The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-11-10
NEWS OF ToNoPAH
Important Developments in West End
and Montana -Tonopah



Yesterday afternoon General Man
ager b. +. Edwards of the West End
mine invited representatives of the
press to inspect the underground work
ings of the mine. For some weeks
past there have been rumors afiOat that
a large body of high grade ore has
been developed in the West End, but
until yesterday these rumors lacked
confirmation. On account of the bad
air in the mine yesterday, which made
it difficult to keep a candle going, the
inspection made by the representative
of the Miner was unsatisfactory, but
enough was seen to Justify the predic-
tion that the West End will within A
very short time take its place among
the three or four best mines in the
camp.
The principal work in the mine has
been done on the AIS level, and the de-
velopments on that level during the
past two or three months are of such
a character as tO indicate that the
West End already has the largest and
richest shoot of ore in the Tonopah
district. A crosscut was run from the
Ais station to the southeast about 20
feet on the ledge of low-grade ore en-
countered in the shaft at a depth IF
$50 feet. The values for the first 80
feet were not at all satisfactory, rum
ming from SIS to $12 a ton, but within
the next 10 feet they rose rapidly, un-
til the face was in ore of good shipping
grade. At a point 40 feet from the
shaft a drift was started to the west,
and this drift is now out $50 feet 20
the west, and for the entire distance
is in ore ranging in value from $50 20
$50 a ton. About midway of this west
drift a crosscut was run TO the south
and encountered a wall at a point 81
feet from the drift. This wall dips to
the south at an angle o 40 degrees and
has the appearance of being the hang
ing wall. A drift has been run along
this wall for a distance of SO feet, and
for this entire distance there is d
streak of sulphide ore from 2 to 4 feet
wide that carries large quantities of
black metal and is thickly plastered
with ruby. Careful sampling of this
rich streak indicates values running
close to $1,000 a ton. An assay made
Thursday showed values of $500 in gold
and 500 in silver. At the extreme
western end of the west drift a raise
10 btIHS put up, anu 10 II ~ VI NVi.
high grade. The present developments
show co~nclusively that the shoot Of
rich ore is $50 feet long and at least
40 feet wide, and General Manager
Edwards expresses the belief that the
entire mass, just as it is broken down,
will run from $50 to $50 a ton.
In discussing the affairs of the com
pany yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Ed
wards spoke quite freely in regard 90
future plans. At the annual meeting,
which will be held within a few days,
the matter of new equipment will be
taken up, and it is probable that a
hosting plant of large capacity will
be ordered at once. A new steel gal
lows frame will also be installed, and
the collar of the shaft will be raised,
so that a new dump may be established
farther to the west. 1t is within the
possibilities that the management will
decide to sink a new working shaft TT
the west end of it's territory, thus
solving the dump problem, which is one
of great difficulty at the present time.
The first shipment of ore. which con-
sisted of thirty-three and a half tons,
netted $317 a ton. Another shipment
will go forward in a few days.