Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-04
JOHNNIE MINES
ATTRACT CAPITAL
Latest Mining Town Has a Population
OF 1000 and Is Taking Out
Shipping Ore-Com.
panles Active
Special to The Herald.


JOHNNIE, New, Feb. 3.-Che contin-
ual growth of Southern Nevada mining
industries largely increases the COM
mercial opportunities of Los Angeles
merchants. Every year shows increased
riches and a larger population, which,
as a rule, draw on the metropolis of
Southern California for their supplies
Especially is this true of the newer
camps in the more southern portion OF
the state bordering on the shores OF
Death valley. The increased railroad
facilities are doing wonders to build
up this section of the country, and
these railroads make one terminal at
Los Angeles.
The growth of Johnnie, about fifty
miles south of Bullfrog, is typical. A
year ago there were only two mining
companies operating and now there are
about dozen, and within the last
twelve months veins have been uncov-
cred that have yielded the richest ore
in the state. In 1905 the production of
the camp was zero, and it's population
about the same; now several of the
mines are producing shipping ore and
the population approaches the 1000
mark.
Rich Mining Property
The two old properties are the
Johnnie Consolidated and the Chispa.
The first named has a shaft down 700
feet In ore all the way and experts
estimate that half million tons of ore
are blocked out. The ore increases with
depth and on the first level, about sew
enty feet, the average value is SIS, while
on the 600 the average is $3.50. and on
the 700 level ore is continually found
that shows free gold. The important
feature during the past year in this
property was the finding of the ore on
the 77-ffot level.
Among the newer properties the most
important are the Boston Johnnie, the
Globe Johnnie, the Bullfrog Johnnie
and the Johnnie Wonder. All of these
are less than two years old, some less
than one. The Boston Johnnie owns
the famous Minnie Mae, or Bowler lease
on the Minnie Mae claim. This lease
has produced some of the richest ore
ever mined in Nevada. Shipments have
been made to the smelter that have
averaged around the $500 mark and one
shipment was bought at the rate of
$19S7 per ton.
The Globe Johnnie is the property
that has produced the famous Globe
Treasure vein, ledge that is excelled
by none in the world. 1T has been
pioNOh W q NSplh VI IOU I6Sl, 10 lIOIIl
three and half to five feet across
and assays from $500 to $5OOO The ore
produced from this ledge is literally
shot full of free gold. The Bonanza
shaft on this property, in which this
ledge was first encountered, produced
ore that assayed $1S0,O00 to the ton.
The Bullfrog Johnnie is another rich
one and has ledge that is connected
at depth of fifty feet by a 175-foot
tunnel, following vein that averages
$35, and one foot and a half averages
$126.
Fig Smelter In Sight
The building of the gigantic smelter
by the eastern capitalists, at the head
of which is Charles M. Schwab, the
former president of the steel trust, will
have an important bearing on the de-
velopment of the mineral resources in
southern Nevada. Every camp in the
state will have a beneficial effect, hut
perhaps the greatest stimulus will be
received by those camps in the more
southern portion of the state, border
ing on Death valley. There are a
number of these. prominent among
them being the camp of Johnnie. the
camp that has shown such remarkable
advancement during the past year.