Show TONOPAH STILL BOOMING bonanza tonopah To nevada tuesdays mail brought returns to the total amount of of this amount was for tons of ore shipped by brougher bros from lease no 36 this tons returned an average value of per ton this ore came from a depth of feet this is no now w the banner lease of the camp in in the large output of high grade ore in the feet included within the bounds of this lease there is now at a moderate calculation a quarter of million dollars worth of ore blocked out it is the center of what now has been woven proven to be one of the greatest ore chutes ever discovered ore from leases 19 and 30 on the same chute also gave high returns by the same mail the lowest returns was on a shipment which was sorted out of the waste dump on lease 44 that gave a return of over 65 per ton ore is still piling up on the various leases and the transportation facilities of the camp are unable to keep up with the production notwithstanding the recent large accession of big freight teams even if sufficient teams could be secured to td move the ore the problem would then be to provide sufficient return freight to balance the outgoing shipments of ore however all these matters will no doubt be solved in time at present the camp is being overpowered by il a surplus of prosperity pe rity 1 to days mail brings returns from selby I 1 as follows from pounds of ore the net value is ia after railroad freight of 10 a ton smelting smelling sm elting charges of 12 per ton and loss in smelting smelling sm elting has been deducted lease no 95 of stevens crocker gave the following results pounds yielded ounces of silver and 7 22 ounces of 11 gold to the ton lease no 19 of cutting brown gave I 1 these returns pounds yielded ounces of silver and 3 64 ounces of gold to the ton |