Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-09-28
ORE
ON WALKOVER
CAUSES GREAT EXCITEMENT
RUNS FROM $500 TO $1,000
PER TON.

ers keep right on u~ncovering more
and more of the high grade. They
are sacking ore over there that as
says from $500 to $1,000 a ton, and
grab samples from the sacks are re-
turning assays from $500 to $3.50 a
ton, gold. Every bit of the rich vein
is put into sacks, no attention being
paid to sorting, and the ore body has
widened from eighteen inches to-
nearly three feet.
The vein has not exhibited a sud
den widening or bulged out as a kid
ney of ore, but a steady and gradual
increase in width has been noticed
ever since the shaft was commenced
A streak of tale on the wall shows
the vein well defined and as depth is
gained the ore is seen to be closer
grained. The feature shows the
streaks and specks of free gold in the
ore to fine advantage. They are GER
tainly getting specimens out of the
mine that are handsome enough to
mount and there is no dearth Of
them either.
The Walkover mine has now be-
come one of the star exhibits of the
district. Visitors are taken up there
whenever they care TO go and are
surely treated to a sight Of fold that
cannot help enthuse. Since the gold
is all free they produce paintings of
the most sensational sort. Picked
samples are not used for the purpose,
but a chunk is broken from the vein
or grabbed from any of the sacks,
that is certain to produce a great
string of yellow grains in the pan.
The gold is much coarser than usual
ly occurs in the district, and a num-
Der of specimens arc being obtained
containing good sized nuggets.
In a Surprisingly short time the
Walkoyer mine has come into the
prominent position it new holds.
Only a few weeks ago preliminary
development and prospecting was
commenced with the idea OF obtain
ing the trend and dip Of the veins
that appeared in the dyke at the sur
face. A tunnel was started a shoEt
distance down the Hill and Rad only
been driven a FEW feet when the
hanging wall was encountered. As
soon as this was broken through the
vein that is now being opened vi
was found. They continued to cross.
cut to the opposite wall and found
numerous veins of varying width al
the way.
The hanging wall vein being the
most promising drifting was done Il
ascertain its possible permanency ant
| st vas soon found that the vein wa,
strong and well defined, and that tbs
t values obtained were uniform and de
o pendable. At that time the ore wa,
g saved for shipment and great en-
thusiasm was caused by the strike
The company at once arranged foi
@ strong development and started mer
u sinking a shaft on the rich ore body
As stated above they are obtaining
better results every day and >are no
d only finding remarkably rich ore, bu
& the vein is widening in a name
that insures a large output Of ship
ping ore.
o Within the present month tn,
n Walkover company will send GU
n shipments OF high grade ore. Ar
rangement have been made for haul
ing the product to the shipping poin
and as soon as more sacks are oh
tanned, which have been ordered
shipments will go right along iron
the new bonanza property. At tn
present time there is something NOR
than a carload on the dump, with tn
pile being added to in a very sub
q stantial way every day.
The Walkover mine will carry o.
the palm as an early shipper. Wor.
was but commenced when the owner
+ came out with the announcement tina
N they would ship their product, so ric
D. was the ore. They are a conservative
le crowd, and the announcement cen
tainly caused the camp to sit up an
II take notice. Since then it has bee
II more and more apparent that al
ID other mine is opened up within tn
ct district, that is 20 to give this we
he mineralized belt greater prominence
l. and a feeling of greater optimism e,
n lists on all sides.
Some very prominent mining me
a have come into camp during the pas
n. week or two, attracted by the al
re |nouncement Of the rich Walkoyi
" strike, and it can be stated that th
district is certain to obtain merite
a. compliment from all OF them.
lie The shaft is down about twent,
r five feet from the tunnel level an
ID will be steadily lowered to grei
IL depth. The bottom Of the workinl
is is about fifty feet from the surface