Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-22
UBEHEBE HAS
GREAT Showing
ROUND MOUNTAIN ''SCOTTY" AS
TONISHED AT WHAT HE
BEHELD.


the wonders of Ubehebe Mr.. Scott, |
by his wife; also A. H. |
Deahl of Manhattan and c. Lonkey |
of California, have just returned
from Ubehebe. The party spent two
days going over the holdings of Jack
Salsberry in the famous camp and
they were astonished at the showings
that they beheld.
1T is the first camp that | have
ever visited" said Mr.. Scott, where
saw more than was promised me-
had heard great deal of the camp,
but ! must confess that although pre-
pared to see something good, / could
not credit what they have there with
out actually seeing it. To thorough
ly appreciate what they have in Ube-
hebe, one has got to see it.
1.-THE first impression that a man
gets of the country is that if there
is anything there, it is going to be
easy work getting it out, for the lay
of the country is all in favor of min
ing. The mountains are high and
they come down sharp into the val
ley. A second glance is all that is
necessary to show you that they have
got something in the mountains, for
the contact is very distinct The
formation is in lime and granite.
The lodges are true copper rock.
There is garnet, which give way to
iron gosson under the surface, and
in places the gosson comes right to
the surface. There are big lodges
there, which anyone can see, and
they must be seen to be appreciated.
1--WE spent the better part of two
days going over the mountains on
burros. The trail over the noun
tains is the finest in the United
States. One gets wonderful view
from the top of the mountain and It
is one camp where a man can so and
see the location work done on the
lodges. On every claim where there
has been any work done at all the
| copper is showing. / stood on one
hill, and / could see at least a hun
dred different openings, trenchings,
samplings and tunnels.
II saw five separate lodges, and
there are number of stringers be-
sides, running into the main lodges.
Some of the rock shows free gold
but didn't take any samples or as
says of this. / made my own assays
of the copper, however, and much OF
1t ran very high. OF course the per
centage was different in different
| places, but one shoot that | assayed
ran 35 per cent for twenty feet.
Most of the development worl
there has been lone by tunnels, anG
they can find tunnel site on a ledge
almost any place. The mountain i.
1000 feet high, and you see the out
cropping and can trace it right dowr
the. hill. This would give the ledge
a depth of 1000 feet, vertically, ant
there would be more than that II
hacks.
"One ledge l saw will go from ter
to forty feet wide. 1t would have
been forty feet in width all over bu
for the water coming down through
the canyon and wearing away tn,
granite. and in some places it ha
worn away the ledge. In some place
the ledge crops twenty feet abov,
where you will be standing. Thi
appearance is caused by the waite
and the debris coming down the can
yon and washing away the granite
and leaving the ledge standin;
against the lime.
There are all the indications tina
the property will get better witt
depth. The lodges are well define,
and you get copper wherever you &c
Anybody, whether he knows much 0
little about mining, can go there an
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the country and he can't comprehen
it all without seeing the camp.
LAS far as a railroad is concerned
/. it is the greatest country in the worl
: to build one. There is only one sum
nit to cross, and for the rest of tn
: proposed road it is only matter @
putting down the ties and laying tn
rails. The hospitality of the Ube
hebe is another thing to marvel a
There are lot of young mining er
gineers, and they are all very enthr
: siastic over the country. There wa
not one of them to whom I talked
who didn't want to get all the stoc
: he could in the company, and afte
. my experience do not wonder at /
: Ubehebe has certainly one of tn
greatest showings that l ever say
and its possibilities simply amaze or
when he stops to contemplate them
= 1t is well known fact that pc