Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-01-11
Special to the Bonanza


MANHATTAN, Jan. II. Unless
some obstacle which now seems i'm
probable arises, the new mill of the
Big Four company viii be running
on ore not later than February l.
All of the equipment except the
Westinghouse special mill service
electric motors is now on the ground
and being placed in position as rap
idly as possible. and the motors are
expected to be here within a short
time. Two cars of machinery, includ
ing the two tube mills, were deliv
cred from Tonopah this week by
the Wittenberg transportation outfit
practically completing the shipments
OF machinery An exceptionally good
run for freight was made on these
two cars, which were handled through
the Tonopah & Tidewater company,
only IL days being consumed from
the factory at Cudahy, Wis, to TO.
nopah The cars left Cudahy Dec
20 via c. & N. w railway to Joliet.
ILL.,, A. 7. & s. r. railway to Lud-
low, Cal, thence by 7. & T and T
& G. to Tonopah, arriving there
January /. Since the mill building
was enclosed with it's corrugated
sheet iron covering. the big ore bins
inside the mill have been construct
ed. frames for the 36.foot amalgamat-
ing tables built, concrete piers laid
for tube mills, a l00-foot trestle
built between the shaft and mill,
the heavy mortar boxes have been
placed on their foundations, frames
for the stamp batteries erected, and
other work OF placing equipment is
under way. j. W. Cahill Of San
Francisco has the sub-contract for
mill construction from the Hendy
iron works, and the work has been
under the supervision Of Il, A. Roe
der, representing Cahill
Filling the bins in the mill with
ore from the mine will begin at once
10 relieve the congestion Of broken
ore underground. Development and
blocking out ore is being carried
forward with good results as usual
An interesting feature Of recent de
yelopment has been in the heading
OF the Joker tunnel, which is con
Meeting with one of the old lease
slopes just above the 2O0foot level,
near the shaft. The vein had never
been erosscut toward the footwall
near this point, but last week the
Joker tunnel encountered the vein,
gradually breaking through the foot
wall and cutting the vein diagonally
as II continued, showing ore for over
20 feet after breaking through the
footwall the tunnel broke into the
side OF the old stope Mine samp-
lings show values ranging from Sl2
to SIS per ton, indicating an i'm
luth0f NbiulAlF VI EhAdlifHN RlN NAAlNAA
extends an unknown distance in the
footwall side of the vein along the
old lease workings The tunnel cuts
the main workings at depth, OF
about 200 feet, and will hereafter
be used as an outlet for the surplus
water from the mine not needed for
the mill, thus saving lift Of 20O
feet of an immense amount of wa
ter. It will also improve the venti
lation OF the mine and serve as an
emergency outlet, besides opening
convenient avenue to the main shafi
for a large volume Of ore proven IN
side workings from the tunnel, but
not on the Big Four ledge This ore
can be worked to this depth through
the tunnel connections and trammec
directly to the main shaft, and ther
hoisted for the mill VIM Coop anC
associates, who have lease in th'
tunnel. are now producing ore from
two separate veins.
Mustang Looking Good
The three discoveries recent!
made by separate leases on th'
Mustang are holding their own II
general value and interest, In tn
Nelson e. Co. lease in the mai
shaft, the raise which recently oper
ed an inch streak of nearly pur
gold just above the 250foot leve
Is making a good production OF ore
although the rich streak has give
place to larger body of lower grad
material, as had been expected. A
times the ore is four feet wide, wit
little free gold visible, but when
narrows up, spots and fine veinlet
of free gold are encountered. Owe
50 tons have been produced, an
still undoubtedly run well in mil
ing, but the erratio character OF I'll
ore makes an estimate of the ave
age values merely guesswork, it b
ING a1nnnat iunnocefhla IN take a re