The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-03-13

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going statement is very apparent.
There are very few mines in any
camp that can show a good grade of
ore above the 400 level from six to
twelve feet in width, and on the
117O level good ore bodies ten feet
wide, with other ore bodies as big
as fifteen feet in width on the levels
between. And the values in ever
the lowest grade is such as to re-
turn a good profit, while some of the
shoots contain quite high grade ore.
1t will not be long now before the
incline shaft reaches the depth
where sinking will be temporarily
suspended and crosscuts run to the
vein al the 1860 and 1850 levels.
This will be awaited with unusual
interest owing to the fact that the
number, size and richness of the
%stringers that were encountered
nearly all the way down from the
ITO level indicate that the vein at
least maintains it's usual width and
values for an additional depth of
nearly 200 feet. If these indications
are proven to be correct by the ac-
tual opening up and development of
the vein the proven net value of the
mine will be increased by hundreds
of thousands if not millions of dol
lars.
One of the most noticeable improve
ments that took place at the Belmont
the past week as a result of the de-
velopment work occurred in raise IA
from the Favorite vein on the 900
raise is looking exceptionally fine at
this time. 1t has been in good ore
for many days, but recently the
grade of ore has materially improv-
ed and it is wider than the raise
how much wider cannot be told un-
til it is crosscut.
East drift 951 at this same level
shows the vein to be getting mar
rover, but the grade of the ore has
improved so much that the value is
about the same foot for foot. In
east drift 955 the ore body is but
one and a half feet wide, but here
lso the grade is very good. The
same is true of a new raise which is
being put up from this drift about so
feet back from the face.
The Favorite vein at the 100O-foot
level of the Belmont workings con
tinues to show up in good shape,
and there has even been an improve
ment in some places. Raise 40,
which was showing only low grade
ore last week, is looking very much
dunn grade ore. There has also
been some improvement in raise 81,
but it is not startling. Stopping has
been started from the east drift, off
raise 20, which has been in very
good ore for some days.
TOnopah Merger
The news from the 1onopah Mer-
ger this week is very similar to that
of several weeks past. In fact there
is danger that it will fall into that
monotony prevailing at a number of
good mines, which, when fully appre-
ciated, is very pleasing to the
shareholders of the company, but
does not give the reporter sufficient
material for a good "newsy' story
To dig out the same amount of the
usual grade of ore week after week
with no material change to be no
ticed, is good enough for the wise
shareholder, if he knows that it
means eventual dividends, but to the
reporter it is like insisting hat he
make his dinner entirely of good
roast beef when he is abnOrmally
fond of desserts.
The most important development
at the Merger this week is the i'm
proved showing in the west drift on
the 1890 level. The drift was ad-
vanced about twenty feet since last
report and there has been a steady
and decided advance in values as
the drift went westward. This is all
the more gratifying as it occurs at
the lowest point in the mine that has
DccI OpCICu ~ ilohh ITO POIlI
down to the 154O-fOOt level of the
Victor is a distance of about $50
feet on the vein, and, although the
Victor workings were drowned out
before they had a chance to explore
the vein, those who are best posted
on the developments in both proper
ties have every confidence that the
! present good average values prevail
ing at the three working levels of
the Tonopah Merger will be main
tanned to and beyond the point where
the vein was opened in the Victor
workings.
Misunderstanding
The crosscut which is going
the big vein at the Monarch-Pitts-
burg is now in over so feet from
where the hanging wall was first en-
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