Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-12-20
RICHEST IN THE MINING WEST.
Reserves OF WondrousIy Rich
Ore in the Tonopah Min,

4 practical OF theoretical mining
mau after "A careful examination o, the
Tonopuh Mining company mines nc.
claims the words, Wonderful. the
richest deposit in all the known
world to-day The editor OF the
BONANZA as the guest of Manager
Oddie and Superintendent siebert
and under the craftsmanship Of the
genial Ralph Wardle, one Of the eff.
cient foremen of the company. a
thorough examination and eXplora
tion of the property Of the TOnopah
Mining company OF Nevada, was
made this week, something over four
hours being consumed in examining
this wonderland property. To con.
ceive the richness of these mines
the Mizpah, Valley View, Burror
Desert Queen and others -one must
see TO believe, and seeing, the party
at once realizes that the half OF the
richness of these now famous mines
has not been told in the press, for
had the columns of the BONANZA
printed the exact returns of the
assays from lodges running in width
from two TO fourteen feet and in one
place fifty feet, of high grade about
equal in proportions of gold and sill,
yer, the puolic would smile aud say
newspaper boom, but to-day such
lodges and such values do exist thus
placing this mining district not only
the richest in the Mining West, but
in the world today AS soon as a
mill shall have been built here, which
will be, to reduce the ores, thousands
Of sturdy miners will be employed in
extracting the precious metals from
the bowels Of the earth, and Tono-
pah will then become the largest
bullion producing camp in existence,
The mines are being opened up in a
manner that reflects great credit
upon the mining knowledge of Man.
ager Oddie and Superintendent
Siebert. The stations at the three
and five hundred levels of the Siebert
shaft on the Mizpah, are a splendid
piece Of work, and the area Of
room will facilitate the speedy re
moval of waste and ore The block
ing out Of the ore ready for stopping
when a plant for reducing the rocn is
ready to receive it, has been done
along every drift on the many differ
ent lodges.
Development work on the Tonopal
Mining companys mines continues tC
show steady Improvement in theil
condition and prospective value
The 300 level in the Mizpah west o
the main shaft makes II beautifu
showing, as the ledge was so wide
that part Of it had 10 be left ON tn,
foot wall in one place in particular ii
running the drift aud lately the com
panv has been cutting out this foot
wall streak which is from two tC
four feet wide and assays from s4O(
to $500 per ton. The balance Of the
ledge at this point is shipping ore
The 300 foot level is opened up on the
Mizpah ledge for nearly 500 feet
and in places the ledge reminds one
Of jewelry store as the horn silver
CRYSTALS on the ore gIisten in the re
Election Of the candle light like dia
mondS. The 400-foot level is opening
up richer aud a more uniformly even
ledge than the 300. foot level, and the
proportion of gold is higher in this
level than above, and some free golo
is visible in this level in the heavy
black sulphurets, which is an uncom
mon thing in the mine, as the gold IN
the sulphurets is not generally visible
unless the ore is subjected to heat,
The Mizpah ledge is opening up
strong in the 50O.foot level, and at
this point it is about five feet wide
and improving in size and values in
both the east and west drifts.
The new ledge encountered IN the
south cross.cut from the 34OIoot
level of the Valley View shaft, which
is the 300 foot level Of the Mizpah.
makes "A fine showing Already four
feet Of ore has been cut, which IS Of
good shipping grade.
The east drift on the 300 foot level
Of the Mizpah is nearly to the east
end line of the claim. 1t is now in a
large body of low grade ore With
high grade in parts of it.