8 
ORE DEPOSITS OF TONOPAH, NEVADA. 
[bull. 219. 
Following is a table of the weight and value of the ore shipped, 
taken from smelter returns : a 
Weight a?id value of ore shipped to April 1, 1903. 
Year. 
Weight. 
Gold. 
Silver. 
1901 
Pounds. 
5,067,852 
22, 836, 355 
3,481,443 
Ounces. 
9, 780. 95 
27, 003. 84 
4,212.96 
Ounces. 
623,487.83 
1902 : 
1903 (to April 1) 
2, 408, 946. 60 
399, 186. 30 
Total 
31,385,650 
40, 997. 75 
3,431,620.73 
Total value, $2,662,401. 25> 
There are now c on the dump close to 25,000 tons of ore, of an aver- 
age value of $50 per ton. 
Subsequently ledges were cut in a number of different localities, 
such as the Montana Tonopah, Mizpah Extension, California Tonopah, 
West End, etc. Some of these are low grade, Avhile some show high 
values. All are in the development stage. 
Besides the Mizpah the only mine in the Tonopah district proper 
which has actually made shipments, so far as the writer is aware, is 
the Montana Tonopah, where ore was discovered in depth by pros- 
pecting under the later andesite capping after the discovery and 
earlier development of the Mizpah vein. The shipments d of the Mon- 
tana Tonopah to and including July 15 of the present year (1903) are 
as follows : 
Shipments from the Montana Tonopah mine to July 15, 1903. 
Shipment. 
Pounds. 
Total value. 
First shipment, May 5: 
First-class ore 
Second-class ore 
Second shipment, third-class ore for mill test 
29, 128 
23, 331 
21,200 
r 29,019 
I 15, 664 
$6, 596. 39 
2,472.76 
749. 25 
July 15 
4,381.81 
715.61 
Total _.. 
118,342 
14,915.82 
Shipments have been made by both companies since these data were 
collected. 
« For this table and the preceding information the writer is indebted to Mr. T. L. Oddie, man- 
ager, at Tonopah, of the Tonopah Mining Company. 
l> Estimated by the writer. 
(•May, 1903. 
d Courtesy of Mr. C. E. Knox, president Montana Tonopah Mining Company. 
