The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

Developments are being pushe,
ahead in the Tonopah Mining con
pany's ground and every effort is bein.
made to attain depth in addition tt
opening up the claims from the upper
levels. During the past week a tota
of 450h feet of new ground was brok
en-, by far the larger portion being IL
the Mizpah claim, where the new foot
age amounted to 30S feet, while 9414
feet were broken in the Silver Top and
47h fee. in the Red Plume workings
The drill being sen down from the
740-foot level of the Silver Top made
good progress during the past week, the
hole having been lowered II feet, and
is now down $50 feet below the level,
or a total depth of 1879 feet. 1t is the
intention to send the drill down at
least another thousand feet in order
to learn the character of the forma-
tion. The Red Plume shaft has been
lowered 10 feet since last report, the
bottom now being 440 feet below the
collar, or 40 feet below the 500-foot
level in the Mizpah workings, the col
lar of the Mizpah shaft being about
100 feet higher than that of the Red
Plume. 1t is expected that the shaft
will strike the body of quartz %encounr-
cred some time ago by the drill within
the next 10 feet. In the Mizpah shaft
everything is in readiness to begin sinl-
ing, with the exception of finishing the
north crosscut from the l200-foot sta
tion, which will be used as a stump. This
crosscut is now in oven 100 feet and
will be sent ahead to the 120-foot point,
when a dam will be placed near the sta
ton and the water raised from the
bottom of the shaft by the sinking
pump will be pumped into the crosscut
instead of tanks, and then raised by
the big pump which is now N place
at the 1200-foot station.
IOQCpdu 6XCcuSlOu.
John G. Kirchen, general manager OF
the Tonopah Extension Mining COM
pany, returned last Tuesday from New
York, where he has been in consultation
with the directors and leading stock
holders of the company on the proposed
mill and attending to other matters per
tanning to the property. Mr.. Kirchen
states that the mill for the reduction
of ore from the mine has been definite
ly settled upon, and in all probability
work will be started by the 10Th of
next month. The site for the mill
has been surveyed and drawings of the
plant made, but everything will be held
in check for two or three weeks II
order to ascertain definitely whether
any of the other companies, which are
having their product treated by out
side mills, are prepared to join forces
with the Extension people in the in
stallation of a reduction plant, as upon
their final answer will depend the ca
pacity of the plant.
Should the other companies declin'
to take a hand in the proposition, thel
the Tonopah Extension company vii
90 ahead and install a 30-stamp NIL
as soon as possible. On the othe
hand. if one or more companies signif.
their willingness to enter into an agree
ment with the T%onopah Extension pee
pie the mill will have a larger eapacit,
The site of the new mill will be jus
below the large dump of milling OF
near Main street and close to the spu
track running past the Extension or
house, and will be all under one roo
There is enough milling ore on IN
dump and in sight in the mine to kcc
a 3O-stamp mill running for a long tim
and which can be worked at a proht D
a plant of it's own, whereas ON the oth'
hand it would hardly be able to star
the transportation, mining and miliii
charges without sorting. The pr
posed mill has been under diseussi'
by the company for some time, cons
quently 10 ore has been shipped fro
the mine since last October, 1t bell
held in reserve for reduction in the
own plant. Meantime good progrs
has been made in the developme
work underground and a great deal
dead work has been done in additi
to the opening up and blocking out
strong bodies of milling ore.
Belmont Operations.
The usual encouraging reports &c
tinue to come from the Belmont,
pecially in regard to the work bei
done on the lower levels, where stro
bodies of orc are being develops
This week a decided improvement