Show TONOPAH COMPANY MINES bonanza tonopah To nev development work in the group of mines belonging to the tonopah mining company is progressing rapidly and at the present time is showing the mine up in better shape than ever before the drifts on the mizpah vein on the foot level both east and west have been in fine ore for some time past for over a month the east drift which is rapidly nearing ing the east end line of the mizpah claim has been in a very large body of fine ore the vein being so wide that only one wall has been in sight at a time the vein is following inc its true course to the east and in a short time it will be encountered on the silver state claim the ore in the mizpah vein going east is changing into a permanent as it is gaining depth from the surface there is no cropping at all on the surface on the eastern end of the mizpah claim above the ore that is being encountered now as the ledges have been capped over by a subsequent flow of porphyry the foot level of the mizpah vein is being opened up by drifts both east and west and the ore from this level is showing remarkable richness owing to the fact that this has to be windlassed assed from the foot level feet on the dip of the vein and that this work is be ing done by hand band progress on this level jevel is necessarily slow the south crosscut from the foot level of the main shaft is rapidly nearing the mizpah vein and already some bunches of rich ore have been encountered the crosscut on the foot level of the valley view shaft cut a vein nine feet in width about two weeks ago and in a very short time this crosscut should encounter the main ledges of the valley view claim which are confidently expected to be the richest in camp as there are eight distinct veins feirson on the surface and the largest ore bodies will undoubtedly be found in this claim the stone for the new steel hoist and machinery building has been completed and in about two months the building wo will be shipped this bui building ldina is of steel throughout and its is of modern construction the new steel gallows frame for the main shaft will be shipped at the same time this will give a thoroughly up to date equipment for these mines which they certainly deserve an interesting fact in connection with these mines is that the drifts on the veins fails to show up all of the me ore body as the vein frequently splits and large bodies of ore are found either in the hanging or foot wall side A few weeks ago a crosscut was run north from the mizpah vein a short distance west of the cutting shaft and cut a 12 foot body of fine ore which is running paral led with the main vein an eight foot body of ore was also found a short distance south of the mizpah at the same place this shows that when the mines are operated on a large scale and when adequate reduction works are constructed capable of working large quantities tips of ore that a system of short obort cross r cuts from the vein will develop immense reserves of ore BIG TRANSFERS MADE the week witnessed one of the most extensive transfers of tonopah mining property which has transpired for a lo 10 long ng time the owners T L oddie F J siebert and D F mccarthy convey to geo F hensel of philadelphia the molly mining minin companas comp anys group of ten claims these lie ile about 2500 feet east of the tonopah company companas comp anys as mines and on the south are joined by the ground of the halifax company which is owned by david keith and U S senator kerns of utah mr hensel also bought boullit the outing fat boy and triangular claims which are known as the tonopah fraction extension and of which S A knapp is superintendent these join the fraction on the southwest and the new york tonopah companas comp anys mine the big tono upon which at a depth of feet a body of ore was uncovered a few days ago ago mr hensel left for the east thursday morning I 1 to spend the holidays upon the return he will take up the work of extensive development on his numerous properties commencing with the placement of a steam hoist at the molly shaft local mining men are earnest in praise of mr hencels Hen sels through going up and up business methods and as a man commanding com mandin 0 abundant capital to buy and develop whatever he wants |