The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-16
BELMONT SHAF 7
SHOWS MUCH ORE
Big Tonopah Property Is Prose
cutting Development Work
on Huge Scale.
LOCAL MEN ARE
INTERESTED NEARBY
Immense Ore Bodies Shown in
Extensive Workings of
Great Mine.

No moro interesting mine development
is being carried on at this time In Nevada
than the work on the Tonopah- Belmont
properties. II has considerable local sig
nihcance from the fact that a number OF
mining men here are interested in prop
critics in that vicinity, Messrs. Keith
and kcarns own the Halifax property
which adjoins the Belmont, and the i'm
mensc deposit Of oro III the Belmont has
been followed 10 within a short distance
OF its end lines with Halifax.
Thus far the Belmont management has
confined its development 10 the Belmont
vein on tho various levels and following
II on the dip below the 1865 foot Level,
The sinking of the main working shaft
below the 11oofoo level is now In
progress. and the Tonopah Miner In tell
ing OF the work says:
With the exception of the shaft, every
foot OF work being done is on orc and
IN no direction is there any sign OF a
limit to this immense ore body, though
already exposed for over 500 feet on Its
dip and 700 feet or its strike. With the
present hoistng capacity and the ex-
ceedlngly long tram underground IL Is
out of the question to attempt any pros
pectlng work for other veins until the
new surface plant at the Belmont shaft
has been completed and that shaft placed
in commission, after which general
campaign OF new work will he inaugu-
rated, and that section of country con-
tanning the Belmont vein as far as de-
reloped will be thoroughly prospected. In
and In all the mines operating on the
westerly side OF Mount Oddie. there is
network Of veins with a general easterly
and westerly strike. and there is no rea-
tion OF affairs exists on the easterly side
of the mountain, especially when the
fact is taken into consideration that the
immense ore body on the Belmont vein
nf
Since the encounterIng of this orc body
all energy has been bent towards its
development. all prospecting work being
done on The l5~foot vein cut through by
the shaft between the 1850 and lOSO-foot
points. although good values were OBJ
tained With the completion OF the sur
face plant, the finest In the state, and
the placing in commission OF the new
Belmont shaft, this important part OF the
work VIII receive the attention IL de-
serves. and the task OF prospecting an
immense area of most promising virgin
ground will be started.
EVERYTHING is moving along satsfac-
torily on the surface at the Belmont
stalled. The last of the material, con-
sistInS OF the lockers for the change
room and the cable. has been received,
and the work Of getting everything In
readiness for operation is being rushed
ahead as fast as possible. with the hope
of having the new shaft placed in COM
MISSION ny the flrSt OF December.
While nothing of a sensational nature
has transpired since tho report of last
veek, there are several points where
very interesting work is being done
Among these might be mentioned the
cast drift on tho oo0-foot level, the east
drift on the 11o0-foot level. the cast drift
on the 1866 foot level
The work being done on the 900 foot
leVel is al the highest point yet dcvel-
oped in the ore body. vet the vein Is
strong and carries very high values. On
the ll00-foot the face OF the east drift
II The most oasterly point thus far
reached on this'ore body. and shows the
vein TO be as strong as ever. On the
l16s-foot level the drift Is the lowest
lateral work yet done upon the ore BODY.
and still the vein is strong and carries
excellent values. while in the Wine, the
bottom of which is 100 feet below the
lle6-toot level on the dip OF the vein,
ana the lowest point yet reached on the
ore; the vein is as strong as at any
other point and carries the same salts
factory values. When IL is considered
That the points at which this work is be-
ing done are located at the .extremities
of the ore body thus far developed, the
Importance Of the advance Of each foot
on orc can readily be seen, as il means
n healthy addition to the immense ore
reserves already proven