Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-10-13
The BULLFROG MINES
Taken from our Exchanges

Charles Chrisman returned last week
from some point south, and brought
hack with him the richest ore eve x
hibited in Rhyolite. 1t isn't quartz
literally shot with gold, but native gold
containing some quartz. A low esti-
mate of the assay value per ton is $780,
900. Nothing like it has ever been
seen in camp. Mr.. Chrisman says ne
found a rotten quartz ledge on the sur
face which showed the extraordinary
values. The rich samples were in the
main knocked off a big boulder weigh
ing some 300 pounds, and filed with
gold. He is reticent as to locality, but
states that the discovery was made in
Nye countya at some point south of here.
The drift in No. 2 tunnel of the Bull
frog North Star has been driven ahead
and is showing steady improvement.
The whole breast is in ore which pans.
A station is being cut and a Wine will
be started on the vein. The width of
this vein is purely a matter Of c%onjec-
ture. An entirely new ledge which
lines the blacksmith shops prospecting
well. This may be a split from the one
cut in the No. 2 tunnel. Some work is
being done on this to prove it up. The
blacksmith shop will be moved to the
main working tunnel which will be
pushed ahead to open up the entire
property and a connection will be made
with the drift in tunnel No. 2. An up
raise will meet the winze.
A contract for 200 feet of sinking at
the Montana Bullfrog has been let and
for development Of an extensive scale.
Contracts have also been let for the
construction of a blacksmith and tool
house. Present development is to be
confined to the Hardscrabble claim on
the south end of Ladd mountain. On
this, ore running as high as $4,000 to
the ton was discovered last spring.
Besides this the company has valuable
holdings on Bonanza mountain which
will later be developed.
The Sunset has its shaft down 100
feet and has started drifting north from
this level. Good values are coming in
and the general mineral condition of
the property is rapidly improving with
development.
The northeast crosscut at the Stein
way is in IT'S feet and is still penetrat-
ing ledge matter. Superintendent
Wilson states that the indications at
this point are excellent. The south
west crosscut has advanced the same
distance and is thought to be nearing
the Pilot vein.
The Bullfrog Mining Company ex-
poets its new hoist in a short time when
extensive sinking operations will be
undertaken. A double compartment
shaft will be started on the west side
of the mountain and carried to 500 foot
point as rapidly as possible. In the
meantime general development will be
carried rapidly forward.
The cement foundation for the hoist
soon to be installed at the Happy Hooli-
gan is nearly completed, and the gal
lows frame frame is being erected.
The IS h. p. hosting plant which was
recently ordered was shipped September
26th, and is expected in a few days.
The shaft which which is now down 13C
feet, is being squared up and a skip is
being installed There are about SOC
sacks of high grade ore on the dump
which will be consigned as soon as the
railroad gets in.
Pete Bush, general manager of the
Ivanpah, has established a camp a
the property and set a force of men t
work. Extensive development is to b.
carried on. The group is situated oil
the north slope of Rand mountain, neal
Indian Springs. 1t is owned by II. f
Band and Henry A. Voorman of San
Francisco, who also control the Ioli
group adjoining Captain Thatcher
Crystal Springs interests. Work is t
be started here also in a short time
The same people own the King an,
Gold Hill groups north of town OIL
which operations were carried on al
summer
H. Diblee of San Francisco, secre
tary of the Daisy, was here last weel
inspecting development. Arthur T
Price of Goldfeld, engineer for tn
company, has just finished sampling tn
mine.
Some exceptionally rich ore is re
ported on Sheep mountain, the scene o
the most recent strike in the Emigran
Springs country. Charles Charvoz o
Rhyolite sent in some rock the othe
day, said to be an average of the bottor
of his shaft, less than 10 feet in depth
which gave a return of $34l to the to
in gold. Picked stuff, it is stated, ha
gone as high as $500. The discovery
on the north end of Sheep mountain