Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-26
OPERATIONS ARE
FAR REACHING
HYDRAULIC WILL UNCOVER AND
PROSPECT BEDROCK FOR
QUARTZ LEASING.

The flow of water through the
great 16-inch conduit which reaches
from Shoshone to the placer ground
Of the Round Mountain Hydraulic
company is successful in every way
When 1t was first turned on there was
considerable excitement caused by
the appearance of miniature geysers
and cataracts along the line OF
trench which carries the big tube
due to leaks occasioned by faulty
connections. A force of men was at
once put to work Tightening up the
Joints and in a very short time every
thing was made snug. The water is
delivered by an S-inch distributing
pipe which comes in at the upper end
of the Blue Jay No. 2 claim Of the
Combination company.
During the past week the men have
been occupied in digging bitches and
laying fumes to divert the water to
the different points where it will be
used in the course of operations. The
natural flow of water is strong
enough in many instances to bore it's
way through the selected ground.
1t must not be inferred that the
water which is now coming in from
Shoshone will constitute the full wa
ter power which will be used. As a
matter of fact it is only a feeder to
the Jefferson canyon pipe line which
will be the main source Of supply.
The pipe for this line is still being
delivered by the eastern concern who
have the contract. Some of it is all
ready in Austin from whence it will
be hauled into camp by the great
20-mule teams which brought the
Shoshone piping. Unless some unfor-
seen delays occur it should all be in
Round Mountain within six weeks.
Work, however, will continue on a
smaller scale with the present partial
supply of water. Several hundred
feet of sluices are in place and the
water going through them clearing
up several hundred dollars worth OF
gold every day. When the full power
of water is turned on, 1t is estimated
that between GOO and 1000 tons Of
dirt will be reduced every twenty
four hous.
The importance of these place
and hydraulic operations as a mean
of prospecting the great acreag
which the Hydraulic company hold
as quartz leases cannot be overesti
mated. The task of removing tn
surface soil by mean of pick an
shovel would entail no ends of tim
labor and expense. With water, tn
dirt can be cleaned off, leaving tn
surface of the bed rock exposed i
such a way that every vein or fissur
will at once be seen. That there al
any number of these leads to /
found is the unanimous opinion of a
those who are at all familiar with Il
ground. The possibilities which wi
be opened up for quartz leasing
these properties under these cond
tions is impossible of determinatio
Some idea of the extent of the groul
which the Hydraulic company W
work may be had from the stateme
that it has leases on the surfa
rights OF fourteen different mini
companies all proven to contain plf
er dirt in paying quantities. Ea
company owns on an average, sis
acres of ground, and much of Il
will be worked for a depth of fl
feet or more before bedrock is reat
ed.
While in the neighborhood
$4,000 will have been expended
the installation of this gigantic pla'
scheme, it is c-onservatively estimat
that the promoters will net in
neighborhood of $1,000,000. ]
royalties which will be paid into
treasures of all the companies fir
whom surface right leases have bC
obtained will be a source of no inc
siderable revenue for them to ca
on their own development work.
The installation of a sufficient
ter power to carry on the work
also made it possible for mills to
erected on the various properties
the reduction of their pres a yeal
advance of what would otherv
been possible. These mills in
will be the means Of placing Ro
Mountain properties in the divid
paying class.-Round Mountain \
get.
Walked Rioht Ont Agnin