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

foot level of the Victor workings
have attracted many mining and fl
nancial men. During the week E. c.
Smith of the firm of Smith G.
Amann, brokers Of Reno, and John
Tate Milliken "a noted operator of
Colorado, who had charge of one
of the biggest mines in that state,
inspected the newest disclosures in
this, the deepest workings in the
Tonopah district.
Drifts are to be run on the o. K.
and what is to be known as the Vic
tor vein, which is the footwall
branch of the main Merger vein.
What work has been done 30 far in
the o. X. vein, along its course
shows that it preserves all its origi-
nal strength as development is ex-
tended.
The balance of the company's re-
port is much the same as that pub
lished in former weeks. The regu-
lar production was maintained, and
with the addition of higher grade
ore from the bottom level of the
Victor mine there is little doubt
that the average grade of ore treat
ed in the mill will be materially
raised within a shart time.
A greater amount of work was
performed in each section of the
mine during the past week than has
been reported for the preceding
week, the total being 243 feet. OF
this amount, the workings in the
No. 2 territory recorded SIS feet,
and the Victor ground showed an
advance of 1876 feet.
There is not much change else.
where in the mine, as shown in the
following report of mining opera
tions for the period covered by the
report:
At the No. 2 shaft territory, on
the 60O-foot level, GAL raise was
extended a further distance of 10
feet, with no appreciable change
showing during the week. The top
of the raise is still going up in West
End rhyolite.
Tonopah Mining Co.
The first cleanup of the year at
the Tonopah Mining company's mill
at Millers resulted in the produc-
ton of 20 bars of gold-silver bull
lion, which is reported to have a
gross value of $4,000. The ex-
traction of this amount Of bullion
from the dump ores, which consti-
tutes the bulk of the milling mater
ial upon which the plant is now
working, is indicative of the success
with which the company is meeting
in the treatment of its low-grade
ores.
After nearly a week spent in *
aiming into the affairs of the COM
pany and going over mining condi-
operations of the company locally,
]. S. Austin, president of the Tono-
pah Mining company and identified
with other Tonopah and Nevada en-
terprises, left for the east on Thurs
day morning, accompanied by w. H.
, Blackburn, who has charge of the
company's affairs in the west.
The earnings of the company for
the quarter ending Nov. 80 amount
ed to $181,788, according to a re-
port published in San Francisco dur
ing the week, which stated that the
profits exceeded those of the pre-
ceding quarter by $30,126.
The report of mil. operations for
the week ending Jan. 10 shows
that an average of 83 stamps were
kept dropping and that 1900 tons
of ore, of the average value of $3.50
were put through the mills.
The completion of some Of the
development work in the Silver Top
section of the mine lowered the
footage record for the work in that
territory, but with the resumption
of work in the cross-cut to the north
on the 13OO-foot level of the Sand
grass claim, a greater amount OF
! development work was recorded in
that portion Of the company's es-
tate.
The footage accomplished in the
Sandgrass vas 81, an increase of
IL feet over that of the preceding
week, and this, with tn. As feet Of
work done in the Silver Top work
ings, shows the total footage for
the week to be 80.
At the Silver Top shaft, on the
240-foot level, stopping was contin-
ued on the new vein north of the
shaft, under practically the same
conditions as have governed ODera-