Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-09-28
SUNNYSIDE To
PAY DIVIDENDS
ROUND MOUNTAIN MINING COM
PANY WILL DECLARE IT'S
FIRST IN DECEMBER.

Of the Round Mountain Mining COM
pany went in to Goldfeld last Tues
day in his new Pope-Hartford tour
ing car, he carried with him 1858
ounces of bullion, the same repre-
senting the August run of the Sunny
side mill. At the rate of $13 an
ounce the cleanup amounts to a total
of $13,689. About SIS tons we're
run during the month, making the
average $24 a on for the months
run. This is a few dollars better
average than for the previous
months, but the average for the mill
from the start is better than $40 a
ton. Careful sampIing of the tailings
has shown the ore to be absolutely
free milling and better than 81 per
cent of the values have been saved
from the start.
Superintendent James Mcdonald is
perhaps the most satisfied man in
camp. And well might he be as the
work of opening and developing the
mine has been entirely under his di-
rection. When Mr.. Lotus was out
again Sunday he made a tour of in
spection of the mine, examining
every drift, crosscut and stope. His
enthusiasm after the examination
was unbounded and he stated frank
ly that unless the unforeseen hap
pened, the payment of dividends TO
holders of Round Mountain Mining
stock would begin in December.
So far nearly all the development
work has been in vein matter and
enough ore has thus been taken out
TO keep the two Nissen stamps busy
with their twenty ton daily capacity.
Meantime the ore body has been
gradually blocked out and now with
the two Huntingtons ~trebbling the
former capacity of the mill there is
no trouble in supplying ore.
That the ~Sunnyside is indeed a
great mine there can be no mistak-
ing, even by the most inexperienced
1ayman. An opportunity of seeing
at close range the wonders Of the fa-
mine was afforded a Nugget
representative Sunday. In company
with Superintendent Mcdonald the
writer was shown through all the
different levels in the entire work
ings. After going through the mine
the one fact which stood out strong
est as mute but conclusive proof OF
the absolute greatness of the Sunny
side mine was that no discrimina-
ton is being made in the ore as it is
taken from the shaft. Every a that
up goes into the hopper at the
mill, nc matter from what level OF
what particular stope or drift it may
have come. And ore is being taker
from every part of the workings
First a car from the 90-foot level II
the main shaft, where there is from
three to four and one-half feet O
ore, and in the west drift OF whicl
superintendent Mcdonald took out
$500 pocket Of specimen ore Sunday
Then a car from the 170-foot level Ii
the same shaft, where the vein ha
widened to about five feet and wher,
high grade is the rule rather thai
the exception. Then from over Il
No. 2 incline, which is now connect
ed through it's west drift with the oil,
Spencer lease. will come a couple 0
cars Of ore. all going direct TO tn
mill IS 1t m to the surface. |
this method of mining and miilinl
doesn't give a fair, honest estlmat
. of the values in a mine. what does.
But it was at the lowest level, tn
where the happiest surprise OF al
was obtained. Here the vein is stroni
five feet wide and no hanging wal
yet in sight. The foot wall is wei
defined and the ore is of the sam
character as on the upper levels, tn
values being found chiefly in tn
soft tale and oxidized iron. The Yves
drift is about fifty feet and the en-
tire surface pans coarse gold A
with the other levels the best ev.
dence Of the value of this ore is tina
it all goes direct to the mill to max
up the grand general average of tn
mine. High grade and specimen or
has also been found IN this lowe
level and the ore body gives every il
dication of -permanency, All TIL
work of sampling has been to prov
beyond a semblance OF a doubt tina
the ore was really present. in quar-
tity and this has been done to tn
supreme satisfaction of even th
most skeptical. Now it is planne
to put up another hoist at the me-
shaft Just above the Spencer lease
running a track from there TO the or
bins at the mill. This will do ava
with the windlass at No. 2 shaft an
all ore from the eastern part of tn