| Show JOHNNIE HAS COPPER ORE SPECIAL correspondence I 1 johnnie John nid nevada november 24 the greatest excitement in the district is caused by the many copper discoveries and prospectors are flocking into the copper fields and taking up locations the copper was first discovered in the northeastern part of the district about three miles north of mount moser but later discoveries were made in the southwestern section and such experts as carl carf F and fred bow ler say that the entire district is with a vast strata of C opper copper that extends OX tends in a southwestern direction towards Gre green n water this is partly verified by the fact that greenwater Green water is only about thirty two miles from the johnnie copper fields in a southwestern direction the greenwater Green water district joining the johnnie district at the state line between california and nevada simmons and woodruff a local contract condict ing firm recently acquired the big daisy copper mine and are now sinking a shaft on the property the johnnie wonder is doing development work and a shaft has been started on the sunshine mines which were recently sold by fred bowler to a philadelphia syndicate headed by C F and R J purcell the johnnie copper company has been acquired by a los angeles syndicate headed by carl F and R J purcell A shaft will be started on this property before the week is out F leslie meeker of berkeley california has bought a half interest in some lead mines from robert H browne for A carload of lumber has arrived in camp which will be used in building the mill on the ground of the johnnie consolidated mining company this company in addition to the work on the mill has been doing good development work on the upp level the drift has been advanced on the vein the formation is very flat and superintendent thinks that he will have between and feet of sloping ground on this level without sinking work is also being done on the main shaft from the level to the surface specifications are being asked for new hoisting machinery and for lumber in laying tracks for the new shaft when it is completed in the lower tunnel of the globe one of the step faults that abound in this district was encountered so far the formation in the lower tunnel corresponds exactly to that in the upper tun tunnel neland and in the upper tunnel the rich ore body was encountered after the men broke through this fault according to these indications the superintendent is making great predictions as to what he will show when he is through the f fault ault A drift will be run from the 50 foot level of the main working shaft in the bullfrog johnnie A good ore body was encountered in this mine that is very rich in spots but which will assay as high as 70 and 80 clean across the face work has been started on the belmont johnnie and shafts are being sunk on the wellington and bulcher claims on the wellington claim the ore has widened to about eight feet the vein shows an average of 18 superintendent is doing good work on the battery mines and a drift is now being run on the vein that is already extended about sixty feet forty five feet of which is in ore this property is just north of the johnnie con and has the same ledge the formation in the johnnie con shows another rich ledge under this one and the superintendent is now hunting for the rich vein ROBERT BURGH |
