The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-31
WEEKLY RESUME OF WORK
in THE MINES OF TONOPAH

The ore shipments over the Tononab
ana Goldteld railroad for the week to
the Western Ore Purchasing compapv.
consisted of As tons from the Tonopah
Extension.
The Tonopah company sent 5000
tons, the Belmont company $50 tons.
the Montana onopah 62O tons. the
Midway 100 tons, the MaeNamara $50
tons. West End 100 tons. and Jim
Butler go tons to the mills. making the
total shipments for the week to the
mills $40 tons.
The total output of the Tonopah
mines was 5,3l5 tons, Of an estimated
value (the shipping ore being valued
at $50 a ton and the milling ore at s25
a tom of S134,45O.
Belmont
1t is with great pleasure that we are
able to give to our readers this week
the news of the most important devel-
opments that have ever taken place in
this district. Some. time ago this paper
predicted that the Belmont company
was opening up on the 1,00O-foot level
what would prove to be the biggest
body of ore in the district, and the de-
velopments of the week on the HOO.
foot level have fully justified our
statement. After the east drift from
the 10O-foot point in the winze from the
1,000-foot level had been driven a
short distance along the footwall of
the vein it was turned into a crosscut
and sent across the ledge to the hang
ing wall. This work proved the vein
to be 80 feet wide, the larger portion
of which is milling ore, a sample taken
across the last 6 feet returning values
of $40 per ton. Drifts will be sent
along the hanging wall and we hope to
be able to give more particulars in our
next issue. A crosscut sent out from
the west side of the Wine, on the same
level, encountered the ledge within a
few feet. Last evening this crosscut
lad penetrated the ledge for 6 feet, all
of which is good milling ore, with the
breast full of the same grade of ore.
The Importance of finding a 3S-foot
ledge on the 1,100-foot level cannot be
over- estimated, and at once stamps the
Belmont as a mine of great proportions.
MacNamara
While nothing of a sensational nature
has transpired in this property this
week, the showing in the underground
workings is such as to satisfy anyone.
The ore bodies exposed in the drifts
and slopes are as strong as ever, and
the mine is making a daily production
of 80 tons of milling ore which is con
siderably richer than the average ore
going to the mills. And what is better,
although good bodies of ore are exposed
in at least six different places in the
mine, the present extraction is con-
fined to but three. Not a pound of ore
is being taken out of the westerly
workings, which furnished all the ore
extracted for months before work was
started nearer the east end of the prop
erty, although there are fine bodies ex-
posed. During the past week $50 tons,
or a carload a day, were sent to the
Montana mill for treatment, which mill
is doing excellent work, the per cent
of extraction being above 80. While
most of the ore is coming from No. 2
and No. 3 slopes from the 275-foot
level, a good grade of rock is being
taken out of the stope and drift on the
l5O-foot intermediate level, where the
ledge shows nearly 5 feet of good mill
ing ore, together with some good-slzed
streaks of high grade stuff. Consider