| Show 11 I MIN AND MINING NEWS d I GRAPHIC WORD i. i H PICTURE OF CAMP CAMPi i pAining Mining Man Contrasts Rhyolite's Rhyolite's lites lite's Rise and Fall in Few Brief Years recently George e F. F Detmore a a. well 1 kno Known knon n mining man of ot the w west st paid a visit Isit I lt to in southwestern Xe- Xe t vada da Here Her Is Js his graphic description Ih h of or the rise and fall of or this tills once flourishing flour lour lourIl Il 1 l camp p I In at one time there was wasU wasat as asI I U I 1 at least ha happy pp prosperous ou hop hopeful ru 1 people This was W not moro than five fl I years year o atO Fine brick blocks skirted I the main business streets and the town I boasted of oC two good hotels and man many I palatial residences The Thc sales o of the tho 1 big stores ran Into the four figure colann column col col- 1 ann every day and anti five he very large gambling houses wore were ero croiel both and nd da day There were vere saloons and ancl dance halls Innumerable and nUll the same Rame boasted of a gilded glided palace of or sin that J anything anything- in the state Th There rc wasn't a a. m man n who visited I in those days das but who predicted pre Pro r dIeted a wonderful for the camp 01 1 I rt ume more mor men were ere re working for ilu IV a t da day than an any other figure Money lone WAS WAS a great deal more plentiful than 11 water rat r which was selling ut 75 5 cents per bucket It co cost t a ivan man 14 U per week i f for r a S 6 room and you OU couldn't buy bu anythIng that looked like a meal for I Irs less than 1 1 There Ther were two weekly t newspapers nc In the thc town to carrying from Crom 1 Iti to I W lP T I I In each h Is u In ion 4 rI lt o with advertising that th-I-l t p paid fl 1 per Inch h j cr issue 1811 The subscription price was as tb 10 per year Loral Local reporters were ere pAId 11 10 JO per day Jay for Cor their vork ot l which was of I course confined mostly to writIng writIng writ- writ Ing InK up un of or mines Similar r condl conditions LIanA existed In B. B Batty atty about four tour miles dl dis- dis tanto I Toda Today Rhyolite is practically a a. deI dc- dc 1 village There are hundreds of or houses house some sonic of or them magnificent Handing Idle with sm smashed shed windows tattered down don doors and scarred walls I An elegant ant brick bank building equipped with costly furniture stands l. l in the heart of or the former Cormer business I section E open to the public with big l I vault ault doors ajar and the tho floor loor strewn with books book checks and worth worth- r l less stock certificates tes Expensive CitI fix fix- I I tares lures remain in business houses an ami in I I orne fome of the houses looking good furni furni- lure ture remains which was left when the tho I people eople found Cound the boom had exploded cd Experience And this reminds me When I struck t he other day I was asked b by an old miner who had not forsaken the town whore where I was going y to sleep that night Not h having made arrangements for the night he lie I pointed Int d out a fine appearing two-story two building Just across the street Go over Ocr there he lie said ald you will find fourteen four tour I. I teen elegantly furnished sleeping rooms Take your our choice The people who op operate op- op crated erate d that place In tho the old days das had barol barely enough mane money to get au out t of or camp and they were for forced d to leave their their belongings 8 I visited tho place I that evening c and found It exactly as no represented Thero There was plent plenty of or all allI I kinds of bedding including pillows I fine spreads and everything everything- There were four well equipped bathrooms I tut tnt unfortunately the hydrants refused to turn loose water MINA MIMA SHOWS MORE COPPER ACTIVITIES An Important mining mining- deal leal has just Juat been closed up when H H. H W. W Yo Hadden a prominent nt mining engineer of ot Los Angeles took over O an option on ott the Taft group s of oC copper claims nine miles cast east of MIna for tor a syndicate of at capitalists o of London England as a's says nays the Western estern Nevada Miner lInel The con con- is up In the thousands and the first t payment is fA due November 4 The property Is owned b by B. B 1 F. F Baker and Geor George e F F. Thompson A deal b by the same ane parties is on for tor the tho Dunlap property at a figure said fald to bp bc be This property is oWned b IJ the Nevada e Copper company the e majority of or the tho stock boine- boine he held vi UT uie own owners rs or of th the lie Tonopah Mining Company In Philadelphia and th the toC ls ta held bv by Rob Stewart I others of or th So S n Ir dr George hns has f F. F Thompson gone tone east cast and for Cor tie the nn purpose