Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-23

weeks. The management announces
that it is prepared to erect a mill at
any time necessary for working low
grade products, of which there is al
ready a substantial dump.
At the time the Eagles Nest COM
pany work was shut down there were
two 50-foot shafts, the collar of one
on the vein at the apex being fifty
feet higher than the lower shaft.
From the 50-foot level of the lower
shaft a northerly drift was run about
fifty feet at the time of the shut
down; intermittent values were
found in this drift, but no ore body
of consequence was encountered
there. There was also considerable
drifting from the 50-foot level of the
upper shaft by the company.
Starting at the face in the north
erly drift from the 50-foot level Of
the lower shaft, Manager Murdoch
turned at a slight angle to the right
and with seventy feet of drifting cut
squarely into the vein at a point Civ
ing him 100 feet of depth thereon,
and which is now referred to a the
crosscut at the 100 level, as fifty feet
of depth is gained by working from
the lower shaft. Eighteen feet of ore
was intersected, of which twelve feet
is a good grade Of milling; several
streaks of extremely rich quartz were
developed also, and sacking of better
than $3.50 values for shipping was
continued until sinking was resumed;
two drifts, one each on the hanging
and foot walls, were then started and
continued until the management was
satisfied with the demonstration ut
that point; considerable extremely
rich oxidized quartz was taken from
these drifts, and many assays run
ming between 5000 and $1,000 were
yielded in the progress of the work
there.
Four weeks ago the hosting plant
was put in commission and sinking
started; so rapid has been the pro-
gress that on yesterday but two sets
remained to be put in before the
crosseut at the 2Oo-level shall be
started. Better than three feet per
day, including the t%imbering, has
been made, and it certainly stands as
the record shaft of the district fol
quick sinking. Not later than No
yember Is the crosscut drift from the
bottom Of this shaft will be under
way.
Early this week work in the ore
was resumed at the 100 level, wher,
a raise is being made on the shoot
now yielding tons of shipping grade
A trip to the works yesterday re
vealed the presence of product tina
makes dividends, sacked and lined u
along the drift, ready to be hoistet
to the surface and be sent to tn
smelter; while much of the ore sack
| EQ AGlG ID OAlulHGu anu NCIy Sillild
to that found near the surface in tn
Nevada Hills Slopes, much of it car
ries heavy sulphides. While it sound
like an extraordinary statement wit.
Eagles Nest stock selling at % cent
per share, the fact is that Manage
Murdoch is sacking great quantitie
Of ore that is worth so cents pc
pound, while a solid body of goo
milling quality is left untouched be
tween the exploratory drifts run o
the hanging and foot walls.
Another feature of the work is tn
Wine started from the 100 level o
the ore shoot at the foot wall. TIL.
winze, together with the raise, is fc
the double purpose of producing OIL
and furnishing air for this level an
creating circulation when the 20
level is connected up.-Fairvie
News.