Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-10-29
MINING NEWS
FROM ALL PARTS
TOnOpah Extension Makes
First Shipment Today.
MacNamara Sacking Ore...TOnOpah
Gold Mountain Strikes New Vein
Big Values al Gold Reef.

The Tonopah Extension mine con
tinues to open up in most splendid
way, every foot Of the workings be-
ing in high grade ore and four air
drills are now at work. There are
now about six carloads Of ore ready
for shipment, and the first lot will
leave Tonopah today. 1t is the in
tention OF John McKane to grade the
shipments to an average OF about
1925 per ton which can easily be done
when the rock breaker is in work, al
though some sensational ore could be
shipped out. The Railroad company
are about to build switch to tha
mine, which viii greatly facilitate
shipments.
MacNamara.
II seems probable that the Mac
Namara mine will justify the faith
reposed in it by its many adherents
On the $50 foot level OF the south dip
vein in the west drift 2l0 feet from
the crosscut body Of high grade ore
has been encountered which is now
being sorted aud sacked for ship
ment; at present it is about q feet
wide aud gives every indication that
big shoot will be cut soon. On the
north dip vein a raise is being put up
from the $50 level in good milling ore
and on the 500 drift is being run
west on the south dip vein which is
at present low grade.
Free Gold Mining Company.
The property OF the Free Gold min
ing and milling company at Gold Reef
is opening up in highly satisfactory
manner under the able management
Of James NJ Meighan and some as.
tonishing assays are obtained In a
drift on the fifty foot level a streak
about seven inches wide on the hang
ing wall assayed 81. 2 oz. silver and
204 or gold or $4lS 66 per ton while
the whole face OF the drift is in splen-
did ore On the 100 foot level the
vein is being crosscut to determine
its width and when this is done drifts
will be started and sinking resumed,
TOnopah Gold Mountain.
The east tunnel at the Tonopah
Gold Mountain mine is now in l44
feet where it intersected a six foot
vein averaging ST. per ton in gold.
This vein outcropped on the surface
but had not been prospected before
and the tunnel now gives depth on
il OF 400 feet. a tunnel is also being
run from the west side to connect
with the east tunnel and thus cross
cut the mountain. High grade ore
is also being sacked from the other
workings.
Gold Crater.
w. S. Williams states that the
camp OF Gold Crater is rapidly build
ing up, over thirty tents are now
erected aud town lots are selling as
high as $3.50 On the Ridge Curtis
claims the shaft is down forty six
feet and will assay clear across the
bottom over ! 600 per ton Ex.
cellent water for camp use has been
struck in well eighty feet deep,
Red Rock.
AT this property owned by John
McKane and c. Nj Schwab the shaft
Is down 230 feet and 60 b. p. Lidger.
wood hoist left New York on the stl
inst and is expected to arrive very
shortly.
PittSburg-TOnOpah.
At this property, better known as
the Denver group, owned by McKant
Il Schwab, the shaft is nearing the
500 foot level 1t is equipped with d
GO h. p. hoist
Golden Anchor
The shaft is now down 600 feet ant
will probably be continued to tht
1900 foot level The property i,
owned by McKane & Schwab and is
equipped with 80 b. p hoist.
The Mill.
The Diesel oil engine having beer
put in good order by Grant Bowen
representing the makers, the mil
again started up on Wednesday
morning on leasers ore from the Val
ley View.
The Eagles will give n grand bal