Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-11
tBy James A. Buchanan J

'HN NHe tHdt loI taTtiul,
eonseientions ana intelligent work
equals anything that have ever
seen, in addition it is mine in
every sense OF the word, ore bodies
being well developed and possessing
a richness that, TO the mind OF
the iayman, is almost incomprehen-
sible. refer TO the West End
mine, which has been so ably man
aged by Mr. S, H. Brady, who has
brought the property from an al
most chaotic condition into an or
derly and well-governed producer.
When one makes an inspection
Iot a mining property, they, as a
rule, are prone to be a little over
enthusiastic. Before | entered
the cage to go down into the shaft
] had steeled myself against any
undue enthusiasm which might be
brought about by the seeing OF vast
Irich ore bodies, and concluded that
] would rather under-state the con
ditions rather than to over-estimate
them. After viewing the different
workings and seeing the marvellous
~ rich ore deposits which are con
tanned IN the mine. it will be hard
for the reader to realize that the
facts set down are the result of
cold dispassionate examination OF
lhe property had heard in Il
general way OF the wonderful show
ings that the West End possessed
and took part OF them with grain
OF salt as things when repeated
lare APT to grow in size. but |
have altered my opinion. and can
truly state that the stories which
have been current about the prop
erty have not done it anywhere
near justice
In company with Mr. Brady and
Foreman Richie | went all through
the mine, examined all the work
iugs. walked through the slopes.
drifts and crosscuts and can give
to the public the first authentic
report that has been made upon
the West End mine Most of the
ore shoots rake to the southeast.
while the dip is to the south. This
! differs from the majority Of the
ledgcs in the camp, The footwal
vein. or No l ledge. as we had
better call it, is easily twenty feet
wide, all of which is of good
milling value with shoots in it
running up into the hundreds. and
in some places into the thousands
| The hanging-wall ledge Familiarity
known as the No g varies from
three 20 eight feet in width and
carries most excellent values. At
different points in the ledge We
| find cross assures which run from
the north 20 the south and where
| they cut the vein a very material
enrichment occurs These Lodges
have been proven and run from
the 5oo-toot level up to the TOO
foot level, and through these lodges
are five or six big cross assures.
carrying in themselves high grade
ore IN addition We found a num-
her ot smaller cross assures all
running from north 10 sonth they
likewise having served MS means
Ipf enrichment 20 the ledges
The story that has been current
few DAYS ago and vtih urompt-
Ied the editor ~ the nouanaa 10
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