The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-27
TONOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS

have been incentives to stimulate
development work in the COM
pany's local property. The most
interesting field for the prosecu-
ton of explanatory work in recent
times has been in the territory CONT
guous to the Silver Top shaft, which
in other years has furnished the
outlet for a large percentage of the
production of ore from the mine.
Under the present scheme of inten-
sive development of the property,
prospecting work has been forward
ed in the most vigorous and intelli-
gent manner possible to locate and
develop extensions of smaller ore
showings. These did not rank in
Importance with the enormous bod
les of splendid ore that were a
feature of the mining operations of
previous years consequently the les
ser veins were merely designated
on the commercial maps of the
company and are reserved for atteu-
ton in later periods.
Burro No. 4
The results which have attended
the carrying forward of the inten-
sive development plans are, as
proven by the late weekly reports,
of the most satisfactory nature, and
the extension of the work in the
orderly manner that is regularly re-
ported at the main property of the
company is proving beneficial in the
hi0haCf d0Ornn Couora1 finnoc in
late months, the report has been
made of development into a good
width of the veinlet hat had been
the subject of the operations at
those particular times. A concrete
illustration is furnished by the
opening up of a 4-foot width of
milling ore in the hanging-wall of
the Burro No. 4 vein, an orebody
that previously had been instrument
tai in outputting a big tonnage. The
branch of the vein on that side of
the main orebody has been devel-
oped into it's present productive
width, and satisfactory quantities
regularly going forward to the mill
The Development plans at present
under way are de- sued to peua.
trate into blocks CT ground that
were left undeveloped in former
years; and in the Silver Top ground
especially, such work is bearing
fruit. Showings of ore have been
encountered that lend the greatest
possible amount of encouragement,
and that the consummation of the
present plans will bring satisfac-
tory results is almost a foregona
conclusion.
Besides the lateral development
in the Silver Top and Mizpah sec
tons of the property. added pot az
tialities are being given to the work
ings in the extreme western part
Of he company's group. Another
week or 10 days will mark the com
pletion of the shaft-sinking opera
tions in the Sandgrass claim. The
bottom of the shaft is now oppo-
site the point where the station will
be cut. and all that is required now
is IT, sink the shaft a little furth ar
distance for stump purposes. With
the shaft work finished, cutting OF
station will be undertaken at the
present 1140-foot depth, and then
lateral work will be started toward
the veins which have been opene1
Up at other points on the same level
and on upper levels. The bringing
Of the shaft down to the present
depth and the completion of the tat
eral work, which will make connec
ions with workings on the 1140-
foot level, will make for greater
facility in operations for greater ia
cili!y in operations of every sort.
Tonopah Mining Co.
Superintendent w. H. Blackburn
has just returned from a trip tc
Canada The Tonopah Mining com
lany is interested n some min.ra
property above Winnipeg, aul
though information with regard tC
it is of a very meagre character
it is understood to possess great
merit.
The report of mill operations Of
the Tonopah Mining company fol
the week ending January 17tn
shows that an average of 81 stamps
we're kept dropping and that 1000
tons of ore were out through tht
mill. The ore had an average value
of SIS.
Silver Top
A vastly increased amount OF de
u0lAnn,Ant urA.1x ,.a1 pArforno~I -
the local property during the pas
week. The total was 43012 feet
an addition of about 165 feet Over
the average weekly amount of work
in fact the regular average footast
was performed during the pas
maak in the Siluar Ton tnrri1nr,