Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-02-13
GOLDFIELD HAPPENINGS
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

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the showing so far made is increasing
daily. During the past week every
available horse and rig has been
pressed into service to bring out from
Tonopah the many who wish to visit
the new camp. John O'Keefe of
Sodaville has established a new stage
line and his coaches drawn by six
horses now make the round trip in
one day. Many tent houses and more
substantial buildings are being erect
ed and the music of the hammer and
saw is heard from early morning until
after dark.
A craze for leases has been caused
by the phenomenal success of the
pioneers in tina line, and a majority
of those who come in are looking for
ground close in which they can oper-
ate under lease. The balance of the
ground on the Florence group has
been let out, Myers and Murphy have
blocked out and leased the Combin-
alton fraction and the Silver Pick
group, and Smith & Kernick have had
most of the Spearhead group spoken
for, and a number of leases have been
let IN Columbia mountain by the orig
inal Grandpa company.
Decidedly the best news of the
week is the strike which was made
by Jas. 2. Harvey, Patsy Clark's
representative, on the Daisy group
which he recently bonded. Mr.. Har-
vey has eight men working and this
number will be increased as soon as
accommodations for the men can be
found. In the short time that he has
had this property Mr.. Harvey has
done a great deal of work and has
succeeded in finding three ore shoots
which the previous owners had not
discovered. The one which shows up
the best at present was uncovered
Tuesday on the Vernal claim at a
depth of less than a foot and at q
point which seems to be the junction
OF two lodges. The ore from this
strike is differentin appearance from
the most of the ore in the Goldfield
district, being a white ribboned
quartz and Mr., Harvey says that il
looks very similar to rock from the
Republic mine in Washington which
would go $1,000 per ton. This ore
on the Vernal does not go that high
but still the values are very satisfac-
tory. A careful sample taken clean
GRO five feet of the ledge gave re.
turns of $85 in gold and six ounces Of
silver, while grab samples went from
$50 to $2l5 to the ton. On the Daisy
claim the shaft has been sunk to q
depth OF 80 feet, at which point a
crosscut to the hanging wall is being
run. The crosscut is in six feet but
the wall is not yet in sight. Two feet
of r alongside the hanging wal
went $50 to the ton on the surface.
Kane, Mcmahon and Fletcher are
prosecuting work steadily on Their
group which has the same ledge tina
runs through Harvey's property ant
it is said they have recently got ore
going $500 to the ton. They are re.
ticent In speaking OF what they have
but say that after sinking so feet and
drifting on the ledge they expect tc
have something to tell, or rather will
let the property speak for itself.
Jones, Patrick and Kendall have
the shaft down 20 feet on their lease
on the January claim and by the end
of the week will have a carload of ore
sacked for shipment. No attempt
was made to sort this ore carefully
but an average sample from the first
100 sacks showed values of 800 to
the ton. The ledge at the bottom OF
the shaft is eight feet wide with only
one wall in sight. An average sample
across this eight feet assayed $134
to the ton. Two feet along the
foot wall was thrown aside as
practically worthless, but paintings
revealed the fact thatit carried good
values and it is now being sacked
with the rest. Wednesday afternoon
H. H.. Clark picked up a piece of the