Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-21
BULLFROG DISTRICT.
Tonopah Mining Men Were Pleased With
New Camp


Judge Clay Peters and Jack Salsber-
ry the latter a well known Tonopah
mining operator, have returned TO the
latter place from a trip Of inspection
to the l}ulfrog mining district says the
TOn0pah Miner,
THE district is not similar TO either
Tonopah or Goldneid," Judge Peters
stated, iuasmuch as there does not
seem TO be any we'll defined porphyry
belt All the mines that are being OPP
ened up are as a rule situated on noun
tains OF some height, and no two OF
them are alike IN the character Of the
ore However, the country Is well
mineralizod and they are making new
discoveries every day.
81 visited the CLARK, Benson and Ladd
property and also the property owned
by Judge Ray and associates, The
Clark Benson and Ladd property has
all the surface indications Of a very
great mine The ere body embraces
practically the whole side Of the noun.
tain, being 800 feet wide and about 1000
feet long. Its color Is white and " can
be seen for many miles This orebody
appears TO consist OF a sort Of por-
phyrltlc quartz. OF course It is i'm
possible for casual observer to figure
out the average value, but at various
places several hundred feet apart along
this great deposit Mornings can be OBJ
tanned. some Of them indicating values
Of several hundred dollars ton. The
average value, OF course, Is not as high
as this but If the average value Is hlgh
enough 10 make the whole mass a mill
ftf Ia ftna Of rr4ta
Of the world.
Judge Ray and his associates, whose
property Is situated ON another noun
tain near by have an immense ledge
(which horns In different places and Is
probably, on an average, Of good mill
ms value.
Some discoveries Of high grade lead
gold and silver ore have been made
recently and the whole country APP
pears 10 be well mneralized.
"The mountain upon which the
Keane Wonder mine Is situated can be
seen from the town OF Amargosa, being
only IS miles distant IN the Funeral
range, | predict some great discover
les In this range during the present
winter, for II is now being thoroughly
prospected by men who make Bullfrog
their base Of supplies,
con the morning we left a strike OF
$4,000 ore was reported TO have oc-
CURED about 80 miles south Of Bull
frog, on the east side OF the Funeral
range and near what is known as the
Breyf0gle tanks II is stated that the
ore Is a red iron oxide resembling the
specimens Of the famous Breyfogle ore
on exhibition IN different parts Of the
country
"The road from Goldheld to Bullfrog
has been considerably shortened and
improved by the making OF two cut-hs,
one between Goldheld and Thorpe's
well and another between Thorpe's and
Bulfrog These cut-offs entirely
avoid the sand, and there Is now a good
road all the way through. BY taking
these cut-offs the trip from Goldhed
70 Bulfrog can be made easily with an
ordinary RIG In two days, with time to
spare,
Freight Is now being hauled IN from
the south TO Beatty and Amargosa, ana
the people there claim that they can
save a cent a pound on freight from
the south as compared with freight
from Tonopah, besides avoiding the
blockade. There Is about 40 miles OF
sand with no water on the road that
IS now being used between Bullfrog
and Ash Meadows, but a well Is being
sunk and Il Is stated on good authority
that the sand can be cut out by chang
ing the course Of the road to run along
the foothills instead OF following down
the Amargosa wash
THE country Is much better watered
than ! had supposed The Amargosa
river. three miles from the Clark, Ben
son end Ladd property carries a con-
siderable stream at different points
where It rises out OF the sand In this
respect the camp is very favorably sit
uated ! look for great developments In
that entire section during the present
winter"