Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14

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the welfare of a friend who is under
the weather, will the doctor inform
you that he is 'just about the
same" Well, that is just about the
report to be made this week con-
corning the mining situation.
The feature of this weeks opera
ton was the strike on the Belmont,
exclusive mention of which was
made in the Bonanza yesterday. 1t
will be remembered that a magnif-
cent strike was made in a Wine
from the 1856 level. In view of
the fact that the strike was made
but a day or so ago, it. has not been
possible to determine it's extent. So
far as known, however, it is all of
five feet wide. AS a follow up story
on the article printed yesterday
morning, 1t might be we'll to add
that at the point of discovery a sta
ton will be cut and drifts run in
both directions in the ore body. I'm
der these conditions, it is but the
matter of a short time until the
exact extent of the ore body will be
determined. General Manager
Brady of the Belmont is naturally
elated over the find. He has little
to say, however, being conservative
o~l fo,. Rrnro h1ar4f,I
The Midway shipped its usual
quota of ore to the mill. This prop
erty makes it a rule to send out
100 tons. OF ore each week. Opera
tions have been confined to the ex-
traction of ore and the further ex-
ploration of the underground work
ings of the company's holdings.
Work on the Tonopah Extensions
new mill goes merrily on. The mill
Is rapidly assuming shape and will
be ready to start grinding on ore
the first of the year. Extension
stock has been quite active the past
week. 1t is stated, though not
authoratively, that a strike has been
made in the mine workings. There
has been no work in the mine
proper for some time and the re-
port is evidently without warrant.
Both the Tonopah Mining COM
pany and the Northumberland
have been plugging along uninter-
ruptedly doing exploratory work in
addition to extracting ore. On the
former a new compressor was in
stalled during the week, which will
add materially to the progress OF
development.
The West End and MaeNamara
are forging ahead at the usual gait
During the past several days there
has been a noticeable improvement
in the latter, the ore bodies widen
ing out considerably.
No little amount of attention at
taches itself to the work being done
by the leasers. 1t takes n back
several years to hear the shots as
they go off at intervals during the
day.
The Bonanza lease of Herring,
Nicholson and Sparks is looking
fine. The leasers are still in the ore
On this leasehold and will in a short
line prepare a shipment. From
he bottom of the shaft, down about
en- feet, an incline is being run
llong the ledge. The vein was un-
Covered at a derth of about four
eet. It was dipping away from the
haft and the idea, after sinking a
ew feet perpendicularly through it.
! to follow 1t along it's strike. The
edge is all of four feet in width.
arrying as a whole milling values
18th in~terspersiors of high-grade.
The McQuillan, Kendall, Douglass
'ase is going along slowly. the
ork being done at the present time
cling OF a preliminary nature. This
ase embraces the Wandering Boy
aim on which is a shaft to a depth
300 feet. From that level a drift
to be run eastward in the ore
'dy. The days are few now until
ipments will go forth from the
ase as the owners have discovered
at the ore will pay to transport.
81 Ine Gillespie lease is already a
Upper, twenty-five tons sent to
Hers for treatment netting Mr..
llespie and his associates around
co. This lease is on the Nc
lloch claim of the Jim Butler
ming company.
n Chris Mccarthy has been pros
u citing the ground on the lease held
himself and Harry Epstine. He
ted to a representative of the b.
MA that he was favorably liz.
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