Show ge JOHNNIE MINING by V M thomas the johnnie mining district lies about fifty miles southeast from bullfrog in nye county nevada it was formerly known as the montgomery district but the name was recently changed the only operating mine in the district is the johnnie mine A town named johnnie has been started about three miles south of the mine which has a post office store saloon restaurant and lodging house and promises to have a considerable growth as prospectors arid and mining men are being attracted to the district in considerable numbers the johnnie mine was 0 opened bened up a number of years ago by the mormons cormons Mor mons A mill of the bryant pattern was erected and over in gold was taken out when for some cause or other the mine was closed down it was not for lack of ore of good milling value as a number of rich ore shoots were blocked out and a considerable quantity of good milling ore was left on the dump the ore in the johnnie as indeed all the ore in the district is free milling A test of the tailings at the johnnie mill has demonstrated the fact that about 90 per cent of the values in the ore were saved by A company composed largely of los angeles capitalists purchased the property and began a systematic development of the mine about a year ago about one mile of underground workings being incline shafts drifts and raises has shown up some very rich ore bodies the main vein is six feet in width and averages 15 per ton rich pockets have been opened up running well up in the thousands the main working shaft has reached the foot level and is in a dolid olid body of A arta of unknown width the vein matter matera quartz carrying small cubes of 0 X d iron occasionally stained with copper 7 if the johnnie company is not milling ore but is devoting all its energy to tk tf work of exploitation the company is ig t close corp corporation oration and is offering no stoa on the market the mine is equipped yn a twenty horse power gasoline hoist b blae smith shop assay office and all necess buildings south of the johnnie is the minnie ml mine under bond to the johnnie compa comp a airi in which a fine ore body has been ekpo expo exposi A fifty foot shaft is in solid ore averaging 0 11 2 ILI a W ae the johnnie mine and mill 28 to the ton this vein has been expose by an open cut feet in length adjoin Ad joir ing the minnie mae on the south is th boone belonging to the same group 0 oa which a rich ore shoot has just been d dc assaying 1500 to the ton to the west of this property is the blu bell group of claims on which consider confide i able development work has been done showing up four different veins averaging from 6 to 40 on the surface about a mile to the west of the blue belh be is what is locally known as the arizona group where a a splendid vein four fiet acet wide has been exposed which assays essays lw per ton A number of other promising properties have recently been discovered and located and it is is the opinion of the writer that the te johnnie district is destined to take a fi front aront rank among the rich mining dist districts ricas of southern nevada the formation is regular and the vew veins are true fissures fissure sp in most instances cutting the he formation at right angles water is plentiful and fuel and lumber can be obtained bained in the timber mountains near by the survey of the new railroad from las begas to the lila C borax mine along the northern I 1 b boundary of this road and the in in i influx flux of a few more enterprising capitalists hike ike the owners of the johnnie mine the district will make a record second to no other samp in the state about two miles west of the johnnie 16 t mine on the edge of the amargosa amargoso valley land n d near the line of the new railroad a vein of silver lead ore has just been discovered which promises to be a bonanza to its owners the vein is about three feet wide on the surface and runs 80 per cent lead and 15 silver about four miles north of the johnnie and also near the railroad a four foot vein 0 of f copper ore was recently located the johnnie district is the most highly mineralized section that the writer has seen in the state it has been prospected very little but the few rich properties already located and developed are attracting outside attention and people are beginning to flock into the district from every quarter |