Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-08
GOLDBANKS GREAT
SURFACE Showing
SIzg Am RICHNESS on IEINsEs
REMINDERS on roNoPAH
Ann GOLDrIEID.

During the Dig rush OF the past
summer many prospectors passed
over the ground where the big lodges
were hidden at Goldbanks. but II re-
manned for A. r. 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 as at Goldbanks.
There is no mistake as to the size
and length of the lodges. for they
have been proven for over mile on
the surface by shallow pits and
shafts There has so far been un-
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, but 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, pre-
cedent set by Goldfeld 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
- ~, xxySl
start work as soon as their equip
ment arrives in camp.
J. W. Blair and associates, who
recently took lease on the Gold
bank Extension, are working three
shifts, sending the shafts down tC
the 50-foot level, where drifting and
the blocking out of ore will com
mence. The shaft is being sunk IL
the soft porphyry footwall, making
the work of sinking an easy matter
At the 5O-foot level the ledge is tt
be crosscut and drifts started on the
ore A within is being installed OF
the shaft and when this is in running
order more rapid work will be done
than with the windlass.
Blair and associates have anothe
lease on block 1 of the Goldbank
with shaft down 80 feet. On thi
lease, as soon as men can be procur
ed, larger force will be put OF
and the work rushed. The shaft a
the present time is down 80 feet an,
plenty of lumber is on the groun
! to timber the shaft when the 50-foo
level is reached. Where the ledg
has been broken into in going dow
with the shaft some nice ore has bee
taken out. This lease is in the hear
: of the belt and a large quantity G
high grade is looked for at the prope
: depth.
Gus Yarmouth, who so far has tn
prize lease of the camp, continues
sack ore from No on the New No
s hawk. The first of the week he ser
out the first shipment, consisting
so sacks that will run close to tn
9 500 mark. This ore is only wht
was tdhCU Oui III oluhluS anu IL WI
IS be shipped from Winnemucca as 500
9 as carload is ready. There are
y more sacks piled upon the dump.
re The high grade streak in Wa
e mouths lease, which was followe
I down from the surface, is shown
Is up better as depth is attained.
"a On lease No. 4 on the Goldbank
le controlled by Scott Mays and Sa
lie age, three men are at work and the
lie is a remarkable showing though Il
shaft has Just been started. ASA.
is from the surface on this lease ga,
De returns as high as $S7.
III Clark and Moore, who are workil
Il block No. 2 ON the New Mohaw
he have fine looking rock at depth
n three feet.
es Lambert and Rule, who ha