Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-12-10
IMPORTANT STRIKE
AT GOLD MOUNTAIN
The COiehan Mine opens Up $500 Ore---Ray Con-
sOIidated in High Grade Ore.

An Important SJflke was made this |
week on the Polo claim OF the Cole
han mining company's property at 4
Gold mountain, where the annual as.
sessment work is being done on
strong vein feet wide. The shaft,
which is now down 40 feet, cut
seam on the hanging wall side OF the
vein varying il width from 4 to 81
inches, and assayiug as high as $5l2
per ton. The company will continue
development work. and the strike
has not only caused lively enquiry
for the stock, but has also again
drawn after tion to this district.
where the Tonopah Gold Mountain
mine, east Of the Coehan, on the
same strike, is developing into a
great property.
West TOnopah.
A. H. Butler, president OF the
company, arrived here a few days
ago and will remain short time to
perfect arrangements for the install.
alton OF a complete hoisting plant on
the property. The double compart-
ment shaft has reached a depth Of
twenty one feet in the later andesite
The shaft is following perpendicular
tissure and at depth OF 100 feet a
crosscut will be run to the north to
explore the outcrop OF the Mizpah
vein. A contract has been let for an
additional hundred feet on the shaft
and hosting will be done with a
whim until hosting machinery can
be delivered by the railroad. An as.
say Of float picked up on the property
yesterday showed values in gold and
silver Of 1913 per ton. Work will be
pushed with yigor and the outlook is
very favorable.
TonOpah Extension.
The developments in the Tonopab
Extension go far to confirm the pre-.
diction that this is the star mine of
Tonopah. The east and west drifts
on both veins are still in splendid ore
and are proving up the two largest
and richest ore shoots in the district.
The west drift on the 270 foot level
OF the south vein is now out $40 feet
and the east drift on the 400 foot
level Of the north vein is out 205 feet,
both in splendid ore, while the cross.
cut from the 500 foot level is out 1875
feet. Shipments still amount TO
about one ear load day, but to in
crease this, new 100 ton ore crusher
Ras been ordered, and will be in
stalled as soon as received.
Illinois Mining Co.
B, ". Berry, uncle OF Dir. w. L.
Berry OF Hawthorne, and a we'll
known oil and mining man of Bakers
field, Cal, arrived this morning to
commence work on the Gold Basin
group OF six claims, situated at Lone
Mountain, on the Weepah road. The
property is owned by the Illinois
mining company, composed of San
Francisco capitalists, and Mr.. Berry,
who will reside in Tonopah, is open
to invest on behalf OF himself and
friends in other properties of merit
in this district.
New York Tonopah.
Frank L. Kreider, of San Fran
cisco, who reconstructed this com
pany and is now secretary Of it, was
IN Tonopah this week and states that
the north and south crosscuts from
the 700 foot level, now out % feet,
will be continued another 25 feet and
Il no ore body is struck, the shaft
viii be sunk to the 1000 foot level.
The crosscuts have passed through
strlngers carrying small values The
company has ample funds in the
treasury to continue work for several
months.