Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-06-24

That strike of great Importance
will soon be made on the Boston
ronopah, is now evident, for the
shaft which has attained a depth of
i35 feet, is in 80 feet in the ande-
site, lode porphyry, in which many
5tringers giving free gold values
have been encountered
Sylvania
AT the annual meeting of stock
holders of the Sylvania Mining com
pany of Nevada, held at the Office of
c. f. Reynolds, this week, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing term:
Capt Geo. l.. Patrick, president;
f. r. Shields, viee-presldent and W.
d. Clair, secretary. These with c.
f. Reynolds and +. W. Dulfer con
stitute the board of directors.
The report of Secretary Clair
showed the company TO be in a pros
porous condition Mr.. Clair was nm
able to attend the meeting, being en-
gagged in experimenting large ship.
ment of ore from the mines 10 the
railroad station at Bishop
The Nevada Copper Queen
Otis Kendall came in from the
Nevada Copper Queen mine. twenty
eight miles northwest of Austin, last
Sunday and is enthusiastic over the
appearance of this great property.
The ledge in the bottom of the Wine
which was sunk at the breast of the
tunnel and Is so feet deep, is fully
three feet wide and the ore averages
about $50 to the ton. Mr.. Kendall
states that shipment Of sixteen
tons of this ore was made this week
from Silver Greek station, which is
only four miles from the property,
Mr. Kendall will return to the prop
erty tomorrow. accompanied by his
brother Zeb. who is the principal
owner of the Nevada Copper Queen
Diamondfield
Jack" Davis, the enterprising
mayor OF Diamondfeld, spent Mon
day in Tonopah He says that the
mines of Diamondfield never looked
better and the recent strikes on the
Diamondheld Triangle are all that
has been claimed ror them. The
ledge that was uncovered on the east
end of the claim by leasers, is three
feet wide and in some places gives
values as high as $500 10 the ton.
The other strike was made by the
company and runs $l25 clear across
three-foot ledge. A shipment OF
this ore was made this week to
he Columbia sampler.
Gold Crater
VIM. Beauchamp. the well known
mining man came in from Gold
Crater this week. He states that q
X. Collins has purchased a half in
crest from w. Inman, of valuable
lease on the Ridge and Curtis prop.
erty. A perpendicular shaft is being
sunk and cross cut will be run on
the so foot level to tap the vein.
Durgin and Athearn have pur.
chased the Inman and Perry lease
and at a depth of 35 feet have five
feet of $50 ore. They will sink fifty
feet deeper and then raise on the ore
Red Rock Extension
William j. Landers, mining re-
corder for this district, who return.
ed from San Francisco few days
ago, says that work on al. extensive
scale will shortly be inaugurated on
the Red Rock Extension property
which lies west of the great Tonopar
Extension mine.
Rhyolite
So many new firms are opening
for business that 1t is quite difficult
to keep tab on them, but the latest
compilation of Rhyolite business in
terests is as follows, according to tho
Rhyolite Herald.
Assay offices 5, barber shops 6
bakeries 4, butchers 2, banks 3
building contractors s, physicians s
dentists 2, brokerage firms II. furnl
ture dealers 2, jewelers. 4, lumbe,
yards 3, general merchandise ant
groceries rs, drug stores 3, restaur'
ants i6, saloons so, gambling tables
35. stationers 3, U. S. deputy minera
surveyors 10, lawyers 10, lodgins
houses 19, stage companies 4, liverie'
and corrals 3. blacksmith shops 2
laundries 6, tailor shops Z, public
stenographers 2, undertakers Z
auto officers two, telephone, newspa
per. bottling works, hospital, bait
house, photographer, and tin shop