Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1905-09-30
NEVADA MINES
Interesting Summary From
Chicago Mining World

\ correspondent from 'IonOpan gives
the following information: :
The old Park Canyon mine, in smoky
Valley, SO miles south OF Tonopah, has
been sold 90 San Francisco capitalists,
who will az once put it on producing
basis.
At Lone Mountain, II miSsovest Of
Tonopah, the Nevada-Alpine mine will
Increase its shipments of high grade
carbonate ore, which ayer,9es from 40
u 60 per cent. lead and from $50 u 800
ounces silver per ton.
1t is ANNOUNCED that the Tongpah
Mining company has purchased the 10
stamp mill erected on the ground OF tie
Midway mine by the early leasers Of the
bISzpah vein. The company will at once
install another twentyo stamps, and
make a slight alteration in the working
pocess, by which it is believed a higher
1 percentage OF values san be recovered
/ nom the ore. q O
At Goldfield the Combination mine
has decided to increase its milling ca
pacity to twenty stamps by the addition
OF ten stamps, for the erection OF which,
q contract has been let
The Mohawk Alpine Mining company (
owning the Homestake mine at Silver
opeak, 81 miles southwest u Tonopah,
has purchased the Mary mine adjoining
their property, with l0-stamp mill
and cyanae plant. The Mohawk Alpine
had a 5-stamp min, and with this small
plant has been putting out $ll, ,0Oe a
pontlffrom oreyunning $50 to $40 per
ton in free milling gold.
The Bullfrog district seems to hage
bright prospects for the future. 4. While
considerable development work is being
carried on only two mines, the Original
Bullfrog and tie Montgomery Shoshone,
have shipped any ore. the total from
these having been about $50 tons OF "a
general average of $500 pee ton. The
water difficulty having been overcome,
and there now being an cNuple supply
Tor domestic and milling purposes, it Is
mobable tbvt one or two custom mill:
viii be Installed this winter, for which
it is proposed to use crude oil Tor fuel
hauled from Goldtield.
The old White5Pine district, $50 mile:
east OF ToRopah, may probably eXpe
rience a revival OF interest owing to it'
output of lead ores. The old Sberhafd'
mine, from 1868 to lS77produced many
millions Of dollars OF high grade silver
ore from a depth Of 1900 feet. In lSS;
tlAe mine was closed down on account o.
tho ore becoming too low grade to be
profitable. In 1898 silver lead ore was
discovered abOu three miles from the
old Eberhardt mine, and although but
little work has been done, the ore is OF
sl0h an excellent grade and sCNdesirablt
For fuxing that the district is now at
tracing some attention.
There are threa producing loines al
present, the Rocco-Homestake, the Ne
Plus Ultra and the McAllen. The first
tof Shese has been producing since 1899
and its total output has been oyer
5000, ,OO0, out of which S74,500 has been
distributed in dividends. The mine has
been opened up to a depth OF $50 feet.
The Ne Plus Ultra has produced over
$40. 900 since 1905 The mine has been
opened up to the l50-foot level, with
400 feet OF drifting. The McAllen mine,
two miles distant, ha-produced $l5O,OOO
from a depth of 800 fleets The Org is a
lead carbon2te remarkably unifornOin
value from the three mines, giving a
total value of from $50 to $50 per ton.