Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-24
OPERATIONS ARE
FAR reaching
nNpltACIIC VIII. UNCOVER AM
PROSPECT Bt.DRoCK FoR
QUARTZ LEASING.

The flow ct water through the
great iG-inch conduit which reaches
from shoshonc TO the placer ground
OF the Round Mountain Hydraulic
company X successful In every way
When II was FIRST turned on there was
considerable excitement caused by
the appearance OF miniature geysers
and cataracts along the line %
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. 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 its
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
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
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, it is estimated
that between 600 and 1000 tons of
dirt will be reduced every twenty
four hous.
The importance of these placer
and hydraulic operations as means
of prospecting the great acreage
which the Hydraulic company holds
as quartz leases cannot be overesti-
mated. The task of removing the
surface soil by means of pick and
shovel would entail no ends of time
labor and expense. With water, the
dirt can be cleaned off, leaving the
surface of the bed rock exposed in
such way that every vein or assure
; will at once be SEEN That there are
any number of these leads to be
found is the unanimous opinion of all
those who are at all familiar with the
ground. The possibilities which will
be opened up for quartz leasing on
these properties under these condi-
lions is impossible of determination.
Some idea of the extent of the ground
which the Hydraulic company will
work may be had from the statement
that it has leases on the surface
rights of fourteen different mining
companies all proven to contain plac-
err dirt in paying quantities. Each
company owns on an average, sixty
acres of ground, and much of this
feet or more before bedrock is reach
ed.
l While in the neighborhood of
> $4,000 will have been expended in
the installation of this gigantic placer
. scheme, it is conservatively estimated
that the promoters will net in the
neigk<orhood of $1,0O0,O0O. The
u royalties which will be paid into the
treasures of all the companies from
whom surface right leases have been
obtained will be a source of no incon-
> siderable revenue for them to carry
on their own development work.
The installation of sufficient wa
ter power to carry on the work has
, also made it possible for mills to be
erected on the various properties for
the reduction of their ores year in
} advance of what would otherwise
Il been possible. These mills in turn
will be the means of placing Round
Il Mountain properties in the dividend
paying class.-Round Mountain Mug
get.