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MONTANATONOPAH MINING COMPANY AgAHE Montana - Tonopah Miniug ; countered near the contact, no drifting At 196 feet from the shaft on the 500 j much above the average of the camp. I be shipped at the present time. In ad and wiii be continued down to the 700 Company was organized in Au was done at that point. ievelwas encountered what has since I This ledge has been prospected 187 feet dition to the shipments which have Ievei, from which point tbeiedgesen- H. gust, 1902, and began active ] The next ledge was encountered at proven to be the main ledge of the to the west and shows good, strong been made there has been accumutated countered above wiii be further devel operationstheHrstdayofSep- 410 feet, January 15,1903. Thisiedge mine so far. This has been denomi values thus far. a dump of milling ore which wiii assay oped. On the 5CO level au air connec- tember following. Its territory con- was 5 feet wide and was composed of nated the Macdonald iedge, in houor of Outhe same ievei, 286 feet north of about 340 and which contains about tion has been made with the North sists of fourteen claims and parts of heavy sulphide ore of very high value Mr Maicolm L. Macdonald, the noted the shaft, was encountered a iedge 8 5,000 tons. This wiii be run through Star shaft, which gives the mine per claims,comprisiuginailaboutl65acres in both goid and silver. It is from mining eugiueerof Butte, who is the {feet thick, a generai sample of which the Midway mill, recently completed, feet ventilation, and in the event of of ground. Since beginning operations this ledge that most of the shipping consulting engineer of the Montana- showed values up to 398. This iedge, as soon as arraugemeuts can be per Hre or other danger affords an avenue like aii others, was encountered iu a fected The quantity of ore shipped of escape for the workmen in both ^ . AA AA'.'-'lt"'" ""' .' ' ..........-—— . —- *1 _j. . _ , I break, and must be deveioped to find has been of sufiioieut tonnage and the properties. 1'^ t**"s V"*ues. No driftiug has yet grade sufiictently high to enable the This property is equipped with a 34 beeu done on it in either direction. Montana Tonopah to pay a dividend of h. p. ho sting engine and its own elec- On the 600 level the Macdonald ledge 350,000, which was distributed outhe trie light plant, the latter furnishing . . < `. ''*.S^S%S< is being drifted on both east and west, 20th of last moth, being the Qrstdivi sufBcieut power to ruu the rock crusher ^ on both the foot wali and thehauging dend paid by any mine in the Tonopah and two machine drills. A steam gg wall. These drifts show splendid district. In addition to this the pur hoist, with a 75 h. p. b"tler, has been "* . Jd! values, and a great deal of the ore wiii chase price of 'he Triangle fraction, ordered and will heins.aiied as soon * be shipped as it is broken down, with- which was 3)8,000, was produced by the as circun'-Umn-tg wiii permit. outsorting. The fuli thickness of this tniue. Iu this connection it is inter TheretuMikabie success of theMon- *. g * --------------------------------------------------------------—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------—— ^ -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ; - j GENERAL VIEW AT MONTANA-TONOPAH HOIST - LOADING ORE AT THE MONTANA-TONOPAH more than 4,000 feet of development ore has been extracted. It has been Tonopah Mining Company, and who ledge on the 600 ievei is 32 feet. e.ting to s'Atetnat a single carload of taua-Tonopah must be attributed to work hasbeendoue, of which 650 feet proven good down to the 600 ievei, predicted when the ledge was discov- The Rrat ore from the Moutaua-To- ore shipped on November 22d to the the energy and foresight of its presi- is in the shaft, the rest being crosscuts where it shows a width of 23 feet. eredthatit would be the banner ledge nopahwas shipped outhe 8th day of Western Ore-Pu.chas'ug Company at dent, Mr. Chas.E. Knox,and its super- and drifts. In crosscutting north on the 500 of the Tonopah district. This ledge is June, 1903. Since that time reguiar Reno, after all shipment and treatment intendent, Mr Geo F Badgett who The Hrst iedge encountered was in level the next vein encountered was at 16 feet thick from foot wall to hanging shipments have beeu made, and an in charges were deduced, netted 322, have worked in harmony for the ben- theshaftat376 feet, in December, 1902. 