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

bottom of the Red Plume shaft, made
good Roadway this week, having passed
through the broken ground which
caused the management 50 much trou-
bic during the past two months. Some
time ago the drill reached a depth of
267 feet, but was unable to advance
further until the hole had been filed
with cement for a distance of 80 feet
and redrilled, in order to keep the loose
quartz from filling it up. The report
tbs week shows that the hole is now
down SIG feet, having been extended 40
feet into the new formation, which is
andcsite. and as it is solid it is ex-
pected good progress will be made from
now on. The big Slopes on the several
levels show no change from last report,
the veins holding up strong and pro.
ducing an enormous tonnage.
MacNamara
The work of opening up the ore
bodies encountered within the past 10
days in the MacNamara mine is pro
crossing as fast as possible and the
veins show good strength and values.
The ore encountered by the raise from
the 200-foot level, go feet west of the
shaft, has been drifted upon and shows
a uniform width of Z feet. The raise
which encountered the second new ore
body has been continued on upward on
ore for a distance of 25 feet, and con
n%ection made with other workings in
the mine, exposing a continuous body
of ore averaging three feet in width all
the way. The mine at present is in ex-
%cellent shape, having good ore reserves
in several places and capable of pro
ducing twice the present output if they
had the power to run more drills, as
there are strong veins opened up in
several places which are not being
touched at present. With plenty of ore
in sight. the management is pushing de-
velopment and prospecting work at sew
cral points, especially on the 200 and
300-foot levels. On the 300-foot level
an excellent body of ore is exposed in
the east end of the most westerly
stope. This stope has gone up on the
vein for over 100 feet and shows an
average of over 4 feet of good milling
ere the entire distance in the easterly
end, not a pound of which is being
taken out at present.
Belmont
While considerable development and
prospecting work is being done on the
different levels of this property, the
main work at present is confined to the
i ,000-foot level, where two very i'm
portant ore bodies are being opened up
by means of wines sent down on the
ore. One of these WINES, which was
sent down on the big vein encountered
by the east drift from No. 4 south
crosscut, is down 120 feet, and a sta
tion is being cut at the 104-foot point
in order to drift along and crosscut the
ore body. The other Wine is being put
down from the bottom of the under
hand slopes from the west drift along
the north or hanging wall side of the
Mizpah fault, and which exposed a
body of rich ore for a distance of over
100 feet. As these ore bodies are the
deepest yet found in this district, the
work of gaining still greater depth is
being watched with much interest by
all connected with the mining prop
critics. During the past week a total of
165 feet of new ground was broken.
owing to the fact that much time was
consumed in timbering and cutting out
the station at the bottom of the Wine
from the 1,000-foot level. =.
Jim Butler
For the present all work going on in
this company's properties is being done
through the Stone Cabin hoist, and con
sists principally of lowering the shaft,
! stopping and sending cr%osscuts out into
Ine SOuIHelH part VI ~ SiouH" y" "
prospecting mission. During the past
week Az feet of new ground was
broken and the shaft lowered to the
696-foot point, 10 feet deeper than last
week. At the 700-foot point a station
will be cut and crosscuts sent out south
to open up the ground at depth. The
work of cutting this station will begin