Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-21
MAMMOTH STRIKE
BY VERNON LESSEES

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limits of Vernon, was entered this
week on the 100 foot level by the |
Nevada Mother Lode Mining and
Leasing C0Rpany and Simultaneous
ly values appear of almost unbeliev
able richness constituting what is be-
lieven to be one of the greatest
strikes in the Seven Troughs dis
tricL for months.
With fsrty-five feet of the bon
ANA lode 40 crosscut before the con-
tact BLACK dixie is reached, Manager
Williams showed the first assays TAX
en- Thursday from the hanging wall
of the vein. They are: Assay No.
l., gold 1914 ounces, value $17S5.SS
silver, ~ ounces. value, $45-42;
total. $1S$1.30. Assay No. g. gold
19.a Ounoes, value, $4O0.S9; silver
176 ounces, value, $10.t2; total.
$41111. Assay No is a heavy
sulphade g0uge and No. is a mixed
quartz and porphyry.
These vaRles represent an increase
from $2.S5 on the surface, with the
great body Of the ledge yet to be eX
plOred, and every indication that
| richer high grade streaks will be cut
within the next few days The ledge
measures foIvty five feet wide on the
surface, and shows a strong ten
dency to widen with depth, consti-
tuting, it rs believed, the biggest con-
tact vein SO far discovered in the
district. Forty-fve feet or more to
the east, and opposite the strike, lies
the black dixie, and it is between
these two points THAT the operators
expect to make some startling dis
closures Among these the manage
ment is counting on streak of blue
quartz that shows up eight feet wide
and with strong values on the sur
face.
The ore that Manager A. w. Will
1fams is exhibiting from the strike, is
heavy sulphide gangue, containing
taG@, quartz and spar and is pro-
nourced by capable mining men to
be the ideal hanging wall gangue
of the big producers of the district.
The immediate result of the strike
is the decision of the lessees to run
crosscut at the 100-foot level east
ward to the black dixie and it is be-
lieved that another important result
will be the decision of the Vernon
Consolidated Mines Company, which
owns the ground, to start early OPP
erations on Gold Run claim No. 5,
which adioins the strike. 1t has been
the intention of this company of San
Francisco capitalists for some time
TO begin such operations as soon as
their leased ground was proved up
The immediate installation of their
proposed hoist by the lessees, which
has been ordered for some time, will
without doubt hasten this latter
event.
point of operation in the district and
lengthens the productive area of the
Seven Troughs porphyry belt another
half mile, bringing it south to a
point Immediately west, and three
quarters Of mile from Vernon.
Here occurs ground that bears every
indication of containing great
mine, through which course parallel
black bikes eighty feet apart, be-
tween which lies the mammoth con-
tact lode. Practically all the ground
between the bikes contain values and
although the shaft, down to the 100
foot level, was sunk outside the vein
proper, the material taken from it
never assayed less than 81, and val
ues were found up to $3.50.
The lease consists of an area of
an entire claim, and has a duration
OF twenty-five months. Operations |
were begun upon it August 18th, OF
last year, and it was Incorporated in
September. Among its board of d.
rectors are c. L. Mangum. E. Il.
Mangum, and Judge ]. o. Booth of
Grants Pass, Oregon, and A. w. Viii
liams and John Trenchard of YER
non.
The owners of the ground, togeth-
er with the four other adjoining
claims constituting the Gold Run
group, are coterie of San Francisco
investors, among whom are such well
known men as DR.. Howell, AleXand-
er Russell and Mr.. Mcmillan, who
purchased the ground from local
people last summer upon the strength
of the outcrop of what has since
proved to be the mammoth ledge of
the district That this strong group
of investors will begin extensive OPP
erations right at the doors of Ver-
non within short time, is confident
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