Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-12-29
LETTER FROM
johnnie CAMP
Johnnie, New. Dec. II. 1906.

JOuuule last WSSh, ludt may hdfS
much to do with the future devel.
opment of the camp. Already the
influence of some of the interests
they represent have been felt and
even greater things are promised.
The party consisted of c.. o. White
more, counsel for the Salt Lake
Route, Frank X. Wilson, mining
millionaire of Montana and Califor-
mia, who has made a fortune in cop
Los Angeles and Frank j.. Steel, a
large real estate operator of Los
Angeles. Mr.. Whittemore is out
here in the interests of j. Ross
Clark and to view this part of the
country investigating the possibility
of extending the line of the Las We
gas and Tonopah railroad through
Johnnie into Greenwater. Mr..
Whittemore took a mass of notes
and upon his recommendation a
party of engineers will be sent out
to make the preliminary survey for
the proposed extension.
Mr.. Whittemore and other asso-
ciates of j. Ross Clark have acquir-
ed property in the Johnnie district
and before leaving they investigated
their purchase and expressed them
selves not only well pleased with the
future of the district but also most
satisfied with their new acquisition.
The Blue Deck group of mines were
purchased from Robert Atkinson by
a syndicate headed by John A. Pr
tie, president of the Bank of Los
Angeles. Frank X. Wilson, the Mon
tana mining millionaire, T. P. Gull
len, superintendent of the Salt Lake
Route, c. o. Whittemore, counsel
for ]. Ross Clark, Frank w. Grace,
superintendent of the Las Vegas and
Tonopah Railroad and R. E. Dobbs.
A company was organized and these
gentlemen have been chosen direct
ors, and it will be known as the
Johnnie Copper, Gold Company.
The company owns five claims in
the gold and copper belt and is To-
Gated neal the Johnnie Consolidat-
ed mine, and the Globe Johnnie
mine, whose properties have yielded
ore that assays very highly. The
property has a copper ledge that
has been traced for 200 feet on the
surface and also a gold ledge that
is from three to eight feet wide.
Work will be started Immediately.
The milling machinery has been
ordered by the Boston Johnnie Min
ing and Milling company and will
be erected on their ground south
east of the Johnnie Consolidated
mine. The company is proceeding
with their development work on
both the leases and their group of
mines.
The Sandstone group of mines
were purchased from Robert Akin
SOL by a st. Louis syndicate com
posed of Louis Genjamin, T. H.
Forester and d. ID. Lancaster, all
well known in st. Louis financial
circles. The property is located or
the Southern slope of Mineral Flats
near the Bennett and Browne grouT
of mines. Lodges run through this
property from which high assays
have been obtained. Good ore has
been sen to the assayers from the
Sandstone but as yet the latest as
says have not been returned.
In the south drift of the Johnnie
Con. mine on the 700 level the ore
body is widening out to Is feet. Il
has now reached a point where the
ore leaves the quartzite and cuts
transversly through the lime forma.
tion. The mine is perfectly dry ant
shows no indications that the water
level has been reached and experts
contend that much milling ore viii
yet be found before the water leve
is encountered. Rather slow prog.
ress is being made on the new shaft
owing to the friable and broken con
dition of the country. The men are
now working in a lot of old ant
open ground through a number O
slopes where much timbering il
necessary.
In the Mae mine, in the soutf
drift of the tunnel level a good ore
body one and a half feet wide has
been encountered. The formation
is a white crystalline quartz carry
ing cubes of mematite. At times
specimens from which small nuggets
protrude are found. The entire
ledge assays between $25 and $50
The Nevada Johnnie has started
development work and has let Z
contract to run a tunnel.
A tunnel is being run in the Mid
way Johnnie property where a gooc
ledge has been encountered that av.
erages $12 across the face.