Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-01-19
LETTER FROM
JOHNNIE CAMP

cold and stormy weather has pre-
vented much surface work during
the past week and operators were
confined to those mines which have
acquired some depth. Several snow
storms have ragged and the clustering
winds have been biting and cold.
The drifts on the 700 foot level of
the Johnnie Con. mines have been
extended, the ore being followed,
which shows remarkable regularity.
Recent assays verified the former fig
ures and the ledge averages between
SIS and $40 across the face. Many
of the men are put to work on the
uprising of the new shaft and this
work is conducted with unusual Wig
or. The upper levels are being
cleared and the slopes are being put
in good shape. There is still much
milling ore in the upper workings Of
the company, as only the shipping
ore has so far been extracted. Su-
perintendent Moser is making prep
arations to continue sinking on the
shaft and open up another level.
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather the Boston Johnnie Com
pany has confined its operations to
the slopes and shafts Of it's leases.
The Bowler lease especially is yield
ing good ore and as the shaft is be-
ing sunk along the footwall of the
ledge and the drifts are being ex-
tended the company is blocking out
considerable ore.
Camp buildings are being erected
on the Johnnie Wonder by local con-
tractors to accommodate the increas-
ed working force on the property.
Work has been confined to the
lower tunnel level and the shaft in
the Globe Johnnie. Good milling ore
Is being extracted in the work.
On the Bullfrog Johnnie the men
are sinking the upper shaft along the
ledge. Assays at that point range
between SIS and $27.
Y. E. Bennett has taken an option
for $4,000 on the Schader group of
mines, located about half a mile
north Of the Johnnie Con. mine. An
option was also taken by Bennett on
a group of six claims owned by
Woodward and Simmons adjoining
the Schader group.
The McClanahan ledge was en-
countered in the November mine In
a tunnel at a distance of As feet,
which taps the ledge at a distance of
so feet. The ore is silver, lead and
gold, and assays about $50.
All the larger companies show sat
isfactory reports with the end of the
year. This time last year such great
properties as the Bullfrog. Johnnie,
the Globe Johnnie, the Boston John
ME and the Johnnie Wonder we've
practically unknown. Since then all
have expended much money in de-
velopment and with one exception all
of them have produced good shipping
ore. Many other companies have
opened up rich territory, but are not
yet in such a state that they car be
classed as coming mines. During
the year the ore bodies of the dis
trict have been proven to a depth of
700 feet, the main shaft of the John
ME Con. Company having been sunk
to that depth. The population of the
labor is scarce and idle men UNI
known. The Globe Treasure Vein
was then unknown, but has since
been proven to a depth of 100 feet
and 1875 feet in length. Some of the
richest ore ever extracted in Nevada
has come from this ledge. A year
ago ore and supplies had to be team
ed 100 miles, now a railroad is run
ming through the district within
twelve miles of the principal proper
ties and milling machinery is on the
way. Telephone lines have been es-
) tablished and a mail service has been
inaugurated during the past twelve
months. But perhaps the greatest OF
} all indications is the fact that though
the year has come to a close and II
t was thought that when the expiration
= of the period in which assessment
: work had to be done was at hand
many Of the companies would stor
: work, the operations are being con.
: tinued, showing that the improve.
} ments contemplated are of a perma-
1 nent character and not for the pur.
: pose of complying with the law.