The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-26
TONOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS

delph1a where the home office of
the Tonopah Belmont Development
company is located, and is interest
ing by reason of the fact that it
concerns the developments which
are being undertaken by the COM
pany at the Surf Inlet mine, on
Princess Royal Island, about 4C0
miles north of Vancouver, British
Columbia.
President Clyde A. Heller, who
is visiting Surf Inlet for the pur-
pose of inspecting the progress
which has been made on the con-
struction work and in development
operations at the property, has no
titled the home office of the Bel
mont company that the develop
ments are satisfactory in every re-
spect.
Drifts from the winze on the
260-foot level have proven the vein
to be about IS feet wide and of
~high-grade ore. This is taken to
mean that the average grade of
the ore opened up in the properly
will be considerably higher than
hat mentioned in the last annual
report of the Belmont
which was published last spring,
wherein it was stated that there
had been developed "a very salts
factory tonnage of gold ore of an
average value of $12 per ton"
With the vein opened up and pro-
Won RI h nUn a width IF q Foot
and the ore found to be of greater
value than earlier estimates credit
ed, the Belmont company is assured
OF a life prolonged far beyond the
years of the ordinary mining COM
pany 1t is, of course, impossible to
estimate the profitableness of the
operations, but all the reports that
have been made give assurances
that the most prosperous portion of
its career lies before the Belmont
and not behind it.
The dam between the two lakes
which separate the mine from the
inlet, is practically completed; in
fact, the report stated hat the mar
agement expected to close the dam
about the middle of the present
month. This will raise the lower
lake to the level of the AXE near
est the mine, thus affording a con-
tinuous and uninterrupted water
passage for the transportation of
supplies, product, etc.
The power plant, the ~transporta-
ton lines and the first unit of the
mill, which is to be of $50 tons
daily capacity, are expected to be
completely in commission by the
the meanwhile development work is
forging ahead in a thoroughly sys-
tematized manner.
jim Butler Mine
Mining conditions at the Jim But
Ter Tonopah Mining company's
property, have undergone no sub
stantial change at either the Desert
Queen workings or in those served
by the Wandering Boy shaft While
in the former section, development
work is being prosecuted only on
the 5th and 9Th levels, no work
having been undertaken On the 7th
level, those workings which were eX-
tended made marterial progress.
The output from the mine, which
several weeks & vas raised TO
ali average of 1900 tons, has been
maintained at the usual rate.
AS a consequence of the increased
production at the jim Butler mine,
the report of the company concern
ing the output and earnings for the
month of July has shown a crafty
ing increase in tonnages and pro-
fits. There was treated by the Bel
mont company's mill at Millers dur
ing this period a total of 4752 tons,
signifying an increas in ore treated
equivalent to " e so per cent more
than that treated during the pre-
ceding month, when the amount Of
ore treated was 3098 tons.
The profits have also been in
creased, though not to the same ex-
tent, being ~$25,124.23, as compared
with $22,S29.2S for the month of
June.
During the past week, the usual
development and stopping work was
done at the West End Consolidated
Mining company's property. at both
the disputed section of the mine
and in the West End territory pro-
per.
North Star Mine
Developing and stopping operations
went on at the North Star under
practically the same conditions as
have been reported in previous is
sues. The drift which is being run
on a small streak of ore in both
directions, has developed into an
average width of 2k feet of fair