Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-25
MILLETT Mine
MAKES fine RECORD

Last week a representative Of the
Round Mountain Nugget, accompan-
led BY Thomas E. Mcsorley, the gen
eraI Of the Round Mountain
Daisy Mining company, made q trip
Of inspection to the property Of the
Albion MiIlett Gold Mining company
What was seen was truly surpris-
ing. The short time the property
has been under development has
changed It from q prospect to q
mine, with ore blocked out, or, in
the words Of Mr.. McsorIey, who Is q
gold and silver miner Of considerable
experience: with less than 500
feet Of development work done the
property is now ready for not less
than a ten-stamp mill and the work
now in progress will soon double
the amount OF milling ore"
There are i've FUN claims in the
group situated in the foothills back
Of MiIIett, and a better placed ledge
was never discovered, running az it
does from almost the base to the
very summit Of one Of the many foot
hills OF the Toiyaoes, that grand old
range OF m~ineralized mountains that
run from Austin, a camp with a rec
ord OF many millions in the
days gone by, almost to the newer
camp OF Tonopah, whose production
of gold and silver Is rapidly earning
for it the name Of Nevada's second
Comstock.
The ledge, as at present developed.
viii average about two feet in width,
between walls Of granite with a
gouge Of tale on both the hanging
and footwaIl. The ledge itself is
composed Of a good live quartz, full
of hemite and oxide Of iron and the
very pretty part Of 1t all Is that
sampling the ledge for its present
width Of two feet and along the en-
tire distance 1t has been opened up
at different points It will go better
than $50 to the ton Of absolutely free
milling rock. Free gold specimens
are frequent. we have a couple al
the Office now that were taken out
during the inspection Of the prop
erty.
The ledge is a tunnel proposition
pure and simple. The tunnels arr
now in some distance on the ledge
proving it up on three levels, hftl
feet apart. With a tunnel run II
The base of the mountain foi a dis
lance OF 1000 feet, a depth Of 100
feet on the ledge could easily be OBJ
tanned, and the ledge can be Tapes
at In distance from the lower tun
mel level to the summit OF the noun
tain.
Many paintings were made durinI
the visit and the results were Away
satisfactory. Frequently 500 OF
was in the pan and never was Their
anything approaching a blank.
A water right goes with the PROF
erty that a keep a ten-stamp Q
fifty-stamp busy and leave plenty fc
domestic purposes.
A silver ledge is also part Of tn
holdings Of the Albion Millet Col
Mining company, which was only r
Gently discovered and opened up Q
the surface. At point Of discover
an eight-foot ledge is exposed TIL
goes $40 in silver and about IS
gold. This is an independent ledi
from the gold one and helps m
terially to add to the value of Il
property.
That there will be something d
ing in Millett this summer goes wit
out saying.
Congressman George A. Bartle
is president of the Millett proper
and Is very much enthused over I
outlook the property has as a pi
Queer. Albion Millett is ~secretary a
treasurer and one of the heavi'
owners. Judge Peter Breen is VII
president: Paul Manual and f
van Leer are directors. AZ ., Tia
are mining men and are looking I,
ward with a pleasant ant ipstion
the future Of their holdingss--Rou
Mountain Nugget.
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