Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-25
RICH STRIKE AT
WILLOW VERIFIED
THE TREND OF THE GREAT DIS
COvERIES HAS CREATED
A RUSH

five miles southwest of Greenwater,
says the Times.
The first discovery of Importance
was in the Baltic. The shaft had
been sunk but eighteen feet when
the miners penetrated the iron cap
ping and encountered a rich copper
sulphide running high in both gold
and silver. AS far as work has been
prosecuted the lead continues to
carry the same character of ore with
no falling off in values.
The Greenwater- Copperhead is an
other property in which the same ore
has been encountered. Patrick
Mooney, secretary and treasurer of
the company, was notified by wire
of the fabulous find and he made a
record-breaking trip from Tonopah to
this place in his automobile. He ar
rived Monday and on the following
morning went to the scene of so
much excitement. He came back to
Greenwater Friday loaded with sam
pies of ore, which created much ex-
element. The ore is Of a high grade
character, and the values could be
easily distinguished bristling out
with copper sulphides and bromides
on all sides.
He reports the showing on the Bal
tic of ten feet of ore of the kind de-
seribed. 1t gives return values all
the way from one to $4,000 to the
ton. He states that the same charac-
ter of ore is in the Greenwater-Co
perhead, and, to use his phrase, 'it
is simply astounding" The showing
is across both shafts at bottom. In
sinking values are uncovered with
every shot. The Baltic people have
been trenching on the surface, and in
one place the sulphides crop above
the Gaping and the values show as
distinctly in the trench as in the
vein.
Manager Mooney commenced a
shaft on the Greenwater- Copperhead
where the values predominated, and
he says he will remain and devote
his personal time and attention to
the prosecution of the work on this
property.
The officers of this company are:
F. H. Stickney, president, cashier of
the Southern Nevada Banking com
pany; Con O'Donnell, vice-president,
general manager of the Homestake
King at Rhyolite; Patrick Mooney,
general managing trustee; additional
directors, Charles Kaufman and DR..
w. Maggard, both of Corning, Calf.
The stock is held entirely by the gen.
tlemen named, and they propose to
hold all they have and place none
upon the market for sale.
Since the strike the people in Will
low Creek have got busy. A townsite
has been laid out by Ernest M~atteson,
and the town is kiting upwards. A
petition is being circulated to have q
postofice established. The hills and
valleys are full Of prospectors, taking
up fractions and other ground which
had escaped the early pioneers. Rod
ger Knox, representing the Wingfield
syndicate of mining men at Goldfeld
is on the ground, having gone Out
with the company expert Sunday
Automobiles are continually on the
go, trailed by men with burros, mer
ON foot, and by every conveyance
supplies and material are being
pushed forward into the new camp
The discovery of such fabulous
wealth in the district has the effec
of putting Greenwater beyond tn,
specuIations that come with tn
show us"
j. j. Sullivan, Robert Knowle
and Michael Henry are the boys be
hind the picks who laid open the ricl
strike on the Willow Creek. For
whole year. they roamed the desert
first here. then there, and at last W
find them in Greenwater %exhibitinI
the fruits of their labor.
Sullivan, Knowles and Henry sui
fered the loss of four sacks of rio
ore last week at the Nevada-GreeI
water. After having made the find o
Willow Creek they filled four sacl
of what they thought was the bel
ore to take with them to Greer
water. They left the ore on II
dump over night, but on the MORO
they learned they had been visite
by high graders and the ore apr
priated.
Every effort was resorted to a
prehend the thieves, but without +
suit. In future the ore as well
the mine will be guarded more clos
ly for fear of a repetition Of the 2
Tense.
The ore was exceedingly rich, al
tho high graders appeared to be