The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
TONOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS

Mining 5000 tons, the Tonopah Ex-
tension 23S0 tons, the Jim Butler
52i tons the West End Ills tons
the MacNamara SIS tons, the Cash
Hoy SIS tons, and miscellaneous Sc
tons, making the total PRODUCT N
,or the week 10,137 tC1s. the Cs-
timated value being $172,329.
The immense output of ore that
the Tc.,opah Mining company is
making, from the surface dumps
as we'll as from the several Slopes
that are being worked in the mine,
is shown in the shipment record;
of the past several weeks. Last
weeks total output was $3.50 tons,
and the week before $500.
Reported in detail. the weeks
work was as follows:
In the Silver Top section of the
mine, on the 140-foCt level, there
was no development work under
taken, but with the finishing of
some of the preparatory work
which has been under way at other
points, stopping was resumed on the
vein north of the shaft, where 2
factory profit is being shown from
the production work, the greater
rart OF which ome from the
dumps and is treated at the com
pany's mill at Millers. The bal
auce, consisting of ore from the
mine, is milled at the Belmont mill
at Tonopah.
Very little change has been
manifested at any of the develop
ment or prospect workings that
are being continued under the in
tensive plan of mining that has
been under way for some time.
On the 34O-foot level, the only
work continued during the week was
that of stopping, on the Burro No. 4
vein, and in the filled stope on the
Valley View vein. In the stope on
the first named vein there has been
no change either as regards width of'
the vein or the values returned from
assays. the stope advancing continu-
ously on a two-foot width of milling
ore. In the filled stope on the Val
ley View vein the hanging wall con-
tinues to furnish a good grade OF
milling ore across a width OF sew
eral feet.
On the 44O-foot level, raise 4S4,
going up from the south cross-cut at
a point west of the shaft, was ad-
vanced the usual distance and has
just entered the footwall of the Val
ley View vein. The encOuntering of
several stringers of quartz under the
vein is a promising indication, and
the work will be continued to deter
mine whether such showings will
lead to anything important. West
drift AZ, which was started a short
time ago on some stringers of ore,
has developed a one-foot width of
ore that returns milling values. The
regular progress was made in push
ing the drift ahead.
There is no stopping going on at
the present time.
TOnopah Extension
The Extension mill, from its first
bi-weekly run of February, produc-
ed 23 bars of bullion, weighing A.
5S5 ounces. The shipment was made
to the smelters on February 20, and
the valuation placed upon it by the
company officials is $4,000.
With respect to the mining opera
lions at the property, the greatest
interest now attaches to the work In
the main south cross-cut from the
Victor shaft on the 16SO-foot level,
which is making extraordinary prog
ress week after week, in it's effort
to reach the downward continuation
of the Murray vein.
Considerable speculation is al
ready being INDUCED in by local
mining men as to. whether the Muir
ray vein, like the other two that
were pierced by the cross-cut, will
be reached sooner than expected.
AS will be remembered, the Mer-
ger vein was intersected 100 feet
nearer the shaft than the calcula-
tons of the engineers led them
to expect, this being due to the
fact that below the 1540-foOt level
the vein was found to have flatten-
ed to a considerable degree.
After leaving the Merger vein,
the cross-cut was headed toward
the O. X. vein, and this too was en-
countered a week or two sooner
than expected. Whether the Muir
ray vein will likewise be found to
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