The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-16
GOLD MINE DEAL
 SMALL SENSATION
PROMINENT FINANcIERS CON- NECTED WITH THE TRANSFER OF HALF MILLION DOLLAR GoLDFlELD PROPERTY.

Bulfrog, Nev, April Ex-Governor Sparks of Nevada, John S. Cook. the Goldfield, banker; Thomas Robinson, director of the Jumbo Mining company of Goldfie1d, and L. M. Sullivan, head of the l.. NJ Sullivan Trust company of Goldfield, figure in the deal by which the famous group of claims on Bonanza Mountain have been purchased from Dr. J Grant Lyman of New York, for half a million dollars. The sale is looked up- on here as an ordinary transaction, as mining deals go now-a-das, although half a year ago, before Charles M. Schwab and other eastern capitalists came into the district, the community would have been enthused to the boil ing point The sale assures a clean profit of over $500, GOO to Dr. Lyman, who bond ed the property for s15o,0oo less than six months ago. Dr. Lyman has been devel- oping the property on his own account for several months, and 1t has proven to be a great gold mine
 The Rush group, which embraces the Rush. Rush No. l, Index and Keystone claims, borders the Denver, Peerless, Bonanza Mountain and Yolo groups on Bonanza Mountain, and covers larger acreage than either of the properties named. the Denver being less than half the size of the Rush group.
 Development work on the Rush has been prosecuted on broader lines and with the aid of a larger force of men than has ever been employed in the opening up of any other Bullfrog property. No less than eight Tunnels have been driven into the propefty, and the work Is be- ing carried on with. a swing and detail heretofore unknown in Nevada mining. The tunnels are so arranged that they can all be connected with one shaft and the ore taken out with the greatest faeil- ity The main tunnel on the Rush claim is in 175 feet and the face is now about 90 feet from the Rush vein, which It will cut at vertical depth of 250 feet. The Rush vein is 154 feet wide. carrying from S4 to $40 ton in gold values, and every foot of it is milling ore, with more than 100000 tons exposed. The north tun- nel on the Rush claim, which is at right angles with and 125 feet above the main tunnel, is in 115 feet, and 1t will be con nected with the main tunnel by winze. In the north tunnel the erosscut has been carried 90 feet east and Al feet west. all in pre- At the south end of the Rush claim the Yolo tunnel IS In f02 feet all the way in fine looking ore. progress of 30 feet was made in this tunnel last week The ore Is soft and is broken down with pick and shoveled out
 Besides the tunnels mentioned, there are two others on the Rush clairn one 90 feet and the other 20 feet long, and both are being pushed forward rapidly.
 A diamond drill has been ordered and will be placed in the main tunnel, where 1t will cut all the known veins of Bon anza Mountain, with certainty. from surface indications, of discovering new veins, It is the intention to run tun- mel completely through the mountain, which will be 3S00 feet long and give perpendicular dept of about 1200 feet. Bunk houses and boarding houses have been erected, and four miles of road has been built to connect the different work ings on the mountain. Forty men are employed, working three shifts day.
 The phenomenal results that have been obtained by Prof. G. E. Bailey in open ing up this property constitute one of the sensations of the Bullfrog district. and the mine gives every indication Of proving one of the greatest properties in tho state