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Tonopah Mining Gives Up Option The Tonopah and California property reverted today to the holder of the original option granted by Frank Wildes, receiver of the State Bank and Trust company, to George H. Keyes. The men employed by the leasing company completed the day shift and then were notified they would not be wanted today. This morning an engineer and a mucker remained to clean out the drifts, collect the tools and remove whatever remains of the leaser's proprty. Under the bond the Tonopah company took out eighteen carloads of ore, most of which ran above the average claimed for the property.-Bonanza.