The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14

mines was 1922 tons of the esti-
mated value of s~21S,956.
Tonopah Mining stope on the Nc
Namara vein on the al level of the
Silver Top has widened to nearly
IL feet of good milling ore.
'ronopah Belmont shipped 124,371
ounces of bullion and AZ tons of con-
c~entrates from the Tonopah mill.
worth approximately $4,000; also
51,913 ounces from the Millers plant
worth about $4,000.
Tonopah Extension drift and raise
on the 1850 level both show full
faces of good grade ore. Shipment
of $4,000 worth of bullion went
out this week.
Jim Butler company has resumed
development work on the 500 level
of the Desert Queen, making five
levels at that shaft and five at the
Wandering Boy which are being Wig
orously developed.
West End shipped 43 bars of bul
lion which weighed 1926 ounces
and are worth about $4,000 as a
result of the cleanup of mill for last
half of July.
Mizpah Extension drift on the
vein at the 1855 level is three feet
wide and carries good average val
ues.
Halifax company has installed a
new fire system which will throw
a stream clear owe any of the builu-
ings, Development on three lower
levels shows no change.
Rescue Eula has started winze on
the third vein which al cut in the
south crosscut on the 500 level. 9th
er work going ahead as usual.
North Star has several pieces of
development in progress on the gold
vein which averages about 500 per
ton in values.
Midway has 10 leases on old work.
ings hat are producing more or
less steadily. The ore goes from $25
to 500 a ton.
Montana Tonopah leases shipped
40 ON of good ore during the
week.
buckeye Belmont is making usual
progress on east drifts, both north
ard south of the shafts. A new lev
ell at the 9O0-foot point will be
started the coming week.
Tonopah Bonanza making good
progress, and Mr.. Zadig, who con-
trolls, is still optimistic.
Umatilla diamond drill progress
rather slow owing to the necessity Of
casing bad ground.
Monarch Pittsburg has suspend
ed work on the $50 level and will
concentrate efforts on the 1000.
Cash Boy development proceeding
without marked change.
Belmont
Development work has been re-
sumed on the fifteenth level, which
is the lowest level in the mine, of
weeks since there has been any de-
velopment work there, but during
the week, a new raise was started
which is being put up to mine the
ore in the Belmont vein above.
Some stopping was also started from
raise No. l..
There were no important devel-
opments on the 500 level, east drift
$50 showing three and a half fee.
of pretty good ore and west drift
958 showing about the same width
of fair grade ore
Work has been again resumed on
east drift 955, on the 900 level. but
the vein at this point doesn't amount
to much, it showing but two and a
half feet of low grade ore. Raise rs
on this level is following rich ore,
but the vein is narrow.
The improvement in west drift
1887 on the Favorite vein at the
1OOO-foot point has continued and
the product is oftentimes sufficient
lily good to go for ore. The vein on
split and the raise is now following
the south branch which shows from
two and a half to three feet of a good
grade of ore. There is no more ore
on the north side of the raise, but II
is possible that the two branches
will come together again.
TonOpak Mining
DEVELOPMENTS at the local mines
zero not of the usual routine charac-
ter, the most important feature be
ing the widening out of the stope
on the Mcnamara vein on the $40
level of the Silver Top. This stoDe
has teen of good width for man.
weeks, but it now shows from 10 tn
IL feet of good mill ore. The raice
on the small vein at the 440 level
has encountered a fault but it has
already exposed the vein for nearly
40 feet, the average width being
three feet. A new stope has bbeen
started on the $40 level on an an
named vein Just west of the shaft.