Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-09-19
TOO MUCH HAS NEVER
BEEN SAID OF TONOPAH
roacIusions Drawn By an Eastern Man
Who Has Investigated,

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40 courtesy of the complimentary
" oay in your issue of the 18th,
b. a further statement of the results
atmy investigation in your community
oilow me to say that the nearer
annroached Tonopah the more adj
verse were the remarks / heard
against your camp; hence visible
oT;dence was necessary TO remove |
doubt and establish my present con
clusions.
The pictures of the piles of ore on
and about the Mizpah shaft are true
10 fact because the numerous piles
and sacks are still there with total
value of 5000, 600, as estimated by
honest and competent Judges, rang
inp in third class ore OF $40 per ton
tn 7 second class of from $50 to $50 per
ton 1t was our privilege to be III u
marty to inspect the underground
workings of the Tonopah Mining com
nany's properties under the guidance
and direction of General Manager L.
r Oddie. We, Mr.. Oddie, Judge
Raw, D. E. Orvis and the writer,
descended in the first bucket to a
denth of GA feet in the Belmont
shaft. From the first, and through
out all of the more than three miles
d the underground workings, we
noticed the substantial and scientific.
character Of the work done. One OF
the main drifts, the 300 foot level, is
5000 feet long, connecting the Bel
mont, Valley View and Mizpah shafts
and was run simultaneous from each,
and both ends were united without
Jog The Mizpah ledge averages
three to three and one-half feet
throughout its whole length, and the
vein said to range in value from $50
to 5000 with large chutes running
into the thousands. AT one point
where the ledge was more than six
feet wide, Mr. Oddie remarked,
Here the ore runs about $500, and
there (pointing) we sunk a winze
sixty feet and found ore running as
high as $1,000 per ton, Going on
300 to 400 feet further we approached
the greatest chute Of ore ever dis
covered in mining history 1t is
about eighteen feet wide, of which
twelve feet averages $500 per ton.
Here above you the eye beholds
$1,000, 900 in plaiE sight. From this
point we follow this great ledge OF
ore passing through the Mizpah shaft
into the Blackboard, the ledge still
maintaining its immense values run
ming to the west on the same trend
and at a distance OF 1000 feet from
here, at a depth of $50 feet, there
has been opened up under the namt
Of the Tonopah Extension this SAINT
ledge, averaging eight feet in width
which carries an average value o
from 5000 to $3.50 per ton. VIVA
appears to be merely the continue
ton of the Mizpah ledge, and since il
that portion OF IL which is in tn,
Mizpah claim alone, there are opened
up and blocked out over 500, 600, 600
1t must be apparent with further de
velopment the above great volume
wealth is mere pittance OF wha
will be developed in the above men
toned 5000 feet Coming back T.
the large chute of ore above describes
we enter the drift which connect
the Mizpah with the Valley View
Here we find the great Burro ledg
from three and one-half to five feet i
width, running in an easterly an
westerly direction, and carrying va
ues from $50 to $3.50 per ton Passin
on in this same direction, a distanc
Of about 200 feet further, we find ar
other immense ledge running in tn
same direction carrying values equf
to the others. Leaving this an
passing on few hundred feet furthe
we came into the great Valley Vie
mine, from the surface OF whic
$l,500,000 was taken by leasers
the early days Of that camp, an
where to-day is piled up on top a
least $3.50, 1000 of Glow grade ore,
running from $50 to 800 per tor
To me, who had heard in the east tn
great stories about Tonopah, tn
was most gratifying sight, yet it
almost impossible for one to realil
that so much could be done in S
short time, even though the result
are before the eve. Yet, althoug
| had not heard much about it, SIT
in this Valley View alone, which
only one CLAIM of the many belongin
to this great company, there are OF
bodies today equal in value to tt
great Camp Bird mine of COLORADO
sold recently for $ll 900, 900, or equ
to the great Independence of Cripp
Creek which sold for the same pric
On the 500 foot level of the Mizpah
sight ever TO be remembered, co
sisting of single chute, twelve al