The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

1880 tons, the Jim Butler 500 tons,
the West End 1868 tons, the Mac
Namara 315 tons,' the Montana 116
tons, the Rescue 1872 tons, and the
North Star Sc tons, making the total
production for the week 341 tons,
the estimated value being $685.
This valuation is calculated on the
gross milling value of the ore.
The usual amount of interest
which has been attached to the re-
cent discovery of the downward ex-
tension of the Merger vein on the
16S0-foot level of the Tonopah Ex-
tension Mining company, at a point
much nearer the Victor shaft than
was expected, continues to be mani
tested with every attempt to extend
development work through the
vein.
Such work has been interrupted
after each round of shots, which
have been fired at long intervals,
by a of the increase of water
flowing into the vein, as a conse-
! quence of which it has been neces-
sary to discontinue work after each
round is fired and wait for the wa
ter to decrease in quantity.
The management, however, Is
prompt TO take advantage of every
opportunity to keep going ahead
through the vein, and up to the pres
ent writing has been able to push
into the orebody for a distance OF
IL feet, without as yet intercept
ing the footwall side of the vein.
That the cross-cut has penetrated
for such distance does not mean that
the vein has as yet been demonstrate
ed to have a corresponding width, for
the reason that at the depth where
encountered the vein lies very flat;
therefore, according to the est1-
mates of the company's engineering
corps, the true width shown so far
is about five feet. However. since
the cross-cut still shows ore on all
! sides for the total distance of II
feet. and from top to bottom of the
face it is evident that it still has
further to go before the foot wall is
exposed.
Each few feet of advance made by
the cross-cut adds another foot or
width to the vein, as measured at
right angles to the hanging wall, and
I since exceptionally good values were
found in the ore on the several oc-
| casions when assays were taken
from the advancing face, the proving
up of further width means the dem
onstrat'on of a tremendous amount
of "backs" between the lowest WORT
ing level and the next level above,
which is the 1540-foot level.
These levels are located 14O feet
apart, vertically, but with the vein
descending on a very flat dip, the
length of the orebody on it's incline
NAV be almost double the distance
between levels vertically.
TOnOpah Belmont
Tonnage and bullion for Septem-
Der: Number dry tons milled, 49,
100; number ounces gold bullion
produced, 1,6O2.197; number ounc-
es silver bullion produced, 1867
1866; net profit for September,
%1O2,742.24.
That the excellent conditions mani
tested for many months previously
have continued in the Tonopah Bel
mont Development company is dem
o~nstrated by a perusal of the earn
ing figures shown above. The av-
erage, as compared with the previ-
Gus month, has been fairly well sus-
tanned, there having been a lesser
tonnage by $40 tons in October as
against the 1890 tons milled in
September.
With regard to the operations OF
the company at it's local property,
the eport shows little change or de-
Walton as compared with those is
sued in recent weeks. Development
! work continues to go ahead along
the well-established lines of prog
ress, and prospecting work is being
extended as rapidly as possible in
various sections of the property,
both for the purpose of recovering
portions of veins which have been
cut off by faults and to open up
blocks of ground which have here
tofore been undisturbed.
Construction work on the add
| tional equipment for the mill is also
proceeding satisfactorily, and it Is
probable that within a month the
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