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

100 feet long, and over z feet vide,
of good mill grade, this work expos
ing a good tonnage for the mill.
MacNamara
The new ore shoot in the Lower
Contact vein on the 500-foot level of
the MacNamara mine continues to
show a width of 8 feet of good ore
averaging about $40 a tor in the
stope above this level, but as the
vein dips at a very fiat angle, a new
crosscut has now been started under
the vein from which raises will be
put up in order to more conveniently
and economically mine the pre-
This vein at a lowed depth con-
tinues to yield a considerable ton
mage of mill ore.
On the 625-foot level drifting west
is in progress on the vein in good
mill ore across a width of . feet, and
from this drift a new stope is now
being started. From what is known
as stope 4 on this level a raise has
been started in mill ore to connect
with the 600-foot level, the width of
this ore beinO from 5 to 6 feet. The
east drift on the vein on this level is
being extended in low-grade ore.
On the 7O0-foot level stopping of
mill ore is in progress in stope D..
and the extension of the vein will
now be opened up by a new crosscut
which has been started above the
level to a faulted segment of the
vein, and ii is estimated that about
50 feet of work will be necessary be-
fore this can be opened up.
In the past week the mill treated
SIC tons of ore, of which 316 tons
were produced by the MacNamara
mine, and 200 tons were milled for
the North Star mine.
Halifax-Tonopah
The east crosscut on the 1200-foot
level of the Halifax mine encount-
cred the downward extension of the
big body of contact quartz which was
; opened up on the 1O00-foot level.
This contact body has a course
northeast and southwest. and dips to
the east, and on the 1OOO-foot level
is over 80 feet wide, and has now
!, been penetrated on the 1200-foot
level for 10 feet, and the hanging
wall not yet encountered. The ore
is at present low-grade, but it is
probable that as on the level above,
| the best ore will be found on the
n~anging-wall side.
On the lO00-foot level raising is
still in progress on a width of from
!, 6 to s feet of good grade mill ore
2 On the 11OO-foot level raise 1852
1 is still being extended in stringera
t of good quartz and prosecuting in
} low-grade quartz is also in progress.
5 On the 140O-foot level drifting
? northeast is still in progress in low
grade quartz.
, MiZpah Elk.
} Development work on the 1862
foot level of the Mizpah Extension
t mine continues to give most encour-
< will be opened up in the trachyte for
nation now being p~rospected.
5 Both east and west drifts from the
2 north crOsscut on this level continue
to encounter numerous stringerS of
5 quartz, which, however, have a north
> and south course and dip to the east,
, but it is possible that these may be
leaders to an Orebody.
| The north crOSScut in the past
week has encountered exceedingly
' hard formation, and in consequence
was only advanced 10 feet, but is
, also cutting quartz stringers having
) an east and west course, and dipping
I to the north, conforming with the
course of the vein system.
TOnOpah Merger
Sinking of the Wine from the
/ 1170-fOot level of the T%onOpah Merger
mine is now making good progress
and a depth of so feet below the
5 level has now been reached with a
decreased flow of water.
!, The bottom of the Wine is now in
. mill ore, the ore shoot having raked
to the northwest, out of the Wine,
which will be sunk to the 1OO-foOt
, level and drifting west to the ore
= shoot will then be commenced and
t sinking of the Wine continued.
I West End
The sinking of the main shaft of
| the West End Consolidated Mining
company to the 100O-foOt level is
3 now in progress with three shifts of
miners, and it is expected that this
5 shaft will cut the Lower Contact
3 vein at a depth of about $50 feet on
it's dip from the S00-fOot level, where
it has already been opened up in a
drift, and two good orc shoots dis
closed.
The development of the mine in
the upper levels of the u%ndisputed
territory is proceeding in a satisfac-
tory manne of ore is being stopped.
At the mill the entire set of 80
stamps was put in Commission ON