The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
Johnnie Mine

The Johnnie mining and milling COM
pany, operating at. Johnnie, Nye county,
NeY.. =. A. Johnson manager, is max
ing the most satisfactory headway in
the operation of its property, and hop ss
within the next few months to be on
Easy street.
During the fiscal year ending April
SO, 1910, the company produced s114,-
$50. 50 in gold bullion, and received
S24, 40S.J0 through the sale of treasury
stock. During the year also large
amount of development work was per-
formed, and the mill and mine equip
ment added to.
According to advices from Johnnie the
company reached the 500 foot level in
its incline shaft on the 10th of June,
and has since driven a distance of over
65 feet in the croSscut being run to
catch the ore body on its dip. This ore
should be reached by August 1, or by
August 10 in any event. The shaft is
also being sunk to the 900 level, and it
is the intention to get down: to the
LOCO foot level before the end of the
year.
The company is now figuring on a
new power plant of its own, and is arr
ranging to increase its milling capacity
so that 200 tons Of ore can be handled
daily.-Goldffeld News.
Rawhide Strike
One OF the oldest stories known in
the land of gold among the miners
everywhere, the story of sudden dis
avarice, after hardship and privation.
is again repeated in the history of the
good fortune OF a lessee in Rawhide,
who struck his ledge last Saturday
after months of toll
Nearly a year ago J. W. Lansing g
came from Berkeley, drawn by the lure
only get to Rawhide he would be able
to kick enough gold out of the hills
with his new prospectors boots to buy
house and lot the first week. He
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that were not so-inforination gained
principally from wildcat prospectors
and elementary works on. geology in
words OF one syllable
He kicked about the camp until. his
boots felt easier on his feet, and then.
finding no gold, he took a lease. near
the Balloon, Hill group property of
the Coalition merger
= On this property Lansing toiled labo-
rionsly day by day. and soon expended
all his money.
an upraise. He went at it blind, as it
were, but managed after months of
labor to sink down about. 800 feet. but
it was all in country. rock, with never
a sign of pay rock.
Saturday he was almost ready to
give up in disgust, when a lucky shot.
the proverbial last round, knocked
down the rock that exposed ledge
eight feet across scanned with high
grade and giving an average assay
value of 500 a ton.
:
a sensation in camp Lansing has
made arrangements to sink $50 feet
further. The discovery Is regarded as
onf of the best strikes in the history
of the camp. and the old time miners
who were disposed to ridicule the man
for sinking so many feet through bar
rem ground are beginning to wonder
whether there is any science in mining
or gold is simply whefe you find it
Tonopah Bonanza
Table Mountain Mine
The Table mountain mining property,
situated midway between Nina and
Juniper. in the Athens mining district,
has, according to late reports. changed
hands and is now owned by Patsy Clark
and associates of Spokane, Wash. The
property was formerly owned by Clay
is .unknown: Developments were
started last week. under the superin-
tendency. of. J. J.. Besnahan. with a
force .of Is miners. The property con-
sists of three patented claims, which
are partly opened up by two vertical
shafts Of a5. and so feet respectively
and a north crosscut of 35 feet in
length. The ore is a big low grade,
free milling propositions. the ayera ge
values which are all gold averaging
between $40 and $12 per ton. The new
tensive scale. The new company has
ample capital to develop the holdings.
aud purposes to sink several hundred
feet before attempting any lateral
work An abundance of wood and wa
ter is near by, which is also owned
by the new company. and the prospects
are very good for the mak king of a