Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-11


trict has higher gold values than the
west end of the district, but the
average value of all Tonopah ore
silver and gold-is SIC per ton.
The Tonopah Extension has large
acreage of good mineral ground
which 1t is actively developing. SO
extensive are the ore bodies in that
mine that it has justified the com
pany doubling its mill capacity even
in the face of the present low price
of silver.
The strike of the veins gives great
possibilities to the Tonopah Merger
and Tonopah Victor Mining COM
panies, which are under the same
management and control as the Tono-
pah Extension. The management is
well aware of the future possibilities
of the Merger and Victor properties,
and aggressive work is being done
to bring them into a state of produc-
ton.
Making improvements.
The Cash Boy, whose property
joins these allied properties. has
been given much encouragement
from the development Of its neigh
bors So great is the confidence of
the management of that property
that they are at the present time
erecting larger gallows frame and
installing more powerful hosting
equipment, with the intention of sink
ing the shaft 300 feet deeper.
The Tonopah Midway has sunk a
new shaft 1900 feet deep about 1000
feet west of their old shaft, and are
now developing the lower levels of
the mine through this shaft. The
section of ground that will be opened
up by this work is beyond anything
reached through the old shaft. and
can be considered as virgin ground.
/ The Montana Tonopah has closed
down its mill, refusing to take any
more from the ground during the
present depression of the silver mar.
ket, but the work in the mine is con
\ tinuing in the form of development
work in an attempt to open up new
workings and more extensive stopping
ground along the old veins in order
to be in readiness for large pro
duction upon the return of the silver
market In addition to this the Mon
tana Tonopah is bearing half of the
expense of the work in the Umatilla
| Tonopah mine. The Umatilla is 1900
feet deep and adjoins the north end
of the Montana ground, which has
never been reached through the
workings from the old shaft of the
Midway.
In the Inside District
The West End Consolidated anC
the Jim Butler Mining company botf
own large acreage in the heart o.
the district, and each one has ore
bodies extending into unworked sec
tions of the mines. There Is on'
body of ore that is in controversy al
to ownership. 1t apparently apexel
in the West End ground and dip
underneath the Jim Butler property
and the courts have been called upol
ito decide the ownership.
Estate of Parent Company.
The Tonopah Mining company !
! the oldest operating company in Tc
t nopah. and for a number of year
| has been paying big dividends, wit
a l0O-stamp mill in operation. II
. only natural that the greatest amour
3 of tonnage should be extracted frol
: this property, which is still an activ
a producer. 1t has much ground !
S the Red Plume and Sand Gras
claims which has hardly bee
e scratched, and for this reason it ca
i be expected to be producer K
0 many years Furthermore, all OF II
It ore that has ever been mined fro
t the property has come from aboN
A. the 70O-foot level and except for e
I plorations that we're made with
a diamond drill at one point on u
< property. nothing is known of VIII
l. may be found at greater depths.
q Belmont Development.
Ie The Belmont is easily the premi
HDs - mine Of Tonopah. SO great are u
- bodies of ore now being worked tn
q very little if any dead work for
= velopment purposes has been do
= during the last year. Some mont
7" ago the Belmont sunk its shaft to
depth between the 1900 and 17O0-fo
~ point. and found that the ore vel
"a that had been exposed in the upp
~ levels above the 1300-foot were &C
- tinous in the trachyte formatit
"a This proves the wonderful value
l1o the mine. as the ore in the low
- parts of the mine has hardly be
a. a. touched. but is being held In
no ao serve to supply ore after the upT
s levels have been mined out.
or This proves that the trachyte
carrying formation extends to
deepest depth yet reached with ev'
indication of unlimited depth beyo
ro- To the eastward each succeed
of level was longer than the ones abb
'er to reach the rhyolite, where all We