135 feet from the shaft. It was a heavy wali—not aii of which is high grade crease in production has been recorded 226 47. But httte stuping has been efit of aii the stockholders Too much This was an oxidized ledge, carrying suiphide iedge, 18 inches wide. No shipping ore. However, it has shown with each succeeding mouth. On ac- done as yet, a very iarge percentage of praise cannot be given to the workmen values as high as 370 and averaging drifting was done on this ledge, but on some sensational values and has been a count of the heavy expense winch is the ore having beeu taken out in the in general, who have at all times had about 330 for the full width, which was the level below it is about 4 feet thick most remarkable surprise in the high entailed by the many obstacles to be course of regular deveiopment work. the interests of the company at heart about 30 feet. As thisiedge wasen and maintains its values. percentage of gold it carries, ranging overcome, only very high grade ore can Sinking has beeu resumed recently and shown unswerving loyalty. THE L!TTLE TONOPAH THE TONOPAH-ALOHA THE COMMODOREAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY M!N)NO COMPANY F. E. A. PROPERT!ES Among the partially developed"close Geodetic Mining Compp*,,^of Los A company which owns good miner Fueloil coutd also be brought quite Since work was started on the Com- lent showing on its six claims. It was in" properties in the Tonopah district Angeies leased the eastern half of the al-bearing ground and which has au cheaply to the properties to operate modore in May last there has been organized in September with a capital there is none that shows more promis- Littie Touopah ground, ineiuding t'<e honest and conservative management more economicaiiy. As soon as trans- "something doing" every day, and it of 500,000 shares of the par value of 31 ing indications than that of the Little Homestead claim, on which the main is bound to be successful. One with- portation is established the properties shows iu the weil timbered double- each, with 250,000 shares in thetreas- Tonopah Development Company, a shaft, with its machinery and build-, out the other is not enough—the lack can pay dividends, as mining, miliiug compartment shaft now down nearly ury. The officers are: W.M.C. Jones, California corporation capitalized for ings, is situated. Severai preliminary of either is liable to lead to failure in- and transportation charges would be 300 feet. president;E.L. Mims,secretary; Frank ^ only 100.000 shares of a par value of 31 surveys or tests were made by the ex stead of success. reduced to about 310 per ton. The commodore has a Hue surface Naughton, general manager. 3Rch. perts of the Electro GeodeticCompany, The Touopah-Aloha Mining Company Wood and water are close at hand—a showing and that a good body of rich The main ledge goes through the Most of the twenty three claims and the results were so satisfactory is fortunate not only in having men of most important consideration in this ore will be opened up when the ledges Poorman, Rustler and Harry V. claims, owned by this company were located that plans were at once made for de- the highest standing and integrity for desert country. are crosscut at the 300 foot level seems averages 5 feet in width, and assays in 1901, when there was a wide differ velopiug the property on a large scale, its directors, but from the work;so far It. is the intention of the manage- a certainty. Three distinct ledges out from the surface go from 35 to 360 in enceof opinion as to the direction in The company's contract with the Elec- done there is every reason to believe ment to prosecute work vigorously, crop on the five claims owned by the gold. On the White Horse claim there which the rich ledges tended. Inthe tro-Geodetic people calls for an ex- that within a short time one or more Only enough treasury stock wiii be company, which can be traced nearly is another iedge 2 feet wide, and one on prospectus of the company, published peuditure of not less than 3500 a mouth great miues will be developed. sold to pay for this development work to the famous Mizpah. The main ledge the Nellie C. 18 inches in width. These in the spring of 1902, Jas. F. Weloh, the iu actual miniug work. The six claims comprised in the Pe ! and the monev so received can be used 9 n_<t „ , , , . , , t turn me rnuuey su tecetveu cau ue useu showed 3 feet wtde on the surface and also show good surface values. mining expert who examined the prop it is the purpose of the management quot group (owned by the Tonopah- for no other purpose—the officers re- . . . , . ... I , - A ^ i< * At. - assays here showed an average vaiueof The company has started vigorous erty prior to incorporation,maintained tocrosscutassoonastheshaft reaches ^'ohaGompany) were located by W. ceivmgnotadoliarfor their services. , , , , , , , . D. Nelligan, John Brockman and J. A. The company is incorporated uuder §14 to the ton. The ledge pitched from development work and it is probable Feliz. At the time of location there the laws of South Dakota—these being y " wag little ground taken up on Lone the most favorable to the stockholders, , Mountain, but after looking over that large and small. The capital stock is f .. . . . . ..