The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02

been broken during the week in its
advance.
Elsewhere in the mine, the usual
routine has been continued, both
as regards development and pros
pecting work and that of stopping.
The total footage for the week was
211, the greater part of which was
made in the Victor territory, where
169 feet of new ground was brok-
en-. In the No. 2 shaft workings.
AZ feet was added to the total
length of the underground develop
ment, all of it being in the nature
of raises between levels.
Tonopah-B Belmont
The Tonopah Belmont Develop
ment company shipped from it's
Tonopah mill on Wednesday last
81 bars of bullion, with a weight
of 100, 600 ounces, which resulted
from the first cleanup in February.
At the prevailing prices for silver
the bullion has an estimated valua-
ton of $114,450.
At the Belmont shaft. on the
700-foot level, the Shoestring vein
means of east drift 721, going out
from north cross-cut 702. The
width of the orebody showed some
slight decrease as compared with
previous weeks, the vein having
maintained an average width of
about Is inches during the period
covered by the present report.
The ore broken down in these
operations is continuing to show
good values. The purpose of west
1928, being driven from
705 southeast cross-cut to make
connections with the west drift from
raise 5, has not been achieved as
yet. The regular footage has been
maintained, however. No change
OF any character has been shown in
the face of north cross-cut 1924, on
its daily advance from 703 east
drift. :.
The prosecuting work is being
done for the purpose of prospecting
for branches of the Rhyolite vein
system, and has been progressing
in West End rhyOlite since it was
first started.
On the SOO-foot level, the fault
which was encountered last week
in east drift S,019 from south cross
cut SS7, on the Occidental vein,
was solved and the faulted segment
of the vein recovered. Where pick
ed up, the vein was found to be
about l foot in width and to return
medium values.
Development work will be con-
tinued eastward from the fault.
The regular progress was made in
the west drift, No. 5000, going out
along the Occidental vein from the
same above mentioned cross-cut,
the only change that has been re-
being a slight lowering of
the grade of the ore, which is now
classed as medium.
South cross-cut S006 from the
crOss-cut S0O6, which is
being driven for mining purposes,
that Is, to locate the downward
continuation of the South vein On
it's dip from slopes II and Is on
the level above, recorded the usual
footage, but its objective has not
been attained up to the present
date. The conditions showing in
the face of the cross=cut are prac-
tically identical with those reported
previously, and the weeks progress
was made through Mizpah trachyte.
Jim Butler Mine
Following the completion of the
greater part of the repair work in
the Jim Butler Tonopah Mining
company. particularly in the Desert
Queen workings, development and
exploration work is going forward
more vigorously. Operations have
been resumed on the 400-foot level,
by way of a south cross-cut from
west stope 2, which is being driven
for mining purposes. Since being
started, good progress has been
registered in advancing the face of
the cross-cut.
At the same time, south cross
cut 410 was started from east drift
4O1, its purpose being to prospect
for a faulted segment of the South
vein, and this cross-cut is also max
ing good progress.
From east stope 3, another cross
cut to the south, designated as No.
All has been commenced, and is