Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-03
.CINNABAR FOUND
IN LARGE AMOUNT
EXCEEDINGLY LARGE DEPOSITS
ARE LOCATED IN THE OLD
lone DISTRICT

been materially Increased Dy tne us
covery of cinnabar in quantities so
large that no estimate of their ex-
tent will be hazarded by the discov-
erer, j. H. O'Brien, formerly of
Boulder, but now of Wonder, who
modestly and sensibly contents him
self with telling where the discov-
cry was made, and, so far as he
knows, its extent, leaving the esti-
mating of its value to others.
The scene Of this very important
and rich strike is the old lone dis
trict, now known as the Union Min
ing district, which lies ninety miles
to the north of Tonopah, and ~sevent,
miles south of Wonder. In this old
district, long since given up almost
entirely to stock raising, a few pros
pectors have been diligently digging
into the various formations for What
nature might have hidden there, and
among these, last January, was
O'Brien, during which month he
found the deposits in question, and
located $50 acres.
The material in which the valuable
product is found consists of quartz
lite, lime and porphyry, which, by the
way, is not in ledge formation, but
more in the form of a great deposit
without regularity or definition. The
formation containing the cinnabar is
traced for a strip of about two miles
in length, and it is along this that
the ground has been located.
Some gold is also found in con-
nection with the cinnabar, which oc-
ours in both mercurial sulphide and
the pure globules, and can be
PANIED all over the surface of the
territory located, in the same manner
that gold would be. In the form1-
lions mentioned, the cinnapar Is
found to the extent of So per cent.
This statement sounds very large.
it is true, but, on the other hand.
some specimens have been brough;
to Reno, and are now in the posses
sion of Andy Hample, which bear
out the assertion concerning thf
values.
Considerable work has alread,
been done on the property, among
which a 30-foot shaft has been driy
en-, and a crosscut from this, ifteeI
feet in extent, proves. so far as it hal
gone, the estimates made from sur
face prospecting, and there seem nj
reason to doubt the fact that the dis
coverer has made no mistake in thu
extent of his discovery, because hi
surface Investigations have beef
such as any miner would make, ant
are thorough as possible in the shor
time which has elapsed since the dis
covery was made. He has trenche;
the surface across the ground pros
pected, and has found that the value
stated exist in its entire zone, whicl
covers a width of from 800 to 40
feet in width, within which the sol
and more solid formations encount
cred, pan quicksilver just as gol,
would be PANIED, and in quantity.
The dimensions given of the Gin
nabar zoTe so far as 1t Is now know.
to exist in the district, make tn
field practically an unlimited one
and will add to the wealth of tn
state in figures almost beyond pres
ent imaginings.
: The fact that only a few cinnaba
mines are known to exist in tn
world, adds, naturally, to the in
portance of the discovery.
The nearest cinnabar mine to tn
' present discovery is that of Can
=, bria in the Cascade range of Cal
fornia, which has been working fc
a great many years, and has prt
duced an immense quantity. Tn
only other mines known of in tn
United States are IN Texas, mort
= and west of Ell Paso, which hay
OStus anu Sllil dIc, HSdNg pIOuuteI
The oilers, whose discovery is vel
old, have been turning out quickest
yer for over 400 years. They are |,
Gated in Spain.
AS soon becomes apparent on II
vestigation of the subject, whereas
the metal has been found its supp
has, so far as known, been inexhaus
= ible, as none of the mines referrC
to have been worked out, and tn
gives strong reason for believing tn.
: the district just discovered in n
vada will prove to be as permane'
as it is extensive.
The region in which the discove
was made contains an abundance
> water Of good quality, and there
plenty of timber for mining pu
poses. and the company which h
been formed for the working of &
!. mines and the marketing of the
product, the Nevada Quicksilver Mi
ing company. has many things in
favor.
The material containing quicks