The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-09-05
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS STILL
HAVE EFFECT ON TONOPAH MINES

crease, the property will continue
to operate.
Tonopah Eek.
That the bullion output of the To-
nopah Extension mine is steadily in
creasing is evidenced by the fact that
the shipment on Wednesday for the
third period of seven days in the
month of August amounted to %
bars weighing 44,982 ounces, valued
at $4,000, making the output for
81 days of this month $S4,050, es-
timating silver at so cents an ounce,
and it is therefore safe to predict
that the gross output for the month
will exceed $4,000 and net profits
will be over $50, 900.
This is, however, on a basis of so
cents an ounce for silver, but the
first shipment for the month of Aug
ust was sold this week at 55.75 cents
and the above estimate is therefore
very conservative.
The development of the mine con-
tinues to be exceedingly satisfactory,
the Murray vein continuing to carry
excellent values on four levels.
Merger
The south crosscut from the 1880
foot level of the Tonopah Victor
shaft. within the side lines of the
Tonopah Merger property, encoun
tered the vein Wednesday night, but
at the same time broke into a great
rush of water. which flooded the
workings, drowned out the pumps
and rose to a height of 80 feet in
the shaft.
The water is now being kept IN
der control by two large balers,
which are raising to the surface over
200, 900 gallons a day, but have not
yet perceptably lowered the water.
Before the workings were flooded
a few pieces of quarts were secured
from the vein and these showed
good values, but there was not suffi-
cient time to examine the vein or
secure average samples.
Tonopah Victor
Up to Wednesday last crosscut-
ting from the east drift on the 1880
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shaft was continued in trachyte for
nation in which some stringers of
quartz, carrying values as high as
$40 a ton were encountered, but on
Wednesday night the other crosscut
on this level, which is being run by
the Tonopah Merger company, open
ed up a great rush Of water which
flooded the underground workings
and filled the shaft for a height of
80 feet.
The water is at present being kept
under control by two powerful bal
ers, which are raising to the surface
about 100000 gallons of water a
day. Should these not perceptibly
lower the water in the next few days
it is probable that the management
will decide to cut a pumping station
at a depth of about 1900 feet and in
stall a new pumping plant with the
least possible delay.
Halifax TOnOpah
The shipments of ore from the
Halifax-Tonopah mine are still being
continued at an average of so tons a
day to the West End mill. This ore
is being stopped from above the 1000
foot level and a station is now being
cut on the 500 level and a crosscut
will be run to pick up the upward
extension of the vein.
Development work is in progress
on both the 1900 and 1400-foot lev
els, but no important change has
, occurred.
On the 1700-foot level more en-
%couraging conditions exist where the
west drift from the shaft is now en-
countering stringers of quartz carry
ing promising values.
The property was examined this
week by ex-senator Thomas Kearns
of Utah, president of the company,
and B. F. Edwards of Berkeley.
Tonopah Mining Go.
tered last week on the 44O-foot level
of the Silver Top min Of the TonO-
pah Mining company is still being
raised on and continues to show a
width of from five to six feet of good
grade ore. This ore shoot is in the
hanging wall vein of the Valley View
vein and promises to yield a very
/ good tonnage of very good ore. On
this level of the Silver Top mine a
west intermediate drift has been
started from the stope on the Valley
View footwall vein on from n to
two feet of mill ore, and the west
drift on the new vein recently en-
countered in crosscut AGA is still be-
feet of mill ore.-TOnopah Miner.
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