Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-08-06
THE PAST WEEK
in THE MINES
Many Properties Delivering
Ore for Shipment.
The Midway Looking Better.-. TOnopaIl
Extension Preparing to Ship.-.RaiIs
Laid to Seibert Shaft.

Laid to Seibert Shaft.
The new ninety h. p. boiler has ar
rived and as soon as it is installed
sinking will be resumed on the Golden
Anchor.
FOrepauph.
At this group at Gold Mountain.
owned by F. S. Kelly, and adjoining
the United Tonopah force OF men
have been put to work sinking a pros.
pecting shaft.
Ray Consolidated,
A carload Of ore from the Raw &
OBrien mine Of the Ray Consolidated
company left Tonopah this week. and
the second shipment is now being
made ready.
Mcnamara.
There is no special change in the
developments at this mine, the west
drift shows slight improvements as
does the ore in the winze from the
$50 foot level
Pittsburg-TOnopah.
A contract was let this week for
the sinking of the main shaft one
hundred feet from the 2l5 foot level
The property is owned by the Schwab.
McKane syndicate.
Jim Butler Co.
Bids are now being received for
drifting south from the 440 foot level
Of the east drift OF the Valley View
shaft 10 connect with the shaft on
the Stone Cabin claim.
Halifax.
The pumping plant having been
repaired the water is now easily kept
under control and the shaft is now
being retimbered. when completed
sinking viii be resumed.
Belmont
The shaft is being partly retimbered
preparatory TO continuing work on
the lower levels, The present de.
velopment continues to open up the
mine in highly satisfactory manner
Tonopah GOld-Mountain.
A carload Of ore was hauled to
Tonopah yesterday for shipment, and
ore is stil being sacked on the Eu.
reka claim; the tunnel on the Bee.
hlve claim has not yet struck the
vein.
TonOpah Mining Company.
This company is for the present
only maintaining its usual output of
about ten tons per day and the rails
to the dump at the Seibert shaft
are now laid and car will be loaded
to-day.
Milwaukee-TOnopah.
The tunnel now being driven to the
ledge, on which shaft was sunk 35
feet is now in 80 feet and has encount.
cred a cross ledge 3 feet wide
samples from which have not vet
been assayed.
MOntana-TOnOpah.
This company has shipped two hun
ired tons OF ore this week, and more
would have gone out had cars been
lvailable 1t is hoped that the
switch to the shaft will be completed
loday, and as more ore cars will be
'btainable the shipments will be
argely increased.
The Mill.
The ten stamp mill of the Tonopah
Mining, Milling e. Development com
)any is now running on some small !
OTIS OF ore from leasers on the Valley
view ledge which the owners spec
ally requested should be crushed be-
ore starting on the big dump at
irougher Bros. lease.
Kankakee. :
The shaft Of the Kankakee Gold $
lountain mining company is now
Iown seventy-eight feet where the
IRE is changing from oxide to sulph- :
ie and still carrying excellent values. !;
,,lnking has been suspended pending 4
ne receipt of gasoline hoist which 1
as been purchased. !.
TOnOpah-CalifOrnia. i
The crosscuts from the $50 foot '
,,vel are out 25 feet north and south, a
ne former being in ledge formation t
arryng lunches and stringers of s
uartz yielding fair values. B. M. {
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