Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
BURNS GROUP
Will PROVE Big

Among the first men TO be at
tracted to the rich ore bodies Of the
Fairplay district was the well-known
miner, Thomas Burns. He came in
at a time when it was possible to
secure the pick and cream of the rich
treasure the Fairplay district had to
ofber and, being thoroughly
ant with ore formations and indica-
lions upon which to base an idea as
to ground that has the making of a
mine, 1t was easy for him to select
claims that gave promise of proving
bonanzas with development.
One of his first selections was a
group of eight claims, known as
The Queen of st. Mary" situated
GEAR the town Of Atwood, in the Par
adlsc mountains. He at once began
the work of sinking a shaft on the
property to develop and prove up the
values the proposition possessed. The
extensive development work done by
this energetic miner has done much
toward opening up a country rich in
mineral. The Burns property adj
joins the well-known Rodda property
on the south, and upon which a rich
vein was recently opened up, values
from the vein going from $35 to
$4,000 per ton, as shown by assays
taken by Mr.. Edwards of Tonopah,
Good paintings have been OBJ
tanned from the Burns property on
the surface for 1900 feet along the
ledge, and those who have made thor
ough examination say that with depth
the rich vein Of the Rodda property
will be cut. The main dixie of the
property is $50 feet in width and
pans for 100 feet across the fact in
the crosseut. On the east of the
main dixie is a six-foot ledge, which
assays $50 in gold. Among other
work, Mr.. Burns has just finished a
110-foot tunnel, prosecuting an
eight-foot ledge which assays $28 in
gold. A tunnel, in forty feet, cross
cuts a four-foot ledge running $40
in values. About 100 feet north of
the tunnel is a 100-foot trench, which
shows good paintings. The big diqe
exposed about 800 feet from the
main strike assays 81 across for
twelve feet. The big ledge is 100
feet across, thirty feet of which as
says IS and eight feet assays $40 per
ton. Picked specimens run as high
as $1,000. The property is conced.
ed to be one of the finest in the dis
trict and is opened up by trenches
shafts and tunnels for 1900 feet
In every instance, the work has ex.
posed good ore bodies. We have
seen a good many mining PROPOSE
tions, but none that we have been
more favorably impressed with than
the Burns property. Recently Messrs
Finch and Campbell, prominent min
ing men of Spokane, Wash, after q
thorough examination of the prop
erty, made Mr.. Burns an offer OF
$4,000. With the aid of capital, the
Burns property will without doubt
make the record for theaFairplay dis.
trict that the Mohawk has for Gold
field. The Paradise range in this
section shows up some of the best
lodges in the district. AS no company
has, to date, done anything in the line
of installing machinery, the range ii
not so well known as the other west
ern portion. But some day it will BIZ
a great producer. At present, it II
mostly owned by l%ocators, who have
not the means of pushing aggressive
development. Only the past week II
this same section a startling strike
of rich ore was opened up on the
Gold Quartz, assays running better
than $4,000. This has attracted at
~tention to that part of the FairPla!
district Western Nevada Miner.