Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-03
I looks GOOD
] TO RAY BAKER
,,,,KE ON sALSBERRY's CLAIMS
TIN n UBEHEBE COUNTRY
SATISFACTORY.

the Ubehebe country, whittier
~ rort Of a sudden in response to
y rows of a new strike on the Sals-
s.rv claims in the district.
Ua ~ looks good to me-" said Mr.,
aand | have come here to get
soree of men with whom / shall re-
tomorrow night. We traced the
w. u sor 1876 feet, and opened it up
: width Of four feet, and got as
which ran $S5 to the ton. We
ID lose no time in making further
sarelopments and opening her up for
III she is worth.
,There has been quite a rush into
/. rhehebe country; not on account
" M new strike, but attracted there
e .ha general mineralized conditions
the country. The district looks
III q full fledged mining camp; we
ssv4 an organized mining district
there, and things are running along
! ! business like basis.
THE camp is called Latimer, and
~ district is situated between Death
s.,,ay and the saline valley, with the
rnabehe mountains lying between.
rho Tin mountains, a low range,
where there have been a number Of
,ncky strikes OF late, separate the
rhabahes from Death valley. One
an 90 from Tonopah by automobile
4 III hours and a half. You go from
Nara to Goldheld and then south to
Ronnie Claire; then southwest across
the northern arm OF Death valley,
stirting along the western slope of
ne Tin mountain range to the Ube-
hsbes. We have built an auto road
,rom Bonnie Claire to Ubehebe, a
distance OF f%orty-eight miles. You
ean 20 from anywhere In the east or
the west to Bonnie Claire in a Pull
man. and from there by auto, over Q
goodGoad to Ubehebe.
IAN auto party composed Of repre-
mntatiyes OF eastern capital came out
ii there last night, and they express.
id themselves as greatly pleased with
the country. They declared. that Of
ali the copper camps they had eyel
visited, they had lever seen any.
thing like the surface showing. WI
have one vein there which is fifty fee
in width, and which we can trace To-
distance Of more than 1000 feet.
@Mr. Salsberry is still in the cas-
perfecting his plans for the immedi
ate development of the Ubeheb'
country; and II will be only a matte
Of a short time when the company
which he so successfully promoted
viii be in active operation. TIL
country has ever indication of bein.
d great camp, and facility 0
working one. There are numerou
springs in close proximity, which
With a little development, will fur
nish all the water that is necessar
to nourish the mining industry in tn
district. On Hunter mountain, o
the southeast side, and the Waucob
mountains on the east, can be foun
al the fuel and timber that will b
needed for a long time to come.
From the Lost Burro group
number Of eastern capitalists VIII
have been investigating the Ubehet
country, brought in samples assayin
in gold from SIS to 1927 a ton. Tn
samples were taken from a vein thu
outcropped for 200 feet. While "
nave always considered the Ubehet
copper region, it Is very gratifylr
q find these large lodges of gol'
bearing quartz.
"Mr. Griffith, Mr.. Salsberry's sc
Fetary, received a wire from him tn
evening saying that he would lea'
shortly from Baltimore for the Ub
nebe, coming by way of Tonopah, al
mat the latest reports from ths di
uiet were extremely encouraging.
MI. Salsberry was the pioneer in
'e u%behebes, and he stayed with Il
aistriet until he made 1t make zoe
ne mas spent considerable none
something in the naighhCrhood
'iVV'O0O, in opening up the distri'
ana ne is certainly entitled to co
SIDERABLE credit for his work.
brought out here a carload of caste
capitalists In a special ar. and I'll
we're delighted with their trip, and
p'sased with the country that tn
went enthusiastically to work to foI
company for the development of I
us'fiet on the largest possible sea
MISS Passy-Oh. it's very good
wv captain, to invite me for I
M uAl L EH ="