Show NEVADA tonopah bonanza A H mayne of mayne loftus davis the lucky leasers leaders on the mine at goldfield passed through tonopah today on his way from salt lake to goldfield upon mr maynes arrival another shipment of ore will be made consisting of IS 18 tons that will average to the ton searchlight searchlight T oconnor announces that a mill has been ordered for the use of the properties located in and around the lower end of newberry mountain five men are doing development work on his property and every foot gained is said to show an improvement mrs oconnor left for san francisco this week on business tonopah bonanza Bon anzai J H forman and T D murphy have purchased the original property at gold crater and have men at work sacking ore ready for shipment mr forman says that they have a streak of ore nearly two feet in width which is producing ore ranging from to the ledge proper which is five feet wide gives values of across the ledge searchlight searchlight fourteen men in charge of light wheatley are on the payroll pay roll of the duplex company two shifts are in the mill and some seventeen tons are being crushed daily but one man is breaking ore and he is sloping from the first level there is still a large quantity of broken ore in and around the mine awaiting in g treatment the company is doing considerable sid erable prospect work on the hillside east of the main shaft cherry creek cor con fly ely news the glasgow western exploration companas comp anys property is being developed by sinking the working shaft which when the contract is completed will have attained a depth of feet the level will then be pushed in the mountain on the ledge known to be rich in the precious metals when the company will probably adopt some other method of working the ores T G davis is the superintendent and has the business well in hand columbia review the directors of the red top mining company held a meeting on monday evening in the office of C D taylor the president pies ident the company is to to begin operations in earnest wednesday the work of erecting a gallows frame began as well as the building of a foundation for a gasoline hoist which has been on the ground for several weeks W F P obrien will be the engineer and it is ex pecked to have the hoist ready for business in about ten days pioche record T J montgomery general manager of the southern nevadah Nev nevada adaM M R company arrived here last saturday night and has been busily engaged over since with affairs of the company the first payment on the gold eagle afo group up of mines was made on monday mr montgomery has entered into an agreement with andy delmue for the purchase of his well at the six mile place and will ship in a 20 stamp mill next month the mill will be erected at the mines and the water will be pumped from the flat to the mill ely news the giroux con mines company has a force of 18 men at work on the alpha and old glory mines the work on tha old glory consists of drifting on the foot level in the giroux shaft two weeks ago a large body of ore rich in native copper was struck A second strike of native copper was made this week in another drift the extent and character of 1 the ore has not yet been determined th the company has an 80 horse power boiler and a 60 horse power engine on the road from salt lake city these will be installed on the alpha cherry creek cor ely news the wide west company is open opening ingup up their mine by tunnelle tun tunnels nelse and dinzes developing as they work a continuous body of pay ore amounting by measurement to many thousands of tons this as soon as connections are made between the lower levels will be scoped and hauled to their mill which is ready to separate the gold and make glad the hearts of the boston owners supt bupt Lel leishman is erecting a residence at the mill so as to be in close touch with the operations and telephonic communication is had between the mill and mine Cal caliente lente express IV R ross and t frank willard owners of the mizpah group 1 1 3 of free gold claims in cedar basin south sought I 1 from moapa passed through Cal caliente lente this thise week en route to trinidad colo the their home they have put four men at work on their claims and are sinking a double com apartment part ment shaft on a five foot body of 56 free gold ore they have put up an or ore house blacksmith shop and have just 0 ordered a whim for their shaft they th report things booming in that dis erict and are going east to consult the their backers willis willis short of colorado springs regarding the desirability of putting in a mill on their properties reno beno gazette george B chuch super in of the reveille mines who 11 has interests in the famous kawich range nine ples east of tonopah To where a sensational strike was made a few days ago has sample of the ore from that district sent ent a to 0 o W cann the reno druggist who is dis playing it to his friends the sample sent to mr cann is said to be a fair specimen oi of that rock in the great ledge edge which as says says about 2000 to the ton mr church who is a conservative miner says the strike wonder and that the district is destined is s a to become one of the greatest in nevada at this time the only work that has been done is on the surface and in view or this fact the mines are believed to be of tre nien dous value battle mountain nevadan this prop erty which is situated in elder creek about ten miles west of battle mountain consists of fourteen claims and were recently incorporated r corp orated under the name of old hum boldt mining company of which R 0 blossom is president C S vice president and james blossom secretary and trel treasurer surer is one of the most promising copper mines in the district several veins cross the property the grade vein being the only on one e that has been at all extensively opened up A shaft has been sunk 70 feet deep and a tunnel run in a distance of feet the wn vein is from four to six feet and the ore shipped out averages 13 per cent copper 12 ounces silver and 1 gold with an excess of iron that makes the ore much sought after by the smelters shelters sm elters |