Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-08


present level of that shaft, and also in
the No. 2 shaft. The showing in the
north drift is very good. The crosscut
from No. / shaft at the 100-foot level
must be driven some distance further
before cutting the ledge. The manage
ment has been greatly encouraged by
the results of development during the
past two weeks. Their treasury is
ample to carry on the work indefinitely.
The engine operating the Diamond
exhaust was disabled this week and they
are doing without it for a few days
until the broken part can be replaced.
The large drills have been installed
at the Red Oak. One round of shots
broke down % cars of muck, another %
and still another 25. The rock is
neither very hard nor yet very soft.
The Bullfrog Belmont company has
started a new shaft on a ledge one and
a half miles from the Mayfower. The
ledge has been opened in several places
and small surface values secured. The
vein where opened shows tale and
manganese quartz, similar to the Hobo.
Superintendent Harry O'Brien says
there is every indication of the presence
of silvanite. The company has IL
claims and is doing surface prospecting
on all of them.
The work in the Winnebago tunnel of
the Pynchon-H Henderson company, will
now be under the direction of L.
E. Bedford. The property is about
1000 feet northeast of the Gold Bar,
and has run a tunnel 800 feet with the
expectation of cutting the Gold Bar and
Homestake veins.
Work is progressing steadily on the
Skookum, and the east drift from the
shaft on the 60-foot is coming into the
same rich ore which they had on the
surface. AS soon as the railroad is
completed, a test shipment will be
made to the Salt Lake smelters. The
ore is sacked and will be transported by
burros to the tracks. 1t is the intention
of the railroad company to construct a
siding at the point nearest the mine.
T. E. Williams, foreman, who had the
accident there a short time ago, has
almost entirely recovered from his
injuries and has gone out to look after
the work again. He states that the
formation of the mine is very similar to
that of the Occur d'Alenes and believes
they will strike some big ore bodies
before long, especially when they get
down to the true contact between the
lime and quartzite.
The Northumberland tunnel is in 1926
feet, and work is also going on in two
drifts. The drift on the Echo vein is in
40 feet and the n on the east vein,
$50 feet. From 20 to 30 feet of work is
still required on the Echo vein to get
under the cropping on the surface.
The north shaft on the White Rock
lode of the Paducah property has
reached the 100-foot level and good
values are exposed in the bottom.
Every thing indicates this will be a
good producer. From the present depth
a cross level will be pushed to cut a
parallel vein that shows good groupings
on surface.
The Rex Nevada Mining company is
the name of a new corporation organ
lied under the laws of South Dakota to
develop the Rex group of four claims
in the Lee district, south and west of
the Swan Hilda property. The com
pany is capitalized for 81, OOO, 900, and
the incorporators are John A. Mofitt.
P. W. Horbach, H. G. Mcmahon, j. E.
Busch and Robert Henderson. The
board of directors will be made UP of
three New York men and four Rhyo-
lters. Busch, Moffitt and Henderson
were the original owners, and the
ground purchased for the Rex was
located by the same man who located
the Swan Hilda. The deal was made
through Busch brothers, and the final
payment made yesterday. The group
has a good strong vein, and in con-
sideration of its close proximity to the
Swan Hilda and Lee Bonanza, makes a
valuable group.
The Bullfrog- Belmont is fast assum-
ing properties of a mine, says the man.
agement. About four months ago A.
l.. Hudgens and associates of San
Francisco purchased this group of IL
claims, situated about two miles east of
the Gold Bar since this time, surface
prospecting has been vigorously prose-
cuted under the management of Harry
O'Brien. During this time hundreds of
feet of prosecuting have been done.
with the result that four veins have
been opened up. These veins were blind
were opened up with trenches.
They were all mineral bearing, and the
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