Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-03-15
THE q. & h. TUNNEL.
The Greatest Mining Proposition in The
Staie".Eyery Assurance that This
Property will be Transferred.


mentioned incidentally, it is unques.
tionably the greatest mining prop.
crty in Tonopah, with the possible
exception of the Mizpah Lode. Tbi,
Is not "A newspaper assertion. but is
the unqualified opinion Of every prac.
tical miner and expert who has in.
>pected the possibilities of this great
mineral belt This declaration is not
the result Of casual observation. but
is the conclusion reached and verified
by minute inspection of all the
underground workings along the ia
nous Mizpah and Valley View lodes
The trend Of all the ore from fine
western TO the extreme eastern omen
ings is toward Oddie Mountain
through which the tunnel is projected,
and this characteristic in connection
with others equally conclusive. su,-
talns the theory that under this
mountain weIl-dchned, extensive ore
deposits must certainly exist. The
most potential characteristic in sun
port Of this theory is the mdcniablr
merging of the various veins to the
eastward or base of the mountain
while TO the westward the fractured
portion Of the earth widens rapidly,
giving the ledge zone the appearance
Of an open fan Assuming the Miz-
pah TO be the hanging wall, and the
Valley View the foot wall of the rich
belt, it is not difficult matter TO
prove most conclusiyely the union of
the veins eastward
The Mizpah bears strongly to the
eastward and is in reality an east
and west vcin while the Valley View,
as shown in the opening made by tie
Salt Lake Company, bears north OF
east and to Such extent that the
merging of the two great lodges with
their phenomenal wealth must take
place at the base of or Immediately
under the mountain.
This view is not hypothetical, but
to the contrary has been fully cor
roboratcd by the Blackboard aud
Burro, both Lodges having joined the
Mizpah eight or nine hundred feet
west Of the base of Oddie mountain .
That the confluence OF these Lodges
has enriched the MiZpuh to the east
ward has been clearly demonstrated .
in The openings on that end of the
lode particularly in the Golden Il
Sinclair lease This being positively
the case, what will be tn result .
when the Valley View and its ailx- /
iiary veins, all carrying heavy values. .
unite with the hanging wall vein
Instead Of this great wealth beng
scattered through innumerabe veins
and over large scope of territory, /.
it will be confined TO a narrow com.
pas, between good walls, and the
precipitation of mineral can only be
cOnlCctuTrd.
The G. x II Tunnel running from
south to north, penctrates the entire
belt and has entered the mountain u
distance of 6jO feet One location.
known as the Silver State has been
made in the tunnel, and from the
clay seams and porphyry most en-
COuraging assays have been received I.
The west end line of thi, location
Joins the east end line of the Mizpah.
and provided the sale of tne ground
Is held in allegiance. it is the intention
Of the present owners to sink ON the
Silver State at the end line of the
push the work until ore is
and then crOsscut north
and south. Two locations have thus
far been made in the tunnel, and
these locations in connection with the
Occidental claim at the mouth of the
tunnel insurcs the Tunnel Company
1900 feet in width by 1900 feet m
length along the ore belt The point
where the shaft will be sunk ON the
Silver State is only distant about 400
feet from the extreme eastern open
ing on the Mizpah, and making due ,
allowance for the surface flow that
pvcrcaps the ledge bearing porphyry, ,
I is estimated that 300 feet in depth ,
will bring them to the ore,
All the mining engineers who have !
this field are a unit re-
garding the future possibilities of the ,
tunnel property, some going so far ,
Us to predict thot the cream of Tono- +
pah will be found in this ground The 6
here is such that improve l.
ncnts can be forwarded rapidly and \
It nominal cost, hence it will be only
4 short time before the bowels of a
Mt. Oddie will be penetrated and her !
buried treasures brought to view. a
In conclusion we can only say to
prospective purchasers that they are /
becoming identified with the best n
in this camp and that devel- t
'pmcnt viii bring II much greater II
'eward than even they anticipate.
even though present negotiations II
all other parties are awaiting an O
to take hold it, hence a +
ranSfcr of the ground is a certainty. n