Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-03
Mining Notes of
General Interest

The smelter at Ely is now a steady
producer of blister copper and has
been making twelve tons of metal a
day. 1t will probably soon increase
the amount of the output.
An excellent surface showing has
recently been made on the Golden
Prince property at Phoebe. The ore
assays COS ounces in silver and 40
per cent lead.
The Florence group of claims in
Gold Run basin, twelve miles south
of Golconda, is being developed with
very satisfactory results.
Jesse Harrington and Mike Nok
are developing some very promising
ground near the top of Mt. Grant.
An industry, the successful devel-
opment of which means a great deal
to Winnemucca and the northern
part of the state, Is the projected
opening of the largest building and
roofing stone quarry in the world on
Blue mountain, twenty miles west OF
Winnemucca.
The Paymaster mine OF Phonolite
has made its initial shipment of first
class ore, the consignment being
loaded on the cars at Austin on the
18th. 1t is stated that the lot as
sayed $167 to the ton, and that
other similar shipments will follow
in regular order.
Marshall Mamlem has shipped FIVE
tons Of ore from his property at
Bodie station to the Stewart mill at
Sodaville for a test run. The ore
carries about SCI in gold to the ton,
and if the mill run proves successful,
he will commence regular shipments.
The Windfall mine in the Eureka
district has been bonded for $780,
600 to the Western Mining and De-
velopment company. composed of j.
NJ. Monnette, w. C. Randells,.
Charles II. Wiedman and others. The
property has been making shipments
lately, attracting a great deal Of at
~tention to Eureka.
Actual production for the week
was much greater than usual. due
largely to treating Il catch of jewel
ry ore in the Combination mill, re-
suits from which do not figure in
this account. The three ore handling
concerns received 2461 tons, making
a total value of ~s16S,450, exclusive
of the Combination high grade. This
exclusive of five tons of ore from J.
w. Wing of Montezuma and forty
tons of twenty ounce concentrates,
worked by j. w. H~utchinson's patent
ed process in the Kinkead mill.
amounting to $17,5S6, or a gross
total of S1S6, 306.-Goldfeld News.
A writer tells an interesting story
of the discovery of zinc in the south
ern part of Lincoln county, forty-ive
AhiiSS 5OubHNtpL VI La vegas. me
metal comes in the form of a zinc
carbonate. AS illustrative of the lin
itations of ordinary discernment, the
true character of these great deposits
was utterly unknown until about two
years ago. For the past twenty-five
years, this locality has been priced
for its lead. Though far removed
from railroad and smelling facilities.
this metal had been mined oad the
best of it shipped, in a ftsll way,
ever since 1893. Accompanvi"g this
lead We're extensive dykes Of a light,
brittle, yellow-colored material that
was contemptuously flung over the
dump as worthless ledge matter or
Casing" until some restless fellow
took the pains to have it analysed. It
reminded them Of something they
had seen in Mexico. The returns
showed a large percentage of zinc.
Then everybody got busy sending
away samples, and it was soon found
that Good Springs had ten tons of
zinc to one ton of lead.