The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-19
TONOPAH DEVELOPMENTS
SET FORTH IN REPORTS

mill 1859 tons, the Tonopah Min
ing 1850 tons, the Tonopah Extern
sion 23SO tons, the Jim Butler Az
tons, the West End 1919 tons, the
MacNamara 416 tons, the Montana
100 tons, the Rescue sc tons, the
Midway as tons, the Halifax Sc
tons, making the total production
for the week 1O,423 tons, the esti-
mated value being s1S2,4O3. This
valuation is calculated on the gross
milling value of the ore.
Thirty-five bars of gold and sill
YER bullion were produced by the
Tonopah Mining company at its
milling plant at Millers as the re-
suit of the final cleanup for De-
cember. The bars were shipped to
the smelters on the coast on last
Sunday, and are conservatively
estimated to be worth approx
mately s67,500.
Great interest has been mani
tested in the announcement that
the Tonopah Mining company had
entered into arrangements with the
Tonopah Belmont Development
company for the milling of part of
it's product at the Belmont's local
plant, and everywhere it is con-
ceded that the Tonopah Mining
company has displayed great wis
dom in its contemplation of the
company's future operations.
Great activity is apparent at the
dumps situated near the Silver Top
and Mizpah shafts, which contain
immense quantities of ore that Is
at present, under the prevailing
prices oil silver, commercially prof
liable. Various estimates have been
made as to how long the cOmpany's
mill will be able to run on the
dump ores, and the most cOnserva-
tive say hat it will take at least
a year to clean up the dump ores
OF the company, figuring the ton
nages put through the mill on the
basis of shipments of 800 tom per
day.
The report of mill operations for
the week ending Jan. 5th, shows
that an average of rs stamps were
kept dropping and that 24OO tons
of ore, of the average value of
$3.50 were put through the mills.
Development work exceeded, in
footage, the results of the previous
week, a total Of lis feet of new
ground having been broken during
the week. OF this amount, 81 feet
of advance was made in the Silver
Top territory, and 5S feet in the
Sandgrass claim on the 13OO-foot
level.
In the Silver Top, on the 24O-
foot level, the company is now car
rying on stopping operations on the
vein north of the shaft, at which
UOluL IhCIC 10 q L
milling grade ore showing.
On the 34O-foot level, the raise
on the Burro No. 2 vein has been
steadily going up on a 2-foot face
of milling grade ore. The raise will
probably connect with the level
above during the coming week, and
already the tonnages that have been
developed by means of the raise
have been very satisfactory.
Tonopah Belmont
The last bullion run of the To-
nopah Belmont Development COM
pany for the year 1917 was made
at the company's mill a few days
ago, representing the cleanup for
the last half of the month of De-
cember. In addition to making a
shipment of 81 bars of gold and sill
yer bullion, which weighed 93,197
ounces, AZ tons of concentrates
were shipped to the smelter. The
metal contents of the bullion bars
is estimated to be worth SlOz,olo.-
70, Appropriated on the price of
silver prevailing within the past
week, and the concentrates, which,
with their pr~eponderance of silver
content, take on value proportion
ately as the quotations for silver
improve, have an estimated valua-
ton of ~$19,350. The two consign-
ments therefore possess a value
conservatively estimated at $121,-
S66.7O.
The final cleanup of the year,
therefore, according to the figures
presented above, was we'll up to the
general average of the year. There
were man clean-ups, particularly
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