Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-10-28
silver Bow.

In January OF this year the people OF
Tonopah were thrown into a state of
excitement by some p~rospectors bring
ing into the town some rock literally
covered with gold which they had re-
Gently discovered, writes ]. w. Langley
in the Salt Lake Mining Review. This
was in the Kawich range Of mountains,
sixty-five miles east of Tonopah, and
Investigation proved that the first dis
covery of ore was a wide quartz vein
standing out on the surface for a height
of eight feet, and so rich that the gold
could be e e twenty feet distant. The
country Cooked good" too, and with
strong, heavily mineralized dykes Of
porphyry, stained with iron, carrying
good values everywhere, it is no wonder
that capital represented by experienced,
practical mining men from Tonopah,
Goldfeld, Montana and California,
quickly invested in the district. The
original discovery is now owned by a
company of which Malcolm Mcdonald,
the well-known mining engineer Of
Butte and Tonopah is the leading spirit.
To some extent the camp has been held
back by scarcity of water, which will
shortly be overcome by a scheme for
piping it twelve miles, which has been
undertaken by Macdonald, Lynch and
other wealthy Tonopah men. Yet, not
w%ithstanding this great difficulty, a
large amount of development work has
been done on numerous properties,
demonstrating that the estimates
formed of the district by those most
competent to judge will be fully borne
out, and the camp of Kawich will add
materially to Nevada's output of the
precious yellow metal.
Following on the discovery Of Kawich
came that of Silver Bow, in the month
of February of this year, situated only
thirty miles north Of Kawich in the
same range of mountains, and fifty
miles east of Tonopah, it presents abso-
lutely opposite characteristics. At Sill
yer Bow the mountains are covered
with timber and pure water flows from
innumerable springs, ample for a large
population. The formation is identical
with that of Tonopah, being andesite,
and the ore bears a marked similarity,
not only in appearance but in values, to
that of the Montana, Midway and Ex-
tension ores of Tonopah. 1t is a white
quartz carrying gold and silver sui
phides, the properties being three
tenths gold and seven-tenths silver. So
far but little capital has been attracted
to the camp, most of the work having
been done by the original discoveries
who, being men of limited means, have
been hampered for lack of funds.
Nevertheless at least four good prop
critics have been developed, the Blazier,
McGonagill, Clark and Catlin groups.
On the latter a vein five feet wide is
being opened up, which gives an aver.
age of sol per ton. On the McGonagil
group thirty leases have been granted
and five of these are now extracting
shipping ore running from $110 to $27E
per ton. On the Blazier mine a ship
ment of ore is nearly ready which vii
average 5000 per ton. Other properties
are now being developed and it is freely
predicted hat the camp will compe
greater recognition very shortly on ac.
count of the high-grade ore that will BE-
shipped out in a few months.
Alexander johnson, late superintend
ent of the Tonopah Mining company
property, who has recently invested il
the camp and also purchased property
for capitalists he represents, believes
that there is another Tonopah at Silver
Bow, while George Wingfeld and Sen
ator Nixon, two of the cleverest ant
most successful operators in Nevada
are not only heavily interested, but ar,
now trying to increase their invest
ments in this district. With ore Of thi
grade, the splendid formation and nat
ural advantages of wood and water, tn,
future prosperity of Silver Bow is as
sured.