The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-02

ed last saturday after an absence
of several weeks and his examina-
tion of the mine since his return
leads him to state that it was never
looking better than at present. He
also adds that the potential posi-
bilities are increasing materially of
late.
The incline shaft, which is being
sunk in the hanging wall of the
vein from the 1,170-foot level has
made fifty feet since work was re-
sumed on it and ore is coming in
on the eastern side. This ore is of
good value.
The development work and stop
ing il the mine are proceeding along
established lines and the results are
about the same as have prevailed for
several weeks past.
TonOpah Mining
The stockholders OF the Tonopah
Mining company of Nevada are to be
congratulated over the continued
success o fthe operations not only in
the company's property in T%onopah,
but of the operations of the subsi-
diary companies controlled by the
corporation.
Reports from the Tonopah Placers
company, which is controlled by the
Tonopah Mining company and oper-
ates in Colorado, are hat the three
dredge boats of the company are
working steadily with three shifts of
dredge men, and r taking out
about 100000 worth of gold a
month. The No. 1 Buycrus pattern
boat is working on the west side Of
the Blue river valley, about four
miles from Breckenridge, in the
south basin of Gold hill. The de-
post is from forty to fifty feet
from the surface to bedrock. The
No. 2 boat is working near the
head of Swan valley, about a mile
below the rich, free gold gulches.
This boat makes the largest clean
ups of any in the state of Colorado.
1t has shipped bricks weighing 16O
pounds each, about all that a stout
man can lift into IN express car.
The No. 3 boat is working in
French gulch, about a half mile from
Breckenridge. 1t is well supplied
with heating apparatus and no
doubt will continue to operate
throughout the winter as it did for
called the Reliance boat.
The recent action of the board
of directors of the Tonopah Min
ing company is making an official
denial of responsibility for exagger-
ated and misleading reports which
have been given currency regarding
the mines which the company is
operating under option in Nicara-
qua continues to be the subject of
much comment in the eastern press.
At the local mine of the TonOpah
Mining company the results of the
weeks development and stopping
have been very satisfactory. At the
Silver Top most of the work is
confined to stopping at this time, but
during the week a new raise was
started on the Valley View fOotwall
vein, on the 340-foot level, and it
is following from three to foul feet
of mill ore.
Considerable improvement Is
shown in the east intermediate drift
on the 54O-foot level of the Silver
Top, where the vein shows increas-
| ed width and a much better grade
I, of ore than has prevailed for some
days. 1t is possible that this may
later develop into something quito
important.
At the extreme west end of the
Mizpah vein, on the 6OO-fOOt level
of the Red Plume. a new raise was
started to explore a block of ore
which lies between two faults and
which now shows a milling grade OF
ore. Another raise on a similar
bunch of quartz has been started
from the level below.
West End Con.
A strike of what is probably as
rich ore as has ever been opened up
in the camp of Tonopah was made
on the 50O-foot level of the West
End mine during the past week.
There are many features of this
| strike which make it especially in
teresting at this time, and it is pos
sible that it may develop even
greater magnitude than is now APP
parent.
The find was made in stOpe sos
which is in a section of the West End
claim which has had very little de-
velopment or prospecting until re-
Gently. This stope was opened up
about six weeks ago, and operations
have been carried on constantly ever
since with the average grade of the
ore going around SIS per ton, but
during the week the ore body open
ed out, and the values increased un-
til they are now breaking a width of