Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24
ATWOOD LOOKS
LIKE BIG CAMP
is NEAR LUNING ON A GOOD
AUTO ROAD
MiNERALIzED ZONE COVERS A
LARGE AREA
District Attracts Capital and Engi-
neers Pronounce Properties Mer-
itorious-one Mine Sells
for $175,oo0
Special to The Herald

Special to The Herald
TONOPAH. New, Aug 23-The At
wood district from which 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 north-
west 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 one with an
abundance of timber and plenty of wa
ter. The mineralized 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 dis
frict 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 evil
dence 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 encountered
is the Griggs-Atwood lease, which is
owned by ]. G. Richardson, G. v. Gil
Hngham, ]. M. Miner and W. H.
Griggs. On the lease they are down
100 feet and are now at work stopping
on the sixty-foot level. They nave
nice vein of ore which will run some
$50 to the ton. They are equipped with
a 16-horsepower gasoline engine and
hoist.
on the property they recently con-
structed three-stamp mill, which has
been running constantly for a week on
ore from lease on the Pawnee. The
values are $40 in free milling gold ore.
They save practically everything that
goes over the plates. They have at
present twenty-five tons Of ore on the
dump.
In the Pawnee shaft, which is close
by. they are down ninety feet and have
drifted 100 feet, where they have a
vein. the extent of which Is four to
five feet. carrying values of $40 ton.
Lone Star Sacks Ore
Another property which is attracting
considerable attention is the Lone
Star. owned by James DUNCAN and
Frank Everett. They are down $50 feet
and have prosecuted drifting to the
extent of 200 feet. They have twenty
tons OF 500 ore sacked and will begin
hauling it to the market within the
next ten days.
The Sierra Vista. the property OF
Senator T. L. Oddie and associates, Is
one of the most likely looking mines
in the district and has the appearance
of becoming one of the big properties
IN the state. 1t consists of a group
of eight claims fayorably located. A
tunnel in 200 feet with a winze fifty
feet down from the tunnel is a portion
of the work accomplished. A vein from
four to eight feet was encountered IN
the tunnel which averages $23 IN free
milling gold ore. They have apparently
a vast body of this character of ore.
On the Butler a strike was recently
made at depth of 200 feet. At $50
the owners crosscut to encounter q
rich vein on the south side of the dyke.
Going down from the $50 to the 200
they have a two foot vein of ore that
will average $780, the values also In
free milling gold. In the south drift
they have a four-foot vein that goes
better than $92, of which they have
fifteen or twenty tons sacked and
stored. The mine is equipped with a
fifteen horsepower gasoline engine.
Butler Is now in Los Angeles con-
ferring with his associates as to the
advisability of constructing mill.
This mine alone is enough to DEM
onstrate the possibilities of the camp,
as it has the makings of a great prop
erty. The fact that Butler will install
a mill adds further incentive to the
leasers and mine owners to prosecute
work vigorously.
Gold Crown Is a Producer
The Gold Crown, property owned by
Frank Everett and associates, which
has recently been incorporated, is now
ranking as producer. They have on
5e 49, ryI1 oh
will average $3.50 to the ton and have
commenced carting their ore to the
railway. It is one of the best equipped
properties in the district. They have q
fifteen horsepower gasoline engine and
a twenty-five horsepower boiler and
have but recently installed a Cameron
pump and on Sunday had the mine
unwatered.
They are down $50 feet On the $50
they have a shoot fifty feet along a
drift running high in gold and copper
The rich part of the ore is from one to
two feet wide. AT the $50 they have
thirty feet of vein matter. On the
200 a large body of ore exists. A large
force of men are at work, and upon
the return OF Frank Everett from Cal
ifornia the latter part of this week ad-
Litional men Will be employed.
On the Atwood Mines company they
are down 170 feet with the bottom of
the shaft in ore two feet of which goes
$50. They have 1000 feet of work done
underground. On one of the leases on
the property they have two feet OF ore
which is exposed for over 1C0 feet and
goes $55 ton. There are several more
applications for leases, and in all prob
ability work viii be started on the new
leases in a few days.
There are four men working on the
f1o1 ~ aar.1p nf1 which fhnu a zfTalr-
ing, and four working on the RAIDS, on
which they have fine showing and
are sacking ore.
Confirmation of the sale of the Pac-
tolus for $175,0O0 has been received in
the camp and everyone is confident
that capital is headed their way.