The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-05-22
TO THUNDER MOUNTAIN.
The Race of the Gold Seekers
Has Begun.
1t Is Expected That the New Field Will
Prove tONBe the Richest 10 the
WOrld...Amazing Facts 10
the Experts Reports.
the Experts Reports.

began the rush INTO Thunder noun
tain. the new Eldorado of fabulou.
richness.
Camped along the trail for miles
living in tents. with buhks burrowed
deepinto the snow, the army of pros
pectors have braved the intense
cold. only waiting for word from the
mountain that the snow had melt ed
and the trails are clear, before begin
ming the terrible trip, seventy miles
up through the mountain, through
uneXploredcountry, To the gold field
that promise to I've the richest in the
world. One hundred square miles o'
ground full of gold and silver is there
undeveloped.
Mining experts sent into the fields
hv operators and 10y the state aud
federal governments have made stir
ringreports of the richness ofthe ore,
The assay of samples 10y local assay
ers yielded returns OF from 5000 10
SOS. 900 To the ton OF ore.
Nuggets Of almost pure gold, by
the sackiul, have teen brought out
ofthe mountain, and amazing stories
are told of remarkable finds. Prof,
John T. Day, chief of the division OF
mineral resources OF the geological
survey N Washington, and a force
sent out by the government To eN-
anime the Thunder fields areeXppcted
here next week, Numerous inquiries
from persons from Maine to Califor-
-rTiH tTTvu bern rrrrffvrrf- rr-rrriftftr, II
reliable and authoritative statement
of the prospects and the presence OF
gold in the Thunder fields. Herewith
is given report made by Prof, +. Ii.
Mead. a chemist and mining expert
Of note, who was sent into the new
gold fields to examine and make re-
port as to the true conditions. Prof.
Mead has Just filed his report, in
which he says:
In reply to your question as to
what were my impressions OF Thunder
mountain, will say that it is an i'm
mense reef of rolite, porphyry and
hresSia, averaging 500 per ton, III
such great quantities that i'll the
short time was there it was impos-
sible to estimate its extent.
retrospective OF the immense reef OF
low grade ore, there are streaks Of
high grade ore; one streak inparticu.
lar that is over four feet wide, that
will assay several thousand dollars
per ton. This, in ordinary mining
countries. would be called a vein. |
dug out large pieces of ore that were
literally plastered with gold. To
give YOU the extent OF the roof, | will
say, entering the main tunnel at a
point 10 feet under the surface out
crop, | sampled in westerly dire =
ton for a distance OF $50 feet, with
neither top, bottom nor sides to this
deposit, that averaged over 1925 per
ton. This will give, a present, 1000
feet of back, owing to the tunnel be-
ing carried to that depth with drift.
Also a cross-cut from the west drift,
a distance of seventy feet, with the
ore still in the face, that gives same
average.
in no place did | find either foot
or hanging wall.
The rich streak spoken OF hereto
fore | did not sample; it was SO rich
to the naked eye it was unnecessary.
twenty-five miles west from
Thunder mountain there are large
veins Of copper ore-both at Profile
creek and Copper camp. At the lat
ter place there is a vein uncovered at
sixty feet deep, over ten feet in width,
that carries II per cent in copper the
entire width.
'.On Elk creek, a distance OF fifty
miles from Thunder mountain, | saw
unmistakable signs OF mineral, while
on Monumental creek, fifteen miles
from Thunder mountain, claims have
been staked that show very good
prospects.
Taking it as whole, it is the
most remarkable mining country |
ever expect to see. / should Judge
the radius of the mineral zone around
Thunder mountain is about thirty.
five miles. Timber and water are in
abundance.
aThe formation of the country il
principally granite and gneiss, to.
gether with quartz, porphyry, ryolite
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