The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-07

Since the opening up of the vein be-
tween the 500 and 60O-foot levels the
management has been greatly encour-
aged in its work, as this ore was
found in the facitc. At present the
principal operation in the prospecting
line is being carried on on the 400 and
T10-foot levels, where important work
is in progress. Long crosscuts are be-
ing run north and south on the 400-foot
level to open up the ground, and while
no ore bodies have been found as yet,
the formation encountered is very
promising. On the 770-foot level the
crosscut has penetrated 90 feet of
quartz and this body is being pros
pected by drifts. On the 600.foot level
nothing is going on except stopping on
the ledge opened up, which is produe-
ing an average of 4 feet of ore over a
length of $50 feet. The showing
throughout the mine is one of merit
and the amount of milling ore on the
dumps and in sight is
Belmont.
The task of opening up the big body
of ore encountered on the LOO foot
level last week has been undertaken
with a vim, and in order to push this
work ahead as fast as possible, a drain
has been made on the force working on
other levels, so that the amount of pros
peeting on these levels will be some
what lessened for the time being. As
stated last week, the ledge was cross
cut from the east drift and found to be
80 feet wide between walls, the most
of which is milling ore. The east drift
along the footwall has been pushed
ahead and will be continued with the
intention of driving crosscuts across
the ore body every 80 or 40 feet. 1t is
the intention also to begin drifting
east along the hanging wall and thereby
open up the ledge on both sides. The
north crosscut from the bottom of the
winze has exposed six feet of excellent
ore. The ore body is thought to be
only a segment of the big vein, and the
crosscut will be sent ahead to tap the
main body. Realizing the Importance
of this big find, preparations are now
being made to open up the old Belmont
shaft, some 1900 feet east of the pres
ent working shaft.
Montana.
While there are no particularly rich
strikes to report from the Montana
mine, the regular developments
throughout the property have been
productive of good results, and show
the ore bodies on the several levels to
be looking as strong as ever. The out
put of the mill has been somewhat re-
duced during the past two weeks owing
to the necessity of refining two of the
tube mills, which necessarily reduced
the number of tons treated. The re-
pairs have been completed, and, barr
ing any mishaps, the output from now
on will be up to the average. The num-
Der of tons treated during the past
week were 900, of which 800 belonged
to the MacNamara and the balance
coming from their own mines. The rec
ord of extraction is given as 80 per
cent. A total of 81 feet of new ground
was broken since our last report, all of
which was done in development and
prospecting work, which is being car
ried on with the usual vigor through
out the different workings. The dia
mond drill, which is being sent down
from the 1855 foot level at a point in
the north crosscut about 1000 feet from
the shaft, has reached the 81 foot point,
the bottom showing ~porphyry. 1t is
the intention to send this hole down
to a good depth in order to ascertain
the character of the formation and also
to enable them to choose a point to
start sinking a Wine. Having plenty
of ore blocked out in the workings
above the 765 foot level, now is con-
sidered an op%portune time to direct
efforts toward deep work.