Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-07-07
MINING NEWS FROM GOLDFIELD AND VICINITY
Interesting Report Of the Progress Made in that District During the
Past Week-ShOwing Was Never Better.

Booth has been the talk of the street
the past week and there is a general
belief that good ore has been struck on
the property. That anything of a
startling nature has developed at the
property, is denied at the company's
Office but there is reason for encourage
ment asdevelopedin the last week show.
The Booth shaft is go feet deep and at
this point there is prosecuting to the
west 100 feet in dacite. In the course
Of the prosecuting, a 15-foot vein car
rying some values was picked up.
While the vein only runs from $4 to 81,
there have been no blanks whatever in
the assays. They have not begun to
drift on the vein as yet, but are cross
cutting and win keep on north to deter
mine the general formation. The ledge
is big and strong and possibly is a con-
TAFT. Drifting will start shortly with.
the hopes Of encountering an ore shoot.
The Kendall is sinking and is now
past the 300-foot. They are taking ore
from the 6O-foot level. A shipment is
now on the dump. The Kendall has an
abundance of ore. The Kindead mill
which has been treating the Kendall
output, is temporarily closed down
waiting for some new machinery. In
the meantime, the ore bins at the mill
and at the mine, and even the under
ground workings have been filled up
with ore that cannot be released until
the mill begins grinding.
The Kalfus strike on the Mohawk has
tended to Undue the other lessees on
that wonderful ground with an even
greater amount of enthusiasm. On the
Curtis and Ish lease which is only ITO
feet away from the point On which the
Kalfus ore was opened the shaft is $50
feet and a crosscut is being rushed with
all speed to catch the ledge. 1t is al
ready in AZ feet and as the work is on
the same level with that on which the
Kalfus struck it the lessees are placing
great hopes upon this crosscut. Twenty
three men are being worked and the
equipment is complete for rapid de-
velopment. On the Mackenzie lease of
the Mohawk, the big three-compart-
ment shaft has been sunk 235 feet and
crosscuts run from the 150-foot and 225-
foot levels north and south. These are
now in about so feet and the ore is
likely to appear at any time. The lease
is magnifcently equipped with a go h.
p. electric hoist and a 15-drill compress
sor. 1t is also fitted with a set of ex-
pansion fans.
The Hayes and Monette lease is now
extracting between 100 and $50 tons of
ore daily all of which runs over $50 per
ton in value. In all about 1000 feet of
work has been done in the ground. The
main shaft is 22O feet deep and the
crosscuts are from the ~15O-footand 200
foot levels. The ledge where the work
is going on is now shown to be 200 feet
in width and the wall has not yet been
reached. A winze connects the two
levels and the ore is uniform in values
throughout. In shaft No. 2 which is
down 80 feet the Oddie ledge has been
struck and cut for a distance of 20 feet
without reaching the foot wall. Values
here are $50 with stringers running
into three figures. The gallows frame
on Hayes-Monnette No. 2, was put up
Thursday, and has been hosting so
rapidly that 200 tons of ore have accu-
INFLATED on the dump. the teams being
unable to handle it. The railroad
switch will be completed by Tuesday
when teams will be dispensed with.
Kalfus, in the lease owned by Walter
Stone and himself with others, on the
Mohawk, has increased the Importance
Of his find on the Mohawk. In fact the
developments at this lease are, among
the most important in this camp, for
tellurium has been found in this lease
and in quantities that make it of pro-
nounced significance. The tellurium
was found at lao feet, in a crosscut $50
feet west of the shaft. Here there is
a streak of ore "a feet wide that assays
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