The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-18
j|H TO WONDER
/ ON IN EARNEST
.,srties Changing Hands at
fGood Prices and Almost
With Each Day.
rs CONTAIN MORE
SILVER THAN GOLD
|,mation Is Closely Allied to
That Distinguishing the
Tonopah Camp.

stoncham of the firm OF Kirby
t Stoneham, who recent! re-
"a from Wonder, states thSt pupliJ
esl " eyea,er demand for the Won
,nr stock than for any other on
may mn Heavy operators are hurry
re dlsIrict and not day passes
70 y" "n,onerties changing hands at
Hpu. demonstrate the confidence OF
~ saws the Tonopah Miner. The
Is me OF the most extensive In
.Ss values having been proved Tor a
,scs M six miles from the original
rsrv and across an extreme width oil
,b,ee miles on the western end.
- formation of the district IS slmliar
~, ~ Tonopah. being early andesite
S,.aJits the values occurring in i'm
- dIkes OF silicified rhyoltte having
ssneral northwest and southeast
f,nIike at Tonopah. the ore
-. outcrop boldly on the surface,
rss The values have been leached. but
an,en, m is found at depth. The ore
= remarkable resemblance 10 that
H. valley View vein at Tonopah, II
~ dIflcult 10 distinguish the Spider
a ore from il.
'ais general similarity extends TO the
values OF the wonder ores,
In pren0mlna lui6 over S'iu W. w" ~
'ofa 10 /. In some places In the
IL where fracturing has occurred ow-
N heavy movement. the ore has been
.rrnd 10 quartz and then granulated.
1 In these places the values run as
4 as 5000 a ton In gold. with practi
IA no silver. The presumption Is that
-sIlyeY was leached out and redeDos-
4 b,loy. and il Is probable that very
4 xrade silver ore will be found at
IN Like the Valley View vein. the
tn slightly stained with iron oxide,
silver occurring as a black sulphide,
h some ruby.
hose who have been through the
-tInc OF the Nevada Wonder mine
|iiri l,l' that il will prove TO be greater
|psrty than the Mizpah. an opinion
|fed by the directors of the company.
3 Daniels, general manager of the
kpany. is pushing development. and
I'm 500 sacks of $3.50 ore are now
|lv for shipment. an immense tonnage
hign- grade ore remaining blocked out
Two great parallel ere bodies. Two
|olInp hoists have been ordered. and
question of erecting a mill Is now un-
Consideration
lIIup more than 1000 feet north Of
Nevada Wonder is the Jack Pot
1e. on a parallel system OF dikes, in
|ln lHe ttli; dkiel ulPplIlE puI VI lIIc
N was struck At the 100 foot ltvel.
<fe II carries very high values. This
rerty Is also sacking very high grade
Adjoinlng the Jack Pot is the Ful-
n which made Its initial shipment last
q Slightly 10 the northwest and full
tEo miles distant is the Spider Wasp.
Icn, II Is predicted by some, will prove
greatest mine in the camp Numerous
<ets are operating here, and five are
hing on big vein, OF which over two
\ averages $3.50 a ton. A half interest
ne Of these leases sold a month ago
|poeo. This company placed 100, 900
|ts OF treasury stock at 81 a share
Eng few Eastern capitalists, and
Elyrd an order for 10000 shares at
which he was unable TO execute.
pllh OF the Spider-Wasp is the Billy
Nd and June Wonder. both showing
.e very good ore. the Black Rock,
p HI ore on the surface. and many
fr highly promising groups. such as
MOS. The Capitol. the Silver King,
hldoen Treasure and the Queen.
'sdering that the camp Is less than a
old and has been under development
than flye months. it is safe TO say
mo district In Nevada, for the age,
kyer shown so much high grade ore
~ "S 'eiudDlS lpIpSptClS,
~ town Of Wonder is booming. the
from Fallon are booked two days
~ private teams and saddle horses
va premium and walking is fashion
WIN many, The automobile service
Ionopah and from Fallon has
'Sn. owing TO the bad weather. but
os resumed shortly Wonder is rap
oullohg up. despite a lumber famine,
'gsn lots have more than trebled IN
g IN the last month. With the work
ns done and planned and the heavy
snpments that will be made. Il is
Il. tnst there will be 1000 people In
/. ''ni,ce ~. before the close OF the year.
s equally promising neighbor.
r'Iew. which Is probably on the same
.Ssem wonder has been held back
~ OF teams, and hundreds Of tons of
,Ifr, mready sacked In both camps,
1ung transportation, but as the Ton
Y 4. Lumber company intends 10 trans
.s o'g sixteen animal teams to that
.s''' this congestion will soon be re-