Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-09-26
-RdWhide Lease
In Rich Ore
BOOTH ALEXANDER : BYRNE
PROPERTY UNCOVERS BODY
OF MILLING ORE.

A wire to w. w. Booth yesterday
from Rawhide confirms the news
published in the papers in that camp
about the u%ncoyering of the vast
body of milling r on the Booth
Alexander-Byrne lease on Balloon
hill. The informant says that the
values are much higher than at first
reported and that the camp is highly
excited over the find. The following
is from the Rawhide Rustler con-
tanning an account Of the strike:
An important strike was made last
night on the Booth-Alexander-Byrne
lease on blocks 8 and 10 of the Mas
cot claim No. 1 on Balloon hill which
proves the existence of large bodies
Of good milling ore on the east slope
OF Balloon hill and which u%ndoubted-
ly will soon place this lease among
the prominent producers Of the camp
This lease is owned and being oper-
ated by the Rawhide Mascot Balloon
Hill Mining company and embraces
four acres of the choicest ground in
the camp, covering the central por-
ton Of Balloon hill on the eastern
and western slopes and lying between
the famous Kearns No. 2 and Jordan
leases.
After months of persistent work
the Rawhide Mascot Balloon Hill
Mining company has been rewarded
by encountering what promises to de.
velop into one of the largest bodies
of milling ore yet discovered on Bal
loon hill. Liberal quantities of free
? gold show in every panning made
from the new vein which was un
covered last night in a crosscut being
= driven southerly from the main tun
I mel on the east slope Of the noun
I tain. The vein has been penetrate'
e about four feet and the entire breal
I Of the vein apparently carries value
e of from $40 to $50 per ton.
s The crosscut was started for tn
j purpose of reaching the immens
! rhyolte dyke which outcrops prom
inently on the surface about thirt
S feet south from the breast of tn
d tunnel. The third round of shots i
d the crosscut broke into a body
! quartz, all Of which carries goo
values, but the full extent of the vel
has not been determined. 1t was b.
g lieved by the management of II
D. property that pay ore would !
d found at the contact of the rhyoli
re dyke, but this unexpected discove,
lie at some distance before that poi
was reached indicates the existence
p a heavily mineraIized zone extendii
almost from the tunnel to the dyl
ay itself. It is the opinion of N
Charles f. Watson, consulting ems
neer for the company, that the valu
py will materially increase as the dy
mt is approached and high grade ore
ay expected at the contact.
ip- This rhyolite dyke cuts the stra
70 hcation Of the mountain in such
manner that a strong faultng is ca
ke. ed, and the history of development
on. Rawhide shows that the richest a
largest ore bodies occur at these c.
facts or faults.
The crosscut will be pushed ah'
by three shifts and the ore boo
rapidly opened for production. Pi
ent development gives 115 feet
stopping ground above the level OF
ltunnel and this will be largely
dill creased by driving to the crest
mo- the hill. The surface indicati
on along the crest of Balloon hill 81
in a very pronounced orthoclase d
hat forming the core Of the hill, WI
ngs carries on the surface sufficient
IS a ues to make 1t a profitable proc
Ilks under the favorable milling chai
tied which will soon be available
to Rawhide ores The values shown
surface will undoubtedly incr'
ants with depth.
nere The orthoclase dyke is sea.
to with small stringers of quartz W
hey show considerable free gold at
busy face, and it is the opinion of emf
sing biologists who have visited the
! on trict that these quartz stringers
~ unite at depth and form good str
3 an OF high grade in addition to the
hich ues contained in large bodies OF
Y OF ing ore.
Developments on the east sid
opah the mountain consist of the tn
ming 100 feet in length. the crosscut
d up about six feet, and an incline
lrum from the surface sixty-6ve fe'
the depth, which is connected with
ono tunnel at the breast, affording 8
d.. did ventilation. This shaft is W
fifty feet of the shaft on the IA
10 JorJon 1aaaa from which shipp