Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-29
GOOD REPORTS ARE
SENT IN FROM THE new
ATHENS DISTRICT
Leasers are Hammering Away and Sew
eral are Preparing to Enter the Ship
ping Class.

| dren in camp will soon be up for
consideration
o. B. Ney left Monday for Tono-
| pah on business in connection with
his leasing interests in camp.
John and Sampel MCGEE and H.
| j. Hall of Tonopah arrived in camp
Sunday morning by auto from Mi
ma. Owing to mishap to the ma
! chine they were compelled to hike
| in from Stewards Springs, twelve
miles into Juniper, arriving here at
| 3 a. m. They report the road
rough and rocky and are unanimous
in saying that they don't care to
repeat the experience again for
some length of time to come
Mr.. John MCGEE who represents
large eastern mining capital is maxi
ing preliminary examination of
the Stott and Martinez and Dyer
and Bollinger properties and ex-
poets to remain here for several
days to complete his work of sam
ping the showings on the various
! operating leases.
A petition asking for an appro-
priation of $500 from the board
of Nye county commissioners is be-
ing freely and numerously signed
by the leasers, operators and resi-.
dents of the Athens mining district
for the purpose of constructing
| cutoff road four miles in length
to a connection with the wagon road
to Nina. The road is greatly need
ed to facilitate the movement Of
lumber, groceries and miscellaneous
supplies into camp. The citizens of
Nina have raised nearly $500 by in
dividual subscriptions to improve
the western half of the road and
put into shape for heavy traffic
which has already begun The in
dictions are daily growing better
for the camp becoming a shipper
of high grade ores before cold
weather arrives and the present
time is propitous one for taking
care of the heavy traffic which will
come later on.
Messrs. Sisson and Crosses lease
will hereafter be known as the
Original Strike reserve leasers. The
past weeks developments have prov
ed OF an important character and
the present showings have excited
much local interest among mining
talent. Messrs. Stott and Martinez
have granted an additional 200 feet
of the original reserve block which
makes their present holdings 800
/ feet on the strike of the vein and
1,2O0 feet northerly and southerly
on Discovery HILL
] The leasers have been successful
in tracing the rich float to the ledge
which contains both shipping and
milling grade ore as well as good
specimens which displays the free
4 gold the same as it was found in
the float. Ore is now being sack
ed for shipping and development
will be vigorously prosecuted. The
ore which is being sacked from the
surface is about IS feet west of the
crosscut tunnel and the entire vein
is being stopped between the two
points.
The A. G. Gardner lease on the
Sorrel Top No. prospects on the
groupings for 125 feet on his l,lock
and skunk in the pan IS Il rarity
With him. From SO to $50 nan
nlngs are an every day occurrence.
He is now preparing to sink shaft
en- the east end line of his block.
He has three feet of ore to work
on, with demonstrated milling val
ues in sight The sore is a beauti-
full sugar quartz. fine grained and
Is hard drilling rock. Mr. Gard
ner has almost 1900 feet of the
vein which has northeast and
southwest trend. crossing the block
:.
dfagonally. which gives him the
added length over the zoo feet
granted
Inc excellent showings in the
consolidated working lease. owned
by Messrs. Price. Weedman. Hall
ana Laurent, on the Dyer and Boil
iinser estate. still confines. The
shaft has reached depth OF %
Feet In very hard quartz. the veins
steadily widening. Twenty-four
inches of highly mineraiized quartz