Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-07-27
PATSY CLARK IS
OWNER OF Mine
LARGE QUANTITIES OF ZINC ORE
IN LINCOLN COUNTY,
NEVADA

80 $1,000 @'~'fp OAAt @IH-ATD0n
Springs, Lincoln county, Nevada, an.
pears to be attracting more a~ttention
on account of the prominence of tho
ore production of the Yellow Pine
Mining district than many another
mining district in the state. It has
been known for years that there was
ore in abundance there, but it being
chiefly of zinc it was passed up ana
only the copper that would pay was
taken out and shipped. Owing to i'm.
proved methods in mining zinc is no
longer looked upon as a rebellious
mineral and thousands of tons are
being produced, hauled and shipped
from a radius of about five miles Of
Good Springs. This place is not ex-
~periencing a boom, but it is a HEALTHY
progressive growth on the merits Of
the production and mineral possibn.
titles. The town is no longer than
what it has been for years, but there
is an era of prosperity abundant, sig.
nificant by the cleanliness and thrift
of those who have been there and are
= there yet.
, The most important mining trans.
: alton in the district occurred the
other day when the Monte Christie
group of three claims passed to PATSY
: Clark OF the famed Furnace Greek
. company of Greenwater, Calf.
Guy Fruit, an old mining man and
desert prospector, visited the yellow
Pine district and he noticed a pc.
culiar character of lead matter, be.
ing a calamine carbonate of zinc,
much resembling chalk almost In its
every appearance and outer indica.
ton, but heavy. William KENNEDY
- owned the property and he wanted
$4,000 for It. The more Mr.. Fruit
examined the property the more he
liked it. j. r. Mcdonald and W. E.
Higman, both of Rhyolite, were along
with Fruit and after viewing the
stuff again, Fruit said: Here Ken.
nedy, l think enough of that hole
to give you 81, 900 down for a 80
u day option for $4,000" and the deal
was closed, both Mcdonald and Hlg.
man taking equal interests in the
risk.
Mr.. Fruit invited Jim Harvey,
Patsy Clark's expert, down to the
ground, and after a very critical ex.
animation he remarked to the three,
I'm tell you what I'll do, / will pay
for the ground and give you s25O,OOe
for the property"
And here is where the leaves Of
the check book ratified on the noun.
tain side and the property then and
Us there passed TO Patsy Clark.
Sine that time, which was @ few
weeks ago, a force of twenty men
have been employed. 1t seems ride.
ulous, but for all that 1t is trte twen-
~ IONS OF ore has been shipped daily
and the same has been increased
within the last few days to fifty tons,
which is hauled to the little railroad
station of Jean on the Senator CLARK
railroad and sent to the Salt Lake
smelter for reduction.
Bunk, boarding, cook and ofic'
buildings have been erected for th'
accommodation and convenience o
the men. Long strings of mules an
horse-teams are daily on the roai
and which, too, have convenience
made for them at the mine, and with
in the period of a very short tim
= there has blossomed here from tn
sagebrush plain one of the creates
mining enterprises in the state
Nevada.
The lead has been p~rospected
a tunnel prosecuting the lead thirtl
two feet, which samples 46h pc
cent in zinc, twelve ounces in silye
besides some lead, gold and cope
A strange incident is the fact TN
% form a shipment made the return
W. were AZ $4,000 per cent zinc, tweF
ounces in silver from the identic
w place from where the first sampl
'nei were obtained. As the ore is bell
.ne hauled to Jean, teams return load
'ne with machinery and supplies and u
mus district presents a wonderful burst
pe magnitude in consequence for a she
ai time.
Since these gentlemen have Q
termined the value of the VIM
ohalky substance there has been
scramble for all vacant ground in
'ings locality. The old residents of the d
trict are adverse to an excitemel
of bit they have learned 1t IS nard
Me- avert II and today there are ma
City scattered about the hills looking
of nothing but the identical stuff VIM
nem- they have considered for years wor
lger- less and good for nothing.
own
when S. LUND APPOINTED.
,berg S. Lund of Carson City has DC