Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-16
Stacking ORE
ON EAGLES NEST

thA NorAco "a lcasc, commonly
known as the weber" lease. bat
Incorporated a. Falrvicw Eagles
Neat Mining company. with a capital
stock OF 100000 shares. par value
81; the contract calls for the CON-
pany workings. with block OF ground
extending 500 feet on the vein, eIgh-
teen months time is allowed for min
ing purposes. with two years after
the expiration Of that time TO handle
any and all product OF the mine that
may be brought to the surface dur
ing the eighteen months. The leas-
Ing company has been working two
months under the management OF
Charles r. Murdoch; the equipment
consists of a 22-horsepower hoist,
which has been running about three
weeks. The management announces
that it is prepared to erect a mill at
any time necessary for working low
grade products, of which there is al
ready a substantial dump.
At the time the Eagles Nest COM
pany work was shut down there were
two 50-foot shafts, the collar of one
on the vein at the apex being fifty
feet higher than the lower shaft.
From the 50-foot level of the lower
shaft northerly drift was run about
fifty feet at the time of the shut
down; intermittent values were
found in this drift, but no ore body
of consequence was encountered
there. There was also considerable
drifting from the 50-foot level of the
upper shaft by the company.
Starting at the face in the north
erly drift from the 50-foot level of
the lower shaft, Manager Murdoch
turned at slight angle to the right
J and with seventy feet of drifting cut
squarely into the vein at point CIV
ing him 100 feet of depth thereon,
and which is now referred to, as the
crosscut at the 100 level as fifty feet
of depth is gained by working from
1 the lower shaft. Eighteen feet of ore
was intersected, of which twelve feet
is good grade of milling; several
streaks of extremely rich quartz were
developed also, and sacking of better
than $3.50 values for shipping was
continued until sinking was resumed;
two drifts, one each on the, hanging
and foot walls, were then started and
continued until the management was
satisfied with the demonstration at
that point; considerable extremely
rich oxidized quartz was taken from
4 these drifts, and many assays rum
i ming between $500 and $14O0 were
yielded in the progress of the work
there.
i -Four weeks ago the hosting plant
was put in commission and sinking
started; so rapid has been the pro-
gress that on yesterday but two sets
remained to be put in before the
crosscut at the 200-level shall be
started Better than three feet per
, day, including the timbering, has
been made, and it certainly stands as
the record shaft of the district for
quick sinking. Not later than No
!, vember Is the crosscut drift from the
bottom of this shaft will be under
, way.
EARLY this week work in the ore
was resumed at the 100 level, where
/ a raise is being made on the shoot,
now yielding tons of shipping grade
A trip to the works yesterday re-
vealed the presence of product that
makes dividends, sacked and lined up
! along the drift, ready to be 'hoisted
to the surface and be sent to the
, smelter; while much of the ore sack
ed here is oxidiZed and very similar
! to that found near the surface in the
!. Nevada Hills slopes, much of it car
ries heavy sulphides. While it sounds
: like an extraordinary statement with
/ Eagles Nest stock selling at 20 cents
6 per share, the fact is that Manager
: Murdoch is sacking great quantities
> of ore that is worth SO cents per
pound while solid body of good
milling quality is left untouched be-
tween the exploratory drifts run on
the hanging and foot walls.
Another feature of the work is the
Wine started from the 100 level on
the ore shoot at the foot wall This
Wine, together with the raise, is for
the double purpose of producing ore
and furnishing air for this level and
creating circulation when the 200
level is connected up.-Fairview
News.