The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-09-04

compressor and hoist on recount of
making necessary repairs to the larger
and more efficient plant driven by cleo
tricity, the weekly footage Of new
ground broken has told the story of the
good progress made. The Montana
holdings comprise many acres of ex-
cellent mineral ground that have never
been scratched, and in which there is
every prospect of opening up good bod
les Of pay ore. During the past week
a total Of l29 feet Of new ground ~
broken and OPS tons Of ore were treated
in the mill, from which an extraction of
over 80 per cent. is recorded.
Tonopah-B Belmont
Operations in this property were seri-
ously interfered with during the past
week on account of the bursting Of the
air pipe from the compressor, which
damaged the shaft to such an extent as
to put it out of commission for two
and q half days, the accident happen
ing On Saturday night and closing down
the mine until Tuesday morning. While
the damage done did not amount to
much in dollars and cents, it neesssi-
tated the closing down Of the hoist in
order to repair the broken timbers. Ev-
erything is now going along smoothly,
but the effects of the shutdown will
be plainly visible in the reduced out
put for the week. The Belmont shaft
was lowered 6 feet during the short
week and is now down 672 feet, the bot
ton being still in the contact, although
the ground is tightening up somewhat,
which leads to the belief that they are
getting through the wet belt. The for
nation in the bottom of the shaft is
rhyolite with andesite inclusioDs. Sink
ing will be continued until the dry
ground is reached, when the churn drill
will be brought into commission. There
are no particular changes to note in
the underground workings of the mine
beyond a general advancement along all
lines, the different workings which
we're following ore showing the veins
to maintain their strength and values,
while the operations which are being
carried on along prospecting lines have
not resulted in any startling results,
although some very promising small
veins have been encountered.
Tonopah Extension.
Seven carloads of the delayed machin-
cry and material for the mill arrived
in Tonopah this week and an increased
force is now making up for lost time.
Five more carloads were billed out Of
San Francisco last Wednesday and are
due to arrive within the next day or
two. All the material required at this
stage of the building operations is on
the ground and good progress will be
made from now on. The construction Of
the mill is being done on company ac-
count, and when completed the Tono-
pah Extension will have n of the most
up-to-date reduction plants in the
country.
The usual progress was made during
the past week in the background
workings of the West End Consolidated,
and in addition to the extraction of ore
a good deal of ground is being opened
up with very promising results. The
total new footage for the week amount
ed to SO feet and the ore shipments
consisted of 200 tom to the Western
Ore Purchasing Co. The value of this
ore is considerably in excess of ordinary
milling grade.
Jim Butler Leases
Active operations are being carried
on on the various leases on Jim But
Ter territory and a good showing of
values has been made in some of them,