The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-24

BREEZY BUDGET
FROM BULLFR0G
Ore Shipments Retarded by Lack of
Transportation Facilities.
STRIKE IN NEW FORMATION
SURPRISE IN GIsRALTAR's -EoUI-
TABLE GROUP.
STRIKE IN NEW FORMATION


Rhyolite. (Bullfrog Mining DISTRICT,
New. June 22.-AH RhyOlite turned out
today to give a roUsing send-of to the
freighters bearing a consignment Of
sixty tons of ore from the great Mont
somery- ShOshone mine The consign-
ment is bound for Salt Lake smelters,
via Tonopah and Reno.
Three great freight outfits, drawn by
twenty horses each. are carrying this
great amount of extremely rich ore
across the desert. closely guarded by
armed men. Grab samples from any
portion of any sack viii pan fine values
in gold, and it is necessary IN Sacklng
81 portion of the rich tale TO use double
thicknesses of canvass, some Oh the ore
being so finely divided
The ShoshOne management declares
that only second and third grade ore is
shipped al this time, as transportation
facilities are not favorable at present
10 the handling Of such high-grade ore,
but il Is said by persons IN a position TO
know that twelve tons of the present
shipment will run in value from $1,000
10 $1,000, the balance ranging from 500
10 $500 The present consignment viii
be sampled in Reno, and should arrive
IN salt Lake before two weeks have
elapsed.
An RhyoIite is banking heavily upon
. immense values of BullfrOg mines and
their tremendous capabilities viii he
clearly demonstrated to the outside
world.
Transportation Facilities inadequate.
Were the facilities for transporting
ore out of this district more favorable,
there would be many mines represented
at the present time in Salt Lake smell
tiers. On the great Bonanza, or Gibral-
tar, mountains are several properties
capable of sending very rich ore out,
but the owners do not desire to pay the
Unreasonably high rates and undergo
the risks incident TO a long and tedious
desert drive. From RhyOllte to Gold
field. with such a load as it would re-
quire to justify the trip, it would take
almost a weeks time alone: none of the
properties being pressed for funds. il is
not considered advisable under present
conditions to ship.
On the Gibraltar Mines Syndicate S
Equitable group on Bonanza mountain
there IS shipping ore both in the tunnel
and on ledge No 4, at which latter place
free gold ore is found in sufficient guam
tity TO pay big money from the surface.
On the Great Eastern property ad-
joining the Equitable, recently puT-
chased by John Mckane, shipping ore
at fOTty-fOot depth was encountered
some time ago. Any of the many mag
nifiCeut lodges cutting the top or east
ern slope of Bonanza mountain present
shipping propositions with depth. often
times from the very surface, and with
out exception they are milling PROPOSE
tiOnS from the surface down, and a
milling proposition in the great BuIIfrOg
district is ordinarily an excellent high
grade subject where all the conditions
for handling and treatment are com
plete-
ore less than 500 per ton value il
gold is not high-gTade in Nevada il
is called milling ore. which seems al
most saCTilegiOus in sentiment when il
is remembered how ridiculOusly low
Erade many outside propositions are, as
the Treadwer mine Of Alaska, for in
stance.
On the Tramp property on Bonanza
mountain. and the adjoining properties
such as the ElipSe and Denver. shipping
ore is found, and from the latter prop
erty- more advanced in development
work. ore has already been shipped
But these properties, as in the case OF
the Gibraltar, are not being stripped
at present, A thorough system of de-
velopmeut work Is being vigorously
being blocked out for future disposition
Strike in New Formation.
Attenuation new TO the BuHfrog min.
ing district was eHCguTt tered in thu
shaft of the ShOshone National Banl
property today, and has set the expert:
of RhyOlite to specializing as TO wha
may soon be expected on properties be
ing developed on the fiat" At thirty
three feet deep they encountered for
nation of spar. manganese of iron ant
quartz. resembling I'm all respects tn,
formation found IN the great Mizpal
mine at TOuOpdh. and which is Away
found in close proximity TO high-grad
values
The formation appears to be on tn
porphyTy hanging wall that they arr
going through OF the twenty-five foo
level, and in the opinion Of the mininl
and formation experts Of the district
the owners of the ShOshoue Nationa
bank have good cause To feel eIated
The location of this property is be
tween the Montgomery Mountain com
paHy and the BuIlfrOg National Banl
Mining company, and end lines witt
each of them, covering the entir
flat between these two properties. I
also corners with the Schwab-NcKan
property.
The hoist on the BuufroC Natfona
Bank is now I'm working order. an,
three shifts of men viii be put 10 vyorl
in the No. / shaft. and al the -bfgl
grade ore VIII be- sacked and ShipDpd
Superintendent Walter Smith has ais
started n No incline shaft and tho,