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2^ .t ___________________________________________________THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1905.__________________________________________________________________________ "HALF NOT TOLD" i ........... DESERT TEEMING SAYS MACDONALD gg'". WITH FINE GOLD New E) Dorado Wit) Riva) the Wor!d '* Ear!y Conditions Prove Unfavorabie in Vaiue of Precious Product ^ * for Bringing it to Light Deposits Found Cursori!y Prove the ... .. . ^ '-` Rai!roads and Various improvements Buik of Treasure incaicuiabie. ^ Now Aid to Bring Deveiopment AMiC(?i#f L AMCDO/M^D. co persistently Inhospitable to in? quantity as depth is attained in the sistent ledges of quarts outcrop over aa ______ man and doubly so to his beast of bur- # -, g! sulphides. This is paftlculariy true of area several nules in extent In one in- Nevada, since the year 1858 has occu- ^*** an indispensable assistant. ^ ^ ^ ! the Quartzite mine, which is situated stance, on the original Goldreed prop- pied the'attentlon, more or less, of the RAILROAD FACILITIES. ^ ^ ' ^ ^^j ^ ne^ the MCtreme^ea^ni of^the^ Resent of^ei^St "*M****** ^ ^ so^viv^^n(f^^s^a^e^m^g^to^U ^th^railM^ fa^ilXies^hund^eds of mUes clusively by lessers and by leaser meth- Assays from thi* return values of from c!asses as during the past few years, nearer to the scene of present activity, : ' /^BSgMHLg^ a ods. The deepest workings thus far have $100 to several thousand do!!ars per ton. Statements, apparently extravagant, ):ave prices are reasonable, but In some ot the . A* ;'*i-'36aj^ reached 350 feet, and at this depth the Good pannings were found over a wide been published of the great riches and outlying, districts lumber sells readily for veins are as strong and as persistent, area and the moderate amount of devei- vast extent of the new finds. An Intimate MOO per thousand, hay for 360 per ton. '0 not stronger, than they are at any opment thus far done discloses th. fact knowledge of the older districts of the grain at $7 per 100 pounds and other point above. There Is. therefore, no that these values era extensive. High State, together with a personal examlna- necessities In proportion. These condt- longer any question that the values will grade ore chutes have been found in a tlon of a great many of the discoveries tlons have rendered almost prohibitive extend to at least the ordinary depths number of places. On the original prop- which have been made In the past few the prospecting of this particular area. of mining. erty a shaft has beer, sunk to a dspth of years, would seem to warrant the ex- ?^e region has always been reputed to The producing mines at the present 100 feqt: at this depth the value# found travagant assertions which have appeared be rich In mineral, yet the hardships -; a#M3SjS8MMH) time are as follows: The aanuary. Com- carry .ut th. promise *f the aurf*e* tn- from time to time In the press. The half and the inability to. procure supplies NMobinatton, Florence. Jumbo. Red Top. Sim- dlcatlons. Numerous companies have has not been told and It needs but the have kept It virgin ground up to within KM%_________________ l[[[[fl IhM!) . JH!Z merone. Quartzite and the Sandstorm, been formed and development work e* a most cursory Inspection of the deposits the past few years. Numerous have 3% tT,x--.r.7^7 xrr^ar.r ^ , .. .*l**^W**^' '!''' """7" SL^ Aside from these tnere are a number permanent nature ts being carries o<K. already opened up to bear out the state- been the expeditions Qtted out for its MSS JsMK5gg? iTfZ^a^Sry KHB of others In a*prospecUve state which The country rock In which the ledges ment that this new El Dorado will rival conquest, but without success until the '*** .d72&P <W* bid fair to become producers In the near [occur Is an andesite seemingly like that the world's record In its product. returning army of prospectors from future. In which the ledges of GoldQeld and For the past afteen years Nevada has Alaska. Africa and South America, with 4------------:---------------------'--------------------;--------------------------------------------------------'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------4- Prospecting In the district at the pres- Tonopah are found. The values, like the been looked noon end talked of oe n the added experience afforded by these e . . . . . , ,. ^ . , ent time Is probably being pushed more Goldaeld District, are essentially In gold, w^ou^dlstri^ bv mln c!!