Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-17
Late News From
NeighbOring Camps

and so expressed himself. 1t goes
without saying that his paper will
continue a good booster for Manhat-
tan.-Manhattan Mail.
Development has started on the
holdings of the Ralston Valley Gold
and Copper company. The company
has four claims adjoining the To
quima Copper company. J.. B. Gift
fen, the discoverer of the great cop
per deposits near San Antoine, is the
president; A. F. Burton, of the firm
Of Cuddy. Stock and Burton, is the
ylce-president J.. G. McElvaney. sec
rotary; Omer Maris and T. T. Tor
pey, directors. Several large lodges
cut through the property, which on
the surface show great evidence of
mineral and from which assays of
over $500 have been had.
The Toquima and Bonanza are
both improving. especially the form
err, the whole shaft being in ore that
will average II per cent copper,
with good values in gold and silver.
The Bonanza shaft is 100 feet deep
and is holding its own in gold and
silver values, is well as showing
strongly in copper, which is to be
expected. owing to it's close proxim-
ity to the Toquima ledge which can
be traced on the surface through the
Bonanza holdings for a distance of
1900 feet.
1t is confidently expected that the
Gold Wedge shaft will uncover the
rich Little Grey vein within a very
short time. The shaft is being sunk
on the trend of the later and every
mining mar who has inspected the
Wedge voices the opinion that the
ledge is but a few feet further
down.
On the Bullhead claim, the O'Hara
Leasing company is still sacking
high grade ore. The working for the
most part is confined to the sur
face at the present time. 1t is pro-
posed, however, to soon begin work
on a deep working shaft. None OF
the ore is being overlooked. Ship
ments will be made to the mill at
Central regularly from this time on
ROUND MOUNTAIN
Superintendent Armstrong of the
Round Mountain Mutual company
has uncovered a well defined lead
samples from which assay $50 to the
ton in gold. The vein will BE-
thoroughly explored and extraction
of ore will begin at once and be sen.
to the mill for treatment.
SILVER BOW
More men are being CONSTANT!
added to the working force on tn,
Cook and Laws lease on the Nc
Gonagill property. Thursday even
ing two men left Tonopah to be EN-
ployed on the lease, and others will
be added from time to time as fas
as room can be made for them.
A strike is reported nea the Blu
Horse mine on a lease being worke,
r by some Slavonians. These men hav
} been at work there for severa
months past and it now appears a
t if they are to be rewarded.
The cencentrator for the mill ha
arrived from Goldfeld and is now /
place. 1t is working very satisfat
torily.
E BANK SPRINGS
w. w. Robbins of Goldfield ha
Y been looking over various propertie
v at the new Bank Springs cope
;. strike, with a view to making el
tensive purchases. Mr.. Robbins
an experienced copper man and
very much pleased with the show
ing.
HIS stated to a Mail representatiy
n that he considered the find a yer
important one and likely to develo
into something good. "Somewhei
out there" said he, somebody
going to find a big body of cope
e ore"
S Mr.. Robbins VIII return With
: ten days to complete his negotiation
o for the properties.
d The fuel proposition has becon
a serious n to the people of Col,
n field, and something must be don
and done quickly, to relieve IL
" threatened fuel famine. Not
n pound of coal can be bought in IL
s. camp, and this has been the case Il
It the past two weeks, and there seen
If to be no immediate relief, as the T
It nopah and Goldfield railway conf
Gates any coal that is billed f,
it Goldfield for its w use. Hundre,
k Of families are without fuel at the
IS homes and the number is being ad
a ed to daily. The warm weather
n liable to change any day and the