Show THE CONS SPANISH BELT the miner of tonopah To nevada in speaking of the operations of the consolidated spanish mining company operating at belmont nye county not far from tonopah To states that since the last report issued by the company the foot level in the san pedro workings has been extended a distance of twenty nine feet making a total distance of seventy nine feet from the shaft the present face is in quartz and blue lime showing considerable sulphides sulp hides selected samples of the quartz shows gold and silver values assaying from 2207 to a ton car and bucket samples show gold and silver values ranging from 1 to over 10 a ton the indications are that an important ore body is a short distance ahead as every round has shown a constant improvement work has been started in the buford air shaft which is now being cleaned out in order to connect with the tunnel workings A total depth of sixty nine has been made from the surface work will be started in the old below in a few days and it is hoped that connections can be quickly made since last report a total distance of twenty five feet has been made in the west drift on the ernst vein main tunnel workings assays essays have increased as work progresses gr esses the last average of the vein across five feet showing in silver and gold the vein has averaged about five feet wide both walls are granite and are perfect within twenty feet connections will be made with the sump in the old and access gained to the old drifts above during 1881 2 a considerable tonnage of high grade ore was taken from the old levels above the present face this ore was shipped to eureka and austin by ox team and returned from to over a ton the was sunk and considerable high grade ore extracted from it at a depth of ninety feet short levels were run both east and west but the great inflow 0 of f water i forced operations to suspend after some ore was shipped the present indications are that shipping ore will be encountered within less than forty feet of drifting on the vein east drift from main tunnel has been entirely re timbered for almost feet a 8 station has been cut at the foot point and the muck caused by the cave has been bee practically cleaned out work is progressing three shifts in this drift and it is hoped to reach the ernst within the next thirty days work has been temporarily discontinued in upraise no 1 east during the driving towards the ernst A good body of ore assaying around 40 a ton is exposed in this upraise A force of twenty two men are at work on the property several new houses have been erected and it is hoped to mater materially fallY increase the force of miners as soon as accommodations for handling them can be made jules V barnd of toledo ohio the president and general manager of the company is spending his time at the mine supervising the activities of the company he reports himself as being highly pleased over the present showing 0 |