The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-06-15

surface.
BY making use of the entire
battery of pumps double the pre-
sent water flow can be handled with
ease. The bulk of the water came
from the face Of the north cross
cut from the fifth level in the
development of the block of the
Morning Glory limestone, the foot
wall of this limestone having been
reached by the cross-cut. However
so far it has been impossible to
proceed further with the cross-cut
until the water has drained out
of the section of the mine.
Due to the water pressure 1t was
necessary to PLUG tn Grill holes or
ihe last round drlllGl n the lace OF
the cross-cut. sCae Nater is o di'
Il finishing fast enough anu in a few
more DAYS further development Will
be prosecuted into the footwall OF
the limestone block.
Practically the entire water pro-
duced in the mine now comes o
tie. face Of tic north crosS-cui, the
east orebody only making about 20
gallons per minute at present. In
connection with the prospective mill
for the Consolidated, at the Gold
field Consolidated assay office a
chemical analysis of the average
ores produced from the east orebody
from different levels in the mine
is being made to determine upon n
bst process to install.
The new ore just developed from
the fifth level so far is proving to
be of Just as free character as from
the fourth level, carrying a high
percentage of gold content in free
gold that will all be saved by the
straight amalgamation process. AS
theer is estimated to be $4,000 ton
of ore developed from the lower lev
els, 1t would seem as IL a mill
suitable for treating this ore would
Drove SulllClcnI " q WhAiO ~ AO~SS
Union Amalgamated
The working shaft Of the Anal
gamated has now reached a point
60 feet below the 600 level, and
is timbered to within n set of n
bottom. The past week has seen
20 feet added to the depth of n
shaft with three shifts of miners
working therein. A very hard rib
of ouartzite has been crossed
through during the week. but at the
present the ground is softening and
a better rate of speed is being made.
The main cause of delay in the
rate of speed has been due to the
fact that the shaft is an incline and
not vertical, making it harder to
muck" out the bottom and load
into the mine skip. Since sinking
was resumed in the shaft 80 feet
has been made. There is nothing
further of interest to report in con-
nection with the mine, as no lateral
development is being carried on
due to the fact that the surface
plant is not sufficiently large to
hoist muck from both the shaft bot
tom and from intermediate levels.
Big Pine
The milling operations on the
Big Pine property milling the over
size ore dump which accumulated
during the past three years opera
lions of the mine and mill is prov
ing eminently satisfactory to the
operators, John Salisbury and c. F
W:ttenberg.
To date 1880 tons of this over
hize ore has psssed through the null
and after deducting all expenses in
connection with handling and treat
ment is showing a very nice net
profit. To show the cheapness OF
operation it should be mentioned
that the average total costs per
day are $3.50 and the average
tonnage treated is $40 tons, which
shows an average cost per ton Of SS
cents.