Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-04
MACHINERY FOR
KEANE WONDER
TWENTY-STAMP MILL WILL BE
IN OPERATION IN TWO
WEEKS

RHYOLITE, May l.-Goldheld is
the center of activity from a mining
standpoint, while rich strikes are be-
ing heralded from all sections of the
state. Wonder has it's sensational
ore bodies, Fairview its embryo
mines, Seven Troughs its phenomenal
riches, and Skidoo its h~igh-grade ore.
All these various camps are rapidly
increasing the popularity of Nevada,
but one little camp, with only one
good mine in it to date, is destined to
soon startle the mining world.
The little mining camp is Keane
Springs, and the mine is the Keane
Wonder, located on the Death valley
slope of the Funeral range, about
twenty-five miles south of the Bull
frog district. With from fifty to
eighty feet of solid ore that will as
say on an average of 500 per ton in
gold, and thousands of tons of ore
to be mined, with milling at S. per
ton, calculation will reveal the Tor
nifty of the proposition. The Keane
Wonder mine will be grinding out
dividends for years to come, and set
ting a mark that will be sought by
the NOW higher grade producers.
The Keane Wonder company owns
twenty-five claims, embracing the en-
tire mountain. This mountain is
very precipitous, making admirable
tunnel sites, and it is by tunneling
that the company is preparing to re-
move the ore. The lower tunnel,
which is being run, will furnish
nearly 1900 feet of backs, and will
tap no less than a dozen strong veins
ranging in width from five to thirty
feet. Every pound of ore so far dis
closed in the development work will
mill at a good profit, and one can
easily figure into the millions as the
future production of this wonderful
? property.
: All machinery for a complete TWEEN.
ty-stamp mill is now on the ground
! and is rapidly being put into place
and should be in operation within 6
! few weeks. A complete ~concentra
ton and cyanide process is also be
ing installed, making it possible tt
Y save nearly all Of the precious metal
Plans have been made for fort!
stamps, and the additional stamp
J. win be installed as soon as the frs
q twenty are in operation.
d The mill is about 1900 feet lowe
than the main working tunnel, an
the ore viii be transported from min
to mill by means of an aerial gravit
y tram. At the upper terminus of thi
tram. erushers have been placed. t
crush the ore coming from the mine
before being sent to the mill. Thes
crushers obtain their power from tn
tram.
The mine and mill are under tn
management of Homer Wilson,
e mining engineer of wide experienc
in the West, and who has but one OF
iect in view, and that is to minimiz
the cost of producing and milling tn
ore. At the outside, the total cos
of mining, tramming and milling wi
not exceed SIS per ton.
A force of twenty-five men are no
engaged in pushing the erection
the mill to completion and developer
e. the ore bodies, preparing chutes an
~upraises from the main tunnel to u
- per tunnels where the ore has alreat
II. been blocked out. Enough develo,
ment has already been done to ket
he mill in constant operation for
.ong time to come. hut developmel
will be carried ahead of the produ
ton. insuring ample ore to run Il
an mill continuously for years.