Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-04-27
EXPLOITATION OF
The MASONIC
G LUND, THE EMINENT ENGI.
NEER, ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER DISTRICT.

nf the mdDOAAR ASSb "AC A0o bCNfA
IN the city during the past week, has
attended his operations to the Tono-
nah camp and, thereby, has shown
bis wisdom. While in town upon
This trip he purchased the Lucky
strike group of mines, which lies
about a mile north Of the city. Only
assessment work has been done upon
the claims and the highest assays run
only S12 or $13, but" said Mr..
Innd. "the ledge is five feet wide and
goes IS straight, and that is good
enough for any man" He and his
associates will begin development
work upon the property within the
very near future, their intention be-
ing to sink a shaft. He believes the
indications are favorable for a mine
Of considerable worth, although not
enough work has been done to dem
onstrate anything positive.
Also during his stay in Tonopah
Mr.. Lund has listed upon the local
stock exchange the Pittsburg Exten-
sion Mining & Milling company, and
believes 1t is due the people to give
some idea of the mines owned by that
company. He thinks 1t is to become
one of the biggest mining PROPOSE
lions this side the Sierras. The ledge
can be traced across the full length
Of two claims, full 5000 feet, AMI
probably farther. The vein is from
four to eighteen feet wide and has
good values from the surface. A
tunnel is in 200 feet and a shaft Is
being sunk. Across eight feet of the
vein the average values are found to
be $50, and while the total values IN
crease with the depth attained the
silver portion remains stationary
the increase being in the gold.
He also has placed the stock OF
the Caliveda Milling & Mining com
pany upon the market. This company
has ten full claims. 1t is located on
the state line between Nevada and
California and is the ground floor %
the Masonic district. The property
was acquired only in December and
the tall of snow since has been Toe
dense to permit of any extensive de-
yeiopment work. but the surface in
6lcations are good and the grass root
assays are indicative OF what may be
expected when depth is gained. III
the values" said Mr.. Lund, will re
main only one-tenth of what tho
now are we will have a big thing.
There is plenty of water the yea
round, an abundance of timber ant
god, available mill sites =
prophesy," continued Mr.. Lund, "thai
the caliveda will prove one of th'
best mines in the district, and that II
saying a good deal"
Continuing a former conversation
which appeared in The Daily Bo
nanza. Mr.. Lund said:
The Myrtle and Julia Mining &
Milling company's future seems as
sured, All the outstanding %treasur'
stock that could be secured was sole
recently to a syndicate OF well know
and solid Englishmen, who seem de
termined to probe the depths OF thu
liberalization upon the property ant
to demonstrate its worth.
Il am boosting the whole district
and am not combining my comment
only to the mines In which |. per
sonally, am interested. | can say
however, without appearing too ego
tisucal, that when | entered the cam
last December It was dead, so dea.
that the day of resurrection SCENE
so far In the dim future that no ly
ing man ever would see the day O
us r~einearnation, but It is gradual
waking up and not only Is the cam
waxing up, but the people on tn
outside are awakening to the fac
mat the Masonic is one of the mos
desirable districts in the West. Man
well known and successful Nevad
mining men are turning their eye
toward 1t and Eastern capital is b.
coming Interested. | intend to kee
Eastern capital and, in fact, all cal
.al seeking investment, fully II
iormed, and for tina, purpose wi
establish an information bureal
which will be in the hands of a capt
Oe a do not purpose that h
1al shall outrun reality and that
suail be permitted to make mislea,
,"s statements, but | do purpose tn;
.e snail keep the public fully II
,ormed at all times regarding IL
eeVeiopment of the mines OF Il
district and what is being accol
pushed. believe that by this meal
oetter known camps of the We
= not be able to cast their shade
"Vss the Masonic district and
aeep II back, retarding its develo
~ent ny attracting capital that mig