The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-23

ing 1900 tons, the Tonopah Exten
sion 1898 tons, the Jim Butler $50
tons, the West End 947 tons, the
MacNamara 535 tons, the Montana
363 tons, the Cash Boy So tons.
making the total production for the
week 1869 tons, the estimated
value being s1S1,373. This valua-
ton is calculated on the gross mill
ing value of the ore.
Following the enco%untering last
week of the Murray vein at the
16SO-foot level, the cross-cut was
pushed ) feet into the pre-, and OPP
erations were then suspended tenn
~porarily so that a drift to the west,
intended to be driven until 1t
reaches a point below the face of
the intermediate drift, on its course
to the east, attains its objective.
On vertical planes, the cross-cut
is 800 feet distant from the Wine
which was sunk on the Murray vein
from the ~1540-foot level. Up to
date, 255 feet of this distance have
been covered in the intermediate
drift which was extended from the
bottom of the winze.
This makes a total length of As
feet which separate the respective
faces OF the 1880 drift and the in
termediate drift on their different
elevations, and 1t Is expected that
within a few days the workings will
have arrived at their objective
points. With this accomplishment,
the next step will be to put up a
raise from the 16SO-foot level to
connect with the drift above.
The connection will provide plen-
ty of air for the 1880 and the Wine
workings, and allow work to be pro-
secuted more vigorously than is
possible at the present time, the
high temperature on both the levels
COuSLltuLlu6 q ul6 HoAiolNoP ~ OhOS
tual work.
The new discovery amply repays
the Extension for the long, arduous
and expensive campaign of develop
ment which it has been carrying on.
The cross-cut, as stated, has pene-
trated into the vein for a distance
Of 5 feet, where operations were
suspended temporarily so that the
drift might be started. The face of
the cross-cut still shows good mill
ing ore from top to bottom and
from side to side. When the drift
las made a sufficient advance away
from the cross-cut, the latter head
ing will be continued on through
until the footwall of the vein has
been reached.
How far this may be is a matter
of mere conjecture, but taking the
Murray vein showing when it was
developed on the 154O-foot level,
at which depth the vein showed a
width of Over 40 feet in places,
with indications that it vas con-
siderably wider below that level,
the prospects of developing the vein
irto one of the most gigantic pro-
portions ever known in the TOnopah
district are very favorable, accord
ing to the statements of mining
men who have seen the strike.
The Extension is rapidly getting
into shape for much extensive
mining operations than has been
possible heretofore, so far as work
at the 16SO-foot level is con-
cerned. The raise from the west
drift on the Merger vein, which was
pushed ahead as rapidly as possible
in order that connections might be
made with the workings on the
Cash Boy 16OO-foOt level, has
broken through, and a good current
of air is now circulating through
the workings in both properties.
Tonopah Mining Co.
Tonnage and bullion for Febru-
airy are reported as follows: number
of dry tons shipped and milled, A.
$40; number of ounces gold pro-
duced, ~1,157.156; number ounces
silver produced, 09,954.34; Net
profit for February, $3O,175.
AS shown in the above table, the
February profits of the Tonopah
Mining company amounted to 3d.
IT'S. The earnings compare with
the previous month as follows:
Tons of ore milled, $500;
OF gold produced, 1,605.S61; silver
146,476; and net profits, $~56,34O.
Conditions at the mine have pre-
served the same generally satisfac-