Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-02-25
MINING NEWS
OF The WEEK
Strike on ShOShOne Group
At BulIfrOg.
Montana a-TOnOpah Gets Big Returns
Gold Crater Now Shipping Ore
Great Activity At Gold
Mountain.
BuIlfrOg Western.

buIlIfOS NeSUern'
The Bullfrog Western mining com
pany of Nevada is the name of
strong company Just Incorporated
under the laws OF South Dakota,
with a capitalization Of 81, 900, 900,
divided into 900, 900 shares of par
value of ST. The officers are as fol-
lows; T L. Oddie, president; L. L.
Patrick, vice president; Hugh II.
Brown. secretary and treasurer;
Nye County Bank, depository, and
7. l.. Oddie, l.. l.. Patrick, Major
G. Gardner, H. + Woodward, su
perintendent and manager of the
Percy Sorelle mine of Aspen, Colo,
r. f. Bonneaw, Clarence M. Oddie
and j. T. Overbury, directors. The
company owns the Gray Rock and
Lucky Boy Nos and 2, which he
about 1000 feet west OF the Original
| Bullfrog Co. on the strike OF the
| ledge and four claims situated at the
estern base OF Red Mountain, which
show strong ledges and fair values.
Having already disposed of 100, 600
shares Of treasury stock aud having
ample funds in the treasury, the
company will commence sinking a
shaft at once on the Gray Rock
claim through which runs ledge
from to feet wide Assays from
the groupings show returns of from
S. to $40 and il is the intention to
sink to depth of 100 feet before
cross cutting. The work will be
prosecuted under the able super
vision of Major C. Gardner of tue
Oddie Gardner lease at Godtield
Three shifts win be put to work in
order TO determine as quickly as pos
sible, just what is in this most prom
ising Of lodges,
Gold Mountain.
There is considerable activity at
Gold Mountain and the outlook for
the future Of the district is exceed
invly bright. In the tunnel of the
Tonopah Gold Noun tain mining com
pauy fine ledge Of free gold ore is
being opened up and a shipment will
be made in the near future Work
will shortly be resumed on the Tono
pah Onion, the Gold Belt, United
Tonopah, Central Tonopah and Cole.
han mines, which will make Gold
Mountain lively camp A custom
mill is one of the crying needs of this
section and it would pay handsomely
from the start.
Hannapah.
At a meeting Of the directors of
the Hannapah mining company held
at Salt Lake a few days ago. the
recommendation of Superintendent
Frank b. Work thal the shaft on the
: companys property at Haunapah
! be continued to a depth of 400 feet,
4 were adopted and he was instructed
= to resume work Immediately The
! officials Of the company are confident
that the property Will eventually de-
! velop into big producer. An order
has been pl ced with Salt Lake
firm for the additional equipment re-
quired and it will be shipped as soon
( AS possible.
, Midway.
The great Midway mine continues
to improve and is now one of the
! regular shippers OF the camp, The
=; main ledge is as rich as ever and
maintaines its width Of ten feet. The
; Midway has 800 feet of ground NORTH
Of the shaft in which to prospect and
Z superintendent Ross Condor is con
J fident that he will strike more of the
rich Montana ledges in tina, direc
> ton.
BulltrOg.
). The strike made last week on tn,
k Shoshone group at Bullfrog is prov
8 lug to be "a sensational one. Th,
:. ledge is nearly 100 feet wide and al
q rich ore. The owners, f. A. Mont
It gomery and Tom Edwards, will cree
!. mill at once, at Beatty, on th,
Is Amargosa river, for the reduction o
IS the ore.
Y Tonopah Extension.
y The Tonopah Extension is nov
! working 20 men and shipments of or
is are being made regularly, the or
being taken from the 500-foot level