Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

NrSt 10 ger INTO tnc ttONUNhttl' Nab-
fornia, copper district. and expects to
come out of there with big Clean
UP.
SOME OF THE MINES
The Montgomery shoshone Mining
company. now controlled by Charles
M Schwab. and under the direct MAN.
egement Of Donald Glllies. owns the
largest developed property in the
camp AND orders were placed recent
~ for material and equipment FOR
a mill capable Of treating 800 tons
Of ore per day. ] viii be combina-
ton plant With facilities for ore treat
ment by cyanide, concentration
and umalgamation Stamps Will be
used for crushing and the location Will
be near the company's Polaris mine
shaft.
The Tramp Consolidated. as stated
elsewhere, Is the result of combina-
ton Of the Denver, Eclipse, Tramp
and Hobo properties and was taken
over by 7. L. Oddie Of Goldfed, the
Brock railroad and mining interests
OF Tonopah and an association OF
Colorado Springs mining men, This
mine IL productive Of much high grade
ore, assays running as high as $500
per ton, having been obtained.
The Gibraltar In which w V Rice
and w. II. Clark Of salt Lake are lean-
ing spirits, has made very favorable
tonnage Of developed ore. TherN ~
headway and the mine shows a large
some talk at this writing OF another
big consolidation In which the Glib
raltar Ia to figure oonspicuousy.
The Rush company, also operat-
ing on Bonanza mountain, has
good development record to its qred-
II and has encountered some very ex-
cellent bodies of milling ore.
The Montgomery Mountain mine Is
one OF the promotions of u. H. Peery
Of Salt Lake who succeeded several
months ago in bringing Samuel New
house into the enterprise and It Is now
under the management OF Mr.. New
houses engineers.
The Amethyst adjoins the Mont
gomery shoshone and is also con-
trolled by the Schwab interests and
In the same vicinity are several other
properties which are being actively
operated. Among these are the Lucky
Jack. Red Oak, Providence, Plttsburg
Bullfrog. Dlamondfeld Bullfrog, not
to mention the numerous prospects
which contain excellent surface show
ings
The Bullfrog Alliance has ground g.
600 feet east " the Montgomery Sho-
shone; the Shoshone Extension is de-
yeloping It's ground by SHAFT and Is
down over 100 feet The ground own
ed by this company is among the early
Bullfrog locations and is patented.
The shaft at the National bank Is 900
feet deep with the bottom showing
highly altered rhyolite of very hard
character. The shaft at the Yankee
Girl is below 200 feet and continues
70 show encouraging values, The
Bullfrog Mining company, operating
on the south slope Of Ladd Noun
tain has completed In the neighbour
MOOD OF 1000 feet of development
work and the showing Is regarded as
extremely encouraging Active devel-
opment work Is In progress at the
Diamond Bullfrog under most favor
able circumstances. Former United
states Senator William NJ. Stewart
who settled In the Bullfrog district
soon after he retired from public life,
Is one of the principal owners
In the vicinity OF Beatty and Cold
Center several properties are being de-
yeloped and orders have been placed
for considerable mine equipment for
use around those points.
One Of the most prominent mineral
zones within the Bullfrog area is the
Gold Bar and many strikes have been
reported from this section within the
past few weeks and some OF the fnds
are sensational The Homestaka ad-
Joins the Gold Bar and Is on the same
lead. Recently, the Daisy encountered
Fome high grade ore IN its shaft.
When first reached the body was free
milling In character. but afterwards
turned into sulphide form. The Gold
Bar Annex has q tunnel into the
mountain 900 feet south o fthe Gold
Bar mine. It IL said there are close
to goo properties, large and small. In
active operation in the Bullfrog DIS
trict at the present time. To enumcr-
ate them all would be difficult
AMONG FIRST COMERs.
Among the first to land in the district
after It's discovery were +. j. Busch
and z. II. Stanley who camped at the
base Of Ladd Mountain. Mr. Busch. to-
gether with a. @. Cushman, who fig
ured prominently I'm Tonopahs early
development, organized the Rhyolite
Townsite company. Prior to this. the
towns Of the district were Armorgosa,
situated -four miles west. near the Orig
lnal Bullfrog, and the town OF Bonan-
"a at the foot Of Ladd Mountain.
~ N''ti tN0 lNiA.NAllf NUh iNlIFls n
rush was made by the inhabitants
" the town Of Bonanza 20 secure FREQ
lots, the inducements made by the
Rhyolite Townsito company 10 Win
hem over and Ia a single day. Bonan-
n vanished Some Of the lots OBJ
iained are now the most valuable prom
arty in Rhyolite and only recently the
owner OF corner refused $4,000 cash
Tor HIS property.
HOW AMARGOsA MOVED.
The people who first settled at Amar-
sosa, saw the advantages Of Rhyo-
lite, which is right in the midst of many
of the big mines OF the camp. They
pulled up stakes and moved and eateh-
lshed the town Of Bullfrog. But Rhyo-
lite seemed 10 possess an advantage over
Is new nelghbor and up 20 the present
line has retained its title of being the
Of the Bultrog district. The
Rhyollte Townsite company, has gone
but of business. having disposed Of all
Is property. but liz organizers are ssh
o. the camp.