The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-12-04

The past week in the Tonopah mines
showed the usual steady production and
the regular amount of development
work. So uniform is the system of OPP
Grafton in the big Tonopah mines that
a working sheet of production and de.
velopment for one week is practically
a "log' for every week in the year.
The development work is always kept
well ahead of the extraction. Frequent
deposits of very high grade ore encount-
cred, but no mention is made of them
in particular, as the rich ore is mixed
with lower grade to keep an average
mill head. All of the mines made
their average weekly production save
the Belmont where work was suspended
a few days to admit of necessary re
pairs to the hosting equipment.
The Montana of Tonopah ran its
usual "grist" of approximately 1000
tons through its mill during the week,
and the other mines shipped to the
plant of the Tonopah Mining company
at Millers, as follows:
Tonopah Mining company, 1880 tons;
the Montana onopah, 1852 tons; the
MacNamara, 300 tons; West End, 16C
tons, and Midway, 200 tons, making the
total shipments for the week 1862 tons,
the estimated value being 1924 1850.
Added to this is $4,000 for the 1000
tons milled by the Montana ~onopah,
running the weeks production for the
great silver camp to the snug total of
$137, 050-an conservative estimate.
Leasing Operations.
Some mention has been made by The
News as to the renewal Of leasing OPP
erations in the rich Jim Butler prop
erty at Tonopab, and a statement as to
the extent of actual work being done
by leasers will be of interest. Five of
the leasing companies have combined TO
operate the big compressor at the
Wondering Boy shaft, and pipe laying
to the various leases is practically com
pleted. With power drills chugging
away, the old Jim Butler ground bids
fair under leasing operations, to repeat
some of the old Tonopah sensations.
The Tonopah Miner gives data as fol-
lows as to the leases actually working,
with ample backing, on the Jim Butler
estate:
Bonanza Lease.
Work in the winze and raise at the
end of the south crosscut from the bot
tom of the shaft has beer discontinued
for the present, though a streak OF good
ore is still exposed. A drift has beer
started from the face of the crescent
and is following the streak of ore ex-
posed in the raise, the face showing
about eight inches of good ore. A new
northwest drift has been started from
the south crosscut at a point near the
shaft, and is following a body of quartz
and porphyry mixed about two feet
wide, showing some good values In
spots. There are about six tons of ore
now on the dump that will run about
SIS a ton.
Achimovich Lease.
Operations on the block of ground
on the jim Butler estate, adjoining the
Bonanza lease on the west, have been
suspended for the present, and Mr..
Achimovich and partners have taken a
lease on a portion of the California
property, about 300 feet easterly from
their old lease. AS their new lease
covers that portion Of the California
ground containing the company shaft,
operations are being conducted on the
tl5O-foot level, and the gasoline hoist is
being used. Thus far the principal
work has been the extracting OF about
40 sacks Of ore from several stringers
VARYING from two to six inches in width,
which were exposed by the old work
ings about 35 feet south of the shaft.
It is the intention to drive the old
southeast drift ahead, as it is thought
it will intersect a body of ore within
a short distance. This drift at pres
emit is in a fault, showing consider
able drag quartz in which there are