^rsLt^tth districts spu?red on by the thought " P<"""Me to d.v.lop water at outcropped or appeared at the surface coyerl.s vigorously and more extensively than at With the discovery of an abundant sup- wornout atstrict by men conversant with ui t ic . pu y . ° many points within what has heretofore and this outcrop covers only an area of The veins of the Tonopah Company's -„v time In the camp's history. plv of water for domeatla numoM*. Md ove^oo^-ove^a^^rby"the a" It lLt^arried the hitherto Rnpregimble been regarded as a desert region. Water about fifty acres. At this point the orlg- property outcropping at the surface m view of the foregoing and the fact Kawich. the leading town of th<Td^Udct! ^^^of thJ K^di^e tmdl^lmr fortress *""* obtained by <dnking whenever Inal discovery was made. Had it not made Jt possible for them to mine and ^at GoldQeld Is credited with producing is rapidly springing Into prominence, and fltlds N^w comes the openin^ of tMs The discovery of Tonopah within the * determined effort ha. been made to se- been for this outcrop of earner andesite ship ore Immediately, and the early his- the past year nearly 34.000,000 Its future pe.pi. are going In In large numbers nems. p<ow comes rne opening or rms ^ue u,scovery or ^onopat, w ra r [t Cheaper power Is within reach there would have been no Tonopah to- tory will show that millions of dollars . -old nroducer Is assured One of the attractive featuraa el new vast Qe!d of mineral wealth. The border of th s region of v.lcanics has n- nowDeing developed In th. water- day. AH th. other mine, in Tonopah had been taken out, principally by leas- Kawich Is thl m^^t ^f w^rM^ itf natural Inquiry present, itself-h.w i. it fused fresh life and awakened a new in- Whit. Mountain Range, a wer. compelled to sink through the later ers, before the company commenced ac- „ ,,; BUbLFROG REGfON. ,n lJ^l^m.l^f^th Lj^^!lJ^ posBib'. that. In a section reputed to be terest In this vast and virgin Qeld, "hd as ^ ])he being In process of construction andesite, or capping, for a distance tive operations. about seventy "dies Umestone-ou*rtzlta areas to the birthplace of the American pro.pec- a consequencenew development work has ^ ckQdaeld Md Tonopah for th. trans- varying from 200 to 1000 feet before en- East, south and .outhwestoftheT.no- ^ Coldfield, was discovered in bmestone-quartzlta *re** t. tob this Immense wealth has remained been gradually encroaching upon tlie ^][,g]QQ electricity. ' countering the lode porphyry, and wher- pah Company's property are other mines, September, 1904. It was heralded as es- . ^ . . -amns In thesa areas undiscovered? Andthls, too, atap.rl.d comparatively unknown tb. its,.m, probable that cheaper fuel will ever the lode porphyry has been.nc.un- viz.: The Belment. Stone Cabin. Wan- '°w-grad. camp, with ^.r. when Nevada prospectors wer. traveling north with results that have been ex- ^ developed In the Mot far distant tered and thoroughly prospected veins dering Boy, Gold Hill, California, Jim bodies of large proportions "MAs work- - , F — ,, to the ends of the earth in search of gold tremely gratifying to ^1 who have an ^ At Coaldale, about thirty miles have been discovered and are being Butler. Fraction and West End, which able by the presence ^abundant water th.pr^ttl^ls^.lH^^^y:^^ -to Alaska, to South Africa, to South interest n the venture. First Tonopah, northwest of Tonopah, a bed of coal Is worked to-day. hav. been compelled to sink to various Milling purposes. While .nis Is true, America, enduring hardships and braving Bullfrog, developed, some of the se- The Rrst mining company to strike out depths through the capping or later ande- *s-te^ developments have disclosed tke whicif there ie M dangers hitherto unknown. Kawlch, Lida and other camps. And product having been marketed boldly and demonstrate this fact was site to reach the lode-bearing porphyry. presence of ore bodies of exceptionally ^Dolv of wood water and flux foremelt COGENT CONSIDERATION. this Is but a beginning, for beyond lies ^ " th.M.ntana-Ton.pah Mining Company. The ores of the Tonopah Company are high grade. The Qrst evidence of this ^ A study of the geological and topo- ^ great Ralston desert and Death Vai- Regarding the railroads, the Southern Under the management of Charles E. oxidized, which is explained by the out- vf"s rr shipment made some creeks "A" by rp - Drma&M to graphical formation of this section and a *^y. which are practically unknown and pacta<: Company has awakened to the Knox and the superintendency of George cropping of the veins, while all the **'3 Original Bullfrog. Since then several * eiHcloue ares, shiument* hasm knowledge of the peculiar conditions will "^explored regions to-day. Mr. Spurrof necessity of broadening the narrow gauge Badgett the above company started