The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-25
CASH BOY GROUND
FINELY LOCATED
Uta1lns Have Acquired One
of the Interest Spots of
Tonopah.
NOW SINKING SHAFT
E. H. Mead Returns From the
Camp With Much News
of Interest.

According to all expectation. one of the
next propositions OF Tonopah TO fash into
first prominence Will be the Cash Boy
lease. the proposition that was secured
several weeks ago by E H. Mead and
associates Of Salt Lake City, Mr.. Mead
reached the city yesterday from the Tono-
rah district and he Is more certain of the
positive usefulness of the Cash Boy to-
day than ever before. Tho owners OF the
lease have been busy retilnbeTlng and re-
Ra:rIng I the Sld shaft aft which Is 500 feet
fer an additional depth OF 4o0 feet.
The Cash Boy ground. consisting OF
seventeen acres, lies sandwlched between
the Tonopah Merger and the Little Tono-
pah ground. The Little Tonopah few
days ago was acquired by the Seeley
Mudd- kirchen interests for tue purchase
was paid down. This company is TO sink
shaft Immediately TO the 1Qo0-foot level
TO set the continuation of the Merger
vein as It penetrates the Little Tonopsh
from the Cash Boy lease.
Rich Intersection Sought.
NIr. Mead states that when the Cash
Boy shaft has reached the 9oo-foor level
cIoascut Will be driven TO encounter NOT
only the famous Merger vein, but the
point where the Merger vein vii, be met
ny the big vein from the Tonopah Min
ing territory, at which juncture experts
predict one OF the largest and richest
deposits OF ore ever found i'll the Topo-
pah camp. II IL evident, therefore. that
Mr.. Mead and his Salt Lake associates
have succeeded in coiT-alinS one OF the
real prizes OF Tonopa)l. and Tonopah at
the present time is the liveliest OF west
ern mining districts
Another proposition of Tonopah which
AIR. Mead and local capitalists have ac-
auired IS the New Golden Crown. Sink
Ing has been started on this property
from the 60o-foot level and the shaft
will be continued 20 the 1000. where
crosscut will be driven TO the vein known
10 exist from the Midway side of the
group. The shareholders OF this COM
pany have reason To- congratulate them
ness. this property has been put In mo-
ton by the powerful interests THAT now
are represented on the official board.
All Tonopah Is Busy.
Tonopah, as a district SAYS Mr. Mead
results ever achieved with greater pro-
fusion than at the present time. The
Merger, one OF tho limelight mines is
meeting with splendid success In its de-
there Is q considerable Salt Lake interest
has q new ore body, four feet Of which
averages $3.50 per ton gold
The Halifax Tonopah Is making fine
progress IN crosscuttinE on the 400 foot
level to the north. and. judging from the
progress now being made, the manage
ment shoul5 be at the objective point
within ten days. The Mizpah Extension
company likewise is duo within ten days
with its results the management cross
cutting on the 13o0-foot level to cut the
rich ore body had In the winze work from
the 1850 sone time ago. The Tonopah
Midway company has opened one of the
largest and best bodies Of ore In its
career on the foot level. and this
company is another now starting shaft
10 be driven TO the 1000-foot level. This
shaft Will DE driven on the north end OF
the Silver Top claim. close To the side
lines Of the New Golden Crown prop
crty,