Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-03-27

roNopAH MINING.

mrs of the Onopd MINING
Il meeting held Thursday in Phil
.aelnhia. This will amount to the
.nnr sum of $S5O,OO0, and was made
ravable on April q. The stock of
no company has been steadily adj
ysueing throughout the past few
weeks and yesterday reached $3.50,
the highest point recorded for some
time The condition of the mine has
o4ver been better and there is a prob
ability of the extra dividend becom-
ing a permanent feature.
The increase in the flow of water
IN the bottom of the Mizpah shaft
ueeessitated the installing of a Smith
Vail sinking pump of a 200 gallon
oer minute capacity, to take the place
Of the former pump, which only had
5~O-gallon per minute capacity. Our
last Saturdays report gave the flow
d water at fifty gallons per minute,
but this week It Is estimated that
the flow has increased ten gallons a
minute. The formation in the bot
tom of the shaft remains unchanged
During the week the Mizpah work
Inc 337 feet. The silver Top adj
yanced ninety-six feet, the Red
Plume shaft was sunk nineteen feet,
and is now down 513 feet from the
surface. The Mizpah shaft advanced
Telve feet, and is now down a total
18TH of 1896 feet. The diamond
I'M that is being operated on the
nO-foot level of the Silver Top work
lngs advanced twenty-six feet and is
nj a distance OF 636 feet. The drill
Is making steady progress and is now
operating in hard ground.
The work of cutting ont a station
IN the Red Plume shaft at a point
that will correspond with the GOO
foot level Of the Mizpah shaft, has
been started. The formation at this
point is in a broken low grade quartz
A crosscut has been sent out to the
west from the 600 level of the Miz'
| bah to connect with this station.
440-foot level, Silver Top-Pros
pecting work is being conducted IL
the westerly workings of this leye
along the footwall and the work Il
Aowing up fair valr.s.
t40-foot level-The raise sent u
mhe footwall in the westerly work
he is progressing. The object o
tbs raise is to tap the ore that exist
Nlow the fifth level. A drift vii
X driven to the west to follow up
low grade quartz seam from thi
nisc.
200-foot level, Mizpah-The drill
On one of the Burro veins that wa
tgt In the first crosscut south fror
the easterly workings has been su'
pended and work has been taken u
IN the west extension of the vein, q
It shows up much stronger and ca
res better values at this point. Th
nnneetion has been made with II
300-foot level in the raise that VIZ
sent up along the Mizpah fault. Tn
raise was completed for better vent
lation of a stope between these tN
levels. The drift northwest along Il
Mizpah fault ran through the fau
and work is now being done to !
cate the main ore body. Work hi
been resumed in a crosscut nor
from the westerly workings to pro
pect the ground TO the north of Il
Aizpah fault. This will open up Il
ground between the Mizpah and Mo
lana shafts which heretofore has n
been explored.
S00-foot level-The crosscut tn
vas driven to the south and cut
small parallel vein in the old wor
lngs will be extended still further
the south to cut the Burro No. ! vt
that has been developed to a cons.
eFable extent on the upper level.
iO0-foot level-The Mizpah far
mas been reached by the crosscut Sc
out in a northerly direction from
east workings, and a drift will
started northwest along the ia
Where the vein shows low grade m
hg ore. This new drift will We
Inward a body of ore that has sho
up along the Mizpah fault on
third level.
a%OO--foot level-Raising is be
conducted on the east side of
smart to connect with ore boo
ABOUT fifteen feet above the level,
which will facilitate the work of
uaetlng the ore. Work is still be
continued along the west line of
VEST End workings, but nothing
'alue has been encountered. A
neetion will probably be made v
me West End property to secure
Ter ventilation.
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