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Show uu r MIDWAY BACK IN SHIPPING COLUMN The Tonopah Midway mine has resumed re-sumed shipments after an interval of six months, the previous shipments having been made in January last, says the Tonopah Miner. The present shlpmenc consisted of two cars each of 40 ton3 that will average around $65 a ton, and from present Indications the mine will be able to maintain shipments at Irregular Irreg-ular Intervals IThls ore was extracted from the east drift from the winze at a point about 40 feet below the 535-foot level, where the vein is from 16 to IS feet between walls and was cut where a bunch of rich ore occurred. Drifting on this east and west and raising Tailed, however, to open up ore better than second grade. A winze was started and sunk 40 fpet, apparently near the hanging wall side of the vein, and drifts started east and west, where indications were most encouraging The west drift showed about 3 feet of low grade quartz and was discontinued. The ore In the oast drift for a width of from 2 to 2 1-2 feet has steadily Improved Im-proved in values and the face shows that width of verj good oie with streaks of quartz on both sides of the ore shoot will widen with further drifting. When the drift has been car-r'rri car-r'rri - rrrcr d!-'snre en the. ore a crosscut will be started to determine the full width of the ore shoot and the vein at this depth. In the meantime drifting west on the vein on the 535-foot level ha3 been resumed on a promising streak of quartz, about 2 feet wide, which is now carrying milling values. Tho recent development In the Tonopah Merger mine has naturally created conjecture as to whether that vein will extend case into the Midway Mid-way territory. Its location, If extended ex-tended due cast or Blightly south of east would be from 350 to 400 feet north of the present workings on the 535-foot level and In ground that has not been prospected and while the discovery Is about 400 feet west of tho Midway boundary, the vein Is of such magnitude and strongth that Its east extension for this distance is by no means Improbable To determine this matter, the management man-agement of tho Midway mine haa commenced crosscutling north beyond tho vein, with the intention of extending ex-tending tho crosscut out to the Mlz-pah Mlz-pah fault, a distance of probably 800 feet. The face of the crosscut is now in mineralized Mlzpah trachyte, one of the best ore bearing formations In the district. On tho mine dump there is a very large tonnage of mill oio that can be1 profitably treated at the old Belmont mill at Millers, and It Is understood that the question of shipping to that tflant will be taken under consideration considera-tion by the directors In the near future. fu-ture. oo - |