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IMPORTANT DEAL JUST CLOSEDIt \11.1(0 \| ANM 1 MIIH-.K UXIIKArgiiHF.ii m movtana-TONOPAII I’WH'LKA deni of ihe utmost Importance uml great Interest to Tonopah ha* Just been closed. Messrs. Charles E Knox nnd Mark L. Kerr, have sunt red the Hodte Lumber nnd Rull-i oad Company. The property was recently examined by them and th»* acquisition of the property has followed. 'Phis company owns thirty-four tulle* of narrow gnugo track a any the ocrp-*;»rr rolling stock, to-get her with a sawmill with u enpa* cli. of a*) OftO feet, as ar#l laa 7*10# aril!* of timber near Mono Lake. The tottipany was owned and controlled lu 0c«»tland. Mr Knox, who hi the financial lender In the enterprise, has ahendy made the first payment on«h_- deal. Mr Ken nas binm *i-im’.otod clilef engineer and he has his nwUtftut engineer, with a partyto Inspect the around with a view tonuking i«11 road connections b'*!«—«-nthe lumber mill and Tonopatt.Several other leading operators of promllhUlt mines in Coldfield nnd Tunopah hove agreed to Join Mr. Knox and Mr. Kerr In the undertaking In the present fuel stringency it should be u source of much consolation to know that such a project which will Insure thousands of cords . f wood. I* actuallly being constini* mated under the control of local people. The new mill which is now bo I ur ewted here and tho others which will follow will need lime for I ih * cyanide process, the people need fuel and the mines umtd timber. All »l these materials enn Ik* secured irom the property Just acquired andwph the i all road connect ion contemplated. In very quick time. II certainly looks os If the miterprlHe will b» a Mr smcwoi from the very mart [ana It N In the hands of the Monta-; nu*Touopnh people, who have always be-n mlt;M*t progressive. On tho * bores of Lake Mono are lurult;* beds of lime rlt;trk. while tho surrounding I country wit lafford great quantities country Will afford great quantitiesi umce from the sawmill to the Tono-j pnh Uuflrond Is bur sixty miles and lit Is planned to connect with that line.
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Tonopah Bonanza
Tonopah, Nevada, US
Sat, Dec 08, 1906
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