Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-15

been told They have put up fence
eight feet in height to guard the
jewel casket that was opened up the
week before, and shot out on Sunday
last when the whole camp: nearly was
up on Balloon Hill high grading from
the st. Ives. They are developing
this new ledge. while continuing sink
ing the shaft and . hoist and gal
lows frame are on their way.
The development is going on in
every direction. The hills in Regent
and the Royal Tiger are alive with
men, and Murray. Balloon, Grutt,
Bluff, XXI. and the other hills are
hives of Industry. The Poor Boy,
Last Chance. Black Buttes, and all
the way out to the Royal Tiger AMI
Regent, present animated scenes OF
development work. while. on the
Hooligan Hill and down in the fiat
there is another army of miners with
| pick and shovel and powder and
shot
A mile below Jumper town they
have struck placer diggings, and this
has created an excitement all its own
This week they struck a pay streak
on the flats which gave returns of
$780, cubic yard. This has thu
Klondike exceeded in it's biggest
strikes.
This will give an idea of the
amount of development that is being
done, and the progress that is being
made in Rawhide. The report of SUI
perintendent j. G. Flynn of the Raw.
hide Balloon Hill, Rawhide Queen
Mines Company, Coalition and other
properties gives more detail as to
what is going on under his super
vision, but does not begin to tell of
one-quarter of the actual work that
Is being done in the camp. Nj.
Flynn has more than 20 leases 70
keep track of, on every one of which
, the work of development is going Oh
with not less than two shifts day
THE strike in the Kearns No /, 2
said Mr.. Flynn, lis an entirely new
!. ledge, making the third that the,
have encountered in the new shaft
and the paintings are great. The bis
. ledge will be crosscut when the bot
tom of the old prospect shaft il
reached, which will be at a depth o
: 125 feet, or distance of about 1;
feet omre. Connections for air vii
be run at the same time. They ar
grinding right along with three shift
a day.
II ION Kearns No. 2 they have TIL
! hoist working away and are sinkin
!. for the 5O0-foot level, although the
!, will crosscut at each 100 feet. TIL
: Developments on this lease are Fesi
! interesting and win be closely watch
:, ed and studied. The Ogilvie-Taey
Il nolds lease is sinking, and il no,
down more than 100 feet, and wi
continue to the 200 level Mean
while they are. prospecting. ON tn
surface and getting some very ric
stringers in the rhyolite dixie.
= The Nat Goodwin lease has tn
shaft down nearly SO feet and WI
continue. it to the rs before eros;
cutting. For the last 80 feet the
have been in some very promisin
ledge material. On the Jack Hine
lease, which adjoins the Nat Coco
win, they are sinking in stuff whic
is almost identical with that whic
= they are taking from the Murra
lease. Some of the rock shows goo
horn silver
: They are repairing the hoist o
the Murray lease. having secured th
new fywheel, and presume wor
will be resumed early in the weel
The high grade streak on the Bi
Four still holds out and they al
I sinking in it. The Lillian lease o
the Early Bird has gone through il
= high grade, and still sinking. tn
high grade is the closest approac
to the Goldfield Florence that / ha,
seen I'm the camp, the gold beii
right in the texture OF the rock.
THE Truett lease ON Hooliga
Hill has had the distinction of jbeir
the first property in the camp
have its ore run through the mil
and the mill is right here in Il
camp. The run was very success
full one, the net savings being $685.
a ton. the tailings going about ;
cents a ton. A saving of about !
per cent was effected, of which ]
per cent were In the concentrate
Y and SO per cent on the plates. TIL
y was exceptionally good on this gra,
OF ore The test was particular
satisfactory to the owners Oh Il