Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-12-01
AN INTERESTING
TALK ON RAMSEY
The Father Of the District Tells
Of Its Many Wonders

Thomas Ramsey, who is known as
the Father of Ramsey" is spending
a few days in Tonopah. When inter
viewed by representative of the
Bonanza, Mr.. Ramsey at first mod
estly declined to discuss the district
in which he is heavily interested.
Mr.. Ramsey is a thorough miner and
has done much to help all the camps
of Southern Nevada. He finally CON
sented to talk and said, cat the
present time the population of Ram
sey is about 500 Eight or ten of
the properties are very good. The
deepest shaft so far is on the Star
light and is down rs feet. They have
encountered ledge feet wide CIV
ing values of $35. On the Ramsey
Comstock, the shaft is down 65 feet
and is in body of ore 70 feet wide
which assays from $40 to $500. On
the Husky Boy nothing but pros
pecting has been done A tunnel
run in the progress of this work has
disclosed ledge so feet wide and
gives values of $50 to $3.50. The
Ramsey Consolidated consisting OF
two claims has groupings running
the full length of the property and
are from so to 100 feet wide. The
returns from this rock is from SIS to
SIS. The Ramsey Top Not, in which
l am interested is composed of seven
claims. Values from $50 to 800
have been obtained from the surface
sand The Walkover belongs to a
Goldfield outfit. 1t has a cropping
for 80 feet and 16 feet of this dis
tanee gives big values. Paintings
have been secured on the property
which would indicate a value from
500 to $4,000. The Red Top has a
big cropping 16 feet high and from
which values as high as 500 have
been obtained. Eight feet of trench
ing has been done giving returns bet
ter than $25. The Wheeler and
Norcross people have run a tunnel
for 80 feet and have cut a ledge IA
feet wide showing free gold.
| consider the camp big PROPOSE
tion. The formation Is practically
the same as that at Virginia City
and believe that it is continuation
of the same ledges. The porphory
and quartz are practically identical.
A peculiar thing at Virginia City, the
ledges run two miles to the north
and disappear and | believe they
outcrop again at Ramsey which is
ten or twelve miles distant Although
but four months old we have a tele-
graph line and q number of stores
as well as two very nice hotels The
nearest station is Clark, about ten
miles away A stage line however
runs from the camp to Clark. In my
opinion at the present time 1t is a
low grade proposition but | think
that as soon as we get below the
water level the big ledges will be
found
A very remarkable thing is the
fact that when the camp was first
discovered, there were plain marks
of the wagons which were used in
hauling wood to Reno. They passed
close to the big dykes, but the values
were completely overlooked. The
discovery of the district came about
through two prospectors. A man by
the name of Fletcher and an old
timer passed through the district
last fall, where they staid for one
day Fletcher picked up a piece Of
rock which showed free gold. His
companion was not much pleased
with the ground and suggested that
they move on. | was in Goldfield at
the time with my brother preparing
an outfit to go to Fairview When
Fletcher showed me the rock | told
my brother that If he wished he
gould take the outfit to what is now
known as Ramsey instead of Fair
view. This was done and as a result
the bustling camp is now in exist
ance. | shall probably be in Tono-
pah for few days"