The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-14

improvement in the grade of the ore
during the week.
Belmont
Clyde A. Heller, president of the
Tonopah Belmont company, spent
several days in camp last week, leav-
ing for his home in Philadelphia
last Sunday. Mr.. Heller was on one
of his frequent tours of inspection
and found a satisfactory condition
of affairs at both the mine and mill.
At the Belmont mine there have
been no startling or unsusal devel-
opments during the past week, with
the exception of a strike of very
rich ore on the 900 level of the Des-
ert Queen shaft. When it is con-
sidered that the usual developments
are eminently satisfactory, that is
a state of affairs that is pleasing to
everybody concerned but the news
paper man. The latter needs
something out of the ordinary to
make interesting copy.
In the last issue of the Miner, in
the news regarding the Belmont, the
statement was made that at differ
ent places contribute to the
tonnage sen to the MILL" The i'm
preston was conveyed to some that
ore was being produced only from
these II places. That is incorrect.
The fact is that in prosecuting the
new development work which is
mentioned in the news report, ore
was produced at II different work
ings, which Contributed" to the
tonnage, but formed only a small
fraction of the total production of
the mine. In addition to the ore
taken out in prosecuting develop
ment, stopping is in progress at
something like As places, and 1t is
these Slopes which furnish the bulk
of the ore.
The most important ore develop
ment of the week has been on the
900 level of the Desert Queen shaft.
Raise 10, which had been going up
in from two to three feet of medium
grade ore, has improved remarkably
and is now in two feet of very rich
ore.
On the 11OO-foot level from the
Belmont shaft a new drift to the
west was started from the south
crosscut which is developing a vein
that is narrow, but contains unus-
ually rich ore.
West End Con.
There are no important changes
to report in the West End during
the past week. A large amount of
development work is under way on
the lower vein on the 950-foot level,
where a crosscut is now being driv-
en- to reach the hanging wall of the
vein. which shows a great width of
low grade quartz at present.
Stopping il a number of places is
in progress - from directly below
the 200 level west, 300-A stope,
above the $50 level, west 400-A
stope and EAST from R-414. where
good widths are being broken.
About the 500 level in both the
eastern and western territory stop
ing is under way. A good stope is
being opened from a new raise
above the 400 level. southwest R.
AS where six to eight feet of good
ore is being mined.
A raise from the top of 400-B
stope. just east of the shaft above
the 400 level, which had become low
grade, is showing very good values
coming in again, and stopping here
will probably be resumed shortly.
The new stope from R-505, whicr
encountered high grade ore las.
week. continues to look well and
another raise is being started to
reach this ore, further west.
During the week the mill treated
1891 tons of ore. $50 tons from the
West End mine, 261 tom from the
Halifax and 100 IONS from the North
Star.
November 4 there were shipped
SO bars of bullion which weighed
54.621 unces and the estimated val
ne of which was $39.S73.
TonOpah Mining Co..
Less than usual change in condi-
tons seems to have occurred at the
property of the Tonopah Mining
during the past week.
In the MiZpah mine in particular
there was no new development but
stoping on the five different levels
continued without interruption and
the usual big tonnage of ore was
produced and sent to the mill.
The new development work was
centered largely in the Sand Grass,
where 200 feet of new ground was
broken, and in the Silver Top,
where 1876 feet was broken.
In addition to the new ground
broken in the Silver Top, stopping
was in progress on every level. Dur
ing the week work was resumed in
the face of the west drift on he