Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-15

4x8 in the clear will be carried to a
depth of 200 feet where crosscuts will
be run to both lodges, and drifts started.
From the ledge to the south a set of
l~easers at one time gouged a number of
tons of ore which when shipped to the
mill showed returns of $189. Superin-
tendent Gray is very enthusiastic and
is counting in weeks the time which
will elapse before shipping regularly.
On the Gold Circle mining company's
ground where work was resumed some
six weeks ago a within has been in
stalled and the work is progressing rap
idly. The shaft is 100 feet deep but as
there is considerable water present it
was decided to prospect the 75-foot
level. A good showing is had here and
encouraging assays of So or SO is had.
The railroad switch to the Ish-Sheets
lease on the Combination is now COM
pleted and all conditions are now suit
able to tax the ground for its greatest
prodution. At present 4 cars daily are
being shipped, and with both shafts, the
vertical with its 18Th. p. gasoline hoist
and the inclined operated by a 5O-h. p.
steam hoist, raising the ore, the scale
of production will soon be very ma
terially increased. A list of assays
taken ran 1872, $43. 20, 1884, $3.50, $152,
1894 80 and 1923. This represented a
complete sampling of the entire work.
ings and shows the wonderful resources
of the lease. While not much has been
made public concerning the Ish-Sheets
lease it having been lost in the general
excitement over the Mohawk, yet there
is no question that this piece of ground
is n Of the best in the camp and in all
probability since it has been producing
longer than any other big lease it will
rank up well among the very biggest
producers.
Drifting has commenced in the
Crackerjack lease on the Goldfeld min
ing company's ground. The shaft
which is an incline on the ledge
is IT'S feet deep. The ledge is spotted
carrying good values in places and
falling off to little or nothing in others.
Work on the Goldield Kewanas Min
ing company is forging steadily ahead.
This is n of the many companies that
are a credit to the camp. Development
progresses steadily. Everything gen.
orally is done on a broad guage scale,
showing great confidence in the ground
and the camp. The inclined shaft COM
pletely equipped with hoist, automatic
skip and fans is down 200 feet on a
great strong ledge which carries mill
ing values and is spotted up with better
grade. The station is particularly big
and roomy and the drifts are of the
same scale. The east drift is in so feet
and the west working is now 20 feet
long. A crosscut has also been driven
in 80 feet. Considerable water is now
present. The company has found time
to paint its buildings and gallows frame
and the engine house now displays the
company name IN 2-foot letters which
may be read a mile.
The hoist ordered for the Burns lease
(incorporated) on the Combination
Fraction has arrived and when the News
representative visited the lease this
week the men were busy setting up the
gallows frame and preparing the foun-
dation for the engine. For several
weeks past the work has been stalled
owing to the change of equipment and
the lessees have been obliged to prose-
cute dead work entirely. The shaft
has been squared up and timbered and
the surface ground improved. In an
other week, however, they will be after
the ore in good shape. Considerable
time still remains on the contract and
that this will be one of the big produc-
ing leases of this district is already
evident.
The shaft on the arthaler and Muir.
ply lease on the Goldfeld Treasure
ground is down 125 feet and sometime
looking sulphide quartz which will
doubtless make ore is present. The
last assays from the shaft were taken
several weeks ago and the values then
ran around 81. Considerable work was
done in these workings under a pre-
vious lease and there is every indica-
ton that the work will ultimately be
crowned with success.
Conditions on the Adams Goldfeld re-
, main about the same. A great deal OF
surface prospecting has been done dur.
ing the past few weeks and some good
lodges uncovered. Five men now con-
stitute the force and the development
underground continues steadily.
I, A within has been installed on the
Kalfus-Pennington lease on the Velvet.
The lease is in ore and while the high
values are not yet continuous the show.
> ing is a splendid one and development
, will be pushed with all speed. 1t will
not be long now when the ground will
{ be producing steadily if one may Judge
. from the present condition.
r An enormous ledge of high grade
! shipping ore has been opened up in the
> Con. Driscoll lease on the Velvet. Tn,
ore is on the 100-foot level and tn,
width of the vein is not known. Tn,
ledge was encountered in crosscuttinl
q at a point about $50 feet from the shat
, some weeks ago. Since then a drift
l has hppn RIM N, tba lolra A,aa.u