The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-03-21

i'm progress on a width of about 1
foot of very rich ore. Where the
north crosscut encountered this vein
it was only 4 inches wide, but is
widening very rapidly as drifting
east on it progresses. On the 18th
level it is now 3 feet wide OF SPLEEN
did grade in the east drift and the
4, width in the west drift on 1x-
cellent ore, although not so rich as
i'm the east drift, and it is apparent
that this vein, which has now been
proved from the 1166-foot level to
the 18th level, is improving in val
ues on it's eastern course.
On the 18th level of the mine the
northeast crosscut is now cutting
stringers Of quarthz showing milling
values, which are evidently in the
footwall of the Belmont vein, and
the crosscut is expected to enter the
solid orebody any day. The north
west crosscut on this level has this
week entered trachyte formation.
which was not expected for fully an
other 100 feet of prosecuting. :.
Drifting east on the Belmont vein
tinued in very good grade mill ore,
which shows tan improvement over
the values disclosed last week, and
cutting out of Slopes back of the
face of the drift is now being start
ed. On the 18th level a new raise
has been started in this vein, in mill
ore, in the most easterly workings.
In an intermediate west drift on
the 1100-foot level, started from
west stope s on the han~ging-wall
branch of the Belmont vein, a width
of , feet of very good ore is dis
closed.
The Belmont vein on the 900-foot
level will yield a very large tonnage
Of ore that has been opened up in
two raises above a fault. but as the
vein dips at a very fiat angle, a
crosscut is being run under it from
which more raises will be put up pre-
paratory to opening up Slopes.
Drifting east on the Shaft vein on
the Ii OU-lOOt lever Is Stlll IL DIOS-
ress on a body of very good ore,
and raising on it from the 18th level
is also in progress on 2 feet of good
ore. On the 18th level drifting east
and west on this vein is in progress,
the west drift showing 8 feet of very
good ore, and the east drift 2 feet
of mill ore, and from this level rails
ing has been started on the vein on
8 feet of very good ore in the west
drift.
Tonopah Elk.
The east Wine now being sunk
from the 95O-foot level of the Muir
ing shaft of the Tonopah Extension
mine still shows a body of excellent
grade ore from 4 to 8 feet wide in
which are masses and StreakS of
solid black sulphides, assaying as
high as $4,000 to $500 a ton. The
winze has now reached a depth of
95 feet and at this point a west drift
has been started in the ore shoot to
connect with the east shaft, and as
soon as this drift has progressed a
few feet, sinking will be resumed.
At the west Wine, which is really
an incline triple compartment shaft,
sinking is still in progress with a
windlass. but the hoist has now been
set in place, and as sOO as the cleo
trio motor has been set on it's fOunda-
tons and ore bins built, sinking by
electric power will be commenced.
The bottom of this winze is now
passing through a faulted zone, and
breaking into good ore. Both wines
are confirming the theory formed by
the management that as greater
depth on the vein is attained, better
values will be secured.
On the 750-fOot level the vein was
hard and carried low grade values,
but these have steadily increased as
greater depth was reached, and the
ore has now become much softer,
and the average values are very
much higher at a depth of 95 feet
below the 95O-foot level than at any
other part of the mine.
Cutting out for a stope on the
900-foot level has now been started
on the hanging-wall side of the vein,
and a small tonnage of ore is being
stopped from above the S50-foot level.
from this portion of the mine Is
tons of ore are sent daily to the mill,
chiefly from development work in
the two wines, and the west drift
just started from the 95-foot level
of the east winZe, the entire prOduc-
ton of this vein averaging over $40
a ton.
Jim Butler
The Jim Butler company earned
net profits of $~12,954.26 for the
month of February from the milling
of 1888 tons of ore a profit of $685.
a ton, as compared with s14,375
oorpn6 in Japuarv from tho milIip o