The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-06-12
MCNAMARA MINE AT TONOPAH
OPENS FINE, NEW ORE BODY

T~onopah, June 7.-One of the finest
bodies of ore opened up in Tonopan
for a long time has been encountered
IN the MacNamara by the Wine from
the west drift ON the 200-foot level.
This Wine was sent down on the vein
and produced some good ore from the
start, but now, at a depth of % feet
below the level, there is exposed q feet
of ore giving high grade values clear
across. AS is customary in the ore bod
les thus far opened up in this property,
there are seams and lunches in the
vein which carry extraordinary values,
and the whole body thus far exposed
will break to shipping values without
sorting. During the last 10 feet OF
work in the Wine the ore body has
been gaining steadily in strength, and
from present indications the biggest
the mine has just been entered.
While development work in the Ma
Namara mine mas been eased off to a
certain extent on account of lack or
power, that which is being done has
resulted most satisfactorily to the man
agement. At several places in the
mine a notable Improvement has taken
place, but the best showing is now
found in the winze from the 200-foot
level, where six feet of excellent ore
is exposed in the bottom. The new com
pressor, motor and transformer have
ground within the next 10 days. Work
men are now engaged on the founda-
tions for tine new machinery, winch
will be completed before it arrives. 1t
is thought that by the goth of the
present month the new compressor VIII
be installed and ready TO start up, when
the usual amount of new work VIII
again be taken up, as the MaeNa-
mara people have a lot of excellent
ground to open up, plans for which
were laid and the work started when
"a portion of their power, when was
being furnished by the Tonopah kx-
tension, was cut OFF. In the mean
time work is being pushed as last
as possible with four machines and
some hand drilling. The ore ship
ments for the week consisted of hye
cars of 80 tons each to the Balakiai.s
Copper company i'll Shasta county, Cal.
Tonopah Mining Company.
If anything more is necessary to
prove the earning qualities OIL TINS
company mine beyond the last IN
nual report issued, a glance at the mrs.
quarterly report just made public is
sufficient, and proves eoncluslvely that
the mine is fully capable OF returning
profits large enough to even lncreasa
the present rate of dividends or 80
cents per share a quarter. Everything
about the mine and mill is running like
clockwork and the best of results art
being obtained. While tine regular
amount of development work has Stack
ed on considerably during the past
month, owing to lack of compressor
capacity the regular extraction OF or,
mas been kept up, there being plenty
of ore exposed. Though considerable
lateral work along development lines
mas been temporarily suspended, tine
more important work of gaining further
depth is being sent ahead as fast a.
possible, the main shaft now HAVING
passed the l400-foot point. At th'
company's %100-stamp mill at Miller'
the month of May proved the banner
month since stamps first began drop
ping, the records showing that a tota'
of l4,4S0 dry tons of ore were treated
which returned over 100000 IN builloF
and $4,000 worth of concentrates, %
a total output of s2s0,O00 Tor tn
month. more than half OF which wa
profit. after deducting ali possible mine
, mill and office expenses.
, Tonopah Belmont.
During the week Superintenden
Brady succeeded in baling all the watr
| out of the old Belmont shaft, whlc
was recently repaired down to Tn
! water line, which was 50 feet abov
the bottom of the shaft. The shat
{ below the water line was found TO b
in excellent condition, and eyerythiG
> is now ready to begin the work OF mai
ing connection with the east crosseu
, on the lO00-foot level which was sen
out some time ago to a point direetl.
underneath the shaft. 1t is proposed I
send a churn drill down, boring iron
an s to a l2-inch hole, in order t