The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20

the two ccnsignments are worth
$14S,2O7. This was the cleanup for
the latter half of September.
Tonopah Mining Co.
The final cleanup at the mill of
the Tonopah Mining company for the
month of September resulted in the
shipment on Thursday of 81 bars
of bullion. The valuation placed
upon the shipment BY officials
the company is $4,000.
The report of mill operations for
the week ending Oct. 6 shows that
an average of II stamps were kept
dropping and that $3.50 tons of ore
o. the average value of $3.50 were
put through the mill.
The usual activity was manifested
at each of the main working Sec
tons of the local mine during the
week. while in addition thereto
some production work was carried
on in the old Red Plume workings.
There has been very little change
shown at any of the faces, the
drifts, cross-cuts, raises, etc, hav-
ing shown the usual advances under
have repeatedly been set forth in
previous reports.
A further decrease in footage, as
compared with the two preceding
weeks, is noted, according to the
report, which states that the total
amount of development work per-
formed during the present or cur
rem week was 1861 OF this total
there was 1902 Y feet registered in
the Silver Top territory, in extend
ing the various workings on the
first, third and fourth levels, the
240-foot, the 540-foot and the 640-
foot levels having had no develop
ment work done on them within the
period mentioned. On the latter
levels, however, as we'll as on some
of those first named, the regular
production work was kept up, and
the usual tonnages were shipped to
the mill at Millers.
MacNamara Mill
Such splendid Roadway has been
made by the force of mill men at
the MacNamara Mining & Milling
company's reduction plant, in max
ing necessary adjustments, re-
placements and repairs to the mill
ing equipment, that within the first
two weeks after operations were re-
sumed, the plant has been brought
up to it's capacity, which is re-
ported to be between rs and 80
tons daily.
Such a condition speaks well for
the care that was given the mill
during the long suspension of oper-
atoms, and augurs well for the flu
maintaining extraction operations
at the high standard established by
the mill from the time it was built
in 1912 until it IA forced to close
on account of the heavy condition
of the silver market, when bullion
was selling around so cents and
even then could not be disposed of
except in cases where a mining
company had a contract with the
smelters or other purchasers.
The mining of ore on the upper
and the lower levels in the mine is
proceeding satisfactorily, both veins
yielding more ore from the present
stopping, operations than the mill
can handle. Meanwhile, the old
workings on the intermediate levels
as we'll as on the main levels from
the shaft, are being cleaned out and
put in shape to resume development
operations whenever necessary.
Jim Butler Mine
The new exploration work in the
Jim Butler Tonopah Mining COM
pany, which consists of the extern
sion of a cross-cut in a southerly
direction from old workings in the
Desert Queen section of the mine,
designed to proceed until it enters
the Ophir King ground and pene-
trates to the eastern boundaries of
the present Jim Butler area, con-
tinues to hold the greatest interest
for the mining public. This ground
has never had the benefit of ex-
ploration at the depth of 900 feet,
the old Ophir King company, &C
cording to report. when it was car
rying on operations through it's
shaft, not having reached such
depth.
West End Cons.