The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-07-20

sion 1899 tons, the Jim Butler $50
tons. the West End Oil tons. the
Halifax SIS tons, the Montana 157
tons, the MacNamara els tons q
weeks), and miscellaneous % tons,
making the total production FOR the
week 9,73S tons, the estimated value
being $165,546. This valuation is
calculated on the gross milling value
of the ore.
On July 9th the Tonopah Mining
company shipped to the smelter Is
bars of silver-gold bullion, with an
estimated value of $4,000. This
shipment accrues from the cleanup
of the June mill run. This entire
amount comes from the dump ores
of the company that were treated
at the Millers plant, a the entire
output of the underground work.
ings is sent to the Belmont mill at
Tonopah for reduction. >
A few more weeks will see the
end of the huge ore dump, which
for many years lay on the surface
of the company's estate, near the
Mizpah shaft, undisturbed. For a
long time it was a matter of con-
lecture as to whether or not the
dump could ever be worked at a
profit, but the recent advance in the
price of silver, when the government
fixed it as a flat price of 81 per
ounce, by agreeing to buy the entire
output for several years at that
price, has removed all doubt, and
for some months this dump ore has
been treated at the company's
plant at Millers, Nevada, at salts
factory profit, after paying the costs
of transportation and reduction.
Because the Mizpah dump is
about exhausted, it is no indication
that the Millers plant will not be
kept busy running on ore of this
character, as the immense dump at
the Silver Top will supply this in
stitution for some time in the flu
ture.
The developments in the mine are
about the same as reported for the
past few weeks, without any occur
renee of special interest. The foot
age recorded at the various work
ings is somewhat less than usual,
which, no doubt, is due to the in
terruption of work caused by the
Fourth of July occurring in the
week for which this report is made.
The total footage made at all the
underground workings amounted to
AZ feet, which is divided as fol-
lows:
Silver Top 26 feet; Mizpah work
ings 8 feet, and Sandgrass II feet.
In the Silver Top section, on the
140-foot level, Stopping on the Yer
teal vein continued to make the
usual progress west of the shaft
against 2 feet of ore of milling
grade. The same character of work
is being done on the 240-foot level,
and the stopping operations on the
Vertical vein are proceeding without
interruption. The ore broken from
the slopes is being sem to the Bel
mont mill for treatment.
TonOpah Belmont
On July 6 the Tonopah Belmont
Development company shipped to
the smelter "a bars of silver-gold
bullion weighing 99,711 ounces to-
gether with 80 tons of concentrates.
At the present high price of silver,
it is estimated that the bullion is
worth $1.20 an ounce, which would
return $119,653 for the 99,711 ounc-
es shipped. The concentrates are
estimated to be worth $500 per ton,
or $4,000 for the 80 tons.
When the returns on the bullion
and concentrates are added it brings
the total Shipment up to about $135,-
sos. This is the result of the final
cleanup at the company's mill in
June, and is derived principally
from ore extracted from its own
mine, but, of course, a certain por-
ton of the shipment comes from
ores taken from the Tonopah Min
ing company's property and treated
by the Belmont's milling plant, un-
der contract, which has been in ex-
istence some months between the
two companies, and the products of
the Jim Butler mine.
The tailings ponds of the Bel
mont mill and of the other compan-
les which operate mills in the Tono-
pah district were expected to increase
the bullion output for the fortnight
ly period which has just ended, but
unfortunately a heavy rain occurred