Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-22
HIGH-GRADE ORE
ON WALKOVER
CAUSES GREAT EXCITEMENT
RUNS FROM $500 TO $1,000
PER TON.

avery udy bdch6 are OeluB 0ile0 ana
stacked on the dump, while the min.
ers keep right on uncovering 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 5000 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 kid
ney Of ore, but a steady and gradual
increase in width has been noticed
ever since the shaft was commenced.
4 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 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 are being obtained
containing good sized nuggets.
In a surprisingly short time the
Walkover mine has come into the
prominent position it now holds.
Only 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 short
distance down the hill and had only
been driven few feet when the
hanging wall was encountered. AS
soon as this was broken through the
vein that is now being opened up
was found. They continued to cross
cut to the opposite wall and found
numerous veins of varying width all
the way.
The hanging wall vein being the
most promising drifting was done to
ascertain its possible permanency and
! 1t was soon found that the vein was
strong and well defined, and that the
values obtained were uniform and de-
pendable. AT that time the ore was
saved for shipment and great en-
thusiasm was caused by the strike.
The company at once arranged for
strong Development and started men
sinking d shaft on the rich ore body.
AS stated above they are obtaining
better results every day and are not
only finding remarkably rich ore, but
the vein is widening in a manner
that insures large output of ship
ping ore.
Within the present month the
Walkover company will send out
shipments Of high grade ore. Ar
, rangement have been made for haul
ing the product to the shipping point
and as soon as more sacks are OBJ
tanned, which have been ordered,
shipments will go right along from
the new bonanza property. At the
present time there is something more
than carload on the dump, with the
pile being added to in very sub
stantial way every day.
The Walkover mine will carry of
the palm as an early shipper. Work
was but commenced when the owners
came out with the announcement that
they would ship their product, so rich
was the ore. They are conservative
crowd, and the announcement Ger
tainly caused the camp to sit up and
take notice. Since then it has beer
more and more apparent that an
other mine is opened up within thu
district, that is soon to give this wei
mineralized belt greater prominence
and a feeling of greater optimism ex
lists on all sides.
Some very prominent mining mel
have come into camp during the pas
week or two, attracted by the an
nouncement of the rich Walkcve
strike, and it can be stated that tn
district is certain to obtain merite'
compliment from ali OF them.
The shaft is down about twenty
ave feet from the tunnel level ant
viii be steadily lowered to grea