The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-04-28

the matter of earnings, in March as
compared with the preceding month.
A greater tonnage was extracted
from the mine and put through the
mill, and the grade of the ore was
improved over 25 per cent above
milling processes resulted in the
production of 1926 ounces OF
gold and silver bullion, with a
total value of $141,225, as against
the 105,670 ounces valued at $780,
600 produced during the previous
month. The net profits from the
treatment and shipment of the
mines output were S5S,2O0, as COM
pared with the $4,000 earnings
made in February.
Reports from the east state that
the milling plant of the Eden Min
ing company at Nicaragua, one of
the subsidiaries of the Tonopah Min
ing company, was started on March
first, with the officials of the COM
pany present to observe the results.
With the coming of spring, OPP
erations at the placer property of
the Tonopah Placers company, an
other subsidiary of the Tonopah
Mining company, will be resumed.
No definite news, however, has been
received as yet from the Brecken-
ridge district, where the dredges
operate.
The report of mill operations for
that an average of 62 stamps were
kept dropping and that 1890 tons
of ore were milled, averaging $40
in value.
Development work at the local
property of the company was cur
tailed to some extent, and onse-
quently the big footages of the pre-
ceding weeks were not recorded.
The reduction in the amount of
development work occurred at the
Silver Top and Sandgrass workings,
that in the Mizpah claim amounting
to about the usual figure. The
footages are as follows: At the
Mizpah claim, 68 feet; at the Sill
yer Top territory, 1O4 feet, and in
the Sandgrass claim, 1O1 feet, max
ing a total of 273 feet.
The report of mining operations
at the several sections of the mine
in detail, follows:
At the Silver Top shaft workings
on the 240-foot level, a constant
improvement has taken place in the
raise in the hanging-wall of the
Valley View vein since the previous
report was made as to conditions
at this point. The extension of
the raise during the present week
has resulted in the development of
a 2-foot width of ore that has re-
gained it's excellent values, and the
rock that is being broken down
from this width is going to the mill
as good grade ore.
On the 540-foot level, the south
crosscut from the drift workings on
the South Dipping vein also made
the usual satisfactory progress dur
ing the week. Nothing of value has
been encountered as yet in the
crOsscut, which is prosecuting the
ground to the south of the vein,
and the face of -the working con-
tinues to advance in waste material.
There has been little or no change
shown in the excellent conditions
which have formerly attended the
prosecution of work in the stope
on the Burro No. A vein. The vein
at the point where the stopping work
is advancing continues to hold it's
width of A to 5 feet, and all the
rock broken down from this width
is reported to be of good milling
grade.
~jective of raise 644 was accom-
plished when it finally connected
with the workings on the level
above. AS soo as it had made the
connections, preparations were made
for the stopping of ore from the
raise, and this work is now proceed
ing on between 3 and 4 feet of
quartz which carries good average
values. The improved condition in
the stOpe over that prevailing in
the raise, which went up on a width
of about 2 feet. is very gratifying,
and leads to the hope hat still fur
ther improvement in the matter of
widths may occur. The regular ad-
ditional height was given to the
raise which is being sent up in the
footwall of the Valley View vein,
with values becoming greater as
further height is attained. There has
been no change in the width of the
quartz streak which is being fol-
lowed by this last mentioned raise,
it holding at about l foot across.
Such good progress has been made
in extending the raise that it is
thought probable that it will con-