The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-23
h eoLDFIELE NEWS AND WEEKLY TRIBUNE


the agreement between the Tonopah
Mining company and the Panama
Mining company under which it is
alleged the Tonopah company is to
advance the Panama company a big
sum of money ~unlawfully, which 1t is
also believed will work injury to the
stockholders of the Panama Mining
company"
Belmont.
The results of the development
week were unusually good and the
improvement noted for some days
has been continuous.
The best showings are on the
900-foot level of the Desert Queen
and the 1000-foot level of the Bel
mont, but other places also show
decided improvement.
Work has been discontinued for
the time being on the SO0-foot level
of the Desert Queen, but on the
9OO-foot level considerable work is
going on with splendid results. In
the west drift, $50, on the Favorite
vein, there is a streak of ore one
foot wide which is of such good
grade that it ~"sweetens up the bal
ance and the whole product makes a
fair grade of mill ore just at it is
broken down.
The improvement previously no.
ted in raise Is on the Favorite vein
at this level, continues day by day
and the ore body has widened and
the grade of ore improved until the
raise now shows a full face of pref
ty rich ore.
On the 110O-level of the Desert
Queen the dead work which has been
in progress is nearly finished and
soon raises will be put up to get
at the ore known to be above the
Stone Cabin fault.
Work was prosecuted only inter
mittently IN the S0O-foot level OF
the Belmont and the vein in the
drift is rather badly brorken up but
with some good spots of ore.
TOnOpah Elk.
EACciICHI pIOSICoS 10 UcluS uuduc
on the water system which is being
put in to furnish fire protection for
the Tonopah Extension mill and
mine buildings. The trench is going
ahead rapidly, even though there
has to be more or less blasting done
About one-half the pipe is alread,
on the ground and the balance i.
due to arrive almost any day. The
big 100000 gallon tank, to which the
water will be pumped, is here and
can be placed in position soon after
the foundation is completed.
The total cost of this plant for
fire protection will be in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. The total cost
of the Extension mill and mine
buildings is doubtless in excess of
$4,000, SO that considered merely
as insurance against their loss by
fire the cost of this water system is
fully justified. But the material loss
of the mill and mine buildings
would not be the greatest loss to
be suffered in case of their destruct-
Wi W ihS pOooIOIllty vi IhC
destruction of the shafts as we'll as
the certainty of a long stoppage of
ore production and development,
would be perhaps the most serious
loss to be suffered. So the Extern
sion management is to be c%ongratu-
pursued.
There was no bullion shipment
from the TOnopah Extension this
week, as the increased capacity of
the new furnace will prevent the
necessity of melting more than twice
a month.
West End Consolidated
At the West End mine the devel-
opment of the ore body in stope
sos is proceeding steadily with good
results, though the high-grade
streak is not now quite so wide. as
it was for several weeks after it was
first encountered. However, the
whole body just as it is broken down
makes an excellent mill product.
In cutting out for a stOpe at
raise Alb on the fourth level an
other pleasing conditions is disclosed
and as the work is extended the ore
values are being held at the pres
ent time there is an eight foot body
of ore showing hat averages $25.
intermediate drift $40, which has
been in a very good grade of ore
for some time, encountered a fault
during the week, and work to pick
up the other segment of the vein
has been started.
In all the other drifts and slopes
conditions are about as they have
been for some weeks. The produc-
ton of the mill was fifty tons in
excess of the usual.
On Wednesday the West End
shipped FL bars of bullion, weighing
1911