The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-23
TONOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS

thC SpAiihS sOoA"
The company is still awaiting
the arrival of the machine drills
which are to be utilized in the deep
cning OF the Sanagrass shaft, at the
extreme western end of its estate.
Tonopah Extension
Saturday afternoon, a block of
waste rock in the h~anging-wall of
the Murray vein, between the 144o
intermediate and the 1540-foot level,
fell in, and at first reports the dam
age was thought to be considerable.
Examination during the week. how
ever, has proved that the injury is
not of such a serious nature as
feared. Fortunately the cave-in oc-
Cured between shifts, and no n
was caught when the slip occurred,
the oncoming shift not yet having
descended at the time of the acct
dent.
Some of the timbering in the
chute below the stope was torn out,
but inspection made by the man
agement afterwards disclosed that
this damage is only slight and the
timbers can easily be replaced.
The weekly report of operations
shows hat actual sinking has been
resumed at the Victor shaft, and a
satisfactory rate of progress has
been recorded following the installa-
ton and operation of the new pump
which was placed on the bottom
level to handle the water coming
into the shaft.
Operations were continued with
out interruption on the 750-foot
level, whence 706 raise is being
sent up. A footage of 9 feet was
made during the week on 2 feet
of mill ore, and the raise finally
holed through into the 66O-foot
level. A good sized block of ore,
measuring 5 feet in width, has
been opened up by means of the
operations in this raise, all of it
milling grade.
On the 1020-foot level. work was
resumed in the raise designated as
No. 112. During the week, the
raise was extended a distance of
II feet and in this period holed
through into and made connections
with the level above, the 950-foot.
The company has started stone
on this showing, which is being Ca
tended on the orebody, and so far
mas demonstrated the vein to have
a width of 4 feet. All the ore
broken down in the stopping opera
tons is classed as milling grade.
On the 110O-foot level, no de-
which is furnishing ore from the
splendid width of IA feet. All this
ore continues to be of satisfactory
milling grade, and the fact that
through a long period of time, in
various places, the Murray vein at
this level has maintained such a
productive existence, has been n
of the leading features of the sue
cessive weekly reports.
Jim Butler Mine
The better prices for silver which
have ben quoted on the exchanges
during the past week have been a
source of qualification to all the
mining companies operating In To
nopah, and particularly to the Jim
Butler, which has been in the for
tunate position of being able to
store it's surplus product awaiting
the expected rise in quotations.
Mining operations were carried
forward at the Desert Queen sec
ton of the mine under conditions
Which have shown no change since
the previous report was made con-
corning the progress of develop
ment and prospecting work. At
this section of the property, on the
9th level, 633 southeast cross-cut
continues to advance through track
yte, and is still cutting small
%stringers of quartz carrying values.
No. 643 southeast cross-cut, is also
in trachyte, as is the case with the
intermediate southeast crosscut, in
both of which places the usual ad-
vance was made. Small stringers
OF low value continue to be inter-
sected by cross-cut 600 which is
going to the south, while in 637
east drift an 1S-inch streak of
quartz, containing low values, is
being followed. In 636 west drift,
the quartz showing in the face mea-
sures about 2 feet, but the values
here are also low.
Buckeye-Belmont
c1ioht oouo-ip On tho 1o00 foot
level of the Buckeye occurred Mon
day night. No one vas in the mine
at the time and no damage was
done, except hat it broke the light
wires and the v~entilating pipe
which was quickly repaired the next
morning. The interesting part of
the incident was that this drift haI