Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-03
100000 ORE
IN GOLD CRATER
RICHEST BODY OF ORE IN THF
STATE WAS UNCOVERED
LAST WEEK.

week. The Arizona boys arrived in
town Friday afternoon and showed
some samples that would easily reach
the $780, 900 mark. The strike was
made on ground first located by Jas.
MoDufy and later relocated by Dick
hamburger, who made the strike.
Leaf gold, some Of swhich is larger
than Eve dollar gold piece ana
from one-Htghth to onRsixteenth OF
an inch thick. is plentiful. and Mr..
3. C. iDewling. one Of the Arizona
boys, says that there Is positively 4
two-inch streak that isss0lid gdia
This is hard to realize, but ,neverthe-
less 1t sis the sabsulute truth. Noxh-
ing like it. has even been seen nor
heard tell o.. and mr.. rDeMling saSa
that Rider Hagard q. imaginations lot
the King Solomon Ehines are not q
comparison. Besides the streak there
is TWENTY-FIVE feet Of ore that AZ
treated by the most primitive method
would make the owner a Million
aire. 81
Lastsweekswas spentsby the writer
in that wonderful new gold district.
forty miles west sof Tpsearoba called
Gold Circle. .It,is needless to aky
that there remains no doubt In out
'tninds as to the wonderful extent and
richness Of that section and we firmly
believe that ,one-of the coming great
est gold camps in the world lies UNI
developed there. Every man that has
loSated aRny ground and done the
location work in promising place
has uncovered ore. The greater por-
ton Of the discoveries at present wiil
run from. $50 tos3i00 Of free mill
ing ore, yet some ore has been found
that assays into the hundreds.
Contacts OF two different charact-
er porphyries are numerous. invari-
ably making ore.
The principal dixie that traverses
the country for distance OF about
four miles, and the one on which
James McDufy made the first strike
in June OF, this year at the northern
portion of the district, Is the same
one that McMahan & Mccartney have
recently opened the four feet OF ore
that averages over, 500 per ton In
the extreme southern part of the
camp, and anywhere between the two
strikes you can take samples from
the dixie and get good paintings. Al
though it is conceded that this Is the
main ore chute it is not the only one,
as Menkin and Schein, situated be-
tween the two, about midway, and
about one and a half miles to the
west, have uncovered two feet of
quartz, traceable for 200 yards on the
surface that pans like house
afire" They are now developing it
as fast as possible and with every
foot of depth there is marked in
crease in the values. The two Macs
also own claim adjoining the above
ground on the south and have open
ed up a ledge that is estimated to
pan on an average of $50. The
ledge is about two feet wide and can
be followed long distance.
Northwest of Menkin & Schein the
Arizona boys have group of claims
on the main dixie which are opened
up in numerous places and good
prospects are found on all of them,
The Arizona boys are interested in
the claims with Z. A. P. johnson,
". H, Sanders and r. T. Noble.
P. A. Leamy owns q group OF
claims in the heart of the district and
from number of lodges that run
through his ground good paintings
are obtainable a
Southeast of p. A. Leamy and join
ing on the two Macs ground, Dan
AIcKenna and associates own group
of claims, and on one called the jack
son mine is sure to be opened up.
In early days shallow hole had been
dug, presumably by the Mexicans.
and a quantity Of quartz thrown out,
some of which gave assay returns of
5000. About fifty feet north of
the old hole a ten-foot shaft was
sunk exposing ave feet of ore that
assayed $40. This ledge was six in
ches wide on the surface and panned
but slightly.
A great many Of the prospectors
have left the district for warmer
cline, Others are staying to either
finish their location work or for the
winter.
Another meritorious property,
called the Water Witch group, owned
by w. d. McClelland, is in the front
rank. Mr. McClelland showed the
writer some fine specimens of ore
freely sprinkled with gold and he
said it was taken from a good lead. -
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