Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-16
POPULATION OF GOLDFIELD.
It Is Claimed That over 1000 People
Reside In New District.

A gentleman who made n complete
tour Of the Goldfleld district tells the
writer that he Is altogether too conser-
vative In his estimate of the popua-
ton, as he was recently proved by
smelter returns 10 be In his statements
regarding the value of the ore In the
Combination, says Goldheld CORE
spondent Of the Tonopah miner. This
gentleman says that instead of 1900
there are at least 1000 people now IN
the district. As the district IL so large
and many prospectors are scattered
over the hills In addition 10 those who
reside In one OF the four townsites, II Is
rather difficult TO make a careful esti-
mate OF the population. But one thing
Is certain. the stages and private rigs
are crowded coming In, while at times
1t Ii difficult to get anyone to take q
team back for those who wish TO stay.
And best Of all, the experienced mining
men who come continue TO be unanl-
nous In their favorable impression OF
Goldheld and It's future. Some, II Is
true, have not bought any property,
either not being able TO get what APP
pealed to them most or not being salts
fed with the price or terms on what
was offered, but not one TO the writer's
knowledge has expressed an adverse
opinion Of the camp as shown by de-
velopments to date,
The shaft on the Combination Is down
40 feet, At the lS4.foot point a drift
fiyefeet Of ore. Two feet OF this Will
go better than $500 per ton, and the ore
Is being sacked without sorting before
h.a0. .4a.tg en- IL ..sI
ter returns from the last car received
shows the values to be 1884 per ton.
A number OF the leasers have gotten
to work on the Jumbo and are making
good progress. Shields. Parham, White
and Phillips have lease on 300 feet and
In seven shifts put a shaft down 81 feet
They will sink to the 5O-foot point, when
they will run orosscut to tap the
ledge. In a cut on the surface they sa-
cured an assay Of $50 per ton I'm gold
Dacy Zinn and others have lease on
the next 200 feet. They have put up a
blacksmith shop and will soon start TO
sink, A party recently took q sample
across 70 feet Of the dump on the jun
DO and 1t assayed 1928 10 the ton. An.
other sample was taken around the
bottom OF the dump for 100 feet and the
assay was s26 per ton.
The shaft on the lease OF Kendall,
Patrick and Jones on the January Is
now down 75 feet and the drifts east
and vest are each In 90 feet. The value
of the ore is not as high as at last re-
ports, but even the mill ore will 20 $40
or $50 per ton, which alone is enough
to satisfy any reasonable man. About
100 tons OF hlgh-grade ore have been
shipped from the January 20 date, but
returns have not yet been received.
A. w, Tibbals, the well known mining
man, has arrived from Arizona, and has
taken charge Of the work on the YindI-
Gator group. This group IL about $500
feet from the Red Butte No. / and the
strike in the latter gives him much en-.
couragement, taken IN connection with
the surface indications of the Vindica-
tor, The ledge can be plainly traced for
5000 feet and trenching has been done
to find pay shoot on which to sink
Governor Sparks, IT. L. Oddle and
Dlamondheld Jack Davis have bonded
group OF three claims from Messrs.
Rlggle and Gunter, These claims are
One-quarter Of mile south OF Ish's
BLACK Butte and good values have been
gotten from the surface. The price is
not stated definitely but It goes into
five figures