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NV - Tonopah,Nye County - Tonopah Mining Documents - Gil Schmidtmann Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:38.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
NV - Tonopah,Nye County - Tonopah Mining Documents - Gil Schmidtmann Collection
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
A group of 6 items, all from the Tonopah Mining Co. dated between 1906 and 1923. Two (2) requisition tablets, one for emergencies and one for the storekeeper; a copy of the 13th Annual Report, dated February 28, 1915; Mineral Certificate # 732 from the Land Office describing the locations of the Red Plume, Sand Grass, Buck Board, Burro, Silver Top, Valley View, Desert Queen, and Mizpah lodes.; two fire insurance policies, one by the Hartford Fire Insurance C. and the other the National Fire Insurance Co.

Tonopah Mining Company was incorporated in Delaware, with stock listed on both the Philadelphia and San Francisco exchanges. The company, with J.H. Whiteman as president, controlled 160 acres of mineral-bearing ground around the Tonopah District. The company also had [Ref: http://www.tonopahnevada.com/img08/bakery.jpg]. "Tonopah Bakery holdings in the Tonopah-Goldfield Railroad and controlled mining companies in Colorado, Canada, California and Nicaragua. The mine workings at Tonopah consisted of three deep shafts with more than 46 miles of lateral workings. The deepest of the three shafts was 1,500'. The ore mined at the site was shipped to Millers, where it was treated in a 100-stamp mill. This facility was used by the company's mines until suitable treatment facilities were built at Tonopah. The Tonopah-Belmont Mining Company was also formed in 1902. The company was based in New Jersey and had C.A. Heller as president. The company's property, 11 claims covering more than 160 acres, was on the east side of the property owned by the Tonopah Mining Company. There were two deep vertical shafts, 1,200' and 1,700', with workings covering almost 39 miles. The company also had to ship its ore to Millers until 1912, when its own 60-stamp mill was built at Tonopah. The mill had a capacity of 500 tons. During its years of activity, 1912-1923, it was regarded as one of the country's best equipped and most efficient silver cyanide mills [Ref: http://www.tonopahnevada.com/about.html].