Show 11 im 1 IN 1 1 W 11 IN im 1 1 1 im im 1 1 10 1 1 1 M 1 ON W IM 1 1 1111 1 j i 2 mining ne news W 8 donovah bloj from bonanza all C 2 f i r i in i on the 1st ast dinst in possible remembrance of the date upon which the tonopah company assumed complete control of all of its great property upon the first anniversary of the day that leasers leaders relinquished their for tune making privileges the management of the tonopah company resumed excavation at the bottom of the siebert shaft which is the largest and to be the best equipped works on the great ledge sinking will be continued from the foot level to the when a station will be cut out and a drift run to the ledge for working purposes As the is sunk from the main lower drift along the ledge the heavy bodies of high grade ore continue intact indicating that the powerful hoist will have plenty to do when placed in commission yesterday at the foot level on the valley view a threefoot three foot ledge of ore was opened to view and is being regularly exploited in any other mine orone orone of any less note this fact of itself would be heralded in sensational terms INDIANA TONOPAH this company has just commenced the sinking of a two compartment shaft upon the owl grou ground rid one mile east of gold hill and will sink several hu hundred feet before crosscutting the ledges which pass through this ground the droppings crop pings assay well and the surface ground of the fourteen locations owned by y the fhe indiana tonopah is covered with quartz and porphyry is found at a depth of ten feet the ground will prove to be valuable as depth is at tined the company has a large steam hoist in transit which is capable of sinking 1000 feet the officers are president A L hudgens vice president J L butler general manager C H elliott secretary and treasurer R S culverwell superintendent frank dunn all of tonopah To directors W N and M F manson of crawfordsville ind WH W H hannon sausalito Sau cal H 0 cutting frank dunn the ground owned by the indiana tonopah is in the right mineral country PAYMASTER the organization of the paymaster mining company of nevada awas was perfected january 2 1903 by the election of directors and officers as follows A G cushman president 0 H elliott vice president R S culverwell secretary and treasurer john richard joyce superintendent john the companas comp anys property from w aich very favorable reports have been received is situated near lone mountain it was decided to continue sinking tho the present shaft along the foot wall of the ledge to fo a depth of at least feet before crosscutting A con serva tive estimate of shipping ore in sight down to the bottom of the shaft is FRACTION operations on the tonopah fraction are being carried on with a comprehensive regard for future advantages the hoisting plant of shaft no 1 has been removed to shaft no 5 and the work of sinking the latter to a total depth of feet pushed as rapidly as good miners can do it from here connection will be made with the called level of the three compartment no 2 shaft late developments on either side of the fraction ground now fully warrants every effort to explore the ledge formation at much greater depths BOSTON TONOPAH appearances at the new boston tono pah shaft evince the thorough work of a competent management the shaft now seventy feet in depth is solidly timbered in a mining like manner everything being got in readiness for the installation of the powerful steam hoist with which it is to be equipped and which is en route in a previous article the bonanza clearly cited the facts upon which is based the opinion that the deep exploration to be made at this important point are certain to show up great bodies of the richest ore to be found in this district MONTANA TONOPAH sinking is being vigorously prosecuted on the montana tonopah shaft which is feet deep during the past week in the course of sinking considerable high grade ore has been encountered and extracted there is much interest manifest in the actual developments of the ore body as each shaft completes its work and an active demand for the fhe stock we look for very steady and rising quotations of the montana tonopah To TONOPAH CITY foundation work for the new steam hoisting plant has been completed and the gallows frame is in course of erection the shaft will be lowered from the foot level hereafter with the important aid of a steam hoist of ample power |