Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-08
Captain Thatcher
Talks of RdWhide
SAYS CAMP is MOST PHENOM-
EMAIL ONE HE HAS EVER
SEEN.

in from RaWhide
Said Captain Thatcher: with all
INV experience / can tr%uthfully say
that the mineral zone of Rawnide is
the best and strongest ! have ever
seen. When you take into co~nsidera-
ton that the camp had its birth dur
ing the panic and with money as
hard to get as it is at the present,
the growth of the district is some
thing marvellous, and yet it a be
accounted for in but n way--that
is it has the metal.
ION the Murray lease at the ZOO
foot level they are drifting and cross
cutting and have encountered a vein
that goes $3.50. On the 1O0-foot
level in a drift to the east they have
apparently found a new vein which
carries sulphides, the ore averaging
5000 a ton. The ore in this find is
similar to the Mohawk mine at Gold
field. The Murray vein is pitching
towards the Big Four, the adjoining
lease. On the Big Four lease they
have encountered very rich ore on
the 100 foot in punches and stratas,
The returns give values from $1,000
10 $4,000. They are drifting and
prosecuting on the 200-foot level for
this vein. The Lillian lease adjoin-
ing the Big Four has encountered
stratas of ore Of a character akin to
the Mohawk.
ION the old Jack Hines lease a
strike was made the day | left which
caused considerable excitement.
ION the Kearns No. ! much work
is being done and they are shipping
regularly. Their consignment to the
smelter last week was thirty tons.
A strike was also reported on the
Olgivie and Reynolds lease. The
owners of this lease are very iubilant
over their new find. They have car
ried on work in a most consistent
tanner to find the body of ore which
they thought existed and consequent
ly are entitled to be in a happy frame
of mind.
"The Kearns No. 2 is drifting and
prosecuting for the vein on the 300
and 4O0-foot levels and expects to
strike it in both drifts within the
next ten days. The owners of this
property have a veritable mint upon
the D levels, which enables them
to meet the pay rolls with great reg
ularity. A twenty-five tor shipment
on Saturday netted them 1892 a ton.
"The Truett lease on Grutt Hill
also reports a strike. but ! didn't
have time to investigate it myself,
but from a reliable source it is re-
ported as phenomenally rich. The
Luning lease on the Silver King
claim OF the Coalition Mining COM
pany has some extraordinary rich
ore. The yellow metal can be taken
just like a piece of tin foil and bent
back and forth. Adjoining the Lun-
ing is the Mint lease, which is now
taking out $4,000 a day. They are
putting up a new and large hoist,
replacing the small machinery they
had before.
Going north is the Proskey lease
on which they are sinking a shaft to
encounter the Mint vein which is
pitching into their north end lines
They are sinking as rapidly as mer
and money can do 1t. Still to the
north is the Dayton-Toledo, which is
now down ITO feet where they have
nice stringers of ore and expect t.
encounter the vein within the mex.
forty feet.
Reynolds and Tanner have re
sumed sinking on their lease las
month and have crosscut to the vein
the ore averages $500. The exten
of the ore body has not yet been de
termined.
''On the Jordan lease they hav,
shipped fifteen tons to the three dif
ferent shelters and a shipment o
1900 pounds to Selby that gave re
turns of IS a pound. The Bull Pu
lease is reported to have encountere
a nice vein of ore that goes bette
than 500 per ton. The Miller-Truet
lease on Happy Hooligan is takin
out ore which they are holding fc
the Watt mill, which has Just con
menced running.
ION the west side o fthe mineri
zone is the New York-Vermont. tt
leasers ON this property have
three-foot vein of gold ore, whic
goes $50. In the Steinheimer pro
erty the majority of the values al
silver. They are pushing work Q
the property for the purpose of ei
countering another vein which ca
ries gold.
THE Stinson lease on the Roy