The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-06

OOO-E was the usual lis
lance without any change of conse-
Queuce. Locally, there is a good
grade of ore showing ruby silver. but
the general run of the rock is not
particularly high. This develop
ment. however, is considered a very
promising drift.
TOnOpah Extension
The new air compressor arrived
at the Tonopah Extension No. :
shaft and is being installed. The
compressor has a capacity of 20
drills and will be used to supplement
the energies of the one already in
place and to serve for emergency
work so that in the event of an &C
cident to one machine the mine will
have a full equipment and will not
be compelled to suspend operations
in that part of the mine. The addi-
ton to the mill designed for the
Oorr thickeners has been completed
and the thickeners are now on their
way from Chicago. having been
shipped on the first of the week.
The use of the thickener will in
crease the milling capacity from 40
to so per cent. The introduction or
these appliances will cause n EN-
tension to rank with the best mines
in the state and enhance the eff
cheney of the milling departments to
an extent that will make a marked
in the cost of extraction.
The further the explorations OF
the Tonopah Extension are conduct.
ed the more apparent it becomes
that the of that property
have not been Appropriated by even
the most sanguine friends Of the
management.
The most recent find in this case
is in the 1850 level. where a new ore
body was picked up in 500 west
drift, with two feet of good ore to
the credit of the company. THIS
was made in the ordinary progress
of hat drift which had been ad-
vancing in waste but. despite the
circumstance that the discovery Is
brand new. there is no attempt on
the part of the company to magni-
fy or to enlarge upon the signfl-
canoe of the disclosure. West DRIFT
sol which is advancing on the hang
ing wall branch of the Murray vein
reports progress of 20 feet with a
showing of four feet of rich ore
which may be classed as nigh
grade.
The footage for the week. amount
ed to 371 feet, of which 81 feet is
credited to No. 1 shaft. and 2|o
feet to No. 2 shaft, while the VIC"
tor was advanced II feet. The eA~
tensiye ramifications of this prop
erty and the almost limtless re-
sources to draw upon may be gata-
cred from the fact that the company
is drawing ore from five faces In q
dition to cutting out for slopes on
the 1850 level where the conditions
appear Just as attractive as last week
with 10 to ~ feet of good ore IN
evidence.
Halifax Discovery
A highly significant development
fraught with the deepest consor
ouences to Tonopah occurred late
Saturday afternoon after the Miner
had gone to press when it was OH
cially announced that the Halliax
Tonopah Mining company a cu'
the crest of what appeared to oe
ono of the richest orebodies opened
in the district. The strike was
made on the 1900 level at a point
about midway of the length ana
width of the group OF four claims
and. to all intents and purposes IN
tho center of the Halifax holdings,
which consist of Halifax claims Nos.
l. 2, 3, and 4.
The location of the strike is east
and south Of the main working smart
and is in Mizpah trachyte. the gangue
being a soft calcite which woutd
have deceived expert eyes as a venl-
Gle IF value. In fact the APPEARANCE
of the rock was SO strange to exper-
fenced miners hat in several cases
rho men who were invited to select
SAMPLES for their own guidance re-
iected the pest paying ore as I'M
worthy of attention. Yet these re.
iected portions subsequently proved
Inv ASSAYS to carry values running as
high as 200 ounces of silver and one
and one-half ounces in gold. The
crosscut was run south at right an
giles from an east drift for a dis
lance of 513 feet when a shot ex-
posed what developed into a hanging
wall. Beneath this about halr way
from the floor of the drift another
shot exposed the rounded top OF the
ore-shoOt.
The shaft of the Tonopah Bonanza
10 down go feet and making steady
progress after having passed through
40 feet of vein matter opened IN a
hio fissure necessitating going
.-.h b;o hOu1dprS OF quartz