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Show BELMONT HAS A GOOD WHR During the month of November the Tonopah-Belmont company made a net profit of $127,032. against $102.-409 $102.-409 35 for October, a gain of fine proportions. pro-portions. Last month tho management manage-ment sent C.084 dry tons of oro to the mill while there were shipped direct to the smelters l.oM dry tons of first-class material. The gross value of this 7.615 tons was 5241.1SS.04. The company produced 3,223 ounces gold and over 3:52,170 ounces of silver. This gcod record Is all the more gratifying for the reason that it was a period of warming up 6everal items of newly installed equipment, and operations were Ftarted for the first time via the new Belmont shaft. The following are tho details of Ihe various vari-ous levels of the mine on which effort ef-fort Is centered: On the 900-foot level the east drift Is out lf.o feet In the ore shoot and the face shows material of an excellent excel-lent mining grade. At this point the width of the vein has not leen determined, deter-mined, as crosscuts hae not yet be-en run wall to wall. l.oiii-foot level Drifting on tho foot r.nd hanging-wall branChtB of the k'dice tit this level has been suspended, suspend-ed, until suth time as the crosscut r.ow being run to the new shaft has Wn completed, then the work of in: hlng it forward will be resumed. Storing, however, at this point Is go-l:g go-l:g n a usual, ami a splendid pro-di-rt U being secured I.! 10-foot level Tho hanging-wall drllt n thf vein on this level Is out sp:ii I'ir-tnnce cart of Ihe fault, and ; tho ore that U being broken Is of a ; hkh Rrsdo'rollling Narlfty, as Is also tint v.birh In coming down from tho nclghlioring stope. l.lSC-fcot kvel At this point the linr.plng-wfdl drift Is being pushed to the- east and shows frm four to five : ftet of good ore. The footwall drift ( Is alw In good ore, as are also the stopes east and west of No. 1 raise. naUo No. " on this level has been , copnrcled with the l.lOu foot level and I better entilatlon has been secured, j For the time being the. work of : sinking the new shaft to a greate-r i depth has been deferred, but within the coming month It will start, with rencweil activity, and will be continued contin-ued Indefinitely. |