Show progress in I 1 n the tonopah camp cam p by BALLIET E M 0 E mining in tonopah To nevada during the year 1913 can well be divided into two divisions or classes of work as follows production of ore and development the gross production has averaged about to a week or considerably over 1 a month and over a day for days in the year this pro production luction has come from the tonopah belmont tonopah mining montana tonopah To tonopah midway tonopah extension jim butler west end con mcnamara tonopah merger halifax and north star mines from these figures it will be seen that tonopah produced nearly twenty per cent or one fifth of all the silver produced in the united states and of this amount the tonopah belmont produced over twenty five per cent which easily gives it the position of the premier mine of the district in addition to silver bullion it has a big production of gold showing a value of about thirty per cent as much as the silver values new development important but the most important feature of mining in tonopah during the year has been its development and the exploitation of new ground by every one of the producers which have added millions of tons to their ore reserves and extended the known area of while several properties of the above list made their debut into the pro producer ducer class during the year several others have developed to such an extent that they may be expected to begin production early in the spring it has established for tonopah To the greatest silver gold producer in the countr country yi a long life and a continual production from newer and extended areas the opening of new mines just beyond and adjoining the old producers of the camp not only brings the new mines into the list of producers but opens a field for extensive development and other new opportunities beyond and adjoining these new producers they have proven that the ore veins extend further into the formations than was first supposed already new promotions are being formed to develop properties around the outskirts of the district which are now close in properties since the development has extended tonopah district to and beyond them and much valuable virgin ground is open for promoters and ready for development A year ago there were but seven producing mines in tonopah To while the merger halifax north star and butler ha have v e been added in the year and the mizpah extension and buckeye have low grade ore and good indications on which to predict that they soon will be shipping all the foregoing properties are able to take care of themselves their futures are established and upon the production from the millions of tons of ore in sight in these mines tonopah will maintain I 1 itself as the greatest silver gold district in III the united states for many years but its growth to larger possibilities is coming from the new mines now being opened the thirteen stocks are really conservative investments now with some fluctuation at times due to market conditions and market manipulations but the real value of the original thirteen is beyond question As a prototype we might remark that the united states began business with thirteen states which has grown to forty eight states ot the union and the united states flag has thirteen stripes in it which has been un lucky for every nation that went against it and similarly tonopah has about thirty five prospective properties that with development stand a good chance to be one of the forty eight mines of the future eastward extension of ore zone the greatest interest is now centered in the extension or continuation of the ore belt eastward and southeastward from froin the present producers the belmont when about ready to abandon its work discovered ore veins extending eastward which proved to be the richest and greatest ore bodies the camp had exposed the belmont was for a year or two the most easterly producing mine of tonopah but it developed to 1500 feet in depth and extended its lateral work easterly and southeasterly and found that the farther east it opened ore the richer it was and likewise that it was better with depth buckeye and halifax thus encouraged the buckeye and the halifax pushed deep shafts into the ground within feet of the delmonte Bel Del monts lines the buckeye began striking rich stringers around the 1000 foot depth while the halifax struck a big quartz fault dike that would assay around 1 a ton at about the same depth the halifax began drifting sauth upon the fault dike toward the buckeye on the 1000 foot level while the buckeye went down to the 1200 foot level and began drifting north toward the halifax and likewise cross cutting southeasterly the halifax struck a vein trending easterly which gave better assays essays and from which it b began egan shipments the buckeye crossed several small veins or stringers and encountered one big low grade ledge but has made no attempt at ore extraction yet preferring to develop for permanency perm anancy and open bigger bodies and higher grades if possible this work in the buckeye and halifax established the fact that the ore formations extended beyond the delmont belmont lines and stimulated work still further easterly the buckeye company with its mammoth acreage is working another shaft feet southeasterly from its first shaft which is already down feet and has produced a as S says from stringers richer than any other place on the property other east end properties the tonopah east end development company is starting a shaft about a mile east of the buckeye shaft which h is already down about feet and working steadily this work has begun after the company had sunk a diamond drill about feet to ascertain the formation A the tonopah independence company has sunk a shaft about feet deep about a quarter of a mile south of the east end r with good indications the work of both t the Q east end company and the ir rence ance is under the direct direction lon of ed cullinan the master mechanic of the belmont and g timber framing Ls is all done at the delthe belthe ont timber shops and the supplies are all bought t through the delmont belmont companas comp anys storehouse it is evident that some of the individuals closely in touch with the bel mont workings felt confident that the ore bodies extend even beyond the buckeye and halifax and are spending money to sink i 7 two new shafts to find the ore the tonopah east belmont company a little north of the independence is fidanc ing for a big development and some of the people interested in the halifax are heavily interested in that enterprise the panama pacific company is another property about a mile easterly from the belmont and buckis eye workings one of the directors of the belmont mine is heavily interested in this property these conditions showing that the best posted mining men who are closely identified with the belmont the buckeye and the halifax and know the details of the underground are extending their interests eastward is attracting much attention the gipsy queen mine north of the belmont and east of the north star mine has developed to a depth of 1130 feet and is doing lateral work at that depth with good indications the ophir king property is idle laying south and west of the buckeye but there is considerable talk about it being put into active development next year it is controlled by pittsburg interests the mollie property which has been idle for years lies between the buckeye and the ophir king and is under option to east ern parties at the present time this property has an exceptionally favorable location and development should show something good the california tonopah is inactive owing to it being tangled in the affairs of the old state bank failure of 1907 north of the tonopah mines the umatilla tonopah fori formerly the old tonopah home has been sunk to a depth of 1200 feet and lateral de started southerly which has extended over into the montana companas comp anys property the management reports that in all probability it will abandon lateral work and sink a few hundred feet deeper the victor west of the umatilla is sink tog ilig a big working shaft in hopes to encounter clou riter the formations of the tonopah merger and perhaps make a consolidation with that company later the cash boy the cash boy is developing in an effort to intercept the merger veins on their westward trend and with good probabilities of success the rescue eula Is running one drill baking a crosscut westerly toward the jim butler ground on the foot level the demand for stocks in tonopah mines is fairly active considering the general financial conditions and by comparisons with stocks of other districts it appears to be the most active at present the growing demand seems to be for unlisted actively developing mine stocks in preference to listed stocks |