Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-11-15
OPENING UP THE MINES.
Progress and Development OF the
Past Week.

Past Week.
The new steam hoist for the West
End shaft is due in ten days, together
with two carloads of accessories for
the works The shaft has been en-
arged to X7l in the clear for IA
distance of Is feet, and the rest of
the way to the bottom at go will be
finished by the time the machinery
arrives. Timbcring at mouth Of
shaft has been raised ten feet, at
which level the boiler, engine, etc,
will stand, effecting great addition
to the room for waste. The company
will then sink 270 feet deeper, to the
800 level, before cross cutting. The
stockholders in annual meeting
elected w. J Douglas, H. c. Cutting
and b. +, Edwards directors Re
ports Of officers were read and the
affairs of the company found to be
in fine condition. The directors
elected officers as follows: Presi-
dent, W J. Douglas; Vice President
n G. Citing: Secretary, w. j.
Harris; Treasurer, c. b. Iabriskie;
General Manager, B. +. Edwards.
New York Tonopah.
The BONANZA articles of last week
relative to the New York Tonopah
aud the Philadelphia Tonopah prop
critics, as intended, were timely The
emphasis comes in the way of an ore
strike in the bottom of the 800. foot
New York shaft, which was made on
Wednesday last and results in a
buoyancy affecting the whole camp.
To all appearances the ore is of pre-
ciselv the same character as that of
the Fraction bonanza Future dew
clopments all along that westerly
trend OF the southern system of
lodges are looked for with the utmost
confidence and expectancy Of wealth
for the far sighted owners. The due
sequence of these recurring discov-
cries is steadily knocking out the
scepthrs as well as creating the ut
most efforts to penetrate and explore
the underlying mineral bearing zone
in and surrounding Tonopah.
Little Tcnopah.
Active operations have been re-
sumed on the " Homestead, the
main shaft of the Little Tonopah De
velopment company, and the man
agement is confident that, Judging
from present indications, within a
few weeks the cOmpany's stock will
he quoted at IA much higher figure
81 1 ...-t
price at which any of it has been
sold. With its small capitalization
of only lO0, 900 shares, at par value
of 81 each, and conservative, slow
but-.ure methods of procedure. the
stock of the Little TOno, in the
event of the look ed-for strike in the
main shaft, will equal if not exceed
in value that of the best paying com
pany III the camp, The new Morse
Fairbanks engine and hosting ma
chinery on the Homestead shaft are
giving perfect satisfaction,
TOnopah CITY,
The main shaft of the Tonopah
City Company will soon be equipped
with one of the finest hoistin plants
in the district, when the gasoline
hoist now in use will be replaced with
u steam hoist of 80 horse power cap
acity, The plant will be modern in
every particular and will capable of
sinking to depth of 1900 feet The
shaft at present has reached depth
Of 345 feet, and every effort is being
made to push the work ahead so that
prosecuting can be commenced.
Owing to TO the excellent prospects
of the mine and the healthy condition
Of the treasury the directors of the
company have stopped the sale OF
the stock, and although many appli-
cations have been made for it of late
they have been refused,
OhiO-TOnOpah.
The Ohio Tonopah company works
are moving along smoothly, the ma
chinery doing most excellent service
at low cost. The shaft is now sunk
considerably below the 300 level and
the bottom shows a marked and
favorable change, the management
believing that the lode porphyry will
soon be encountered. As the strike
of the principal vein systems of the
camp are through this company S
ground, developments here will be
watched with the greatest interest.
Gold Hill.
The standard head gear or gallows
frame having been completed, the
heavy frame work of the shaft house
is going up over the twin hosting
engines, which with the boiler are all