The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-10

level. This vein will be thoroughly
prospected but at present shows on
ly grade quartz, with occasional
lunches of rice ore. 1t is possible
that this vein will correlate with
the Smith vein opened up in the
Monarch Pittsburgh, but consider
able work must be done before this
is determined.
TOnopah Mining
Even a greater proportion than
usual of the development of the
Tonopah Mining company's estate
was confined to the Sand Grass
claim this week, no information re-
garding which is being given out at
this time. There was no develop
ment work at all in the Mizpah and
ground broken in the Silver Top,
while the Sand Grass is credited
with a total of 374 feet. Stopping is
in progress in the Red Plume and
Mizpah as we'll as the Silver Top.
The south crosscut on the 440
level of the Silver Top. which is be-
ing put out to cut the downward ex-
tension of an ore body from the lev
ell above, has not reached the vein
as yet but has cut a number of
stringers of quartz.
The intermediate drifts to the
west and to the east on the West
End vein, at the $40 level of the
Silver Top, are both looking quite
we'll, three feet of ore showing in
each. Slope GA on this level is still
producing steadily, from five to six
feet of mill ore being broken down.
From the time ore was first en-
countered here it seemed impossible
to correlate it with any known ore
body, but it is believed now that 1t
is the extension of the West End
vein.
On the 500 level of the Red Plume
vein there has been a falling off in
the values of the ore during the
week. For several weeks past the
values were unusually good, but the
ore now is lower grade.
Belmont
Operations at the Belmont were
interrupted for several days this
week when one of the big drums on
the electric hoist broke. This was
not entirely unexpected and a new
drum has been on hand for some
time in view Of just such a contin-
gency. But even at that it was a
big job to make the change and get
the hoist in running order again.
The necessary shutdown, of course,
makes an appreciable reduction in
the output of the mine and mill for
the week.
The Favorite vein continues to
show up in splendid shape. particu-
larly on the 1000 level. Raise 80,
which has been looking unusually
good for some time, following from
very good to high grade ore has been
discontinued and some stopping is be-
ing done alongside.
When the Favorite vein was cut
by the north crosscut on the 100
level. at a point 200 feet further
east than the vein had been pre-
viously opened up, the drifts to the
east and to the west are going ahead
as sill floors, which is very much
wider than the usual prospecting
drift. A new west crosscut has
been started on this level for the
purpose of picking up a faulted seq
ment of the Favorite vein.
On the twelfth level the vein
which was cut last week in raise 4S
has made a decided Improvement
and now shows eight feet of vein
matter. 1t has not been decided as
vet whether or not this is the exteI-
sion of the Favorite vein.
Monarch Pittsburgh
The new from the Monarch
Pittsburgh this week is not quite so
encouraging as it has been for sew
eral weeks, especially to those who
do not understand the uncertainties
of ore bodies. But to those who do
understand mining and the fact that
the best and most prolific Of veins
have their barren spots, as we'll as
the places where the values are spot
ted and cratic. There is nothing
discouraging in the situation. That
such a big strong vein, showing oc-
c%asional punches of fine ore. has a
good pay shoot in it somewhere is
not a foregOne conclusion but is a
probability. The development at the
Monarch during the past week has
not shown up as good as it has for
three or four weeks previous. The
best ore encountered was in the
west drift, where an assay of 1928
per ton was secured from a sample
across eighteen inches. This was
evidently a bunch or kidney, for the
next assay was much lower.
TOnOpah Merger
The new stope just started on
the 1880 level of the Tonopah Mer-
ger is all in ore, three feet of which