F .3 s< 7t BANCROFT LIBRARY THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA The Sylvania Mining Co. m^' of Nevada INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ARIZONA apitalization, 1,000,000 Shares Par Value, $1.00 400,000 Shares in the Treasury Shares Fully Paid and Forever Non-Assessable Principal Office, Tonopah, Nevada Location of Property, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda Co., Nev. Property consists of seven (7) full claims, each 1,500 feel long by 600 feet wide. These claims adjoin end to end and have been opened by shaft or tunnel, to the depth of 100 feet each — each claim shows big deposits of the same class of ore. Thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars have been spent in opening up this prop- erty, and during development work several hundred tons have been shipped and smelted, showing a handsome profit. This immense mineral belt or zone has been proven 10,50 feet in length and from 25 to 300 feet in width. The above facts having been satisfactorily established, it is the intention of the Company to place two first-class steam hoists and a thoroughly equipped concentrating plant on the property at once, as the Management expect to make* this one of the solid dividend paying properties of Nevada. DIRECTORS. Geo. L. Patrick, W. D. Clair, President, Secretary, E. R. Shields, Dr. H. E. Piper, Vice-President, E. G. Dixon. Nye and Ormsby, County Bank, Depository. f O T O fc Prospectus of The Sylvania Mining Company of Nevada This Company owns, under good deed and clear title, free of debt or incum- brance of any kind or character whatsoever, seven (7) full claims, each 1,500 feet long by 600 feet wide. These claims are situated in the Southwest corner of Esmeralda County, Nevada, in the Palmetto range, in almost direct line between Goldfielcf and the new mining camp of Bull Frog and Bare Mountains, and are in the richest and most wonderful mineral zone in the world, and of all the good mines in the zone, The Sylvania Mines stand out prominently as one of the most extensive and valuable of the great Goldfield and Bull Frog districts. There are small veins of richer ore in this district than we have yet found in this property, but taking the quantity of ore; character of it; the extremely favorable conditions for working the same, both winter and summer; the splendid supply of wood and water; easy access of the mines, etc., places them in the front rank of the mining properties of Nevad?,, if not of the world. hi/f FORMATION AND CHARACTER OF ORE. The formation is Dolomite and Porphyry, Lime predominating, with Granite croppings on the south, which is thought to be the foot-rwall of this immense lode. The ore is Silver-Lead, showing Values in Gold that have increased with depth. There are at the present time probably 1,000 tons of ore on the dumps of these different claims. These ores are the best character of smelting ore, carry- ing no refractory properties at the present depth, which, of course, may change as greater depth is gained. The ores show remarkable similarity throughout the entire length of this property. It is proved by the experience of the past in this section, that with depth, higher values of Silver and Gold will come in; be that as it may, the development already made, gives assurance of sufficient ore to produce handsome dividends for years to come, and, really, these mines are only at their inception as yet. Consid- ering size and extent of the ore deposit, indicated permanency with depth, the value of the mineral and genial climate, all combine to add much to the value of this property. Beginning on the Southeast, the following are the details of the dif- ferent claims: HAZEL GREEN. This mine is located on the Southeast; is opened by a shaft 100 feet in depth, showing mineral from the grass roots. At this depth the shaft is intersected by a tunnel 180 feet long. Seventy-five tons of ore on the dump. Good body ore show- ing at intersection of tunnel and shaft in bottom of same. A short distance East of this claim is an old crater 1,500 in depth, and the sur- rounding country rock shows the effects of some fearful seismic or volcanic dis- turbance in some long past period. The claim is covered with timber. Is finely situated for economical development. Quite a number of tons of ore have been shipped from this mine' which show an average value of 40 ounces Silver, 55 per cent. Lead, and from $1.00 to $3.00 Gold per ton. OHIO. The adjoining claim on the Northwest is the Ohio. This claim is opened by a shaft 110 feet in depth, near the center of the claim. Some one hundred feet East is a second shaft of 100 feet deep. Near the boundary of the South line of the claim is a tunnel 40 feet in length. About the end of this tunnel an assay of the mineral gave a value of 3 8 ounces Silver, 65 per cent. Lead, $14.00 in Gold. The ore of this claim carries large quantities of Molybdanum, which is a valuable asset, the quoted price, in the markets being $7.00 per unit. This claim is covered with fine timber. Several tons of ore on the dumps of the claim and good quantities showing at all the openings. 