Its veins capped by the later andesite are discoveries of ^'^sr value have been discontinued and*efforts^are heinc give the best answer. In the map of the United States Geological Survey, road from Mound House to^Sodavllle, and present working shaft in the later ande- sulphides. The values are gold and sit- Made, the Most Important among them develonlnc the are hodief region there will be noticed two lines who has made a general reconnaissance ^ Tonopah Railroad Company is doing site, and at a depth of 370 feet encoun- ver, running about two-sevenths gold and the Montgomery-Shoshone, wtilch formations In the Reveille Dletrlat running In a general southerly direction ^ State, calls attention to the same from Sodavllle to Tonopah In tered the lode porphyry and were imme- Qveisevenths silver. The general strike Is attracting a great d^! of attention by ]<mestone and ouartzlte the are hnd- .—one commencing at a point to the ^^t that this general belt of votcantcs to handle the vast amount of dlately rewarded for 'their efforts, they Is easterly and westerly and the general th* fa.ct that it Is making regular ship- -rcurrlnk an the raetnrt her=,-.e north and west of Austin, the other ^ith outlying limestones and quartzites, freight being shipped. The Tonopah road having fortunately dropped on to the dip Is to the north.* The width of veins Ments of high-grade ore from deve!ap- rmlacement at the Just below Wabuska. These lines mark yith almost Identical conditions, can be ^ gf' the present time constructing a apex of what is known as the south vein, varies from three.to forty feet and they Ment work alone. districts ehave-meattaeed h.v* approximately thoroughly deHned and traced through Into Old Mexico. broad gauge line from Tonopah to Gold- and which Is producing many thousands have been developed to a depth of 1100 a he ore-bearing formation °? the camp more nartlcularlv to ths .,fL.? differing geological formations th. QUARTZITE DISTRICTS. Qeldandlsexpect.d to-hav.th. same of dollars. Further development to the feet. is universally a rhy.llte, probably the ^^n^ know^ca lnsM)Hontl^h^^ country lying between the lines being With this Invasion of the great central completed during the summer. The San north disclosed what is known as the Taking the above facts and knowing the °*nest rock In the district. This Is cut . ereat manv othar* s^rh an area In which the rocks are almost area and improvement In transportation. Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Rail- Macdonald ledge, which Is one of the underground conditions as they actually *" * general north and south direction . . f,miunr- ------ +h.L exclusively of volcanic origin, cm- facilities comes a renewed interest In road, which crosses this newly developed most Important discoveries In th. dls- exist, I consider Tonopah as yet In Its ^ t^esf v<LrshJw might b2 menUc.rsu^r ^T i55T prising a series of andesites, rhyolites the adjoining quartzite and limestone area at Las Vegas, has just been com- trlct. Two other veins known as the Infancy. thickness, ana these quartz veins snow Mountain Tule Gan von an/ and basalts, with their accompanying districts, where silver and sulphide ores pleted and this gives another outlet and Martha and ABK have been discovered FACTS ABOUT GOLDFIELD. ° < surface over a wide area- . y !ver volcanic ashes, while to th. north, east are found. At the present time th. ores competitive u-anspetatton from the dls- and are now being developed. GoldQeld, situated about thirty miles .J^g^"^as dMosed the fact*S^t Those Interested !n A more extensive and west th. formations are largely from these districts are largely shipped Met south of GoldQeld. the dttsanc. be- PROGRESS OF MINES. south of Tonopah, was discovered In thLe ncth anT scfh tlssu^.l^. cut treatment of th. formation, of thl"dl^ sedimentary, comprising a series of an- to Salt Lake and are paying the heavy ing 190 Miles from GoldQeld to Las Vegas, The North Star Company, lying east of October, 1902. It wa/ named the Grandpa -n east and west Qssure of much trlct are referred to the report of the cient limestones and quartzites. It is freight tariff that only comparatively passing through the rich BuMfrog dis- Montana-Tonopah, found it necessary District, but was reorganized in 8eptem- nronnrtionn carrvln* verv hi^h United States Geological Survey, compiled generally within this area of voloanlcs wealthy ores are able to bear. Now In Met. ^ . ^ ^ ^ to go to a depth of about 800 feet before her, 1903, under the name of GoldQeld. vL7.L -r,7from byJ. E. Spurr. that the rich Qnds of recent years have mining operations the prevailing condl- While