The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14


West End Con.
One of the largest shipments of
bullion sent by the West End CON-
pany in a long time went out Thurs
day and was a result of the cleanup
of the mill for the laast half of
July. The shipment contested of 80
bars, which weighed 70,256 ounces.
This shows not only that the mill has
been treating an unusual quantity
of ore, but that the grade is quite a
bit higher on the average.
One of the best developments of
the week in the West End mine oc-
Cured when the footwall crosscut
623 encountered the vein. The foot
wall of the vein has not yet been
reached, but the first five feet pene-
trated by the crosscut returned aver
age values of $22.40 to the ton. This
makes a very nice grade of ore for
the mill and this development will
be worth watching.
There has been an improvement
in the grade of ore showing in
winze $50, which is being sunk from
the 600 level and the values are very
fair.
The intermediate drifts, Nos. e23
and 624, off the 600 winze, we're
advanced without showing any par
ticular change.
Stopping is in progress in several
places on the 500 level, with no ma
terial change in values or widths,
both of which are good.
On the 500 level. stope $50 has
been producing high grade ore the
past week, the daily samples going
from $40 to $50 per ton for an aver
age width of four feet. That grade
of ore helps more than a little. Stop
ing also continues in stope SIS OIL
about three feet of good ore.
On the 400 level, an intermediate
drift on the vein, off raise 4S2, is
under way and encouraging values
r showing. 1t is probable that a
raise from this drift will shortly be
started to explore the vein above this
point.
TOnOpah Extension
Almost all of the Tonopah Victor
stockholders and perhaps Is per
cent of the stockholders in the To-
nopah Merger Mines company, have
sent in their stock to be transferred
for cfooL> IN %bn Topopob Ev%orc;op
company. The mining properties Of
the two former companies have al.
ready been formally transferred to
the Extension.
AS was stated at the time the deal
vas made operations at the Merger
shaft were at once suspended and 1t
is not expected to use it again ex-
cept for ventilation and in a case Of
emergency.
The Victor shaft, however, Is now
being used and it is possible that
some time in the future the major
portion of the operations will he
through that shaft. The water is
coming in lessened amount at the
Victor and it is not necessary now
to keep the pumps running all the
time. The retimbering and repairs
TN the 1910 station Of the Victor
continues, and the caved ground in
the crosscut on this level is being
taken up. Good work was done on
the Victor shaft and on the retimhcr-
ing but in spite of that the portion
that was submerged for months re-
quires considerable repairing.
At the No. 2 shaft of the Exten.
sion the only work reported is on
the 500 level, where stopping is in
progress on five feet of mill ore.
At the No. 2 shaft stopping is in
progress on six levels, the ore bod
les varying from four feet to Is feet
in width. The latter splendid width
obtains on both the 100 and 1860
levels.
Midway
Excellent progress is being made
on the south drift on the 1900 level
of the new Midway shaft and it has
been advanced a distance of 20 fee:
from the shaft. Some small quartz
stringers have been cut. but the vein
that was expected to be cut at about
so feet has not yet been encounter
ed, and it is evident that it's pitch IS
sleeper than it a The vein was
encountered ITO feet south of the
shaft on the 1900 level and if the dip
had been maintained it would have
been opened up by this time on the
1900.
The news from the leases on the
old workings continues to be of the
most encouraging nature and the
continual shipments of ore prove that
there is something substantial bach
of the encouragement.
Jim Butler
In addition to the development
work that has been in progress for
a number of weeks on the other lev
els of the Jim Butler. work was re-