The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09

sion 1880 tons, the Jim Butler 406
tons, the West End 1140 tons, the
MacNamara 1904 tons, the Halifax
81 tons, the Cash Boy 165 tons,
and miscellaneous 80 tons, making
the total production for the week
1908 tons, the estimated value be-
ing $1S7,646. This valuation is
calculated on the gross milling
value Of the ore.
The report of mining operations
for the past week at the Tonopah
Mining company is much the same,
in general character, as those that
have been made in the several
weeks preceding it.
In regard to mill operations, the
local officials of the company have
decided that inasmuch as the item
which has heretofore been fur
nished as to the tonnages put
through the mill, the average grade
of ore, number of stamps kept
dropping, etc., does not at the
present time show the true condi-
lions from week to week with re-
spect to the company's operations.
it is best to eliminate this feature
of the weekly reports.
This decision has been reached
largely because of the fact that a
large proportion Of the ore from
the mine Is now being sent to the
Belmont mill at T%onopah, instead
of to the company's plant at Millers
and for that reason it is impossible
to secure accurate data on the
weekly shipments until the returns
have been made by the Belmont
company on the bullion extracted
from the ore shipped to it by the
Tonopah Mining company.
At the Silver Top workings, on
the 240-foot level, stopping on the
new vein north of the shaft con-
tinued under practically the same
conditions as reported previously,
the vein being 2 feet wide and
yielding mill values.
On the 34O-foot level, the stope
on the Valley View vein west of
the shaft was carried ahead, show
ing a 3-foot face of milling grade
ore continuously during the week.
On the 44O-foot level, there has
been no change shown in the cross
cut to the south from a point west
of the shaft. The usual progress
was made in advancing the face of
the cross-cut.
The stopping on this level was
continued, with no substantial
change showing as the work ad-
vanced, the Valley View and the
Burro No. 4 vein yielding the usual
average tonnages from their re-
spective 2-foot widths of milling
grade ore.
On the 540-foot level, the raise
on the Beta Fault vein connected
with an old stope on the footwall
of the vein and was discontinued.
Stopping on the Beta Fault vein was
carried on as usual, several feet of
quartz carrying occasional punches
of good grade ore making the whole
mass available for milling.
TOnopah Extension
Development work on the Victor
vein, lying between the Merger and
the o. K. veins on the 16SO-foot
level from the Victor shaft, has
been started, both to the east and
to the west, and during the week
a total distance of 33 feet was
made in opening up the vein, 8 feet
OF which was in the east drift, and
"a feet towards the west from the
cross-cut. In both faces, the vein
holds a width of 3 feet, and milling
grade ore is being extracted from
the development work.
The west drift on the Merger vein
also made splendid progress, with a
two-foot face of milling grade ore.
Owing to the roll which frequently
occurs in the vein at this level, as
demonstrated during the course of
the west drift, the widths OF the
vein as reported in successive weeks
have varied considerably. The roll
in the vein across the drift to get
into the footwall of the vein, where
upon it is found necessary to turn
the course of the drift toward the
ore.
With the starting up of work on
the Victor vein, the company has
been enabled to prosecute develop
ment on the o. X. vein. This work
was commenced early in the present
rroob and of tho Tina IF maxim the