The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-24

WEEKS OUTPUT OF TONOPAH MINES BIG:
REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE

The weeks output of the Tonopah
mines was 10,33S tons, of the esti-
mated value of $%212,O44.
Belmont's net profits for June we're
$S4,234, as compared with $92,5S7
for the previous month of May. The
tonnage treated was $50 tons less
than in May, which accounts for
the decreased profits.
Tonopah Mining company's net
profits for June were $S3,635, an in
crease of $21,460 over those for May,
which were $62,175. The tonnage
treated was about the same, but the
grade of ore was much better.
Tonopah Extension west drift on
hanging wall vein on 1860 level is
apparently reaching the end of the
splendid ore shoot, as the values are
decreasing considerably.
Montana-Tonopah company has
made a strike of great promise in its
Commonwealth mine at Pearce, Ariz.
More leases will be let on it's local
mine.
Jim Butler company profits for the
month of June were $34,777, as COM
pared with profits of $4S,793 for the
month of May, which latter was the
highest in the history Of the COM
pany.
West End has reopened stope $50
in the West End claim and a high
grade of rock is being drawn from
pillars of ore there.
Mizpah Extension drift on vein on
1165 level is now in a faulted m
Other work going ahead as usual.
Midway leasers are still making
fine showing and getting out consid-
cradle ore of better than the camps
average grade.
Victor has replaced the old motors
for station pumps with new ones and
is cleaning out and retimbering the
1540-foot crosscut.
Halifax development on three lev
els shows no change.
North Star starting a Wine on the
gold vein from the intermediate
lGNol DelOW Uno lZ0O.
Rescue has started a new east
crosscut and is continuing the south
c;csscut on the $50 level.
Monarch Pittsburg west drift and
crosscut on $50 made usual footage
without change noted.
Umatilla diamond drill hole down
100 feet below the 1900 level and
has cut some %stringers of quartz.
Tonopah Bonanza shaft is now in
West End rhyolite breccia.
Cash Boy development On the 1850
level shows no change in either drift,
crosscut or raise.
Tonopah East End has resumed OPP
erations after a shutdown of several
months due to more water coming
in than could be handled by bucket.
Buckeye-Belmont has change of
formation in the south drift, which
is looked upon as encouraging.
Gypsy Queen shaft has passed
through the ledge and into a tale
streak a foot in width. Below is
seven or eight feet of rhyolite and
quartz.
Belmont
The report of the Tonopah Bel
mont development company for the
month of June shows net profits OF
$S4,234, as cmpared with $685.
for May. The tonnage milled in
June was $50 tons less than in May
and this easily accounts for the de-
crease in net profits.
The result of the development
work for the past week has beer
better than usual and there are a
number of new faces in good ore
The crosscut on the 500 level has
struck the Belmont vein and opened
up four an da half feet of ore of a
good grade.
There has been IN improvement
in the grade of the ore in the west
drift, off raise IL, on the Belmont
vein on the 900 level and the whole
face is in good grade ore, with some
streaks of high grade in 1t. Raise
FL, which is one of the several rails
es that are being put up to mine
the ore in the Favorite vein, has
accomplished it's object and where
struck the vein looks very good
Raise 23 is following a small un-
named vein which shows a narrow
body of very rich ore. The raise
which is going up from the east
drift 955 has passed into the ira
chyte formation and shows two
streaks of good ore.
Work has been resumed on wes1
drift 1882, on the 1000 level, and
it shows a full face of good ore.
South crosscut 1O44, which is beine
put out for prospecting purposes
has encountered a body OF quartz
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