The San Francisco call., 1906-10-24
ACTIVITY ABOUT ToNoPAH.
Ten Stamps of the Midway MIL in
Operation.

TONOPAH. Oct. 23.-Ten of the
twenty stamps that compose the bat
terry of the Midway mill in this camp
have been put into operation and are
steadily at work. The whole plant is
not ready for work as yet, but the
batteries are being run in order to tune
up the mill. Some of the parts for the
rest of the mill have been delayed in
shipment but are expected to arrive
in a few days When these come the
other ten stamps will be put to work.
The sand and slime tanks are in
operation, but it is too early to tell
what the result of the work done by
the process will be. The stamps in
the mill form the first battery and
the pulp from these goes into Hunt
ington mills for regrinding. Follow
ing this the ore is treated on Wiley
tables and the residue after the con-
centrates have been gathered goes to
the cyanide plant
The Tonopah Extension mine is the
scene of the most recent. strike in this
camp, according to the report of Gem
eral Manager Kerchen The find was
made several days ago and lies in the
extreme west end of the company's S
workings between the 800 and 400 foot
levels. The ledge is ten feet wide and
averages $95 to the ton. The west
part of the Extension has not been
worked for some time When the drifts
were first run a good appearing ore
body was followed to the present point,
where it ran into a fault and was lost.
When Kerchen succeeded Donald Gill
lies as manager of the property he be-
gan a close study of conditions and de-
cided to start work in the west drift
again. 1t was as a result of this that
the strike was made.
At the end of the drift where the
fault broke the ore body off, a cross
cut was started to the north and in
twenty feet ran into the shoot. Ore
from this find is shipped direct TO the
smelter without passing through the
ore sorting house.
Work in the rest of the mine is going
steadily on and the shaft is being
pushed down as rapidly as possible 1t
is now 700 feet down and will be
continued to the 1000-foot mark with
out pause. Levels will be established
wherever it is deemed advisable and it
is thought that the ore shipments will
be largely increased. At the present
time shipments from the Extension av-
erage about $50 tons a week From
the 600-foot level of the mine the ore
being taken out shows a big improve
ment in values and breaks at about
$50 a ton as against $40 to $40 for
merly.
The Tonopah Mining Company is
doing extra work in the mine at this
time in order to have the property in
shape to supply the big plant at Mil
ler's, which will be started about the
end of the month. The mine is sending
little ore to the Midway mill. but the
amount is not enough to require anv
great amount of work. The connection
between the Mizpah workings and the
Midway tunnels of the mine has been
made, the 500foot level of the former
now being joined to the 435-foot Of the
Midway. The completion of the Miller's
plant has been held up by the nom
arrival of materials ordered from the
East some time ago, but this Will be
all on the ground within a few davs
and the last touches of the monster mill
will be made and the stamps dropped
on ore for the first time.