The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-06-05
Tonopah Mining Co.


Quite a little more than the usual
amount of new development vas &C
complished at the Tonopah Mining
company's properties this week, there
having been a total of 364 feet of
new ground broken, as against 237
feet for the previous week.
On the 340-foot level of the Silver
Top the downward extension of the
Burro vein was opened by the raise
in the footwall. Its location had
been determined by the dip on the
level above and the vein was found
at the point where it was calculated
it would be. At this point the vein
shows two feet of mill ore.
The east drift on the small vein on
the 44G level has been discontinued,
owing to the poor values, and drift
ing to the west on the same vein is
now in progress.
On the $40 level the ore in the
stope an the MacNamara vein, while
of good width, shows rather low val
ues. 1t is practically assured, how
ever, that the values will be much
better as progress upward is made,
such having been the case in the diff
ferent raises.
The south foOtwall c%rosscut on the
GAO leval has just encountered the
West End vein, west of the shaft.
The hanging wall has not yet been
reached and only low values are in
sight at present.
All work has been discontinued on
the 400 and 500 levels of the Red
Plume and on the 600 level stopping
on footwall streaks of the Last
Chance vein is the only work in
progress. On the 700 level two
raises are going up, the second n
of which will probably 500 cut the
extension of the Red Plume vein. On
the 500 level a new raise has been
the main west drift.
TOnOpah FIX.
The most outstanding feature of
the news from the Tonopah Exten-
sion mine this week is a most pecu-
liar one. 1t is nothing more nor
less than in n of the numerous
slopes in the mine they are breaking
down but two feet of ORE, n even
that is but of milling grade. When
for week after week and month after
month the ORE bodies average 10 or
IL feet in Withholding never less
than four, and from that up to 35
feet in width-a body of ore only
two feet wide is of sufficient novelty
to justify special mention. And a
mine of which such a statement is
true is Of necessity an unusually
good one.
The showing on the 1860 level is
in some respects the best that has
been in the mine . The improvement
in the grade of ore IN the east drift
has been eve greater than usual for
the past week, and it shows a full
ace of high grade ore. Just how
much wider than the drift is the high
grade ore cannot be determined un-
til some prosecuting has been done.
This possibly will not take place un-
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demonstrated. This shoot has so
far been demonstrated for a length of
175 feet with the limits not yet in
sight, as both faces are still in ore
the east drift being in high grade,
and the west drift being in consider
ably better than the ordinary grade.
Contrary to a report that has been
circulated, the crOsscut on the 1850
level has not yet cut the vein, but it
is expected to do 81 this coming
week. A crosscut to the north has
been started on this level for the
purpose Of general prospecting.
Cash Boy
The Cash Boy entered the list of
shipping mines this week when it
sem out on Thursday the first car of
ore. The ore came from the raise
above the 1850 level, and from the
values which were given out as the
work PROGRESSED it will probably I'll
in the neighborhood of $25 per ton.
Just what production the Cash Boy
can make as a steady thing cannot
be determined until a greater amount
of development ha sheen done on the
vein, but the fact that ever a single
shipment has been made from the
small amount of development is of
ITSELF quite encouraging.
Soon after the above shipment was
gotten out operations at the mine
we're suspended owing to a break
down of the hoist. 1t is being re-
paired and it is expected that min
ing operations can be resumed next
Monday. In the meantime a new
electric hoist has been ordered and
delivery ehould be made within ten
days.
Before the work in the mine was
suspended until the repairs
made on the hoist, the usual good
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