Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-11
SAVER-GOLD LODES
bullion DISTRICT

no district during the past several
-oots have surprised even the most
sanguine." remarked w. S. Montgom-
ri who arrived in Reno yesterday
"a registered at the Golden, from
Lander, New
Numerous important strikes have
.ocentIy been made in both the gold
and silver belts, and several of these
strikes have occurred in localities
,cbich heretofore have been consid-
orad beyond the mineral limits. The
I,etrict seems to cover an area of
,hout twenty square miles, extend
no from Corral canyon, six miles
north Of Lander, to Copper gulch,
obont the same distance to the south,
and averages from one to two miles
IN width. The old silver properties,
some of which were worked many
wears ago, lie on the western edge of
The belt on the higher mountains,
uhile the recent gold discoveries
have beer made in the low foothills
hardening the Crescent valley on the
west. on the opposite side of the
valley is the celebrated Cortez mine,
which is credited with the production
n about $4,000, 600, and other val
uable lead-silyer properties in Mill
canyon belonging to Captain J.. B.
Menardi and associates of this city.
Most Of the leading companies,
such as the Gold Quartz, LOWE, Regu-
las and A%ltenburg, have adopted the
leasing system, and / believe there
are now about thirty sets of lessees
operating in the district. 1t win sur
mise many to know that there are
eight different properties in the Bull
lion district that are shipping regu-
larly to Salt Lake. while several 9th
ers are saving ore for their initial
shipment. The actual producers are
the Little Gem Of the Reliance com
many. the Giant, Phoenix and Ajax OF
the Cold Quartz company. the Utah
Of the Lander Mining & Milling
company. the Grand Prize and Bon.
ME Jean OF the LOWE company, the
Rough and Ready Of the Tenabo com
pany and the Gray Eagle. belonging
to Pierse e. Estey. Before the elos'
Of summer there will be at least /;
dozen more to be added to this lis
Of active producers in the district.
The greatest activity at present i
in the vicinity of the Gold Quart.
properties, about midway between
the towns of Lander and Tenabo
Gasoline hoists have recently beef
Installed on the Giant. Phoenix an,
Little Gem properties, while seyera
others are operating whims. In tn
main company workings on the Col
Quartz, the shaft has reached
depth Of 100 feet. The first leve
was run at forty feet, where the or
body is about thirty feet wide. o
oxidized ore. nearly all Of which /
Of shipping grade and the Slopes hay
been raised to the surface. | hay
examined the settlement sheets re
eelved from the smelter and kno'
that the average net returns hav
been $l06 per ton, all in gold. a
the l00-foot level the ore ha
changed TO a copper and iron su
phide which the smelter returns sho'
to carry an average OF $S5 per TO
in gold.
In the Riggs. Walker, Toombs
Trout leases, on the same company
property, all are shipping ore. r,
turns from the last shipment frol
the Riggs lease gave nearly $500
gold per ton from several tom
selected ore, while the bulk Of u
shipment returned about $500 p,
ton, which is about the average graf
from a well-defined vein about eigl
feet wide. The controlling intere
IN the Trout lease was recently pu
chased by p. 3. Locker and assoc
ates Of Salt Lake, who have installt
q gasoline hoist, and under the
contract with the company will siI
a accompaniment shaft 1900 fe
curing the mex two years. The We
Is a contact iissure between grant
and porphyry, averaging about twel
leet In width. The pay streak vari
ron one to three feet. carrying co
per, iron and lead. Returns fro
the last shipment gave I per &c
copper and $65 in gold and silver.
The Little Gem of the Relian
Vompany produces the largest u
nage Of any property in the distrl
ms vein has a dip of about 80 (
srees to the west and has been {
Neioped by an incline shaft abe
ovo ieet deep. A considerable n,
y water has been encountered viii
""ue II necessary to suspend sir
Jug while a pumping plant was
stalled, Meantime. drifts have be