Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1922-12-23
Belmont LEADS
IN PRODUCTION
FOR DECEMBER
Ninety.seven Thousand Dollars
Was Value of Bullion For
First Half December

The Tonopah Belmont Devel-
opment company again took the
lead during the present week in
bullion output by shipping 81
bars weighing 50,076 ounces and
having value of $4,000. This
was the result of the cleanup for
the first half of December, and
was well within keeping with
the output of the last several
months.
The condition of the mine is
reported better and new ore
veins are being uncovered on a
number of levels which gives an
assurance Of a heavy tonnage OF
ore being mined in the future,
New discoveries are being made
ON the 500 level, while there has
been an improvement noticeable
on the 900 level.
The announcement is made
that development has been sus-
pended on the 400 level Of the
Buckeye shaft, where ground IS
held under lease, and the shaft
will be sunk another 100 feet.
This i some of the most important
pieces of development that has
been undertaken in the Tono-
pah district in a long period,
and it means that eventually the
mineralized area will lbe greatly
broadened.
Official report of operations
for the week ending Thursday,
December q, follows: -,
800 level-West drift 8O58 Off
Of northeast crosscut $50, is fol
lowing two to two and a half
feet of quartz. East drift SO59
has been started off of northeast
crosscut 83l on a small stringer
of quartz. intermediate south
crosscut has been started off OF
stope S14 to prospect the foot
wal of the Mizpah vein at this
noint Raise 76 has been follow
inc a foot and a half of ore
Raise II has been started or o.
the intermediate east drift OIL
IS roiso $50 and is following two
} feet of ore. ooo.
been advanced a short distance
East drift 91O3 has made the
usual progress. West drift 9lOz
t is being advanced on SINAI n
l. streak of quartz. West drli
-I0106 has been started Oft o
t south crosscut 924 on a foot an'
half of quartz showing SOM
r values. East drift 9073 is 3eln'
e advanced on two feet of quartz
/ Southeast crosscut 9102 has beel
}. advanced short distance Il
s prospecting for the south ven
IS Southeast crosscut 9l05 is beln
It extended in trachyte. RAISE III
n is being driven on foot OF ore
e 1000 level-Intermediate Yves
drift off of raise 12l is BEN
g driven ON two feet of ore. Sout
d crosscut 1881 is being extende
= in trachyte. North crossct
loo7S is being extended
trachvte prospecting for a Sc!
:. ment of the south vein. Nortl
II west W. erosscut 1O089 is prospec
n ;ng for the Favorite vel
as Raise 1870 following the Sout
N vein has connected with the lev
above. ~. ,,os
r is being driven on the Sou
vain v, and shows a foot and
L. half of quartz. Southeast eros
lie cut 11O16 has been advanced
short distance and is prospectil
ft the footwall of the Belmont vel
W Raise 1877 is being driven to c
as ore developed on the level abo7
of Raise 1873 is following the Sou
d. vein and will connect with t
'e. 1000 level. 1870
re, 1900 level-East drift 1852 {
re of south crosscut 4 is followi
ed a foot of quartz in the footw
I'd of the Belmont vein. Intern
date northeast crosscut off
IN. east stope 7 is prospecting t
footwall of the Belmont We