Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-11
MIzPAH HAS WONDERFUL REG
ORD IN SIX YEARS
SILVER FIND MADE EAST OF
ToNoPAH
Work on Little Tonopah Is Expected
to Extend Ore Zone Five Thou
sand Feet Farther
West
Special to The Herald.


the world. and she doesn't do much boast
ing at that; the mines speak for them
selves Having long since passed the de-
velopment stage, and being now in what
is called the productive or dividend era.
not so much is heard from the mines as
from those of camp which is part in the
development and part in the productive
stage.
The property Of the Tonopah Mining
company justly ranks first among the
mines of Nevada. 1t comprises for one
of it's holdings the great Mizpah NINE
which was discovered by Jim Butler,
and which was the making of Nevada.
The ore is being taken out from three
shafts and a fortune goes to the mill and
srnelter each week. The mine, since the
present owners have had it, has paid In
the neighborhood of 900; and the
Ieasers took out of old Mizpah s3.500,0OO;
not a bad showing for less than six years.
There have been stories set afioat by the
designing intriguers of Wall street that
the mines of the Tonopah and the Bel
mont companies have been denuded of
ore. The best answer to that malicious
statement is a reference to the weekly
shipments of both companies. The ore
is being hoisted every day through the
shafts, and is being sent to the mills and
the smelters. The mill of the Tonopah
Mining company was shut down for re-
pairs all of week before last, so that
there was no ore sent to Millers; but
the big company shipped to the smelters
925 tons valued at $40 a ton. The Bel
mont company shipped 500 tons and sent
to the mill 30 tons, the mill having been
closed down a portion of the time.
he Doina has Of
the most complete mills in the country
and is putting the ore through with the
saving of high percentage and obtain
ing very satisfactory results. The mill
is averaging about five tons to the stamp.
The Midway mine, which adjoins the
Montana Tonopah, is sending out each
week enough high grade ore to put aside
something in the treasury. They are busy
in the lower levels prospecting for the
ore beneath the dacite formation. They
have encountered on the crosscut on the
800 level vein forty feet in width in
which, thus far, only low values have
been found. but sinking will be started
from this level to explore the lower
depths. On the upper levels there are
tons upon tons of high grade ore exposed.
which will last for many years to come;
but If there is found ore of value in the
lower levels the value of the mine will
be worth kings ransom.
Expect to Find Shoot
The Tonopah Extension mine is in many
respects one of the most remarkable
properties in the camp. The management
is now wrestling with a problem which is
fraught with the greatest interest to the
district, and in the meantime swelling
the treasury by the shipment of ore of
high grade from the upper levels The
t. AAs,, 4n1r 4I..a
800 and 600 levels, and at that it is being
taken out sparingly, while the work of
development is going on in the 1850 level.
The Tonopah Extension was at one time
one of the biggest shippers in the camp,
when OF a sudden it's biggest pay shoot
faulted and It required some consider
able time to determine what the trouble
was. A dacite formation had come in on
the 600 level and there were not a few
who expressed the belief that the end
of the mines resources had been reached
Don B. Gillies, president of the COM
pany, himself one of the ablest engineers
in the country, assisted by a corps of en-
gineers of his own selection, undertook
the solution Of the problem and came to
the conclusion with the aid of diamond
drill that the ledge had simply faulted,
and have been working on these lines ever
since. They sank to the 1860 level and
SLdrLeQ a CrOSSCuL, WHICH LHey calculated
to extend 1000 feet. 1t is expected that
the end of the crosscut will be reached
by the month of February, when from
present indications the rich pay shoot
will be picked up again beyond a doubt.
This work will settle beyond further
argument the permanency of the ore
bodies of the camp so that the impor-
tance of it can be imagined. In the mean
time they are working on the rich ore
body above the 800 level and extracting
enough ore to keep the mine going. There
are thousands of tons of milling ore
available, and the management in the
very near future will put up mill on it's
property and grind out the dollars for
many years to come. On the crosscut on
the 1850 level they are now in the true
lode porphyry, and the appearance of the
face is getting better each day. If this
goes into shipping or good milling ore
the Tonopah Extension will be another
Comstock.
Would Extend Zone
There is some very interesting develop
ment work going on in the Little Tonopah
group under the direction of H. M.
Roche superintendent of the Tonopah
Geodetic Mining company, which controls
the group. The latter lies to the west
of the camp and is one of the earliest
locations of Tonopah. The property adj
Joins that of the Tonopah Extension and
the Golden Anchor.
Work is being vigorously pushed on the
SIT level, crosscut being out from the
main shaft a distance of $40 feet. The
shaft has been sunk to a depth of 925
feet with stations at the 562 and ST. levels.
According to all accounts this latter level
is looking very good, several stringers of
quartz having been recently cut. 1t is ex-
pected that $50 feet of further develop
ment will catch the vein that was en-
countered at the 562 level.
The property comprises $50 acres of
patented ground. and there has been
erected a fine surface plant consisting of
a steam generating plant of 100 horse
power, so horsepower Sidgerwood hoist,
a 40 horsepower air compressor, a 10
horsepower blower and 50-light electric
motor; air drills being used in all the
underground workings.
The work in the Little Tonopah Is be-
ing watched with interest for the reason
that the discovery of shipping ore would
mean a great deal for the camp, extend
ing, as it would, the ore zone for dis
tance of 5000 feet to the west. The Of
fees of the Tonopah Geodetic Mining
company are located in Los Angeles,