The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-06

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: cut is following the Shoestring vein.
Tonopah Extension
The report of mining operations
at the Tonopah Extension Mining
company's property for the week
ending Dec. % showed the usual
steady progress to have been ac-
complished at each portion of the
mine, and, as was the case with
other properties in the Tonopah dis
tIict, work would have continued
Immediately after the Christmas
holidays had it not beer for the in
terruption created by the failure of
power.
In addition to causing a suspen-
sion of operations, lasting from
Sunday morning until Thursday
afternoon, at the No. 2 and Victor
workings, a more serious interior
epce was caused in the work of
sinking the Victor shaft.
The increased flow of water which
came in the shaft several weeks ago
had been taken care of by the equip
lCNSllllg oIi Illl
standing that the conditions attend
ing the prosecution of this work
were moi as favorable for sinking
a. exist at other shafts in the camp,
a very satisfactory rate of progress
vas recorded during the weeks when
operations continued without inter
ruption.
When the power lines from Bis
hop were blown down and electric
service was checked. the sinking
pumps in the Victor shaft we're fore
e. to quit, and as a consequence
the water rose rapidly in the shaft
until the 1540-foot level was reach
ed. From this point, the water
spread throughout the workings on
that level, but the rise was dimin-
ished by reason of the grade in the
workings leading from the shaft.
This grade is about one foot tC
every 100, consequently when the
water was 3 feet above the sta
ton level, it had entered the work
ings for a distance of only about
ooo lCCG' IHclS arc lnouSdHuS VI
feet of workings in the Victor ter
ritory on the 1540-foot level, all OF
them of ample proportions; there
fore it would have taken a long
time for the water, at the rate of
flow shown, to have entirety flood
ed this level.
The two big station pumps or the
$40 were installed on concrete piers
about 6 feet above the level, and
now that electric service has been
restored it is expected thai the I'M
watering of the shaft will proceed
rapidly. In the meantime, through
the courtesy of the Tonopah Mining
company, a No. 9 sinking pump has
been furnished to aid in the pro-
cess.
The management states hat there
will be practically no interruption
to other workings either in the Vic
tor territory or at the No. 2 shaft
while the shaft is being unwatered
Jim Butler Mine
The annual report of the Jim
Fuller company has ben mailed 70
its stockholders. The report covers
the fiscal year ending Sept. 30,
1916, and is Of especial interest
since it shows that from a lesser
output than was reported in the
fiscal year of 1915, the profits wcro
greater by nearly 5000, notwith-
standing the greatly increased cost
of operations, due to the advances in
the price of nearly everything used
in the mine. including machinery,
supplies, powder, tools, etc.
Boiled down, the report states
that 46,4S9 dry tons were shipped
to the Belmont Milling at
Millers, Nevada. valued at S919,-
6C3.90. This made an average OF
Sl9.7S per ton, of a net average
value of $1S.22, after deductions
by the ore purchasers. The aom-
parison with the 1915 figures is
very favorable: during that wear
1898 tons of dry ore were ship
ped averaging $19.25 per ton.
with an average net realization of
$17.51 per ton, or II cents per ton
less thar the average made during
1916.
The metal production from the
above mentioned tonnage was H.
637.4OS ounces of gold and l,055.-
235.11 ounces of silver. The re-
port states: The gross value of the
ore was $919.603.90 q, or Sl9.7S per
ton. So thar, although the actual
metal content per ton "a smaller.
the per ton value was greacn., by
SO cents, as compared with the
$l9.25 per ton average os ,3i5."
Up until the break in tie power
line, the $50 west drift on tie Mon
arch Pittsburg was being advanced