Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-12-22

OhOpdh anu INC tiSh ohldA camp
of Goldfield. 1t finally resulted in
the building of the present standard
guage line, which also is unable to
handle the tonnage of Tonopah. The
Montana-Tonopah and the Tonopah
Extension have never been able to
secure cars enough to handle their
product. OF the three great ore
dumps which were left by the orig
inal leasers on the Tonopah Mining
Company's ground it has been pos
sible to ship but one and a small
part Of another. According to John
Hays Hammond, the ore blocked out
in the Tonopah mine alone was, in
1902, of a value estimated at $780,
900, 900. In spite of the fact that a
large quantity of ore was removed
during the years 1904 1905 and
1906 enough more was developed to
retain total tonnage of the blocked
out ore, unchanged. Another mine
which Promises to rival even the To-
nopah Company was developed dur
ing the last three mentioned years.
We refer to the Belmont. The great
Mcnamara West End vein which is
70 feet wide in places is practically
untouched. 1t is reported upon
good authority that two rich new
discoveries have just been made at
depth. One in the Midway and one
in the Tonopah Extension, which is
conclusive evidence that deep level
mining will greatly increase the al
ready heavy tonnage of the Tonopah
mines.
No one can conceive the tremend-
Gus tonnage of the Mohawk mine at
Goldheld, which still remains to be
extracted, by the owners after the
leases expire next year. Many of
the leasers installed two hoists in
their working and, although vast
quantities of ore were removed, it
made practically no appreciable diff
ference upon the body of ore in
place. Some conception of the vast
ness of this treasure box can be OBJ
tanned when it is considered that
none of the workings of the leasers
are below the 500 foot level. This
ore body promises to rival any of
the other great ore bodies of the
world, both in tonnage and value.
The ore bearing zone of Goldfeld is
being enlarged daily so that the linn
it in any direction is still an I'M
known quantity.
Again referring to the question OF
wild CATS no man can truthfully
say that there are any in either
camp, as the extent Of the ore bear
ing zone is unknown, either as t
its length o rwidth. IL is a mos
remarkable fact that no ore body
found in the Tonopah district hai
pinched out. At times the continu
ity of the veins have been broker
by faulting, but in no case has thu
! vein been lost or its fun length de
termined. All about Tonopah, il
! every direction are found secondar.
quartz veins similar to those in th'
Mcnamara. West End and Tonopal
, Extension which led in to the pri
: mary ore bodies.
Perhaps more than a dozen new
districts have been discovered in Ne
vada during the years 1905 AM
? 1906. Some o fsuch enormous ex
panse that even Tonopah and Gold
, field are likely to be left behind
J One of the known m~ineralized dis
: tricts is II miles long and five mile
wide. Within the year 1907 som
! of these great ore belts will be de
: veloped and the Bonanza predict
that Colorado will attract even les
: attention, in comparison with Neva
: da, than it does at present. We re
: fer our Denver expert CD to the or
1 DlOCkeu Oul dt Ely anu IL hC a.
tempts to estimate the tonnage an
: value his narrow mind would surel
+ be lost in the avalanche of figure
s which he will bring down aroun
e his head.
r The only case of Sailing" tina
+ the Bonanza can recall was that {
e a mine on the outlying edge of Colo
d field district. The purpose being t
d sell the stock.
Our Denver expert CD was n
r doubt a member of some new far
= gled school as it would appear the
he expected to find mines ON tn
surface patiently waiting his comini
a AS a matter of fact none 0 fthe prof.
S critics in Tonopah, which have sine
developed into great producers, pre-
scented any surface indications, e.
| cepting the Mizpah, Burro and Va
ley View claims which %outcroppe
/ on the summit of the Mizpah an
IS Valley View. 6t was in |connectio
It with this ground that Judge Curt
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