| Show lei lei of the mines of W W fiel 1 I 1 i JN N the way of development a great t amount of work is in progress at the present time at tonopah To so that there seems little doubt but that before the close of the present year a number of important strikes will be made to further demonstrate the permanency of the lodes atthe beginning of the present month over thirty shafts were in the process of sinking nineteen of which are double compartment in addition several tunnels are being driven and cross cuts and drifts run so that all in all the amount of work of this char character acte r just now is of no small importance shafts seem to be going down everywhere and most of them are equipped with adequate machinery owing to the lack of water and fuel in the camax camp gasoline engines and hoists have been in popular demand the engine manufactured by fairbanks morse co seems to give general satisfaction and they are found installed at nearly all the principal mines of the district the tonopah company is about to set up two fifty four horsepower machines furnished through the salt lake house of the firm named only one steam hoist is in operation in tonopah at this writing this 1 is 13 3 on the property of the tonopah company some others are being installed however one at the goldhill gold hill companas comp anys mine on the valley view ledge another at the mines of ohio r AA W Y will ap A vaclev vieta shw n early I 1 arbace Won kinds tonopah company it is the intention of these companies to burn bu rn wood which can be procured on the mountains some thirty miles distant until such time as some cheaper fuel can be substituted there has been some talk of using oil for the generation of steam in these engines but no definite steps have been taken in that direction it may develop however that coal will be supplied from a point near candelaria Cande larla where deposits have been found which appear to exist in enormous quantities this field is is now be ing thoroughly looked into by competent and their report will determine ex whet or not this bituminous region will become becom her important factor 1 in n the development 8 aa of metal mines of nevada so far as tests teats the ha h been made it is said that they ave are of a ture very satisfactory so t the e fuel problem pr oble 1 d nt MW tonopah building which has always been a serious one to the mine operators of the sage brush state bids fair to reach a happy solution in the near future this together with the advent of railroads into the mining regions will set aside the difficulties now experienced in handling the vast tonnage of low grade ores of tonopah as well as that of many other camps surrounding it the story has gone abroad from time to time that tonopah was a one mine camp the statement that over thirty sh shafts abts are ga going down at this moment is sufficient to disprove such reports but a general summary of the operations in progress will further demonstrate on strate the absurdity of statements of this character to begin with the tonopah company might be classed as the gosp mosi important one 0 operating pe rating in the district it has good grounds for being given this consideration just 4 uit now for it ii was on the mizpah claim which is one of the group of eight in possession of this corporation po ration that the first discovery 0 of f mineral was made in the camp it was on this claim that several million dollars worth of ore was taken out by leasers leaders during the latter martof part of last year consequently the mizpah lode is the most developed and shows the greatest values upon the property of the tonopah company no less than fifteen separate lodes have been discovered the mizpah of course beino being the most important the buro lode butof out of which much ore has been taken is probably a spur of the mizpah as it joins t the he mizpah on N it strike the V valley alley view lode is next nett of importance m and some mining men who have studied conditions in the camp believe that as it becomes opened up and explored i it will ita show a yielding capacity equal to the ailish or any other lode in the camp the velley view ledge extends across aaros the CONTINUED ON PAGE 28 SUMMARY OF THE MINES OF TONOPAH CONTINUED F OM PAGE 18 southwest side and end of the valley viera claim of the tonopah company and into the stone cabin mining claim on the east upon which one of the principal works of the salt lake tonopah company is located the lode also enters the lines of the fraction mining claim on the west besides the main valley view lode there are eight or ten parallel veins passing through the valley view claim in amount of development next in line comes the property of the tonopah fraction consolidated mining company the main lode of this company was discovered on april last at a depth of feet and is probably an extension of the valley view lode however opinion differs as to this nevertheless th eless the ledge edge shows a width of from ten to twenty feet and carries ore chutes that yield returns of from to 1000 to the ton the proportionate values being about one quarter gold to three quarters in silver on the of last month this lode was again struck in the workings of fraction shaft no 2 at a depth of about feet and at a dis tance of approximately feet from the original