Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-02
]. ". BROCK MAY
BUILD shelter.
thereby hangs a tale:

If John w. Brock and associates
take over the Tecopa Consolidated
lead mines, and there is every reason
to believe that they will, the Bullfrog
district will get a 1000-ton smelter,
for that is the principal part of the
program.
This information was not volun-
teered by the Tecopa management,
but was given to the Herald by a
prominent mining man whose integ-
rity is not questioned in Nevada.
Recently James l.. Freeburn made
an extensive examination of the Gun
sight and MONDAY mines of the Te-
copa estate for Mr.. Brock and his
Philadelphia and New York crowd.
Upon his report will depend the con-
summation of the deal for the con-
troll of the mines and the success of
the big scheme which will mean so
much for southern Nevada mining
interests and the commonwealth in
general.
The Herald is informed that the
one feature on which the deal hinges
I is the question of ore tonnage. The
q Tecopa mines are shipping regularly
y about 100 tons Of ore per day, which
u output is being gradually increased
as teams can be secured, and the
y company is getting the ore treated at
Salt Lake at a figure which is insig-
a nifcant in comparison to the usua'
II rate charged, the lead values for flux'
d ing purposes making this rate pos
IS sibIe. The returns show that Tecopt
ores are running from 10 to 80 pc
rs cent lead. and from 10 to 25 per cen
y iron.
If the Teeopa mines can be depend
- ed upon for $50 tons daily, the smell
ter project will be feasible. SUPP
at Jerry O'Rourke has recently mad
TIC the statement that within six month";
u. time a daily output of 500 0 wi
cd be possible from the MONDAY alon'
uo and with an output OF one-half thf
a capacity from the Gunsight. the r.
Iys quired tonnage would be met.
The Tecopa company is maxim
my every effort to open new ground an
eh further explore the big ore bodies e
al posed, with a view OF making
es- great a production as possible.
The smelter proposition is beil
considered in the strictest busine
sense. so the Herald is informed, a
the plan IS to make Beatty the SINE
ing center for the silicious ores fro
the Tonopah, Goldfeld, Bullfrog a
other districts, with the Tecopa mir
as the principal source of the lie
ores. The town of Beatty has be
,CI. selected as the site. owing TO I
abundance of water and the excell'
railroad facilities, three railroi
leading into the town from all pa
a. Of the producing territory.
Another part Of the program is
OF build a 500-ton c%oncentrator at
tors copa. which would be an imports
rave factor IN connection with the smell
! $ project.
IS OF /. this scheme is consummated
lack win mean the investment Of fl
three to four millions of dollars.
lght smelter of 1000 tons daily capa'
have will cost perhaps $1,50o,0OO. and
the companv needs fully an equal amo
of capital for fuel supply and
ell a purchases. 1t Is plainly to be un'
men stood that If the Beatty smeltei
their built. It will be on a gigantic SC
Dol as the present output from TonoI
the Goldheld and Rhyolite alone VIC
I, lat require a plant of no mean eapa'
ching To lust what extent a local sn
and ing plant would stimulate the o.
off a ing of the numerous lead prosp
from In this part of the country Is dim
10 predict. but with the imm
thing lead-silver showings in the Fun
what and Grapevine ranges, in the
there mountains and IN the old Gold NJ
n out tain district, near Bonnie Clair
< TINS Is a fair prediction " say th"N y
t was streak Of lead ore for a hun
wait miles in all directions woul'
e dis worked to the limit. resulting
that large local production. In SON
round these lead-silyer prospects com
fter cial ore bodies have already bee.
Y had %veloped.
ritory Neither Mr.. Overbury nor Mt
Mahon of the Teeopa company Y
of talk for publication concerning
right shelter project as noted above
has been previously published
ever. chat Mr.. Brock had serior
m the tentions of taking over the cont
IS an the mines, although the smeitei
milling ject, as a part Of the scheme ha
.otton- been given out.-Rhyolite Her5
cry IS