w mining miffing camp hall Ii reel rl It II 18 II difficult to g rt t tI J I to 10 It II Its tiLt mid nearly every ery t I n R now flOW In th the could haY have J I A lUlls Util more inor than a y nr i l A on rake IRke for or Instance the J I Charlet Charlee D I Taylor A 1 young i n located It In hi Mil anti and lit h had luul It U ho he to toor 0 for or 10 nO O and Inti could find nu UD taker takern n k tint UIt of this thie year ear out of a 1 holt hall hallI x I i feet he h antI and his lUI took I S Some of the ore 0 running an all a ar r I j ai al to the tho ton tOil and ft II sin hn j L V merit of 26 tons tone realized i 1 to put any money I fie te e district WIS Mr d r fp IP a Ii Nixon of Ne NeI N I who with Georgo of r Ih put IUt life hili money Into the ther 0 lori Jf r i L district B Aft as It was ae formerly 1 i 1 on Columbia mountain where hero M f r 1 ou OUS Kendall and tOI I Ip p F ri s are arc Mr fr Nixon vi 1 Irn In Placer county count California Ar Artl A II 2 isao 1860 fliRt and came to ns na alla a t r y V being belnE an on operator at ataria ataA tr aA aria In this country and anti then than on onI th I tte C at n a small i 1 Drown between n Rena nino no and W In 1884 hu ho obtained a n ap nr ar p r r iii In n tho thio First National bank banI at atEr Rr Er 9 0 In 1886 ho he organized tho the FIrM N nal bank hank nt itt of 11 h ho lie d was cashier and anti manager I tl I l 1811 when he lie became Its ita t t In III 1830 1890 ho bought the Silver ji F P 0 one of the tho best heat newspapers pers In Int InI t I state tute which Ito lio owned one 1 con can canId u t td Id d until 1902 1002 Besides being prose pros I of tho tim bank at ho holi li Ii general r manager of tho Nye Nyo Nyer f r r iy ly y banka banks at nt Tonopah Canon Caron L I and It Is stated on Rood good i rity that ho Is III about to establish a at Columbia ono mile from 0 ad hl Ho lie Is la also president of the thela la LOl ork Mercantile company anti and of off oft f t Lovelock Land Development eny which has haa reclaimed and andi p r J i under cultivation thou t M 1 ames arres of ot land at nt Lovelock This t any ny had acres In alfalfa and on 1 r It last heat year tho experiment In r Sc it t showing that Nevada could r t a I It 6 bushels bu hels to the acre CHEAT REAT TO a o Hi lie h hM has been n a 1 groat friend to Gold f r 1 and also to 11 II number of men who whoM M II now COW In Independent circumstances rl ii who aho owe their success to his old I I 1 t l he ho has made mallo a 1 host of at friends Is lt t shown by tho the tact fact that during the F political campaign ho he woe was 41 one ono onel onee I l e Issues In Iii It The custom In Ne No NeT NoLL T tL LL u is for each political party purly nt at lt its to 10 declare I Its III preference r fr fra r rn n a candidate fur for United States State Al At tho the l convention by I John un Willi declared It its nominee for that high while the Lilt Republican lican llon convention Indented Mr Nixon Hilton The result reull at the was nan that hut thi will vaI I h end and Mr Nuon will Senator enato William JI 11 l stewart notwithstanding the tact feat that Van Vall Dozer Diner a Democrat tM wag w reelected It li ii I lIlt lIedl to My aay ty that Mr Nixons Nixon many Democratic fr ad In and Tonopah aided In III hi hii election IN u lr T LOCATION The property above alluded to which was the first nUL location mude made In the Grandpa district was nl that of the Co humble Mountain Mining company knit and consisted of 11 21 claims Th The locations Were mode made two and years yearn ear ago by W A Marsh March Harry Jim flutter Harry and Tom root Nan Ken Jail all of The TIle property li is I right In III the heart of the district a short distance north of Jumbo and January and an south of the Sandstorm and Kendall nod west welt ut of ot Good values Were nere ver toned found and as III above stated Mr Nixon anti and Mr an ent lag Ing u man of Ton ron Tonopah opah secured an all Interest Money was nettled needed for development anti and anda antia a IL company was wan Incorporated on seven 1111 of the claims anti and anI shares of or stock were offered nt at 20 cents a 1 share Joseph d O Hutler of Youngstown 0 Frank M Kirk of ot Cleveland CleelAnd and Charles 1 Knox president of ot the Man Mon Mining company compan bought It and paid 1511 Into the treasury the Ih same day a The Tue other 14 claims were Incorporated under the names of tho the Sandstorm Mining company CO III 11 the Ken ICon Mining company tho Day Boy Mining company and anti the May MI Queen Qun Mining company COLUMBIA MOUNTAIN Work of great t Importance to the Ills dis district Is III being done on the Columbia Mountain property A 1000 1001 foot loot tunnel Is ii I being driven through the mountain which Is la now In 7 feet When It has penetrated tho the mountain BOO 00 feet It will tap the large lorg cropping o at It a II depth of feet Good Judges have declared this to be the mother lode of ot the district and und should anything like the valued found near nAr the surface of ot the tho Kendall and Sand Hand storm continuo continue with depth the proper property ty t of at this company will another bonanza The people comprising the directorate of tide this company ore tiro a guar guarantee