Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-05-14

the economical and profitable treat
ment Of the sulphide ores OF this
camp a only be solved by some form
of smelling, and those who to-day
hold the control oven the greatest
bodies OF these ores decline to enter
tain the idea Of local shelters. Never
theless the life and permanence of
this camp depends upon the treat
ment of It's output on the ground.
One realizes that in considering the
erection of a smelter the question OF
fuel, water and huxing ores enter
largely into the calculations. We
who live in the district believe that
if this water problem is not already
solved to the satisfaction of great
capitalists the local indications in the
mines and at Crystal wells, Rye
Patch, Stewards wells and Silver
Peak marsh are strong enough to
justify further development work
which will prove up an inexhaustible
supply, Fuel is a great consider
alton and since Prof. Spur made
his examination considerable work
has been done on the. Shocks and
Elder Morgan properties, on the
former of which it is claimed there
Is a seam of coal fourteen feet thick.
On the Elder Morgan ground three
shafts are sunk to depths Of 70, 1l0
and 1860 feet on coal seams dipping
at about 80 degrees and in the latter
shaft the seam between walls OF shale
and sandstone is seven feet thick, of
which three feet are good commercial
coal, the latest analysis of which
gave forty per cent carbon and but
nineteen per cent ash. 1t is a good
coking coal suitable for smelters, en-
gines, forge and domestic purposes.
These coal fields covering many hun.
dreds OF acres are bit one mile ard
a quarter from Coaldale, the present
terminus of the railroad, and their
output can be delivered in this camp
or Goldfeld at a figure which will
eliminate wood at $1l per cord as
one ton Of this coal is equal in all
respects to one and three-quarter
cords Of wood. Returning to the
smelter question the matter Of hux-
ing ores arises and we naturally con
slider the resources of the Lone Noun
tain district with a vast number of
prospects as yet undeveloped, of the
producers only two can be named,
the Nevada-Alpine, which has mar
keted over $3.50, 900 worth of lead
carbonates and Is still shipping, and
the General Thomas OF the Tonopah.
Belcher Mining company, which in
/, less than $50 feet of sinking has sold
ten carloads OF ore worth over $1,000
and has more than double that guam.
/, tity ready for shipment when the
railroad reaches Kelsey's station.
q Besides these are the Tonopah.
Monarch, Argenta, Ontario, Pay.
master, Independence, Alaska, En-.
. terprise, Kelsey, Big Limit and other
, groups OF claims of which the writer
has intimate knowledge, and all o.
which have more or less payable ore
. in course of development. Again
the lime belt running north OF Tono.
pah through Ray even to Liberty, i.
now being p~rospected and prom.
+, ises in the Grown Point, Ray 4
J O'Brien, Ray Tonopah and Liberty
+, mines to yield large quantities o.
! lead silver ores. Then there /,
, Montezuma and Reveille, the leaC
! ores from which must come to Tono
| pah il any case. Calmly aud dispas
/, sionately considering the subject one
can safely endorse Professor Spur,
very conservative conclusion:
"The incoming Of large mining en-
"terprises into the legion SHOULD
! give impetus to a careful and wei
!; considered study of the utilization
''of this important natural source o
i energy"