Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-29
SINGS PRAISES
OF DEATH VALLEY

Nevada and DeaLh Valley' Cal'' cah-
not possibly possess a more enthusi-
astic and sincere booster than is DR..
& v. Norcross, who nearly two years
ago gave up the practice of medicine
IN Butte, Mont, and struck out for
the hot. sands of the Sagebrush state.
Through his "rustling," DR.. Norcross,
who is a visitor to Salt Lake at pres
ent, returning to Nevada and Death
Valley, Cal, after a business trip to
Butte and the east, has become In
terested in a number Of southern Ne
yada and Death Valley properties
that are now figuring prominently In
mining circles, as a result OF which
he is on the road to wealth. DR..
Norcross is president Of the Norcross
Gold Mining company, which is OPP
Grating the Bulls and Bears property
at Goldfield, New, and is general
manager of the Furnace Creek Ex-
tension Mining company and the
Butte Furnace Range Mining com
pany, both of which have ground
near the famous Furnace creek prop.
erty Of the multi-millionaire, Patsy
Clark Of Spokane, Wash.
To a representative of the Trib-
une DR.. Norcross declared that Death
Valley is undeniably "the coming
country" and that were words are
inadequate to describe the conditions
prevailing, especially on the eastern
arm Of Death Valley. To get a
thorough understanding of the pos
sibilities of Death Valley mining, he
declared it is absolutely essential
that an extended investigation be
made.
When the mining world becomes
acquainted with these possibilities
the great excitement and stampede
which the discoveries around Tono-
pas, Goldheld and Bullfrog, all Of
which are still holding their own,
caused a year or two ago, will be
entirely eclipsed, he maintains. The
rush to Furnace Creek and Green.
water, in Death VALLEY, is now on
and every means Of transportation is
being used by the fortune hunters
in their mad rush. AS the weathe.
grows colder, which will make living
there comfortable as compared with
The present time, the stampede will
increase in volume.
All mining experts who have Wis
tied the country, DR.. Norcross states,
declare that it contains the most
highly m~ineralized copper deposits
of any size that have thus far be-
come known to the mining world.
ore running 10 per cent, he states.
is, indeed, common, and rock carry
ing red metal values to the extent
Of 40 per cent is frequently uncov-
cred.
The fact that such men as f. Au-
gustus Heinze of Montana and high
officials of the Amalgamated COM
pany have become financially inter-
ested to a heavy extent In the new
discoveries is in itself a sufficient
recommendation for the country.
Peculiar as it may seem to those who
are at all familiar with the Montana
copper war. it is nevertheless a fact
that Heinze and many Of the Off
cials OF the Amalgamated are actually
mutually interested in one company
the Furnace Creek Extension Cop
per Mining company, OF which DR..
Norcross is general manager. Mayor
John McGinnis of Butte, who is
known the world over as the closest
man to Heinze, is vice-president OF
the company.
The Furnace Creek Extension.com-
pany owns eleven claims, which bor-
der the famous Patsy Clark Furnace
Creek property on three sides, and
which claims were located by the
same ~prospectors from whom Patsy
Clark purchased his property. The
sum of $4,000 was paid by the Ex-
tension company for the eleven
claims, which are traversed by five
proven lodges, carrying in width from
IL to "a feet, and carrying values
ranging from 10 to As per cent cop
per A tunnel $50 feet long has
oeen driven 1900 feet from the apex
u the mountain, which has a height
Oh 1900 feet with a declivity which
urops below sea level into Death Val
icy within the distance of one mile.
lhls tunnel has established the con-
unulty OF an immense ledge origin
any opened up on the Clark property.
Inc Butte Furnace Range property
~ controlled by officials of the Anal
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