the advent of the railroads has encountering the lode porphyry. They, The Qrst discoveries of particular lmpor- --- n-t-- —** t been made. tlon, and one that is well-nigh universal, rendered possible the operation of a also, were rewarded for their work by tance began In January, 1904. Amone the mines attracting nartlcular —- —^ - - , Commencing with th. discovery of gold Is that where rich ores are present In great many properties that could not ^ discovery of a valuable veip, un- The geological conditions of th. camp and silver oh the Comstock, In 1358, and great quantities leaner ores are present stand the charges of a long wagon-haul doubtedly the extension of one of the have not been thoroughly worked out, - nark Renann Grono th. —— * — covering the time until about the year In still greater quantities. Therefore, we for their ores, still the railroads i}ave Montana veins. but so far as known are not very differ- — — * . - - —,^ 1890, the camps of. Reveille, Floche, White have abundant reason to assume that a H*ed such a tariff upon the ores as to The Midway mine, adjoining th. Mon- ent from those existing at Tonopah. Tlie ^T' Mont^^rv M^^ (Iflf)!) [ Fine, De Lamar. Austin, Belmont. Tybo, cheaper method of treatment vlll at once render prohibitive the working of a tana on th. west, sunk about 200 feet country rocks, as shown by outcrops, qs"J"-L Tuscarora (Bull Run), Candelaria, Auro- manifold the available ore reserves In great many lower grade properties. A before reaching the lode porphyry, and are largely rhyolites) with limestone ap- , ,, - , - -- , ^ . ______e______ ra. Hamilton, Hiko, Pine Grove. Cortez, many districts that so far hav. been larger tonnage and a cheaper freight rate ^e owner, were also successful In open- pearing in one or two Instances. Deeper two Silver Peak, Hawthorne, Silver Star and mined only for the high-grade ores they are things which naturally should come up two valuable veins, without doubt work, however, has uncovered andesites Th. "" beneQc!arle. of sudden af- tnany other smaller camps were worked, were able to produce. with the further development of the dis- the western extension of the Montana which seem to be entirely like those of , ' ]-ht-ati^Tt ^.oth -o^ Quence, prominence and general good for- producing an enormous sum, estimated It Is a-noteworthy fact that slliclous Met- veins. - the Tonopah District. These are cut by " , Th. sr.,t .?tht. tuna is Milton M. Detch, an attorney of at ^hqqt_^90^QQA.0Q9Jn.-^^d^^^jBilyer. Jores shipped from these districts are With these conditions already so large- Tonopah-Extension encountered heavy, persistent reefs of quartz, locally nvnr wh!rh Goidheld, Nev., whose enterprise and , this may be added about ^O,OOC,O<N) p^th-&ed IhlTead T'uTHaaE&: 'E*h<T thiar-yny- ip say_^,^^ a, depth of about 250 often designated as quartzites on account 3____+^.. ___ ^ nerve led him to strike out for the fa- for the lead-silver product of Eureka, gests the possibility of working'the low- but that within a very few'yearseNvada f.et. when they droDoed on to the anex*l^f )!!5Sr'^Se!nMJa!y'*M**lr!!H *??"jy*,t t—onopa.n_or nf Nevada which have the district which, In its day, controlled grade slliclous gold and silver ores with wl not only redevelop a mining and what is known as their north vein, these reefs are with little doubt true Th. eh.. .. e luoved'so prolIQc t^^ the lead market of the world. ,Most of th. low-grade silver-lead ores at points milling .ndustry quit, as extensive and and further development brought to light QssUre veins of large proportions. . ^ ?hund^ .unt^v of th. prospector and miner in th. ^ these camps are Hi the limestone-quartz- within the district, where they may be far more general than the one supported . second vein. AH the ores being ship- Their strike is In a general north And and continues to prove good wherever de- lte areas, and are located to the north, conveniently assembled, and thus reduce by Mm famous Comstock, but in connec- p.g from this wonderful mine'are being south direction and the dip Is very nearly ^ f velopment Is undertake, east and west sides, of the section that the long distance haul and excessive tlon therewith a smelting Industry com- extracted from the north vein. vertical. The richer ores occur in regu- H^was bom at Richmond. Ind., In 1373. has com. Into prominence more recently, freight charges, making It possible to mensurato with, her exten^v. deposits of The Golden Anchor Mining Company lar. persistent chutes in these reefs. Sin- wher. he was educated and admitted to In the limestone-quartzite area nume- work some of the large bodies of low- low-grade silver-lead and high-grade sill- encountered the lode porphyry at about gle chutes have in several In- f ^ ^ PjPed t° practice his profession at Ouray, Colo., In rous springs are found and water Is com- grade ore which cannot now be handled, clous gold ores. COO feet. The shaft is now down to the stances produced hundreds of thetownotBuiiimg, a^tance otabout ^ InMarch, 1904. he located at Gold- paratively plentiful, while In the vol- While prospectors are in search of DISCOVERY OF TONOPAH. 