Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-06-15

and two and one-half per cent cop
per, in all SIS to the ton. That kind
of ore will pay handsomely to ship,
especially in this district, where rail-
roads are close and transportation
presents no problem. The copper oc-
ours as a sulphide or gray copper,
the same as found at the famous
Ramsey Comstock, and the high gold
values carry with it. The presence
of copper in the ore is considered a
very great feature, being regarded as
a certain indication of permanency
and continued production. The fact
of the mine being on another belt
than the Ramsey-Comstock and con-
tanning the same character of ore
has called special attention to the
great extent of this mineral belt.
The shaft is close to the 25O-foot
mark and good Roadway is being
made. About seven feet a day is
the average, which will soon bring
the workings into the hanging wall
of the great dyke itself. At this point
there is the evident intersection of
three strong lodges, all known to
carry good values. Some very high
grade should develop at this point,
the junction of lodges generally Gre
ing very favorable conditions. The
company intends strong development
and is going to send the shaft right
to the water zone with all possible
speed. The next crosscut will be
made at the 300-foot level.
At the Ramsey Bonanza mine oper-
ating very favorable conditions. The
nett group, in the northeast part of
the district. there are shafts sunk
on both walls of the 60-foot ledge,
the workings on either side being
entirely in shipping ore. The Bon
ANA is a grass root proposition,
which means they have had high
grade right from the very surface.
At this mine the gold is in the free
state and is probably coarser grained
than is found in any other mine
here. 1t occurs in a brownish por-
phyretic quartz, and the way the
stuff pans Is a caution. There is no
picked specimen offered for a test,
but any old piece of quartz on the
dump seems to carry a fine bunch
Of the yellow grains, showing in
great measure the uniform character
of the ore body. The vertical work
ing shaft is now down rel 70 feet
1t is 5hx8 in the clear and the en-
tire bottom is in ore. The present
plans are to continue to the 500-foot
level and crosscut the ledge at every
100 feet. Every miner working a.
the Bennett camp is interested in the
company, all of them setting aside
so much a month to purchase some
stock. At the present depth the gen.
eral average Of the ore is $40 golt
per ton, while a 2-foot streak mex
the tale on the hanging wall side rum
up to $1,700 per ton. The Ramse!
Bonanza is in line to give a fine ac
count of itself.
The Ramsey Ophir mine on what il
known as Wheeler-Norcross ground
is prosecuting from the end of tn,
main tunnel for the ledge that is ia
nous as the Ramsey-Comstock dixie
They have opened"the rich ledge will
shallow workings at various point
on the group and its presence for
long distance is simply proven. Thu
tunnel will cut the ledge at gooC
depth, something over 225 feet, ant
there is strong likelihood of stronl
values showing from the first inter
section of the footwall. Word come
from the management of preparation
for great activity. An Increases
force and improved equipment vii
soon be in evidence on this part o
Bonanza mountain.
The Clark-Robinson lease is on tn
Ophir ground and has uncovered
wide extent of high grade ore. Z
, shaft is being sunk to a good dept
to the great ledge at a lowe
point. The workings include a cross
: cut from wall to wall of the ore body
, with a drift along the hanging wa
for about 80 feet on the rich pa
shoot. The leasers are exhibitin
: some rich ore these days and hay
every confidence in the ultimate re
suit of the undertaking. They e.
pect some big results similar to tn
Ramsey Comstock mine below whe
. they gain more depth. Present de
velopments seem to justify the cor
illusions.
Unusual interest is attached t
6 the resumption of work on the fin
Walk-Over ledge in the northwes
part of the district. Captain A. +
n Mayne and some Utah capitalists al