The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
GREAT TONOPAH MINES
SETTLE LONG LITIGATION

ment and prospecting work was made
during the past week and the fast pace
this companv is noted for was kept up,
n total OF ASP feet of new ground nav
ing been broken during the past seven
davs. of which 1871 were on silver
Top ground and 2641s on the Mizpah
and Red Plume claims. No progress
was reported in the diamond drli
hole. which is being sent down from
the 74O-foot level of the Silver Top, be-
ing still engaged in roaming. An In
snection of the water in the shaft shows
that it remains at a ~standstill at the
l.263-foot point, about 10 feet above
the bottom of the shaft, which seems
TO prove the contention that the water
level of the camp has been reached.
Plans are now being formulated to
handle this water and resume sinking.
While the flow of water is but Is to 70
gallons a minute, in the absence OF
pumps it interferes too greatly with
the hosting of waste and ore from the
different levels to handle it with tank
ears. so pending the installation OK
pumps, nothing is being done in the
bottom of the shaft. Throughout the
mine work is progressing very salts
factorily and come new bodies of good
ore are being opened up and put in
shape for stopping. The older workings
continue to produce the usual large ton
mage to keep the company's 100-stamp
mill running continuously.
MacNamara Strikes
Not to be outdone by the good news
from other mines of the camp this
week, the MacNamara comes to the
front with important finds in two or
three points in the mine. For some
time systematic development work has
been in progress in blocks of ground
which the management had every rel-
son to believe contained ore bodies, and
the results this week have rewarded
them for their work. The west drift
on the 200-foot level, which was re-
Gently turned into a southwest cross
cut and sent out to pick up the vein
which faulted in the drift, encountered
the ore last Wednesday at a point
about 60 feet south of the drift, which
shows very good values. The work
thus far done shows a 2-foot streak on
the hanging wall, with another streak
of the same strength and grade on the
footwall, the two ore bodies being sep
arated by about 4 feet of block quartz
carrying low values. Drifting will be
started Immediately on the veins anal
the ore body opened up.
On the 275-foot level the west drift
started west of No. l stope in the block
of ground between No. 2 and No. )
slopes has shown a decided improve
ment within the last few feet, the face
now exposing 5 feet of milling ore.
Stopping continues on No. 2 stope and
from the upraise into the vein 40 feet
northwest Of No. 2 stope, both work
ings showing a strong body of good orc.
Stopping is also being carried on from
the crosscut between No. l and No. 9
slopes, the back of this stope exposing
2 feet of very high grade ore, the
values running into the hundreds; in
fact it is as rich as any the mine has
ever produced.
On the 3OO-foot level the Slope about
12O feet south of the old east stope ic
the westerly workings of the mine
shows 3 feet of good ore. In the up
raise recently started, about 40 feet
east of the above workings, 2 feet Of
good ore has been encountered and the
raise is now being carried up on it.
The Tonopah company sent 1850
tons, the Belmont company 600 tons,
the Tonopah 1923 tons, the
Midway 100 tons, the MacNamara $50
tons, West End $50 tons, and Jim
Butler 300 tons to the mills, making
the total shipments for the week to the
mills 5,173 tons.
The total output of the Tonopan
mines was 5,l73 tons, of an estimated
value (the shipping ore being valued at
$50 a ton and the milling ore at $25 a