The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-06-01

reported, with very little change in
conditions, the 2-foot face of mill
ing grade ore which still shows in
the face of the stope producing the
regular tonnages of mill ore.
On the 34O-foot level. the east
intermediate drift in the footwall
of the Valley View vein, was car
ried ahead on a width of milling
grade ore that averaged between 1
TO IL feet, until late in the week,
when work was discontinued for
the present and Stopping operations
started above the drift. So far as
the stopping work has been carried,
it shows about the same conditions
as have been disclosed in the drift.
Tonopah Extension
The first cleanup during the
month of May at the Tonopah Ex-
tension Mining company's mill was
completed last week, and a ship
nient, consisting of 26 bars of gold
and silver bullion, with a weight of
$3.50 ounces, was sem to the
shelters on the Pacific coast for
further refining and marketing.
The company estimates the valua-
ton of this last shipment from the
mill to be approximately 100000.
Development work has been
speeded up at both sections of the
Extension mine, with the result that
a much greater footage than has
been recorded for some weeks was
accomplished.
The total amount of work was
1877 feet, of which, 80 feet was
made in the No. 2 shaft section of
the mine, and 1O7 feet in the Vic
tor ground, including a small foot
age which was recorded with the
resumption of work in an inter-
mediate drift to the east leading
fl ON 1901 winze, the advance at
this point being s feet for the
week.
The bulk of the work, as per-
formed in this portion of the COM
pany's estate, as in previous weeks,
was on the 16S0-foot level, and the
development work has in most in
stances proved to be fully al salts
factory in results achieved as set
out in preceding reports.
With the enlargement of the
scale of operations in the way of
development and exploration, not
so much attention was paid to the
Stopping work. The tonnages hoist
ed and sent to the mill during this
period were 2159, a decrease of
about 22O tons as compared with
the previous weeks record.
The slopes in both sections of the
mine show practically the same
conditions as have been reported in
prior periods, and ore of milling
grade continues to be extracted in
normal quantities from each of the
Stopping areas on the Lower Con-
tact vein, the Merger vein, and the
Murray vein, with some work re-
ported as having been done in the
o. X. stope on the 1440-foot level.
The detailed report of operations
shows the following progress to
have been made:
In the No. 2 shaft section of the
mine, on the 6O0-foot level, opera
tons were suspended in Gal drift
during the week, and the efforts of
the company were confined to stop
in on the Lower Contact vein.
There have been no substantial
changes in the conditions at this
place, the vein still showing a B.
foot width and yielding ore of mill
ing grade and the usual volume
of ore for the mill having been ex-
tracted.
Jim Butler Mine
The probabilities are excellent
that the Jim Butler Tonopah Min
ing company will have a very pros
Porous year during 1918, as exem-
plified by the increase that has been
reported in the earnings since the
opening month of the present year.
Owing to the fact that repair work
on a big scale was under way in
January, the company had little
chance to carry on production work
with the consequence that the
earnings for that month were only
s3,01O.
In February, however, they had
increased to $13,071, and. in March
they jumped to $3S,S35, nearly
three times as much as those re-
ported in the preceding month.
ADriPs profits amounted to $46,-