The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
OPENING VALUABLE MINES
Companies at Round Mountain Plan
Extensive Operations
The Tonopah Miner says:


Round Mountain is becoming very active and
the companies have begun their campaign of de-
velopment for the year 1907. Before many days
stalled in the camp and deep Sinking i wiil M he
The programme number of new promotions
are being energetically pushed, the latest of
supported chiefly by Tonopah capital. The con
sideration involved in this promotion is $50. 600.
The Round Mountain Gold Trail Mining Company
is another new promotion which promises well.
The holdings consist of a group Of claims on
the east side of Round Mountain formerly owned
BY the Sphinx Mining Company.
The Blue Jacket group has been sold for a
cash consideration Of $50. 900, and a company is
organized to develop the property Mining men
are alert In getting on the inside before spring
opens, and the next thirty days win bring forth
several new promotions of merit
veloping at depth the Round Mountain Sand
storm Gold Mining Companys holdings which
consist OF four claims situated about three
Fairview estate. The property is on an air
line with the Sphinx, Sunnyside. Antelope and
the same rich gold-bearing contact. Location
work has been followed by surface prospecting,
and the latter is to be followed BY the sinking
of a deep working shaft and the proving up of
Work is to be resumed at once on the Ante
lope property This is the mine that produced
the rich slab of gold that made Round Noun
tain famous. 1t is the intention to install a
gasoline hoist ana sink the shaft to depth as
The Round Mountain Mining Company is car
rglng on active development work. After prov
ing up the strong ledge at the ITO level
Superintendent Mcdonald started an incline and
expects to tap the ledge at the depth of $50
feet within very few days Already tale seams
have been encountered which show exceedingly
rich paintings The new 37-horsepower
hoist win be installed during the present
month. The mill is completed and will be
started up as soon as the pipe line is finished.
The Round Mountain Extension, which is con-
trolled by LOTUS and Davis, the well known
Goldheld operators, is one of the best mines in
the Round Mountain District The tunnel is
now in 80 feet from which point drift has
been run west si2ty-fye feet, following a well
defined ledge assaying 500 a ton. The incline
shaft on this property is down eighty feet fol-
lowing thirty-foot ledge, which was struck
by former Superintendent Hazelgrove This
ledge pans wei, and Superintendent Sly in
tends to sink deep on ii.
P. ]. Byrne, leaser on the Albatross claim
Of the Round Mountain Company. has struck a
seven foot ledge which yields good assays in gold
and silver and Is improving with depth. A ID.
Needs Of Minneapolis is associated with Mr.
Byrne in this lease.
Adjoining the acreage of the Round Mountain
owned by the Round Mountain Bonanza Gold
Mining Company. 1t carries the continuation of
the same contact and yields promising gold
values at surface.
The contractor on the Smoky Valley Round
Mountain property has made good progress during
the past two weeks, and the shaft is now down
200 feet, at which point porphyry was en-
countered.