of or closing UP the deal with toe the officials of or the company compan- r MYERS WILL OPEN L UP EL ELY Y CALUMET LI D Myers the tho wc well 11 known mining m man Sian ot of X and owner of the controllIng cone con- con e Conn trOlling interest In ln the thc Ely Calumet Copper toiK Company compan i is expected here soon to L. L L Se lOok after his IS local ocal Interests the tle- tI sri S 'S SI I lyel's i l tor- tor It t is sa said that Mr P f rel's cont moving mo his fam- fam hr h heat here nt place i- i an and mal making El Ely Fh his Perma- Perma be of oC f residence r which would a great reat thing for for the town In the opinion O or of those who know what a L ho II s GladS Glad'S There Is a foot 00 shaft on the With claim ot nf f th tIlt EI Ely Eh Calumet in tn inor Which hl h nn fine CIne k of 0 tho making t or of a TIL flue shaft haa err rr found fould In sinking tho the thon aft III n In 11 Which na Passed through h a a. i. i bl big Iron ledge d e n kidneys of ot oro ore r rich c In Per Por copPer cop- cop o of Cr were liere fa 1 and alid It U Is ls the belief man people fam familiar ar with the tho V that 11 h depth m mine ne will wiil be bc opened ft n. great t NA NATIONAL HIGH GRADE ORE Notes From Wheeler Medallion Medallion Medal Medal- Medallion lion Hatch Hatchl Auto Hill and Buckskin National Mines lne company compan Is taking I out large lar-c quantities of or high grade ores from Cram their lower orl workings known as the No o. o C 6 tunnel This tunnel reaches to the souti sout of tho the Stall lease several hundred feet teet and the tho ore ole that thc they are arenow arenow arenow now taking out is close to the lea lease e located upon the Charleston Hill Hili Gold Mining company's property and It looks as though the thc Charleston Hill will wm be lie the thc next bl big mine of or tho thin camp as all that Is required to cut the thc same rich vein is a little depth on the vein eln says say's the National Miner The Wheeler lease on the N White Hocks flocks resumed operation after a short period in Iii which they have been preparing pro pre paring paring- to do some somo extensive operations and open upon Ui up the tue lar large e. e well defined vein eln which passes through h the center centero o or of their lease This is one of or the select elect leases of or tho the camp The Medallion Gold Mining ining company is preparing to start operations upon its property which is located on the tho east slope lop of or the lie famous Charleston hill 1111 The rich vein which pa passes sel down the ridge e from the lie back of or the old Stall lease leafie passes through the Medallion Medallion Medal Medal- lion property and this will be opened up un and ami developed de Some fine tine pieces of float have been picked up h by different different dif dif- I- I ferent prospectors on this lila property II The 1 lie Hatch lease has struck a a. larger U. U n v. v n tI 1 0 Is Iser er very Il hea heavily mineralized Mr Ir Hatch believes e that ho lie will soon cut the large vein which shows above him on the tue lull hill and anti which Is dipping towards his workings s. s Dan McCloud has struck a very fine tine looking vein ein on hi his lease on the Auto uto Hill and the quartz shows some flue fine looking looking- gold and alid pans pang ver very rich A arrived In town a few days das ago with a J. J large piece of or high grade ore are and the tile same amo came caine from tram tho the Buckskin National property This is going to make male one of or the tue lar largest esl mines in the state state- WillOW CREEK HAS ORE I Dan Cronin superintendent of ot the I Willow Creek Mining company passed through h Tonopah Friday afternoon says tho the Bonanza on one of at his regular regu regu- lar mr trips for supplies He lIe states the com company pan which Is controlled b by Georgo Wingfield Is sacking oro ore as fast tast as sacks can be procured and that the only trouble about ut making shipments IB la to secure enough containers for the tha theore theore ore are which Is so rich it would not do doto doto doto to have It sent out In bulk sas sa's the BI Ely Expositor Zob Zeb ob Kendall who W was S out to the property last week says sas the company compan has 1000 of ot ore oro which will run 1111 over to the ton read ready to send outto out outto outto to the smelter Mr Cronin will not discuss shipments ship ship- meats ments or values as he sa says 8 ho he Is too bus busy developing a n. mine to tako up the affairs of ot others other The ore Is being eing sorted from development work ork al and aud d no effort I is iA being made to secure a regular regular regu regu- lar production The company now employs employs em em- ploys plo's fourteen men regularly and this number will be increased as us soon