Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-10-09
T0NOrAH MINING

MlIpdh AA0 ~ iSels D1ANti
Top 1929 feet, Red Plume lit
feet.
Silver Top, 240 foot leve1-Tha.
only work being done on this level
is the sending ahead OF the west
drift from the south crosscut, which
is following a stringer OF milling
ore one foot in width.
240 foot level-A north crosseut
has been started from the main
west drift at a point 500 feet west
of the shaft for the purpose Of open-
ing up a new block og ground. The
face shows andesite. The regular
Stopping on both this and the $40
foot levels, on the Valley View and
Silver Top veins, is producing The
regular tonnage.
440 foot level-The west drift
from the footwali OF the Valley
View stope exposes two feet OF mill
ing ore, which is quite an improve
ment over the showing OF last week.
$40 foot level-The east drift
.lfrom the south c%rosscut from the
main east drift, shows from one to
1.-TWO feet OF milling ore. The Nin1e
Being sent down on the ledge, cut
by the south erosscut, shows mar
= row streaks of quartz carryias vsll-
Mizpah-2o0 foot level-The
southeast drift under the Mizpal
fault shows quartz carrying no val
ues. The south crosscnt from the
stope on the South ledge has inter
sected from two to three feet d
milling ore.
400 foot level-The south cross
2 cut from the main east DRIFT hai
cut several narrow streaks Of ore Q.
fair values which should open vi
: favorably with more prospecting.
500 foot level-A raise is beins
e sent I'D on the ledge encounteret
i by the south crosscut from the mali
!, west drift, exposing a foot OF mill
ing ore in the top. Both the cas-
! and west drifts in the ~inter-leye
between the 500 and 500 foot ley
els, are being sent ahead on r
three to four feet of low grad
( quartz.
7 600 foot level-Two new raise
l have been started from the mai
II west drift to tap the easterly work
ings on the inter-level above.
.a Red Plume-600 foot level-Th
! north crosscut from the main ives
, drift is at present passing throug
+ a formation that shows evidence {
+. considerable faulting. The rock
of a crushed andesite in characte
80 The west drift, which was sent OF
= for prospecting purposes, shows d
cite in the face.
The mill report shows that Il
average number of stamps dropplr
1T for the week totaled 81 out Of Il
100. During the week $3.50 tol
80 OF ore were crushed, of a value
u S21 per ton, from which recove
IN averaged 90 per cent. The bullii
nix shipment totaled 43 bars. of a val
ne of $3.50 per bar. Thirty tons
concentrates were also shipped, v;
= ued at $425 per ton.
ny MONTANA
as During this week 25 bars of bl
lion were shipped by the Monta
r. to the Selby smelter. The bars
w eraged about so pounds each a
are the result of the bi-montf
~ melt.
INT The mill has been grinding stes
IN ily and has crushed 969 tons duri
II the week, from which an extracti
Oh JE per CGnl WdD AS0'
'py the mine 207 feet of developmt
ray work was added to the workings.
lg- 390-foot level-The winze on
main Triangle vein was lowered
feet, the bottom showing the "
D. to be fatter than usual and car
ing about three feet of good ore
a the hanging wall side, with no TO
ink wall in sight. The east drift
u this vein was extended 16 feet,
the ledge is somewhat broken up
de- the face and carrying two feet
hat good mill ore.
,ro- Sis foot level-Stoping contin
on the main Triangle foot wall V
Fel and also on the South vein "
no change to note. The drift
fin the hanging wall branch of the !
angle vein east of the winze c
,od tinues to follow two and a half
of good mill ore.
lay- 565 foot level-The west drift
15,- the Triangle weir, which was
/. J.. Gently encountered east of the sh
9TH has been advanced II feet along
average Of four feet of milling
y The west drift on the Martha y
son, shows stringers of ore carrying g
c. values.
as $50 foot level-The east drift
the Triangle vein advanced II I
with the vein showing up u
At somewhat broken condition.
)een CHS foot level-The east drift
here the Triangle vein advanced II
-, the face showing two feet of
grade ore. The west drift advaI
set eight feet and shows the vein t.
nds- mixed and carrying low values.
oun- 765 foot level-The west {
; ~ on a portion of the Macdonald
advanced eight feet, the face b
in quartz which will not come q
mas up to the average. At a point
are feet back of the face of the dri
raise is now being sent up an
Is feet below the level. 1t 81
Du spots Of good ore but there Is "a
1t four feet of ledge that will not q
be graded as mill ore. The !
.rdav north crosscut is now out 2143
ro- an advancement of 40 feet, with
10 n face still in rhyolite.
the BELMONT
The efforts of the managemer
,ster- get below the water level in