The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-06-05

in ore all the way. Fully 400 feet Ia
the northeast another excellent ore
body is being opened up in the Belmont
vein, which lies on the hanging wall
of the Mizpah fault, an east drift on
this vein having exposed an average of
The work thus far lone shows these ore
bodies to be continuing on down below
the l,lOO-foot level, hence the import
ance of getting still further depth is
plain. 1t is with this object in view
that the Belmont shaft is being repair
ed and arrangements made to send it
down to much greater depth as soon as
possible, as the ore bodies are dipping
towards the shaft.
From present indication it is more
than possible that the Belmont shaft
would intersect some of the veins be-
tween the ! aee and 1,500-foot points,
but if not actually cut by the shaft, the
ore bodies would be so close to it as to
materially lessen the present cost of
extraction. Throughout the mine the
usual progress was made in the differ
ent workings, which are fast proving
the Belmont to be a mine of large pro-
portions.
New MacNamara Compressor.
Workmen are now busy laying the
foundation for the new S-drill com
p~ressor, which calls for 100 h. p. to
run it. The company has been short of
air for power for some time, the old
compressor, which has been in use for
four or five years having proven entire
ly inadequate to carry on operations on
Leen ordered and it is expected to have
it installed and ready for use within
the next two weeks, when development.
work will be pushed ahead as fast as
possible. Until the new arrangements
have been completed a limited supply
of air is being furnished by the Tono
pah Extension compressor, which neces
sarily interferes with the amount of
work the company would ike to do.
Some excellent bodies of ore are be-
ing opened up in the slopes and the
mine as a whole has never looked better
in it's entire history. AT several points
strong bodies of excellent milling ore
are exposed and the work Of the past
week or two has shown a decided i'm
provement in some of the faces. Espe-
cially is this so in the winze being sent
down from the 200-foot level, the bot
tom of which shows from 4 to 5 fee.
of ore carrying very good values. The
slopes east and west of the raise from
west drift on the 30O-foot level also
shows much Improvement, some of the
ore extracted being beautiful specimen
pieces. During the past week five ears
of so tons zach were shipped to the
Balakala Copper company of Shasta,
California, for reduction.
Tonopah Extension Report.
The annual report of the Tonopah
Extension Mining company, covering
the IL months preceding March 81,
1909, has been mailed to the stock
holders. This report covers the opera
tions in the mine pretty thoroughly,
and while the financial statement shows
but $72,O17.47 cash on hand and ac-
counts receivable, a loss of $44,59S.19
for the past year, it was nothing but
what was expected, on account OF the
entire suspension of ore shipments fol-
the past eight or nine months while the
development work in the mine has been
kept up constantly. As stated before
in this paper all work done for several
months has been with a view to placing
the ore bodies in excellent condition for
extraction and making the necessary
connections for ventilation purposes
and not a ton of ore has been sent ia
the mills or smelter. That a company
can carry on work for this length of
time and still have a balance of over
$4,000 in the treasury speaks well for
the management and mine. Acting on
the recommendations in this report,
General Manager Kirchen has been en-
powered to go ahead and put up a 80
stamp mill, and arrangements in this
respect nave so far progressed that dirt
will be flying next week and the neces-
sary excavations and foundations start
ed. Bids for the machinery have been
submitted and there is no doubt but
that the work will be rushed to com.