Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-01
]. ". BROCK MAY
BUILD SHELTER
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| IL John w. Brock and asSociat IS
take over the Tecopa Consolidated
lead mines. and there Is every reason
to believe that they will. the Bullfrog
district will get a 1O00-ton smelter.
for that is the principal part of the
program.
This information was not volun-
teered by the Tecopa management,
but was given to the Herald by
prominent mining man whose integ-
rity is not questioned in Nevada.
Recently James l.. Freeburn made
an extensive examination of the Gun
sight and MONDAY mines of the Te-
copa estate for Mr.. Brock and his
Philadelphia and New York crowd
Upon his report will depend the con-
summation of the deal for the con-
troll of the mines and the success of
the big scheme which will mean so
much for southern Nevada mining
interests and the commonwealth in
general
The Herald is informed that the
one feature on which the deal hinges
is the question of ore tonnage. The
Tecopa mines are shipping regularly
about 100 tons of ore per day, which
output is being gradually increased
as teams can be secured, and the
company is getting the ore treated at
Salt Lake at figure which is insig-
nificant in comparison to the usual
rate charged, the lead values for fiux-
ing purposes making this rate pos
sible. The returns show that Tecopa
ores are running from 3 to 35 per
cent lead, and from 10 to 25 per cent
iron.
If the Tecopa mines can be depend
ed upon for $50 tons daily, the smell
ter project will be feasible Supt.
Jerry O'Rourke has recently made
the statement that within six months
time a daily output of 500 tons will
be possible from the MONDAY alone,
and with an output of one-half that
capacity from the Gunsight, the re-
quired tonnage would be met.
The Tecopa company is making
every effort to open new ground and
further explore the big ore bodies ex-
posed, with view of making as
great production as possible
The smelter proposition is being
to
sense, so the Herald is informed, and
the plan is to make Beatty the smelt-
ing center for the silicious ores from
the Tonopah, Goldfield, Bullfrog and
other districts, with the Tecopa mines
as the principal source of the lead
ores. The town of Beatty has been
selected as the site, owing to the
abundance of water and the excellent
railroad facilities, three railroads
leading into the town from all parts
of the producing territory.
Another part of the program is to
build 500-ton concentration at Te-
copa, which would be an important
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project
If this scheme is consummated, it |
will mean the investment of from
three to four millions of dollars A |
smelter of 1000 tons daily, capacity |
will cost perhaps $1,500,0O0, and the |
company needs fully an equal amount |
nf nanito1 for, fnnl
purchases. 1t is plainly to be under
stood that if the Beatty smelter is |
built, it will be on a gigantic scale, |
as the present output from Tonopah,
Goldfield and Rhyolite alone would |
require plant of no mean capacity. |
To just what extent a local smelt- |
ing plant would stimulate the open
ing of the numerous lead prospects |
in this part of the country is difficult |
to predict, but with the immense |
lead-silver showings in the Funeral |
and Grapevine ranges, in the Bare |
mountains and in the old Gold Noun
tain district, near Bonnie Claire, it |
is fair prediction to say that every |
streak of lead ore for hundred |
miles in all directions would be
worked to the limit, resulting in a |
large local production. In some of |
these lead-silver prospects CONNER
cial ore bodies have already been de-
veloped
Neither Mr.. Overbury nor Mr.. Nc
Mahon of the Tecopa company would |
talk for publication concerning the
smelter project as noted above 1t |
has been previously published, how
ever. that Mr.. Brock had serious in
tentions of taking over the control of |
the mines, although the smelter pro-
ject, as a part of the scheme, had not |
been given out.-Rhyolite Herald.
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