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MINES OPERATED THE NORTH STAR BY JOHN McKANE MINING COMPANY i Tonopah Extension Mining Mr. McKane is the president and I joining the property of the Tonopah W T is said that God hates a coward,, of a size and richness which wiii soon j oniy 21 months since the shaft was Company is organized under general manager of the company. Mining Company. The property is H consequent^ He must love those repay the North 8tarpeopie for the started, and that the timbering etc. A the laws of the Territory of The property is equipped with a 50 h. situated on the strike or course of all A who display bravery in a good big expense of their shaft, after which ! have been done in the most substantial Arizona, with a capital stock of p. steam hoisting plant. The shaft is the main veins or lodes of the camp. cause. It took moral and 8nan they will by workiug on "velvet." manner, it can be readily seeu that $1,000,000, fully paid up and non-asses now down 430 feet and crosscutting Development work is being prosecuted cial nerve for the owners of the North Ore was Hrst struck in a crosscut little time has been iost while the size sable, of which 250,000 shares have been will immediately commence to the by the owners of the property, who are Star mine to sink a fine double com- from the 95Olevel, and is exactly the and richness of the ledges prove that "" " .-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- partment shaft to a depth of nearly same kind and grade of ore which is the North Star will be one of the great —————————" . ! 1,000 feet for the purpose of prospect- found in the Moutaua Touopah, and as mines of the greatest mining district f ^ ^ ' ` * * ' ing the ground which they hold. But j the North Star joins that property on ! in the worid. though we insist that these men showed the west, there is no questiou but this The property is equipped with a Hue a oommendabie nerve, do not imagine ledge is one of the rich ones which has 54 h. p. gasoline hoist, shaft house, that they sunk this shaft blindly on been proved at length in the Montaua. blacksmith shop, commodious ore TM<y%3t the mere "possibility" of 8trikingpayiThisledgeis5feet wide, and the ship house and "{Hee building for the super- 7- ^ 1 ore. They had figured out the matter i ping ore goes over $200 to the ton, inteudeut. very carefully and from measurements j while specimen assays go up iutothe! The North Star Tunnel and Develop- - - made in the Montana and Belmont. thousands. ' ment Company is incorporated under ^ j ^ \ \, * * * ^ ^ j shafts an^^ ^ 1,050 level tMs^samc ledge hasjthelawsof Nevada and^s capitalized placed in the treasury of the company north and south for the purpose of cut-j Charles M. Schwab, John McKane, A. ^ for the purpose^of purchasing machin- ting the Midway and Montana-Tono- D. Parker and T.D. Lockhart. j ^ erty of the company consists of three The Red Rock Mining Company Is a I pany is a corporation organized under j J''' .......... ,<- __ claims, adjoining the property of the corporation organized under the laws the laws of the Territory of Arizona,} .** ^ Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada of Arizona, with $1,000,000 capital stock, with a capital stock of SI,000,000, fully] - on the west. The principal stockhold- fully paid up and non assessable. paid and non assessable. er8 and operators of the company are The property of the company con- The principal stockholders and ope-j f ^ Thomas Morrison, Pittsburg; Robert C. gists of five claims adjoining the prop- rators are Robert C. Hall, R. R. Brown, ^ g Brown, Pittsburg; Johu McKane, Tono- * ^ pah; James Gayley, New York; Dr. M. , ' . HOIST AT THE NORTH STAR MINE R. Ward,Pittsburg; A. D. Parker, Den- - ' - Y -----------—----------------------------------------------------------'----------------------- ver, and Thos. G. Lockhart, Tonopah. ^ pah,they knewitwouldbe necessary been encountered andinadditionan- for $750,000, with au equal number of The working shaft situated on the ^ . to sink to a depth of about 850 feet in otherone, 20 feet wide, which is of low shares of the par value of $1 each. Grand Trunk clatm cut a large vein on order to passthrough the contact be- grade, was opened^ No drifting has The company owns the Ivanpah, its dip at a depth of 227 feet. At 275 r tween the rhyolite and blue porphyry been done on this latter ledge as yet. Elaine, Pyramid, Crosscut and Cross! feet a crosscut was run from the shaft which overlies this section, and the and it is very possible that develop- cut Extension claims and the North north and again cut the vein. In the andesite which is the ore-bearing for- ment may open up an ore shoot of Star tunnel site. The property is crosscut the vein is 20 feet wide. The ' mation. high grade stuff, but it is even now a joined on the west by the Montana-To- management is now drifting each way ' " *3But most of us are from Missouri good milling proposition. nopah and on the south by the Bel- on the vein from this crosscut. The and insist on being "shown." Throughout a distance of 70 feet in mont. vein when Srst encountered was sup- . - ! AndshowustheNorthStarpeoplethenorthcrosscutfromthel,O5Olevel The incorporators were: Frank posed to be the Mizpah vein, by reason ii^-*-: did. The contact was passed through are numerous stringers of very rich Golden, president; Harry Ramsey, vice of the similar characteristics of the ore. between the 825 and the 875 foot points ore. These have not been drifted on, president; Waiter Harris secretary and Reoent development on the property in the shaft, which