Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-06-06
INTERESTING TRIP
TO N CAMP
.oyING ENGINEERS SEE GREAT
POSSIBILITIES IN MONO
COUNTY.

real returned last week from their
rim into Mono county and will re-
main In the city for several weeks.
IN speaking of the section visited,
Mr.. Teal said:
ut Is not a matter of general
knowledge that within a hundred
miles of Tonopah, in the section
around Mono Lake. lies one of the
most beautiful and interesting coun-
tries on this side of the main range.
The lake is a large sheet of water,
fifteen miles long and about tel
miles wide, situated in an elevated
basin, about 5000 feet, at the foot
Of the main range of the Sierras, the
surrounding hills, with the exception
Of the main range, are all of vol
eanic origin, many Of them showing
the perfect outlines of extinct crat.
,rs. while a small cone about 300
feet high rises out of the center OF
the lake. A larger island, some two
miles long, consisting Of stratifed
shists and oil shales, is the scene of
the recent oil excitement. where the
Turner people have already sunk one
we'll about 1900 feet. The result OF
this boring has not been made public,
but rumor says they have struck oil
in paying quantities and that they are
now preparing to sink another well
on the southern shore OF the lake,
where the oil shales crop out in an
unbroken hill several square miles in
extent. II Is difficult 10 reconcile a
crater lake In an intensely volcanic
country with a large and fertile oil
field. Yet such appears TO be the
conditions and experts say that the
section will produce millions of dol
lars worth of the precious fluid. Ger
tain ii is that gallons OF oil seepages
can be gathered in a dozen different
places around the lake. of the highest
quality known, a grade that brings
5000 per barrel in the open market.
Just keep your eye On Mono Lake, II
will not be long before railroad con-
nections will be made between the
lake and presumably Nina or Soda
Vile, when the magnificent timber
land recently acquired By Tonopah
capitalists, will be made available for
this section OF the country; of course
We all know that times are hard and
hat Il takes money to buiil rail-
roads, and lots Of 1t, but it does seem
as though a splendid chance is being
long deferred for the want of a few
miserable dollars.
The waters OF the lake are In
tensely saline and alkaline, so muc.
so that only a few bugs and creatures
Of the lowest order of life are capabl'
Of living in It. Water fowl are Their
in plenty; duck and goose shooting
Is good In the spring and fall, an.
millions Of snipe are there the sea
son round. Beautiful streams of clear
sparkling, ice cold water pour int
the lake from the surrounding hills
did not see Levining and Rus.
creeks, large streams capable OF fur
nlshing over 100000 horse power
but ] did see Lundy creek. with 1t
beautiful Lake a mile long and thrs
hundred yards vide, bordeTed wit!
stately pines and fr trees. With th
little village OF Lundy at the ben
and ] did see more trout In less tim
than ever saw in my life before
and ! have Hshed some Of the choices
waters OF Montana, Colorado an
California. Thousands and thousand
could be seen in the lake, while III
rifles OF the stream In places "er
fairly black with them. many OF Their
weighing up to three land fou
pounds. Mr.. Field and ! chased on
up a ditch scarcely two feet vide I
where the water grew ShattoW-a pi
handsome fellow with a red belly an
bright spotted sides. He took refue
under a bank. whore | made a viciou
lunge at him with a club, and be
lieve | hit him, too. but in the e'
element of the moment and the n
Ing up OF the water, ! missed NJ
prize. Honestly. ! believe that us
was not an inch shorter than two fee
long. The water is clear and coli
and might magnify some, but bot
Mr., Field and myself took the SAN
measure. so We could not have bee
mistaken. They told mo the US
we're spawning and would not bit'
besides We had no time to fish wit
anything else but a club, so we d
not try. but | an yoins back a Mt
later in the season when ! expect
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