Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1920-12-06
KNOX Divide
NOW SHIPPING
ORE TO Mill
Company Cuts Immense Ledge
In Golden State Mine
at KIOndyke

Knox Divide has entered the ship
d1g list with 10 tons a day going to
he MacNamara mill from the Golden
STATE mine at Klondike on which
The Knox company has a bond and
lease. The Golden State was op-
Grated by the Knox company during
Mp past year with varying results
until. hin the past month, an i'm.
mense ledge carrying values Of
&10 for a width of 10 feet was
proven up to an extent that assures
the Knox company a production Of
tom I0 to 25 tons a day for an
M8fnte period
The first shipment was made Sat
riay when the Sellstrom trucks
dumped 10 tons of ore into the
bins at the MacNamara. over 700
tons are lying on the dump which
will be shipped while a shipping
platform is being installed and i'm
nroyements effected for more rapid
hosting of the ore. The big shoot
lies at a depth of 60 feet 13 feet
east Of the shaft and has been open
ed for a distance of 113 feet The
entire face breaks down in a hign-
grade shipping ore that nets the
company a handsome profit after al
lowing for the long haul by truck
from Klondike. After December 2
the Tonopah 4 Goldfeld will make
effective a rate of $3.50 per ton on
all ores from Klondike Wells to
either Tonopah or MiIers. This
will make a material saving to the
Knox company, as the Golden State
mine is situated three miles from
the tracks with a down-hill grade
be entire distance The MacNa-
mara has made a treatment charge
Of S6 per ton, but it is expected
that the business will be divided
with the Tonopah Mining companys
mill at Millers, where experiments
are being made in the laboratory
with a view to cheapening the cost
Of extraction.
The Golden State group comprises
four claims located by w \. Nye
and Harry Mcnamara, in which a
number of other Tonopah business
men are Interested. Two years ago
IS carloads of 500 ore We're shipped
TO The smeIters by the Golden Gate
but this would not be profitable
experiment at the present time for
the reason that the railroad rates
have been advanced and the smelteI
charges are much higher than they
were al that time when siliciou'
ores were in demand and strong
Inducements were offered by the
treatment plants for ores carrying
heavy percentage of silica Begin
ling this morning the Knox Diyld'
Increased its working force at tn
mine and will continue to add mel
as soon as facilities are develops
for their accommodation The f1rs
step outside the mine will be t
move three cottages to the mine sit
where a regular camp will be open
ed At present the crew lives i
Tonopah and go to and from wor
by iitney service With the men liv
Ing at the mine more effective wor
will be done and greater efieienc
attained. A compressor will also b
installed and the mine put in shap
for a sustained production that WI
contribute greatly to the prosperit
Of the Tonopah mills This make
The Knox Divide the third shipp'
among the entire list Of Divide proT
critics and credit for the achieyemel
rs due TO Charles +. Knox. presidei
OF the company, who secured u
option on the Golden State for h
stockholders instead OF taking u
es an individual investment. II
transaction was not eonsummat'
until late Saturday afternoon In q
office OF Hugh Henry Brown. VIII
the last signature was attached
the bond and shipments began
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