was continued until but it is almost a certainty that thev . _ _ _ _ of the Tonopah Company and on the it reached a depth of 1,056 feet. are but feeders to a large ore body Salsberry, Judge L. O. Mizpah vein to the west now prove be- GOLDEN ANCHOR HOIST Since that time about 600 feet of which will be opened with more devel- and Frank M. Ish. Geo. S. Nixon, yond a doubt that the vein or lode en- _______' __________L_J_______;___________' ________" ___________ drifting and crosscutting have been opment. the well known banker, is a heavy countered on the Grand Trunk claim ,,, , — , . ... , . , , — - done, which has disclosed ledges of ore When it is remembered that it is stockholder can be no other than the famous Miz- " ^ , ^ ..... , ^ ^ ^ _________________________________________________________—______________________-__________________ . ... ooc . . property of the Ohio Tonopah Mining John V. Sloan, Dr. M. R. Ward and ............. - . ' ' — pah vein. The shaft is now 375 feet 7. .. .. .. ...... __ __ ___ ^ MIDWAY MINING COMPANY plant. This property is now consider- ^ . . ... . .. . . , , ——- v v — — —. — v *** v v ** A v A. . . J.B. Lindsay, Fred Siebert and Hugh About 800 feet of tunnels, crosscuts ed one of the mines of the camp. ^ , . . .. . .. . H. Brown, the latter being secretary of and drifts have been run on this prop- ___________________________________________ ----------- the company. erty. The ledge encountered in the THI? TOT l^YFl\r Al`Jf*TTffR The development of this property is tunnel is about 12 feet wide and shows being rapidiy prosecuted, and there is milling values. The main working The property of the Midway Mining j anywhere else in the mine, sampling values of about $50. Sixty feet farther The Goiden Anchor Mining Company every reason to believe that in a short shaft is being sunk to the north of the Company consists of five claims, the i from $100 to $150 a ton, and another north a 3 foot ledge carrying high is a corporation organized under the time the Valley View and Mizpah ledge, with the intention of cutting the Midway, Campfire, Buliwhacker Silver upraise just started shows fully as good values was cut, but it has not been ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Top and Monte, immediately adjoining results. The east drift on this ledge is prospected. A third ledge was cut 160 the famous Mizpah claim of the orig- out about 100 feet, at which point the feet from the shaft, and shows 5 feet of inal Tonopah Company on the north-; ore is changing from oxide to sulphide ore that runs very high in suiphurets, * \ west, and also adjoining the Montana of a character similar to that of the but on account of the defective venti!a- . * -. .* ' - Tonopah on the west. jMontana-Tonopah, but the values are tion no work has been done on the , . ` , ^ Work was begun November 1, 1902, not as high here as in the west drift, vein. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ This ledge f<<r of 250 ^Tbs taken^ Ita^ place HOIST AT THE HASBROUCK MINE MIDWAY HOIST ^ desira- , (__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Me for residence purposes. Water has laws of Arizona with $1,000,000 capital ledges, or one of the main ledges tolhe sameon the dipata depth of 350 feet. feet. Sinking was continued to the [feet is of an average width of 8 feet, and aqdona stock, fully paid up and non assessable, dorth will be encountered. This prop- The shaft is now down 175 feet. There . . . . ^__... ^ , ... ... ... ... . miiisite owned by the same parties a m,_ ^ ^ A : A r ; - . .. ^ , ... . o45point, and from tn:s8tation a cross- yields ore that will mill $70 a ton. tnnno! hna The property consists of three olaims erty is pronounced by Mr. Siebert and are many rich shoots of ore on the runnel nas tapped running water. The adjoining the Midwaymineon the west other mining men most familiar with property, and competent experts who c"th*8 been run to the south about The north crosscut is out 420 feet, at Ramseys are aiso interested in a group and the mines of the Tonopah Mining the camp to be one of the best located have made a careful examination of ^ ^et. About 50 feet from the shaft which point work has been suspended of sixteen claims immediately east of Company of Nevada on the north. undeveloped properties in the Tonopah the Hasbrouck express the opinion that} * strong ledge was cut some months for the present, pending the installs- Columbia mountain and three fourths The principal stockholders and opera- Mining District. it will become a great producer in the *3°' *"<* ^ west drift on this ledge is tion of a larger boiler, an improvement of a mile south of the Jumbo, the ledge tors of this company are James E. _______ near future. B°w? out about 150 feet, and the entire rendered necessary to provide better of which is believed to pass throngh Brown, R R. Brown, Robert C. Hall, THE DENVER GROUP The property of the company con- ^ce is in ore which shows 8ne values, ventilation. In this crosscut, 57 feet these claims. This would make a Hne Charles M. Schwab, JohnV. Sloan, J. s^go? eight claims, situated at Gold } upraise in this drift about 60 feet north of the shaft, a 6 foot ledge was property for a good company, and the O. Roe, Jo&n McKane and Dr. Edward T"S Denver Group consists of eight fountain, about Bve miles south of from the crosscut shows 5 feet of ore of cut, and it has now been drifted on 100 gentlemen are open to a proposition of Powpp? claims on the west extension and ad- Tonopah. [a higher grade than has been found feet to the west, showing uniform that kind from reliable parties.