Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-12-26
In the Monte CristO Range to
Be Exploited
New Management Begins Work and
Expects to Make Regular Ship
ments Within Sixty Days.

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claims. This property is situated In
the Monte Cristo range of mountains,
between Crows springs and Column
bus marsh, and lies within ten miles
of the proposed railway from Soda
vile to Tonopah. Work will com
mence at once, and will be pushed
with all that vigor characteristic OF
the owners. The first work to be
done will be the sinking of two shafts,
each upon promising ore bodies.
Drifts are to be run upon the veins,
and the ore reserves blocked out
with all possible dispatch.
This property, embracing fourteen
claims, was discovered seven years
ago by Messrs. Gilbert and Thomp-
son, experienced prospectors, who
since that time have maintained the
property and made shipments from
time to time, and who, cognizant OF
its merits, have always looked for
ward to the day when their holdings
could be developed. Messrs. f. j.
Siebert, D. f. Mccarthy and John
McKane purchased this group several
weeks ago.
Four main veins run through the
property. The veins are character
lied by having a large number OF
smaller veins, stringers and feeders
running into and iutersecting them
The latter carry rich values and
have already produced much shipping
ore under the management OF Messrs.
Gilbert and Thompson. The ore OF
the so -called Carrie vein is a silver
lead, with an enrichment OF gold.
The dumps from this vein give an
average assays of $50 per ton in all
values. This vein is about fifteen
feet wide, carrying a pay streak va
rying in width from two to three
three feet--th balance of the vein
can no doubt be mined at later
period if a concentration should be
erected.
On the Golden Eagle the vein is
from fifteen to eighteen feet wide
while parallel to it, on the Excelsior
is ledge of low grade ore thirty feet
wide. Its values run from six to ter
dollars per ton in gold and silver
The Golden Eagle promises to de
velop rather into concentrating
proposition by reason of its galeni
tenor.
One Of the shafts in the first worl
of systematic exploration is to b'
sunk so as to develop the north enc
of the group, and will follow down I
body of rich ore which has alread,
produced considerable tonnage
From that particular body the man
agement expects within sixty day
to begin regular shipments, Of
grade equal to the former shipment
The old shaft on the Carrie is nov
caved in and abandoned, but ney
one is to be sunk in the same vicinity
In the past, excellent ore was ex
tracted from that point and shipped
The new shaft is designed to cut tn
same body of ore which was worke
from old shaft.
BY virtue of the old workings Their
are now two known bodies of mel
charitable ore that can be quickl
reached. For this reason the mar
agement sees its way clear to maxim
this property a producer in niue
less time than would be possible on
virgin group. A shaft is also to
sunk on the Golden Eagle.
The facilities for opening tn
ground are seldom surpassed.
liberal supply of water can be d.
veloped for milling and steamin
purposes, while the distance to IL
proposed railway, ten miles, is ov'
an excellent wagon road,
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w. ]. Sinclair has two four hor