Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-11-08
OFFICIAL MINING NEWS.
Statement of Operations of the
Tonopah Mining Company.


Nevada has been issued from the
home Office at Philadelphia by Vice
President Miller. The matter is
given in full, as of great interest to
ockholders and local readers
Your Board desires to report that
the work at the mines has been
prosecuted during the past six
months with the object of developing
the property, so that in the future it
can be operated on an economical
basis. Only such ore has been taken
out as was located in the line of de
veopment, but notwithstanding the
fact that no ore has been mined other
than that above mentioned, this de-
velopment work has produced as
much first and second class ore as it
has been possible together with
what the lessees have offered for
shipmenD for the present transpor-
ia ton facilities to move to the rail
road and in addition to this guam
tity there has been placed on the
Company's dump 1900 tons of ore,
graded as third class. From five
hundred assays taken daily this ton
mage averages SOL 90 per ton, or IL
total value of nearly $3.50, 600.
In addition to the high-grade ore
now being daily extracted, there is
an average of from 40 to 30 tons of
this third class ore being placed on
the dump each day, "a working hours
constituting working day.
The Companys main working shaft
is located on the "Mizpah' claim
200 feet distant from the ledge at the
surface 1t is three compartment
shaft, 5xl7 feet, and at present has
been sunk to a depth of 5l5 feet. 1t
is proposed to continue sinking this
shaft to a depth of at least | 900 feet,
it being constructed in such a man
ner that the property can be oper-
ated through it for some years 10
come.
At the 500-foot level station is
being built, from which a second
crosscut will be run to connect with
the valley View" shaft. The "Val-
ley View" shaft is located near the
center of the Silver Top claim,
825 feet distant from the main work
ing shaft, and has been sunk TO a
depth of 80 feet. At depth of $40
feet it will encounter the croscut now
being run from the main working
shaft at the 300-foot level This
crosscut has now been extended to a
distance of 68J feet and when com
pleted l4O feet further will connect
these two shafts.
From the 240 foot level in the "Val-
lev View" shaft a crosscut is being
extended into the Valley View"
claim.
The Desert Queen shaft, located
on the upper end of the claim of the
same name, is down 3l5 feet. At a
depth of Ala feet it will be on a line
with the 300-foot level of the main
working shaft. At completion these
shafts will afford perfect ventilation
for the mines, and when it becomes
practicable to mine larger daily
tonnage of ore the capacity of the
mines will not be restricted by insuf-
ticient hosting facilities
The "Silver Top" shaft, on the up
per end of the "Silver Top" claim, is
being sunk to be operated in con-
junction with the other shafts along
the regular plan of development.
Work on all these shafts is progress
ing without interruption, together
with the work on the crosscut be.
tween the main and valley View
shafts, and, in addition to these oper-
atoms, drifts are being run on both
east and west ends of the $50 and 300
foot levels of the "Mizpah Ledge"
A winze is also being sunk on the
vein from the 300-foot level east of
the point where the crosscut inter
scots the "Mizpah Ledge" 1t is now
down over 100 feet, in which the ore
continues unbroken as above to the
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