800-foot level and in a crosscut at that thousands of dollars. and this 'even m:les. It Is als*J reported that where he has been eminently suc- canlc area it Is very scarce; the result gold-silver ores they should bear In mind As to the different camps. JFonopah was line ore was found and th. vein Is now only to the shallow depth that they water wm De Dj-ougnt from the same ,,usstul In hie profession and In the or- which quite naturally follows from this that the lead-silver and also copper ores discovered by J. L. Butler in May, 1990, being actively developed. have been worked thus far. In addition *"* *°wn or Rnyoiite, both of ^ ,y„ Qfty mining companies condition has been that the limestones are fully as desirable and proQtable. Ow- and located In August of the same year< The Pittsburgh has reached a depth of to these quartz reefs occuring In ande- tnese towns Dc)ng situated some dts- ^ QoidQ.M Bullfrog and other dls- were extensively prospected and devel- ing to the excessive freight and treat- by himself and wife, and to this pioneer 1009 feet and -crosscutting for their ore site are similar reefs apparently In , o" y*,f'Y?jl: in the towns eped In the early days when the above- ment -charges they are even more so at and his faithful wife must be given the bodies will begin as soon as the 1100-foot rhyolite, In which some of the. highest Beatty and Gotdt-enter, both of whlcu ^ ^ attorney Mr. Detch has at dlfter- named silver-lead camps were dtscov- the present time than the average grade credit, not alone for the discovery of level Is reached. values of the camp have been found, *r* situated on tne banks of tue Amar- ^ times rendered distinguished services ered, while an immense desert area In ore now being discovered In the new Tonopah hut for attracting the attention The Ohio-Tonopah Is down to the depth These rhyolite reefs are probably more water °e had anywhere at a ^ number of important cases In which the very heart of this volcanic region camps. While they are In search of rich- of the mining world to the wonderful of 800 feet and active and systematic widely distributed than those In ande- "SB"* <" ten or nitMn teet. ^ was retained, but his strength has for many years past been bidding er ores it would be well to advise them districts now being discovered and de- development work is being prosecuted. site, and discoveries in them at the pres- THE KAWICH CAME. profe*sHonai M**** i* indicated in bin deRance to our most courageous pio- to prospect for or give the lead-silver veloped. BrieRy, the geological condi- The. McNamara encountered the lode ent time cover an area of not less than Kawich, the newest of the camps, was success as a corporation attorney—a suo- neers. Across this section eighty miles ores some attention; as it is only a mat- tibns as they exist in Tonopah are as porphyry at about 250 feet, since which Rfteen square miles. discovered in December, 1904. It is situ- cess that is conspicuous evidence of talent is not an unusual stage without water, ter of a few yehrs when all such ores as follows: The ore-bearing rock in the time developments have disclosed a vein The surface ores in all properties are ated in the Kawich Range, about Rfty- and business acumen. Distances of sixty miles were of fre- are now being shipped to Salt Lake will Tonopah District is andesite, there being which is now being worked. The shaft in oxidized material, and these extend Rve miles east of Go!dRe!d. Owing to Mr. Detch is largely interested in a quent occurrence, while drives of twen- be treated in the district. It is only a two varieties. The names given are the has reached a depth of 500 feet. to considerable depth in some mines, as isolation and scarcity of water the de- number of the best developed mining proa- ty-Rve and thirty, or even forty, have question of fuel and the transportation early andesite, or lode porphyry, and the Th$ RSd Rock, Home and other new the January and Jumbo. In the Flor- velopment of the camp has naturally pects in the Bullfrog and Qo!4R*ld dls* been so common as to occasion no sur- of smelter machinery to make it proRt- la/ter andesite, or capping. It