3 ONEIDA. Adjoining the Ohio on the Northwest is the Oneida mine. This mino has been more extensively exploited than any claim of the group. Main shaft finely timbered, double compartment, 120 feet in depth, with 40- foot drifting East on the vein. One deposit of 50 tons of ore was taken from this shaft and drift. Altogether there has been taken from this mine about 900 tons of ore. There are on the dump at this time between 600 and 70 tons of ore. It is the intention of the Company to sink the main shaft at once another 100 feet in depth, where it is believed that immense bodies of ore will be developed. This claim is covered with' fine timber, and has a good wagon road to the shaft. A fair average value of the Oneida ore is 3 8 ounces Silver, 60 per cent. Lead, and so far $3.00 Gold. OMAHA. Adjoining the Oneida, on the Northwest, is the Omaha, which is developed by an openi cut, and from which mineral running $118.00 per ton in Silver and Lead has been shipped. With development, this will probably prove one of the richest mines in the group. This claim is covered with timber and many tons of fine ore on the dump. BUSER. Adjoining the Omaha, on the Northwest, is the Buser mining claim. Opened by a tunnel 150 feet in length, from which fine shipping ore has been taken. A 4 20-foot shaft near the Northwestern end line of the claim shows remarkably fine ore. This claim will assuredly prove not of the least value of the group. The claim is covered with good timber. Nnmerous openings on this claim, all showing good ore. STATE LINE. The next claim adjoining the Buser, on the Northwest, is the State Line. This claim was located along the dividing line of California and Nevada, as the line formerly existed. A subsequent survey by the States of Nevada and California, places the claim entirely in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The claim is opened by a shaft 120 feet in depth, from which a drift and slope was run 20 feet East. Some 50 feet Southeast of the main shaft is a second shaft 40 feet in depth, showing the same class of mineral contained in the main shaft. This ore so far has proved to be the most valuable, perhaps, in the group. State Line ore has averaged 75 ounces Silver, 70 per cent. Lead, and from $5.00 to $8.00 in Gold. - The ore has showed steady improvement with depth, and the Company has great hopes of devel- oping very rich Silver and Gold ore with another 100 feet of depth in this mine. There are probably 100 tons of ore on the dumps of this claim. The Lode has maintained its character and permanency with depth. A solid body of ore showing in bottoms of shafts of each opening. Claim is covered with fine timber and is certainly a very, valuable property. It is the intention of the Company to sink; this shaft an additional 100 feet in depth at once. THE GREAT WESTERN. The last claim, on the Northwest, of this group, is The Great Western Mine. This mine has been opened by a shaft 90 feet in depth and by a second shaft 100 feet distant, on the Northwest, 75 feet in depth. A drift has been run from the shaft on the Northwest 30 feet in the direction of the 90-foot shaft above men- tioned. Fine body of ore shows in this drift and in each of these shafts. Three or four hundred tons of ore having been taken from the workings of this mine, two hundred tons or more of which are now on the dumps. Assays and mill returns of The Great Western 1 Mine show an average value of 5 5 per cent. Lead, 48 ounces Silver, and $3.00 Gold. It is the intention of the Company to connect the two shafts by the drift that has been started between them and to sink the shaft on the North- west! 100 feet deeper at once. One of the finest bodies of ore of the entire group shows in this mine. Mine is covered with fine timber. The character of the ore is very similar in appearance and value with that of the Hazel Green Mine — the claim on the other extreme end of the group — some 10,000 feet distant. A good wagon road extends to the shafts of this mine and quite a number of tons of ore have been shipped from the same. The geological formation of these mines are very similar to those of the great Eureka mines of Nevada, from which fourteen millions of dollars' worth of ore was taken in a few years. In fact, at the present depth, the Sylvania mines show up more( promising than did the great Silver-Lead properties of Eureka at the same depth. Standing on The Great Western Mine, looking toward the White Moun- 6 SUBSCRIPTION BLANK THE SYLVANTA MINING CO. OF NEV BMCTc^ ^/; .;-;■ Starr & Duffer, Fiscal Agents Date , . . . 190 . . Tonopah, Nev. Gentlemen: Enclosed find Dollars in full payment for Shares of the SYLVANIA MINING CO. (a stock fully paid and non -assessable, incurring no personal liability) at 25 cents per share (par value fl.OO per share) Certificate to be issued in the name of Make all remittances by Bank Draft Name of Sender or Money Order Do not send Personal Check Full Address THE G The last cl This mine has feet, distant, on shaft on the K tioned. Fine 1 four hundred t hundred tons c The Great Wes Silver, and $3. b3' the drift tl west* 100 feet shows in this very similar i claim on the < wagon road e have been shi The geol< Eureka mines taken in a fe^ more( promisii depth. Stand tains, one can see the peaks of Cerro Gorda, only 50 miles distant, the other great Silver-Lead mine of Nevada which produced eleven million dollars' worth of ore in a short space of time. Either of these mines yielded paying ore for hundreds of feet in depth. It is the great bodies of comparatively low grade ore that make the permanent dividend paying mines. The Sylvania Company will not be offended by having their properties called "prospects,'" for compared with what they have every reason to believe their workings will develop, the present is truly prospective only. But what a prospect! Probably not on the round, green earth is there such another! Coming up from the great