guarantee antee o to the public of ot the merits of the property These ThellO seven claims representing seating the property of the Columbia Mountain Muting Mining company tire are both the oldest and Hod first ever cr made In Inthe inthe the distill lI t und the IIii th have hose re tit refund I fund tn ti I sti ll or bond boni to 11 anybody II to 10 work antI hail holl tin hit si i und to It live give Ivo every overy ver ono one u a bane to acquire by tho the of stock an Interest In this Ihl property I ro y The Th Columbia Mountain Mining company I is incorporated teeS under the laws lawa III WI of South Dakota and seven een the Gold Und Uno Sam km am Piedmont American Flag Co Columbia Columbia lumbia Tiger TIr and Rum Q IN 1904 A short hOtt sketch of at what now I II and ad a II resume rume of ot what who t the tho different mines have hare thus far tar done will prove preys interesting As AI will wI be seen Men on by b the tb so 10 o companying where one short year ago there therl was w nothing but h and where bend bands of o wild horses hence which ore are still to tl be b found Cound In Inmany inman many man places place In Nevada came here for tor water at al Rabbit there Is II now a teeming iteming man ma of humanity within the Ibe town and anti Its II environs people and Ind within the outlying district about A hustling hullin pushing en energetic n lot they th are ani too Of course there thero are some drones drone but they are found In every Iery beehive The town I Imade Imade ii made up lip largely larel of tents tent although there thIe are many substantial adobe und and frame buildings going oln up ns na taM fast aa as the lumber can be b supplied u ABOUT TUB The climate I Ia no worse woral than Ihan other climates provided a IL little extra care ciTe I Is exercised by byth the Individual The Th days day nor the in most mot part parI are art very ery pleasant except wh the wind Ind blows blow and then than the th QUIt dueL which I is a foot deep In the streets makes things thing disagreeable dl The nights have he been very el cold especially for those thoe sleeping In tent tents with an urn In supply of at f bedding There Ther has haM been considerable due to 10 exposure and end 14 whisky The Tile water of ot which It ha has hal been said saul there was wag a 8 great greet scarcity la ii I abundant and equally as good as AI that thet In Salt Lake Lako TOO MANY There ore are too many people her hr and v froe free advice U Is ordinarily useless It may do tie no harm to say u that It Il U is no place Illace for anyone who I is II broke or for those thorn seeking work ork The mines are arl employing in the neighborhood of ot MO 01 w men and the miners union of ot ha h hu a membership of which does doe do not Ilot Include those thoe at Din Pia lI There Is III n tI large Imputation consisting of men inca who wont how they live is II a mya mis tery It is III no place lac for women and sad children and yet there are ninny many of ot them here her There are still sUII splendid op OJ opportunities for Cor or the investor und and also for tho thio man lusH IN who ho hits has a II little good god tutu the li to tofO I Ito fO out III In the Hie hlll and find Onti nut thing FORTUNES lr ItTU N tr IN I N been benn b made horn hero In real reni estate Ono One year yer ago 10 two lot lots or of 25 2 foil feEt each urh on n Malt Main street tre t one block west Welt of or tile tie News New office wet were bought for tor ICO 10 last week thi th thy y ate sold old tor ton tO Ai As yet et there ha hanu hat bus busboon boon nu flu boom boon In mining stocks mock and there are win tome good rood thing yet et to tu be picked up and laid wy sy Those Thole seek k kII ing II investments ln of this bl kind tire are re referred r furred to the lIlt of o the different firm found clue l 1 e where in this m r They 77 are Iro and the tor will lit pi l a square qua deal doal dealA I A OF 01 0 PEACE I On One thing thin more moie mOl be b said 1114 but baut the t h people tIple Th The writer ha bal M fui mining milling AX nt for the pest past It Iv 1 years yo oa ra and ne never r li J baa he seen een such urh an community a that of Gold Goldfield Goldfield field eld Of course hero hey haw been beau two lo loor or three killings but WI no lot or claim jumping ro no holdup hold upu and lid few tow rows roWIl Th Fbi writer ha hili has here 11 throe three weep and ha has hili not even KOfi n a Q street tight hl or ft i saloon n tl circumstance M so In mining camp camps us as H to be worthy of remark Like LIka Tonopah I ha hat has no municipal government I and not lIot even a police judge jude nor a Ii nolle polle A justice of the peace and deputy sheriff and several leveral con n stables maintain order orderA I A of ot tb this mInes 9 which have hav made mad this district famous may prove Interesting THE TIlE COMBINATION I Few rew mines mine have hav produced in hut year of at their lr history Such Much I however Is II the Ille record td of the Combi Combination nation the pioneer mine of the camp campIt It U ha hll has produced to hate date nearly worth of or shipping ore orf and l worth or of mill ore In October alone worth orth of or are ore wn was shipped and tons ton of ot mill ore retied In the time