is not only and Important shafts are being sunk, and ence, Combination and Quartzite, on the been slow. ^Recently, however, an abun- tricts as an oiBcer and director which is prise. Add to this the fact that forage able to now treat the ores in this dis- interesting but Important to know that these mines will, no doubt, be heard other hand, the sulphide ores replace the dant supply of water for domestic pur- an assurance to the puhlio o/ no legai was at all times scarce and over large trlct, as there are now being found suffR- no commercial minerals have been dis- from In the near future. The above- oxidized ores at very moderate depth, poses has been discovered. conaplicatlona in connection with theirm- areas absolutely unprocurable, it is not cient Ruxes to handle all of the silicious covered up to date in the later andesite, named mines lie to the north and west The values are almost exclusively in The surface showing in this camp was ve*tident* as far as the organization of surprising that even the most hardy product. or capping. At only one point in the of the Tonopah Mining Company's prop- gold, and this is largely in native form, the most Rattering of any Nevada camp their respective companies in which they prospector should recoil from a region Recent experiments have demonstrated Tonopah District has the lode porphyry erties, which were the original dls- Te!lurides, however, are found in lncreas- yet discovered. Strong, weli-deRned, per- have invested is oonoemed. 3TORY OF TOHCPAH ]3 TOLD BY MEM WHO t<HOW ABOUT THE FACTS Continued From Page lit. ture of what is practically unprospect- resumed shortly. ^ Company, the Montana, Belmont, Tono- tion, concentration and amalgamation, As previously mentioned, the Tono- pah at a handsome pretit. --<d when one . --------------------------------------------------------- ed ground, the indications are that by The Tonopah Stiver and Gold Com- pah Extension, Midway and Jim Butier, hypo sdiphide and the Boss continuous pah Mining Company wiii install eieo- considers the vast extent of the veius, has just commenced and will be carried several of these companies, if supplied pany owns, ciose to this property, and their output may be said to repre- process. The company's assayer, F. M. tricity for this purpose and the Nevada ranging in width from six to over on with the activity and'energy charac- Mth sudlctent money, vaiuabie mines eight claims which, on the surface, sent a vaiue of 3750,000 per month, but Fieid, has concluded experiments of dry Power Company is now constructing a eighty feet, their freat length and the , Mr Mrifana'. undertaking ,°° developed, thus considerably en- show a strong, weii-deQned iedge car- the future of the camp, its permanent crushing to 40 or 50 mesh, a chioriding plant at Bishop Creek. California, 110 depth to which they have been ex- Ad ^nv thl l^ed ^ck C.ns^Ma^d ""**"`S th. productive area of what is rying values as high a. 318 per ton. stability to th. investor and its lasting roast with 6 per cent sait cyaniding. mile, distant, where electricity wii! be pi.r.d, together with the taxation. ^mnanv'^airnr.n thrsou^i. camp. It was the Thecompany isn.wcomm.ncingt.de- prosperity must depend upon the The loss in roasting amounts to 8 per generated and transmitted to Tonopah that they continue to a stUl greater the ^ T^(^h Mining Mr -i E gpurr of the United veiop the property . economical and pr.Qtabie reduction of cent of the silver and 2)4 per cent of and OoidQeid. and it is believed that depth, th. amount of or. In the camp ^u^^omurisinrsix^a^ron which m Geological Survey that some of On the northeast side of Mount Oddie, the vast quantises of lower grad, ore the goid. Th. net saving of silver wi!i this power wiil b.avatiabi. in 8eptem- to-day is simply immeasurable. Company, comprising six claims, on wmen Tonopah s greatest mines would be is the property of the Mizp&h Extension already extracted and exposed in the t^v- +w.