Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-08-18

Great preparations are being mace
for the installation of machinery in the
different mines this fall. The Golden
Scepter is contemplating putting in
air compressors and machines in both
shaft and tunnel. A hoist is being
installed in the Pittsburg-Bullfrog with
a capacity for sinking 500 feet. The
Diamond Bullfrog is making arrange
ments to put in a steam plant with air
compressors and drills. The Gibraltar
has its 60-horse power hoist nearly
completed. The Banner will install a
25-horse power steam engine with air
drills and hosting outfit. The Shoshone
Montgomery is now treating its ore to
ascertain the best process of extracting
the values. When this has been salts
factorily demonstrated a 10O-stampmill
or cyanide plant win be erected. The
National Bank Mining company is also
considering bids on a 20-stamp mill.
The Gold Bar and the Homestake will
undoubtedly have a mill or cyanide
plant in their vicinity. Other mining
properties have stamp mills in view,
and a party who desires his name with
held for the present intends erecting a
stamp mill in Rholite, as soon as the
railroad reaches Gold Center, five miles
from here. This should relieve the
minds of the small owners who will
have no trouble in arranging for the
milling Of their ore. The seamen's
strike is practically over, and ties are
now being shipped to Roosevelt, the
terminus of the railway at present.
Grading is going on industriously with
in sight of Rhyolite, and tracklaying
will be resumed as soon as ties and men
can be procured.
BULLFRoG DAISY
The reported rich strike on the Daisy
has been confirmed. The strike was
made in the bottom of their 100-foot
shaft. The Daisy adjoins the Home
stake and they claim a continuation of
the Gold Bar vein. The formation dips
to the west and a shaft was started to
cut the vein with depth. Wednesday
night the shaft encountered the vein of
quartz and q~uartzite and paintings
from it show a wonderful string of
colors. It came in at the south end Of
the shaft and caused wild enthusiasm
among the miners. Supt. Pat McCar-
will says they have not gone far enough
yet to determine the extent. No tests
have been made but judging from the
paintings it would go about So, 900 to
the ton.
BLACK SPAR
Development work is being continued
on No. / and No. 2 shaft and crosscut-
ting is being done from the 100-foot
point on No. l shaft, and a drift is
being run north from the same point.
The crosscut will cut the vein probably
within 20 or rs feet of its present
breast. The drift running north has
been extended 10 feet, and shows very
good paintings all this distance. The
best developments however, are ex-
pected from the crosscut when il
reaches the vein that have good values
in the shaft 20 feet from the surface.
This will probably be the main working
shaft of the property. No. 2 is a pros
pect shaft and crosscuts are being run
east and west at about the 50-foot
level. These eresseuts have each beer
extended 20 feet and have developed
good values in stringers that are
evidently tributary to larger veins
These crosscuts are for their entire
length in dixie matter of porphyryi
spar, manganese and decomposeC
quartz and paintings can be obtaineC
anywhere in this material. Values are
materially increasing as the west wal