The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
TONOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS

mill 1892 tons, the Tonopah Min
ing 1900 tons, the Tonopah Exten-
sion $3.50 tons, the Jim Butler $50
tons, the West End S14 tons, the
Rescue 194 tons, the Halifax 21O
tens, the Montana 60 tons, and the
MacNamara 90 tons, making the
total production for the week 1852
tons, the estimated value being
s%l95,076. The valuation is calcu-
lated on the gross milling value of
the ore.
The Montana Tonopah Mines
company has just exercised it's op-
ton to purchase the Lost Burro
mine, which is situated in a spur Of
the Panamint range on the west
side of Death Valley, in the Ube-
hebe mining district. This proper
ty was owned by w. B. Blackmar,
Andy Mccormick, Jack Mccormick,
w. B. Morris and others. The COM
pany is capitalized for $4,000
shares, 1880 shares still remain
ing in the treasury. The property
of the Lost Burro consists of six
lode claims.
1t is the intention of the Mon
t~ana-Tonopah to install a 50-ton
Ball mill, and Chas. E. Knox, pre-
sident of this company, left here
for San Francisco, a few days ago,
for the purpose Of purchasing ma
chinery necessary in the construc-
ton of the mill, which should be
completed by the middle of Febru-
ary.
A gyratory crusher is being dis
mantled at the Montana mill and
will be shipped to the Lost Burro
and installed there. The officers
of the Montana report that suffi-
Gent ore is blocked out to pay for
the property, the building of the
mill, and have a nice profit left.
Mr.. Knox is highly pleased with
the showing on this property, and
considers hat it has wonderful pos
sibilities. The principal develop
ment work consists of four tunnels,
which have intersected the vein at
dicerent points, disclosing a strong
gold ledge of good milling ore.
This property "a sampled very
splendid uniformity of values.
TOnOpah Extension
AS a result of the final cleanup
for the month of November, the
Tonopah Extension produced 3S
bars of bullion. This shipment,
which was consigned to the Selby
smelter in California, has an esti-
mated valuation of $4,000.
Mining operations at the com
pany's mammoth estate in the To-
nopah district are proceeding WITH
the usual degree of diligence on all
the levels where the big %orebodles
constituting the Murray and the
Merger vein have been opened up.
the normal quantities of ore having
been furnished from the various
stopping areas on some of the levels,
while at the same time the work
OF extending the faces of the drifts,
cross-cuts and raises was carried on
at the several depths except on the
Victor 1540-foot level, or the pres
ent deepest working level of the
mine, where the usual exploration
work has been suspended for the
present, occasioned by the fact that
preparations are being made to re-
sumo work in the bottom of the
shaft following the completion of
the repair work which was under
way during the past week or two.
The preparations for the sinking
operations consist of the installa-
ton of a No. 9 sinking pump, which
it is expected will be able to take
care of the increased flow of water
recently encountered in the shaft.
After the sinking was stopped 4
couple of weeks ago., the manage
ment decided to let it out ON con-
tract, and it is intended to prose-
cute the work under this arrange
ment until the contemplated bottom
depth is reached.
The day after the contract was
let and work resumed in the bot
tom of the shaft, however, the Wa
ter increased to such an extent that
further progress was impossible IN
I'll additional pumping facilities had
been provided. With this matter
arranged for, it is expected that NJ
further difficulties will be encount-
cred; in fact, the management is
taking every precaution to guard
against any such catastrophe as
happened before in the sinking of
the Victor shaft, when the work
ings were flooded to a depth OF
several hundred feet.
In the event hat another under