The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-31
BIG PRODUCTION BEING
MAINTAINED AT TONOPAH

f, result that the values recovered ar
now about up to the former high stand
ard, varying from 30 to ~ per cent
The record for the past week show
that a total of 922 tons were treeate,
and that the extraction was a trihi
over 80 per cent.
At the present aime the Montan;
people are pushing development worl
with a vim and a great deal of new
ground is being opened up, the new
footage broken for the past weel
amounting to 226 feet. This new work
is being done on all levels of the mine
and Superintendent Collins is being
richly rewarded. A short time ago W.
had the pleasure of announcing th'
finding of a new vein in the footwa'l
of the stope on the Triangle vein, ly
ing about 20 feet north of the main
ledge. This week we are called upon
to report the discovery of a new vein
in the hanging wall of the same store,
which was encountered by the nth
crosscut at a point so feet distant from
the main vein, thus opening up three
lodges, all of which carry good values,
within a distance of 40 feet. The
ledge encountered this week shows
higher values than are found in either
of the other ones, a sample taken
across the vein where cut by the cross
cut, which is 9 feet wide, returning
200 ounces of silver and 2 ounces of
gold to the ton. Owing to the vein
having been just found, no work has
been just found, no work has been
done upon it as yet, but the crosscut
certainly exposes some excellent ore,
and arrangements are now being made
to develop the new find. Other por-
lions of the mine are showing up very
satisfactorily, the different faces of ore
maintaining their width and values.
Tonopah Mining Co.
The news from this c~ompany's mine
continues to be very slim as far as
development work goes, there being
little going on outside of the Older
workings. With the installation Of the
new compressor, which is now OF the
way, the development and prospecting
work temporarily suspended will again
be taken up and large blocks of new
territory on every level opened N
While some new work is going on AT
present, the major part of operations
is being confined to the slopes on the
Mizpah workings, which are producing
the usual large tonnage of ore. Thc
veins being worked upon have beer
opened up for a great distance, viii
the result that there is now exposed
vast quantities of pay rock, enough in
fact to keep the compaIy's 100-stamp
running steadily fos a long time,
but as it has always been the policy
of the company to keep development
work fully up to the extraction, there
will be considerable activity as 500
as the required amount of air for pow
er is obtainabbe. For a long time
the average footage of new ground
broken was over 400 feet per week,
which has proved too great a strain up
on the present compressors, with the
result that a slackening of the pace
was absolutely necessary, in order to
obtain the necessary power for the ex-
traction of ore. There is a very large
amount of virgin ground within tne
company's lines yet to explore, and
within the next month the new wolK
started in portions of this territory
will be renewed and pushed ahead IS
fast as possible. During the past week
the total ney footage broken amounted
to 1101a feet, of which AZ were broken
in the Mizpah workings, 1914 in Silver
Top and 80 in Red Plume. The Mizpah
shaft was lowered IL feet and has
reached a depth of l,466 feet, the for
nation in the bottom showing no
change, being still rhyolite. The report
published in certain Eastern papers to
the effect that the values have improv-
ed in the shaft, is without foundation,
as no values at all have been encoun-
tered. The flow of water still remain
stationary and is giving the manage
ment no trouble whatever, owing TO thu
capacity of the pumps installed being
far greater than the amount they arr