Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-08-10


Manhattan piseers, which were in
terfered with but slightly by the
recent heavy rains, are again work
ing without interruption and never
were showing TO better advantage
than at this moment Some. to be
sure. are only making ordinary
wages and others smaller still. but
all are taking out some money
and there is probably not a case
where a placer claim or lease is
worked intelligently and steadily
where there is any real loss
The center of the stage Is held
at all times By the operations Of
DRY Wash Wilson He suffered
some delay by having two dams
washed out and a pond filled with
debris. but it was not over week
and his plant and force now are
buster than ever The matter of
striking better pay at times than
others is taken as a matter of
course by Wilson whose sole object
in view is a big yardage and what
il will average It is understood
that he has developed some OF the
best gravel in the guleh at HIS
present workings below Central.
but that is not what ne depends
upon as it affects the general re-
suit for the season and the life
of claim
Proceeding down the gulch the
first placer workers are on the
rim at the mouth OF Little Grey
ravine and on the claim OF that
name They are in the hands OF
Italians, who never tell their bust
ness. but who are understood to
be making wages for lot of them
working as partners and other
wise.
At the Jacobs lease. on the Mus
tang Extension. the work consists
principally Of running out drifts to
the back line preparatory to an
extensive campaign of stopping later
on. Mr.. Jacobs says his pay is
fairly good but not startling.
Excellent pay has been reported
at various times recently on the
lease of Berto. Rocco, but he is one
OF the elose-mouthed kind and
while it is known that he is max
ing better than wages, nobody
knows actually how much.
Mandieh and the Dakovich broth
ers have fine pay, which w D.
Mandieh believes will wash up from
$40 to ~ a yard. They are very
fortunate in being able to get the
waste water from the Brady mill
close by. as we'll as their portion
of that from the Big Four as 1t
comes down the gulch This solves
what otherwise would be an i'm
possible problem for them.
In a moderate way one OF the
typical showings of what may be
done here in placer mining is that
of the past month accomplished by
Ben Zinini. an Italian. who has
suitcase from DRY Wash" Will
son on the lower end of the Mus
tang Extension He employs two
men beside himself and hoists with
windlass His lease requires the
working of 20 shifts in a month.
The result of his past months work
was profit of 1920 for each of
the men working which includes the
labors OF himself.
A new shaft on the north side
of the gulch of the Neubaumer lease
on the Rainbow property has OPEN
ed good gravel and drift is head
ing for its lowest portion, which APP
pears to be directly under the pres
ent surface channel With this in
view the lease never looked more
favorable.
Tilton, Wilcox, Willetts and Rich
ardson, the new owners of the
placer rights of the Wolftone Extern
sion. are crowding their work ahead
as never before They have torn
down their gallows frame on their
shaft and are going to use this
hole only for pumping. They have
erected new gallows frame on
their working shaft and are hosting
the accumulated waste and debris.
preparatory to getting at the rich
pay that was discovered there by
DRY Wash Wilson In that shaft |
Wilson found gravel sampling as
high as $50 a yard The new own
ers also have taken over the lease |
of Sullivan and McIsaacs, which |
would have expired In the fall. the
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