The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23

uously since January 1, 1902. and
tne underground workings now amount
70 nearly three miles, most OF
winch are in ore of payable grade:
The main three compartment working
smart. known as the Mi1pah No. ], has
been sunk vertically to a depth of 945
ieet, and cut through the Mizpah vein
on Its dip at the 606-foot level, and the
principal development work has been
done on the 500 and 300 foot levels.
The Brougher shaft has been sunk
on the dip Of the vein to a depth of 700
feet in shoot of high grade shipping,
which at the lowest depth well main
tains its values. Two other shafts
the Cutting and the Lynch, have also
been sunk to a depth of 800 feet on the
same vein and are also in high-grade
ore Thirteen hundred and fifty feet
east of the Mizpah No. / shaft, the
Desert Queen shaft has been sunk to
a depth of 11e7 feet and through, it the
Mizpah vein is being opened up in the
ground belonging to the Tonopah Bel
mont Development Company.
One other shaft. known as the Silver
Top, has been sunk to a depth of TAO
feet on the Valley View vein and drifts
have been run east on the $40 and 440
foot levels and west on the $40 foot
lsyel. This vein is sixty-eight feet wide
on the 30o-foot level and is mostly of
milling grade ore. but having from
three TO eight feet of shipping ore on
the hanging wall side. The Mizpah
vein Is from Eve feet to fourteen feet
wide and the highest grade ore occurs
In shoots at Irregular intervals. Both
veins have an east and west course.
Since its discovery the production of
the mine is as follows; Extracted by
lessees. 100000; shipped by company to
date, s4,2fo,e40: total. sS,27o, $40.
During the current year the com
pany has paid OF the 100000 preference
shares, and on the 2cd of April last dis
tributed a dividend of 25 cents per
share, amounting to $25o,o0o. and it is
understood that regular quarterly divf-
dends will be paid hereafter. The mine
Is we'll equipped for extensive develop
ment work, Immense self dumping ore
bins are nearing completion and rail-
road tracks have been built up to the
various shafts to facilitate ore ship
ments.. In 1903. the company realized
that In order to supply the necessities
of Tonopah and carry to the smelters
the vast tonnage OF medium grade ores,
which were not sufficiently high grade
to bear the cost of hauling by team,
the camp must be provided with a rail-
road, and statistics then showed that
narrow gauge road with moderate
equipment and two passenger coaches
would handle with ease all the freight
and passenger traffic which would be
offered to 1t.
THE TONOPAH RAILROAD.
The construction of the road was
commenced on January rs, 1904
and Its total length from Soda
vile, where 1t connects with the Car
son and Colorado Railroad. is but sixty
five miles. There are no engineering
difficulties, yet owing to unavoidable
delays in the arrival of material and
equipment 1t was not completed until
July 90. 1904.
Almost Immediately after a series of
exceptionally heavy cloudbursts washed
out several miles of tracks which had
to be rebuilt at great expense and de-
layed the commencement of the actilal
working of the road until September Z
1904. At the time when this road was
planned Goldffeld was unknown and
even when construction was COM
menced but one mine in that camp, the
Combination. was shipping ore. Before
Its completion Goldfeld had assumed
vast proportions and the immense in
crease of incoming freight and the
heavy shipments of ore from that camp
taxed the facilities of the road to the
utmost ard paralyzed the Carson and
Colorado Railroad.
The business of the Tonopah Railroad
is now SO heavy that 1t takes seven
passenger coaches and two Pullman
cars to accommodate the 5000 passen-
gers who travel over 1t every month
while the incoming freight averages
over fifty carloads per day, and ore
shipments exceed 1000 tons per week
The freight yards cover an extent OF
fifteen actes and a repair shop 260 feet
long and so feet wide fitted with the
latest hydraulic machinery is constant
~ busy. And still the capacity of the
road is too small and it and the Carson
and Colorado Railroad are being
altered to standard gauge.
WILL INCREASE ORE OUTPUT.
When this is completed in July the
true significance of this great camp viii
be seen In vastly increased output OF
ore. To relieve the pressure further q
standard gauge railroad is being built
to Goldfield connecting with the Tono-
pah Railroad nine miles from Tonopah
and this road will probably be in opera
tion. In September. The Tonopah Rail
road. which is owned by the Tonopah
Mining Company. has called for con-
siderable outlay of capital, but it is not
only a most valuable asset but also
the source Of a large revenue
On the completion of the standardiz-
ing of the railroad the Tonopah Mining
Company will proceed to immediately
carry into effect plans for the opening
up Of it's mines on scale commensur-
ate with their value, and the output OF
ore will also be enormously Increased
These plans include the operation OF
the mines by electrical power, for the
generation of which a plant will be
constructed at what is known as
Deep Wells on the line OF the railway
fifteen miles from Tonopah.
This will be the most complete and
best equipped plant Of Its kind In
America and will combine the latest
electrical devices in duplicate to In
sure an unfaiiing electric current. Its
total cost will be $4,000. BY It ali