Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-07-14
WEEKS GOLFIELD
MINING REPORT
Good Progress Being Made in the
Rich Mines Of Our Neigh
boring Camp.

at Goldfield is unabating according to
the following notes from the News:
The great Mohawk mine still con-
tinues to pour out its golden wealth in
over-increasing quantities. One of the
leases is producing 14O tons a day and
two others are producing lesser
amount, and still others are expecting
daily to break into the ore. The Hayes
& Monnette still continues to be the
premier Of all. 1t is this lease which
is producing lao tons daily, which is q
considerable increase over any previous
time. The grade is about the average
Of past weeks. The hoist has been un-
able to take care of all the ore that is
broken down and 10, 900 tons averaging
from $50 to 500 to the ton is lying in
the drifts and Slopes, being in excess of
the capacity of the hoist. On Thursday
one shift broke down $50 tons of ore.
The highest assay obtained from mine
sample during the week was $5046. Yes
terdey Hayes & Monnette let con-
tract to sink the No. shaft 100 feet
deeper which will give it the same
depth as shaft No. /. The railroad will
be completed Monday, and with the
new hoist in operation, the output will
be 200 tons per day from shaft No. !.
The sampler is unable to handle the
immense tonnage from this lease and
!, is figuring on a mill. Mr.. Monnette
says that if they get milling facilities
he will "run" the whole MILL The
shaft on this lease is 230 feet deep.
, At the 220-foot level station was cut
and prosecuting begun at the south to
intersect the Hayes & Monnette lease
and also crosscutting to the northeast
: to cut the junction of the Hayes & Mon
nette and the Lord leads. The bottom
of the shaft is in good quartz resem-
bling the Hayes & Monnette, but of
: lower grade. When the prosecuting is
: ! well under way the shaft will be sunk
to water level. The new hoist recently
J . installed is in operation and machine
: drills will arrive and be installed on the
y property, it is expected, by .he middle
= of next week. A carload of ore was
" recently shipped from the Stone-Kalfus
Mohawk lease and another is bring pre-
" pared which will be shipped in few
days. There now seems no doubt as to
the permanency of the bodies as the
ledge has widened to 7 feet carrying
good shipping values and showing an
- occasional spot where free gold can be
!. seen. The ore is in the south drift and
:, both places are over 800 feet from the
y shaft wherefore it is planned to sink
. two new shafts to the ore and work has
: commenced on one. 1t is expected that
= in two or three weeks time this lease
will be producing about so tons of ore
: day which will range in value over $50.
= The lease known as the Truett lease on
the Mohawk, owned by the Mohawk
= !, Leasing and Development Company has
. its shaft down to the 175-foot point and
: expect to strike ore any shot. The
- company has let contract for another
100 feet, the work being let out for the
! saving of both time and money. The
1 The work will be prosecuted under the
= supervision of Thomas Mckay, superin'
, tendent of the Mohawk company, for.
!, merly of the Mizpah at Tonopah. Al
- the 275-foot point the company viii
~ again crosscut the ground. The shaft
= on the Mackenzie No. l lease on th'
:, Mohawk is down 255 feet, at which
= point the bottom of the shafts in water
p which is considered good sign. Tn
= last 20 feet is in low-grade ore. Mac
- kay, superintendent of the Mohawk
an says that the rock looks better than tn
Hayes & Monnettee, but it carrie
e. lower grade. 1t is expected with ever
as shift that the workings will break int
- ore. At the 200 level the north drift
in good quartz feet wide and appear
to be getting into the Lord lead. o
7 the 150-foot level the southeast drift
in good quartz and seems to be breal
Z ing into the Hayes & Monnette leat
s The ore during the past week has Al
{ sayed from 81 to $26. The operator
on this lease expect to be shipping OF
3 before the end of the coming week.
The recent phenomenal strike on IL
Daisy group is holding up in such ma
velous way, that it has resulted in il
tense activity along the ridge westwar
red The point of the strike lies within q
ok feet of the end lines of the Great Bel
tho property, and the vein is directly trac
able into the ground, and down throuf
cry its entire length. Prospecting for
OF continuation on the ore shoot in tn
and ground has already begun, with ia
of chance of coming upon it. Earlier pro
re- pecting in that vicinity resulted
his many rich surface finds, though t
Ed source has never yet been locate
Now that the Daisy has located {