Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-06-11
jim BUTLER
MINING COMPANY
TOnOpah-Sa Lake Enters
the Combine.
Active Work Has Been Started and
the Company Will Soon Enter
the Shipping List.

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b. Knox Of the Montana-T onopah
for the consolidation of the interests
Of the Tonopah-Sa Lake Mining
company with those Of the Jim But.
Ter Mining company had been salts.
factorily concluded, no official state.
ment to that effect was made until
Monday, the 9th inst, when word
was received from Philadelphia that
all papers had been signed and were
in order.
The jim Butler Mining company is
Incorporated with a capital of so, 900,
600, divided into two million shares Of
81 each, of which 600, 900 have been
placed in the treasury and l,4O0, 900
shares have been paid for the claims.
The property acquired by the compa-
ny comprises the following mineral
claims: Wandering Boy and Stone
Cabin Of the Salt Lake onopah Min
ing company; the McCulloch, Good
Enough and Butler Of the Gold Hill
Mining company; the Eureka, Curtis,
Last Chance aud Big Tono ofthe To.
nopah Fraction Mining company; the
Flying Dutchman, Leutjens, Little
Tono, Big Jim Fraction of the Tono-
pah City Mining company and the To-
nopah 3 and 4, Daylight and Hidden
Gem, private property, not incorpo-
rated. These claims, comprising in
all about 300 acres OF proved mineral
ground, include in the Wandering
Boy, Stone Cabin and Good Enough.
the only three claims at the base of
Mt. Oddie which showed veins on the
surface, outside Of the original loca-
tons made by Jim Butler. A consid.
cradle amount of development work
has been done upon these properties.
On the Wandering Boy claim an east
and west ledge %outcropped on the
surface and a main working shaft
was sunk to a depth of 500 feet which
passed through at 300 feet, the vein
dipping south. A crosscut from
the $40 foot level was started to the
vein but stopped by litigation. This
shaft is equipped with a ~ b.. p. gas
oline hoist and substantial shaft
house. On the Stone Cabin claim a
shalt was sunk 300 feet on the exten-
sion Of the Valley View ledge and at
200 feet entered a known ore shoot
that vein, having an eastern trend.
This was drifted on and a carload of
ore shipped. The shaft was eontiu.
ed to the 300 foot level but before the
from that point hae reached the
shoot, litigation caused work to
be suspended. This shaft is equipped
a II b.. p. gasoline hoist.
There were about 250 sacks Of shin.
ping ore in the ore house and a fair
tonnage of milling ore on the dump
which was purchased by the Tonopah
company aud is not included
y this incorporation. The work done
confirmed the opinion that the Valley
view vein formation is the biggest in
ne camp and its recurring ore shoots
'leld some Of the richest ore from
ms series Of veins. On the Good
enough claim, from which ~lessees
$4,000 worth of ore in the
'arly days, a shaft has been sunk 500
eet and considerable prosecuting
las beer done, several narrow feed
RS OF good grade ore have been cut
'ut the main ledge, dipping very fiat,
as not yet been encountered. A
mall quantity of water has, however, :
cen encountered This property is
qulpped with a 60 h. p. steam hoist.
The ground previously owned by
he Fraction company shafts have
cen sunk on the Curtis (2), Last !
nance and Big Tono to varying
epths' In all, three lodges we're 4
pened up, shipping ore extracted
marketed and a large quantity of =
llling ore is blocked out. The shaft
? the Big Tono is equipped with a
: n p. gasoline hoist: On the Fly. @
g Dutchman claim the Tonopah City
'mpany sunk a shaft to a depth OF
YER 800 feet but has not yet peue- Ia