Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-20
ELECTRIC GOLD
Mines COMPANY
HAS REAL Mine

corporated under the name OF the
Electric Gold Mines company. A
number of months was spent by the
purchasers In prospecting and de-
velopment work before any real de-
cision was reached as to the pos.
sible commercial value of the prop
erty. At about the time of the To.
nopah discovery a number of differ
ent interests were at work blasting
into the numerous quartz outcrops
that are scattered at random over
the surface and number of credit.
able showings were opened up, but
the excitement attendant upon the
discovery OF Tonopah proved too
much for the early settlers at Wee
pah and naught was left for Mr..
Horton and his immediate predeces-
sore but numberless dead soldiers"
and l5 or 20 openings into the ledge
matter.
Mr.. Horton began systematic
search for the values that the ap-
peaTance OF the country warranted
and he has been rewarded in no
mean way.
Seven of the old shafts have been
|reopened and In each case ore of
u milling grade was brought to light.
The average value of over 100 sam.
pies recently taken from as many
different points in the old workings
has been between So and $40 per
tom This showing was sufficient to
warrant more extensive develop
ments and the explorations during
the last so days have shown values
far In excess of those taken from
the old workings. and 1t is safe to
say the millable product will aver.
age over tl2 per ton.
The main shaft at the top Of the
hill opened up on the 75-foot level
a vein OF commercial ore over 70
feet In width. In shaft No. north
the vein Is rs feet wide at u depth
of about so feet In shaft No. 2
north It is 10 feet wide at 80 feet
depth. In shaft No. l south 1t IL
80 feet wide at 75 feet depth, and
In shaft No. south 1t Is eight feet
In width at a depth of 25 feet The
strike OF this ore shoot Is north and
south. or nearly at right angles to
the diorIte footwall, so that 1t Is
the current opinion of those who
have Investigated that this Is but
one Of q number OF similar shoots
of ore.
In three OF these shafts hlgh.grade
ore has been found and the paintings
of the last few days really startled
the visitors from San Francisco. In
shaft No. north the values. on one
side run uniformly $40 per ton. while
on the other the average is SIT. Con
ditions such as this are found at q
number OF different points on the
property, so that one does not hesi-
tate to say that the mine La one OF
unusual promise.
The main shaft has been equipped
with q gas hoist and suitable air
compressor and this shaft will be
sunk as rapidly as possible to the
800 foot level. I.aterals with nu'
merous crosscuts will be driven On
the 200 and sOO-toot levels to de-
termine IL possible the extent and
value OF this oreshoot, which, IL 1t
holds as 1t gives promise OF doing.
Mr.. Horton has one of the big
properties" In Nevada. Water has
been developed within . reasonable
distance of the mine and q pump
mas Deen pIeCoo AZ thu Woh AOSN'AN'5
dug. A number of comfortable
dwellings have been erected and eV-
cry facility for pushing the work has
teen procured and a crew Of 10 or
Is taen Is busy The new hoist was
started on May IS and the shaft. al
reaty down to the 50'fo0t point,
will be rapidly sunk.
Frank Ish and associates have be-
gun work upon their property, which
adIoius the Electric property on tie
south and have erected a comfort
able dwelling on the townsite oi
weepah. Mr.. Ish expects to begin
mining operations at an early date
The iocators have been busy and
claims have been stakad In everI
dlrection over an area OF three oI
four square miles, II looks like
summer boom for weepah and Il 4
believed that stamps wlll be dropplni
bafare the close OF the year.