Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-17
RUSH is ON To-
MOUNT GRANT

The recent phenomenal Strikes !.
the vicinity of Mt Grant have NJ
the tendency of giving an addea
stimulus to the development ne
already proven territory, ana ~,
mining men in general are beconi,.s
cognizant of the exceptional onro,
tunities offered for investment is H..
evidenced by the demand for ,ro.
erty in the near vicinity. Among ~
more recent transactions is the cal.
of the exceptionally rich Snottoa
Horse group at Wheeler Pass Snrino.
owned by G. Shores and Andra,,
Kundsen. This well known pronertv
on which development work has hoon
done on a large scale shows wort
ings that contain values of a bios
order and was purchased by a gronn
of eastern capitalists headed Nv NJ
7. c. Sangree for $4,000. The nur
chasers are laying plans for a wort.
ing campaign on a large scale.
r. G. Fisher, the well known min
ing expert will be the general en-
pe~rintendent of this workings and
0. Bradley, the manager, has ALREADY
left for the east to make the neees.
sary arrangements for the purchase
of machinery.
The discovery of rich placer
ground by Peter Hansen has caused
an influx from all directions, and has
almost depopulated the town of
Dutch Creek. Experts who have ex.
amined the ground have expressed
the unanimous opinion that immense
bodies of rich placer ground will be
found at bedrock as up to the present
only the surface has been worked
Extensive arrangements are being
perfected for the sinking of shafts
to bedrock. Several options have al
ready been taken on the property of
Hansen and claims staked for miles
around.
The extraordinary rich gold find Of
Mike Article near the celebrated old
Blanchard mine has further demon
strated the thorough naturalization
Of the district. Ore from this prom
erty assays as high as $4,000 to the
ton, with a well defined ledge over
six feet in width. Negotiations are
now pending for the sale Of this prop
erty, Ralph Arnold, the well known
mining engineer, who has given the
district an exhaustive examination
declares that it has the making of
an exceptionally rich camp, situated
as it is in the midst of proven prop
critics whose values are well known
In the surrounding country.
The presence of an abundance of
fresh water and an unlimited supply
of timber still further facilitates min
ing operations, while a good wagon
road to the ranches In the rich Ma
son valley supplies within easy ac-
cess at eastern prices all kinds Of
fresh farm products. And when the
wagon road is completed through
Cottonwood canyon to Dutch creek,
work on which has already begun, It
will place that town within an hours
easy riding.
1t has been a surprise that this
district has lain dormant for such a
period, but the knowledge of the rich
mineral deposits that lie within its
confines was known only to the rich
ranchers of the Mason valley who
have quietly for years been working
their various properties and not pub
fishing the fact to the outside world.
and 1t is only within the past few
weeks that ~prospectors have walked
up to the fact that enormously rich
bonanzas are only awaiting the APP
plication of pick and shovel to be
opened up.-Western Nevada Miner.