The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-08
SUNNY JIM DISTRICT IS
ATTRACTING ATTENTION

A mining district that is just now be-
ginning to attract considerable attention
and has every armar Of making a pro-
ducing camp is located in northwestern
Esmeralda county. and known as Sunny
Jim. The district is we'll within the Ne
vada state line and Masonic. which has
been attracting considerable attention on
account of some rich strikes there and
the great Pittsburg-Liberty property, is
only four miles from the new camp. The
name of the district is derived from the
claim where the first strike was made,
Sunny Jim, and this claim along with
others is now making good.
Most of the new camps and districts
were closed down during the last several
months on account Of the s~tringency In
the money market in the east but suf-
icient funds nave always been available
to develop the properties at Sunny Jim
and the work is steadily progressing.
Five Of the principal properties In the
camp are now being thoroughly pros
pected and on one of the properties the
Sunny Jim claim, high grade ore mas
been caught. On the others the work
has not developed far enough to ascer-
tain just what the district does contain;
before many days pass, however, the
world will know and Carson City people
will likely see a job lot Of high grade ore
coming through here from that d1rec-
ton.
At the present time there are about
forty men working in the camp and as
soon as the weather begins to settle a
rush is expected to the new district
which promises so much. A TOWNSHIP
has already been laid out a short dis
lance this side of the present working
properties but we'll within the district
and the town is named after one OF the
most promising properties OF the dis
trict, Sonoma. The town is located ]ust
above the Walker river on the Conway
ranch. patented land. and the enterprise
is being backed by Judge George r.
Costigan, p. ]. Conway and F.. M. Dun
can all three well known throughout
This section of the state.
The townsite is located at the junction
of the roads which lead to Hawthorne
bridgeport, Aurora. Bodie. Masonic and
other points. Owing to this fact and
also that Sunny Jim mines are less thar
a mile away there is little question but
that the position will prove a winner
from the start. With the development
of the Sunny Jim mines Sonoma VIII
hold the keynote n be the gateway not
only to this camp but also the distribute
ing point for the adjacent. camps Tne
point where the townsite is located IL
well supplied with water, wood. etc.
The formation at Sunny Jim Is the
kind that makes the mining men of ex-
perience enthusiastic in regard TO the
district. There is porphyry. andesite
and also other formations which almost
always carry the values. The stringer
of high grade already caught on the
sunny Jim is not Of great width but II
shows signs Of ~permanency and also OF
widening as the work of development IL
prosecuted. There is now a ledge OF pay
ore running eight to twelve feet In widtf
and carrying values from $50 to $50 anc
probably averaging o $40 or $40. III
this nav ore there IL a narrow ledgt
from six to eight inches In width which
carries values to the amount OF 1891
This shoot was only struck q few day.
ago and the owner OF the property. J. w
Duvall IL sanguine 1t. will prove
bonanza
One of the most promising properties
In the district. however. and which hal
Ius. begun upon a systematic campaign
Of prospecting Is h sonoma-Nevad'