Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15
INTERESTING BATCH
OF MINING NEWS
TOnOpah Company Lays OFF Part Of
Valley View Force.

About half the force at the Valley
View mine was laid off the past
week. This move was made in obed- !
fence to instructions received from
the east to reduce the force at all !
the company's mines, which was be-
gun over a month ago. or the $50 men
men employed two months ago on
the Mizpah, Burro and Valley View,
only about one-half remain, the rest
having been drafted The mines
are all opened up now to such an ex-
tent that their future is assured,
and the company has decided to go
slow in development till means are at
hand to reduce the ore. The prop
critics are all practically opened up
to depth of 800 feet, and ore enough
is in sight to keep a 500.stamp mill
in steady operation fof long term
of years. For months past the com
pany has endeavored to pay the
working expenses of the properties
by the regular shipments of ore, and
while it has succeeded in doing this, it
has been done at great loss. To
handle this ore that was shipped to
the smeters has cost from $40 to $50
per ton, besides the losses occasioned
by leakage, and as from 1000 to 1900
tons were shipped monthly, the loss
can be readily appreciated when it is
understood that the ore could be
worked at an expense not exceeding
SO per ton if it were reduced at
home. In this connection the BONAN-
"a is authorized to state that the
visit of John Brock, president of the
company, and C. c. Berger, assist
ant and consulting engineer to John
Hays Hammond, who will arrive here
next Tuesday means the almost inn
mediate construction of an immense
reduction plant.
Lone MOuntain-HOrn Silver.
At this property at Lone noun
tain work has been suspended on the
west side Of the claims, as the veins
which show on the surface there are
being proved by the work that is be-
ing done on the Esperanza Work is
now being centerd on the Irish Beau
" claim, where shaft is being sunk
on the ledge At the bottom of the
shaft few days ago a break oc-
CURED in the ledge, the latter hav
| ing the appearance of having fallen
over. 1t is thought, though, that
the break will be caught up again in
a few days and sinking will then re-
sume. To the present depth in the
shaft several tons of high grade ore
have been extracted and sacked.
Inc 1olUth AbcIOF.
Development work on this proper
", in view of the difficulties that
have had to be overcome, is being
prosecuted vigorously, and now that
the water, which came into the shaft
at l40 feet, is under control, substan-
tial Roadway is being made. The
Golden Anchor promises to become
one of the big mines of the district,
as it is in line with the Montana and
Midway, and the veins recently cut
in those mines undoubtedly pass
through its territory
North Star.
Sinking and prosecuting both
ways from the $50 foot station in the
North Star have been proceeding
steadily the past ten days and con
siderable new ground has been pierre
ed. In the north crOsscut a vein OF
quartz foot wide and carrying val
ues of about $50 in gold and silver
was passed through the early part of
the week
The Hasbrouck Mine.
The tunnel run in on the Hasbrouck
mine at Gold mountain is now in 80
feet, and in its progress several
stringers of ore have beer cut. The
winze from the tunnel has reached a
depth of sixty feet, which gives q
present depth of $50 feet on the vein
below the surface, and the bottom