The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-18
(From the Miner.)
BELMONT MINE

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Each weeks development work In
the Tonopah Belmont company's prop
erty proves that mine to be bigger and
better. During the past 10 days two
good new ore bodies have been cut, one
on the 700-foot level and the other on
the 900-foot level, both veins showing
q good quality of ore and adding large
ly to the reserves Of the mine. At the
mill everything is running smoothly;
the tonnage Is being gradually in
creased every month, and the stamp
ing cost per ton correspondingly de-
creased. Both the Midway and Jim
Butler mining companies are now
steady shippers to this mill, the re-
turns thus far being highly satisfactory.
The management is now installing eight
new johnson vanners to concentrate
the values in the shines, which will d
materially to the efficiency of the mill.
ORE SHIPMENTS
The ore shipments over the Tonopah
and Goldfeld railroad for the week to
the Western Ore Purchasing company,
consisted of $50 tons from the MacNa-
mara, and 30 tons from the Tonopah Ex-
tension.
The Tonopah company sent $500
tons, the Belmont company 800 tons,
the Montana onopah 100 tons, the
Jim Butler 240 tons, and the Midway
200 tons to the mills, making the total
shipments for the week $3.50 tons.
The total output of the Tonopah
mines was $3.50 tons, Of an estimated
value (the shipping ore being valued
at $50 a ton and the milling ore at $50
a ton) Of $131,20O.
THE MIDWAY
Extensive prospecting is still going
on on the big body Of quartz struck on
the S35-foot level west of the shaft.
The crosscut from the face of the drift
on this level has penetrated the quartz
now for a distance Of over 60 feet with
no hanging wall yet in sight. The
quartz in the crosscut is somewhat OK
idized, but carries very low values. The
work will be continued until the hang
ing-wall is reached, when drifting will
begin on that side Of the ledge. The
crosscut on this same body of quartz
which was started from the bottom OF
the 20O-foot winze from the 835-foot
level, has now passed through 140 feet
of quartz, with no sign Of the hanging
wall. While the quartz at the depth is
somewhat leveler than ON the 835-foot
level, the commercial values are still
missing. Work will be continued ON
this big ledge until it is thoroughly
prospected. Landing chairs have been
put in on the 635-foot level and track
laid from the south crosscut to the vein
encountered some time ago, upon which
work had been temporarily suspended.
This is the same vein opened up on the
535-foot level, and shows a width vary
ing from 2 to 8 feet and carries some
very good values. 1t is the intention
of the management to thoroughly de-
velop the ledge between the 535 and
635-foot levels.
jim BUTLER
Little or no prospecting is going on
now in the estate of the Jim Butler
Mining company, the work being con-
fined to the slopes in the old Fraction
No. l claim. Ore il being stopped at
several places on the 250-foot level
from the Wandering Boy vein east Of
the old Fraction shaft, the ledge vary-
ing in width from Q to 8 feet, AID car
rying good values. The slopes between
the ESQ and 400-foot levels ON the same
vein show the ledge to be from 2 to 4