Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-20
MACKAY ON MINES
IN NEVADA STATE
REVIEW OF SITUATION AT I'M
P0RTANT CAMPS
Judge Largent of RhyoIite, After a
Tour of the BuIIfrog and Other
Districts, Gives His !
ConcIucions
Special to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
RHYOLITE, New, May 19.-Judge
Largent of the Rhyolite board of trade,
who is one of the best informed judges
of the mining situation in all Nevada
and who represents some of the largest
eastern interests of the state, quotes
Clarence H. Mackay as saying that the
| Rullfrog district is the greatest in Me-
! vada.
In dictated interview upon the pres
ent situation in Nevada, Judge Lar
gent says:
LAS usual, we should have touched
our high point of prosperity during
| March and April of this year. with a
gradual decline from those months,
varied by an occasional furry or so
during the summer, but the rich mans
panic in the east, the washouts of the
| Salt Lake & San Pedro road, and the
labor troubles in Goldfield all combined
to weaken our securities and depress
| their value.
1.-The good day has been merely put
| off a little, and we shall have here
what we have never had before-a sum-
| mer market. Instead of taking our va
cations from June until September, we
shall be compelled by public interest
throughout the country to take them
in August only. I predict that you will
| see extreme activity in Nevada in the
next two months.
"Why not? We have surrounding our
town nine shipping mines; the largest
| roller mill in the state of Nevada COM
peted, five other large mills in course
of construction, extremely rich ore be-
ing opened up almost daily, and we are
making the prosperity of almost a
score of the best camps of the state
surrounding us. At the present time
astounding results are coming from de-
velopment in South Bullfrog, May
flower Lee, Echo, Skidoo, Willow
Creek. Greenwater, Crescent and POGO
pah districts, all tributary and practi-
cally dependent upon Rhyolite.
IT have personally investigated the
rich strikes in our mines and positively
assert that the time is not far distant
| when we will far surpass all other
camps of the state. Let the people go
| and visit our mines and examine for
themselves, and the boom mentioned
will eclipse anything ever seen in the
| state of Nevada.
There is the Montgomery Shoshone,
with $40, 1000, 900 blocked out and at the
deepest point of the mine they are ex-
tracting ore running from $3.50 to $685.
900 per ton.
I'm the Bullfrog Mayf1ower Console
| dated mine in one drift they have a
| long large vein 90 feet wide, carrying
values that will average better than $25
| per JOu ne OLneT NtlHS average IlSl
| in values, also. From the recent rich
strike, which is in a vein fully seven
| feet wide, five samples were taken, as
saying as follows: $76. 92, $1,000, $780, $500
and $2S00 per ton. A picked sample as
sayed $4,000 per ton.
Again, the Bullfrog West Extension
has opened up immense deposits of ore
where large bodies assay from $240 to
$1,000 per ton.
I'm the Homestake, at the deepest
point in the mine, they have deposits
of 1000 ore per ton, and the Tramps
Consolidated, Gold Bar, Gibraltar, VAL
ley View, National Bank and Califor-
mia Bullfrog have all struck ore very
rich at the deepest point, proving con-
clusively that depth will make this the
richest mining district in the west.
Recently the Hayseed Mining COM
pany struck large body of $500 ever
age shipping ore. The Lee Bonazna
has ore as high as $2100 per ton. Gold
Grotto is sacking shipping ore. Lee
Burro is encountering specimen ore in
sinking a shaft. The Lee Whale has
the largest body of ore in the camp.
'In the Echo district, the Inyo Gold
is extremely rich, with thousands of
tons ready for shipments. 'Skybo,' an
eminent engineer, says, is a mammoth
producer
1.-The Keane Wonder, in South -2ull-
frog, with large mill almost COM
pleted, is now applying for patent for
100 claims, the largest group of prop
critics in he state of Nevada. The
Highland Boy. adjoining the Keane
Wonder, is making wonderful show
ing.
"At Willow Creek, south of Green
water, they have a large body of ore
running from $500 to $4,000 per ton.
which was recently acquired by George
S. Wingfield of Goldfield. Greenwater.
in one mine, has forty feet Of Il per
cent copper, carrying some gold.
"In the face of all these facts, can
any sane man doubt that we will have
q summer market?
"The greatest men of our country are
now realizing that our district IS sure
to be the greatest of the state. When
Clarence H. Mackay decided to build
the Postal Telegraph in here, at a cost
of $1500,000, he said: The Postal was
founded on mining money, for John
Mackay of Comstock fame was the
founder of the system. and as result
the company has a decided leaning
toward mining districts that show
promise. The Bullfrog district looks
to me as though it will be even a
greater producer than Tonopah or Gold
field, for already it has proven any
wonderful and rich mines in the dis
trict and it has more ore blocked out
than any other district in the state. 1t
has the largest completed mill and more
mills in course of construction than
elsewhere. Its future will be profitable
and permanent"