Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-10-06

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needed improvements completed 1t IS
thought that regular shipments will be
the feature from now on. The new
pump which is installed last week and
which has a capacity of 60 gallons
per minute, works to perfection and
will greatly facilitate rapid develop
ment work. In addition to the new
pump the lease is to be equipped with a
new electric plant. The new plant will
have a capacity of 40 horse power, and
word was received at the company's
office that it was shipped from Denver
the first of this week. When seen one
Of the owners Of the lease said the
numerous lodges cut in the different
crosscuts were being developed and that
the results were entirely satisfactory.
In the east crosscut where no less than
three very strong lodges were cut,
drifting has been commenced and as
this work progresses every indication
points to adding materially to the large
tonnage already blocked out in other
parts of the lease. Work has also COM
menced on what is known as the south
ledge. From the trend of this vein it is
believed that it is a continuation of the
shoot from the old Reilly lease which
adjoins Immediately on the west, and if
this proves true as a great many min
ing men who have examined the prop
erty believe it will, Goldfeld will have
another bonanza mine added to its
already long list.
That the Mohawk Consolidated Leas-
ing company, operating a block of
ground on Mohawk No. /, will soon be
abreast with the big ones on Mohawk
No. 2, is evident by the showings being
being made in the bottom of the shaft
for the last few feet. Development
work on this lease has been spinning
along at a rapid rate and the shaft
shows a depth of over 80 feet and con-
sidering the fact that this work was
all done with a windlass it demonstrates
that the owners intend to open up the
ground in the shortest time possible.
The new 80 horse power electric hoist
is working satisfactorily and develop
ment win be prosecuted in a most
vigorous manner.
That the st. Ives has been a steady
producer of a good grade of ore since
the early days of the district, but after
the fact becomes thoroughly demon
strated to the owners Of the controlling
interest that it was a ''sure-enough'
mine, a line of development vas out.
lined and only about enough ore tC
meet the pay roll was or is being taker
out. At the present time a great dea
of work is being done at the $50 foo
level and the work of sinking the shaft
an additional $50 feet will be underway
in the near future. The showing il
the different workings of the bottom
level are said to be excellent. Thre,
sets of lessees are working on what il
called the west vein and the indication.
are that it will turn out to be the bes
thing yet found on the company
ground. Gardner and Erikson on thei
block of ground are drifting at a dept
of so feet on a vein four feet wide ant
most of it is ore. The shipments mad,
up to date have shown that the ore car
ried at the rate of $75 per ton. Ander
son and company and Nathan an
Nicholson on their blocks are busy sink
ing on the lead Of low grade and ex
pect to enter the rich shoot befor
long.
The Windle Leasing company is sti
pegging away on the Combinatio
owned by the Goldfeld Combinatio
company of which DR.. w. T. Liggett
president. The stock of the compan
has been active the past week on tn
exchange and a report was in circula
ton that pay ore had been found by tn
leasing company. On investigation
was found that there vas nothing I
the inc A crosscut is being drive
for the dyke at a depth of $50 feet an
when it is entered ore is confident
looked for. At the $50 foot level a dyk
Of sulphate quartz was found to be
feet wide and this was drifted on for
distance of 100 feet. The ore assaye
all the way from So to $14. Work hs
been suspended by Case and associate
who had the east end Of the claim undo
lease after a depth of rs feet had bee
reached and over 100 feet of driftir
done OIL the dyke of low grade,
Fine progress is being made by Il
Nevada and Eastern Leasing compar
on its lease on Silver Pick ground. I'll
shaft is nov down 35 feet, of which
feet are substantially timbered. Wol
was started on September 10th and
hard rock was encountered six inch
from the surface and has continued ev
since, the depth attained makes a We
creditable showing for n set of me
A second shift is to be put on 500