Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-03-27
LEASES
SECURING DEPTH
Main Property Working in Body of Ore
38 Feet Wide With no Hanging
Wall in Sight---Hoists Being In
stalled on Numerous Leases.

increased 10 HIJy, ana uelOiS runs
this will be doubled. The ledge on
the 210-foot level has been proven to
be thirty-six feet wide with no hang
ing wall in sight. w. H. Nader, SUI
perintendent of the leasing company,
stated yesterday morning that this
entire body Of ore would average
about $125 to the ton. Five men are
working abreast on the ledge and
every pound of rock broken down is
shipped. The shipments nave been
averaging a car for every two days.
The raise sent up from the 210-foot
level has connected with the winze
sunk from the 150-foot level and
drifting has been started to deter
mine the extent of the high grade
shoot. 1t is the prevailing opinion
that the richest portion of the ledge
has not been reached and will be
found OVERLAPPING the hanging wall.
The new hoist has arrived and is be-
ing put in place as fast as possible.
The foundation for the air compress
sor is finished and the compressor
will be in operation in about two
weeks. The shaft is being retimber-
ed from the surface to the 100-foot
level in order to facilitate the hoist
ing.
When these improvements are
} completed machine drills will be used
ana +bo avtra NJ i'm ne o,o inoraasad -
between 100 and $50 tons a day. This
will give employment to a large force
D of men, not only in the mine but in
e the hauling of the ore. The officials
e estimate that ten men and forty head
n Of horses viii be engaged in the
e transfer end Of the work.
On the McGarry-Stroke lease on
n the K. X. property the tunnel is in
l. s~eventy-fve feet. The last ten feet
t. has been in manganese, which when
D. PANIED shows plenty of colors. This
ID portion is all ledge matter and the
~ operators expect to catch the ore
in shoot within the next thirty feet. This
is lease sidelines the Rickard-Garberg
m which in turn adjoins the famous
n Pioneer lease, and is considered one
n Of the best in the district. Machine
a. drills will be installed when the air
ID compressor is in place on the Rick
he ard-Garberg, an air pipe will be layed
is between the two properties.
nd The acknowledgements hoist and
it. the three-drill air compressor have
rn arrived for the decentralization lease
and are being put in place as fast as
va the large crew of men employed can
IN possibly do so. The foreman of the
he property stated that he expected to
Dis have everything running within a
est week. The shaft is down fifty feet
I'D and paintings can be obtained from
he any portion OF the bottom. 1t is 9
w double compartment affair and three
ris shifts are now engaged in sinking
Id, The owners placed $4,000 shares o
re- stock in the company on the marke
err. last week ats cents per share and in
lde side of four hours that amount 0
ro- stock was ove~r-subscribed $500
ne shares.
The company's double-comparf
ere ment shaft on the Conservative clail
,g. of the Gold Hill estate has reached
ers depth of about forty-five feet. Tv
is shifts are employed here. This elai
lew was formerly included in the Vale
ted View group and was sold by the d
nee rectors. A suit was started by Il
,om stockholders to recover possession
Sad they claim the directors did not ha,
and the authority to make the sale. TIL
hat suit is now pending in the distri
adj court.
Dad The Moffat-Ryan-H erkelrath lea
on the Bluff claim of the Valley Vie
inc property, has two shifts employed
the driving a tunnel. They are now
about ~sixty-five feet and are work.
the in a ledge of honey-combed qua
,any mixed with punches of manganese.
ont crosscut will be started to find I
dis contact which it is believed will CO
light tain high grade shipping ore. T.
point should not be far distant.
tside Inc MOIST Tor the Savage has arr
Pos ed and is being put in place. WI
The completed active development VIC
ten will be resumed in the shaft that
/ did now down about fifty feet.
y a Inc Roger lease on the Bi-Metal
No. 2 has ordered a 25-horsepoy
oists hoist that is now enroute. This sh
many is down twenty-five feet and recen
and encountered some fine looking LEI
Jared matter that is a mixture of rhyo'
rders and quartz and gives excellent p
nings. Six men are working in
york. shaft in three shifts, and II is
2 the operators desire to secure depth v