Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-08-19
LATE BULLFRoG NEWS.
Humboldt Gates Elected Presi-
dent OF Bunfroe Townsite Co.

At a meeting OF the directors oil
the Bullfrog Townsite Water and Ice
company, held in San Francisco a few
DAYS ago, DR.. L. L. Benson and f. A.
Stevens resigned as directors and
Humboldt Gates, brother-in law oil
Col. Key Pittman, and BertL. Smith,
the we'll known banker. were chosen
as their successors. The board then
r~eorganized by eleetiug Humboldt
Gates, president; H. Fl. Clark, vice
president; ID. G.. Doubleday, secre-
tary, and Bert L. Smith, treasurer.
The directors adopted a resolution
that until further notice teamsters
engaged in hauling freight into and
out Of the Bullfrog district be fur
nisbed water for themselves and
stock free of charge.
Superintendent Wilson OF the Stein
way expects to strike a big body of
ore in the next few DAYS in the cross.
cut he is driving. Several stringers
have been cut during the past few
days. The Steinway will soon have
a gasoline hoist in place, having pur-
chased that of the Mogul mine at Ray.
Denver parties have purchased a
group Of claims on Bare Mountain
from w. H. Wooding and have
organized the Gold Coin Mining and
Milling company. The property,
which is near Beatty, will be devel-
oped at once under the superintend
ency Of L. K. Bennett.
The new within hoist has been placed
in position on the Shoshone Mont.
gomery and the work of sinking the
shaft on the southwest slope of the
bill commenced. A gasoline hoist is
on the road and as soon as it arrives
it will be placed on the northeast
corner OF the property and another
shaft sunk at that point. says the
Bullfrog Miner. The blocking out of
ore in the five drifts OF the Shoshone
continues steadily, with the ore bodies
growing in size and value every day.
A stopping station on level No. 2 is
being cut in the Denver. The work
of connecting the tunnel levels is pro-
crossing rapidly and in a short time
this great mine viii be in a position
to output a goodly quantity daily of
rich gold bearing rock.
The new ice plant is completed and
from % on will turn out a good sup.
ply Of frozen aqua every day. The
plant has a capacity Of five tons. As
soon as possible a cold storage room
will be erected near the ice building.
On the Gibraltar Mines syndicate's
property, which adjoins the Eclipse,
the mines are pushing their crosscut
tunnel into the mountain and are
sinking two shafts at the base of the
hill on No. 6 and No. z Lodges. The
latter is Superintendent Nelson's
latest discovery on this wonderful
property, writes a correspondent
from the Bullfrog region. 1t is be.
lieved to be a continuation of the
Tramp ledge. The men are now
down on this about forty. five feet
and the entire bottom of the shaft
pans free coars gold. At preseni
the ledge matter is considerably
graduated, but it is gradually assum
ing a more solid manganese quarts
formation. The body of this ledge il
unknown, and Mr.. Nelson will advance
no opinion on it. He says be viii
probably crosscut it at the 100 foo.
level, and until then he will say moth
ing more than "she's big enough fol
anyone" The tunnel on the Glib
raltar property shows every indica
ton of approaching No. 2 vein, a.
the full breast pans good values il
free gold.