Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-10
Especial to The Bonanza.)

MANHATTAN, New, June To-
The new silver-gold strike in the
Swastika mining district was visited
Sunday by your correspondent. For
the benefit of hosts of readers who
may contemplate joining in the
stampede that seems bound to fol-
low the news of the strike, care
full observation of all of the main
features of the district was made,
as well as an inspection OF the
strike itself.
The old Belmont-Tybo road pass
es directly through what, according
to the opinion of the writer. will
be the very heart OF the mineral
producing district. 1t is nearly mid
way between Belmont and Tybo. be-
ing some sixteen miles from the for
mer and nineteen miles from the
latter place. 1t isi about four miles
east of the Tybo summit on that
road, which brings it close to the
base of the Monitor range on the
east or Stone Cabin valley side
The statement that the road will
pass through the heart of the camp
is made by reason of the fact that
on both sides of Mccain canyon
the presence of rich silver-gold
ores has ben ascertained during the
past few months. by Jim Hughes,
Aaron Castle and Harry Stimler,
these several finds constituting in
reality the Swastika discovery.
For about a mile north and south
of the canyon and road, surface
indications of a very rich character
are found; that on the south being
the main strike which has caused
the excitement and where George
Wingfleld thought enough of the
showing TO take bond and pay
wages to a force of men to further
develop ii during the life of his
option
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were on the north side and are
quite extensive. A great deal OF
float carrying values as high as
500 "A ton was found around the
base of a couple of peaks Later
the prospectors found lodges run
ming through both peaks and carry
ing exceedingly high silver values
in streaks. stringers and narrow
lodges, Very little work was done.
which was by reason of the large
amount of snow. The altitude is
almost 5000 feet.
The south or main discovery is
about three-fourths of a mile from
the road 1t is reached by a side
gulch with a very easy grade so
that autos can go within 800 feet
Of the shaft. It is on the western
slope of hill and in the midst of
a porphyry formation that extends
throughout the district where min
eral indications are found.
At that point various stringers,
seams and small veins come to the
surface and in most of them horn
silver is plain to the eve. These
stringers are from one to dozen
feet apart and are found all over
and through a dixie of about 'sev-
enty feet in width. That values are
there no question remains. The
point for conjecture now is wheth-
er the stringers converge into a big
high grade ore body or retain their
individuality as they go into the
earth. However that may be the
material between the stringers. so
far as actually ascertained by sink
ing a couple of shafts is all a not
very low grade milling ore.
shaft is being sunk on the
upper one of the known veins and
in it that is the condition that has
been found to exist. In its depth
of about sixteen feet the porphyritic
quartz carries values. A great deal
of it pans some gold and nearly
all of it hornsilver. The seams
show the hornsilver and some bro
mide is traceable through the rock
when broken. The gold is coarse
and heavy,
The dixie crops at various places