Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-01


ter and under the direction of con-
sulting engineer, Donald Gillies and
Superintendent Cutler, is certain to
become one of the big producing
mines OF Tonopah. Two rich lodges
have just been encountered, one OF
a width of five feet, that gives values
of between $50 and 500 and the
other sixteen inch ledge that will
average $240.
No wonder President Frank Gold
en- wears a broad smile these days
Gold Mountain
A. r. Johnson, former superin-
tenoent Of the Tonopah Mining Com
pany, and one of the best posted and
most experienced mining engineers
of Nevada, spent sofe time at Golr
Mountain, last week, and makes the
following report to the Tonopan
Gold Mountain Mining Company:
ON visiting the property of the
Tonopah- Mountain Mining
Company, / was most agreeably sur
prised at the showing found there.
The work ON the west side of the
mountain has been abandoned for
the present, and work resumed on
the east side On this side the work
consists of two tunnels, one Of
which has been driven about 100
/ feet where the ledge was encounter
ed. Seventy feet east an ore body
! five feet wide has been encountered,
which looks very well, being well
defined and carrying good values.
! This ore body is tale of very fine
grain and resembling the tale of the
recent Montgomery strike at Boil
frog, except that 1t shows a great
deal of iron making 1t darker
color II is probably an altered and
decomposed Rhyolite.
In the other tunnel about eP0
feet of work has been done, most Of
which is on the ledge The ledges
in this second tunnel show some
permanCney, but are narrow
Country rock is rhyolite and con
sidering the amount of work done,
the mine looks very well. Leases
have been let on the West side. and
with further developmnt of the east
side, great deal of high grade ore
should be taken out
"The ledge can be traced au the
surface across the mountain pr at
least ! 900 feet and three ledgea crop
on the surface Development work
is to be prosecuted with more
energy, and in the next few months
some new developments mag be
looked for
Prom the first tunnel level, a
Wine has been sunk to the level Of
the tunnel pelow, i10 feet, making
with the backs from the tunnelaboye,
22T feet in depth from the top OF the
mountain. These veins, although
narrow in places, show some perm
anency and may open into larger
bodies as shown by the face of the
east drift in No. tunnel,
development work is being in
telligently done, and l have no doubt
that shortly shipments can be made, -
The Tonopah Gold Mountain Min
ing Company shipped 100 tons Of
ore today, to the Western Ore Pur-
chasing Company at Reno 1t will
average about $3.50 per ton. Regu-
lar shipments will be made from now
on
TOnopah EN. vs.. Mcnamara.
, The case of the Tonopah Extension
{ Mining Company VS.. the McNamara
d Company, occupied the attention Of
! Judge Breen this week. Key Pitt
E man and Judge Mediation appeared
2 for the plaintiff and Curtis LindleN
. and Mark Averill for the defendant
( A model marked exhibit No, 1, was
introduced in evidence and filed by
| plaintiff After able arguments ol
l the learned counsel, the cause was
submitted The court thereupor
granted plaintiff ten days in which
to file briefs and the defendants ter
days In which to reply.
4 Parties desiring information con
: cerning Silver Peak and lots in thu
\ Silver Peak townsite, should call oi
e VIM. Owsley at Merchants Hotel
{. He will be there until July g.
\ Florence Lease
i James Meighan and e. Marks hav
secured a lease on the Florence clair
at Goldheld and have put two shift
e at work sinking They have an eS
: ira good lease and should strike
rich