Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-21
Manhattan Mail)


every twenty-four hours.
A 400-ton lot of ore that pro-
duces nearly 5000 per ton.
A mine that has hundreds of tons
of ore in sight that will mill pro-
portionately rich.
For the past ten days the Peak !
Chapman-Steen lease on the Big |
Four claim has been sending ore to |
the War Eagle mill and the daily |
clean-ups run from $50 to $50
ounces, the bullion being worth
about $40 an ounce.
The. mill handles an average of
3S tons of ore per day, which
makes the value of the ore $1S4.50
per ton, figuring on the cleanup at
$1,000 daily.
The Big Four claim covers the
apex of small hill, short dis
lance west of town, and right now
that particular hill is the scene of
feverish activity during all hours of
the day and night.
Not only is the remarkably rich
ore being hcisted with clock-like
regularity, during each of the three
shifts, but a large force of men is
at work rushing the installation of
new equipment that has arrived the
past few days.
Two ten-horse loads of mining
machinery have been landed on the
Big Four claim lately and third
ten-animal team is on the way from
Tonopah with the balance of the
equipment, and a consignment of
lumber.
The new gallows frame is already
in place. A big crew of men under
the direction of Contractor Johnson
is rushing the installation of the
machinery, which includes a 35h. p.
electric hoist, air compressor, trans
formers, etc. They are housing the
new plant and using every effort to
complete the. equipment in prepar-
alton for the rush work that will
soon be under way.
The leasers intend to sink the
shaft an additional so feet in the
next 80 days. With the use of the
air compressor. machine drills and
the new hoist, they anticipate nc
trouble in completing the work
within that time.
This new shaft is already 1S(
feet in depth and has been lowered
by the leasers since they acquired
the property. 1t was sunk to facili
tate work, as the old shaft was in
adequate for the mining operation
that has been planned for.
At present drifting and STOPPING
is going on in the old workings
$50 feet in depth, from which tn,
ore now being milled is taken
They will continue to extract orr
from the present slopes until tn,
new shaft is lowered so feet, whel
ehC Oiu anu WINNINGS Will "
abandoned, and stopping will be car
ried on from the deeper level A
that time it is expected to extrac
upward of 100 tons daily.
At the War Eagle mill, where tn
leasers are having the ore treated
quicksilver is in startling demand
1t has been necessary to keep tn
plates saturated with quicksilver Il
order to take up the large quantit
of gold and silver contained in tn
ore. In all parts of the millin
plant where quick" is used an
where amalgum can collect, tn
shining mass of metal piles up i
large punches. Clean-ups at tn
War Eagle mill these days have a
the semblance of one of Uncl
Sans minis.
The k-Chapman-Steen lease O
the Big Four is sure to be one {
the history makers of the distric
not only in this district, but it
certain to attract statewide an
countrywide attention. This is S
because ii does not require a ia
look into the future to satisfy one
self that the production from tn;
rich acreage must of necessity phi
up fortunes for the lucky leasel
and a handsome royalty for tn
claim owners.
The ore deposit of the Big Fou
Is not mere pocket or bunch {
high grade. Long drifts are mad
on the ore shoot. demonstrating Il
continuance. and the faces oil n
drifts In the old workings still sho
rich ore.
There Is nothing to prevent N
leasers from stopping high grade fc
many months to come. They hay