Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-01
RAWHIDE NOW CLAIMS
THE WORLD'S RECORD

THE WORLD'S RECORD
The Grutt Hill Mint, whose prin-
cipal asset is a lease On the Coalition
on Grutt Hill, has been in the lime
light all this week, and will doubt
less continue to occupy n of the
most prominent positions in the min.
ing of Rawhide and in the mining Of
Nevada.
The Grutt Hill Mint, at the stage
of development which has been
reached, has not its equal any place
in the world. In no mine yet dis
covered has there been found ore
which is as rich as that being taken
out of the Grutt Hill Mint. They
have sunk to the 150-foot level, AND
for forty feet in the shaft they nave
followed a stringer of gold-bear.ng
rock, the only approach to which az
seen in the Kearns No. 2 in the drift
at the 65-foot level. But this streak
of gold which in some places w3S
half an inch in width, has continued
for forty feet downward, and has
only been stopped by the d~iscontin-
uance of sinking. At the 150-foot
level they have begun drifting both
ways, and in both drifts the ore is
richer than ever.
In the bottom of the shaft. where
the ledge is five feet in width, with
out either wall having been found,
one night this week, the leasers TOOK
out from a 3-inch stringer which
went not less than $3.50 to the
pound. In this rock the seam OF
gold was half IN inch in width and
there was, besides another stringer,
about an eighth of an inch in width,
which was nearly as rich. The Mint
will make a shipment of twenty tons
There i'll be, besides, 10 sacks which
of rock tomorrow which will average
in the neighborhood of 5000 a tor.
will average $40 a pound.
Last night in tho north drift.
which had been cut into for a dis
lance of ten feet, some more of that
, beautiful rock was taken out, and II
! was as rich if not richer, than any
thing which had been found in the
shaft.
Another shipment went out today
which contained ore going into the
four figures. This was the first ship.
! ment from the Jordan lease of the
. Queen Mascot Mining company. Two
n tons of this will go in the neighbor
q hood of $4,000 q ton and the balance
about seven tons in all, assays bet
3 ter than $500 a ton.
a There is still another strike in tn,
. camp which has created considerable,
of a stir. This is on the McKinle.
a lease in the Regent district. The.
% encountered a vein at a depth o
twenty-six feet, where the vein /
~ eight feet in width. The screening
If go over 5000 to the ton. In this tn
w silver values predominant. Adjoin
ing the Mckinley ground is the Ed
wards and Barlow lease, whence
,s shipment was sent out last week, tn
I ore averaging over $500. This leas
" has he extension of the McKinle
10 vein, and has also the continuatio
of the Gar lead, so named from tn
discoveries on the Gear lease of tn
f. Wagner and Putnam boys. All thre
or leases are on the Gar claim.
8, From the Wagner and Putnal
X lease there went forward this wee
n a shipment of the same values {
h. that from the Edwards and Barlo
1d lease.
o. The Murray lease of the Rawhit
Consolidated, which made the b
th strike on the 200 level last wee
v. has started a crosscut to the origin
re ledge, IN winch they are drifting
an the 100 level, and where the vein
,e- perfectly defined.
to- The Kearns No. 2 this week reac
nv ed the 400 level, the deepest level
lily the camp. They have already beg
ne to crosscut for the big dyke on viii
nd they are now drifting at the Q
he level, in milling ore.
ng The Acton mill of J. N. Watt a
ex- associates which arrived here Il
of week is now being installed
Cypress Wells, and the owners S
it will be in operation in ten days,
not less than two weeks. Swi
water Bill Gates has returned fr,
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