The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-09

tons, resumed production at the
usual rate Of three carloads per day
and shipped 1859 tons to the Bel
mont mill.
Conditions al the local mine have
been much the same as in past
W .eks, and all the slopes and De
velopment workings, as well as the
crosscuts and raises which are be-
ing projected for exploration opera
lions, have gone ahead at a fairly
good rate. There was no new work
attempted. but one of the crosscuts,
on the 300-foot level from the Miz-
pah shaft, was completed when it
connected with some old workings
back of the caved stope III that c""-
ton of the mine. 1t will not be
possible to undertake new work in
back of the caved ground, but es
yet no definite plans have been
made for the opening up of this
territory.
The footages for the week as re-
ported by the company's engineers,
show that an advance of 81 feet
was made in the Silver Top ground;
"a feet of new ground was broken
in the Mizpah section of the mine;
and the development work in the
Sandgrass claim amounted to 33
feet, making a total of la feet.
In the Silver Top portion of the
mine, the usual stopping work was
continued on the third, fourth and
fifth levels, the conditions remain
ing substantially the same as re-
ported in previous weeks. Each OF
the slopes. disclose identically the
same widths and values, the veins
ranging between two and three feet
in width and yielding ore of good
milling grade. With the resump-
ton of shipments at the ordinary
rate, the stopping work has been en-
larged in each of the slopes in this
and the other sections of the mine.
VCOt II
The development work at the
West End Consolidated was main
tanned without interruption, except
at one place ON the S00-foot level
from the Ohio shaft, when a small
flow of water was encountered that
necessitated the discontinuance OF
work until a stump could be created.
The continued improvement in
the western section of the com
lpany's property, served by the shaft
on the California claim; the show
ing in the territory leased from the
Jim Butler Tonopah Mining COM
pany under an agreement recently
entered into between the two cor-
porations for the production of ore
from the extension of the slopes
that were operated by the West End
company up to its boundary lines;
and the maintenance of good show
ings in the original portion of the
company's estate, contribute to the
present success of the West End
Consolidated and the high favor in
which the company is held by in
vestors in mining enterprises.
Ever since the Ohio vein was
found, about two years ago, the
company has been engaged in de-
veloping the ore body. and up to
date the limits of the vein have not
been reached. While development
work has proceeded steadily n
with great success, Stopping from the
numerous raises that have pierced
the vein has yielded tonnages sui
ficient to keep the company's mill
running continuously. Of curse,
the production from the Ohio grouno
has been supplemented by the ores
drawn from the older portion of the
property, as we'll as by a small pro-
portion of custom ore which has
been treated by the mill since 1t was
taken over by the company some
years ago; but there is enough ore
to maintain the average duction
figures at normal for an indefinite
period.
Jim Butler
The Jim Butler Tonopah Mining
company under its present plan of
operation, is continuing to develop
ore, and though the greater part OF
it is low grade, the conditions are
sufficiently encouraging to warrant
the diligent prosecution of develop
ment work along the main veins OF
the property.
On the 400-foot level from the
Wandering Boy shaft, raise 46S,