The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-08
STRIKES KEEP UP IN NEVADA.
SRIOH ORE UNCOVERED IN THE,
BULLFROG PROPERTIES.
HSW . nF0kO" PFOspeotoF's Dream %
ROFtune Came TFuO-niG Aprii output
IN Cripple Creek-Utah'S New Cop-
per ReooFd-PeaOe Talk m Montana.

Der heooro-Feaoo NeiA IN m"ue~N~
GoLDYIEID, New, April 3s-Dsvelopmsni
work on all Of the BullfroG properties con-
tanues With greater activity than ever
rich strike was made yesterday on the bulfro1
Gold Bar, better known a. the Benny Halle
tine. that ran ti.tts This rich BODY OF ore
was encountered 10 the drift which runs on
from the main vertical shaft at the nifty foot
level.
The incline shaft which lies 10 the north
east Of the vertical shaft on the main ledge
h IN good shipping ore. About 100 ieet Of
drifting has been done from the vertical
ahAft. The whole vein has been opened up
BY surface work. and the lowest assay that
has been made runs better than $40
Another strike is reported on the BullfroE
National Bank property. The main shaft
n down iOl feet and Superintendent Walter
Smith Il awaiting the arrival OF his rs horse
roWer Fairbanks Morse gasoline hoist before
RoinR any deeper, although he Is crosscuttn
a. the 100 foot level Assays made from
samples taken out Of the face OF the croascut
gave en- average Of $1,000 a ton.
The tunnel on the dividing line between the
BullfroF National Banks and the Bullfrog
Mining Company's properties IL In 200 feet,
and q strike Of ore running t2iO per ton mas
been made. In digging into the mountain
flor an engine house, an immense BODY OF hlEh
grade ore was encountered
Work on the Denver, 10 Bonanza Mountain, i
being carried on day and night. Yesterday
United States Senator q. s Nixon, George
WiuRfeld and D. H. Peery bought the Denver
Extension, which shows on the surface q
strike Of ore identical with the Denver. Two
Shifts OF men are az work and Will develop
the property systematically 10 ascertain
what IL the best point to sink the shait and
drive the tunnel. II is reported that Senator
Nixon aud hls associates paid ilOOOOo TOT
the property
Bonanza Mountain lies about one mile
northwest OF Rhyolite. and the Denver prop
erty IL situated on the southern slope. The
principal vein is known AS the Denver. and
n developed by an open cut ffty feet In depth
and twenty feet wide, exposing n true assure
vein about ten feet wide. The lode OF vein
'fillinR Is pOrphyry quartz carrying free
gold, running 500. On the hanging wall
eide there are fourteen inches OF ore that
viii average $500.
The interest In the Shoshone- Montgomery
Mountain Mining Company property has
been augmented to-day by the fact that a
meeting was held 1t Salt Lake city which
Was attended by T.. A. Montgomery. Malcolm
Macdonald aud \. T.. Connor OF Colorado
Springs IL Is reported Oh good authority
that Macdonald and COnnor have offered
MONTGOMERY ilOOO.OOO cash for his three
quarters interest.
sixty days ago Montgomery was Ia Gold
field practically broke. All he had Ia The
world was the claims which now 10 10 make
up this property, and on which he tried 10
borrow s. .OOO lie WAS unable 10 get this loan.
He went back to BulfrOg and started 10
work again. After he got ~ eighty-hye
feet he came on TO the rich strike. He came
out OF the tunnel With tears Ia his eyes and
said 10 his superintendent.
Well old man. have struck IL. the thing
that have dreamed about since ! was IS
years old has come true; | am liked for
life, and nobody can take II away from Tue.
The Shoshone has already shipped twenty
eight tons Of unasHorted ore that viii run
over $500 "A ton, and much more Is sacked,
ready for shipment. The tunnel Is now In 1870
feet forty feet OF which is In ore. Thlrty-fve
the drift that the richest ore was encountered.
The rapid growth Of the town OF Rhyoltte
eau scarcely be coinprehended by one Who ha >
not visited Il. 4 matter OF six or eight weeks
go what is now a fOurishing town Of 800
or 1000 persons was sage brush and desert.
Business blocks and houses are gong np al
lite aud in San Francisco 10 put IA complete
system OF water works which will be In opera
ton in sixty days. d. H. Peery and his as
capital 10 put 10 a telegraph and telephone
line from las Vegas 20 Rhyohts and from
RhyOlite on 20 GOldheld. Two banks have
been esta blishrd. aud both are doing prof.
Rsyo. May a.-Edyin Wallace. Denver
man, has bought the Joanna mine near cherry
creek In White Pine county for tSO.uJ0
In the Prairie district i. y. sutton aud
associates have found good ore ~ '6e Eeno
North Mining COmpauy's three claims which
they recently purchased The ore ASSAYS
SiO.7f gold. tl65D silver and j6.:2 ounces
Of copper TO the ton.
CNLIFuGS1t.
SAN FrANcis,o. May ~ dredg-r en-
ploy ed IN level construction below Nuba
Div on the Feather River. has brought up
ROld bearing mud aud sand, thus demonstrate
Ing that the Feather River viii repay gold
dredging far below where b was thought
20 be barren, Of The precious m"'al,, The
chine, built expressly Tor level construction
bat IL brought NJ coarse cold and nuggets.
This shows that the leather River can be-
81 activity around Oroville. where tWentv-
eight larse dredRcs are Working dav aud
Eastern capitalists haze bought the Le
Grange hydraulic mine, near Meavervile.
Trinity. county, from the French company
which has owned 1t for years Four giants
have been kept constantly a. work, and the
water pouring through them under 800 feet
pressure has worked out hundreds OF tons
II surifeTous gravel. The output has been
between $50 900 and $40 OOO month The
mine for several years has been regarded -
mines In various parts Of the world have
made trips 90 this remote place In Trinity
county 10 study the methods employed in
extracting gold on the largest hydraulic scale
known 10 the world.
ALASKA
SEATTLE, Mayi Reports from the Tanana
are Of the most encOuTa ging ChaT0 Cter. Fair
banks appears 10 he the center Of attra Ction.
While everything centers az Fairbanks, as II
formerly did AZ Dawson. business IL spreading
out and expanding over rich territory, en-
hTaoing dozens OF streams where miners are
NOW commanding from - 70 $40 per day.
Supplies are not ~ plentiful as ~ was an
ticipated they would be. hence prices rule
high. Flour was bringing ti2 per hundred
bacon 80 cents pound, butter u so a can
oil $50 a case. while ham, potatoes, sugar and
aalt are not quoted. because they are out Of
the market entirely. Among the things that
are reported plentiful are gold dust game
Reports from Nome say that the ice which
has fettered the straits went out on April TO-
leaving nothing TO obstTuct navigation, while
The water pipes In the city and the streama
that furnished the miners are running free
length and mining operations are In full
Work on the Alaska Central Railway be-
tween Seward and Fairbanks is being pushed
With a great deal Of energy by the Canadians
Who have u In charge. They have laid out
20 complete i25 miles this season and will
Accomplish Il easily Men are being added
20 the force daily and good wages are paid.
wAsHIN oToN
SHATTLF, May The early melting OF
the HnOw IL enabling miners 20 get into the
districts from a month 20 six weeks sooner
than usual. This IL the experience OF miners
on the eastern a. we'll a. on the western slopes
Of the Cascade Range, and also In the Olym-
pics Mines that have been lying dormant
Tor several years past are putting on working
forces and properties that had reached a
productive stage, with ore on the dumps