Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-06-26

and is now out about 1850 feet.
The face still shows rhyolite.
BELMONT.
Owing to the fine showings being
made in the workings on the 400
foot level, the management has de-
cided to begin the work of getting
more depth Immediately, and oper-
ations were started this week in the
bottom of No. 1854 winze, which
corresponds with the 1100-foot level,
to send it down 100 feet on the dip
of the vein, at which point east and
west drifts will be sent out and a new
intermediate level created. After
these drifts have been sent out far
enough so as not to interfere with
sinking, the Wine will be sent down
another 100 feet ON the vein, which
should bring it to a point equal TO
the 1200-foot level.
The electric hoist has been install
ed at the Belmont shaft and sinking
resumed, in order to determine the
source of the present flow of water,
which is known to be local, as the
crosscut sent out to a point under
meath the shaft on the 100O-foot
level, fully $50 feet deeper, is abso-
lutely dry. The general condition of
the mine is excellent and as the larg-
est ore bodies are being opened in
the lowest workings in Tonopah. the
result of the efforts of the manage
ment to obtain still greater depth will
be watched with a great deal of in
terest.
1100-foot level-The west drift on
the Belmont vein from the bottom of
1856 Wine shows two feet of vein
matter in the face, carrying fair
milling values. The vein at present
is badly broken up and the drift is
being sent out to prospect the ground
west of the fault. The east drift on
this vein from the bottom of the
winze is out $50 feet and shows six
feet of good milling ore in the face,
a decided increase in strength since
last week. but the values are not so
high. This ore body has been opened
up on the level above for over 200
feet, sixty of which showed a width
of eight feet, thus proving up an ex-
cellent block of stopping ground.
There is no change to note in the
slopes on the big vein east and west
of 1854 winze where the ore body
shows a width of between twenty
and thirty feet in both of the work
ings. The top of the raise from the
west drift on the vein cut by the
north crosscut from 1854 winze
shows the ledge split, the two branch
es being separated by a horse of
waste about two feet wide. Both
streaks show over a foot Of ore, car
rying good milling values. The raise
from the east drift on this vein ex-
poses a foot of good milling ore in
the top. The south crosscut from
the 1100-foot station in the shaft
was advanced twenty feet, the face
being still in the fault and showing
drag quartz carrying good values.
Present indications point to the near
approach of the hanging wall of the
mill this week amounted to 1850
tons.
TONOPAH EXTENSION.
Work ON the new mill is progress
ing favorably and quite a showing
has already been made in the excava-
lions and grading necessary. The
grading for the tube mills and bat
terry has been completed and the
foundation for the stamps is now be-
ing put in. Among the bidders for
the various parts of the new mill
the Union Iron Works of San Fran
cisco secured the contract for fur
nishing the thirty stamps, mortars,
cam shafts, ore feeders, eac. This
company was represented by Peter
G. Jurs, and is the only one whose
bid has been decided upon by the d.
rectors in New York. Bids for sup
plying the balance of the machinery
necessary have been forwarded to
New York and have no doubt been
decided upon by this time. Consid-
cradle material for the construction
of the building is now on the road
and should arrive any day. Nothing
is being done under ground and the
hosting and compressor plant will
receive a thorough overhauling and
placed in tip top shape. It is conf
IDENTIFY expected that everything will
be running full blast in the mine and
mill by the first of M year.
MACNAMARA.
During the mast weeK the new ten-