The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-07

carry their NafueS principally In SILVER,
tie richness of some of the MaeNamara
ore is attested to by the fact that it
was rich enough to high grade.
Throughout the mine the work of the
past week has not been marked by any
sensational finds, but it has proven the
ore bodies to be well defined and more
than holding their own. The ship
ments for the week consisted of six
cars of ore, averaging so tons to the
car, to the Montana mill. The pro-
duetion was cut a little, owing to the
loss of two shifts work, because of the
lack of air for power, which is obtained
from the Tonopah Extension com
pressor, caused by the break in the
water company's mains. With in
creased power the production could
easily be increased, as there are sew
eral places in the mine where good ore
bodies are exposed, but are left I'M
touched as far as extraction is con
cerned. In fact no ore is being taken
from the most westerly workings,
which until recently furnished all the
ore shipped. development arS. pros
pecting work is golng on steadily and
veins thus far discovered a,e being
opened up and put in share for t.eavier
extraction at less cost.
Tonopah Company
The total development footage in
this company's property during the
past week was 451 feet, 2s2 being
broken in the Mizpah and Red Plume
claims and 1859 in Silver Top. This is
the record for the mine, as it eclipses
any former week s work, and v I'll give
an idea of the vast amount of work
that is being dole. The %stition at the
], 200-foot point in the shaft has been
finished and a little prosecuting will be
lone to the south at this depth to pros
pect the ground while the wiring, pip
ing and installation of the hoist is tax
ing place, after which sinking will be
resumed to the 1,500-foot point. At
present hosting is being done direct
from the 1,200-foot level with the cage.
Owing to the difficulties experienced
with the formation, the contractors
who were putting the chilled-shot drill
down from the bottom of the Red
Plume shaft, have given up the job
oil ,vorlr - that l.nn hoe haau sfpnna1
II IS probable that a diamond drill will
be sent down in the near future. The
diamond drill, going down from the
740-foot level of the Silver Top has
reached the 45-fcat point, the bottom
of the holes sho owing no change in the
formation. 1t is expected that good
progress will be made from now on.
Throughout the workings on the sew
eral levels of the Silver Top claim there
is no particular change to report, the
different ore bodies holding their own
and producing a large tonnage of ore.
On the Mizpah part of the ground the
principal point of interest in the new
workings is in the east drift from near
the 300-foot station. This drift is in
about so feet, and has exposed an aver
age of 3 feet of very good ore all the
way. This is probably a faulted block
of ore from the old Mizpah vein, and is
showing up fine. On the 500-foot level
the eastern workings have cut the
Mizpah fault, and expose about 2 feet
of low grade ore lying along the fault.
An improvement is noted in the west
erly workings On the 600-foot level
where the face of the west drift ex-
poses 5 feet of low grade ore. Hereto
fore the vein has been badly broken
up by faults, but now seems to be TAX
ing shape.
Tonopah Extension
Pursuing it's usual policy, an enor-
nous amount of work is being done by
this company in opening up its ground.
In the past considerable attention was
paid in prospecting the ground in a
northerly direction, but of late the
south side has engaged their efforts.
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