The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-09-28
LATEST MINING NEWS OF
THE WONDER DISTRICT

Wonder, Sept. 24.-No information is
ever given to the public by the owners
of the Nevada Wonder mine. considered
by many to be. with the Jack Pot
Spider Wasp and Ruby Wonder. the
mainstay Of the entire district. Occa-
sionally information leaks out that IL
in a way official and showing unmistak-
ably the progress that is going on un-
foreground. The latest was the closet .
ing with Superintendent Daniels of the
two principal ~freighters Of Wonder and
the closing Of a deal that will put the
taking Of the product of h mine to
Fallon at a reasonable rate. 1t was
argued by the f~reighters that they
would have reduced their rates some
time g If regular shipments were
guaranteed. So far the Jack Pot, Spider
Wasp and Ruby have shipped with
more or less regularity and the Nevade
Wonder a sent out ore in large guam
titles from the surface. Now Mr..
Daniels has closed a deal with the
freighters whereby he guarantees ship
ments every four days. 1t is given out.
unoflcially, tina blocking out ore will
StOp lOT Tic tlAuC DSihS Oh ~
Wonder property and all energies will
be devoted to getting the ore to the sur
face for shipment.
The permanent shaft is down a depth
of $40 feel. The crosscuts hat have
been run from 1t have opened up two
lodges. one in the ne~ighborhood of 80
feet wide, the other IL feet. 1t Is esti-
mated that there is a 7-foot a streak
=, e0nn -a.I In <hAo0
combined lodges.
Considerable interest is being mani
tested in the operations Of the Dewey
Wonder Mining company. which is OPP
Grating across the Dixey Valley near
the famous I. x. L. mine. The estate
of the company comprises three claims
we'll located in the Wonder mining dis
trict. in addition to eight near the 1. x.
L. The work on the latter property has
been carried on under the direction OF
Superintendent Drucker with little or no
o~stentation. 1t being the purpose OF the
management to make a mine II possible
before saying anything about it. How
ever, the continual occurrences OF the
freight WACO hauling supplies to the
workings, attracted the attention OF
Wonder residents, and a few days ago
Drucker was followed and his secret
made known. 1t was found that the
eight claims near the I. x. L. had been
thoroughly prospected, trenches being
run at regular intervals on the ledge In
an effort to locate the pay shoot. The
deepest workings are somewhat less
thar 40 feet, and some OF the finest look
ing ore ever exhibited on the streets of
Wonder was brought back by the men
who had their curiosity aroused to the
point of following the supply wagons.
The owners of the property assert that
the higest assays received from any OF
the rock so far is a trihe less than $50.
1t averages according to them. about
$50. and there is a well defined ledge
three feet wide. In which the values can
be traced scross the entire face.
ANEW COMPANY TO OPERATE
Organization of the wonder Pearls
Mining has been completed
with C. NJ. Willard of the Southern Pa
cihc Railroad company as president and
N. H. Wheeler an Oakland real estate
man as secretary. 1t is the purpose of
the mpa to begin operations at
once. Trenching will be undertaken for
the purpose of discovering the best To-
cation for a permanent shaft.
The estate OF the Wonder Pearls com
pany is located near the Ross group.
where extensive development work is
being done. Surface indications lead
the present owners to believe that they
had the easterly trend of the Ross ledge,
before closing the deal for h purchase
Of the property. Assays from the sur
face run sufficiently high to convince