---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sectioh carefuily, these gentlemen se- 31,000,000—there being 1,000,000 shares . iected the Fairview, Daisy Belle, Alice, of the par value of 31 each—and is ab *- TUT Laura, Catherine and Standard as be- soluteiy non assessable. tti ` , * . ing the most desirable prospects on The company has placed 450,000 ,. R g L OtT \ * ' f Lone Mountain. These claims are on shares ofstockiuthe treasury, and of: t the same range as the famous Alpine this 100.000 shares have been put on 7%W\^ 't s. mine, which was bought by Lynch & saie at 25`ceuts per share. As larger , ? O'Meara a littie over a year ago and j ore bodies are opened up aud develop-! - ' Fyf*J **I ' N ' ^'* which paid a dividend of 370,000 last ] meut warrants, the price of treasury .* # a- t month, besides paying for many sub- stock wiii be advanced. The secretary! ata')tiai improvements aud leaving a East in December, where he met locators,having opened up well deHnedest management, the following weil !edges of goM, silver, lead and copper known gentlemen being o(Hcers aud The most work has been done on the F. W. Johnson, secretary; James L. ^ Standard, on which a shaft has been Butler, Clinton H. Ball, August Sto!z,! sunk to a depth of 50 feet aud a drift B.Janlus aud E. Ohm. run for 36 feet, foiiowing a ledge of Mr. Nelligau is one of the most thor- HOIST AT THE COMMODORE MINE HOIST AT THE LITTLE TONOPAH MINE highly-mineralized ore. This ledge is oughly liked and trusted men in Tono- i now 5 feet 16 iuches wide, and is in pah. Mr. Johnson is secretary of the that the trend of the series of ledges a depth of 400feet, and no doubt is en- creasing in width as depth is gained. Kona KauR.R. Co, Ltd., and stands shaft at o0 feet, but since then that two shafts will be sunk, as there then developed in the Mizpah claim ter:ained that at that depth there wiii Six assays made by the C A. Luck- high among San Francisco's business three small feeders to theledge, carry- is an equally fine showing in two dif- was not only westerly but evidently in: be opened up bodies of high-grade ore hardtCo., Nevada Metallurgical Works, men. James L. (Jim) Butler is "the values, have beeu gone through. ferent places. the direction of the Little Touopah sufficient to place the Little Tonopah San Francisco, show values from 325 to Father of Tonopah," and since his dis The work so far has been done by Frank Naughton, the manager, is a ground, which begins within 600 feet of iuliueas one of the richest properties 380 in gold and silver and 14 percent covery of the famous Mizpah group of M*e aid of a whim, but the management miner of large experience, having the westerly boundary of the Tonopah in the district. copper mines he has made his name synony 'nt<mda to install an up to date horst mined in California, Old and New Company's ground. The accuracy of The officers and directors of the Lit- Several iedges have beeu opened up mous with rugged honesty. Mr. Bali is 'Hthe Dear future, when work will be Mexico, Yukon Territory, British Col- this forecast has been fuily demon tie Tonopah Development Company on the Alice claim,aud assays from the Assistant General Mauager of the pushed more rapidly. umbia and Alaska. During his resi- etrated by the developments made are Dr Chas. A. Clinton, president; S. same show values from 312.50 to 360 KonaKauR. R. Co , and Messrs. Stolz, The officers of the company are. W. deuce of more than two years in To- aiuce that time on properties in the Prentiss Smith, vice president; Thos. per ton in gold and silver, 12 per cent Jaulus and Ohm are capitalists of San M. C. Jones, president and treasurer, nopah. he has studied conditions immediate viciuity of oradjoiuingthe R. Baunerman, secretary; Judge Chas. copper and some lead. Francisco—all men of worth and in- Frank Naughton, vice president and carefully and under his management Little Tonopah. W Slack, Joseph R. Ryan. Jno.S. Ban The proposed railroad survey from tegrity. general manager; E. L. Mims, aecre- the company should soon open up a The main shaft of the Little Tonopah net man and Chas. J. Young. Daggett approaches within one and a With such men at the head of the mine, when the surface showing is con- has reached a depth of 185 feet. The A notable feature of the Little Tono- half miles of the properties of the To- Tonopah-Aloha Com pany, and such de sidered. i <v-1 !t ' equipment consists of a 12 h. p. Fair pah Company is its small capitaliza- nopah-Aloha Company. The grade for sirable mineral claims, the investing -r-LTF I? I? A AJINJlNTfl CD ., company s o e ng a sma banks Morse engine and hoist, a sub- ticm of 100.C00 shares and the fact that a spur track to the properties will not public may feel assured of having a oc o f* .".M.. h.w ..d . ..M ..4 -:th . Tbb F. E. A. M<b)b, " .b. t ^ .^hop. !e^s tbau (he par vaiueof $1 per cub!e tramway, the loaded cars would The secretary's address is P O Box of the newer companies operating i" Qne indications and tie conservative e About two months ago theEiectro jpuiitheemptyoneshacktothemines. 36^9, San Francisco, Cai. the Ray district, and it has an exce! [management, it is a good iuve-*t meut.