Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-05
CAMP NOW
DRAWING CAPITAL

ia a new camp not general 1
We vet il is creating a great {
y ,nterest among the prominent
deal men who have latNly gone to
MIME It lies from 16 to 20
ipe 81, Of Schurz, Nevada, Schurz
Dl : : located at the north end OF
Oelne Ioke and within the Indian
reseryation' ~ ,o, 4,
asniecent property and are now
lsssiug high grade shipping ore from
's w.. ebaft at 125 feet in depth. This
l.onerty is located north of what is
..Derally known as Sugar Loaf
s~sn,ain and joining it are many
nromising prospects showing
W. ..,crouplng lodges carrying excep-
S.i,v rich values at the surface.
. little east of this property is
INA, is known as the camp Of Raw
- The formation is principally
I'M and porphyry. One property
n..,orlv owned by Mr.. Snowgoose,
J. assayer living at schurz. has with
i ne past few days shown up some
rorderfully rich ore 4 little string
i the surface widened out TO ~
I'LL Al a depth Of five feet and the
,.ase shows a great deal of free gold
..ntaining values of from $500 to
,soO per ton. There are now five
'..sars on this property and some
r.-v sne looking ore is being sacked.
uany adjoining prospects are now
beug rapidly developed.
what is known as Sugar Loaf
,onntain is a bold outcropping erup-
,lon that towers many thousand feet
.hoye the surrounding country and
an be seen for many miles. Il is
ava capped and shows that during
n eruption it threw up the over
icing granite formation. The granite
4 cut By wide porphyry dykes and
no cold bearing quartz lodges which
how the copper are found both il
me granite and the porphyry. This
i especially rue Of the country lyini
south of the mountain.
On the south side Of Sugar Loa
maintain is located what Is know
a. the Copper King group, which ha
recently been incorporated into IN
Queen Regent Copper and Gold Com
many and owns fourteen claims an
three fractions. on this group
tound a formation OF half a mile Q
heavy iron Gaping which in place
has been eroded showing lime carry
Ing copper OF 3 to 2 per cent at th
surface, also gold and silver value
81 several dollars TO the ton. Para
leling this iron Gaping and formin
a contact is a tremendous porphy1
and %ouartzite dyke, the latter shoN
Ing values in the porphyry rangiF
from 81 to s27 at the surface.
this point the company is sinking
shaft and it Is the general opinif
Of mining men that they will OPP
M great bodies Of ore OF high value
These fourteen claims are iissur'
with a. network OF stringers ~
lodges that carry values of from
20 $2t at the surface and IN sot
instances above 500.
T. {. Trldel Is superintendent
the Queen Regent Copper and &C
Company and he is actively engag
in prospecting the surface Of q nn'
Der Of these claims and Will, viii
short time. begin the sinking
two shafts and the driving OF q q
nel The camp equipment has
ready been shipped in and o Ian
lot OF supplies and materials III
been ordered. Parties visiting
gent should not fail TO g the pr
erty OF the Queen Regent for h
they will find many interesting (
logical conditions not found in
other part OF the camp. To REL
this property from Regent IL requi
a detour Of about twelve miles
company has let a contract for
sinking of a number OF wells at
base OF the mountain at the edge
the desert and believe they viii s.
have an ample supply Of water.
Just south Of the Regent Rus
end Nav have a very promi'
property from which they receI
made a carload shipment show
values Of - per cent copper
god and silver values.
Many very promising claims
owned by poor mospectors who
now anxious to sell to realize q 1
ready money and a number Of .
ators Of Nevada are quietly bo'
up these claims at figures that
realize them tremendous protj'
the future. j. r. Kerr OF San f
cisco, who is manager Of the q
Regent, is now on the ground
a party Of Eastern capitalists VINO
Interested in the company
visit is due TO the fact that the