Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1901-07-27
ORE FAST AccUMULaTING.
A Great Demand for Freight Team

and Sodaville can haul it away, AT
the present time by actual count T.,
527 sacks of ore is awaiting shipment.
1t is more than the present force OF
teamsters can move in the next six
weeks, even if not another ton should
be mined The fact, however that
from now Oh the mines will put out
ore faster than ever, makes the trans
portation question a pressing one A
large number of teams can find
employment here with freight both
ways at good rates For rates and
additional information see Tonopah
Mining Co. s advertisement.
+. Golden, ]. Hennessy, NJ. Meg
giness, A. J Crocker, AL Stevens,
VIM. Robinson, Arthur Kunze and
Jack Salsberry have taken lease
above the Tamblyn & Golden ground
and will sink a shaft to the depth of
200 feet This is the highest work
ings on Oddie Mountai and the boys
are sanguine Of being well remuner-
ated for their labor, as it has been
found that the large rich lodges of this
camp all run under Oddie Mountain.
They are deserving of much praise
for their hazarardous undertaking.
but as they are young men and life
and mining being gamble they are
willing to take chance and we pre-
diet the plucky chaps will win out
jim Lothrop of Sodaville caught l..
A. Green. IA swamper on freight
team, ringing the necks of a couple
of his chickens Lothrop landed both
feet and fists all at once in the face
of the chicken fancier until the poor
devil begged for mercy Next day
Green informed Lothrop that he had
purchased the fowls and had right
to wiring their necks, whereupon jim
gave him second drubbing for not
telling the truth Green is here hav-
ing our local painters e-touch his
black eyes with flesh color hue and
vows that he never did like fowl.
Cal and Wilkes Brougher have the
banner lease of the camp and now
hold the trophy Shaft is now down
30 feet with seven and one half feet
Of S3l5 ore per ton The Brougher
Bros. will realize from their lease
over $1,000 this amount they now
have in sight, and should the body
continue down another 100 feet they
will clear up over $3.50. 600 The
ledge is widening as depth is attained.
They have over 1000 sacks of ore
sacked and awaiting transportation.
J. c. Williams. a member of the
Executive Board of the W. f. NJ, af-
filiated the Tonopah Miners Union
with that of the Federation on Tues
day evening last The union has
membership Of POO with q applica
tions to be acted upon at the next
meeting Wages are 81 per dav.
1t is She intention of the union TO
build hall
), d. and J. Fl Forman have a very
promising lease on the BIrro ledge.
A shaft has been sunk to the depth
Of 4s feet the ledge in the bottom
showing four feet from wall to wall
with pay streak q inches wide and
the ore will average $500 per ton
A good shipment of ore is awaiting
transportation
Three different shafts have been
started during the past week on the
bench at the foot Of Oddie moutain
1t will not be many moons before the
question as to whether the lodges 90
under this mountain or otherwise will
be finally determined. Every effort
in that direction So far has met with
success
Three whimS have been received
during the past week. and are being
erected for operation as rapidly as
possible. One was delivered to
Cutting Il Brown. one to Sullivan,
Lynch & O'Meara and one to Oddie.
Pheby and Peters. There are three
more whims en- route from Sodaville.