The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
NEWS OF THE FOUR COUNTIES BORDERING SAN FRANCISCO BAY
TONOPAH MINES
KEEP MILLS BUSY
Total Output for Week Reaches
5,IS3 Tons, With Estimated
Value of S129,575

Every stamp in the Montana mill, so
says the Tonopah Miner. is dropping on
ore from the MOntana-TonOpa mine
and the MacNamara mine. and a total
of 1.046 tons was treated last week, or
which 65S tons came from the Montana
mine The ore shipments of a week in
cluded 1850 tons from the Tonopah 200
tons from the Belmont, 65S tons from
the Montana -Tonopah, 100 tons from
the Midway, S25 tons from the MacNa-
mara. $50 tons from the West End and
500 tons from the Jim Butler. The total
output Of the Tonopah mines last week
was 51S3 tons of an estimated total
milling value Of $129.575. The shipping
ore was estimated TO be worth $50 a
ton and the milling ore at SO a ton
The following is a summary OF what
is in progress at the TOnopah district
mines, compiled from the reports OF
superintendentS;
The Tonopah mining company Is breaking
ground at the rate OF one mile or more every
three months. and is also extracting 800 tons
OF ore week TO keep 100 stamps IN me mil
going steadily Last week 47+ feet OF new
ground was broken. The bullion production or
the TonOpah In the week valued at $oo.9oV
In the MacNamara work has been started OF
the line of extensive development mapped 0ut
recently by Superintendent Chandler. These oper-
ations are not confined TO any particular level.
but going from various points. and vii
result in the prospecting OF a vast amount or
are large enough TO keep up good tonnage 20
the mill while this development work is being
carried
In the Tonopah Extension the work which has
been going for some time on the 30 foot level
has been completed and everything is In readi-
ness TO tap the dump OF milling ore as soon as
arrangements for milling can be made The force
formerly occupied on this level has been trans
ferred to the 400 foot level, where some i'm
portant work has Just been commenced. A new
west d lit started to open up and prospect
the south vein. No work has been done on this
vein since it was encountered in the early days
Of the mine.
The TonOpah Belmont broke f34 feet OF ground
last week. BY far the greater portion OF this
work has been done the / 900 and I, loo
foot levels. where the most important work iu
the mine is now being carried on While Stopping
and development work is going ON on the upper
levels the work OF proving up the ore bodies at
depth Is being pushed as fast as possible. as the
management realizes that this IL Of Tar more
importance than anything else at present
In the West End COnsolidat ted while stopping
is being made to extract a large tonnage. the
main point in view being the opening up and
development OF the ore bodies already encoun-
tered and systematic search for others. The
weeks work bas been marked by improvement
in the pay streak on the $50 and 400 foot levels.
where the drifts and slopes have showed a
marked change for the better
In the Midway the major portion OF the Op-
eratoqs is confined TO the southern portion OF
the ground, which adjOins the TOnOpah mining
cOnpa1y's property. There is large block Of
ground in this neighDOrhOOd which gives promise
OF rewards.