The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-14
Deal in Progress
for Merger Of
Copper Lodes

ToNOPAH, Dec. 13.-An important
consolidation of Greenwater copper
properties is about to be effected in
ested in Greenwater will not give out
details of the new deal, but they
declare that the result will be of the
utmost benefit TO the 1nyo County dis
trict. Several of the leading proper
ties in the camp are included In the
merger and a big company. backed by
many of the most prominent names In
the mining world, will be formed. The
first result of this consolidation, out
side of the spur it will give to develop
ment. will be the erection of smelter
near the camps.
Reports from Greenwater and the
southern camps indicate that there has
been no let up to the rush with which
development is being carried on All
classes of labor are still In demand
and the roads are blocked with freight
teams hauling machinery and supplies
to the camps of the copper region.
The snowfall has, in some measure
blocked the work of the prospectors,
but it is going off rapidly and the men
who came into the towns to pass the
time of the storm have nearly all
turned out into the hills again. There
is steady travel from here to the
southern camps. and every returning
pilgrim brings reports of big building
operations that are planned for the
towns and the growing extent of the
rich copper deposits.
STAMP MILL COMPLETED
The finishing touches have been put
to the l0O-stamp mill of the Tonopah
Mining Company at Millers. There is
plenty of ore to keep the big plant at
work for years in the mine and on the
dump, but no cars are available. The
fifty steel ore cars ordered by the COM
pany will not be delivered for several
months. The railroad is embarrassed
with piles of freight that it cannot
move because of its Car shortage and
the railroad people are in Quandary
The fuel famine at Tonopah has been
relieved, so far as the townspeople are
concerned, but the present supply Is
only enough to last for a week or so.
There is no big supply in sight for the
long winter months to come. The
mines are all at work again, but there
is certain to be another tleup II more
coal is not secured
Announcement is made that John
Brock and his associates of the Tono-
pah Mining Company hold control OF
the Silver Glance mine at Hannapah,
twenty miles from this place This
implies the rapid building of the Tono-
pah- Ely line, the survey of which mas
been completed.
In the Silver Glance the main shaft
is said to be ninety feet deep The un-
derground workings make a total of $40
feet. The values are good. Several rich
ore shoots probably will be uncovered
with ease. A shipment OF sorted ore
was made from the property recently
and the sixteen tons taken from the
surface cropping of the main ledge re-
turned $4,000. The plans of the men
now in control include the sinking OF
the shaft $50 feet more before cross-cut-
ting or drifting The property will be
equipped with the best machinery at
an early date and development Will be
pushed with speed and system
A new strike has been made in the
Hannapah district. The find is about
mile north of the Hannapah mine.
Surface assays are reported to have
returned $3.50 There is no little activ-
ity in the district although the work
of the prospectors is hampered by the
recent storm Snow drifts are many
| feet deep in places. | Prospectors are
sticking to their camps, but Will get
back as soon as possible. The fact that
the Ely road will be constructed next
spring is making the local mining men
keep very close watch of the results of
the prospectors' work. 1t is probable
that several big deals will be re-
| corded.
BIG PUMP FOR HANNAPAH
Recent reports from the Hannapah
mine. the property of Sam Newhouse
the Salt Lake operator, are very good
The property is not being operated
The large flow of water in the shaft
prevents A new pump has been or
dered and work will be resumed on a
bigger scale than ever. The ore OF the
Hannapah is said to be very similar to
that taken from the Tonopah proper
ties and the values are good.
Thomas Cullen, the proprietor or the
Manhattan News, who is now in this
city. is positive that the northern camp
will experience a boom that is founded
on the worth of its mines during the
coming spring. He has inspected the
various properties personally and says
that he has been pleasurably sur
prised by what he has seen. Mr.. Gull
len says that the home water COM
pany, which is piping a supply from
Rye Patch, has laid pipe to the foot OF
the canyon. The Tonopah Exploration
4 Company, which is bringing its water
| across the Smoky Valley from Jett
! Canyon, has big force at work on the
restraining dam at the intake. A
good section of pipe is down in the
canyon
On the Annie Laurie claim of the
Manhattan Mining Company strike
has been made that is causing consid-
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