Show GREAT STRIKE IN MONTANA TONOPAH bonanza tonopah nev tonopah is destined to be known as the phenomenal rich ledge mining camp of the mineral states in this great government of ours every few weeks is recorded an important new ledge discovery in one or another of our great producing mines the latest strike to be recorded and heralded to the public is the cutting of a new ledge on the foot level of the montana tono pah mine amine this ledge was broken into fri day night 6 from a crosscut cross cut that had been run to cut it new ledge is one of the richest in values that has been encountered in this district for some time authority not official says the ledge z is six feet wide and the character of the ore is ruby silver and ruby sulphides sulp hides of silver silv r four feet of the ledge will average from 80 to per ton and fifteen inches of the ledge will assay from 1500 to 2000 the latter high grade ore is of the ruby silver variety and is plastered with the native silver the ore is of the same character as that mined from the ruby chamber in an upper level the new strike has been kept quiet for what reason is not known the new discovery is north northeast last of the main shaft and is bound to enter the north star ground this where the ledge would penetrate the north star has never bieve been prospected by that company but the old saying that one mine develops the adjoining one will certainly prove true in the finding of this rich ore body in the montana the Alon montana tana mine by some was thought worked out about a year ago but today is in better batter condition than it ever was it certainly has more ore and of a high grade than at any time heretofore there is no doubt but this valuable ledge goes down in depth the same a as s the rich and large ledges of the belmont do should this ledge at tain depth and it surely must the montana will cause some of her sister mines to be brushing up and finding new ore bodies 0 the montana moli tana company has a great area of mining ground and is being developed in a systematical and practical mining way and it is not surprising to hear of new strikes in its property at any time the TA montana has oven given tonopah its christmas turkey what mining company is to present it with its new year bird jim butler the father of tonopah To was certainly correct in his prediction when asked by the expert if lie he thought 0 the ledges went down and answered well ell by god they dont go up deep mining minin 0 in the tonopah district has proven to the satisfaction is of the mining world that the deeper you go down in the bowels of the earth the richer the ore deposits |