The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22


case of prospecting and exploration
workings better than the average
fCotage records are being made, as
exemplified by the company in
extending the cross-cut to the south
or the 16SO-foot level from the
Victor shaft.
The weekly report shows that all
the levels of the mine in the No. 2
shaft section, were kept busy ex-
cepting the $50 and $50. In late
weeks, however, the only work that
has been in progress at those
depths was in the way of stopping
on the Murray vein, and it is ex-
pected that when the plans for de-
velopment work have been carried
out on the other levels in this por-
ton of the property operations will
be resumed by way of production
from the veins at both these levels.
Exploration and stopping con-
stituted the major portion of the
work in the past week OF all the
levels where there was n activity
at all, with the exception that on
the 1350-foot level, several drifts
| and one raise were sen ahead on
satisfactory widths of milling grade
ore for the purpose of developing
| the veins on which such workings
are being extended.
TonOpah Belmont
The latest cleanup at the TonO-
pall Belmont Development COM
pany's mills, with more than a %
per cent increase in the value of the
bullion shipped over the clean-ups
that were made previously, de-
notes the strong position which the
company maintains in the mining
Industry.
Compared with the preceding
shipment, comprising % bars of
bullion and q tons of concen-
trates from the Tonopah plant, and
ID bars of bullion from Millers, the
clean-ups for the past two weeks
indicate a substantial appreciation
in the grade of ore treated at the
mills. The improved aspect is con-
firmed by a perusal of the report
of mining operations for the current
week, development work at several
| places il the mine having succeed
ed in opening up bigger and better
widths of ores.
With this last cleanup, the Bel
mont mill at Millers concludes a
long, useful career. Started in the
early days of TonOpah, when high
grade ore was plentiful and the
item of costs was not so closely
watched as in later days, the mill
has turned out thousands of bars
of bullion and year by year it's eff
flciency increased.
Until the discovery of the i'm
mense Belmont vein On the eastern
side of the Mizpah fault, the Bel
mont plant at Millers handled all
the ores of the company; but sub
sequently, the Tonopah mill was
constructed and since hat time the
Millers plant has been kept going on
custom ores, it's principal customer
being the Jim Butler Tonopah Min
ing company.
Now the old mill is to be dis
mantled and it's parts sent to other
districts, where the Belmont COM
pany has secured new property &C
cuisitions; but never again will the
plant as a whole unit be engaged in
treating company ore
The process of taking down the
mill for shiment to Colorado and
California is making good Roadway.
Last week the mill discontinued re-
ceiving ore shipments, the Jim But
Ter company beginning operations
under it's new arrangements with
the Belmont company for the treat
ment of ores at the latter company's
Tonopah plant.
West End Cons.
The formal reports of operations
il. the California claim of the West
Enc Consolidated Mining company
are not sufficient to convey to
those who have never had an OPP
%TGrtunity to investigate the devel-
cpments along the Ohio vein, the
immensely of the ore deposits in
that portion of the property.
The showing in the Ohio territory
Of the West End company exceeds
anything that has been developed in
Ionopah since the first rich finds
made by Jim Butler and his lessees
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