The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-09-30

TONOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS

nun uuTluS Jne week oUJ4 TONS. the
Tonopah Mining 1850 tons, the To-
nopah Extension 22OO tons, the Jim
Butler 1000 tons, the West End S31
tons. the Rescue 2i3 tons, the Hall
fax 1872 tons, the North Star "a tons
and the Montana ga tons, making
the total production for the week
956S tons, the estimated value be-
ing $19S,104. This valuation is
calculated on the gross milling value
of the ore.
After the semi-monthly melt at
the Tonopah Extension Mining COM
pany's mill. there was shipped to
the Selby smelters at San Francisco
40 bars of gold-silver bullion. The
total weight of the shipment uas
5775 pounds, and the valuation
placed upon it by the local officials
was %$67,0 This product resulted
from the cleanup at the expiration
of the first two-week period III
September.
Since operations were commenced
in the bottom of the stump at the
Victor shaft. great Roadway has
been make in sinking. Three shifts
OF men are employed in this under
taking, and up to the time the pro-
sent report was issued an added
depth of approximately 60 feet has
been attained. Conditions are very
favorable for continued progress at
the same rate of speed, as no water
80 n ~ ~ irto tL@ 1L.g, - ~
equipment at the Victor is fully
capable of taking care of the pro-
duction work as we'll as that o. de-
velopment.
The footage record for the week,
as shown by the report, states that
297 feet in all were made. OF this
amount, 131 feet was performed in
the workings contiguous to the No.
2 shaft, and 100 feet in the Victor
territory.
In the No. 2 shaft section of the
mine, on the 95O-foot level, regu-
lar stopping operations were carried
on in stope 923, where the usual
progress in the way of extracting
the ore was continued. The stope
still shows a width of 8 feet of
good milling ore.
On the 1100-foot level, Slope No.
211. where production work is pro-
ceeding without interruption, is still
going ahead on a face Of ore mea-
surfing Is feet r The values
in the vein have shown no diminu-
lion during the week, and condi-
IONS in all respects are considered
Very satisfactory.
On the 1260-foot level, the report
shows no changes of Importance in
comparison with the reports imme-
diately preceding the present one.
East drift No. A made the usual pro-
gress during the week, and is still
following a 4-foot face of milling
grade ore. The total footage ac-
complished in this drift was Ia
feet, and conditions have remained
as satisfactory as stated in previous
reports.
TOnopah Mining
On Thursday of this week, the
board of directors of the Tonopah
Mining company Ct Nevada met at
Philadelphia and declared the regu-
ltr quarterly dividend of Is cents
per share. The dividend is payable
October 21st, 1916, to stockholders
of record at noon on September
30th, 1916, at which last stated time
the transfer books will close, OPEN
ing again on October 9th.
Reports from Breckenridge, Colo
RADIO, where the Tonopah Mining
company is operating three dredges,
state that the output of placer gold
from that district during the month
of August was in the neighborhood
of $4,000. This includes a fourth
boat which is being operated by an
ether placer dredging company.
The reports go on to state that
No. 3 dredge boat, who's operations
are within a very short distance of
breckenridge. encountered the out
crop of a large lead and zinc vein
in bedrock. The outcrop is greatly
decomposed, but it is sufficiently
valuable to constitute, with sorting
a good shipping grade. 1t is believed
to be the extension of a vein which
is being developed at one of the
lode properties in the district.
The report of mill operations for
the week ending September 14th,
shows that an average of &c stamps
were kept dropping and that 1909
tons of ore we're put through the
mill The ore had an aVerag e Value
of SO per ton.
Development work to the extent
OF 205 feet was performed in the
several sections of the mine. The
footage record at the MiZpah work
ings was 60 feet; at the Silver Top
-. feet of new ground was broken
ia in the Sand Grass claim, the