The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
(From the Miner.l


n ore all the way, the vein varying
l to 2 feet and carrying good
values. The face at present
$ showing signs of a break in the ledge
and looks as though a fault will cut il
,f and throw il to the south. The
or this vein, west of the cross
tut, are up 25 feet, the backs exposing
about 16 inches of high grade ore.
Jim Butler
In company with its neighbors, the
Jim Butler Mining company is making
every effort to attain depth ON it's prop
The Stone Cabin shaft is being
sent down as fast as the work will per
nit and has now reached the 6s6-foot
having been lowered 6 feet dur
ing the past week. When the 700.foot
is reached il is the intention of
superintendent johnson TO begin the
work of sending crosscuts out, prinei-
pally in a southerly direction, and open
ing up the ground at depth. Several
have been encountered in the
W per workings, and it is the hope of
the management hat these veins will
be found on the 700-foot level. During
the past week a total of 50 feet of new
has been broken, besides con
siderable work in the slopes on the loo
and 200-foot levels. Nearly all of this
is being done in new territory,
and consists of running erosscuts to
prospect the ground, and is being con
fined at present to the workings from
The Stone Cabin shaft.
The west raise on the l00-foot level,
about 40 feet from the shaft, was ad-
vaneed So feet since last report and is
up 40 feet, the top showing A feet of
good milling ore. The raise was sent
up on ore and has exposed a fine ore
body averaging 4 feet in width all the
ray up. One machine is being used in
he stope on the vein from the loO-foot
evel west Of the crosscut. This stope,
which has just been started, is up about
10 feet and is yielding 4 feet of good
ore. Two slopes are being sent
~ on the vein from the 200-foot level,
east and the other west of the
three machines being used in
he work, and each stope is producing
IN average IF 4 feet Of good ore. The
are up between 20 and 80 feet
have shown the ore body tc be
continuous thus far.
Belmont
Work in this property is being rushed
IS fast as possible in order to develop
he ore bodies opened up on the 1000
'cot level, and which have been proven
extend for some distance below that
eyel. The station on the vein along
he north hanging wall Of the Mizpah
'ault has been completed and an air
,oist installed, and the work of send
ng a winze down from the bottom OF
he 30-foot underhand slopes began last
Wednesday, when the first carload OF
IRE was hoisted. This vein lies pretty
lat. so rails have been laid down the
,tope and will be continued as far as
he Wine goes, the ears being let down
winze on the rails and loaded, then
raised to the 1,000.foot level and
switched onto the main track and sent
10 the hoist without handling the ore
he second time, thereby saving a
preat deal of labor. The ledge in the
of this winze, which has just
been started, is looking fine, being
fully 4 feet wide and carrying high
values. 1t is the intention to send this
yinze down to the 1,2O0-foot point, and
even further if the vein stays with
them, as the air hoist has ample ca
pacity to go down 400 feet.
Montana
That the Montana Tonopah people
mean business and intend to follow out
the plans laid down at the last annuaI
meeting, held in Tonopah, is evidenced
by the preparations being made to send
drill holes down from the 765-foot leveI
and determine the most favorable spot
to begin the sinking of the 3-compart
ment Wine, which will be sent dowr
below the dacite intrusion and the
prospected at depth, in an en-
deavor to pick up the veins which have
yielded so handsomely in the upper
They consider now the best
time to carry on this important work
as they have plenty of ore opened NJ
and bloeked ont to keep their mill sup.