Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-09-19

exposed N The work lngs Of this one
company, as has been estimated hy
competent engineers. i worth from
$50 600 900 to 5000 900 600.
Furthermore on the Montana To
nopah, the North Star, the Midway.
the Tonapah Extension, the West
End, the Ohio Tonopah, the Frac ton,
the Salt Lake, on each Of which thou
sands Of dollars have already been
spent, there will be exposed with cor
responding development, ore bodies
equal to those already described IN
the Tonopah company. 1t has been
said that Tonopah is merely zone
mine camp" have given the above
facts somewhat in detail to show how
absurd that one mine idea is, but
even though it were possible to com
bine the many independent companies
and properties barely mentioned
above, yet even in the event of that
impossible contingency, still what
may be properly known as the Tono-
pah field must be regarded more than
one mine camp as may easily be
proven by consideration of another
district.
Leaving Tonopah and riding across
mineral belt for distance of eight
miles along the west slope of the San
Antoine Range, we came to Camp
Raw. located in the Ray district.
This camp is but little over a year
old, vet it is even now regarded by
mining investigators what T0nopah
was eighteen months ago The great
porphyry belt in which Tonopah is
situated runs to the north and comes
in contact with a great lime forma-
ton. and forms the contact ledge OF
which latter the porphyry above
mentioned is the foot wall and the
lime formation the hanging wall.
Here the ore changes from sulphide
| to a carbonate ore, which is the
characteristic Of all lime forrltion,
which those who are experts fecog-
nize AS contact ledge between two
Of the greatest mineral formations
known to the mineralogist. The ores
of this contact are carrying values
in gold and silver similar TO the To
! nopah ores with the addition Of lead
values. making them ideal smelling
ore. J. J. Kermeen, the present SUI
perintendent of the Ray Il O Brier
Mining company, and who for years
was the superintendent of the Rich
) mond and Dunderburg mines of Eu
reka. which have already produced
, over $50, 000, 600, says that this con
tact formation is identically the sam'
as that of Eureka, except that thu
5 Raw & O'Brien ledge carries thre'
} times the gold and silver values ant
equal lead values. A more note
s worthy characteristic of the RIA.
$ district is the presence of numerou
4 lodges cropping to the surface ant
t carrying rich values from the gras
H roots. In the center OF this grea
b. district is the great tissue vein o.
which the Ray & O Brien propertie
n are located, and cutting this har
Q lime formation and cropping to tn
e top of the ground for over mile wit
g values OF from IS to $500 per tor
Throughout the length of this prop
! erty at every 100 feet, shafts hav
4 been sunk exposing to view the ric
/. ore for the inspection OF the mos
n scrutinizing and skeptical; thus il
% dubitably proving that eight miles t
a the north of Tonopah, on the contac
! mineral belt and in the same rang
a. of mountains, there is second TX
Of nopah.
Il Next to the Ray & OBrien prol
!. critics. and continuation OF the sam,
n lies the Ray Extension, which ha
ID lately passed into the hands of mlnin
ts men and capitalists of Toledo, Ohi'
v five samples from which, taken b
70 the present superintendent, ASA
IN from $40 to $3.50 per ton. This con
I'd pany is sinking perpendicular sha
i. to cut this ore body at great dept
10 where still larger values are believe
20 Ia exist To the east and adloinin
n. this property is the property OF tt
,e Wehope company, from which rio
al ASSAYS have been obtained at the su
ID face, some running as high as $37
ar gold. Adjoining the Ray ExtensiC
w on the south is the Eva Ray Mimi
n companys properties from Whit
in similar assays have been obtaine
al On the west and about 1900 feet fro
At the main workings of the Ray
:" O'Brien, on the great contact abo'
n mentioned, lies what is known as Il
he Old Joe claim. Here four distin
,;s lodges are plainly visible, carryir
;s values from $lS to 1925 on the su
20 face. A shaft has been sunk to
90 depth OF IS feet and the values taxi
to out in sinking have ranged from s
rh to $2l7 in gold, silver and lead {