Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1922-04-06
Local Mining Men Return From
Trip of Inspection and
Are Highly Enthused.
BEN tiUR DIVIDE ENTERS FIELD
Population of District Has In
creased to Five Thousand
During Recent Months.

A mining boom equalling that o
the Divide excitement of three years
ago is being experienced at Rands
burg, according TO R. j. Kelly, AL
bert Kelly and Roger "Onie" Dough
erty, who returned yesterday after
noon from a visit to that camp.
1T is the biggest thing I have
witnessed in a mining way during the
last score years" remarked R. ]. Kel
ly this morning. You would be sur
prised at conditions as they exist
1t is next to impossible to secure
sleeping accommodations at Rands
burg, and we had to go over to Jo-
hanesburg, two miles distant, to Sc,
cure rooms. Even that camp, which
is headquarters for the Kelly mine
employees, is crowded, and Main
street in Tonopah during the Divide
excitement resembled present condl-
tions at Randsburg."
There are fully $50 gallows
frames dotting the districts, which
embrace Randsburg, johannesburg and
Inn City" remarked Albert Kelly,
"and 16 new headframes are in the
course of construction Over at Jo-
hanesburg, Uriah Curtis, the man
who sunk the Fraction shaft on the
Jim Butler property at TonOpah, has
started construction work on large
hotel, and the building will be
rushed to completion. The whole
district is teeming with activity and
sensational mineral finds are being
reported with great frequency"
Take it from me-" remarked
"Onie" Dougherty, "Randsburg is the
best mining district | have inspected
in years, and the only regret l have
is that it is not located in Nevada
However, Tonopah people are we'll
represented in the Ben Hur Divide
Mining company, which recently ac-
quired a splendid group of claims
in the very heart of the Randsburg
district"
Messrs, R. ]. Kelly, Albert Kelly
and "Onie" Dougherty, three of the
best known mining men in Tonopah,
were privileged to inspect number
of properties that are producing heav-
lily of high grade ore, and they re-
turn greatly enthused Thos. Fitz-
gerald, formerly connected with the
Tonopah Belmont Development com
pany, is in charge of the Bizbee
mine, and John NJ. Fox, formerly as
sOciated with the Tonopah Mining
company, is manager Of the Coyote
mine Ore has been developed on
the 400, 500 and 900 levels. No 2
shaft on the Coyote mine which was
lowered 240 feet in 32 days, three
shifts Of miners being employed. This
shaft is exploring the vein system
known as the Kelly Fraction.
The Black Hawk property south of
the California-Rand holdings Is op-
Grating a 5-stamp mill with salts
factory results, and diamond drills
are being used with success.
Work ON the Ben Hur property
which lies near the Silver Moon and
famous Kelly-Rand properties will be
receiving attention in a few days
and installation of equipment is to
be rushed, The Ben Hur holdings
make as fine a surface showing as
does the famous Kelly mine, and
samples of ore can be picked from
70-foot shaft that run as high as
$1,000 ton. The Kelly-Rand adjoins
the Ben Hur on the north, while the
X. N. G. property lies 1000 feet to
the southwest of the Ben Hur, and
ore is being mined from the X. N.
c. that returns average values of
$3.50 a ton
R. J, Kelly estimates that the
present population of the Randsburg
district is about 5000, with more ar
riving daily.