The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-14

New Mining Jots

The electric hoist for the Utah and
Andes mines arrived last evening and
are being hauled to their destination
today. says the Virginia Report.
Joe Carol Of Elko was in town
Monday. Mr.. Carol say that not
withstanding the fact that discourag-
ing reports are received from the
ompan boring for oil near Elko,
the same company in the last few
days has put men to work locating
ground all over the country. Some Of
the newly located ground is eighteen
miles from Elko, says the Wells Her
aid.
oDDIE ON THE TONOPAH.
General Manager T. L. eddie Of
the Tonopah Mining company of Ne
vada, is spending a few days in this
city. being on attendance in the
United States Court, says the Carson
News.
As time passes Mr.. eddie becomes
more and more confident of the great
future of Tonopah if it can be said
that a man with his faith can have
more.
We'll" said Mr. eddie. Il can give
you a few lit,ie notes of some inter
est. perhaps. To begin with, a strike
has been made in the West End shaft.
This is one Of the Burro Lodges. The
ledge in the shaft is a good, strong
one. and the ore is good milling ore.
Then a new strike has been made in
the King Tonopah. The importance Of
the last strike NAV De really com
pretended when it is known that the
King Tonopah is located one and
one-half miles north Of the town Of
Tonopah. It simply means that the
mineral zone is even wider than an
ticipated by the most %sanguine.
we are prosecuting on the 700
level of our main shaft, expecting to
catch the Mizpah ledge. A fact of
particular interest to mineralogists
and biologists and of considerable i'm
portance is that the United State
Geological Survey has decided that the
ledge bearing porphyry of the camp
is andesite and that the Gaping
formed by the everything 10y is rhyo-
lite. The porphyry (andesite) is sim
liar TO that found on the Comstock
1t is not identical, mind, but similar
Our new gallows frame is on the
road to the camp and will arrive il
a few days. 1t is built entirely o
steel and will stand So feet high.
"Our steel machinery building il
also constructed entirely of shee
steel and will be riveted together.
believe it will be one of the best build
ings for the purpose in use in th'
United States"
Mr.. eddie states that the company
for months has been engaged in ex
periments with various milling pro
cesses, and when the present series
o. experiments are completed it is be
lieved that a process will evolve which
will allow of working IS ore at
profit. When the directors are salts
fed that they have the right plan
the company will build n of tn
largest mills in the world. 1t will
probably have 500 stamps and vii
run through 1000 tons of ore per day
And the day is not so far off, either
according to the general manager
views, when work on this same mil
will begin.
When the proper process of mill
ing is ascertained, and the plant !
erected" continued Mr.. eddie, "th'
work of getting out ore will be quarry
ing and not mining for the porphyry
and all will mill enough to return
profits. and even with such a gigantic
mill as will undoubtedly be erected
the ores of Tonopah now in sight
will feed it for a longer time thar
most of us will be interested in earthly
matters.
"Since anuary 1902. the Tonopat