The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-02-17

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were kept dropping and that 1909
IONS of ore were put through the
mill. The ore had an average value
OF $40.
Development work at the local
mine is progressing in a tanner
that is considered satisfactory in all
respects, though during the past
week the footage record took quite
a drop from the high figures re-
ported in the several weeks imme-
diately preceding the present report
period. The bulk of the work, ac-
cording to the statement made by
the management covering the pres
ent weeks operations, vas done at
the ~Sandgrass claim, which recently
had its shaft lowered to the 1146-
foot level. The increase in footage
at this portion of the mine presages
an active campaign of development
looking to the opening up of ore
bodies which have been demon
strated in adjoining properties to
have great width and excellent
value.
Only 217 feet of work was done
during the past week, as compared
with the figures of SIG and 430
mentioned in the two reports i'm
mediately preceding this weeks. OF
this total, % feet was made at the
workings on the 400, 500 and 900
foot levels of the Mizpah claim; IS
feet of new ground was broken in
the Silver Top portion of the mine;
and 1O7 feet of development work
was accomplished in the Sandgrass
claim on the three levels which are
at present being worked.
= The details of the mining opera
tions for the past week are chron-
icled in the following report issued
by the company:
At the Silver Top territory, there
is no work going IN, either by way
of stopping or development, at the
levels above the 450-foot depth,
such work having been discontinued
several weeks ago.
On the last named level, however,
the usual amount of work in the
way of production was accom-
plished, a continuation of the stop
ing operations being noted on the
hanging-wall streak of the Burro
No. 4 vein as well as on the Valley
View footwall vein, at which latter
place development work in recent
weeks has opened up a nice show
ing of mill grade rock. In the stope
on the first mentioned vein, extrac-
ton work proceeded across a width
Of between 8 and 4 feet of milling
ore, while on the Valley View vein
the width of 2 feet, which was req
ported in our previous issue, has
been well maintained. All the ore
brought down in these slopes is
being sent to the mill, it's values
making it available for reduction
and treatment.
There was no development work
accomplished on this level during
the week, the efforts of the manage
ment having been confined to the
stopping operations stated above.
On the 640-foot level, the week
marked the completion of some Of
the projects which have been under
way for some weeks. Raise 652,
which has been going up on the
South Dipping vein for the purpose
of proving the extension of the ore
body from the 9Th to the 5th level,
finally made connections with the
drift above. and after holing
through the company started stop
ing operations from the raise. So
far, the stope has shown practically
the same width disclosed in the
raise as it made progress toward
the upper level. that is. about 2
feet.
Other work on this level resulted
in the disclosure of promising indi-
cations that orebodies in unpros-
pected portions of the territory will
be uncovered. A raise has been pro-
jected in the footwall of the Burro
No. 4 vein, this latter raise being
designated as No. ga, and during
the week it encountered a body of
quartz between 3 and 4 feet in
width, carrying low values. Further
work in the raise may develop this
quartz showing into pay ore. and
with this object in view the nae
ment is prosecuting operations with
vigor. The streak of quartz, while
in the footwall of the vein itself,
lies on the hanging-wall of the
streak encountered last week, men
ton of which was made at that
time. and it is thought that it is
the real h~anging-wall branch of the
Rurro No. 4 vein. Raise GAG, from
the east end of the stope on the