Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-05
Resurrection OF
some OLD Mines

Quite a number of instances have
been cited of late where old and
abandoned mines, located in differ
ent portions of the west, have been
redeemed and are now on the pro-
ducing and paying list.
Because a mine or prospect has
been abandoned, because develop
ment work has been suspended for
a number of years, is no excuse for
the assertion that the property is
forthless.
AS a general thing an old and
abandoned mine was originally re-
garded as being a most promising
prospect. When first located, with
out doubt, it was looked upon as
being the most valuable ground in
the district, the cream and choice
of the country. and its early opera
tors were firm in the belief that it
would develop into a bonanza prop
c%sition.
Many OF these old mines were
heavy producers and We're only
abandoped, but not exhausted.
when local conditions became such
that they could not be longer work
ed at a profit; and others were
closed down because of litigation,
the settlement Of estates; or be-
cause OF difficulties existing be-
tween owners. And still others
We're given up because of poor man
agement. the exercise of bad iudg-
ment in development and the extrava-
giant and reckless expenditure of
money.
In nearly every case these old
mines can now be worked to advan-
tage and at a profit. Those which
were heavy producers in the past can
now be handled again, owing to the
advanced and improved ideas and
methods in mining and milling. inn
proved transportation facilities and
| the increased demand for the baser
Z metals in the commercial and manu-
featuring world. Others have been
Z released from the courts and are now
in the hands of capable and expert
enced men, and there are yet others,
which have been designated as fail
ures because of poor management and
reckless development, which are now
S demonstrating the fact that no in.
I telligent effort was ever made te
0 open M their ore bodies or to place
them upon a producing and paying
5 basis.
e In this class We often find prop
critics where ore is soon found. after
7 they pass into the care of careful
and mp to date mining men.
0 For instance, we have in mind !
t case where a long tunnel was driver
y into the mountain for a distance o
1900 feet, and, no ore being found
work was discontinued and the prop
l. erty Was idle for years, until latel,
when a lease was obtained upon it b.
J. an experienced and thinking man. !
e was then demonstrated that the lon'
5, tunnel, for almost its entire length
had paralleled the vein, and a shor
e crosscut soon took the workings int,
a magnificent body of ore, and noy
Ie this mine is looked upon as IN o
the coming big producers of the west
l. And this is not an isolated case eithe
IS as almost every old mining camp i
n this inter-mountain region can max
e one exhibit, If not more, Of the sam
d character.
Isl Many OF these old and abandone,
h mines are now being resurrected
s and they are proving to be the equal
It IL not the peer, of the wonderful ne'
finds and discoveries which have bee
h %chronicled the last few years, the de
s velopment and operation of while
t have electrified financial and bushes
+ circles from one end of the globe
Il the other.-Salt Lake Mining Review
d Don't forget the Bonanza's up I