The San Francisco call., 1908-12-02
HEAVY SHIPMENTS
OF TONOPAH ORE
More Than 5000 Tons Leave
the Nevada Camp During
Last Week
Great Activity Is Displayed in
the Various Leases in the
Sagebrush Country

The total value of the ore Shipments
from the Tonopah district last week is
estimated at s134,825. Altogether 5.393
tons were shipped, which were distrib-
uted as follows: Tonopah company,
$500 tons; Mountain Tonopah, 70S tons
Midway, 100 tons; MacNamara, 300
tons; West End, S5 tons; Jim Butler.
$50 tons The operations of the last
fortnight in the Tonopah district. so
says the Tonopah Miner, included the
following:
The winze in the Belmont has been sent o.
feet below the 1000 foot level and four feet OF
fair grade milling ore has been uncovered at
the bottom A body of quartz has been crosscrt
on the 1,100 foot level that is reported to be 3s
feet wide.
In the MacNamara some changes are reported.
For some time considerable drilling has been
done by hand, but Superintendent Chandler mas
decided to discontinue this line of work and in
crease the number of machines, as all the ore
bodies thus far discovered are large enough TO
permit of them being worked by machines Fol
lowing up this plan, the airpipe from the Tono-
pah Extension compressor, which has been fur
nishfng power for some of the drills for some
time, is being enlarged and more power will be
obtained from that company to operate a large
number of drills. Pending the completion of
this work operations being confined to No 2
stope on the 275 foot level, No. stope on the
200 foot level and slopes from the $50 foot in
termediate level. All these slopes show bodies
of ore,
The news from the Jim Butler mine this week
continues to be encouraging and places the prop
erty in better light than ever. Excellent bodies
of ore being opened up all levels above
the 400 foot and extensive prospecting work is
being carried on throughout the deeper workings
During the week 345h feet of new ground was
broken In various parts of the mine, and the
general run of the from the slopes and raises
is well above the ordinary milling grade Dur
ing the last week $50 tons were shipped to the
Belmont mill.
Sinking was resumed in the bottom of the Miz-
pah shaft. A depth Of 1.253 feet had been at
tai hon vCaS udad tna
cutting out of a station at the 1000 foot point
and the installation of the air hoist which had
been used on the 900 foot level. This work has
now been completed and it is expected that the
shaft will be sent down from now on at the rate
of three feet day until the 1 500 foot point is
reached, when, according to present plans, exten-
sive prospecting work will be carried on. There
is no change in the formation to report and there
will be none for at least 40 feet more, as the
character OF the formation was determined some
time ago by the of the drill. Depth is also
being sought in the Silver Top claim, where
diamond drill is being sent down from the TAO
foot level.
The work of opening up and prospecting the
ground owned by the Midway company is going
ahead steadily. The ground is highly mineralized
and the cutting of stringers of ore is of common
occurrence. The most of the work is going
on in the southern portion of their territory,
which adjoins the Tonopah mining company S
ground. Considerable good ore is being extracted
from the older workings IN this section.
According to the Round Mountain
Nugget practically all the machinery
has arrived for the mill on the Solid
Gold lease In the Round mountain dis
trict
The Gordon. .Garrecht placer lease on the sunny
side Extension claim of the Blue jacket mining
company, concerning which the Nugget printed
an account last week. has been purchased from
the present owners by Thomas (Dry wash) VIII
son for the Round Mountain hydraulic mining
company. Wilson will hydraulic the lease.
which embraces the surface rights OF the entire
claim. He is laying the pipe which will tap the
big hydraulic main on the Antelope.
The Wade lease on the Marposa claim of the
Round Mountain mining company rs reported to
be in high grade.
The Williams lease on the Rogers claim is i'm
proving. A three foot shaft has been sunk 11O
feet and has STRUCK ore body.