Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-06-21
NEW CINNABAR
DISCOVERY
POSSESSES
MERIT
ToNoPAH sTTMPEDERs ARE EN-.
THUslAsTic OVER POSI-
6lLlTlEs OF DISTRICT.

From surface indications the Gin
nabar discovery twelve miles north
east of Nina, and three miles north
OF the Dunlap Copper company, own
ed by the Tonopah Mining company,
is one OF the greatest strikes report
ed in southern Nevada in recent
years. A casual examination leads
the observer to believe that the en-
tire mountain contains cinnabar, sill
yer and lead, while several specimens
of the mercury bearing ore show
gold. But one assay has been made
and the chemical test shows the ore
to average $125 and 5000 to the ton,
the mercury values alone being com
puted
w. J. Douglas, Adolph Meyer, AL
Wardle and W. W. Booth, who STAN
peded to the district Thursday, re-
turned this morning after spending
two days going over the district and
locating claims, and all we're enthu.
siastic over the discovery. There is
no doubt but that II is the long lost
Hawthorne property, although it ha.
been proven that the deposit was
found four or five years ago and
after a little work had been per-
formed was abandoned without the
discoverers realizing the presence Of
mercury in the ore
This original find was made by
Burgess of Manhattan, who ran a
cut into the mountain side eight feet
long and to depth of six feet.
Il Chas, Keough, of Reese River, and
Tom Pepper, of Nina, discovered the
; cinnabar deposit on June 6 while
searching for two strayed cattle.
Keough, who understands metallurgi-
cal conditions, noticed the resem-
blance to cinnabar carrying rock and
made a brief examination of the de.
posit, satisfying himself and also
, Pepper of the nature of the forma.
/ ton Ten days later the two re.
+ turned to the district and started 10.
eating claims. A sample was sent
to Goldfield for analysis and the re
turns justified the work accomplish.
ed
Monuments were hastily placed
upon the claims. Wednesday night
when the news of the discovery be
came general at Nina, stampede
resulted and those who joined in the
! rush spent the night locating claims
! In the majority of cases the claims
! overlapped those already located, foi
in their haste the locators paid but
little attention TO previous monu
ments
Rock containing the cinnabar is &
be found over a wide area and IN,
limited At the original strike ii.
/, formation is of quart2ite in the lin,
, with volcanic Gaping Furthei
, down the hill shale exists while OF
the north side of the hill sort q
a diabase is to be found The trenC
is northwest and southeast.
Sol Summerfield, b. B. Sheppard ant
, j Holman Buck have four Locations
about a quarter of mile from tht
main strike and the formation i
+. somewhat mixed, containing an alter
/. ed diabase, schst and rhyolite. Spe
cimens appear to contain lead ant
silver in addition to cinnabar
The Tonopah stampeders speak II
g the highest terms of the manner il
which they were treated by the Min
residents and also by Keough AM
Pepper What little accommodation
= that were to be found at the cam
;, of Keough and Pepper were placed 4
q the disposal of the Tonopahites. Will
Sol Summerfield furnished the auto
, mobile in which the journey to an
e'cm the district was made.
Hawthorne in describing the dis
- covery stated that he could see n
!, light of the New Boston mill fror
the mound New Boston was locate
. between Sodaville and Nina and tn
!, old mill ruins and tailings dun
are plainly discernable from the dii
! trict In addition the petrified treel
often described by Hawthorne lr
J. still standing.
Further analysis of the ore is b.
ing made in Tonopah today by Meye
an who is metalurgist, and is emplo!
ho ed by the Nevada California Powe
a company as oil tester
on