Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-04-18
RAY ( O'BRIEN
ANNUAL MEETING.
Mining News Notes From the Many
Tonopah Properties.


Ray q O Brien Gold Mining Company
was held at Butler hall on April 6,
1903 The following named directors
we're elected for the ensuing year:
J. L. Butler, l.. o. Ray, VIM. J. Sin
clair, r. b. Davis, Zeb Kendall,
Fred. j. Siebert and J. p. Brissell
Reports were made by Manager
L. o. Ray, Secretary j. p. Brissell
and Treasurer X. b. Davis. Manager
Ray reported that the mine is work
ing now in richore The shipping ore
is averaging over $85 per ton. He
also reported that over 20 sacks ran
as high as $3.50 per ton. There is a
5-foot ledge in the shaft of the Christ
mas Gift, consisting of carbonate ore,
that will assay as high as 81 500 per
ton. The latter is found slightly
porphyritic upon the northeast crop
pings. That the mine will be one of
the best in the state Of Nevada is a
certainty, and this summer will come
to the front as mineral producer.
This company has so much faith in its
properties that after the stockhold-
ers meeting the director held a
meeting at which all stockholders
were invited to be present, where
they were called on to make any sug-
gestions which would be of benefit TO
the mine and its management. The
newly elected officers of the company
are as follows: j. l.. Butler, presi-
dent; L. o. Ray, vice president; j.
p. Brissell, secretary; r. B. Davis,
treasurer, and L. O. Ray, manager.
West End.
The West End shaft has penetrated
ore and distinct ledge formation for a
distance of 16 feet without change.
But progress has been slow, as the
management are "up against il" in
an encounter with phenomenal pres
ence of bad air, which has kept the
blower constantly in action. This
runs with reverse motion, practically
pumping foul air out of the mine, the
shaft furnishing the downcast. No
satisfactory conclusion has beer
reached accoun ting for this; perhaps
the most plausible is that the ledge
incloses untitled cavities. The air is
not dangerous or fiamable, as 1t dims
candlelight to darkness, but is too
oppressive for miners to work in. At
the bottom OF the shaft, in the dark
ness, a bottle was emptied of its con-
tents of water and lightly sealed
afterwards. Upon an analytical test
of this Mr.. Osborne, the metallurgist,
concluded that the gaseous substance
is hydrogen, or every day air minus
its proportion OF oxygen. Upon re-
sumption of work after clearing the
shaft the increase or inflow begins
anew. 1t is an interesting problem
worthy of the most scientific study,
and a phenomenon in the mining of
clear silver and gold quartz
New York-TOnOpah.
The New York Tonopah Gold Min
ing Company has four full claims.
Capital stock. 10, 900, 900 shares; par
value, 81 per share. The shaft is $40
feet deep, and still sinking in yellow
porphyry. in which are stringers of
ore assaying $40 gold and $40 silver.
The managers commenced cross cut
ting at 625 feet and have gone 80 feet
and opened up several stringers
which assay well in gold and silver.
These stringers Indicate that the Val
ley View or Gold Hill ledge is very
near. A limited amount of stock is
offered at public subscription at 75c
per share to complete the work now
in rapid progress. After this is Sc
cured no more stock will be sold. Ad-
dress all checks and inquiries to John
Dopp, $40 Drexel building, Philadel-
phia, Pa
Sierra Vista.
A. H. Lee, general manager for
the Sierra Vista Gold Mining Com
pany, is in from the new camp of
Atwood. He reports that the shaft
on the Red Crown claim is down 65
feet 1t opens perfectly formed
ledge from one to three feet in width,
the average assay values of which is
$44. % per ton, principally gold. Six
men have been employed, but Mr.
Lee has engaged a much larger force
OF miners to prosecute drifting and
cross cutting. A shaft has been
started on the Yellow Jacket claim,
which shows regular two-foot ledge.
The ledge on the Gold Plate shows a
width of ten feet. 1t will be seen
that, altogether, the property con
stitutes a very good milling PROPOSE
ton
PactOluS.
Jud Sherman, president of the
Salt Lake company operating an ex-
tensive group of mines at Pactolus,
arrived at the camp during the week.
He is sinking on four different claims,