The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-24

next week. A good tonnage of milling
ore is being extracted from the 100
and 200-foot levels, where the vein
shows an average width of 4 feet in all
the workings. The west raise from the
l00-foot level is up So feet. an advance
vi 7 feet over last week, and shows the
vein to maintain a regular width of 4
feet, all of which is of good milling
grade. Slopes have just been started
on this ore body east and west of the
raise a few feet. The series of slopes
which are being sent up on the vein
from the 2O0-foot level east and west Of
the shaft show the vein to be strong
and well defined, and are yielding an
average of 4 feet of good ore.
The east drift on the 400 foot level
was advanced l41s feet this week and
is out 231s feet. The face shows 3 feet
af low grade quartz. The south cross
cut on the 600-foot level has reached
the i02-foot point, an advance of 10
feet for the week. The face shows por-
phyry.
This weeks ore shipments consisted
of $50 tons to the Belmont mill.
West End Con.
Work on the new ore bins is going
forward rapidly and it is expected that
they will be completed within the next
two weeks. These bins ore situated
about 200 feet north of the shaft and
are connected by a trestle 30 feet above
the dump. Good progress is being made
IN the underground workings of the
mine on the 200 and 400-foot levels.
The slopes on the 150-foot level are be
ing carried ahead and expose a fine
body of ore, averaging from 4 to o feet
wide, all of which is a high grade mill
ing product. The west drift from No.
2 shaft on the 200-foot level, which is
being sent out to get under the ore
opened up on the l50-foot level, is
showing some very good looking quartz
in the face, carrying spots of ore, and
it is probable that it will encounter the
ore body within the next few feet.
The east drift on the 400-foot level of
the new shaft is out 800 feet and is
within 40 feet of making connection
with the west drift from the old shaft.
The west drift from No. 2 shaft on the
400. foot level is out about 40 feet, the
face exposing a full breast of ore, the
vein having shown constant improve
ment for the past 10 feet. The slopes
from this drift near the shaft are pro
ducing a good tonnage of fine milling
ore, the backs exposing from 4 to 10
feet of pay rock. Stopping continues
in the big body of quartz from the 100
foot level of the old shaft, about $50
feet west of the shaft. This body Oh
quartz is over go feet wide and carries
punches of good ore all through it.
During the past week a total of 100
tons of ore were shipped to the Bel
mont mill.
Tonopah Extension
The important development and pros
pecting work started some time ago IN
this property is nearing a point where
results may be expected. Especially is
this so on the 770-foot level, where a
north crosscut was started from the
shaft and is now out nearly 700 feet.
This crosscut was sent out in order TO
place the management in a position to
tap the vein being opened up w
the 5O0-foot and 600-foot levels at
further depth, the ledge in the drift on
the 60O-foot level showing every indica-
ton of continuing down deeper. Dur
ing the past two weeks this crosscut has
been cutting through quartz, which
shows a width in the erosscut of over
go feet, but as the vein lies very fiat it
is estimated that its width is about ~
feet. While this big body of quartz
is too low grade to constitute ore yet 1T
carries values throughout high enough
to give every encouragement to General
Manager Kirchen, who has started a
drift on the vein to prospect it,. Some
importan. prospecting work is being
carried on on the 400-foot level, where
north and south crosscuts are being
sent out into new ground. Stopping
from the raises continues both east and
west of the shaft and a good grade of
milling ore is being obtained.