Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-15
DEEP TUNNEL
NINE FOUND
ANOTHER RICH STRIKE AT
sEARCHLIGHT
CONTRACT LET TO HAUL $1,000 A
TON ORE
News of Important Work In California
and Nevada camps-outlook
Is Bright for Early
Results
Special to The Herald.

| nave Deen awarded contract to haul
fifteen tons of $1,000 ore from the Techa-
ticua mine to the terminus of TIL Santa
Fe at that town.
The stated value of the ore Is declared
to have been ascertained after careful
sampling. 1t is mineral that Supt. Graoie
is taking from the 600 foot level.
The Wild Horse district, discovered ia
March of last year by Frank P. Davis of
Manhattan, is reported to be coming to
the front rapidly as profitable section
of the Tonopah country.
| The new district Is situated eighteen
miles southeast of Manhattan and about
the same distance from the old town of
| Belmont. 1t is within thirty miles of
Tonopah. About 300 claims have been To-.
Gated and a large number of claim owners
are at work.
| Frank Davis and Henry Rose are
| jointly interested in fourteen claims and
declare they have an excellent surface
showing. The lodges on these claims
carry heavy iron sulphides and consid-
cradle free gold. Average assays taken
| from fourteen different places on these
claims have given returns of $9.4O To the
ton. From one shaft twenty-five tons of
free milling ore have been extracted and
it Is thought it will assay about $50 to the
ton in gold. The formation is porphyry,
granite and lime.
Recent Discoveries Reported
The Lost Burro group of six claims in
the Ubehebe district has been banded by
syndicate of capitalists, repre- sented by
Messrs. Lemie and Judkins OF Beatty.
The consideration was $4,000 Under the
terms of the option the syndicate must
work eighteen shifts a week during the
term of the contract, which covers q pc
riod of sixty days.
Recently John Salsberry entertained a
number of eastern associates at the new
camp Of Ubehebe, which is situated on
one side of Death valley. The party
came from the east in a special car.
Among the visitors were H. G. OF and
William B. Off, retired capitalists Of
Philadelphia, and John e. Greiner, chief
engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
way. Steady development with large
force of men continues at the Tramp
Consolidated in the Bullfrog district.
Last week connection was made between
the Tramp and Eclipse workings by
means of a raise from the Tramp tunnel,
which penetrated crosscut from the ex-
treme south end of the Eclipse drift The
width of the Eclipse ledge to this cross
cut is fully forty feet. The raise is
| about 1873 feet. The Eclipse drift and
Tramp tunnel have an aggregate length
of more than 1900 feet, driving northerly
mountain.
Tunnel in Buster
Three samples taken across the face
of a tunnel in the Buster mine of the
Lee district are reported to have yielded
ore that ran $77.99, $4S.73 and s51.S TO the
ton The tunnel has about 200 feet TO ruin
before it gets under the widest and rich
est groupings, where shafts and cross
cuts have proved the vein to pe nearly
fifteen feet wide.
The Buster group comprises four claims
and is said to be traversed by one Of the
| strongest veins in the district. The vein
lis a fissure and crops several teet above
the ground for 1900 feet. It has been
traced 5000 feet. The property wes re-
Gently purchased from Dick Lee, the dis
coverer of the district, and his partners
Supt. Timothy Manion of the Golden
Scenter mine in the Bullfrog district has
found the extension of the Hobo ledge
bv trenching on the Twirler claim and
then starting a crosscut east from the
100 foot incline shaft. The crosscut oe-
welcomed the Hobo ledge, which shows
width of four feet of manganese quartz
and returns values of $3.50. Nearly
twenty feet of drifting has been done on
| the new find
During the work of excavation for the
railroad grade on the Las Vegas d
Tonopah spur to the Shoshone mine
| ,,ein Of quartz was uncovered on the
Steinwav property, and Supt. Wilson re-
| norts that It carries 5000 to the ton. 1t
| is thought that the find is an extension
of the Polars ledge. Following the sug-
gestion of Mr.. Wilson, prospect work was
started and the vein is now peing opened
Shaft on Hayseed
The shaft on the Hayseed property is
down about 165 feet and continues to ex-
nose good ore. The latest news received
in Rhyolite from the mine is that the
values are increasing with depth. salts
factory ore has been exposed on the VEN
drift at the 105 foot level
poston mon have organized the Bull
frog pilgrim Mining company to develop
three claims adjoining the Puritan OH the
south. The price paid for the property
was $4,000. Development work VIII be
started in a few weeks
Fred Ward, superintendent and one OF
the owners of the Searchlight Extension
mine. has been purchasing hoisting ma
chine for his property.
| The shaft on the extension is now d'wn
go feet and the whim has proved Inc de-
ouate. On the arrival Of new n1aohin cry
the workings will be completely coup 'ed
and work will be actively renewed,
THE Boulder shaft in the SearchllEnt
district has reached a depth of 27S feet,
and the damp condition prevailing tndi-
Gates that the water level is in close
proximity It is reported that goou aver
age values have been obtained througn-
out the ledge matter.
The Boulder mine owners contemplate
the erection of a ten stamp mill sii'ce
the discovery of $40 ore on the hfty-one
foot drift. The wall is not yet in sight
and the ledge is unusually wide. Tle
Boulder is centrally located between t1e
Ouartette and Wyoming-S -Searsnlight ana
adioins the Cyrus Noble on the NORTH
Skidoo District
At slkidoo the Saddle Rock shaft IS
down sixty feet and has sixty tons OF orr
on the dump Sinking has been done
from the surface in solid ore. The ore
Is declared to be full of galena and iron
and to pan gold in considerab ble quantity.
Arrangements have been made with
Bob Montgomery for water for the
Saddle Rock property. 1t is the inten-
ton to put up mill late IN the fall.
Twenty-four feet of good milling quartz
is the result of rcosscuttirg the second
blind ledge in the Valley View tunnel at
skidoo The ledge is tweny-foW feet
wide. The Valley View company Is
financed by Oakland men. 1t Is the pur-
hill to the Valley View property and also