Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-09-27
FRACTION ORE STRIKE
IN WORKING SHAFT
Quartz Encountered at $50 Feet Water
Struck in the Tune! Shaft.
Other Mining News.


Other Mining News.
As events course along IL becomes
more apparent that the tremendous
efforts being made by the big mining
companies lying outside of the sur
face outcropping of ore are destined
to meet success Exploitation of vir-
gin ground, where the existence of
ore bodies is unknown beyond mining
analogy and theory, is exciting bust
ness. Just now there is manifest all
over the town feeling of keen inter
est and buoyancy over the week S de-
velopments in the Fraction, which is
doubtless shared by mining circles all
through the country
On Thursday last, at point $3.50
feet deep, in the big working Shaft
No. 2, the miners shot into and began
sinking through body of quartz,
through which mineral is distributed
only in small values so far. AS sink
ing progresses the ledge or deposit
had not been cut through Saturday
night This verification of Manager
Curtis mining judgment is complete,
while the find is a stimulus to in
creased energy, if possible, at all the
shafts going down westerly of the
Butler group.
Drifting has begun from the 400
level of Shaft No. /, to connect with
the new works at what will be the
426 station, the distance between
being 450 feet.
L. & Nj. Company.
Development of water in the Tun-
mel shaft of the Tonopah company
was one of the interesting mining
occurrences of the past week.
Water was encount tered at "a depth
of $50 feet, from the tapping of a
small stream which renders necessary
the hosting of about fifty buckets or
2O00 gallons every twenty-four hours.
Should this continue a tank station
will be cut out when the shaft gets
down below the water stratum. The
shaft is $50 feet distant from the
known strike of the ledge, to which
drifts will be run at different levels.
Exactly what is indicated by the
strike of water is hard to tell, nor
can its volume or extent be prophe-
sled 1t will be remembered that the
Mizpah Extension sunk through
water bearing formation before the
body of ore was encountered,
Ray.
The main shaft on the Coronation
group at Ray district is going down
through favorable ledge matter, at
l20 feet perpendicular The opening
of bodies of high grade ore in the
Ray mines, or lodges bearing that
class of ores, is only question of
looking for them, which the company
is doing and will continue to do.
Belmont.
At $50 feet depth the Belmont is
going down in good shape through
the regular mineral bearing lode por-
phyry characteristic of Tonopah dis
trict. The management express in
creased confidence in the finding of
ore at greater depth.
Acenith.
Superintendent Hank Smith, than
whom there is no better mining au-
thority anywhere, says that there
will soon be showing in the shaft on
the Acenith That means whole
lot to observing ones.
OhiO-TOnOpah.
The new gallows frame is up, with
the Doh. p. steam engine in position.
Active mining work will be resumed
during the coming week, with all
operations greatly facilitated
Montana-T0nOpah
New hosting works are now in
admirable operation. Three shifts
of miners are sinking five feet per
day in porphyry.
New Map.
Messrs. Booker 3 Bradford. the
we'll known firm of mineral survey
ors, have in preparation new edi-
tion of the map OF Tonopah district.
1t will clearly designate the several
holdings of all the various companies.
In pursuance of this plan, mining sec
retaries and others will do well to
note the advertisement this week.
The present handsome maps will be
sold at the reduced rate of 50 and 50
each
Mines Paid For.
The Butte-Tonopah company, or
ganized mainly through the efforts of