The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-08

ed on in a westerly direction on the
18th level, on a full face of low
grade ore, but east of this point a
veloped.
On the tenth level drifting east is
in progress on the Mizpah fault vein
on good ore, and a new raise started
on this vein is also in good ore.
A shoot of very good ore is being
drifted on in the Belmont vein on
the S00-foot level, and this drift is
now nearing the Tesuro fault, and
when this has been passed through it
is expected that the ore will show
very much higher values, as was
the case on the levels below.
Tonopah Mining Go.
The only change which occurred
in the underground workings Of the
Tonopah Mining company's property
the past week was in the Silver Top
mine. where the west drift on the
44O-foot level, which last week pass
ed through numerous stringers of
fairly good ore this week passed
through a width of from two to
three feet of good mill ore, which
has not been identified with any 9th.
er vein in the property. and drifting
on this will be commenced later as
soon as the west drift has connected
with other workings for air.
On the 540-foot level of the Silver
Top workings what is known as raise
629 has now holed through to an
intermediate drift on the Stone Cabin
vein, and this work has opened up a
small tonnage of good mill ore for
stopping.
Raise 631 from this level as also
connected with the 540-foot level,
and this has made available a small
tonnage of ore between the two lev
els.
TOnOpah Merger
The sinking of the winze in the
Tonopah Merger on the hanging wall
vein continues to make good prog
ress, and it now has reached a depth
of 60 feet below the 1170-foot level,
the bottom of the winze showing a
width of seven feet of very good ship
ping ore. From the level to this
point the vein has averaged from
thirteen to fourteen feet wide, and
at the bottom of the w1nze there re-
mains a width of about six feet of
very good ore on the hanging wall
side. which will be broken down
later.
The winze has now been equipped
with a complete air hoist and good
progress will be made in sinking. 1t
is intended by the management to
make this permanent working
winze in this section of the mine, and
drifts on the vein will be run east
and west at each 1O0-foot level to
prove the length and downward ex-
tension of the ore shoot, which has
shown persistent improvement in
sinking in both width and values.
Jim Butler
The Jim Butler mine again shows
great improvement this week in both
the Desert Queen and Wandering
Boy workings.
III IHc DcScII N<ucCh WOl hihSo IhO
south crosscut has this week encoun-
tered a vein of three and one-half
feet of good ore which is probably
the downward extension of the Occi-
dental vein, the ore cut last week
being probably branch of the South
vein On the 6O0-foot level the raise
on the Occidental vein has passed
through the fault encountered last
week and penetrated the vein for a
width of five feet of fair grade ore.
The south vein in stope 602 has wild
ened to twelve feet of very good mill
ore, and a raise above this stope is
now up 90 feet on width Of eight
feet of very good ore.
The Desert Queen section of the
property is steadily developing into
an important mine with a large ton
mage of ore in reserve and several
veins yet to be developed.
Tonopah Victor
Crosscutting south on the 1880
foot level of the Tonopah Victor shaft
continues to make good progress in
favorable ore bearing formation.
The main south crosscut is being
extended in trachyte formation, the
face showing an intrusive belt of
West End rhyolite.
The south crosscut from the east
drift is making good progress in
West End rhyolite, the hanging wall
formation of the vein.
During the week the flow of wa
ter from the face of both crosscuts
has steadily increased and now
amounts to about 100000 gallons