Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-06

urry Mining Com
an assessment of i
3 superintendent OF the
Consolidated Mines Com
graduate OF Harvard and
ne occupied n chair OF geolo-
mining science. For quIt" a
d he was superintendent of the
mont mine at T%onopah. Besides
ing a thorough mining engineer, ne
~ aid To have studied the geological,
conditions In Golddeld so thorough
~ that he Is emincutly fitted to his
new position.
The total output of the Tonopah
mines for the past week vas jSil
tons, of an estimated value at SEQ
"A ton and the milling or" at SO a
ton or u total value OF $liG.02J. The
Tonopah company sent $500 tons, the
MacNamara $50 tons. the Belmont
$50 tons. tae Montana Tonopah 9tl
tons and the Midway 100 tons and the
West End 50 tons to the mills, max.
ing the total shipments for the week
5sil tons.
G.. A. Austin says that without gct
ting down to bedrock he has found
sufficient richness in the old dumps
along the channel 10 convinc" him
that %placcring in Tulc Canyon, New,
has been neglected. From returns
gregatins II cubic pards If what is
commonly called waste gravel, or tdc
overburden. he secured an avcrage
of 20 cents per cubic yard in value.
j. +. Douglas, secretary and trCaS'
urcr of the Combination Fraction
Mining Company says That until re-
Gently there was not an individual
connected with the management of
the concern which drew olc cent for
their 0rrvices, except himself, the
secretary, and he drew tor months
the sum of $50 a month. Later this
was increased to $50 which Is his sal.
airy at this time. For many months
he looked after the bookkeeping. but
very lately they have engaged II
mans services. This pen togcth.
or with $50 per month office rent and
his own salary. is the sum total OF
the administrative expense attached
10 the management Of the Combina.
tion Fraction.
In the Tonopad Mining C%ompany's
property, the Slopes IN the MiZpah
Valley View and Silver Top veins
continue to yield the regular tonnage
with the backs of the workings show,
ing the veins to be holding GU in
strength and values. II Red Plume
shaft is down 572 feet below the col
lar. or within 2S feet of the desired
depta before lateral work is taken up
and prospecting begun. The bottom
OF the shaft shows a broken forma-
ton containing considerable quartz
but no values. At about the 5oo-foot
point the shaft penetrated some goo
quartz is showing values and as this
depth corresponds with the workings
On the G0O.foot level Of The Mizpah
Shaft which recently made connection
by u crosscut with this shaft at the
500-foot station, it is probable thai
most Of the prospecting work on his
quartz will be carried on from that
crosScut. The three compartment
Mizpah shaft is down to the 1862
foot point. with no change to note,
the formation in the bottom still be
ing rhyolite. The flow OF water re-
mains stationary-jO to 90 gallons a
minute having shown no increase
during I he past 80 feet. The shat
point is reached before any prospect
ing laterals will be sent out. The
mill report for the week shows that
an average OF % out Of the 100
stamps were dropping constantly.
crushing 5000 IONS of ore. OF an aver !
< value of $2l.5o per ton. The bul-
hon shopment consisted Of 81 bars
valued at $3.50 each. and % tons of
concentrates, worth $500 a ton. max
ing the total bullion shipments
ing the total bullion shipmentes
amount to $5S.G3o. An average e \
traction of 90 per rent was recorded.