The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-10
BELMONT BULLION
RECORD IS BROKEN
Over Seven Tons in One Day
Shipped to Market by
The Company.
OTHERS EXCEED RECORD
Halifax Nine Shows Great
Improvement on the
Lower Levels.
OTHERS EXCEED RECORD

In spite Of the fact that the Tonopah
mills were handicapped last week by in
terruptions TO their water supply, cloud
bursts being the adverse factors several
companies Of the camp managed to break
all previous records in the production
and shipment of silver and gold bullion
Large bullion shipments for the week
we're the features especially noted by the
Tonopah Miner. and the Tonopeh Belmont
company took the lead IN this matter.
All records were broken by the Bel
mont when 1t shipped out the bullion
which was the product Of the latter half
OF l05 bars, weighing seven ions and Cos
pounds. the estimated gross value of
which was, si6t.oOo, The shipment com
ing from the cleanup at the mill for the
first half Of the same month was the pre-
vlous record. and the August bullion
shipments by this one company were
thirteen tons and 1925 pounds.
West End Results.
AT the West End property another
bullion record was made, the August pro-
duGtion being the best in this companys
career. The final cleanup was produc-
alent to three tons and 915 pounds. the
value being estimated at S77,370. In ad-
dition, this company shipped thirty-hve
and one-third tons Of concentrates.
From the Tonopah Extension property
eighteen bars of bullion were shipped dur
ing the week. the result OF the second
cleanup. the value OF which was s2s:6oo.
estimated Value 6f sSs, ,os1
During the week ended September 8;
tons of ore, valued at s249.63o, as COM
pared with 12.1o2 tons the week before,
the value being s2sl,95o. The weekly re-
Of same is typical Of the Tonopah dis
trict, and ID is just such procedure that
has made the Tonopah district one of
the most interesting and one of the
nopah IS carried TO the extreme, but
stockholders like ii and they are entitled
TO 1t. 4 little more positive information
In other camps, including those Of Utah.
so that the shareholders could keep In
close touch with operations, would be a
popular innovation.
Halifax Improves.
In regard TO the Halifax property, in
which there is considerable Salt Lake
interest, the Miner says:
The Halifax mine again shows
great improv ement this week in the
east hanging wall drift on the 1000
foot level,
In the past week this drift was not
very greatly extended, but was Wild
ened out and Strengthened in order
to lay, a track for running. the cars.
Of ten feet Of ore in the face OF the
drift, a grab sample from which on
Thursday averaged $40 O ton. while
In the bottom OF the drift streaks and
punches OF very high-grade ore are
exposed. indicating that a very much
better grade ore Will be encountered
at greater depth on tile vein
The east footwall drift or the vein
is still being extended in Iow-grade
ore,
The west footwan drift was ex-
tended TO point where II encoun-
Tered the Galcitec-andesite formation,
the jntrusion of which appear to
have thrown the vein TO the south at
this point This however. is believed
to be only temporary, and the vein
will now be followed to determine IL
II is expected to do when the southern
boundary Of the intrusive caIcite-
andesite Is reached.
The raise from this level Is now
up over seventy feet, and the vein at
the top is dipping TO very fat angle,
and is OF lower grade than last
week, and il is possible that 1t is now
nearing the cap-rock.
II has now been definitely demon
started that the ore shoot in the
vein rakes To the east, and the east
distance of over fifty feet. the vail
ues improving as drifting east pro-
crosses
From the development work on
this level lis tons OF ore were shipped
TO the old Belmont mill this week
On the 1400-foot level the east
crosscut has entered the West End
rllyolte formation, In which 1t is
The Gould duplex pump for the
llO0-foot station arrived this week
and will be Installed on that level in
the course Of a few days. when cross
cutting will then be started at this
depth.