The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-16
IMPORTANT STRIKES
MADE IN TON0PAH MINES

is on the 650-foot level. north of the
shaft. Prospecting crosseuts are being
run both east and west near the Bel
mont line, TO open up that portion OF
the eompany's ground. Some quartz
was encountered this week in the east
erosscut, the valre and extent of which
is not known at present. but 1t is the IN
~tention to do some drifting on 1t In the
neal fuure.
North star
The principal work on this property
is confined to the 1850 and 1,2J0-foot
levels. On the former some ore is be-
ing extracted from the vein 200 feet
north Of the shaft, no prospecting being
done at present. A Wine is being sunk
on the ledge encountered about $50 feet
north Of the shaft on the 1,250-foot
level, and is now down % feet, showing
low grade quartz in the bottom. This
ledge was crosscut near the Wine for
a distance Of 90 feet without encounter
ing the wall. The whole mass is very
low grade, carrying spots of sulphide.
Tonopah Elk.
There is no particular change to re-
port on the workings of the Extension
this week. All operations are still con-
fined to the $50 and 600-foot levels,
where they are developing and block
ing out the rich ledge encountered some
time ago. Good progress has been made
in beth east and west drifts on the
ledge on the 550-foot level, the vein
fully maintaining its size and values.
These drifts aggregate over 90 feet
and have been in high grade all the
way, with the ledge showing up strong
in both faces. Stopping continues from
the east drift. the face showing 4 feet
of fine ore. On the 600-foot level the
east and west drifts are now out about
IS feet each, on the same vein that is
being developed on the ooo-foot Level.
The ledge on this level shows about y
feet of ore. and while not as rich as
above. it is an excellent grade of mill
ing ore.
Tonopah Co.
With the resumption of development
work in the Tonopah Mining company s
property. which had been temporarily
suspended owing to the accident to the
compressor, work is being pushed on
the 9O0-foot level. making preparations
for sinking the shaft down from the
900 to the 1,300-foot point. 1t is thought
that everything will be in readiness to
begin dropping the shaft within the
next ten days and no time will be lost
in going the next 400 feet.
MacNamara
Operations in this property are going
along smoothly, being confined to the
extreme westerly workings of the mine
ON the 30O-foot level, and from 100 to
$50 tons of ore is extracted weekly and
sent to the mill. Underhand stopping
is in progress in No. l stope and the
breast is being carried east. This Slope
is now about 25 feet long and shows an
average of four feet of good ore all
the way. In the No. 2, or west stope,
a raise is being run above the stope and
is now up IL feet, the top showing two
feet Of good shipping ore. The ledge
in this stope, which is being carried
with a 4-foot breast and 35 feet long.
varies from three to five feet, all of
which is good grade ore, and shows up
strong on both sides of the workings.
A west drift has been started on the
vein from the south crosseut and has
followed the ledge now for a distance
of 12 feet. The face shows three feet
of high grade milling ore. Two ears of
ore Of over so tons each were shipped
this week to the Belmont mill.