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Show TOiPSH EXTENSION WORK IS IOY GOOD Mill Continues to Extract Better Than Ninety Per Cent of Mineral. Everything In and about the. Tonopah Extension mine and mill is going ahead steadily, to the complete satisfaction of General Managor KIrchen, and a nice sum of money is being added monthly to the treasury. Tho mill continues to crush and treat an average of 120 tons of ore dally, carrying good milling values, from which an extraction of better than 00 per cent is obtained. Owing to the fact that a portion of the April clean-up ran Into May, no statement for tho month of April was Issued, but a joint report, covering tho operations of the mill for April and May, will bo made public in a short time. A new S2 horsepower electric hoist is being installed to replace the steam one now in use, and It Is expected the now hoist will be in commission within the next two weeks. While the steam hoist was in excellent condition and doing good work, the installation of the electric hoist means tho saving of considerable money in fuel and water. Underground work Is being pushed as fast as possible In the west footwa.ll drift, owing to tho fact that operations In the western portion of the mine are at a standstill until tills Important piece of work has been completed, which will furnish fur-nish a good circulation of air and permit of tho resumption of development and prbspectlng work In that portion of the mine. The work already dono has succeeded suc-ceeded In cutting ari"d partially developing develop-ing three veins which carry good values, but further work was barred on account of the unusual amount of gas. The company owns an enormous acreage acre-age in this direction, the 200 acres recently re-cently purchased by taking over the Red Rock and McKane groups lying In this direction, and as soon as tho necessary connection has been mado an active campaign cam-paign of prospecting work will be taken up. For tho present work Is being confined con-fined lo the 400, 500 and 600-foot levels In the eastern portion of the mine, whero some strong ore bodies arc being worked. Tonopah Miner. |