The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-25
PLENTY OF POWER AND
8A WATER FOR WONDER

wonder. New. May 2s.-The problem
of electrical power for Wonder and adj
jacent camps has been solved after
months OF hard work or the part of
]. ID. Jewett. formerly consulting engi-
neer of the Southern Pacific company at
San Jose. California. and @. II. Richard
son of Wonder. Water with sufficient
head has been discovered in Bevis and
Anderson canyons to furnish eight hum
bred horse power. All that will be neces-
sary in the way of initial work will
be a dam fifty feet high. twenty feet
at the base and thirty feet on top.
which indicates, in a way. the shoulders
of the canyon.
A company has been organized to ex-
plot the territory. with F. b. Weir of
Goldfeld's president. p. f. Fuller. vice.
president, and c.. @. Bevis, secretary
and treasurer. 1t is the purpose of the
company to furnish electrical power to
all the mines in the vicinity. water to
Victor and Hercules. A belt line. which
will haul freight and passengers be-
tween Wonder. Victor. Hercules, West
Wonder and Kingston is also projected.
There is a hitch over the proposed right
of way. as the company wishes to con-
meet with the first railroad that enters
the district, and as the Southern Paci-
fc is reported to be rushing prepare
lions for track laying from Fallon by
way of Fairview and the Brook syndi-
cate of Philadelphia is reported to be
equally busy with preparations for a
road to run from winnemucca across
the Dixie flats to Victor, there is some
doubt which will get into the district
first. According to reliable information
the Brock crowd has everything their
own way, so far. 1t Is expected how
ever that the larger corporation will
come out victor. despite the seeming
advantage of the Philadelphia men, as
the success of the Tonopah road is still
a thorn in the flesh of the Southern
Pacific officials. and II is evident that
they will not be caught mapping again.
No engineering difficulties are presented
to either road.
With the securing of the large vol
ume of water necessary to generate
power to run the belt line, the establish
ment of mills at either Victor or Won
der is ssured This will mean that ore
that is now thrown on the dump by the
~sorters as practically useless will be
worked and the gold extracted. 1t will
be possible to mill ore that uns as
low as thirty-ive dollars to the ton.
A fair estimate of the values that inhere
in dumps may be gathered from the
fact that the average of the ore so far
extracted from the Wonder mines is
upwards of sixty-three dollars to the
ton. Considering the extent of the dis
trict it is possible to conceive of hum
dreds of thousands of tons of ore being
treated at the local mills after the
higher grade of ore is shipped to Salt
Lake or Golconda. The establishment
of the smelter at the last named place
is one of distinct advantage to Wonder,
as the building of a road across the
Dixie flats to connect with the main
line will bring a smelter within one
and fifty miles of the camp,
thereby cutting down the freight
Among those who have ex-.
pressed satisfaction with the outlook
for a good water supply for the mills
of Wonder is Geo. ]. Henry. Jr.. chief
engineer of the Pelton Water Wheel
company of San Francisco.
MACHINERT on WAY IN
Eleven gasoline hoists have arrived or
are on their way into the camp. The
June Wonder which has been shut down
for ten days waiting for the hoist will
resume operations Tuesday with nine
men. This mine is owned by the Gibral-
tar Investment company of Denver
Colorado, and is down one hundred and
ten feet. Good values have been found
from the grass roots. 1t is the pur-
pose of the management to crosscut to
catch the ledge Immediately the men
start to work. Assays in the tunnel.
which has been run on the ledge, give
value up to 1896 the ton. On the
Daisy, which adjoins the June on the
west, there is every promise that a
ledge of great value is being opened up.
Values have increased steadily as the
shaft has been sunk. The Western
Gasoline Engine company of Los Ange-
les has the contract to install a 20
horse power hoist on the property OF
the Daisy Wonder company. Work will
begin at once.
A sixty horse power hoist is at Fallon
ready to be hauled to the shaft of the
Jack Pot. This is the largest in the
district and has been ordered by the
Jack Pot management because of the
rapid development of their mine. Wher-
ever a man may conviently work, he
is placed. AS a result this mine has
more employees than any other. and the
so far more than justify the
added expenditure. Superintendent Fred
F. Harris has just concluded an under-
ground survey of the Jack Pot and is
authority for the statement that the
values are higher than any found in
Tonopah at the same depth. Mr.. Harris
was superintendent of some of the larg-
mines in Tonopah and should know
he speaks. He was in excellent
humor when seen as he had just found
the rich ledge that had caused the man.
agement no end of anxiety through its
tendency to elude the miners because
of a fault. Three feet of high grade
ore was uncovered, twelve inches of
which show values that approximate
three thousand dollars to the ton. This