The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07

mas the same TdCJoTlStlcS as IN
the West End company's ground,
the apex being really an anticline,
the vein having a dip to both the
north and south. 1t is now being
developed on its southern dip, and
later, development will be concen-
trated upon its northern dip, where
already low grade ore was opened
up some time ago.
Mr.. Spur also stated that the
Sand Grass claim will be energeti-
cally developed on the 100-foot
level.
No important developments have
occurred in the different properties
in the past week.
Tonopah Elk.
The development of the Murray
vein in the Tonopah Extension mine
continues to expose a very large ton
mage of very good grade mill ore.
On the 95O-foot level Of the new
main working shaft, there are nov
six working faces in ore, those COM
prising east and west drifts on both
the hanging-wall and footwall sides
of the vein, the west drift near the
center of the vein and a raise on
the footwall side of the vein, and a
winze from the west drift on the
footwall side. These workings are
exposing a great tonnage. During
the past week a raise was put up in
a.. fO%u,oIJ 0f tho vain f0 n for1tnd
portion of the ore-body, and has
encountered the best grade re yet
opened on this level, and what is
known as the middle west drift has
been started on two very good
streaks of ore. On the hanging wall
side the east drift is being extended
in a full face of very good ore, and
The west Srjft is being continued on
mill ore.
TOnOpa', Merger
Drifting west on the new ore
shoot encountered last week on the
117O-foot level of the Tonopah Mer-
ger mine is still in progress on the
footwall side of the vein, this work
exposing some exceedingly rich ore,
The main shoot of the rich ore
has, however, not yet been entered.
The drift is now out about 60 feet
from where the Ore-shOOt was first
encountered, and has shown recur-
ring bands of very rich ore from 2
to 3 feet wide in a full face of mill
ore.
Samples from these bands have
yielded assays as high as $1S5 a ton
across a width of from 2 to 8 feet,
these being rich enough to make the
entire face of very good grade. AS
drifting progresses the bands of rich
ore become more frequent, and it is
believed that the full width of the
ore-shoot will shortly be encountered.
In running this drift two or three
cross courses in the vein have been
encountered and where these occur
the vein is greatly enriched.
Midway
Three parallel east and west veins
have now been cut in the workings
from the new main shaft Of the
Tonopah Midway mine and all are
of great width and while at present
low grade, there is every reason to
believe that good o%re-shoOts will be
encountered in drifting on them.
The first of these veins was cut
in the shaft at a depth of 1870 feet
and was over 80 feet wide, having
an east and west course and dip
ping to the north. The second was
cut in the south cross-cut on the
-120O-foot level. 20 feet from the
shaft, its distance from the first
vein at that level being about 100
feet. This vein was over 20 feet wide
with an east and west course dip
ping to the north.
The third vein was cut this week,
100 feet. south of the second vein
and also has an east-west curse and
dips to the north and has now been
penetrated for over 20 feet and it's
footwall not yet encountered.
West End
At a meeting of directors of the
West End Consolidated Mining com
pany held in Oakland on Saturday
last, the gath inst, dividend No. 2,
of 10 cents a share, was declared
payable March Goth to stockholders
of record March 5th, on which date
the books will be clsed for transfer.
This dividend calls for the distri-
button of ~$17S,S4S and will still
leave the company with an esti-
mated surplus of $240,649, exclu-
sive of the profits for January and
February, but from this surplus
must be deducted the cost of the
new hoist, addition to the mill and
other permanent improvements
which have recently been added to
the plant.
The mine continues to develop in
a most satisfactory manner, a new
on the 5O0-foo. level having
this week opened up another big
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