discovery discovers shaft this strike is considered as being one of the most important ones made in the camp and helps to demon strate that the lode is continuous the result has been to stimulate operations along the strike of the lode to the southwest where it is not unlikely the pay chutes will be encountered in the near future the fraction company owns five claims the fraction cur eureka last chance sunset and the big tono the company is capitalized for shares and the stock since the recent strike was made has a market value around per share in april last it sold as low as ten cents per share and even went begging at that price thus it cabbe can be seen how easily fortunes are made sometimes in mining and with equal ease how opportunities are allowed to slip by the promoter of the fraction enterprise was uri B curtis the present manager of the company it was but a little over a year ago that mr curtis landed in tonopah after getting in at the wrong time in a california pu acom while lip he was a little short op on ready cash he was e endowed with plenty of energy and push ile he secured a bond upon the fraction claim from harry ramsey clay peters and john the original locators it was often said of him that he be had gone wrong again when he organized the fraction company and began sinking shaft no 1 the ground showed no indications of mineral there were no ledges in evidence anywhere it was necessary to go at it blind it was like taking a long chance for a man of limited means but bu tafter af ter studying the trend of the mizpah and the valley view ledges where they were exposed on other properties pretty thoroughly he decided the chance was worth taking so he started operations operation si against the advice of friends five shafts are now being sunk on the ground shaft no 2 where the more recent strike was made will be the main workings of the mine this shaft is being sunk in three compartments A connection is being made with shaft no 1 for air the fraction is one of Tono steady shippers only ore that carries values ex beeding per ton is sent out to market while the vast amount of lower grade ores are either left in the mine or piled up on the dump to await the time when facilities can be had to treat them at a profit upon the ground following the fraction comes the property of the salt lake tonopah mining company which is owned and controlled principally by salt lake parties the company owns three claims the stone cabin wandering boy and pyramid upon the stone cabin claim has haa been struck the extension of the valley view lode also another distinct lode bearing to the southwest which measures about eight feet between walls the lode carries high values and is being rapidly developed by the company which has haa already been expended upwards of for that purpose the shaft on the wandering boy where the main workings are has reached the depth of about feet on the of last month ore was encountered in this shaft which in appearance and value bears a marked resemblance to that found in the fraction mine the values come in a white quartz and are rich in ruby i hilyer and sulp sulphide hido of guyer the ore is ia also the same as that much produced from the ft 00 old comstock rostock lode the Co company is now nowr read to inaugurate steady shipments and manader man T J M healey will have a consignment on the road before the close of the present no n o i 6 A large quantity of ore was produced from froma the stone cabin claim by leasers leaders in the early h tory of the camp the pyramid claira claim aji ig by the systems of valley vl vi 81 veins the salt lake properties are equipped equips with two fairbanks morse gasoline holstin engines the tonopah north star tunnel de D company owns five claims the ivanpah Ivan pah pyramid cross cut cross cut ex tension and elaine adjoining the property ol of the tonopah company on the north and that of the mizpah extension on the southwest the main working shaft situated on the Irvan pah claim has a depth of about feet ore was struck in this shaft on september last the main ledge however will not lot be encountered until a drift is run the cross cut claim catches the extension of the mizpah extension lode recently encountered in the latter property among the principal mines of tonopah is the one being operated by the gold hill mining company this corporation owns the me ld 0 k A fraction avo 2 17 haft atone cabin tt new forfi conopa tonopah iha hafl ft 1 alt lake lafe tonopah cullough good enough and butler claims the mccullough lode has been extensively developed and valuable ore has been shipped from it while the ground was in the bands of leasers leaders lea sers at the present time the company is is sinking a three compartment working shaft south of the lode from which drifts will he be run from various levels there are several other well defined lodes on this property which have not been developed extensively lode is the general course of the mccullough a little north of east and probably extends through the hidden gem and rescue roin minine claims on the east and the tonopah city mining company on the west owns a th the e tonopah ci city ty com company pany which rill hi gold group of f five claims adjoining the vry very work ground is pushing development rapidly A 4 new hoist was recently installs