Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-22
THE GREAT
COUNTRY TO
THE NORTH
ATWOOD DISTRICT is ATTRACT
ING THE ATTENTION OF THE
NINE OPERATORS.

The Atwood district from Wnlcn
much can be expected is now on the
verge of an awakening that will rival
in its showings and production any
of the camps of the state of Nevada.
Lying some sixty-eight miles to the
northwest of Tonopah, with a good
road that will allow one to reach the
camp by auto, easy running in four
hours. The camp is an ideal n with
an abundance of timber and plenty OF
water. The m~ineralized zone extends
over an area of seven miles in length
and three miles in width. A wagon
haul of thirty-six miles brings the
shipper to Luning. Capital has been
coming into the district and quite a
few engineers have been looking into
the merits of the properties there.
1t would require quite a considerable
time to thoroughly cover the ground,
but an examination of some few of
the properties is evidence that the
above statement that the camp is a
coming one is amply demonstrated.
Starting from the town of Atwood,
one Of the first properties encounter
ed is the Griggs-Atwood lease, which
is owned by j. G. Richardson,
C. v. Gillingham, ]. M. Mil
ner and w. H. Griggs. On the
lease they are down 100 feet and are
now at work Stopping on the ~sixty-foot
level. They have a nice vein of ore
|, which will run some $50 to the ton.
: They are equipped with a 15-horse-
power gasoline engine and hoist. Or
| the property they recently construct
) ed a three-stamp mill which has been
/ running constantly for a week on ore
$ from a lease on the Pawnee. The
values are $40 in free milling gold
t ore They save practically everything
= that goes over the plates. They have
at present twenty-five tons of ore OF
tn dump.
e In the Pawnee shaft, which is clos
by they are down ninety feet AM
have drifted 100 feet, where the,
n have a vein, the extent of which /
IS four to FIVE feet, carrying values 0
" $40 a ton.
e Another property that is attract
II ing considerable attention is the Lon
i, Star, owned by James DUNCAN an
lie Frank Everett. They are down Is
re feet and have prosecuted drifting I
the extent Of 200 feet. They hav
lie twenty tons of 800 ore sacked an
will begin hauling it to the mark'
le within the next ten days.
Id The Sierra Vista, the property
Senator T. L. Oddie and associates,
one of the most likely looking min'
in the district and has the appea
ance of becoming one of the big pro
critics in the state. 1t consists of
group of eight claims ~favorably
Gated. A tunnel in 200 feet with
winze fifty feet down from the tn
j mel is a portion of the work accor
plished. A vein from four to eig
feet was encountered in the tunn'
which averages $23 in free millil
II gold ore. They have apparently
vast body of this character of ore.
On the Butler a strike was
Gently made at a depth of 200 fe
Ger At $50 the owners crosscut to
ma counter a rich vein on the south 81
on of the dyke. Going down from [
re- $50 to the 200 they have a two fl
i'd vein of ore that will average ST.
md the values also in free milling go
Ike. In the south drift they have a TO
,ity foot vein that goes better than 5
tia. of which they have fifteen or twei
re- tons sacked and stored. The mine
to equipped with a 15-horsepower ga
Mr.. line engine. Mr.. Butler is now
ace Los Angeles comforting with his
the sociates as to the ACCESSIBILITY of C
cen structing a mill. This mine alone
the enough to demonstrate the posi-
able tiles of the camp as IL mas the III
and ings of a great property. The
,uch that Mr.. Butler will install a mill a
/ to additional incentive to the lea'
ON and mine owners to prosecute W
ex- vigorously.
ions The Gold Crown, property ow
ton by Frank Everett and associa
erty, which has recently been incorpora
h is is now ranking as a producer. I
have on the dump several car Il
are of ore which will average $3.50 to
ding ton and have commenced car
lred, their ore to the railway. 1t is or
mar the best equipped properties in
that district. They have a 1~5-horsept
the gasoline engine and a 2~5-horsept
boiler and have but recently inst
a Cameron pump and on Su
had the mine unwatered. They
win. down $50 feet. On the $50 they
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