Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-11-22
GOLD MOUNTAIN MINES.
Five Strong Companies Opening
Up High Grade Ore.

Noun tain, with the result that he
becomes an enthusiastic convert
Ia the belief that the mines
are not only all that has been
claimed for them as producers Of re-
narkably rich gold ore, but that the
mineral belt is of great extent and I'm.
doubted permanency. They are sit
uated five and one-half miles almost
due south OF this place, so near that.
although in another county, they
will continue part of Tonopah's
grand mining g"oup. But had they
been discovered and opened first.
would have fairly justified an excite
ment entirely independent of any
overflow of men or money from here.
At central point the altitude of the
main ore bearing channel is csti-
mated at 5000 feet above tide water,
above which rises the rough sides of
Gold Mountain. Almost the entire
western slope Of the uplft is formed
Of mineralized rock that extends
down to the general floor of the out
lying valley for IA distance of nine
thousand feet. The fact that water
is obtainable in the fiat by sinking,
together with the regular descent
thereto along the mining belt, leaves
no doubt that the future reduction
works will be supplied with ore by
means of tramway, with loading
stations at the various openings along
the lodges. Gold Mountain ore is by
no means conspicuous for its beauty.
1t is hard, dark brown, iron stained
quartz that has undergone enough
heat TO have come from the center of
the earth, with sulphur and chlorine
elements eliminated. Specimens ia
ken from near the surface assayed at
the rate of over $1,000 per ton, but
the lodges are not stratified within
walls and the dissemination of values
is regular and even. 1t all carries
the yellow metal and yields to the
simplest methods of treatment.
The fact that JAS. L. Butler, the
man who brought about the exist
cnce of Tonopah, is a heavy hacker
Of the Gold Mountain mines, speaks
well for his judgment as well as in
spires the confidence of other shrewd
vestOrs.
TOnOpah Gold Mountain Co.
The Tonopah God Mountain Min
ing companys claims embrace the
upper section of the belt on Gold
Mountain, on the top of which Runge
and Rochl made the first discovery
Of ore. Four of the claims, the In
dependence, Monte Clara, Monte
Carlo and Eureka, extend along the
ledge in line for 1900 feet, when they
are joined by the properties of the
Tonopah Union Mining company,
The formation OF the entire dis
trict is uniform, its greatest extent
being north and south, graduating
from rhyolite upon its exterior limits
to porphylite, in which occur the
fracturing and mineral bearing veins.
These veins are of an easterly and
westerly direction, with a general
dip to the njrth The entire vein is
properly called the Colehan ledge.
Numerous openings have been made,
showing the strong ledge everywhere.
All the ores so far sampled and as
sayed or shipped prove the gold pro
duet to be three fOurths of the en-
tire values. Bulk shipments return.
ed $3.50 to S2l0 per ton, From one
opening the ore fairly sampled runs
Sl3J per ton; at another results
were $3.50 average. The width OF
the main ledge runs from three to
five feet, which is the showing at the
bottom of the 40 foot shaft. Above
all this surface opening, the company
is driving a tunnel with the ledge
which will be continued for 600 feet
and gain depth of 400 feet perpen-
dicuar. HOSTS will be in operation
on the shafts as rapidly as they can
be obtained and set up.
The officers of the Tonopah Gold
Mountain Mining company are
President, j. l.. Butler; Vice, Presi
dent, Key Pittman; Secretary, c,
Runge; Acting Treasurer, r. Davis
Genera! Manager, A. A. Bass. The
principal original owner and prime
mover of the district is Thos Cole
han, who, recognizing its great min
ing value, acquired IA domain of i8(
acres, all of which has come under
corporation control, in which Mr.
Coehan retains interests ample tt
insure him fortune in dividends.
TOnOpah Union Mining Co.
The property of the Tonopah I'm
ion Mining company adjoins that Of
the Tonopah Gold Mountain, the
great Colehan ledge and its accom-
panying aterals and cross veins eX