The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-03-20

weeks, DEVELOPMENT is steadily pro-
crossing at tho Surf Inlet. B. c.,
min" which the Pelmcnt company
has under ,pt:oE. The most import
ant work at L1erent is at the lower
tunnel Level, trt as this has not
yes reached the ore shoot there is
nofk,ng c. Importance to state re-
garI,ng II at this time.
AS tho resnI. of the cleanup of
the mil for tie last two weeks in
February the Belmont shipped last
SATURDAY. So bars of bullion which
weighed 124,3s3 ounces and worth
in the neighbcrhood of $4,000 at
tho pres. mt price of silver. There
were also 35 tt MS of concentrates
shipped of the estimated value of
Sl4 900. making the total value of
the rdipment about $102 600.
Monarch Pittsburgh
Lat3 Ccvelopm ents 1t the Mon
arch Pittsburgh which are being
watched vita intense interest by
nearly e%veryon'' in camp, serve to
coafirm tie belief that another
good mine Is in The making in To-
nooah Although more men have
been put 10 woi k, only one shift Is
employed as yet and progress Is
therr'. re C Cessarily slow. While
the PRINCIPAL stockholders and the
superintendent give every evidence
OF implicit confidence In the out
cont of present developments, yet
they seem Cete; mineo not to be
swept off their feet by the enthusi-
ASH If the moment. They do not
iatnn5 t. spend money too rapidly
until they fini ont just how import
ant the recent fin1 will prove to be.
Tie most important development
o. the week vas in the raise which
Is :n ing pvt II, on this vein at the
a:say, were secured. When the
raise was started, which vas on
SUNDAY, there was four feet of ore
showing that assay.s proved aver
aged about $40 !,er ton. After the
first round ~ shots were fired the
or, widered Until the whole raise
would average a good grade of ore
just az IL was broke. down. 1t was
NJ all Cra, there vas some waste,
bu.. the ore was of such good grade
that tho whole product averaged
quite a little better than the ordi-
nary grade @: ere without sorting.
The raise Is up 16 feet at this
writing and looks fine and while it
conrinues to CO % will doubtless be
steadily aGvarced.
TOnOpaf, Mining Co.
The TnH"rah Mining company of
Nevada is getting a GOOD start on
operations IN connection with the
mining properly in Nicaragua which
it recently took cver from the Pan
ame Mining company. according to
J.. ). Austin. president of the for
M" ccmpan... wlO is spending the
waei in TonGpah. W. w. Charles,
who is quite well known here, is in
charge ~ IT," work and among
others who are with him is J.. G..
Smith, an electrician who at m
time worked for tie company in
this camp.
The construction of a power plant
ready been commenced and as soon
as t!.iS is fsl enough along work
viii begil, OF. the cons tructiOn of a
100 ton mill. Il will lie a cyanide
plant and I0lis snd tube mills will
be used for crushing the ores.
1t is .lot the intention of the
COMPANY TO lujiG a r1ilroad for the
present. as las teen rel eatedly pub
lisnnd, though II Is not at all i'm
probable that it will do SO ultimate
ly.
The average grade of the ore so
lar opened up In the different work.
ings of The Nicaragua mine is from
$12 to SIS anL while it will have
to be cyanided, there will undoubt-
eilV tc a very substantial profit to
tho company. The ore in sight and
the probable ore ia said by many
who have examine" the mine to be
very larg".
TLROIa al. Ex.
As tie result of the clean up OF
the Ilill tor the last two weeks in
February TIC Toncpsh Extension
shipped the first o" the week
100.S4O ounces IL arc worth in the
neic.Ihorhood c: $50 900 at tho
present price OF silver.
As soon as r. depth of the in
cline shaft at the TOncpah Extern
sion is sufficient to provide stump
room below the 1850 level sinking
will BE- suspended for some time at
least. II ie the intention Of the
management to then start work on
a vein which WIS cut some time ago
b. a Cr0sscut to the south from the
$50 level II is vely possible that
thi, is he same VEN as the Smith