Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-04-20

der Mining company. also. is in the
same range.
"of course. you understand, the
Black Rock is purely a prospect, but
it has a showing on the surface sec
ond to none in the district It has
two veins about twenty-five feet
apart, each Of which has a width Of
seven or eight feet. The south vein
runs east and west through the end
lines; the other vein has a slightly
convergent angle which will connect
1t with the south vein upon our
ground. The vein. matter is quartz
and the formation rhyolite and por-
phyry. The values are contained
in gold, silver and copper. We took
about twenty samples and had them
assayed today showing values to the
amount Of s576.7s to the ton. Here
tofore our assays have shown a min
imum of SIT and a maximum of SCI.
The lowest assay this trip showed
$500, and another s72.S0, and a
third that given in preceding para
graph. 1t is the finest showing ever
made IN a Wonder property.
There is at present a shaft thirty
five feet deep which is being sunk
for the purpose Of catching the inter
section of the two veins. That they
join at a shallow depth is beyond
question. We are about TO start a
! crosscut tunnel which will tap the
vein within fifty feet and then we
intend to drift along the vein. Start
ing with a depth of thirty-ive feet it
will be possible to attain a depth %
1000 feet from the surface, for the
hill is very steep.
AT present our operations are
hampered by a lack of water and a
scarcity of timber, but we are making
arrangements to haul in the latter
and very shortly we will be able Il
pipe the former from the Nevada.
Wonder, for within a week that prop
erty will have its pipe line in work.
ing order and as We are located lower
we will be able to catch the over
flow. Remember, the Black Rock Il
a prospect only. but we will be able
to give a good account of ourselves
| am sure. | have been all over thu
district and for a surface showing
wouldn't trade the Black Rock fo'
any OF the other claims I have seen
THE corporate name of the prop
erty is the Black Rock Wonder Min
in company and the stock is owned
principally by Congressman Georg,
A. Bartlett. w. w. Booth, ]. ]. Nc
Sorley, Kirby. Lamb & Stoneham
George w. Thatcher-my father.
and myseIf. There has been som,
stock upon the market. but the pres
emit issue will be withdrawn tonigh
and the price raised to 80 c,ats pc
share.
j. j. McSorley, who is intereste,
in the Spider and Wasp Extension
said:
THE Spider and Wasp Extension
| doth not adjoin the Spider-Was
claim. now made famous, but is onl
2 500 feet away in a northerly direC
ton. 1t has a four-foot vein runnin
in an easterly and westerly direC
: tion with a well defined and promis
ing surface showing. Having az
5 quired the property only recently, an
E being retarded by the lack of facill
ties and the delay TO incoming SUI
plies we have not been able to pus
! work as rapidly as we would like
: yet we have a ffteen-foot shaft dow
a and are pushing it farther as quickl
as we can, 1t is only within tn
2 last day or so that we have struc
2 ore and we are greatly pleased, bot
with the showing and with the fac
, that we reached it so near the SUI
face. Our first general assay acros
the full width of the shaft shove
returns of 1902 and $3.50.
with the showing that we have nc
t been able to push work as rapidly a
we would like, yet we have a fifteeI
2 foot shaft down and are pushing
farther as quickly as we can. 1t
only within the last day or so ths
e we have struck ore and we are grea
S ly pleased, both with the shown
and with the fact that we reached
k so near the surface. Our first ger
e eral asa yacross the full width {
= the shaft showed returnes of $40
:. and $3.50.
Wonder is destined to be tn
greatest camp in Nevada. There
not a single prospect in the distrit
t that is not giving returns and pre-
senting a most gratifying showing.
]. ]. Mullin returned yesterda
morning on the delayed train froI
Hazen. He had been to Wonder an
Fairview. When Intercepted cor
D corning the district he said:
Everything is looking promising