The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-20

lfurther distance OF eighteen 1eeC In
the past week, and the ore shoot has
now been drifted on for a length of
over lao feet, and its full width in
the extreme western workings has
not yet been determined as tn drift
is being carried only about six feet
wide on the hanging wall side of the
vein.
Work is now being very largely
concentrated on the opening up of
the vein below this level.
Sinking of the incline shaft was
discontinued on the 360-foot point
or 1910 feet deep and the cutting of
three stations in the hanging wall of
the vein was commenced.
Station No. / at a depth of 1920
feet has now been completed and
prosecuting to the vein is in prog
ress and it is expected that the ore
will be encountered in a few feet.
Station No. 8 at a depth of ITO
feet has been completed and the
cutting of station No. 2 at a depth
of 100 feet is in progress.
The opening up of the vein on the
117O-foot level will prove its contin-
uation for 27O feet from the 900
foot level, this being equivalent to a
height of over 400 feet on it's dip,
thus exposing an immense tonnage
of ore.
Jim Butler
The Jim Butler Tonopah Mining
company earned net profits in the
month of May of s~42,923.74 from the
milling of 1856 tons of ore, showing
net returns of $1O.S6 a ton, being the
highest result ever obtained by the
company in one months operations,
and the rapid increase in tonnage
shipped and profits earned is best il
Illustrated by reference to the previ-
Gus monthly records for this year,
which are as follows:
January 1855 tons...--..-$14,375
February 1888 tons.-.... 1884
March 2S7O tons-----.-- 34,579
! April 1854 tons------ 36,727
This is an excellent record and it
is satisfactory to be able to report
that the mine continues to show
great improvement throughout, es-
pecially in the Wandering Boy work.
ings this week where there are five
working faces in excellent grade ore.
On the S00-foot level a new de-
/ velopment was made in 500 raise,
which has encountered four feet of
very good ore in the downward ex-
! tension of the Fraction vein. This is
the first development Of CONNER
cial ore in this vein on this level, 1t
having heretofore shown very low
grade values, and the Importance OF
this development rests in the fact
that it proves the downward extern
sion of the ore shoots from the sew
enth level, and on account of the
vein dipping at a very fiat angle,
guarantees development of a very
large tonnage of good ore between
the two levels.
TOnOpah Mining
The tonnage and bullion report of
the Tonopah Mining company for
May follows:
Number dry tons milled. 1911;
average value per ton, SIS; ounces
gold and silver bullion shipped, 218.-
! 525; total value bullion, $165,215;
number tons concentrates shipped,
1903; total value of concentrates,
$35,155; net profit for May, $99,695.
The TonOpah Mining company's
profits for May show a decrease OF
$34O5 as compared with the figures
for April. The oretreated showed an
increase of $50 tons, but the aver
age values show a decrease of Al
cents a ton, thus accounting for the
deficiency.
The West End vein on the 500
foot level of the Tonopah Mining
company's Red Plume workings con-
tinues to show a full face of good
ore in the east drift, and as the veins
dip at a very fiat angle a good ton
mage of ore is being proved between
this and the 60O-foot level where
stopping on the vein in good IRE is in
progress.
The Last Chance vein continues to
show a width OF four feet or mill
ore in the east drift on the 400-foot
level of these workings, but a very
much better grade of ore is being
drawn from the slopes on this and
the 500 and 6O0-foot levels. On the
Red Plume vein a Wine has been
started from the 7O0-foot level and
from the level below a raise has been
started on one foot of mill ore.
In the Silver Top mine a new east
intermediate drift has been started
from the stope or the Valley View
vein on from two to three feet Of mill
ore, and the intermediate drift on
this vein above the 540-foot level is
being extended on the same width
of mill ore.
The Valley View Footwall vein still
shows three feet Of good ore in a