Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-13
Mines and Mining
pecial corre.pondenee OF The Star.

Special Correspondents OF The Star.
TONOPAH. Nevada. September 9. 1906.
The newer copper camp OF Greenwater il
In Inyo county. Cal. its exact location be-
ing on the east slope, or Death Valley"
side. and about the center of the Funeral
range Of mountains. 1t Is twenty-eight
miles north OF "Bcrax." Smiths Furnace
creek ranch La Death Valley and about
eighty-fiye miles south of the Bullffog Min
ing district. Nevada. Greenwater was first
located thirty years ago as silver camp.
and was then called the Winchester min
ing district. Copper was considered of no
value at that time. The Copper Queen"
claim which Is one of the claims OF the
present Greenwater and Death Valley
group, was sold to a Brazilian In 1879 for a
silver mine, but 1t was found Improbable
for this metal and work was abandoned.
the Present nearest railroad point Is john
ME Siding, on the Las Vagas and Tonopah
railroad, which Is forty miles distant. The
Tonopah and Tidewater railroad better
known as the Smith road, will pass within
twelve miles of the camp, from which a
spur can very easily be constructed into
Greenwater
While this camp is within California
boundaries its present activity and devel-
opmen. is due entirely to the same energy
that mas made y, nopah. Goldfeld. Bullfrog
and other now famous southern Nevada
camps.
Patrick Clark @: Spokane year ago be-
gan work In the C'strict and considerable
attention was &c lice to the district then. It
was not. however. until three months ago
That The sreatness OF the camp became SO
prominent
D. B. Gillies first went into the district,
taking an automobile through Death Val
ley, which was the first to ever traverse 1t.
Mr.. G1llies. who has long been connected
with the copper districts of Butte. Arizona.
and elsewhere. Immediately appreciated the
wonderful showings Of copper ores, and be-
fore leaving the district made a payment
on the kunze group Of $4,000. which was
followed month later by the final pay
ment. which gossip says was not small
one.
The "KunZe Group" consists of sixteen
claims and eight fractions, and such author
tiles as D. B. Gifiies. Prof Jenney, Malcolm
L. Macdonald, ]. c. Pyle. Senator Clark's
expert, Patrick Clark, and numerous Others
claim that the surface showings on these
claims and those Of Patrick Clark is not
surpassed by any copper district in the
united States.
That the new camp of Greenwater is 60
ing to add to the worlds supply OF copper
Is the enthusiastic prediction Of all who
have visited 1t.
Three very prominent vein systems tray
erse the properties and outcrop for 800 feet
in length and run from 20 feet to zoo feet
in width. Two shafts are being sunk on
two of the veins at present and have reach
ed the depths OF 6o feet and IS feet, re-
spectiveiy. The unsorted ore from these
shafts assays about IA per cent copper.
four ounces in silver and "a in gold. Assays
of selected samples run as high as 80 to 80
per cent copper. The copper ores found are
the sulphides, boronite, ehalcocite. enargite.
the red and black oxides. cuprits and ten
orite, the carbonates, malachite and azure
lite.
townsite is already plated and known
as Greenwater, which is also the name OF
the post ofiice. Numerous stores. two banks
and other business houses are Already doing
business. This town of a few months has
population of five hundred people.
The nearest water at present Is twenty
eight miles distant. but drilling outfit is
now at work within two miles Of the town.
and 1t Is expected that an abundance OF
water will be found at less than one hun
dred feet depth.