Armagasa desert; from the blistering districts of Furnace Creek, Hades' and Death's Valley, suffering and stumbling around Bare Mountains, and by the classic region of Bull Frog, on toward Tula Canon, and past it — the wooded Palmetto range comes into view, and there in its heart and center is a beautiful sylvan dell (Sylvania); the balmy, health-giving, fragrant breeze of the pinon is around you, and in more than one of its shaded ravines the cold, crystal waters of a silver spring gleams out, where the red deer and the wild horse slips down to drink and gaze with wide open eyes on the toiling miners below. What are the drawbacks? Are these mines perfection all around? No. We are fifty-five miles from a railway, with a fair mountain road to traverse. It is claimed the road can be traveled with a traction engine and its wagons, hauling 50 tons of ore per trip, and delivered at the railway at an expense of less than $4.00 per ton. There is a ready market for all the ore we can place on the railway. New wagon roads are now building that will reduce the distance to the railway several miles, and new railways are now being surveyed that wiii place this property much nearer the market for their product. It is the purpose of he Company to press de- velopment work on thre6 of these claims at this time. Tne mines are open for in- spection and investigation by intending investors at all times, and such inspection is cordially invited by the Company. The present shipping point is Laws, near Bishop Creek, Inyo County, Cal. It is confidently expected that these mines can be placed upon the dividend paying list within the year of 1905. The following is an average sample of car lots shipped from the Sylvania Mines. LOT 9421. — Twelve sacks, weighing gross* 1,300 pounds; value, $44.78; aver- age value per ton, $53.78. LOT 8720. — One hundred and seventy-eight sacks, weight 20,740 pounds; value of ore $689.74; average value per ton, $55.70. LOT XYZ. — One hundred and thirty-eight sacks, weighing gross 24,880 pounds; vaTue, $818.66; average value per ton, $54.96. LOT 2087. — Sixty-five sacks, weighing gross 6,820 pounds; value, $201.08; average value per ton, $45.79. LOT 2087. — One hundred and eighty-one sacks, weight 21,170 pounds; value $505.59; average value per ton, $45.75. LOT 1516. — Two hundred and forty-one sacks, weighing 27,420 pounds; value of ore, $757.42; average value per ton, $44.44. LOT 8986. — Two hundred and forty-seven sacks, weighing gross 29,100 pounds; value of ore, $941.02; average value per ton, $53.56. Ore sent to Wiegard & Company, Assay Office at Virginia City, gave values of $49.67 per ton. AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING COMPANY. Murray and Germania Plants C. W. Whitley, Manager. J. M. Bibwell, Asst. Manager. Ores. — Bid. Patrick: Salt Lake City, Utah, August 8th, 1904. Mr. Geo. L. Patrick, Tonopah, Nevada. Dear Sir: Enclosed please find Union Assay Office certificate on hand-sample of ore recently received from you. Basing our figures on today's quotations on Silver and Lead, and on rates we would be willing to apply on contract, we can pay you for ore similar to your hand-sample at the rate of $50.32 per ton, delivered f. o. b. cars, Murray, Utah. Kindly advise us if the above is satisfactory and if we may expect any ship- ments from you under these terms. Yours very truly, C. W. Whitley, Manager. 10 SELBY SMELTING AND LEAD COMPANY. Office: 416 Montgomery Street. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 3, 190 4. Dear Sir: Replying to your question regarding Sylvania Mining Company's property, will say that the ore is a clean silver lead ore, favorable for smelting purposes. Prom information gained from reliable sources, I can say that the indications are favorable for the making of a good property if properly developed. The ore will find a ready market with the Selby Smelting and Lead Company in unlimited quantities, and I sincerely hope that your operations will meet with £uccess, as I think that the outlook for the district is very favorable, indeed. Wm. F. Newell. 11 P S —The following return from Assay from an open cut on the Omaha claim has just been received. Assay showed 57 per cent. Lead, 2-10 ounce Gold, and 100 ounces Silver — a total valuq of $108.73 per ton. Value of Lead 4c. per lb. Value of Gold $ 20 - 67 P er oz ' Value of Silver 59 per oz. Stock will be listed on San Francisco Mining Exchange immediately. 12 The Company has appointed the firm of STARR & DULFER of Tonopah, Ne- vada, and San Francisco, Cal., fiscal agents, and 100,000 shares arel offered at the low price of 25c per share. Send Money Order or Draft payable to Starr and Dulfer, Tonopah, Nevada, or to Horatio Gilbert & Company, 345 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, New York, who are handling the stock in the East. Any order will receive prompt attention. Our Mr. F. W. Dulfer has carefully enquired about this property and has seen a number of people who are acquainted with same, and finds that property is every- thing that is represented, and confidently expects that the mine will be on a divi- dend paying basis in maybe nine months, as there is ready market for all the ore they can ship. We can safely advise purchase of this stock and believe it will sell for $1.00 a share by the end of 1905. Stock will be listed on San Francisco Exchange. STARR & DULFER, Members: Offices: l^TlTo^^e. wants' Exchange Bldg., S . P., Ca.. S, F. Stock and Exchange Board. Tonopah, Nev. Samples of ore at our different offices. V *? #