Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-13
Mines and Mining
Special Correspondents OF The star.

Special Correspondents OF The Star.
TONOPAH. Nevada. September 9. 1906
The newer copper camp Of Greenwater Ia
in Inyo county, Cal. its exact location be-
ing on the east slope. Or Death Valley
side. and about the center Of the Funeral
range OF mountains. 1t Is twenty-eight
miles north of "Borax.' Smiths Furnace
creek ranch In Death Valley and about
eighty-iye miles south of the Bullfrog Min
ing district. Nevada. Greenwater was first
located thirty years ago as q silver camp.
and was then called the Winchester min
ing district. Copper was considered of no
value at that time. The Cooper Queen"
claim which is one of the claims of the
present Greenwater and Death Valley
group, was sold to Brazilian In 1879 for
silver mine. but It was found Improbable
for this metal and work was abandoned.
The Present nearest railroad point Is john
ME Siding, on the Las Vagas and Tonopah
railroad which Is forty miles distant. The
Tonopah and Tidewater railroad. better
known as the Smith road, will pass within
twelve miles of the camp. from which a
spur can very easily be constructed into
Greenwater.
While this camp is within California
boundaries It's Present activity and devel-
opment Is due entirely to the same energy
that has made ~ nopah. Goldfeld, Bullfrog
and other now famous southern Nevada
camps.
Patrick Clark c. Spokane year ago be-
gan work In the c'strict. and considerable
attention was called to the district then. 1t
was not. however. until three months ago
that the greatness OF the camp became so
prominent
D. B. Gillies first went into the district.
taking an automobile through Death VAL
ley, which was the first to ever traverse 1t.
Mr.. Gillies. who has long been connected
with the copper districts of Butte, Arizona.
and elsewhere. Immediately appreciated the
G. iy,0a of apA ha.
fore leaving the district made payment
on the Kunze group Of $4,000. which was
followed a month later by the final pay
ment, which gossip says was not small
one.
The "Kunze Group" consists Of sixteen
claims and eight fractions, and such author
tiles as d. B. Giflies. Prof. Jenney, Malcolm
L. Macdonald. j. c. Pyle. Senator Clarks
expert Patrick Clark, and numerous others
claim that the surface showings on these
claims and those OF Patrick Clark Is not
surpassed by any copper district in the
United States.
That the new camp of Greenwater is go
ing to add to the worlds supply OF copper
Is the enthusiastic prediction of all who
have visited it.
Three very prominent vein systems tray
erse the properties and outcrop for 100 feet
in length and run from 20 feet to zoo feet
in width. Two shafts are being sunk on
two of the veins at present and have reach
ed the depths OF 65 feet and - feet, re-
spectiyeiy. The unsorted ore from these
shafts assays about IA per cent copper.
four ounces in silver and 81 In gold. Assays
of selected samples run as high as 30 to %
per cent copper. The copper ores found are
the sulphides, boronite chaicocite, enargite.
the red and black oxides. cuprits and ten
orite, the carbonates, malachite and azure
lite.
A townsite is already plated and known
as Greenwater, which is also the name OF
the post office. Numerous stores. two banks
and other business houses are Already doing
business. This town of few months has
population of five hundred people.
The nearest water at present Is twenty
eight miles distant, but drilling outfit is
now at work within two miles Of the town.
and it is expected that an abundance OF
water will be found at less than one hun
dred feet depth.