The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-09-04
TONOPAH SHOWS RICHES
FROM SURFACE TO DEPTH

e~speciallv those leases upon which some
work had been done by the leasers In
the early days of the camp. While IL
is too early in the game to form ~
idea or express an opinion Of the ui''
mate worth or production of the vari-
Gus l~easeholds, the present showing is
at least very encouraging and at sew
eral Of the workings small amounts Oh
very good ore are being sacked
Steady work on the Gillespie lease
is fast proving up the value OF the
ground and each day the prospects OF
opening up a paying leasehold grows
brighter. Stopping is now in progress
from the 5O-foot leve lof the west shaft,
the back exposing IL inches OF $40
rock. 1t 10 the intention to install a
within on the main shaft on the top OF
the hill, q short distance cas- OF the
west shaft and in the center OF the
leasehold, and begin drifting east and
west on a finch stringer which as
sayed $3.50 a ton, the values being about
equally divided between gold and sill
yer. During the past week while doing
some surface prospecting, a rich string
er about 6 inches wide was discovered
and may result in the opening up Of an
excellent body Of ore. Thus far 1t
has been stripped for about 20 feet
and continues to hold its width and
high values. The owners are much
pleased with the showing thus far made
and hope to be able to ship several tons
Of very good grade ore within tae
next two or three months. At the
end of that time the lower workings
should be opened up sufficiently to pro
duee a fair tonnage of high-grade ore
On the Owney Dougherty lease, which
adjoins the Gillespie lease on the west,
the old shaft which was sunk by the
early-day leasers to a depth OF ab,dt
40 feet has been cleaned out and a
short crosscut is being sent out souti'
from the bottom to intersect the vein
which shows up on the surface. This
vein is about a foot wide and runs from
$40 to $50 a ton. In the shallow work
ings Is feet south Of the shaft, the
vein is being stripped and some ore ex
tracted.
MacNamara Operations
The manner in which the MacNa-
mara mine is responding to the active
campaign Of development work is little
less thai marvellous. No matter in VIVA
direction you go in the underground
workings strong bodies of ore confron.
you, and the present showing woul'i
turn the most confirmed pessimist into
an optimist. Although the ore ship
ments have beer increased within the
past month to $50 tons a week, they are
not hosting anywhere near the amount
of ore broken down, consequently sheie
is now stored in different portions Of
the mine in the neighborhood of 200
ore-carloads of first class milling orc,
and this reserve of broken ore is being
added to constantly on account Of the
plans of the company to limit the week
ly shipments to $50 tons for the present.
200-foot level-Regular stopping OF
high grade milling ore continues in
the Slopes on either side of the winze
from the west drift, the ore body main
tanning a width of seven feet in both
workings. These slopes are being OPP
Grated from an interlevel from the bot
tom of the Wine, which is go feet be-
low the level on the dip Of the vein.
and are being carried easterly, WESTERLY
and upward, all faces showing a solid
body of excellent ore, and as the shoov
has been proven to extend to the 200
foot level it presents a fine block OF
ground to work out.