- * a shaft has bepn sunk to a depth of 785 opened up. in th. Qat ground on the Mining Company, which has developed mines, the tonnage of which is in- cent as2umfnx thft th^ <^-Antag. of pow.r d.r^ed from^oo<L <^ai M c^d2 „ ^** *° "**. ""-J feet, and drifts and crosscuts amounting western extension of the proved vein a big vein carrying iow grade values, creasing monthly. from wood, coai or crude known possibilities of the unexplored to over 1900 feet have been driven. Ai- system, where the ore bodies would be The mine, which is iargeiy owned in ..... the roasting is total, but as a oil as fuel. mineral bearing area, and it must be though there have lately been persistent free from the disturbance caused by the Philadelphia, has been closed down for THE TONOPAH MILL. matter of fa,ct, a considerable amount The practice of "blind sinking," admitted that to the legitimate mining rumors of an important discovery of ore upheaval of Mount Oddie. Develop- some time, but. it is said, wlU resume The !arge tonnage of ore left on the metal will be recovered In the which has been so largely followed Investor, Tonopah offers greater la­the iocal management denies the state- ments of the Tonopah Extension mine operations this summer. dumps by the leasers of the eariy days, Ques and fume arresters. It is with such wonderful success in this dneements than any other mining dia­ment. The property is Iargeiy owned by with its immense veins, their rich ore On the east side of Mount Oddie and most of which was too !ow grade to believed that if this process wiil stand camp, may be brleQy described as sink- trict to-day. Cleveiand. Ohio, capitalists and was closed and absence of faulting go far to oon- adjoining the eastern boundary of the bear the expense of shipping, presented & commercial test the cost of treatment [„g through the surface ground to dis- Borne very interesting Qgnreo are sup- down for a long time for iack of funds. Qrm this theory. ** Beimont. is the property of the Halifax a di(Bcuity which the Tonopah Mining Mil not exceed 33 per ton. In the cover the continuation of a known vein pu.d regarding the Tonopah mines. The Pittsburg capitalists are now interested GOLDEN CROWN COMPANY Mining Company, controlled by Keith Company seemed Indisposed to cope meantime the Tonopah Mining Com- on m course and extension. dividends that have been paid by several in the compapy. The ground Is well to- _ . .. ^ . . * and Kearns of Salt Lake. A ehaft has with, and prompted the wealthiest pany has decided to erect a 100-stamp This practice was brought about by ,re foiiowst Nevada Alpine, in the cated and it seems probable that some Between the Montana Tonopah and been sunk 800 feet and an immense leasers to take steps to solve them- miii. the geological conditions of the distr!ot. Lone Mountain dtstr!ot. 370,000: Montana veins wiil be discovered. the northern portion of the Midway How of water, amounting to about 50,- selves. With this object in view, a nnm- At present the cost of marketing a Qow of iava having covered to vary- Tonopah, 350 000; Tonopah Mining Compa- West of the McKane Mining Company Company's territory is a single ciaim 000 gaiions per day, was encountersd. ber of processes were investigated and Tonopah ore of the vaiue of iess than ing depths the formation in which the „y 3250,000; Tonopah Extension Company is a group of seven ciaime, owned by the incorporated as the Golden Crown Min- It is said that the shaft wiil be sunk eventually it was decided to build a $50 per ton is as follows: Freight, 39 75 ore occurs. , 360 000 West Tonopah Mining Company, which ing Company and controlled by James to the 1500 foot levei. ___ . . m"'- embracing what is known as the per ton: treatment. 37 50; smeiter de- AH of the Tonopah mines have fol- The eutnnt of Ton.nah ____a-a th. was organized last year and commenced L- Butier, the discoverer ofthe district. The Rescue Company owns onk claim Boss process, which had worked sue- duction, 5 per cent, and moisture (aver- lowed this course except the Tonopah Tonopah mill to April 29 1906 amounted operations in September. The company's Over two years ago a shaft was sunk adjoining the Beimont Company s cessfuiiy at Pachuca, Mexico, on ore age), 1 per cent. There is no doubt that Mining Company where the veins out- to 9x 178 673. The returns ft-mn n 8is tone shaft i, located 2500 feet west of th. Me- her. to a depth of Qfty feet, and sine, ground on th. east. Th. shaft is now of a similar character- The r.suit is t„. .region of a smeiter within reason- Th^Ie^S Kane Company's shaft, and is now down work has been done. Its *00 feet deep, but the property is not ^hal; may best be described as the distance of the camp would great- The Tonopah district has been care- credited with outnut as follows- Tono- nearly 3Mfeet. the intention being to " * ^uahl. h.l.gjp.ra^d and R is not known ^^.ndmos^dernpiant^fltskind ty reduce these costs.. fuHyl^"^edTyLE."^r"of"he p^M,n,^C.^y: *h,^d by ^av^in^c^ou^Jer.n^mfaM Proceeding north 'along th. western Adjoining th. Goid HiH min.' of th. To build this th. Tonopah Mining. ^!L^thf^ni^'^h^thV'm^° 53.000^00; Tonopah hHning Company, ship- and carried miiiing values and close to boundary of the north end of the Mon- John Butier Company on the south is liliHing and Developing Company was * t expressed th