The sun., 1902-10-06
REPORTS FROM MINING CAMPS.
n. E. WHITNEY INVESTS IN THE
NEW NEIADt GOLD CiMP.
Gets Control Of Butte-Tonopah Company
VIM Push DeN elopmcnt Iron Ore
shipments Ahead Of Last Years Rec
Ord-Thtnder Mount ain DE, elOpnient.


RENO. Nrv Sept 20 William G. whitney
of New York. g.. ". Brocky. New Jersey,
and T !. Odda general manager OF the
Io1Opah cnmlany have bought control of
the Butte lUnOpah Mining Company at
Tonopnh. The company owns IN, Golden
Gate. Champion Ang.lu' and Crackeriacli
claims at Tonopah, all of which have been
well prosppcted and have been found 10
contain good ore. Al a meeting of the direc-
tors in san Francisco T l. Oddic was elected
general manager and WESLEY W Warren
son of Gen Warren of Butte Mon aud
graduate Of Cornell University mining school
was elected superintendent. II is the purpos"
of Mr. Whitney and his associates to push
development OF these claims az once This
deal will do much for Tonoplh. as what the
camp needs Is immediate demonstration
that its great richness is not confined to
Mi2plh and two or three other old mines
The Fraction mine is working sixty men
and sinking the shaft NJ the rate Of five
feet every twcnty-four hours
An abundant supply OF water l. assured to
Tonopah by deal made last week at Austin.
l.. II Rodgers and cX-Gov Jcwert Adams of
Carson have bought of A. Il. Mllett OF
Smoky Valley fifty miners inches of water in
Twin River Tor $4,000. Rodgers and Adams
are members Of the lonopah Water and Power
Company which has given orders for sixty
miles OF l2-nch pipe 10y winch IL Is pro-
posed to carry water from Twin River to
Gouopah the desert mining camp. The COM
lany also holds an option on Nillctt- other
water rights on Twin River for Sli,ooO
The assessment list of Tonopah shows
valuation OF real and personal property so5,
75i the take. on which were sli,5i37i. In
addition to this l. the bullion report which
will foot up TO S2OO,OuO.
Work j. being pushed on most OF the claims
around louoplh. The Fraction company
which i down 2m feet j. taxing out two car
loads of ore u week that runs from $500 to
$500 ton. one and "A hall miles eat over the
range from Ionopah are the MiZpah extern
sion mines, where they have sunk 80 feet and
of ionopah the Ray and O'Brien Gold Com
pany has sunk 23O foot shaft from which ore
j. taken that averages $50 a ton. 1000 shares
OF stock m this mine We're soId to ionopah
people AT - cents "A share and with the pro-
ceed~ the mine was opened. The Ionopah
Mining tompany's stock which year ago ,Old
at 81 share i now quoted at N+ "a share on
the mining board IN Salt Lake city.
Benson 4 20, have copper NJ the ijo-foot
level OF the Juniper mine in Ohnrhouse, dis
trict The ore runs about $50 per ton and the
mill will b"gln on II in few days.
LAKE RLGIOS lRoN MINES
DULUTH. MINI. oct For September
the iron ore shipments from Lake superior
were, greater than in any corresponding
ing TO about 3,7jo,o0 gross tons. This. added
to the shipments OF the previous month of
the season. makes n total trlte in excess OF
the entire amount shipped all Of las, year,
which was the largest year in the history of
the trade There remain the two full months
of October and November, which will add
will fall OFF sharply soon Most of the largest
shippers notably the United States Steel
Corporation, are nearly through Practically
all stock piled or" from all ranges is shipped
and what goes forward now Is from under
ground
The United States Steel Corporation is now
al work on the most extensive series OF dead
work operations ever carried on in a mining
region, preparing for the future II l. sink
ing no less than six great shafts. all to be- Of
much depth and considerable diameter One
of these, the new chaplin SHAFT. will be the
largest bore ever made in IN" iron region
ttc shaft being. inside tlmbers. 10 by y feet
Several Of these viii be lined with steel plates,
steel wire rope. or other forms OF n-com-
bustlble material A. Norrln a shaft IL being
sunk that may eventually 60 2"o feet deep.
AZ Savoy IL another that vii reach fully 200
feet, and perhaps more None of IN. larger
of these new shafts il expected to he of less
annual capacity than in,uW tons. and some
will b" more An enormous sum Will be-
spen, in sinking and eTuIpping these shaft-
and in building head frames, al Of which
are TO hr Of steel
The Donora Mining Company, which il
the mining branch Oi M" Union Steel Com
pany of Pttshurg, will mine no ore this
year OF any range but the Marquette wherA
II has the Nolnnte"r and some surrounding
properties There II will mine about lOOO
tons Tn" Volunteer belongs IN feet o Russell
4 Alger. and is under a longtime option to
the Donora company
The Oliver SNYDER Steel COMPANY owning
The Shenango mine on N" NeS1ha has com
menCed sinking a third shaft in order to reach
the ore. No shaft was started year ago,
and struck such a vein of QuCksand that IT
was abandoned No was then started
and when down to the depth OF No | and
drfted the sand CaNed in and ruined the
workings, No 3 ia now started half way be
tween the other two II was expected to
mine 100 .O~ tons OF ore this year, but none
can be secured hefor" 1909 The company
* now opening a second mino. close by the
Shcnango, and i after some additional prop
critics on the western end Of the range
At IN" florouc" mine, which had been
supposed to be a sort of back number,
they will mine lOn.nD tons this year They
are sinking "A new shaft that is to be tho main
one on til" property
The Helen MINI OF the Clergue syndicate
is now mining about 2.OnO tons a dav and is
sinking TWO shafts in order to change methods
from III" open pt to the milling system
The mine Will make a larger output this year
than in the past Two other ore properties
of the sam" sNudiCnt" are being opened for
mining and may get out small amount
carrying on very extensive mining operations
on tn" sudbury nickel belt and + already
roasting large amounts OF high grade nickel
ores tOr It's in"tHllurglcul works at Sdult ste