The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-16

In the local pTOpeTl1, v
work has proceeded on the same ex-
tensive scale that has been reported
in previous weeks, though within the
past week the greater portion of the
operations has been performed on
the 700, 500 and 900-foot levels,
the uppermost, in particular, record
ing a greater number of headings
than has been the case for many
weeks.
the veins on these levels has beer
uniformly successful in proving up
the extension of the several vein sys-
tens of the property, while explora-
ton work, which has been under
way for some time in cross-cuts at
the various depths, for mining or
prospecting purposes, is showing the
regular footage records.
The prospecting work has, in sew
eral instances, developed showings
that are either available for immedi-
ate development or give good prom
Use of making into important bodies
of ore.
AS given in the official report, n
of these new developments occurred
on the 7OO-foot level, where a pros
pecting cross-cut which had been 60
ing out to search for branches of
the rhyolite vein, has cut several
stringers of ore. Though of low
grade, the indications are of a prom
Using nature, and the work Is going
ahead as rapidly as possible to de-
termine the extent of the discover
les. Development work will be
started up within the near future If
the conditions warrant.
Another important piece of work
has been in a .cross-cut on the 800
foot level, which cat the South vein
at an entirely new place anG entered
i. for a distance of eight feet show
ing a full width CT meduun-gfade
ere. The vein is nearly vertical,
this determining the width to re
fully as great as the distance which
the cross-cut has ~traversed since en-
countering the first wall of Inc
vein.
On the 7OO-foot level, 721 east
drift from north cross-cut 702, on
the Shoestring vein, continued its
advance on a two-foot face Of good
grade ore. North cross-cut 1874,
from east drift 7O3, which is pros
pecting for branches of the rhyolite
vein system, made good Roadway
through West End rhyolite, and dur
ing the week cut several streaks of
low-grade ore
Jim Butler Mine
With the completion recently of
the extensive repair work at the
Jim Butler Mining company. and
particularly in the Desert Queen
section of the mine, development
work has been going forward on a
broader scale than has been report
ed for more than a month past. For
the present, the work is being done
only on the fourth level at that Sec
ton of the mine.
An interesting development oc-
Cured during the week. when cross
cut 400. which was started a few
weeks ago, encountered a vein that
is three feet in width and carries
fair values. So far as known, the
vein is not correlated with anything
ever found at this depth, and until
further work is done on it it will
probably not be known what relation
it bears to the other vein systems
of the property.
In another cross-cut, No. 40,
which has been going out from east
drift 4O1 to pick up a faulted seq
ment of the South vein. the top Of a
vein about Is inches in width was
encountered. The ore, as shown by
the assays taken. is of fair grade.
There has been no change of any
kind in south cross-cut All, which
is being driven from east stope No.
8 into the footwall of the South vein
for mining purposes. The cross-cut,
which was extended the regular dis
lance during the week, is cutting
through trachyte.
West End Cons.
The exceptional success with
which the West End Consolidated
Mining company is meeting in the
development of its orebodies. par
ticularly in the Ohio ground, and
in the milling of its product, is e
emplified in the report issued by
the company as to its latest clean
up, which was made early this
week. the bullion resulting there