Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-10-21
BULLFROG

that greatcamp.
The Eclipse is sacking high-grade ore
from two shafts. They are on separate
veins, about 400 feet apart.
In the Hobo shaft at a depth of IT'S
feet, four feet of good shipping ore is
being sacked. The vein has widened
and grown stronger. From the vertical
shaft on the same property at a depth
Of rs feet, three feet of second-grade
shipping ore is being extracted and
sacked.
The Denver has 700 sacks Of high
grade ore on the dump and the new
company will continue active develop
ment work.
The Gibraltar on Bonanza mountain
has very good ore in several places.
About 40 men are employed on this
mountain in the Great Eastern. "
Tramps, Eclipse, ?" Denver, !"
"Gibraltar" and Golden Sceptre." +"
On Ladd Mountain the National
Bank" is prosecuting at a depth of
200 feet. Though some rich ore has
been encountered, the management
does not expect to cut the main ore
body for some time.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is work
ing about 35 men and although not
shipping ore on account of litigation,
the ore is being sacked and stored in
the ore-houses. Cross-cutting and
drifting on the $50 level is going on and
rich sulphide ore has been encountered.
This is of great Importance for it de-
notes permanency.
Superintendent Badgett of the Provi-
dence says that the crosscut on the 100
foot level is now in 100 feet, but he
does not expect to tap the ledge for
some time to come.
Considerable work is going on around
indian Springs and II. G. Mcmahon,
who just returned from there, SAYS that
the tunnel being driven on the |. X.L.
claim is now in $50 feet and it will be
necessary to run in 100 feet more before
cutting the vein which CROPS on the
surface on the summit of the mountain.
AT Crystal Springs, two and one-half
miles north of the Shoshone mine, much
development work is going on. The
hayiiower management after much
surface work has started a new work
ing shaft. In the old shaft, at a depth
Of 40 feet, a seven-foot vein was en-
countered, the ore being of milling
grade and VIII average sos to the ton.
About 10 men will be put to work in
lew days. On the Starlight which ad-
JOINS the Mayflower on the north five
men are employed The Gold Coin
started work this week with full
crew.
The Doris Montgomery on Mt. Jeffrey
Is working six men and has done about
aO feet of development On the Rand
group owned by Schwab and McKane,
drifting continues on the 10O-foot level
and the large vein crossing that group
Is liable to be cut any day.
The double compartment shaft of the
Bug Bulfrog, just south of the Original,
Is down ITO feet and is lined the entire
distance with square timbers. The new
noistlng machinery is working smoothly.
TWO gasoline engines of the Standard
make are doing service. One is a 16-
morse power engine, and the other, used
Ior hlling the air pipes, is a 2-horse
power machine. The barrel bucket
used has capacity of 800 pounds. and
oupt' Fontana figures that the engine
can easily do service for 400 feet.
A contract was let this week for SO
leet of drifting, north and south, from
The bottom of the S5-foot shaft on the
Lucky Jack. Stringers of ore cut while
sinking the shaft Indicate body of ore
near the workings. This property is
located some distance northeast of the
Shoshone-Montgomery, in the direction
oi Beatty, and good strike here would
mean much for the district.
The Steinway shaft is now down
nearly 100 feet and the bottom is in a
ledge of porphyry which pans medium
grade values. Mr.. Dulfer says the
smart will be put down to the 2OO-foot
point before another station is cut.
me latest to enter the ranks of leas-
m e's Is the Montgomery Mountain Mining
o.ompany which has declared its inten-
o o,oh to block the ground into plats
poOxoOO feet and lease it all d. H.
ieefy OF Salt Lake is president of this
.ompany and w. ii. Griffith Of Rhyolite
LAS charge of the leasing. Those who
!, lave been praying for leases can have
u'er wants gratifed, and on ground
1'a' Is well known to be good with
~ respectable neighbors. The Mont
eo'lery Mountain, or Peery- -Montgom-
ny as 1t is Familiarity known, has
a'uety acres on Montgomery mountain.