Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
AERIAL LINE
IS BUILT
HIGH GRADE SHOOTS MAKE DEN-
YER LEDGE PERSISTENT
JOHN w. BROCK is SAID TO CON-
TRoL TEcoPA
Bonanza Ore Is Being Uncovered
Throughout GoIdfeld and Lee
Districts with Every New
Extension
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
Il RHYOLITE, New, Sept. 15.-Freight
teams have hauled to the Keans Wonder
camp the big cable and some heavy gear
ing for the aerial tram which is to take
the ore from the mine down to the mill.
During July the company had hve
millwrights at work framing timbers for
the terminal stations and towers for the
tram To facilitate the work a large
framing shed was erected to protect the
men from the burning sun, and 1t proved
to be a great help, enabling the men TO
work during the hottest weather without
any great inconvenience. The grading
for the tram foundations was also done
during July. There are twelve towers
on the line requiring foundations each
twenty-four feet square In many places
they had to be blasted out of solid rock
in order to get sufficient level space 10
set the tower. They had eighteen men
employed at that work and used over
ton of giant powder. On account of the
excessive heat they found it necessary
TO work early in the morning and late
at night, laying off during the midday
hours.
The twenty stamp mill has been COM
pleted since the 1st of July, and the l2o
horsepower Sterling boiler is ready for
| a fire in the furnace.
The miners have also completed a 130-
foot tunnel and an S0-foot upraise, con-
Meeting the lower tunnel with the other
workings, where they have several tons
of ore broken down, which should run
close to $100 per ton. This ore is all
ready to drop down the raise to the lower
| level, from which place 1t Will be
trammed to the rock crusher, over the
terminal ore bin. The crusher, 1Ox16
I ANr-ar l.
oped by the tramway.
Development in Denver Mine
The lateral work from the bottom of
| the 200-foot winze in the Denver mine
of the Tramp Consolidated estate has
reached the objective point in the devel-
opment of the Denver ledge, bringing the
deepest point in the property into ore
The winze is 200 feet below the fourth
tunnel level with vertical depth OF
about 450 feet
| The breast of the north drift, which is
out fifteen feet, is all In good ore. Pan
nings made from the ore show nice
strings of coarse gold, with two-foot
streak in the center which is the high
grade material. The south drift, out eight
| feet, is not quite as heavily mineralized,
but is improving with every round of
shots.
| The north drift is showing much of the
green stained ore, similar to the Original
and West Extension high grade, which
was also developed in the winze hum
dred feet above
The Denver ledge is persistent, high
| grade shoots having been developed on
| all levels from the surface down.
Superintendent Blackmer will shortly
increase the force of miners and resume
work in the old Tramp workings. A 10
horse hoist will be installed on the
Tramp shaft, which will be sunk to ex-
plore at depth large vein of milling
ore. A drift will be run from the shaft
| to the Tramp tunnel for air connection.
! 1t is rumored here that John w. Brock
of Philadelphia a railroad builder and
mining man who has done much toward
building up the state of Nevada, has
taken over the control of the Tecopa
Consolidated Mining company. With him
are associated some, of Philadelphia $
prominent capitalists The deal is said
| to be big one, and while no considera-
| tion is announced 1t is believed that 1T
is one of the largest transactions of the
year in this part of the country. Among
the men who will be benefited by the sale
are John T. Overbury, Harry Mcmahon,
James H. Lester and the Pagan brothers,
all of whom are known here.
| Ore is being shipped right along, 120
head of horses and mules being employed,
| anu the company 10 PulIii6 Oii iiiCt
teams as fast as they can be secured.
An important strike has been made in
the MONDAY mine of the Consolidated
| holdings. The ledge was crosscut and
proved twenty-five feet in width, the
ledge going about Z per cent lead. A
stringer of 35 per cent ore twelve inches
wide was followed for twelve feet and
after drifting ten feet the breast was
| all in ore of a high grade. The north
drift on the 100 level has also changed
from a concentrating to shipping grade.
Other Items of Interest
After driving about forty feet the Gold
Bird tunnel on the estate of the Granite
Contact Mines company continues to ex-
pose rich ore, which is being sorted and
sacked as taken out phone message
from Superintendent Fountain says that
the ore Is now two feet in width with
excellent values prevailing throughout.
A report from the Gold Grotto is to
the effect that the ore shoot has been
broken into at a point 260 feet from the
portal of the drift tunnel. From panning
1t is estimated that the material will
run between $500 and 5000 to the ton in
i gold
According to Superintendent Nelson
4 some bonanza ore is being uncovered at
the Burro property in the Lee district.
The high grade being encountered in
the smart, ne says Will average Detter
than $150 to the ton. In the drift north
from the 100-foot level good mill ore,
Mr.. Nelson says is being obtained
1t is the prophecy of those in charge
that the Pioneer will be shipping ore
regularly after the 1st of November. At
a depth of sixty five feet there is opened
a 20-foot ledge of ore that all pans well.
From this vein there will be taken
sacking product at greater depth. If the
expectations of the management are
fulfilled
/ Before the end of this month there will
be activity at the Little Ruth, adjoining