Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-11-19
A E SECTION
WORTH ATTENTION
Some Particulars of the Mines and Promising
Prospects in the Ray District.

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of Tonopah commences the Ray min
ing district which extends four miles
north and for over a mile east and
west. 1t is the most highly mineral
lied section nearest to Tonopah but
has suffered from neglect and in
attention by operators mainly be-
cause individual owners have not
prospected their claims. Recent
discoveries of high grade ore made
in doing assessment work justify fur
ther intelligent prospecting on a
more extensive scale to explore many
promising veins at depth.
At the northern end of the district
is the camp Of Ray where the parent
company the RAYCONSOLTDATED
an amalgamation OF the y-Tonopah
and Ray & O'Brien properties owns
fifteen claims located on the side
of Clark noun tain and on the strike
Of the main vein of the camp. The
principal workings comprise a main
shaft 300 feet deep, connecting
at every hundred foot level with an
air shaft, drifting on these levels
has exposed a strong vein carrying
values in lead, silver, gold, from
which several shipments Of high grade
ore have been made. Another shaft
sunk to a depth OF 265 feet with sew
eral hundred feet Of drifts have
opened up about 20, 900 tons of me-
dunn grade ore which together with
from 5000 to 10, 900 tons on the
dumps will be concentrated and
shipped. The property is equipped
with hosting plant capable Of sink.
ing 900 feet, bunk houses, boarding
house, stables, Office building, etc,
and a large force OF men is now EN-
ployed on development work under
the superintendent of Arthur Kunze
a capable and experienced miner.
On the southeast side of Clark
mountain and adjoining the above
property are the five claims Of the
RAY Extension Mining company on
which a main working shaft is being
sunk to a depth Of 200 feet from
which a crosscut will be run to a vein
which outcrops on the surface the
entire length OF the claims and as
sayed on the surface from $34 to $500
per ton in gold and silver, and thir.
teen assays from the dumps and
shallow incline shafts on the vein av-
eraged sll0 "a per ton. The mine,
which is equipped with hosting plant
capable OF sinking 600 feet and all
necessary buildings is principally
owned in Toledo, Ohio, the directors
being prominent men in that city and
Tonopah, with f. c. Ickes as man
ager. The prospects OF this com
pany are most 1attering.
A short distance north Of the Ray
Consolidated the MOGUL Mining com.
pany is developing seventeen claims
which cover the summit and two
sides OF Clark mountain, from which
the chief veins OF the district radiate.
The Rico claim Of this company ad
Joins the Enterprise claim Of the Ray
Consolidated and operations have
been carried on through that shaft,
the drift having been continued in
good ore into the Nogul claims. The
continuation OF this ore having been
proved and other valuable veins un.
covered on the surface, J. V. Priest,
the general manager, has nov com.
inenced to run a tunnel under Clark
mountain, a distance OF 1000 feet,
which will intersect the numerous
bodies, at a depth varying from $50
feet to 800 feet at its end. The com
pany is composed largely Of promi-
nent capitalists in Colorado Springs,
Colo, and Norfolk, Va. The direc.
torate being made up of well known
men in these two cities.
North Of the Mogul claims a bed OF
turquoise vas uncovered in a deposit
Of decomposcd lime and samples Of
these submitted TO experts were
most favorably reported on and sew.
eral parcels Of cut and uncut stones