Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-24
NEW NEVADA FIELDS
SHOW DEVELOPMENT

developed into mining propositions are
the Johnnie Consolidated, the Congress
and the Golden Eagle group.
The district, like nearly all portions
Of Nevada, has been prospected for a
great many years and at one time
properties owned by the Mormon ele-
ment Of Utah, were prospected, devel-
oped and much high grade ore milled
and shipped. The general formation
in many ways has not beeh enticing
enough for "get rich quick" prospec-
tors and from this fact there lies in
the district virgin territory which may
develop into mines as rich as those at
Bullfrog and elsewhere. The formation
is OF great upheavals of quartzite and
limestone underlies and overlies the
quartzite and porphyry dykes exist.
The richest ore occurs in fractures or
assures through the quartzlte. The ore
generally is a white quartz, almost
in cubes, or black hematite iron, and
stains of carbonate Of copper indicate
rich ores, although free gold is easily
observed and horning and panning, as
suring reduction by stamp mills, will
be successful.
Golden Eagle Group
This property consists Of five claims,
adjoining the Johnnie Consolidated
group on the southwest and covers
portion of the same mineralized belt
and belongs to the Bullfrog- Johnnie
Mining company. This company was
organized in April, 1905, and capitalized
at $1,O0O,000, under the laws of Arizona.
The vein of three Of the claims is
almost vertical, trending east and west,
from one to six feet in width, with
matrix of broken quartz carrying hem
attic and copper stain. The vein of the
Golden Eagle is parallel one from two
to three feet in width, a quartz ore
with hematite copper sulphides and
carbonates. Shafts from ten to fifty
feet, 200 feet of drifting tunnels, open
cuts and trenches comprise the devel-
opment. Ore shoots are from twenty
five TO ESQ feet in length. Ore principally
free milling, with values from 81 to $50
in gold to the ton. Extensive develop
ment will be begun in September, 1905.
U. M. Thomas and o. M. Thomas of
Berkeley, Cal, president and treasurer
respectively, and John c. McElroy of
San Francisco, secretary.
Congress Mining Company
The claims of the Congress company
are four in number and located about
twelve miles southwest Of Johnnie
camp This property was worked
many years ago, and owned by the
Chespa Gold Mining company. 1t was
a gold producer and quite number
Of men were employed. A ten-stamp
mill was in constant operation for a
long time. Finally trouble arose among
the owners. The mine became idle and
the ten-stamp mill destroyed by fire
The character Of the ore and the form
alton in general is very similar to that
of the Johnnie and Bullfrog- Johnnie.
| Through the efforts of H. Ramsey of
OohioAASis lOthlcI 6cHcIdl IlldIldSer OIL
the Chespa, the present Congress Min
ing company was organized. The COM
pany is close corporation, the stock
holders being among the wealthiest
mine owners of Bullfrog, Tonopah and
Goldfield. Jim Butler of Tonopah.
president; H. Ramsey vice president
and general manager, who asserts that
in October a large force of men will
be put to work. new buildings erected
and undoubtedly another stamp mill
before the winter season.
The Johnnie Mine
Outside the Tonapah mining district
there is no mine equally developed and
making such showing in Nye county,,
New, as the Johnnie. AS water by grav-
ity under 300-foot fall is near, and as
the mill can be located near the main
workings, there is no hauling of ore or
pumping of water. To the 600-foot level
not a drop of water has been en-
countered, showing the workings will be
in dry atmosphere all the time The
treatment of all the ores will be at a
profit, including the large tonnage of
low grades already developed. All the
gold in the mine can be reduced to
bullion and shipped direct to the United
States mint
The Johnnie Consolidated Gold Min
ing company's property consists of the
Johnnie Consolidated group of ten
claims and a mill site, the Tiger Con-
solidated group of two claims and mill
site, and the Victor claim of twenty
acres. making total of 213 acres. The
general trend of the lodges of the prop
erty is north and south, the lodges
varying in width and the ore bodies
changing from the foot to hanging walls
and back again at various points, show
Ing many faults, but always a con-
tinuous vein or ledge matter. Values
are in shoots OF ore, white sugary
quartz, brittle in texture and easily re-
duced in stamp. The gold is largely
free contained somewhat in small
cubes of iron and the richest ores in