Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-03
TONOPAn MINING NEWS.


fFt%tut 0tHkttt W0Fs W s.ft0as
p~cpsrtie~..Ne~ Strikes.
on the isi instant, In possible
remembrance II The date apon which
the Tonopah company assumed com.
plete cootrol of al If it, great
property upon the first anniversary
of the day that The icasers rrlln.
quished their fortune making privi.
leges-t the management 81 ;he Tono-
pah company resumed excavation at
the bottom of the Sicbert shaft,
which IN the largest and 10 be the
best equipped works on the great
led g. Sinking will be- continued
from the 500-foot level To the 200,
when a station will be cut out aud a
drift run to the ledge for working
purposes. As the wines is sunk from
the main lower drift along the ledge
the heavy bodies of high grade ore
continue intact, indicating that the
powerful hoist will have plenty TO do
when placed in commission. Yester-
day at the 3I0-level ON tht Valley
View, 3.foot ledge of 800 ore well
opened to view and is being regu-
larly exploited. In any other mine,
or one OF any less note, this fact of
itself would be heralded in sensa-
tional terms.
Indiana-TOnOpah.
This company has just commenced
the sinking of a two-compartment
shaft upon the Owl ground, one mile
east of Gold Hill, and will sink sew
eral hundred feet before prosecuting
the ledges which pass through this
ground. The groupings assay well
and the surface ground of the four
teen ocations owned by the Indiana
Tonopah is covered with quartz and
porphyry is found at depth of ten
feet. The ground will prove to be
valuable as depth is attained The
company has large steam hoist in
transit, which is capable of sinking
|, 600 feet. The officers are Pres
ident, A. l.. Hudgens Vice Presi-
dent. j. l.. Butler; General Mana
ger, C. H. Elliott Secretary and
Treasurer, r. S. Culverwell, Super
indent, Frank Dunn--all of Tonopah
Directors w. N. and NJ. F. Man
son of Charlottesville, Ind; W. H..
Harmon, Sausalito, Cal. H. G. Cut
ting, Frank Dunn. The ground
owned by the Indiana Tonopah is in
the right mineral country.
Paymaster.
/ The organization of the Paymaster
Mining Company of Nevada was per-
fected January 2, 1903, by the cleo
tion of directors and officers as fol-
| lows A. @. Cushman, president
C. H. Elliott, vice president r. S.
Culverwell secretary and treasurer
John Zweifel, Richard Joyce. Super
intendent, John Zweifel
The companys property, from
which very favorable reports have
been received, is situated near Lone
Mountain. 1t was decided to con
tnue sinking the present shaft along
the foot wall of the ledge to depth
Of at least 100 feet before crosscut-
ting. A conservative estimate of
shipping ore in sight down to the
bottom Of the shaft is $50, 900.
Fraction.
Operations on the Tonopah Frac-
tion are being carried on with a
comprehensive regard for future
advantages. The hoisting plant of
shaft No. | has been removed to
shaft No. and the work of sinking
the latter to total depth of $50
feet pushed as rapidly as good miners
can do it. From here connection
will be made with the 428 (called 400
level of the three accompaniment No.
2shaft. Late developments on either
side OF the Fraction ground now fully
warrants every effort to explore the
ledge formation at much greater
depths.
BOstOn-TOnOpah.
Appearances at the new Boston
Tonopah shaft evince the thorough
work of competent management.
The shaft, now 20 feet in depth, is
solidly timbered in mining like man
ner, everything being got in readiness
for the installation of the powerful
steam hoist with which it is to be
equipped, and which is en- route. In
previous article the BONANZA
clearly cited the facts upon which is
based the opinion that the deep
exploration to be made at this i'm
portant point are certain to show up
great bodies of the richest ore to be
found in this district.
Montana a-TOnOpah.
Sinking is being vigorously prose
cuted on the Montana Tonopah shaft
which is AIS feet deep. During the
nnSt mank In tho COURSE of sinkinn