Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-09
WEEKS DEVELOPMENT
IN TONOPAH MINES
What Has Been Accomplished in che
Lower Workings of Our Mines.

shows stringers Of ore carrying coon
values.
$50 foot Ievel-The east drift on
the Triangle vein advanced - feet,
with the vein showing up in a
somewhat broken condition.
615 foot level-The east drift on
the Triangle vein advanced II feet,
the face showing two feet of loW
eight feet and shows the vein to be
mixed and carrying low values.
765 foot level-The west drift
on a portion of the Macdonald vein
advanced eight feet, the face being
in quartz which will not come quite
up to the average. At a point 40
feet back of the face of the drift a
raise is now being sent up and is
Is feet below the level 1t shows
spots of good ore but there is about
four feet of ledge that will not quite
be graded as mill ore. The main
north crosscut is now out 2143 feet,
an advancement of 40 feet, with the
face still in rhyolite.
BELMONT
The efforts of the management TO
get below the water level in the
Belmont shaft, have been rewarded
at last, for several days ago the
dry zone was encountered. Work
has already started in the building
of stump which will catch the wa
ter and enable the operations to be
carried on in dry workings. The
cutting of station on the 1000 foot
level of the Desert Queen workings,
at a point directly underneath the
Belmont shaft, has started, and it
is the intention to start raising on
a three compartment shaft to con
meet with the shaft that is being
lowered. When this connection is
made, the upper portion of the
shaft, which is two compartment
one, will be made into three com
partments.
1000 foot level-Work in winza
No. 1854 will again be resumed in
a few days to follow up the ore
East drift No. 2 on the Belmont
vein from the 1850 point on winze
1856, was sent ahead on a strong
vein of quartz carrying low values
100 foot level--The east drift
on the Belmont vein, from this
point in the Wine, is following the
big ore body carrying high grade
milling values. The drift is being
sent ahead with a width OF Is feet,
with no wall in sight. The vein APP
pears to be more permanent and is
running in solid formation. A.
raise is being sent up from the west
drift on the Belmont vein, 40 feet
nf hn oe h. Jpif soI,
is following a foot of quartz.
1853 foot level-The station at
this point of the winze has been
completed and east and west drifts
are being sent out on the big VEIN
The drifts have been advanced 10
feet and both faces remain in ore.
MCNAMARA
A steady grind of work has been
under way at the MacNamara prop
erty and the workings are showing
up in an excellent manner. Dur
ing the week the regular shipments
were made, while development work
was about the average
footage
200 foot level-Until a connection
of the new upraise from the 300
foot level is made, there will be no
further extraction of ore from the
Wine on this level This connec-
ton will be made when about 25
feet of formation is passed through.
275 foot level-A strong body of
mill ore is being worked in the big
stope for a distance of 70 feet.
This body retains its appearance as
the work proceeds and at several
points is of an exceptionally good
grade.
900 foot level-Work in the No.
II stope is being confined to the ex-
traction of ore lying against the
and Extension fault.
The No. ~ stope has been sent up
a distance of 40 feet, showing from
five to eight feet of high grade mill
ing ore with two foot streak of
very rich ore on the hanging wall.
500 foot level-Prospecting is
the only work being done at this
level, the lowest workings in the
mine.
WEST END
The weeks shipment TO the mill
totaled so tons. while the new de.
work underground lis re-
ported as SO feet.
On the second level the west drift
has been advanced II feet and is
now In $50 feet from the north
crosseut, with the face In quartz ana
vein matter. No, s north crosseut,
10 feet east OF the last mentioned