Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-16
THE BUCKSKIN
MINING OUTLOOK
Prominent Mining Men Are Well
Pleased With the Camp

place, has associated with him some of
the most prominent financial men in
southern Nevada in the organization of
the Jack Bell Gold Mining company to
take over his holdings at Buckskin and
Camp Bell, according to the News.
Thos. B. Hickey, president of the
State Bank and Trust company, is
president; Jack Bell, vice president and
general manager; Jas. L. Lindsay, CASH
Ter of the State Bank and Trust COM
pany, treasurer; Percival Shea, secre-
tary, and Monro S. Brown, director.
The company is capitalized for /, O0O,-
900 shares of 81 each, with 400, 600
shares as treasury reserve.
The property includes the Centipede,
Horned Toad and Rattlesnake, three of
the first locations in Buckskin, as well
as the Venom group, the original dis
covery at Camp Bell, consisting of the
Lizard, Tarantula and Scorpion. Jack
Bell is well known throughout the west
as a lucky prospector and successful
mine manager, and when he made the
rich strike at Camp Bell his Goldfeld
friends induced him to form a company
and subscribed for a large block of
stock to start immediate development.
Every claim in both groups has splen-
did surface showings, paintings from
some running into the thousands in
value. The Venom group is traversed
by a ledge 20 feet in width, which pans
clear across, and under Bells energetic
management will undoubtedly develop
into a producer of the first rank.
Buckskin is pushing steadily forward
and each report from the ground is rife
with increased possibilities for the
future of the camp. ]. C. Mccormack,
who recently visited Buckskin and
sampled a number of properties, shows
assay certificates from the Kennedy
group which run 1904. 80 and $9l5. 80.
Assays from the claims held by Sher-
man Parker and Jack Howells show
values of S212. 40 and $2S7. 80. These
claims are close to the Kennedy ground
and the showing, Mr.. Mccormack says,
is extra good. AL Mason and w. F.
Davis also have a group of claims upon
which good paintings are had and the
general showing excellent. TBig strong
veins crop on the surface and the values
are good.
ION the east side of the alkali fat"
said Mr. Mccormack, there are some
very fine showings and in, many places
there are heavy iron cappings which in
dictate the presence of copper and pos
sibly silver. The camp of Buckskin it.
self is distant but 20 miles from Wa
buska and the road is one of the best
in the state. The stage traverses the
distance in "a hours. There is splen-
did water from artesian wells and at
present a beautiful stream flows
through Spring gulch, about two miles
southwest of camp. The whole coun-
try appears to be mineralized and good
showings are had all the way from
Buckskin to Wellington, Is miles south.
Supplies are cheap. Horse feed, vege-
tables, milk, eggs and fresh milk are
produced by the country around. From
present indications Buckskin will de-
velop into as good a camp as any in
Nevada"
Geo. Won Polenz, another Goldfeld
man who returned from Buckskin last
week, speaks with genuine enthusiasm
of the place. Mr.. Won Polenz says:
81 found the camp largely increased,
about $50 people being there now. Lum-
Der is going in and many frame build
ings are in course of erection. On the
Kennedy property the shaft is down 40
feet and is completely in ore on all four
sides which averages $65. An 1s-inch
streak, which is rapidly widening, as
says $3.50.
81 examined the Jack Bell ground
and got some splendid paintings. While
| took no assays the lodges are well
defined and | believe will make one of
the big mines of the camp.
Work on the Original Buckskin is
being carried vigorously forward. The
ledge is being stripped and at one point
where the width is a feet and average
assay returns 1852. The shaft is down
40 feet and the ore which is being ex-
a.
tracted is sacked. A shipment will be
made in 10 days"
Mr.. Won Polenz says that many peo-
pie are busy on location work and that
all through the district the sound of
powder is heard. He states the unique
feature of this camp is that upon visit
ing the place n receives very few
offers to sell. The owners are holding
their ground.
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