The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-23
T0N0PAH DIVIDE
HAS BIG VEINS
REPORT SAYS ORE WILL BE
TREATED By CON-
~SOLIDATED

The plans of the Tonopah Divide
Mining company, which include the
proving up of the immense vein
recently developed on the go and
the 170-foot levels, are taking more
concrete shape.
1t has been necessary to provide
more adequate equipment to on
duct mining operations in economi-
cal, miner-like fashion, but pending
the installation of the additional
machinery the company Is going
ahead with its development work
tor the purpose of proving up suffi-
cient tonnage to justify 1t in bring
ing a spur from the T. & G. rail-
road, which runs within three miles
of the Divide, so as to provide an
easy outlet for the pres from the
district.
The reports of progress as the
work has been prosecuted on the
270-foot level, according to the Of
fetal statement of the company, re-
veal a truly phenomenal condition.
From the point where the vein was
encountered on this level, a drift
has been run to the east for a dis
lance of 80 feet, showing a contin-
uation of ore of uniform excellent
grade. A drift in the opposite d.
rection, namely, to the west, has
been advanced something over 10
feet, and shows the same encourag-
ing conditions.
AS reported last week, the vein
on the 27O level has been cross-cut
for SO feet advanced 80 feet, at IN
intermediate point another cross-cut
has been driven through the ore
over As feet with no indication as
yet of the wall rock. The report
of the company verifies the local
public rumor to the effect that the
ore in both cross-cuts maintains its
uniform excellent average.
Tonopah Divide stock has been
the principal trading feature in the
mining markets for the past week,
particularly in San Francisco, the
stock having risen from below so
cents to $3.50 within the past few
days. This seems to be attributable
largely to the fact that the ore car
ries a high percentage of molybde-
mum in different combinations, and
the public Is well aware that mo-
lybdenum Is vitality needed by the
government in the manufacture of
h~igh-grade steel so indispensable
iii connection with war necessities.
There Is a great deal of floating
rumor, apparently from reliable
sources, to the effect that at an
early date arrangements will be
completed for reducing the ores of
the Divide property in the mill of
the Goldfield Consolidated. and it
is in line with this theory that early
activities are expected in the mat
ter of building the railroad spur so
as to facilitate the quick transpor-
tation Of the ore from the Divide
property to the Consolidated mill
at Goldfields
1t is also reported as a matter of
additional interesting news, that
plans have been considered for the
construction of a large ~concentrat-
ing plant at the property, with a
view of reducing the ore to an ideal
condition for treatment in the Gold
field Consolidated mill, which in all
other respects is especially equip
ped for handling an immense ton
rage.
Very great interest has conferred
during the past two weeks around
the affairs of the Gold Zone prop
erty, which lies Immediately con-
! tiguous to the Divide mine. The
Gold Zone of late has gone through
the usual untoward experiences that
generally accompany the rehabilita-
ton of an old mining corporation
whose stock has passed through nu-
merous hands.
The company officially reports,
however, hat it has succeeded in
untangling all legal and other diff
culties preparatory to a special
stockholders meeting to be held on
March %, at which it is planned
to arrange for listing the stock on
the San Francisco exchange and
take other important action which
will. result in the immediate start
ing of mining operations on a scale