Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-12
Nature of Development
Work, Etc.

All the work done so far is Of an
exploring character. No attempt
has been made to locate rich ore
chutes, and mining has been done
with a view solely to outlining the
presence of the great veins that PEN
citrate this property, and to deter
mine their persistency and continu-
tty. Work done so far reveals the
presence of greater and wider bodies
of ore than have been disclosed in
any other property in the Bulifrog.
Mining District in so short period
Of development work, and. regard
less of the time occupied in develop
ing work SO far, the presence of a
larger ore body has been demon
strated than in any other property
of the entire Bullfrog Mining Dis
tT1ct. The Rush vein, on the Rush
Mining Company's ground. is shown
to be from 154 feet to 800 feet wide,
and the Denver vein, on the Rush
property, is shown to be from 30 to
40 feet wide, or exactly the same
width as on the property of the
Bullfrog Denver Mines Company,
where at depth of 800 feet a ire
mendous body of ore, averaging $50
per ton, is now being blocked out.
No such body of ore was indicated
In the great Montgomery Shoshone
mine of Bullfrog at the same stage
of development, as is already dem
onstrated in the Bullfrog Rush.
Comparisons of the present showing
on the Bullfrog Rush with those on
other properties on Bonanza Noun
tain and elsewhere in Bullfrog at the
same stage of development puts the
Rush in a class by itself. Ten times
as good a showing has been made
on the Rush as was made at the
same period on any other property,
including the Denver, Eclipse, Tramp,
Hobo and Gibralter. 1t Is believed
by Consulting Engineer Bailey and
by the rank and file of mining men
on the ground. who have personally
watched the progress of develop
ment work on all the properties on
Bonanza Mountain, that the short
period of development warrants belief
that the Bullfrog Rush Mining Com
pany owns the greatest property on
Bonanza Mountain
They base this conclusion on facts,
as follows:
More of the Denver vein has been
opened up on the Index claim of the
Bullfrog Rush Mining Company than
has been disclosed on the property
of the Bullfrog Denver Mines Com
pany itself. The average assay
values in the tunnels near the sur
face on the Denver vein in Bullfrog
Rush Mining Company ground are
even higher than they were on the
Denver vein in Bullfrog Denver
Mines Company ground The char
acter of the ore in this vein in both
properties is similar. There is no rea-
son known to mining science why the
same high values as characterize the
Denver vein at depth on the Bullfrog
Denver Mines Company's ground
should not be found on Bullfrog
Rush Mining Company ground, and
they take 1t as an accepted fact that
at tedSL as ROOQ values Will De lOulO
at depth on the Denver vein in Bull
frog Rush Mining Company ground
as are now being found at depth
on the same vein in Denver ground.
Again, the great Rush vein, itself
traversing Bullfrog Rush Mining
Company ground for a distance of
1880 feet, and having the gigantic
width of from 154 to 800 feet. and
showing values near the surface, for
q width of over 10 feet. of S35 per
ton, which is far In excess of any
results obtained on the Denver vein
from so large an ore body near the
surface. conveys to them the idea
that at depth the Rush vein will be
found to be as large IL not a larger
mining proposition than the Denver
vein. They point out that the aver
age assay obtained on the Denver
vein on Bullfrog Denver Mines, Com
pany ground near the surface was
less than s. per ton, and that on the
Rush vein at the same depth aver
age values of from $40 to $35 per ton
are being obtained.