Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-16
New Era DdWnS
in Hart District
Especial to the Bonanza

HART, Cal, May 13.--The strik-
ing Of high grade ore at a depth Of
100 feet in Hart & Hits tunnel on
Orc Belle No. i, on which property
the original discovery in this district
was made, has accomplished more
than n other event in placing Hart
in the list with other great perman-
.ent camps of the West. Since the
ore shoot was first broken into last
week, developments have daily en-
larged the area OF picture rock, until
at the present writing the pay shoot
is seven feet wide, with nearly two
feet Of the rock running into the
hundreds. The character of the ore
is a porphyryetic quartz, the high
grade being heavily impregnated
with free gold. Between five and six
feet average SIS per ton, while as
says across two feet OF the ledge run
as high as 5000. Sprinkled through
this unusually rich find are specimens
valued at 5000 per ton. The tunnel
has reached a distance of IT'S feet,
giving the working 100 feet in depth.
The ledge encountered is not the III
opened in the upper tunnel where the
original strike was made, and where
an immense body of ore has been
opened. For the purpose of securing
greater depth, Hart & Hit started
the lower tunnel, and have 100 feet
further to go before getting beneath
the ore zone showing in the original
workings.
The Hart & Hit strike marks a
new era in the development of this
camp, as it demonstrates that values
not only increase with depth, but
from present indications the veins
have great breadth at the lower lev
els. Another important fact con
nected with this discovery is that the
gold is distributed in the rock, in
stead of clinging to the cleavage,
which is characteristic in a great
many places here near the surface.
At a depth Of 40 feet the ore coming
from the Big chief shaft also shows
the values tote evenly distributed,
and this is the general rule in Hart
where sufficient depth has been Sc
cured.
The Woodward lease on the Orc
Belle No. / Extension, while running
a drift, broke into lay ore last Satur-
day. The tunnel has been driven fo~
a distance of $50 feet, and has q
depth of 100 feet. AT a distance of
10 feet the lessees encountered a fine
showing, and as work has progressed
this week the find is opening up big
ger every day. The values are around
SIS, with the face Of the drift all IN
ore.
A Wine is being sunk in the cen
ter of the 14-foot ledge showing in
the Plumber lease on Orc No. ]. Be-
, fore ~inaugurating more extensive
work the management is diligently
exploring the great find made at this
leasehoid last week. The crosscnt
which has penetrated the ore shoot
for Ia feet samples $22 per ton
while at the place where the winza
has been started the values are on
siderably more. a tunnel is to BE-
run on the west side of the mountain
!, to develop this lease, which will give
: a depth of about 200 feet.
!, The Quartette shaft on the Jumbo
/. ie down 80 feet and is all in orr,
running about s15 per ton, while the
fines are of a better grade. This
> company has also started work OF
the Red Boy, purchased last week
from George A. and VIM. L. Fost =
!, for $4,000. M
While prospecting the Gray Horse
claim, located one-half mile north
west of town, b. A. Jennings discov-
cred q deposit of cinnabar, samples
from which he sent to the University
of Nevada some days ago for analy-
, sis. He received information this
week from the Reno institution that
the samples submitted contained sui
ficient cinnabar to mine 10 a big
profit. Mr.. Jennings will develop the
new find, where boulders weighins
several hundred pounds. carrying
good values in %cinnabar, lie scattered
over the ground. It is the opiaion
OF many who visited the property that
! the deposit is in place.
Ie VIM. H. Erb of Goldheld, secretary
S. Of the Mine Owners Association.
l. passed through Tonopah YESTERDAY