The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-02-13
TONOPAh MINING COMPANY'S DEAL FOR THE
DEXTER WHITE GAPS cos PROPERTY FAILS

a matter of fact there have been
stories published and told about the
streets, that the ore goes from $40
to $50 per ton, but over $50 sounds
good enough, and it is official. No
heavy stakeholder in a mine that has
a large body of ore six feet In
width and going over $50 a ton,
need go to the poorhouse while the
property is honestly and efficiently
managed.
Where the ore was struck in this
west drift is at a point 600 feet west
of the shaft and about 100 feet east
of the westerly workings on the
north vein. AS they go west in the
Merger ground the faulting is less
frequent and the ore shoots long
er, which is an encouraging feature
of this find.
Jim Butler
From the news standpoint there
was nothing of especial Importance
at the Jim Butler the past week,
though there was more than the
usual amount of development and
it's Importance will no doubt be ap-
parent later. The terrific gale which
visited TOnopah early in the week
was disastrous to the high trestle
which goes out to the southwest
from near the top of the Wandering
Boy gallows frame and it will have
to be largely rebuilt. This is not a
serious matter, however, and not
even very expensive.
Montana
While recent developments in the
local mine of the Montana Tonopah
company have not been so startling
ly good as to warrant the stockhold-
ers in increasing the size of their
gold storage vaults, yet the late de-
velopments in their Commonwealth
mine at Pearce, Ariz., are so much
better than they had been led to
expect they are entitled to wear a
smile in addition to whatever raj
ment is adapted to the climate where
they reside.
When the Commonwealth mine
was bought by the Montana COM
pany it was figured on as a strictly
low grade proposition. 1t was known
of yours that the mine had pro-
duced much high grade in the past
and 1t was reasonable to expect that
more would be found with further
development but this possible high
grade vas not given material con-
s%ideration in making the decision
to buy. 1t was figured that, with i'm
proved processes of ore reduction
now in use, the low grade ores in
sight and reasonably to be expected
with further work could be worked
at a profit.
The low grade r and the re.
ductiOn of the same, have come up
to expectations and in addition high
err grade ore bodies are now icing
opened up.
On the third level of the Com
monwealth which is at a depth of
$50 feet. a crosscut is being run to
tap what is known as the north
vein. Although where it was first
opened up the north vein looked
very promising, yet up to this time.
it had never been explored to any
great extent, which it is the inten-
ton of the management to do later.
At a point about $50 feet this
encountered what is known as the
Smith vein. This vein had been de-
veloped in the old workings west of
e shaft, where it alwajs showed a
good grade of ore, but it hal never
been opened up and developed to
the east of c shaft.
West End Consolidated
AS a result of the cleanup of the
mill for the last 10 days in January
the West End company this week
shipped % bars of bullion, weigh
ing 35,S45 ounces, and worth in the
neighborhoOd of $24,5OO.
Conditions at the West End mine
show no material change as the re-
suit Of the weeks operations and as
they have been quite satisfactory for
some time this should be pleasing to
those who are interested in the
pIOpcIIy.
The west drift from crosscut 800
OF the 800 level, made the usual
progress and it still shows from five
to six feet of excellent mill ore.
On the fourth level stopping is still,
in progress in stope 400 A and the
ore body maintains the same good
width and values. In stope 400 B
just east of the shaft the ore body
has widened from the five feet
which were in evidence last week to
from eight to nine feet and the i'm
provement in values which took place
last week has been maintained. In
the common stope from raises AIS
A, AIS b, 484 and Alb the cOndi-
tions are most satisfactory. In places
the ore is from ten to IL feet in
width and it is all of a moderately