Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-04-14


trolled by the Buckeye.BelmOnt
Mines company, incorporated, ad-
joins the Belmont, and Rescue
mines on the east This property
is equipped with powerful cleo
trio hoist, electric driven blower.
blacksmith shop and 50-foot gal
lows frame with rich bin and self
bumper Two years ago some one
set fire to the gallows frame and
burned it down and the three top |
sets of timbers in the double COM
partment shaft were burned out, aud
in cleaning out the shaft over 80
buckets of burnt timbers, hanging
bolts, hinges, iron rods and bolts
from the gallows frame and such
ke, were found in the bottom of
the shaft, together with 50 buckets
(about so tons) of muck from the
last round, and surface debris that
the top after the fire. The 70I
sets of timbers in 425 feet of the
shaft were found in perfect coudi-
ton, and as good as when first
placed in the shaft. The ladders
were equally good, but to make
safety doubly safe the old ladders
were removed and new ladders put
in their place, but the 2x4 stand
ards of the old ladders was found
in such perfect condition that they
were used as. floor joist in the
buildings. Ventilation is provided
by a blower capable of putting
5000 cubic feet of air through the
mine every minute, which can be
doubled by increasing the speed of
the fan, Drilling is done by hand
drills at present, though the com
pany is preparing to install a
compressor at an early date. The
buildings were built to carry it,
the pipe for the air line has al
ready been delivered, and the n4w
blacksmith shop, and timber-fram-
ing shop is being built, and will
be completed. by the end Of the
week. For the week ending Thurs
day night, April 13, the work was
largely changing ladders and clear
ing the debris and muck from the
bottom of the shaft and putting in
the first round of holes, and fcom
now on the work of sinking WI
continue uninterrupted.
The eye-Tonopah mine, CON
trolled by the Buckeye
Mines company, incorporated, has
just let a contract for the sinking
of 800 feet from the bottom of the
shaft, which is already sos feet
deep. This work will be rushed
by two shifts of men under Con-
tractor Lower. The mine is equip
ped with 40-horsepower hoist
10X10 Bury compressor, a 20 "A y
13 u X12A cross compound Ingersol-
Rand compressor driven by a 100
horsepower motor, also with full
machine shop equipment, timber
framing machine, swing saw, pump
ing equipment The work of ac-
tual sinking will not begio for q
week yet as the contractor will be
framing up lot of timbers in ad.
vance, and the inside wiring of the
motors will require about four lays
Il ore.
The Buckeye Eagle Mining con-.
pany, recently incorporated, controls
the ground between the Buckeye
Tonopah and the Belmont Extension
grclnd, embracing six claims, ant
is under the same management a:
the Buckeye-Tonopah ana Belln0n
Extension. The company has erect
ed gallows frame, and started !;
double compartment shaft which il
down 55 feet at present. Worl
on this shaft is suspended at pres
ent, awaiting the arrival of hoist
although the electric power line ha
been erected ready for connection
when the hoist arrives.
Last year the Buckeye-Tonopal
: struck little stringer, about one
| inch in width, which gave a 81
assay-and several small streaks O
mineral stained matter was cross
ing below the stringer, and a smal
flow of water, aggregating abou
100 gallons per hour, was encount
cred below. The shaft passe
through rhyolite and into the late
andesite, and is now in the waite
stratum and the management e1
poets to encounter the earlier ar
desite as soon as they can Gu
through the water stratum. Thes
indinofinnc N tnUathar uyifh curfo n