Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-07-27
THIS is A sure ENOUGH
BONANZA.

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throughout the ~Crackerjack district
Tuesday when assay returns were
made public from the new strike in
the Crackerjack Bonanza tunnel. One
thousand dollars in gold and silver
is said to be the average of the A.
foot shoot opened up, three samples
running 1914, SLIGO, 1920, the
silver values ranging from twenty
to sixty ounces to the ton.
That the Bonanza is one of the
most remarkable and richest mines
ever found in the desert region will
be appreciated when it is known that
the only development work done on
the property is in the shape of a 800
foot tunnel, from which ore has been
extracted from the beginning. There
are now piled on the dump at the
Bonanza over 800 tons of ore which
will average 500. A pile of high
grade averaging $500 contains fifty
tons, besides which there are some
thing like 400 sacks of high grade
ore awaiting teams. Not a bad rec
ord for a mine which has been bare
ly scratched on the surface. Ore Is
being sent to Silver Lake as fast as
teams can be secured to make the
haul.
The new shoot was struck in a
drift from the tunnel on last Satur.
day, but news of the rich strike was
not given out by the management for
several days. The ore is of the kind
that sets mel on edge, being a honey
comb quartz, with the gold showing
in chunks all over it, like kernels of
wheat. Ore is now being stopped
from the LEI strike, and needless tc
say, is carefully guarded by the Bo-
nanza officials, as several sacks of
high grade have disappeared from
the Bonanza dump in the last few
days.
Ore Is also being extracted in the
course of development work from the
main ledge in the tunnel, which now
shows a width of six feet. Samples
taken this week gave average returns
OF 500 in gold and silver. Four dis
tinct veins have now been opened IN
on the Bonanza ground, all of the ore
being of the character named.
Work has been begun on the new
double-compartment shaft, which is
Icing sunk at a point about 100 feet
from the mouth of the tunnel. A
large hoist has been ordered from
Los Angeles for this work, and will
be in place as Dol as needed. Man
ager Gates confidently expects that
this shaft will prove the depth and
permanency of the rich veins which
show such phenomenal values in the
tunnel. Crosscuts will be run from
each 100-foot level and the ground
thoroughly explored. Preparations
are being made to sink the main
shaft 500 feet.
He'd Pass mountain in the yicin.
ity of Bonanza workings presents a
scene of great activity these days.
Many carpenters are employed on
the new buildings, which will con
sist OF a large bunk-house. dining.
room office building and a residence
for the manager and superintendent.
Three shifts are now employed in
both shaft and tunnel, many men be.
ing at work stopping ore. A fine flow
of water has been secured in the well
below the mine, and it is intended &c
at once put in a pumping plant and
tanks of 10000 gallons capacity. Wa.
ter will be piped directly to the mine
Work will be rushed on the deer
shaft, and Manager Gates has every
confidence of cutting the rich veins
In the lower workings. In this be
half he is borne out by the forma.
ton In which the ore bodies occur
as there is every indication Of the
permanency of the rich deposits. Tho
progress of this work will be watched