Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-04-20
WONDER THE
Mining CENTER

grDap lies exceedingly gel IA
eh1nerT las bsez purchased and : -
rozts n0w from Sz- FrsnrEseo.
There i great activity - WoL
dsr-in the towE 81 Moudar-0Fes
sla89ss worth 81 supplies wsrs r.
cszrsd IL wozd4 Il one day. Thera
zre 1868 people in the oEn. thrae
z4rtautae stores. q dance hzlIs "a
1oons 4 modern hotel . postoEoe 3
bnz51sss meas association, 4 board
Of trade. and oTav fifty frans build
fags are En- the process 81 eoustrac-
rhuM Scarcity d water seems TO be
ths only drawback. and that costs s.
per barrel bat : Pipe Ane IRON
spvings SIX miles distant. Is being
laid into town and At the present
time Is EIthin half q mile.
Il have purchased for Boston cap
itzltssS. whom ! represent z gronp ct
elalEas On tie wesf side 0f Drlsooll
Eonnfsf- fer the E-- Cf 80 aae
We have made TIE first payment and
il Il our intention 10 begin opera
tfons Il onea.
The town 81 FasrEfer lies Gu the
sosthwes side u Fairriaw mountain
Il i heaatitallg situated ard IL for
tsnaEe ia being FL close proximity 10
one Of the best Eines III the state Of
Neyaaa The Negada Hills though
but q young mine, already has
blocked out and ready for sxtraction
over s4.6e0,0 900 worth of ore.
The Eagles Nest, recently pur-
CHASED ~ John Norman Of Victor,
Colo. the original diseoyersr Of the
ore In the famous Portland mine at
Victor. Colo. for s12a,909, has en-
eountered q BODY 81 stopping ore in
the 109-foot lsvel and IN the tunnel
the company il developing q body
Of ore Of unusual richness. ! met
Mr. Norman in Fzllon and be told
ne be came FROM Fairview to attend
10 the shipment n a hoist and other
mining machinery for the modern de-
veiopmsnt of this rich mine.
There are many other rich proper
ties in the Fairrfew district that have
splendid ahoKingE. Water has been
struck in the dry lake west Of the
town and a pumping station has been
Installed 10 pump water into the
town. A contract has been let for
the erection Of a mill for the treat
ment Of the FairYiew ores. There
are about 400 people IN the town.
which has the appearance of great
prosperity"
300 tons Z day. The ore that has
passed through the big mill was sort.
ed TO q value Of $50 a ton. In addi-
ton to this they have been sending
out to the smelters and to Virginia
City 1000 tons a week which will
average not less than SIS a ton.
The production Of the mills and
the shelters has been at the rate Of
more than $4,000. e00 q year. When
the mill Is running in full blast. the
production will be brought up to be-
tween s1O.0e8.0o0 and 100000 q
year; and there Fl enough ore
blocked out in the mines to keep the
mills and smeiters going for seven
or eight years
This will make a fine dividend
proposition for the stockholders OF
Touopah, Ney. 1t vim mean az least
100000 or 100000 a year OF
100000 a month, to which average
the company Is nearly up to al pres.
eut The big company has just paid
a dividend Of Is cents to which Ii
added 10 cents extra.
Tonopah Extension is fulfilling the
promise OF the early days Of the
mine. The fault which occurred sew
eral months ago has been corrected
and Extension is Into another big ore
body. The ore body faulted 1880 feet
west Of the main shaft on the 400.
foot level, and it was thought that II
had petered put General Manager
Kirehen began investigating matters
and determined TO 20 north. He weni
only ~ feet and found the ledge
widened out to forty-two feet.
OF this vast lead eight feet viii
run from 800 to $3.50 without sort
ing, and the rest OF 1t will go from
SIS to $50 and $40 a ton. They
r now stopping from the 400-foo
level to the surface and Tonopah Elk
tension looks like one Of the biggest
If not the biggest, mine in the camp
Then there Is the Belmont, which i
as far east from the Mizpah as Elk
tension IS west from it. Belmont i
a big mine. They are now working
on the 1.100-foot level and the or
body has been thoroughly PROVED
from the 600-foot level down. TIL
ledge Is from twenty to seventy fee
wide between walls. From this poin
is being taken the highest grade orr
I'm the camp. IL will run. as IL goeI