The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-03-14

the vein from which other raises will
be put up preparatory to opening up
Slopes.
The Lille Bell vein on the 1000
foot level, in what is known as raise
"a, shows a considerable increase in
width as compared with last week,
but the average grade of the r is
slightly lower, although in the west
drift on the 18th level the vein has
widened to a little more than 2 feet
of very good ore.
On the 18th level of the mine the
northeast cross-cut from the station
is making good progress to the vein,
and west cross-cuts 1 and 2 have now
come together, and from these a
northwest prospecting cross-cut is be-
ing run.
The cutting of a pump station on
this level was commenced this week.
In the Desert Queen workings the
Occidental vein on the 10O0-foot
level shows improvement this week,
the west drift showing a width of 2
feet of mill ore in a full face of
quartz with indications that the val
ues are improving.
On the S0O-foot level of the Des-
ert Queen shaft, the new drift which
was started last week along the Miz-
pah fault has this week encountered
2 feet of low-grade quartz, on which
drifting is still in progress.
1t is stated on very reliable au-
thority that the company's annual
report for the fiscal year ending
February 2Sth, will be the best ever
before in the history of the mine.
West End
In the past week underground op-
erations in the West End mine were
partially suspended while repairs to
the mill were in progress, and only
to keep in operation the new unit of
10 stamps.
Another cause for s%uspending OPP
erations in the mine was the retim-
bering of the collar of the shaft.
This. however, has now been COM
pleted, the entire shaft has been re-
timbered from the 400-foot level to
surface, and it is expected that sink
ing from the S00-foot level to the
1O0O-foot level will be commenced on
the 10th inst.
The underground operations at the
mine were resumed yesterday, devel-
opment work being restricted to the
upper levels in the undisputed ter
ritory, and ore for the mill is also
being stopped in this section of the
property.
The work of putting in new con-
crete foundations for the motor
which operates the tube mills of the
old mill has now been completed; a
new conveyor belt from the crusher
house to the mill ore bins has been
installed, and the entire mill of 80
stamps will be in full operation to-
day.
On account of all these Interrupt
lions the plant only treated 600 tons
of ore in the past week.
The final cleanup of the mill for
the last 10 days of February re-
suited in the shipment on the 4th
inst. of IS bars of bullion, weighing
27,64l ounces, of the estimated
value of $21,2S5, and 26k tons of
dry concentrates.
The total output of bullion for the
month of February amounted to 2
on 1887 pounds in addition to the
concentrates.
Merger
Sinking of the winze from the
1170-foOt level of the TOnopah Mer-
ger mine was resumed on Thursday
night, the entire bottom of the Wine
being in very good grade shipping
ore, and as this winze is of two COM
partments, measuring 7 feet by 4 feet
in the clear, a good face of ore is
exposed.
After the arrival of the pump,
there as some delay in it's installa-
ton owing to the fact that the base
of the motor did not conform t the
blue prints sem in advance of it's
receipt, and in accordance with which
the foundation had been built. Con-
%sequently alterations had to be made
before the motor could be set up and
put in running order.
This winze is located in the west
drift on the downward extension of
the big ore shoot which was opened
up several months ago in the west
drift, and from which a large ton
mage of ore has been shipped, and
it will be sunk or the dip of the vein
to a depth of 800 or 400 feet and in
termediate drifts will be run from it
at every 100 feet.
Just prior to the receipt of the
pump the shaft was retimbered in
several places in the old workings
above the 8OO-foot level, and it is
now in excellent condition for on
tinuOus production.
In the extreme western workings