Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-26

body of ore at a point 100 feet below
the surface, and eighty feet below the
main tunnel. level, practically assures
the permanency of the big veins on
Bonanza mountain, and assures the
Bonanza mine a place among the
leaders.
The new ~crosscut was driven
through the big ledge early in the
week, and the Bonanza management
Immediately made public the assay
returns. Needless to say, there is a
feeling of j~ubilation on the part of
the lucky holders of Bonanza stock,
and others interested in the Bonanza
mountain section, and congratula-
lions are pouring in on the Bonanza
management from all sides.
The new strike, the decision TO
make regular shipments from the Bo-
nanza and the determination to grant
leases on some of the ground, are
considered as constituting a great
epoch in the history of the district,
and give rise to a feeling of optimism
among the operators throughout the
region.
As reported in another column, the
directors of the company this week
decided to grant leases in a restricted
area ON the Bonanza ground. That
all the ground offered for lease will
be quickly taken hold of is certain, as
the applications for leases already far
outnumber the lots available.
Over 900 tons of ore are now piled
on the Bonanza dump, all taken out
in development work, and it is an
nounced that this will be sorted and
everything that will stand the charg-
es shipped to the Salt Lake Valley
smelters. The first shipment will be
made next week by way of Silver
Lake and Crucero. 1t is expected
that the shipments will consist of q
i tdi iOdu q MGth at Tue SldIA4
The new development in the Boz
nanza shaft is by far the most i'm
portant news Crackerjack has had
since the strike on the main tunnel of
the mine two months age, and
stamps the Bonanza as one OF the
richest mines of the southwestern
probably the richest mine in the
state. While some of the great gold
districts Of Nevada may show a large
production area, it is doubtful If any
of them contain ore of such uniform
" high value. However, develop
nent work en- Bonanza mountain
dates only from June of the present
year. With this great record fer the
four months work under adverse
conditions, 1t is difficult to even APP
proximate the splendid future prom,
Used for the Bonanza and other prop
critics on the slope of Bonanza noun
tain.
With a plentiful supply of good
water at hand. where formerly water
had to be hauled from twelve to
twenty miles and a haul to railroad
of only twelve miles over fine roads
the extensive work planned by the
company can be prosecuted with CON.
parative ease and rapidity from this
time IN. That the management, I'M.
der the direction OF Mr.. w. A. Gates
has thus far been a most efficient one
is shown by the magnificent result;
accomplished in the face of a multi
tude OF difficulties.
It is certain that with the granting
OF leases and the vigorous policy out
lined by the Bonanza management
the coming winter months will SCI
|, the beginning of a new era for Re.
Pass and the C~rackerjack district ii
!; general, and the slopes of Bonanza
mountain will soon resound with this
puff of the gasoline hoists and tbs
!, hum of mining activity from al
points. -Crackerjack News.