Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-16
GOLDBANKS' GREAT
SURFACE Showing
SIZE AND RICHNESS OF LEDGEs
REMINDERS OF TONOPAH
AND GOLDFIELD.

summer many prospectors passed
yer the ground where the big lodges
were hidden at Goldbanks, but 1t re-
manned for A. p. Smith to discover
the values in the ore and locate what
promises to be the making of one
of the greatest camps in the State,
not barring even Tonopah and Gold
field. There Is no mining camp in
the State where there is so much ore
on the surface al at Goldbanks.
There is no mistake as to the size
and length of the lodges, for they
have been proven for owe a mile on
the surface by shallow pits and
shafts. There has so far been UNI
covered two parallel lodges Of about
the same size and exposed length. In
some places where work is going on
these immense lodges are over fif-
teen feet wide, but from surface
showing there is no doubt they will
average at least seven feet wide,
showing ore clear across the entire
width. There is no waste in the
lodges; all the rock between the
walls is ore. 1t may not be all of the
shipping grade, hut there are rich
stringers of ore in the lodges that
will pay to ship.
Goldbanks is destined to be a
great milling camp, for even with the
present development there are thou
sands of tons of ore in sight that
will pay to mill.
The ore is a porphyritic quartz of
the rhyolite order, very much resem-
bling the ores of Tonopah, and is i'm
pregnated with sulphides, making it
a desirable concentrating material.
A. B. Smith and A. B. Anderson,
who made the original locations, are
both practical mining men. They
Were not slow to realize the richness
of their properties and after doing
their location work decided to let
~leasers develop their property, a pre-
cedent set by GoIdield and Tonopah,
and which practically made the two
great camps. So far about twenty
leases have been let on the Smith and
Anderson claims and ten of these
leases are being worked at the pres
ent time. Many of the others will
start work as soon as their equip
p1apt appfvac IN ooO,n
j.. w. Blair and associates, who
recently took a lease on the Gold
bank Extension, are working three
shifts, sending the shafts down to
the 50-foot level, where drifting and
the blocking out of ore will COM
mence. The shaft is being sunk in
the soft porphyry footwall. making
the work of sinking an easy matter,
At the 50-foot level the ledge is to
be crosscut and drifts started on the
ore. A within is being installed on
the shaft and when this is in running
order more rapid work will be done
than with the windlass.
DIAN anu dSSOCldleS nave dHOlutl
lease on block l of the Goldbank
with a shaft down 80 feet. On this
lease, as soon as men can be procur.
ed, a larger force will be put OIL
and the work rushed. The shaft a
the present time is down 80 feet ant
plenty of lumber is on the grount
to timber the shaft when the 5O-foo
level is reached. Where the ledg,
has been broken into in going dow,
with the shaft some nice ore has beer
taken out. This lease is in the hear
of the belt and a large quantity o
high grade is looked for at the prope
depth.
Gus Yarmouth, who so far has tn,
prize lease of the camp, continues t.
sack ore from No. 5 on the New Mo
hawk. The first of the week he sen
out the first shipment, consisting >
so sacks that will run close to tn,
500 mark, This ore is only wha
was taken out in sinking and 1t vii
be shipped from Winnemucca as 500
as a carload is ready, There are c,
o sacks piled upon the dump.
The high grade streak in Wa
mouths lease, which was followe,
down from the surface, is shown
up better as depth is attained.
On lease No. 4 on the Goldbanks
controlled by Scott, Mays and Say
age, three men are at work and Their
is a remarkable showing though tn
shaft has just been started. Assay
from the surface on this lease CAV
returns as high as $S7.
CLARK and Moore, who are woYkin
block No. 2 on the New Mohawl
have fine looking rock at a depth q
three feet.
Lambert and Rule, who hav
leases No. 3 ON the Goldbank an
New Mohawk, have a force of men a
work. The shaft on the Goldbank
going down where the ledge shows