Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-26
BELMONT ENCOUNTERS
NEW RICH ORE BODIES
Properties at Tonopah Make
New Discoveries Other Fa-
vorabIe Camp News

TONOPAH, Oct 25.-This is period
replete with gratifying developments
in the mines of Tonopah, the most i'm
portant news coming from Belmont.
With remarkable sequence the faces in
the east drifts on the Belmont vein
last week showed an impoverishment
on the 900, 1000 and 1166 levels almost
simultaneously broke into good values
again. While this marked improve
ment in various places is gratifying,
the big development of the week lies
in the discovery of the Belmont vein
and an immense body of ore east of
the fault which appeared in the face
of the east drift on the HOO level,
considerable distance east Of the Bel
mont shaft, after the drift had exposed
a continuous body of ore for ZOO feet,
ranging from eight to sixteen feet in
width
Drifting was suspended at this
point when the fault was encountered
about two months ago, and the work
OF cutting out sill floors for square
setting along the big ore body that
had been passed through was taken
up. This work was completed three
weeks ago. and drifting continued
but twelve feet thick Mr.. King, the
companys engineer, concluded that
the strike had been to the north in d1-
rect contrast to the usual occurrence
in this camp. Further work demon
strated the correctness Of his conclu-
sions. After cross-cutting ffty-three
feet northeasterly, the vein was picked
up. and the cross-cut was continued
until the hanging wall was reached,
exposing fourteen feet Of ore fully up
to the average grade before the fault
was encountered. The faulted part of
the vein lies in andesite, the same
formation as that west OF the fault.
Drifting will be continued east.
SHOWS RICH VALUES
Developments below the 1865 level
have also been important, as every
foot attained on the vein continues to
show rich ore, and the vein indicates
increasing strength. A cross-cut from
the winZe sixty feet below the 11G6
level shows the vein to be twenty feet
wide between walls, nearly every
pound of which carries values ranging
from milling to high grade. During
the past three months the net earnings
of the company have totaled over
$500, 900, Notwithstanding the large
amount Of structural work and devel-
opment that was in progress. Richard
G. Park of Philadelphia, president of
the Belmont company, has been IN
camp during the past week, and is
greatly pleased by the splendid show
ing OF the property.
Ore is coming from development
work and stopping on the Mizpah, Val
ley View and Silver Top lodges, and
production is limited only by the ca
pacity of the 1OO-stamp mill. A storage
battery plant is being installed on the
surface to regulate the electric current
and also provide reserve power in case
of temporary shutdowns on the main
lines of the power company.
The Montana-Tonopah is going along
at its usual gait, turning out large
amount of money in bullion and con-
stantly increasing the known ore re-
reserves. During the past week 1000
tons were crushed and treated at the
mill, from which an average eXtrac-
tion of 91.4 per cent was obtained.
Seventeen bars Of bullion, representing
the regular semi-monthly cleanup of
cyanide preciptates for the first half
of October, were sent to the Selby
works for refining.
Regular shipments from the Mac
Namara were resumed this week, and
for the present will go to the Western
Ore Purchasing company at Millers,
pending resumption Of operations by
the Balaklala smelter in Shasta coun-
ty. California. From one to two car
loads a day, or forty to forty-fve tons
each, will be sent out. Shipments this
week amounted to 800 tons. A large
amount of broken ore has accumulated
I'm the underground workings, owing
to shipments being held up for the
past month. but this will soon be re-
moved sufficiently to allow work in
the slopes to be resumed on large
scale.
Tonopah Extension, Midway, West
End and other properties are keeping
up their customary development and
production, and Tonopah is constantly
strengthening it's place as one of the
great mining camps of the world.
ore shipments for the week totaled
7240 tons, credited as follows: Tono-l
pah Mining, 1850; Belmont, 1900; Mon
tana-Tonopah. 1000; MacNamara, 800;
West End 400: Tonopah Extension.
900; Midway, 100. The estimated total
value is $181,00O.