Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-07-06
GETTING OUT
The RICH ORE
WORK OF THE WEEK ON SOME
OF THE LEADING WONDER
PROPERTIES
Quar.tzite

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Quartzite
: The shaft is in forty feet on til,
ledge, which has dipped slightly t.
the north. The plan is to continu,
work on this ground throughout the
summer, and in the early fall to in
stall a big hoist.
Nancy Wonder
i After considerable prospect work
/ a shaft was started by Superintend.
) ent John w. Starbuck early this
, week. The property is a promising
!, one adjoining the Ruby Wonder, or
Billy the Kid group. James NJ.
Starbuck of Goldfield is president of
the company, w. A. Johnson is sec
rotary and the Corporation Guaran-
tee & Trust company of New Jersey
has the handling Of the funds. John
Z. Pelton is general manager.
Wonder Witch
Bunk houses and a blacksmith
shop are in process of construction.
The shaft is down fifty feet on the
ledge, and very promising ore, show
ing orine and silver chlorides. is be-
ing cut. The 15-horsepower hoist is
on the road between here and Fal-
lon, and is expected early next week.
Grandad Wonder
Numerous prospect trenches has
been dug and an inclined shaft start
ed on the ledge a few days ago is in
about fifteen feet.
Pearl Wonder
Development work on this ground
is about to be started by the D'Areys
with a crosscut tunnel. The surface
showings are exceptionally good.
The property lies between the Shep-
hard-Light and Christmas Wonder,
close to the Spider-Wasp, but with
its main ledge running at right
angles to the veins of the latter.
VuIture
The tunnel, in over 600 feet. is
still being driven into the hill to
catch the ledge. A drawback to the
work until within a week or SO was
a lack of good air, but a bountiful
supply is now obtained through a
raise to the surface,
Imperial Wonder
The ehnff Is Jaut. - /
the intention being to crosscut TO
the ledge at the 100-foot level, where
1T is believed that even higher
values than those found on the sur
face will be uncovered. Two shifts
are working under a contract held
by Sullivan & Hennessy. A -
horsepower hoist has arrived in Fall
Ion, and will be installed within a
few days.
Dexter Wonder
The tunnel is In about thirty-two
feet, and is being driven by contract
for 100 feet. This is a drift tunnel
In about fifteen feet more, after the
work is through the surface break,
the expectation is that the ledge.
can be traced for a consider
able distance on the surface, will be
uncovered. A big shop has been !
completed and the genera equip t
ment is such that will allow for very {
extensive development. /
Golden Dawns q
Six men are at work in
a shaft, which is in abont a
twenty-five feet on a ledge which G
$500 assays on the surface
The ore taken out is of excellent Q
grade, The blacksmith shop and p
houses. and also the road mn t
he mountain to the property. have a
completed. L
Wonder View a
" tunnels are being run on this
property, which adjoins the Golden n
Eight men are at work &
~rosscutting both ways. The ex- s
is that the rich ledge p
which showed high values on the W
urfaee and in the shaft, will be cut n
1ithin a few days. Work on the le
mart was suspended for lack of tim b,
ers, and when the latter at last ar CT
wed the work on the tunnels had W
rogressed so far that it was decided
continue, driving. In the shaft. di
'hich was sunk on the ledge. $500 Dc
We're uncovered. in
Ruby Wonder SO
The work of Strengthening out the M
laft and setting up the gallows tn
anne has been completed. and the ce
DIST is running smoothly. Almost on
Of the ore from the shaft. now en-
about seventy-five feet, is being
'cked, and there is more than wi
Tough already out for a big shin of
ent. The company is in no hurry to-
snip, however, the purpose being fig
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