The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-09-16

100 tons, the Rescue ZOo tOnS, the
Midway &c tons, the Halifax 161
toni and the Montana 81 tons, max
ing the total production for the
week S134 tons, the estimated value
being s172,292. This valuation is
calculated on the gross milling val
ne of the ore.
On Wednesday the Tonopah Ex-
tension Mining company shipped
from it's mill 46 bars of gold-silver
bullion. whose weight totaled 1O1,-
935 ounces. This shipment, which
represented the final cleanup for
August, has an estimated valuation
of $S1,54S. Though this shipment
is not quite up to the n made
previously, SO far as valuation is
concerned, it ranks among the sew
eral that have been made by the
Extension company this year, which
exceeded the $4,000 mark.
AS regards mining operations,
the most important to a large por.
ton of the Tonopah mining public
has been the contemplated sinking
of the Victor shaft. Upon the in
s~tallation of the hoist at the sta
tion on the 1540-foot level, and the
unwatering of the stump below it.
it was supposed that actual sinking
operations could be undertaken i'm
mediately and that such work would
be commenced early this week.
The ~unwatering of the stump,
however. disclosed that the timbers
below the station were in such con-
dition hat it was absolutely nee
essary to replace them; consequent
~ the sinking of the Victor shaft
has been delayed. At the time this
report was issued by the manager
the workmen were engaged in re-
placing the last set of timbers in
the stump.
With the Victor shaft now in
full commission, and plans of OPP
Grafton working out smoothly, de-
velopment and prospecting work is
going ahead at a more vigorous
rate than has been reported for
some time, as is attested by the
footage record for the week. Al
the No. 2 shaft workings, 1S6 feet
of new ground was broken, and at
the Victor shaft 139 feet, making a
total of 1926 feet, which is quite
an increase over hat of the previ-
GUS week.
Tonopah Mining Co.
The Tonopah Mining company on
Friday shipped to the smelter from
it's milling plant at Millers, 40
bars Of bullion resulting from tht
operations during the last two
weeks in August. This bullion is
estimated to have a value of $69,-
600.
The report of mill operations of
the Tonopah Mining company for
the week ending Aug. 81 shows that
an average of 65 stamps were kept
dropping and hat 1850 tons OF
ore were put through the mill. The
ore had an average value of $15
per ton.
In the matter of development
work, the mine showed the Gus
tomary average to have been fairly
we'll maintained, Notwithstanding
that there was little work done in
the Red Plume claim. The opera
t'CIs in the Mizpah section of TIE
property amounted to a total or
40 feet: at the Silver Top, the de-
velopment work resulted in the ex-
tension of the various working fac
es a total distance of 1913 feet; the
Red Plume raise toward the Mac
Nambara vein was put up a dis
lance of II feet, and in the Sand
Grass claim there were 7S feet OF
work performed, aggregating a foot
age of 273.
At the Silver Top part of the
mine. on the $40 level, the stope
on the South Dipping vein was
worked as usual, with little or
no change showing as production en-
sued. The vein, which has consis-
tently held a width between 3 n
4 feet. shows the maximum at the
present time. The ore retains It's
character as good milling grade.
No work is being done on the
44O-foot level since operations were
discontinued a month or more ago.
On the 54O-foot level. the past
week has seen q resumption OF OPP
erations in the face of the west
drift on the South Dipping vein.
Work in this drift was suspended d
couple of weeks ago when stopping
was started, but now that the stope
is well under way development OPP
erations have been started up
again. The face of the drift is ac-
yancing on a 2-foot width of mill
inc grade ore.
The drift in the hanging-wall OF
the Burro No. 4 vein was continued
at the usual rate of speed during
the week but conditions are sub
a+aa+ia LIZ Similar to those ranQrted