Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-11-29
RAY DISTRICT MINES.


in the now world.famous Tonopal
. mining district, is situated the Ray
; Mining district, well named after one
= of its original locators The eleva
r ton of the Ray district is about 400
, feet higher than that of Tonopah, OF
} about $500 feet above tide water
, Characteristic of the majority of the
camps in this southern country, Ray
! is not gifted with an abundance Of
timber and water, but these condi
, tons of lack of general mining facili
ties are overshadowed by the rich
J ness and character of the ore now
being extracted from the Ray and
adjoining properties.
10 the northwest, twelve miles,
lies Liberty, the famous old min
ing camp which laid for years
abandoned and mdeveloped, but
which has recently passed into the
hands of eastern capitalists, A
couple of miles to the southeast on
the other side of Ray lies Quartz
mountain, at which place consider
able development work and prospect
ing is now being done and good re-
suits are being obtained,
The formation of the Ray district,
which is the same as that OF the Cor
ona ton and the Ray extension Mining
company, is blue lime. On the
northeast strong iron dyke ira
verses the country for about a mile,
running parallel with the assure
vein now encountered and being ex-
! pIored by the Coronation, Ray and
Ray Extension Mining companies.
Throughout the length of about 1900
feet ON this assure vein, shafts,
cuts and prospect holes have been
sunk by leasers and the com
panies, at distance of every hun
dred leet, opening up and proving
the continuation OF this vein in true
and uniform course. Nearly 800 feet
of development work has been done
on the Christmas Gift claim, which
consists of an incline shaft on the
vein to the depth of 260 feet, with
drifts at the 100 and 230 feet levels.
In all these workings ore can be
found in place, and one of the best
showings at the present time is in
the bottom of the winze sunk from
the 260 feet level, following the vein.
In this the vein is widening through
out the entire course and the walls
are perfect, The dip of the vein is
about 10 degrees to the east and is
sufficiently strong in all places to
carry its true course through the
hard, blue lime which forms its walls.
Continuing to the north about 1900
feet lies the Maggie shaft, one of the
group of claims owned by the Coro-
nation Mining company and this
shaft is equipped with whim and is
now down about 1870 feet, perpendicu-
lar, well timbered and lined through
out. At "a depth of 100 feet in this
shaft the same vein, filed with ledge
matter, was encountered as is in the
Ray property. Prospect holes have
opened up and proven this vein to be
a continuation of the main ledge of
the Christmas Gift mine. About 500
feet north of this shaft is a cross
ledge dipping to the southeast on the
surface and has every appearance
that it will make into the main ledge
at depth of about 500 feet
Characteristic of this formation
and all silver-lead ores, the veins are
not of uniform width, but make into
lunches of high grade ore, some of
which has given assay values as fol
lows: Gold $40, silver 400 ounces,
lead go per cent Naturally these
values are not maintained in every
working of the mine, but the ore
when assorted affords a good ship |
ping product. There is now on the |
dump portion of car load of high |
grade ore awaiting shipment, and |
ore of the same character is being
extracted from the raise in the 100
feet level. In no place throughout
the mines of all this district has the
veins shown any indication of cutting
off, and the probabilities are that
when the workings are carried under
the iron dyke on the northeast, good |
deposits of ore will be found.
On the Laura B. claim of the Cor
onation company strong ledge
about seven feet in width outcrops
on the surface, but as yet develop
ment work has not been done to dem
Onstrate its value. There are many
cross lodges throughout the line Of
this tissure, ali running the direction
Of Clark mountain, or the iron dyke.
at which place they probably form
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