Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-02-24
ADJUSTMENT JUMBO
Eek. DIFFICULTIES
ARE LOOKED FOR
CONTINUED from Page u
tact which should be entered befor
long.
High Grade Ore Encountered


bismuthinite running at the rate of
1864 a ton is the latest return from
Slope 521A in the Jumbo Extension.
This will serve to sweeten a whole
lot of what Jumbo Elk. calls low
grade averaging from $50 to $40
ton which abounds so freely that no
specific reference is ever made to
such reserves. These jewelry values
are reminder that the Jumbo Elk.
is still high grade mine, as it up
sets the idea obtaining in certain cir
cles that the extraordinary returns
OF last November and December have
vanished and that the days of phe-
nomenal ore bodies have gone glim-
mering. The reason why the man
agement no longer features higa
values or devotes any effort to bring
ing them into the foreground is that
everybody is too busy with the policy
of aggressive development which al
Eost precludes stopping. Every man
and five machines are shaping up for
permanent production. Nevertheless,
in the last few days two slopes
have been started and three feet OF
rock is being broke down in the face
of the south side of Slope 52lA that
runs $63422 a ton. The north side
of the same stope carries values OF
On the 18th instant a grab sample
from 521A representing 80 cars
drawn from the face of the north
side of Slope 521A gave $3.50 and
surface grab from the entire day
production from this side of the
stope gave $94.32 Last Thursday
four feet of ore from the south side
of the stope returned $112.S0, while
four feet from the face of the north
side yielded $61.O3.
February Shipments Below Average
Shipments or February will fall
below the average of the preceding
months through no fault of the Jumbo
Ex., which was compelled to stoI
hosting ore for period of ten day
owing to the ore bins being filled t,
overlooking through deadlock o
two railroad companies which d
prived the Jumbo Elk. of car servic
for the period mentioned. The min
is situated on a spur OF the La
Vegas and Tonopah railroad, whic
spots the empties and removes a
. loaded cars every night When tn
Western Ore Purchasing compan
completed the sampler at Columbi
!. and directed that all local shipment
], be billed TO that point it develope
!. that the Clark road was without rol
ing stock in the shape of ore car
/. SO long as the cars from the Jumi
Elk. were billed to Millers ore ca
were supplied by the Tonopah al
Goldfield railroad. The latter rof
profited by the long haul and Il
Clark road received merely the co
of switching to and from the min
, When the Las Vegas line deliver'
loads to the Columbia sampler the
& G.. railroad did not participate
the rate and therefore declined
furnish cars unless the other railro;
would pay the customary rent
charge. This the Clark line refus
0. to do. The situation at the jun
0. Elk resolved itself into a mine &C
gested with tonnage for which
d. was unable to find an outlet. Final
the truth was disclosed The L. V.
r.. has no ore cars The T. 4 G. h
surplus One railroad would n
pay the other a rental for it's rolf
,. stock and the Columbia sampler sto
,, idle except for small lots OF ore frt
leasers. Jumbo Elk. was between I
0 horns of serious dilemma and
solution was only reached when
was determined to resume shipmel
to Millers, Then the T. & G. +
3 nished cars, the l.. V. & T. switch
them and everybody was correspol
70. ingly happy. To ascertain the II
cause of the trouble and unwind
lot of red tape took exactly ten da
10, during which shipments from
mine had to be suspended. Owl
to the fact that the arrangements
two railroads are at loggerheads
sight of ore going to a sampler fl
N miles away is Witnessed when
q. might as well be treated at the ba
door Of the mine at the plant recen
opened by the ore purchasing &C
n. pany.
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5. Lone star 1000, g.
@. o. D.--4O00, S; 1000, B-6O, 6.