Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-03-19

work during the past week but mod
erately, owing to the dearth of lum-
Der. There are few idlers and no
''bad men" in the camps, as one
might be led to believe from the
elaboration by some Of the California
papers on the recent shooting; every
one is working hard and the towns
are orderly and quiet.
Two inches of water have been de-
veloped at Rabbit springs, half a
mile west OF Goldfeld, from which a
pipe line will be constructed convey
ing the water to Columbia mountain.
There are excellent indications for
bountiful water at Diamondheld.
Three flows have been developed, one
Of two and a half inches in the Rye
Grass spring, one inch and a half in
the old Tognoni spring and one inch
and a half in Willow spring, bonded
from Tognoni These flows were all
found by cutting into the hills an
average distance of eight feet.
Walker brothers of Salt Lake,
owners of the Alice, Magma Charta
and Blue Wing mines of Butte, Mon
tana, have bonded the Villa and
Estella claims nine miles north of
Diamondfeld from Watt, McCourt,
Wilson, Francis and Jack Davis.
A station called Tognoni has been
established near these claims, through
which Thompson's stage runs from
Goldfeld to Tonopah, via Diamond
field, shortening the road two miles.
The Tognoni station well is down
thirty-fve feet with good indications
of water within ten feet.
The most important mining note
of the week is the strike on the
White Rock and Phoenix property
bonded by 7. L. Oddie and other,
from DR.. White Wolf. Rich quarts
was encountered at a depth of II:
feet in the shaft and about five fee
Of the ledge has been uncovered
Authentic information as to its valul
has not been obtained, but the ap
pearance Of the ore is similar to tina
of the Kendall lease.
A rich strike was made Wednesda
in the Bob Lankey lease in the Fet
ruary claim, west of the Combination
at a depth of four feet. Assays frol
the bottom run $246.
Russell and Gunter have $50 OF
on their lease on the Deserted Quar-
claim.
Nay, Stimler, Keller and JAG
Davis have $50 ore on their lease
the Kruger claim, encountered at
distance of 100 feet in the tunnel al
about 35 feet under the surface.
Maher and Barrett have got s
Mornings from their lease on t
Deserted Quartz, at a depth OF
feet. Their lease adjoins that of t
Graham boys who have values ri
ming from $50 to $50 at a depth
80 feet.
Vim. Cleary, A. A. Busey, ia
Davis, VIM. Gushing and Walt
Doherty have put men at work OF
group of promising claims about IL
feet from Tognoni's well, which g
surface assays averaging So.
On Klondike fat, twelve mi
north of Goldfeld, placer locate
have been taken up by a number
Goldfeld and Tonopah parties, a
it is their intention within the ne
few weeks to sink wells in the be
of opening up a big volume Of wat
Mark Graham has struck q
looking ore on the Deserted claim
a depth of forty feet.
Harvey and associates are ere
cutting on the Daisy group a
depth Of rs feet.
Messrs. Lund, Shields and Raml
have bonded some favorable look.
property just back of the Blue I
group.
On the Sandstone and KruI
claims, which are held under bond
Messrs. Ralstou & Knapp, crosse
and trenches have been run and
of a good milling grade has been
countered. Two shafts one on e;
claim r now being sunk on
lodges opened up.