Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-24

districts for the past week, returned
yesterday afternoon and reports both
places as in a very prosperous condi-
ton.
"At Clifford" said DR.. Elftman,
"the property recently purchased by
Mr.. Mccormack has started opera
lions. This property will be operat-
ed under the name of the Nevada
Broken Hills Mining company. They
are awaiting the arrival of two
freight loads of supplies which are
now on the way and when they ar
rive operations will be started OF a
much larger scale. A force of men
is at work sacking ore from the
dump and several leases are being
worked oil the property. 1t is the
intention of the company to sink
three shafts and when the machinery,
which has been ordered, arrives the
work will be commenced.
"a new strike has been made on
INC diA'iSN piOpSi ~ WHICH ~ oDohb
2200 feet north of the big property,
where the original strike was made
This ground is owned by the Cahill
brothers and they have a shaft down
sixty feet in which they made their
new strike. The ledge will pan in
the vicinity of $4,000 a ton. | was
surprised at the paintings, for when
I first heard of the strike | was
what skeptical and inspected the find
for myself. The results somewhat
startled me for 1t seemed that the
entire bottom of the pan was gold.
This strike means much for the Cliff
ford district for it proves that the ore
bodies exist in place besides where
the original strike was made. Prop
erty owners in this district upon
hearing this news have started in
working their properties and it would
o surprise me if more important
strikes were reported within the next
few weeks.
I'm Golden Arrow there is consid-
cradle activity. Captain Cotter has
the shaft of the Cotter Mines COM
pany down to a depth of 263 feet and
is sinking about two feet a day. He
is sinking on the footwall of the
ledge below the hard quartz and in
this way is making greater progress
than If he sank directly on the ledge.
The width of the ledge at present is
three feet and 1t is widening with
/, depth. The hanging wall is full OF
/ quartz seams that carry good values
and it is thought that with more
: depth the entire hanging wall will
i carry values enough to have 1t mill
/ ed. The pumps are extracting about
1000 gallons of water daily and when
a greater depth is reached and the
| output of the water increases the
! company will install a mill on the
. ground and work their ores.
The property has neyer looked il
i better shape and 1t has been proven
t that the values increase with depth
: 1t is a known fact that the ledge II
r permanent and there is every indica
ton that in time the mine will be
I great dividend payer. At present 1
Y is the deepest mine in the district.
"On the Spokane claim, three
miles from the main group, Captain
f Cotter has opened up a new ledg'
that carries good values in silver
Tex Watson has started to sink on
r. new cross ledge on his property tina
carries high values in gold and sill
yer. He is also sinking a shaft Of
the Pocahontas claim, where he ha
n three feet of $50 ore. He is nov
Il down to a depth of sixty-ive feet
Jack Hall and Colonel Orumm no.
ii have their shaft down eighty-iy
feet and are prosecuting to cut tn
ledge. On the surface they hay
drove a number OF crosscuts on tn
ledge which carries high values |
gold. The ledge there is seven fee
ar in width and has been proven fc
over $50 feet.
The Carlson Mining and Millin
company has just completed a run
III their mill on ore from the Silver DO
property at Silver Bow and they SD,
ceeded In saving over IS per cent
lie the values. Considering that Il
rs mill Is only fitted up with amalga
n plates and concentrators this savir
is remarkable. The concentrates a
en- sayed over $1.25 a pound and in a
IT. likelihood they will be shipped he
ay to Tonopah for final treatment"
er DR.. Elftman stated that when
ch left Golden Arrow yesterday NOR
in ing there was several inches OF sno