and under the management of joan a sh shaft aft is being sunk where the mizpah extension group strike of importance was wa 8 made not ong long ago a the noab no consists of eleven claims and lies to and aud to the t of the acenith companas comp anys ground 00 ost of ue he property being op operated eted by north star tunnel development company the recent strike was made upon the claim known as the sparrow the lode encountered is unknown in width the walls not having been discovered the ore averages about 50 50 per ton to n but is improving with depth the ohio tonopah mining company is working a group of nine claims in a favorable locality adjoining on the west the properties of the tonopah consolidated the tonopah extension and tonopah fraction mines upon this property a double compartment shaft has been s unk sunk to a depth of feet A steam hoist is being installed so that development can be carried on at a rapid rate in the future the engines are of a capacity capable of sink ing to a depth dep th of 1500 feet it is the intention to sink the shaft to a depth of or feet before crosscutting cross cutting the ohio tonopah 1 I ground covers the southwestern extension of the mizpah ledge consequently it is looked upon as one of the coming bonanzas of the camp the development of the property is under the management of mr S A knapp a thoroughly competent mining engineer the tonopah extension mining milling V company is making good progress in the de of the west end claim this S property is also on the strike of the mizpah ledge as it extends from the territory of the 4 tonopah company so that it seems to be only a matter of a little time until a sufficient depth is attained and pay ore will be reached the tonopah consolidated continuing on the ledge is favorably located and some good f things may be expected of it A connection is being beina made by a crosscut cross cut between the main working shaft b and that of the tonopah extensions west end claim the new mew york tonopah mining company which is developing four claims to the south west of the fraction and tonopah city has in operation one of the finest plants in the camp the shaft is composed of a single compartment and manway and during the past two weeks has been going down at the rate of one set per day it is timbered in first class shape all the way from the surface f it has reached the depth of a little over feet and indications in the bottom are that f the blue lode porphyry is about to be k the property is in charge of F J davis one of the locators of the ground the president of the company is ig G N land of salt lake the capitalization of the com pany is of an equal number of sharese shares i the Ran dapah company comprised large ly of california capital is operating a group bof of eight claims adjoining the mizpah and halifax comprising in all about acres work has only been in progress about a month but the shaft is now down about 80 feet it is the intension to continue it to the t f level leve before crosscutting cross cutting the property S asin is in charge of mr C S mccarthy manager i biear ear the e Ran dapah is the ground recently I 1 acquired by the butte tonopah company of i which gen charles warren of spokane I 1 was a the principal promoter the bond was token taken up by the present corporation on the th alt A three compartment shaft has been started which will be continued without delay to the foot level T L oddie of the tonopah company is manager of the butte tonopah and wesley W warren general superintendent adjoining the properties of the mizpah extension Tori tonopah opah belnap and the halifax the latter being exploited by the keith kearns company of salt lake is a group consisting of four claims recently incorporated into the acenith mining company this corporation is one of the I 1 strongest yet formed in tono tonopah To pah and is composed of men well and favorably known in the camp the territory acquired by the acenith company is also considered by mining men who have made a careful study of the geological formations to be one of the best undeveloped properties in the district development work was commenced on the of last month when ground w was as broken for a two compartment shaft the mine will soon be equipped with hoisting machinery uri B curtis manager of the fraction mine is president of the acenith company P F J seibert formerly of park city utah is vice president and T L oddie is general manager A strong company known as the tonopah california mining company was recently or and has under undertaken taleen the development of a group of nine claims which are joined on the northwest by the property of the gold hill company from which high grade ore is now being extracted on the west lies iles the salt lake tonopah To another producer so it is that the territory of the new company is most favorably located the company has recently paid for its property and has now undertaken its development in a most business like manner A double compartment shaft has been started on one of the claims the maggie 0 and is now down about feet the mine is soon to be equipped with a 34 horse power gasoline hoisting engine which is from salt lake the om pany is prepared to carry on a very energetic campaign of development and good reports as a result of their exploration |
