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

The ore shipments over the Tonopah
and Goldfeld railroad for the week to
the Western Ore Purchasing company,
consisted of 30 tons from the Tonopah
Extension.
The Tonopah company sent $3.50 tons,
the Belmont company $50 tons, the
Montana Tonopah EOS tons, the Mid
way 100 tons, the MacNamara $50 tons,
West End 165 tons, and Jim Butler 200
tons to the mills, making the total ship
ments for the week to the mills 5,423
tons.
The total output of the Tonopah
mines was 5,513 tons, of an estimated
value (the shipping ore being valued at
500 a ton and the milling ore at $25 a
tony of $140,975.
MacNamara
Following up on its sensational recorc,
the MacNamara came to the front this
week with two strikes of more than
usual Importance. The first one was
made last Tuesday night in the raise
from the west drift from the south
crosscut from a point 260 feet west of
location of the ore body being $50 feet
southwest of the shaft. This raise en-
countered the ore at a point so feet
vertically above the level. In our is
sue of September 10Th we reported this
work and state that the raise was up
40 feet and that they expected to break
in the ore within the next 10 feet. That
Superintendent Chandler was very close
in his estimate is proven by the finding
of the ore at the 52-foot point. The
vein encountered is strong, being fully
Z feet wide, all of which is of very good
west drift has just been started from
the top of the raise, and more will be
known of the extent of the find next
week. This is the same ledge that the
West End people have been stopping on
for the past two or three months on the
150-foot intermediate level, and its To-
cation was known by Superintendent
Chandler when he started the work of
getting under it, and was encountered
in a block of ground 240 by $50 feet,
which heretofore had not been pros
pected. The second strike was made
on the following day in the raise east
of apex raise No. 3, which was sent up
from the west drift on the 200-foot
level, and is fully $50 feet northwest
of the first strike. Over 3 feet of high
grade milling ore was encountered by
this raise, and it is expected that the
ore will continue on up to a connection
with No. 5 stope, which starts from
apex raise No. 3 from a point about 20
feet above the 200-foot level.
Work continues throughout the other
portions of the mine, as far as their
limited power will permit. The east
drift underneath the east stope on the
300-foot level west is out rs feet, and
has encountered a fault. They are now
engaged in prosecuting to the north on
the east side of the fault to pick up the
vein. On the 275-foot level the heavy
production of ore keeps up from No. 2
and No. 3 slopes, the ore bodies main
tanning their strength and value. A
raise from the back of No. 2 stope,
which was started near the center,
shows the vein to be continuing up as
strong as ever. No. 2 stope is being
carried along east and west and No. 3
north and west. The shipments of ore
this week consisted of $50 tons to the
Montana mill.
The Midway
Though not making much noise, this
company is going ahead with the syste-
matte development of it's property, and
lately several new pieces of work have
been started. In opening up the No. 2
vein on the 300 and 400-foot levels an
excellent quality of ore is being OBJ
tained, and it has proven quite a valu-
able addition to the reproducing
bodies of the mine.
On the 200. foot level an east crosscut
is being run from the south crosscut at
n point 100 feet south of the shaft and
is now out about 30 feet, the face show
ing porphyry. The erosseut is being
run to prospect that section of the
ground near the surface.
On the 300-foot level the east drift
on No. 2 vein is being pushed along
and is out $50 feet. This drift has been