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

From the Tonopah Miner.)
Az forecasted in our issue of last
week, the report from the Tonopah Min
ing company shows q decided increase
in the amount Of development work for
the past week, the now footage broken
being nearly 100 feet more than the
average per week for the past four or
FIVE months, when a slackening Of tho
pace was rendered necessary owing to
insufficient compressor power. This
state of affairs has been testified by
the installation Of . powerful compress
sor, which, with the ones already in
use, is capable of furnishing all the
power required at present to carry on
the extensive operations for which this
mine is noted. During the past week
development work was resumed in va
rious portions Of the mine, and while
today's news shows q decided increase
in the amount Of development work
done, we expect next week to report a
footage up to the average, or about 400.
Operations are being carried on both
in the bottom Of the shaft and at the
15O0-foot point, where a station is be-
ing cut.
During the week the shaft was sent
down 8 feet and IL now down Is feet
below the 1500-foot point, and by to-
morrow will have reached a sufficient
depth to create a stump. 1t is expect
cd to complete the station within the
next two or three weeks, when the work
of prosecuting and prospecting the for
nation at that depth will be started
and pushed ahead as fast as possible.
As these are by far the deepest work
ings in the camp the results viii be
watched with great interest by those
having interests in the mines and town
While these deep workings are probably
the most important from a mining
standpoint, the extensive work that is
being done on the various levels above
the 700 will also be interesting to fol-
low, as numerous parallel veins have al
ready been encountered and it is rea-
sonable to expect that there are others.
During the past week the total new
footage amounted to 240 feet, of which
LOG were broken in Mizpah ground,
SO in Red Plume, and 81 in Silver Top.
Montana-Tonopah
The entire debt against the Montana
Tonopah mine and mill was wiped out
last Tuesday, the final payment of $10,-
900 having been forwarded on that day.
This by no means depletes the treas
ury, as there is a substantial sum on
hand in cash in addition to what is
due from bullion and concentrates in
transit, which will be materially add
ed to every month, as the mine is id
first class condition, and the mill is
doing excellent work, the records of
the latter showing an average extrac-
tion for the month of July of over
81 per cent. on a tonnage close to the
4OOO-ton mark. Not only is the mill
giving a good account of itself, but the
result of operations in the mine have
been most satisfactory of late, the ac-
tual tonnage in sight being far in ex
cess of any figures for a long time.
While the older workings on ore show
the veins to be maintaining their
ST. ength and values remarkably well,
the late discoveries of parallel veins
have contributed in no small degree to
the regular weekly extraction and the
reserve now in sight in the mine.
The active development and pros
pecting work of the past few months
is being continued, and barring the
past week, when operations were car
ried on by means of the small steam