Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-01-09
Lodi District
Shows Activity

Samuel A. King, a prominent at
torney of Salt Lake, and I. Walcott
of Lodi, arrived yesterday in this
city to look after legal affairs con-
corning property in the Lodi district,
where both men are heavily Interest,"
ed. Both gentlemen state that there
is considerable activity in the north
ern portion of the county and that
the old camps of Ellsworth, Downey-
vile and Phonolite are experiencing
a revival as a number of properties
are being started up.
In the Lodi district, the property
of the Lodi Mines company, which
is headed by Denver people, is being
worked by a force Of seventy-five
men, who are engaged in grading for
the smelter, digging the pipe line and
developing the mines. The mine is
now down to a depth of 700 feet and
they have ore that averages between
$40 and $500 to the ton. Several of
the large lodges will go in the vicin-
ity of $50 a ton. All this ore is of a
s%elf-huxing composition and upon the
erection Of the smelter 1t will be
treated Immediately. The smelter
will be a 100-ton custom plant and
the machinery is now at Luning.
Contracts have been let within the
past few days for the hauling of this
machinery and the work will start at
once. The three miles of pipe line,
which will convey the water from
the springs to the smelter, is now be-
ing hauled into the camp and 1t will
be installed as it arrives. The work
on this property and the construction
of the mill will be under the super
vision of G. /. Burt, who is promi-
nently identified with the company.
Work is also being done on the
property north of the Lodi Mines
company on the group known as the
Lodi Gold and Copper Mining ON
pany. This property has three dis
tinct leads and has a shaft down on
one of the claims to a depth of 100
feet. Sinking was started on the
surface on a four-foot ledge that as
sayed $110 to the ton. This vein
dipped at a depth of twenty-five feet
and after traversing twenty-five feet
more a blind lead was encountered
which carried small values. This
vein also dipped when a depth of
seventy-fve feet was reached. At the
92-foot level another body of ore was
found and after sinking on this ia
the 100-foot level prosecuting was
started. This drift soon picked ur
the blind lead which at that point
gave values of about $50 to the ton
and it is expected that the original
vein will soon be picked up.
On the property of the Lucky Girl
company, which lies to the north.
work is being done and a hoist will
soon be installed. One of the shafts
on this property is down to a depth
of 225 feet and good values have
been uncovered.
On the east side of the valley a
number of properties are engaged in
extracting the high grade and among
them are the Kirk Patrick people
who have some excellent showings.
On the Walcott-Smith property a
good ledge about twenty feet wide
has been struck and returns have
been received from this body that
show 1t will average $50 to the ton.
This ledge is also full of rich string
ers.
A number of people are coming In.
to the camp daily and it is rapidly
assuming the air OF a first-class min
ing camp. Restaurants, hotels sa
looms and lodging houses nave been
started and there is no lack of ae-
commodations. There have been a
number Of representatives of Salt
Lake and Denver capitalists in the
district and all report that the show
ings there cannot be ~excelled any
where in the state.