The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-01-06
TONOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS

j O sou IONS, the Jln bulleI 1JN
tons. the West End 2O6 tons, the
Rescue 1877 tons, the Halifax 81
tens, the Montana III tons, and
the Midway 80 tons, making the
total production for the week 345l
tons. the estimated value being S6S,-
62O. This valuation is calculated
or the gross milling value of the
ore.
The Tonopah Mining companys
operations. like those of every other
mine in the Tonopah district, with
the exception of the Midway, which
uses steam power, were suspended
for a period Of four days during
the past week while the power lines
ing repaired, the violent windstorm
on Sunday morning having broken
the poles for a distance of several
miles.
Ordinarily. the electric storage
plant would have been ample to
supply enough electricity for lights,
etc. for several days, but when the
power lines were broken, one of the
milling plants at Millers utilized all
tie surplus power in an effort to
keep the reduction work going, and
IN consequence the mining company,
from Monday morning until Thurs
day afternoon, was in the same
position as the rest of the mines,
and all operations were at a com
plete ~standstill.
The above condition resulted in
a total suspension of work at the
Sandgrass shaft, where sinking OPP
erations had been started only a
short time before; in fact, only a
couple of rounds had been shot i'll
the bottom of the shaft when the
power went off.
Since the lines have been repair
ed. it is now expected that sinking
operations will go forward at the
regular rate of speed, and providing
no further incidents of an unto
ward nature occur, the shaft VIII
make rapid Roadway until it's OBJ
~jective is reached.
1t has been impossible to take
measurements of the work perform
ed up to the beginning of this week,
but it is stated that the footage
made during the weekly period was
fully up to the average of the COM
pany.
The report of mill operations OF
the Tonopah Mining company for
the week ending Dec. %, shows
that an average of 65 stamps were
kept dropping and that 915 tons
CT ore were put through the mill.
The ore had an average value of
$50 per ton.
At the Silver Top territory, OF
the 34-foot level, contrary to ex-
pectations, the stope on the South
Dipping vein has not yet been work
eG out, and there still remains a
CLaltity of ore to be extracted. AT
the Ilesent time. this work is Dro-
Cee1i. Q against a 8 to 4-foot width
of milling grade ore, lying just un-
der the Gold Hill fault and being
in the extreme western end of the
vein.
TOnopah-BelmOnt
Despite the fact that the mines
and mills operating on the ores
from the Tonopah district were clos
ed down from Dec. "a, when the
power went off, until Thursday
afternoon, the Tonopah Belmont
Development company. ,mme atcll
after the Christmas holidays MADE
itg usual III weekly consignment OF
bullion to the SmelterS.
The lot consisted of 50 bar,
weighing in the aggregate 1858
ounces. At the present valuation
OF the silver contents of the bars
the shipment is worth, conserva.
lively estimated, SOL 1920. "ho
bullion represented the cleanup at
the Tonopah mill for the first half
of December. The report from the
Belmont Milling company has not
been received as yet.
On the 600-foot level, 655 east
drift from $50 north crosscut, on
the South vein, is showing about
112 feet OF medium grade ore.
On the 700-foot level, 1872 north
cross-cut from the east drift from
raise 3 is in Mizpah trachyte, en-
Saged in prospecting for the Shoe
string vein. Southeast cross-cut TIC
from 703 east drift, which is pros
pecting for the faulted segment of
the Rhyolite vein in the hanging
wall of the Belmont fault, is also
in Mizpah trachyte at present.
Southeast cross-cut Ut, being run
from 712 west drift in an effort to
locate other branches of the Rhyo-
lite vein, is likewise making head
way in Mizpah trachyte. Some good
indications have been found N
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