The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-01
MINING COMPANY
MAKES SPLENDID EARNINGS
From the Tonopah Miper.)


shaft was sent down 25 feet and is nov
$50 feet below the collar. No lateral
work will be done from these workings
until the shaft has reached the 600-foot
point, which is on n level with the ZOO
foot level of the Mizpah shaft, when
extensive prospecting will be started.
Progress of Belmont.
While the usual steady work has
been continued in the Belmont, nothing
out of the usual has happened, and
certainly nothing to warrant any sen
s%ational story. The mine in general is
looking excellent, the different bodies
of ore maintaining their usual strength
and values. In some places the veins
have narrowed down a little, while in
others they have widened out, which
is but natural in the development of
any mine, especially in this district,
where the lodges vary considerably.
Further operations at the old Belmont
shaft are held up awaiting the arrival
of a cable, which is expected daily,
after which the shaft will be inspected
and any repairs necessary will be made.
There is a little water in the bottom
and the finding of its source will be
among the first things to occupy their
attention, as the crosscut on the 1000
foot level which has reached a point
underneath the shaft and over 400 feet
below the bottom is perfectly dry. No
work is being done at present above
the 10OO-foot level, operations being
confined to opening up the ore bodies
on that level and below, and pushing
some important development work, es
pecially on the 1ooO-foot level.
1O00-foot level-The west drift on the
Occidental vein is apparently nearing
the fault which cut the vein off on the
500 and 900-foot levels. As soon as
this fault is reached drifts will be sent
along it to pick up the ore body. The
west drift on the South vein is follow
ing a strong body of quartz carrying
low values, though some mill ore is OBJ
tanned from it. No. 4 raise from the
east drift on the Belmont vein 140 feet
last Of 1856 winze is being sent up on
the vein, which shows low grade quartz
somewhat mixed. The top, however,
which is 13 feet above the level, ex-
poses two feet of solid quartz, which
indicates the close approach to a con-
tinuation of the ore shoot opened up
by No. / raise about 80 feet to the
west.
Mill Working Good.
The difficulties encountered in the
Montana mill recently, caused by the
muddy character of some sof the ore
now coming from the Triangle and
Martha veins, has practically been
and the mill is now working
up to its full capacity a total of 1928
tons having been crushed during the
past week, with the records showing
that an average of 80 $40 per cent
extraction was obtained, which is much
higher than for the past three weeks,
and somewhere heal the former work.
Arrangements have been made whereby
a considerable amount of the water
pumped from the Tonopah Mining com
pany's Mizpah shaft is made use OF by
the Montana company for sluicing pur-
poses. The regular semi-monthly clean
up of the cyanide prccipitates took
place early this week and resulted in
81 bars OF bullion weighing about 80
pounds each. In addition to this
of bullion twice a month, there
are shipped out to Selby's for reduction
about 100 tons Of concentrates, alto
making a very respectable pro-