Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-05-26
The MINES
ABOUT BULLFROG
Work Forging Ahead With the Best Of
Results.


Work at the property owned by the
Schwab- Macdonald syndicate at Bull
frog. has been resumed under the man
agement of w. B. Morris, formerly of
the North Star mine in this place, and
seven men are employed. A crosscut
tunnel is being driven from the north
side of Ladd Mountain and at a point
about 200 feet from the mouth of this
tunnel a winze has been sunk 40 feet on
the vein, revealing good milling ore.
Drifting on the vein, in the way of
development, is in progress on the west
side Of the mountain. This property
adioins the National Bank on the south
and the Hard Scrabble claim Of the
Montana Bullfrog on the north.
A rich shoot of ore has been reached
by the main tunnel in the Bullfrog Rush
property. This shoot was first cut by
an upper tunnel which showed the shoot
to be As feet wide at that point. The
ore in the face Of the main tunnel
assays $751; go in gold.
Negotiations are under way for the
purchase of the control of the Gold Bar
property by Mr.. Schwab. These nego-
tiations have been extended to May
Goth and the owners seem loathe to sur
render so large an interest as is desired
by the intending purchaser, especially
since the mine is showing up so well
since the option was given.
At the 240-foot level of the Home
stake, which adjoins the Gold Bar on
the north, the whole face of the north
drift is in ore that will assay over $25 a
ton. Other mines adjoining this prop
erty-the Daisy and the Gold King-are
taking out good shipping ore and alto
gether about 100 miners are at work on
the Gold Bar hill.
A contract has been let to sink 100
feet on the Gold Bar South Extension.
At the point where this sinking will
commence the ledge is 100 feet wide
and shows values of from 81 to 1872 to
the ton. Improvements in the way of
a bunk house, blacksmith shop and tool
house have been erected and the mine
is to be actively developed under the
management Of George Badgett, super
!ntendent of the Providence and one of
the directors of the Montana onopah.
Sinking has been resumed at the
National Bank, the shaft is now down
200 feet and it is proposed to sink 100
feet deeper. Good milling ore is at
present being found at the bottom of
the shaft, while the two north drifts at
the 100 and 200-foot levels are in ore.
The showing in the west crosscut from
the south drift of the 200-foot level is
such as to excite great expectations in
the management. In the course of
sinking it is proposed that from each
50-foot level an intermediate drift will
be run, and a permanent one from each
100-foot level.
The main working shaft on the prop
erty Of the Bonanza Mountain Gold
Mining company, known as shaft No. 4,
is down 100 feet, with a two-compart-
ment shaft. At the 150-foot mark a
station will be cut. A rich strike of
ore was made in shaft No. 2 about three
weeks ago. Sinking vas continued and
now the shaft has reached n denth Of
40 feet, showing a fine body of milling
r and a streak of very high-grade
rock which is growing wider as sinking
progresses. Shaft No. 3 is sunk on the
vein and has reached a depth Of So feet,
at which point very good values are
shown.