same capita Without a K foot root of ot toping the first wIrth or of shipping ore are tun WUI pro produced The Te Combination Is Ie developed by R It shaft SIS 31 feet and there are about Lout 1000 feat fett of drifts and anti The lowest lowel workings working are at lit the foot fool lej levil and one hers her he a beautiful cut sul sulphide phillo ore showing gray eray copper Is 18 encountered I which go gw otI 1500 per ler ton The Combination lOt only paid fur for It Itself itself self In th Iii the first year ear but provided the money ironey to pay for fm a II good rood plant of ma lUa ehler and handsome building a ft reduction mill mil now being erected under the direction of ot Ira hose llos Jr J r and a lOmila ditch and pipe pip line to convey coney water to the same lame The company ha has also allO paid Ald a quart quarterly terly rl dividend of ot and amid still has baa hasa a II handsome treasury reserve rne The fhe January was the next mine to the Combination to lo be opened open d up In Gold bold I It Is II one of or i talma titina OIl hlll flud by b the Ih 1 Mining Until nun nunI I 1 p in n of Ir the ul Titi HUM din I loin tors nf of it which lire arc It II L J I Julio Juhn I nt II T A AC I C e 1 treasurer M 14 N lurk lark W M 14 A lea less wo wn granted to tol toI l I Patrick Kendall and on Jim Jan 5 G last ln t and work commenced Jan JanI I K 92 I The Tho development now consists consist of I an nn I IK linn shaft 00 feet deep dep a verti vertical I rat cal shaft huft W f tt test et deep dee a drift nt sit th the 60 50 I foot root level IN Ill feet teet f et a drift at the b foot level feet fet drift at mt 11 3 foot level fret fet and another drift at It the Ic 1 40 tent fIt Considerable sloping Moping at different pont points Im hll has also aIo been done donI The approximate strike of the main lodge halge Ie Is I northeast und end southwest The Tita average vcra width of ot the ore oro bodies ta III 8 I to toU toU U 11 foot but a crosscut at It one point shows show 40 0 feet teft with no waste waite rock rork A Anew Anew Anew new ore OrR body bod In proem process of develop development meaL ment In tho lb level feet teet from the shaft haft I III Ia 11 H feet wide The nIe screen screening screenings In ings ing from this thu now average over per por ton and the coarse shipping or em averages average per ton Th The mill ore are here got goes MO 50 to MOO per ton There were Yer few shipments from the lit January I In October to 10 a lark lack of at tim Urn timber ber belll reparation p by the ItIs i for tor a n v id nd d during the th of th thi leal The first re win was u made mail lb 10 and I sine i nc 1010 ton tons of an aN i gate fat ata value of ot were wr shipped There are now 11 tons Ion oni of mill or ore on I the dump dum of in an aggregate value of ot The ma le I e expire on Ott Jan I 5 IMS 1903 after fter which th the company will It Itself itself self tit operate the tile mini mine on Oil a alar large goal now and that time the I lessees will thousands thousand of dollars worth lOr if f url nrc IY but hut It will be e Im fur for t I t to tI take out nearly all alt In III light eight TUB flIE JUMBO The Time Jumbo Is th the banner producer to date In n th the district Though It had bad a fin hue showing but feet of work WH wa was domi IlonI on It until lessees 10 took look bold In the latter part of Junt Juna last Int the short life lite of leases Intel and stud the fact that numerous delays were caused at Mt time u it grand total of 1300 1200 worth of ot shipping or are and worth of mill or ore ha hu been b produced from this property Specimens Specimen from the lh Jumbo assayed a as high a as tier ier ton und and much of ot the ore went 1000 per r tout ton a as It was wan shipped In cat cam I load toad lots lot Tho The banner lease leao I is that I known a 1 the tite which ha me produced d fully fulty Ulde and andI I I Curtis Curt a shipped In the first 46 45 days day anti anc tile the Richard A t i Co and Ver Vr dat I yea A t leases made mad for fortune forI fortunes I tunes tune for their on owners ners The leave lease I ho has hili been ben a steady teadY producer and end took look out over worth of ore In stout 1011 This lease 1118 will run until April 1 I nOl IMS The Tnt and Ful Pal lease run until Jan 1 I IMS 1906 The 1110 lowest level where shipping ore wa Will was produced wn was at tit tb the point In the where her it wits wan wa fully Cull o as rich a us ever er There I II littI littIe lit little tIe tle tI question that when hn tin the th Internal dissensions dimensions among amon lb th owners owner or are set let Uld and amid the till Jumbo opened up In a eye systematic 11 manner It will III prove on ont one ot 01 th the greatest gold mines over ever Ir discovered THIS Thu l The Tue Florence I I is one olle of th the finally mine of the tho district and Ind lies lIell just Junt of tho tha Combination It ft was Willi originally by T 1 0 O Look Lok hart hort and A L U D At tt pr present ent In addition to these owners owner Mer Meura Gee GeeS 8 S Nixon George And Hn nessy ne t A Sweeny weny are associated lOd ted with them tn In n February last lut a lens Ifal was WR given by I d I Parker to Nixon Sweeney and a 1111 Thomas Kendall They The tank