Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-16

Tended every courtesy to the visitors
and spared no pains in showing them
every detail of the new find. At the
new camp about ten tents marked the
spot, and in one of these a saloon was
already doing business. After a
thorough examination of the premises
and partaking of bounteous luncheon
furnished by the committee the party
returned home, reaching Tonopah about
6 p. m.
The following is the report sof the
committee:
To c. F. Reynolds president, Lone
Mountain Miners Association, Tono-
pah, Nevada.
We, the committee appointed by the
Lone Mountain Miners Association, to
investigate the new discovery in the
Lone Mountain district, beg to report
as follows:
This new discovery was made by G.
H. Phillips on the 18th of May and is
situate on the extreme southeast end
of the western range of the Lone
Mountain foothills, about II miles from
Tonopah and about % miles from
Goldfeld.
The formation of this point of the
district shows a strong belt Of ribbon
quartz with parallel lime and porphyry
dykes. The veins so far opened up
consist of two, one Of which occurs in a
contact of lime and porphyry, the other
in a contact of quartzite and lime.
Tho most southerly of these veins has
course northwest and southeast and
where it outcrops shows exceedingly
high values in silver, and some gold.
This vein, about four feet wide, is an
altered porphyry the silver values oc-
curing in the form of bromides, horn
silver and black metal. Assays as high
as four or five thousand ounces in silver
have been obtained. The second vein
is about 300 feet west of this, its course
being slightly east Of north and west of
south. This vein is a white quartz
about four feet wide in a contact of
lime and quartzite, the latter being
apparently the hanging wall. The
footwall of lime is separated from the
ore by an intrusive porphyry dyke.
This vein has been opened up on the
surface for length of about 1000 feet
in its course.
The principal workings on this prop
erty consist of tunnel now being run
on the first vein by the owners of the
property. The second vein is being
worked by leasers, twelve leases hav-
ing been granted, but at time of our
visit serious work had only been COM
menced on one. This is the Stimler lease
owned by Harry Stimler, who has
force of men at work and the vein has
been opened up on the surface for
distance of about 40 feet, showing a
width of from three to four feet. About
fifteen sacks of shipping ore has been
piled on the dump and an average sam
pie of this shipping ore taken by Mr..
Held of the Tonopah Extension mnie,
gave values of $19S,6O per ton. The
sampling of this excluded three sacks
of what may be termed specimen ore,
which would probably run $500 ton.
A most careful inspection was made
of the outcroppings of this vein at
various points where it showed most
promising ore.
The location of this discovery is only
about four miles from the Tonopah and
Goldfeld railroad and about nine miles
from the sampler at Miller's siding.
Water for camp purposes or for reduc-
tion purposes could be secured from the
Esmerelda Water company's well on
the Alkali lake about five miles distant
and wood can be obtained in abundance
on Montezuma mountain about ten
miles distant.
In considering the probable import
ance of this discovery it should be re-
membered that from this property
$S5 ore can be shipped to the Salt Lake
smelters at handsome profit, and hav-
ing regard for this and the fact that
the veins occur in contacts, the forma-
tion of which indicates their perma-
nence at depth; we are of the opinion,
that the discovery is the most import
ant that has been made contiguous to
Tonopah since the discovery of Gold
field.
The natural point to obtain supplies
for this camp is Tonopah, and the road
from here to the camp would be put in