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INTERESTING trip TO fAMDD CAMPm$lSQ BNOIRKRR8 HKK GRKAT IHnWlBIUTIKH IN MONO COUNTY.hina: iDf ti« 1 CO!taldlfi*01a i ofsirnulvamiftela!prt*d vi' Kl«ld aud Tboma* H. loll returned last week from tbo.»,rip Into Mono county and will r-main tu lb* city for several weeks.In speaking of th** section visited,M- Teal said:“It i» not a matter of general M0ft*ludf[£ that within a hundred miles of Tonopah, In the we lion jraund Mono Iwike. lies one of the moHi beautiful and Interesting countries on this side of tilt* main tung**Tie lako U a largo sheet of water, fifteen mile* long and about leu miles wide, situated in .in elevatol t,*4io. about 8000 feet. at the root the main rang*? of lho Sierrak, the lurrounding hills, with tb«* exception of the main range, are all of vol-rank origin, many of them showing tlks perfect outline of extinct crater*, while a small cone ubout 300 tot high rise* out ol the center of th* lake, \ larger Inland, aom** two silt* long. consisting of stratified «blnt*i and oil shales, is the Keene of the recent oil excitement, where the Turner people have already funk one veil about 1500 feet. The result of thin boring has not been made public, hut rumor say* they have struck oil in paying quantities and that they are now preparing to sink another well on the southern shore of the lake.■ brrr the ol) shales crop out In an inbroken hill several square milt* in olent. It Ik difficult to reconcile a crater lake In an Intensely volcanic country with a large and fertile oil field Yet such appear* to be the •ondltloos and expert* say that the section will produce millions of dollars worth of the precious fluid CVr-tilti it Ih that gallon* of oil seepage* ran be gathered In a down different places around the lake, of the high* w quality known, u grade that bring* ft*.00 per barrel U the open marker.Just keep your eye ou Mono l«*ke, it Hill not he long before railroad con-rcrUons will be made between the lake and presumably Min* or Soda* ilUe, whin the magnificent limber land recently b Tonopah(tplUilaU. will be made available for thw section of the country ; of cour* •*r» all know tbut times are. hard anil but It take* money to buil 1 rail-«oaA», and lots of it. but it does seem u though a splendid chance is being long deferred for the want of u few miserablo dollar*.The wut#*r* of th*’ lake «!** in-basely saline and alkaline. m mucn »o that only a few bugs and m ature* of the lowest order of life ore capable «f living in it Water fow l are there to plenty; duck and goo** shooting i« good in the spring and fall, an I millions of snipe are there the season round. Beautiful Htiesms of clear. Sparkling, ice void water pour Into dp* laklt; from the suttoundJog bill*I did not h»m Levin leg and Rostcreeks# large ft reams capable of furnishing over 200.000 bor«f power, hut I did eee Lundy creek. witfc its brautUnl lake * mile long and three nundred yard* widr, bordered with •tatel? pin** and Or trees, with lb* little village of Lundy at the bev]*td I did ho* mote trout In «i* tiro* than I ever saw in my life befoic. and 1 hav** Q*h«vd some of the choicest vat*?* of Montana. Colorado and California- Thuufands and ibou*iiPlt;U •ould be HWn lu the lake, while th*’ rtfflr-v of the stream in places wcr * fairly black with tb**m. many of them trlghlng Up to throe wad four pounds Mr. Field und I chased ODh tp n ditch h artel? two fret wide to where the water grew shallow—a big tandaonie fellow with a red belly and bright spotted side* Its took refute* und* r i. bunk, when 1 made u vicious lunge at him With - dub, und 1 bcu II*Vr 1 hit him. too, but In the e-dt*m*nt of thi* moment «ud th** villa* up of tbi- water. I ml«UH)d m Mir* . Honestly, I believe that 0*1 was not an inch shatter than two feel long Th*- wafer clear ulid cold, und might magnify soma, but both Hr. Field nod myself took the m*id* measure, so we could oot have been mistaken They fold mo Che fl«h wfra spawning and would not bite: taalde* we hud no time to ft»h win ■uythlng else but h club, bo wo did , QOt try. but I urn ydng bark a little later In ihe Hea^an.fahcn I olpect :*' •n)oy a few meekn taking lb the rbolre.it w»t* r* to bf round unywh* • ■ •nthe world and amtd som** of *bP;# grandest and mtldf*1 scenery of thr}H beautiful Hbrroa The country iujt difficult to get into, but no tru*»„ •portsman would begrudgo (ho time *nd dh com forts of the trip when * nr. j r fairly established In this fisherman Wifadlio.Through the courtly of Mr. c Pierce, the g.-nlnl ruannger of th»» i ffj*tal ►Mike Mining Company. m,( w* re privileged to inspect lb*1 work* ingi* of fhe May Lundy mine, a prop 1erty that has worked and patd dividends continuously for the past twonty-fivo year*. At an elevation of 10,000 feet, where huge snowbanks remain throughout the sutnmar, la situated the twenty-stamp cyanide mill of the company, operated by electrical power generated from one of the splendid water powers ho abundant It) this Mx-tlon. Bonn Idea of thi? extent of (bn working* may h * gained from Hu- fact that a crosscut tunnel over 1000 feet long has been run to tap the veins and a raise nearly ItOO f*M*t high is almost completed to connect with the upper workings probably be made In the next thirty of the mine. This connection will days, when n block of virgin grounl nearly 1L00 f«K»t high and over 1000 feet long will he available for stuping. Then- are three parallel veins of wonderful regularity und varying but little In wire or richness, from two to six feet of ore, with an average value ol from $15 to $30 per ton. the larger portion of which h saved as free gold The ore bodies are blocked out In splendid shape for rapid and economical work, and the entire property reflects great credit upon the management and hl« able force.•Much might be said of the oil town of Aurora, but an th** Interview I*already lone. I will reserve this for •uune future time Suffice It to say that the camp Ih not dead, although it has been peacefully slumbering since th** sixties. With a record of over $23,000,000 tn gold that pained through th** Wells-Fnrgo office, nn I more or»* In night at the present time Ihan In any other district that \ know of of like arcs*. I feel safe lu saying thut the tim** Is not far distant when a steady stream of the precious metal will be flowing lno thochauaclB of commerce and th** old town will once again regain the prom Isence It enjoyed nearly fifty years ago.prHuynerP«hlt;u«otthotb*frt3W(IasiHIyt:hdr
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Tonopah Bonanza
Tonopah, Nevada, US
Sat, Jun 06, 1908
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