The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
T0NOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS

ing 1000 tons. the Tonopah Extern
sion $3.50 tons. the Jim Butler 500
tons. the West End 1884 tons, the
Rescue 1872 tons, the Montana 100
tons. and the Cash Boy So tons,
making the total production for
the week 1920 tons, the estimated
value being S107,22O., This valua.
ton is calculated on the gross mill
ing value of the ore.
The Tonopah Extension Mining
company is devoting a great DIAL
of its energy towards the compile
ton of the new station at the 1880
foot level in the Victor ground.
This work has been in progress for
a few weeks past and when finish
ed, which should be within the
very near future, will permit the
exploration of the company's estate
at a depth of 140 feet lower than
the former Victor workings.
The Victor shaft, by the way, is
noted as one of the boldest engin-
eering feats attempted in the state
of Nevada. Conceived with a de-
finite purpose in view, and driven
in the faith hat at its then lowest
projected depth it would furnish
an outlet for immense tonnages of
ore lying beneath the old and the
new shaft workings of the original
Extension company, the shaft was
sunk to a depth of 1910 feet, plus
the necessary stump depth, before
the management attempted to cut
a station and undertake any lateral
work. The tremendous output that
was hoisted through the shaft, fol-
lowing it's completion and the tap
ping of the big Murray vein at this
depth, fully justified the faith of
the company in undertaking the
gigantic task.
The further deepening of the
Victor shaft and the subsequent
lateral work which will be started
in the direction of the big veins of
the Extension company, will un-
doubtedly prove that the real ex-
tent of the ore bodies, both as to
depth and length have never been
fully approximately; and with such
facts absolutely proven, the Tono-
pah Extension will again rank as
one of the most sensational pro-
ducers of the state.
The weekly report of the progress
at the mine shows that while the
usual stopping work was carried on
at all the levels from the ITO
down to the 1440, a lesser amount
of development work was performed,
as compared with previous weeks.
The total tonnage for the week was
115, of which there was SO feet
made at the No. 2 shaft workings
and 70 feet in the Victor territory.
AT the latter portion OF the mine,
of course, much of the attention of
the management was devoted to the
work of cutting the 16S0-foot sta
tion in the Victor shaft.
Tonopah Belmont
A concrete Illustration of the man
ner in Which the advancing price of
silver has benefited the silver pro-
ducers of Tonopah is furnished by
the latest statement of the monthly
earnings of the Tonopah Belmont
Development company. AS shown
by the above figures, a tonnage less
than was produced and milled in
May by nearly 1000 tons, resulted in
an increase of profit of nearly $S,-
500.
The corresponding figures. for May
We're: Tons milled, 12.356; gold
bullion produced, 2.122,967 ounces;
silver bullion, POS, O30.99 ounces;
net profit, $9~S,525.95. A compari-
son of the figures will show that
though the number of ounces of gold
and silver produced as a result of
mill treatment averaged up to the
general production, the earnings
from a decreased milling We're nearly
10 per cent greater than in the pre-
ceding month.
Work at the local property was
confined to the Sth, 9th, 10th and
18th levels. with some work CON
tinuing on the intermediate level
between the two first named. Sat-
isfactory progress is reported to have
been made at all the working faces
in the mine, and the production from
the slopes, big and little, resulted
in the sending of normal tonnages
to the mill.
Tonopah Mining Co.
The report of mill operations for
the week ending July IA shows that
an average of "a stamps We're kept
dropping and that 1900 tons of ore
of the average value of $12 per ton
were put through the mill.
Not so much was accomplished
during the past week in the way of
development as has been recorded
in preceding weeks, the total for
the period covered by the present