The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
TONOPAR MINES
UNUSUALLY ACTIVE
Large Shipments of Ore Are
Being Sent to Out
side Mills
Report That Big Plant Is to Be
Built at the Rawhide
Camp

ore is proceeding steadily to the
mills from the Mcnamara mine, so says
the Tonopah Miner. and there has been
no cessation since the suit with the
West End WAS settled Last week seven
carloads, so tons in total. went TO the
Montana mill and one carload 10 the
sampler. The bulk Of the ore is COM
ing from two places in the mine. while
ore bodies are exposed in several
places.
The shipments from the Jim Butler
mine last week according to the Tono-
pah Miner amounted to 240 tons which
went to the Belmont mill at 'Millers.
The work of the company is still con-
fined to the different levels from the
Stone Cabin shaft a tonnage of ore
is being sent to the mill daily. A sta
tior will be cut on the 700 foot level,
on which work is in progress, and
crosscuts viii be sent out in search of
the lodges opened up on the levels be-
low =
Marked improvements. so says the
Tonopah Miner, have taken place in
the ore bodies of the Montana Tono-
pah The mvst noteworthy improve
ment of last week was on the $50 foot
level Of the mine. where the west drift
on the south vein exposed four feet of
high grade ore in the face. In the
lowest workings of the mine, on the
765 foot level, the diamond drill has
been started boring. Crosscut work on
the 765 foot level to the north has
been resumed. A station has been cut
at a point about 1000 feet north of
the shaft. At the annual meeting of
the company, which was held last
month, instructions were issued to sink
a winze from this vicinity.
On the property of TIE Tonopah min
ing company last week 2,977 tons of ore
are reported TO have been crushed at
the mill, and the total bullion produc-
tion Of the week was, according to the
Tonopah Miner. 94.575. An average of
SO out OF 100 stamps were employed
diamond drill will be started on
the 740 foot level of the Silver Top.
which Will go down 1000 feet if the
formation permits.
The total ore shipments over the
Toncpah and Goldfield railroad last
week amounted to 10 tons from the
TOnopah Extension and 80 tons from
the MacNamaTa, from Tonopah. To the
mills the Tonopah company sent $500
tons, the Belmont company 500 tons.
the Montana-Tonopah 745 tons, Mid
way 100 tons, MacNamara $50 tons,
the West End los tons. and the
Jim Butler 240 tons. making up a
total of 5000 tons. The estimated value
of the output of the Tonopah mines,
O,1o0 IOAS. lile lOldl output LOT the
week, was s31,70O, estimated at $50 a
ton for shipping ore and $25 ton for
milling ore.
The drift on the ledge of the Tono-
pah Extension mine on the TO foot
level. so says the Tonopah Miner, has
followed the ledge for distance of so
feet. beginning about $50 feet from the
shaft. The prospects. on the same au-
thority, are good for opening up a
IA IN
foot level have improved recently.
The principal work in the Midway
mine is the opening up Of ore in the
southern part OF the company's ground.
A prospecting crosscut has been sent
from the 200 foot level
A report is current in Rawhide that
$50 600 has been raised to build so
ton milling plant for Rawhide. An ore
strike IN the Burns Hill Mint mine is
reported. Work has been resumed on
the tracks of the Western Rawhide
railroad company.