The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-02

ownership of valuable ore bodies
which they have been mining con-
tested in the courts, it Is undoubt-
eddy a matter of congratulation that
whichever way that suit may be de-
cided, their company will have a
considerable acreage, producing
quantities of good ore, over which
there can be no dispute to the own
ership.
The only other new development
of unusual Importance was in the
intermediate drift, SAC, which is be-
ing driven westerly from an old
stope, No. 505-G. This week., how
ever, the values have increased I'M
til now the entire width of the
drift is i'm ore of an excellent grade
and the high values have been main
tanned for several days. Cold-blood-
ed samples taken from across the
widths of five and seven feet re-
turned assay values of $500 and
$3.50, respectively.
Jim Butler
Although profits for the month of
November show that the production
of the Jim Butler mine was very
good indeed, yet there should be a
very material increase in the neal
future now that he work which was
necessary to do in connection with
the litigation against the West End
company is of the past.
There was not only a considera-
BILE amount of underground work
done to prove up the claims of the
Jim Butler company, but the atten-
ton of the management has been
of necessity attracted in that direc-
tion for a good deal of the time in
the past weeks.
In addition to he relief afforded
by having the litigation work out of
the way, the fact hat the Wander
ing Boy shaft will soon be in shape
for production, after a long time
spent in retimbering and other i'm
provements is quite important.
The head frame was not fully
completed this week, but the finish
ing touches will soon be put on by
Campbell and Kelly, the contractors.
The other surface improvements
are practically completed.
The production for the week was
the usual amount of 700 tons, which
was treated in the Belmont mill at
Millers.
MOntana-TOnOpah
The report of the weeks progress
at the Montana-Tonopah mine is
rather prosaic. but it tells of an
earnest and intelligent effort to open
up new ore bodies, both in the Mon
tana mine and in that porto of the
Midway which is under lease to the
former company. All of the work
which is being done at the 930-foot
intermediate level is in Midway
ground.
There was no work during the
week on the 615-fot level, the raise
which was being put up in the fault
having been discontinued.
The showing in the southwest
drift onthe 665-fot level is not as
good as it has been and a raise will
be put up to prospect the portion of
the vein lying above.
The new ground broken during
the week at the Montana-Tonopah
amounted to 139 feet, of which SO
feet was in the Montana and 40 feet
in the Midway ground under lease.
the principal details regarding which
are covered by the following report:
Montana, 330-foot intermediate
level-The raise from. me west drift
on the Macdonald vein was advanc-
ed 90 feet during the week, and
while the vein is still in evidence, 1T
is very much broken up and the val
ues encountered are low in grade.
The west drift on the Macdonald
vein advanced six feet. The south
crosscut from this west drift was
advanced IL feet and then discon-
tinued. Another crosscut to the
north from the face of the drift will
soon be started.
North Star
DEVELOPMENT work at he North
Star has gone on much as ever dur
ing the past week, without any very
important changes to note. The
east drift on the Macdonald vein on
the 1O73-foot intermediate level now
shows about three feet of vein car
rying low values. The drift is be-
ing continued in the hope that soon
there will be opened up a better
grade of ore.
In the several other pieces of ex-
%ploratory work that are under way,
there have been no special changes
during the week. The small vein OF
high grade ore which vas recently
encountered in the foot wall of the
| Macdonald vein on the 1050-foot lev
ell is being raised on, but shows no
I change. Stopping is under way in
cauaro1 n1oooc in tho miuQ and