The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-17

ore put through being considerably
higher than for some time past. In
addition to the increased value Of the
ore worked, the per cent of extraction
jumped from s95 last week to 921a
this week. which is crtainly an excel
cent record. The regular semi-monthly
melt Of the cyanide precipitates oc-
Cured this week and resulted in the
production of % bars of bullion,
weighing about 80 pounds each, Which
were tent to Selby's to be refined last
Thursday. In addition to the As to
so bars of bullion produced at the
mill here in Tonopah every month
there are shipped each month between
100 and $50 tons of concentrates to the
same firm for treatment, making q
total monthly output of a good-si. el
sum. During the past week nothing of
of Importance has transpired in the un.
foreground workings, some of tho faces
of ore showing an improvement, while
others are not looking 50 well, but
this condition of things is of constant
occurrence, owing to the irregularity
in the width of the various veins being
developed. On account Of the inter.
ruptions of operations, the t'.al new
foot age broken during the past week
amounted to only ITO feet, and the
number of tons milled totaliel 645.
West End.
Advantage was taken of the suspeu-
sion of work for two days during the
holidays and some necessary repairs
were made to the hoist aud conpres-
sor, so that everything is row in ex-
c%ellent condition for a steady stretch
of work. During the short week 8
total of n feet of development work
was accomplished and 40 o of ere
sent to the smelter. Work along the
regular lines is going aheai on the
different levels, and good bodies # ore
are being exposed in some of the work
ings, especially in the raises from the
400-foot level. In some of the pros
pecting work the faces show strong
>odies Of quartz, and while the values
at present are low, the prospects are
very encouraging.
Tonopah Extension.
Everything is now moving along
very satisfactorily in the building o.
the new mill and good progress is be
ing made. The contracts for psacti-
cally all the machinery and lumber
have been let outside of the power ma
chinery, and that will be closed before
many days have elapsed. A number Of
men and teams are at work on the
various foundations and grading on
the site of the mill, which presents 6
very busy spot. During the latter
part of the month some of the MA
chinery will be on the ground and as
everything will be in readiness for it.
the work of installing it will start
Immediately. There is considerable
ground work to be lone before the
erection of the buildings is commenced,
but it will not be long before the frame
work will begin looming up. Repair
and ~overhauling work is being con
tinued on the hoist and compressor, so
that that portion of the machinery
will be in first class condition. The
work of raising from the 35-foot level,
which has been sent under the big mill
dump, to tap the ore, will be started
about a month before the completion
of the mill, so that there will be no
time lost in setting the reduction plant
in motion. In the mine large bodies
of milling ore have been blocked out on
the 270, 400 and 500-foot levels.
Ore Shipments.
The Tonopah company sent 2,1o0
tons, the Belmont company $50 tons,
the Montana onopah GAS tons, the
Midway 100 tons, the MacNamara $50
tons and West End 10 tons, to the
mills, making the total shipments fol-
the week to the mills 1913 tons, of
an estimated value of SOL, 500.