Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-04-20
WONDER THE GREAT
COMING MINING CENTER

lot lIClEnl AOm fdAAOA u NOAGEA
and even at that it is next to inn
possible to get anything. Lumber
is snapped up the instant it arrives
in camp and it is the same with all
other necessities.
Several of the prominent opera
tors are planning TO organize a
freighting outfit for their exclusive
use. Not that they object to the
present freighters, who II doing re-
markably well all things considered.
but hat they may be assured of spe-
cial service to further their own min
ing development
The Spider-Wasp property is look
ing well, although it is no more for
! tunate than the others in getting
supplies. Alexander T. johnson, the
general manager. has planned sink
ing a shaft but is unable to begin
upon it in consequence of the fail
ure of the hosting machinery and the
timbers to arrive. He has ordered
a 40 horse power hoist, lumber for
| the gallows frame and other ma
chinery but cannot get it to camp. He
has ordered also, lumber for a black
smith shop, a bunk house and a
superintendent house. Everything
is planned and ordered. the material
is somewhere en- route, but has not
reached camp.
The leasers are all working dill
gently and are doing well albeit him
dered in their operations Dy the same
difficulties. The camp is having a
boom almost unprecedented and as
soon as some way is devised for the
promotion and regular transmission
of freight the activity in the camp
will be incredible"
James A. Donovan, 10 whom the
district is familiar, described some
of the properties in the following
words:
This is my fourth visit to this
most justly-named district and I have
/, no h~esitancy in saying that the indi-
cations which attracted my attention
at my first visit are justified in the
results l saw in this. my last visit.
If there is anything in earmarFs
there is no question but that Won
! der has mines.
z we left Tonopah a week ago and
made a thorough examination of the
: camp. /, personally, have examined
the workings Of the properties there
I The mineral belt is most extraordi.
nary as regards its width and is trace
= able easily for at least fifty miles II
a northeasterly direction.
Speaking of the properties i'm
0 mediately in the vicinity of Wondel
: | can say first that l consider tn,
Spider-Wasp has one of the bes
showings for it's age that l ever hay,
e seen in all my mining experience.
THE Jack Pot, in Hercules, owne.
I by the D'Arcys and others, is sacx
r ing ore and were it not for the bat
roads, would have shipped many car
d loads ere now. The development o
. the property shows an indication o
great ore bodies. In the shaft, a
n the 100-foot level, the managemeI.
D has encountered a body of ore tina
y averages e 5000 Gro four feet
A tunnel is being driven to tap tn,
g vein at a depth of 500 feet and ship
ping ore has been encountered al
ready.
Immediately to the west of tn.
d Jck Pot is the Vulture. This prop
+ erty already has made shipments o
ore and is making preparations 70
h the installation of machinery in orde
to further development. The Vultur
n undoubtedly will be one of the bi
shippers.
THE June Wonder, east of tn
k Jack Pot, has a tunnel in 800 fee
h and ore stopping is in progress. TIL
It values range around 5000 per ton.
THE Bundle Bee Wonder is
\ property | visited to ascertain 1t
merits relative to the surroundin
mines and | found a strong, well
II defined vein and in a crosscut tn
owners have opened across four fee
! a very rich body of ore. THIS com
II pany has purchased machinery 70
Is development upon a large scale an
1t a force Of men is at work in an
+ ticipation of its arrival. The grou
lies Immediately south of the Dick
it ", which sidelines the Spider-Was
and upon which (the Dicky W tn
~leasers are sacking ore for shipment
2 The veins of the Spider-Wasp ru
through the Bundle Bee Wonder
This property has been purchased b
is Frank Bonneau and associates G
Tonopah and it is the intent of tn
e. owners to prosecute development
&" work as rapidly as possible. Assay
taken along this vein have been mos
n f1attering. This mine undoubtedl