as the new gasoline cn engine is Js Installed which will lie W some time this month The Thc shaft hat is down thirty feet and a a. number of ot drifts havo been run for the purpose of oC prospecting and determining the best bent course to pursue for permanent permanent perma perma- nent work No 0 ore running less than is saved ed as tho the rest goes over o thed the d dump u rn p. p Manager Iana er Cronin during his brief sta stay staS' In Tonopah tried to impress on the business men and county count commissioners commission commission- ers era the great reat necessity for or doing doing- something something some some- thing g to to improve the tc roads between t een ann ana J. J r i are ii i o i u ui as io almost impassable The worst section h he I says ars is s between Mormon Wells ells and Twin Spring a distance of or seventy five rJ e miles and worse than that is the thc road between here and tanks anti ami between Five Mile 1110 and Salsbury Wash ash The Tho roads are arc In such fluch condition that the journey from rom Willow Illow Creel Creek cost coat him for a new set of or tires Ures The gold old camp end cud of ot Willow Creek Is said to be looking well iroll COPPER SHARE FALL FAlliN IN A YEAR Heavy Declines in Most of the Big Red Metal Makers l of America Although the thc local c copper specialties have ha the oV a a substantial recovery reco from lowest st levels le of ot tue tho year ear the thc aver er ago aJo ance from Crom the lie prices of oC r three months a ago o f Is not Ot commensurate with the News e s 's ri JJ e In the metal S1's the thc Boston Poston Bureau For FO ie instance on all June 15 1 the tin m i pound metal wa was selling at t 1 It I 1 cents pet per with the lie era avera average p. p Price of ot Bos Bos- ton toll ent th copp copper r shares at At pres- pres with the thic Yi share rc era a average e stands at 1210 the t metal rf 1 quoted at better than lG 16 cen i 18 represents a It rise of at per ncr cent In V the metal compared with an all advance or of pers 10 lOS S per PCr cent In ln the tue cop- cop nr present The apPended tabulation shows that iL QUotations of or copper shares arc aro much helot the high Sh levels le of her ber 1912 when i-i i henye tile the metal was from 17 In to lo 17 Iii cents cent although It ho bo r remembered n that at that Hm time ti tIle the producers had been enjoying T. T metal n r market o of 17 7 cents or better belter for man many months Previous The table 0 1 1 0 WS I S Sept pt 91 r. r n t II high Ih 4 Amalgamated cd si tZ v. v 39 tS V j Calumet G G. G s L Calumet k Ilecia 61 Chino c 4 I 4 I Copper r HAuse mi 9 i v. v J nt iz 12 1 I In Jn Con rr Cun nio i 77 J i n 60 I u 11 I Isle Ur H 4 G Lake 7 li L Mayflower Maj 9 91 t Miami fl ml 23 3 B B O JOI Nerada Con Consolidated Ij 27 2 24 4 North orth Butte nutte 2 U Old 11 Coln Colony ti 04 i OM Old Dominion IV 1 62 4 MU JIG c K W 01 Hay Consolidated 20 2 i H p a Shannon i 17 i Superior 41 Tamarack si 34 SO 43 Tennessee Copp Copper r 3 33 4 p Utah COn Consolidated I io 12 11 2 C Copper I r W 67 Gi Wolverine ol 45 ba TO 0 coppers 3 JARBIDGE HAS BIG FUTURE U go is destined to be one o of I the best mining camps in Nevada e de do declared declared de- de dared J J J. F. F O rne a civil engineer r from Cram the northern district today ii In Ii discussing tho po possibilities of ot his home horn a camp amp says sas tho the Elko Free Froe Press Mr lr is spending spending- a few days das in Elko and will leave leavo shortly for Cor Ogdon and Contact where he will transact business bust busi ne ness fleas 8 before returning to tho the north In speaking of or conditions at Jarbidge Jar Jar- o bidge stated that four tour mining properties wore were being worked and turning turning- out oro ore in quantities Although Although Al Al- though conditions were somewhat in inclined In- In dined to be quiet at the present time tUnc he declared a revival rc could be expected expect expect- ed at a a. time not far distant Tho The district dis dis- Is being retarded In Its progress owing to the exorbitant prices demanded demand demand- ed for mining property Numerous representatives of or capitalists have havo visited within the past year car carand and all have been willing to make malte deals for tor the purchase of or mining property prop prop- crt erty but hut In practically ever every Instance the tha owners held out for tor prices that would not flot be considered and as liS a a n re result re- re sult BUIt tho deals have ha not been mated Mr Ir declared that the present present pres pros ent population of or time the camp was in excess ex ex- cess ces of or people and that the ma ma- majority were working either on the properties now extracting ore ore or In de developing do- do other holdings |
