The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-04-29
he Greatest Gold Camp Ever Known--ts Story

Is inches. When first opened up the
rock ran $50 to the ton, but after a few
shots were put in, ore running from 500
to $5nO per ton was encountered. In
sinking the main shaft the first 50 feet
over 50 tons of high grade ore going bet
ter than $500 per ton were taken out. to-
gether with 125 tons of mill ore that will
average nearly $50 per ton.
The main shaft is now down 1l2 feet
and at this point crosscut shows the
ledge to be 35 feet wide and but one wall
is in sight. Every pound of rock across
this So feet will pay handsomely to mill,
while there are several good streaks of
shipping ore in it. A second shaft has
been sunk to depth Of 100 feet AM
drifts connect the two at the 80 foot and
| IL foot points. A third shaft is sunk t.
a depth of 30 feet. All the Shafts and
drifts are IL the same grad Ol ,-t
At present writing mere are 175 t,a =
ore, going better than $500 per ton sace-
G.,
and there are about 5000 tons of mill ore
on the dump which will average abost
$50 per ton. Specimen assays have gone
as high as $2,O4o per ton. Up to April
25th, SlOO,OJO worth of shipping ore had
been produced by the lessees. and there
is at least $l5O,000 worth of mill ore on
the dump.
The incOrporators of the Goldfield
Miuing Company, which owns the Jan
uary, are: H. II. Bradgon, A. G. Eisen,
r. l.. Johns, H. H. Clark, j. r. Duf-
field and w. M. Stansbury.
AN0FuEE PROBABLE BCSsNy..
Shortly afer Kendall and associate
struck it on the January, several leases
were let on the Florence group, which is
usned by hernicA, layloi, astt 'eiaAd,
Lockhart AID Parker. the latter beng
Il prominent ilroad man of Denver.
On the lease of Heunessy, .-lLgheld,
Nixon and Sweeney, ore was found close
to the surface, specimens OF VIII. en- vent
as high as 500 per ton. The kedge was
broken up, and shaft was sunk 50 feet
through the porphyry WI en- the ledge
was tapped by a crosscut,b the ore "as
found to be, in the main, low grade.
Drifts were run 40 feet each way but the
values did not improve. The lessees then /
sub leased to Smith Athearn, Durgin
and Elkins These boys had gone but a
few feet when they opened up high11
grade ore shoot which promises to eclipseT1
for richness anything found in the camp
Two and one half feet of the ledge vii
90 above $500 per ton, and a four pOundI
sample which w IS taken across IS lnchesv
assaved $6,l2O per ton. Some Of the pan
nings have indicated much greater values.
one, which was made recently, leaving
$3.50 worth of gold in the pan from
small piece of rock.
The writer took visitor to the lease
Yesterday and had him break samples
from across II inches of the face of the
drift. He panned a small portion and
GOT string of coarse gold as long as ms
finger. He had followed closely the press
reports from COlu0elu LOT SOIue Hloiltllo'
he said, and came prepared to see big
things, but that such panning from
an average sample was considerably big
ger than anything he had reason to eN-
pect.
The lessees are now in 20 feet on the
rich shoot, and as the pay streak IS wd-
ening out in the bottom of the diff, 1t Is
probable that an enormous body OF this
ore will be found with further develop
ment
The average value of 81 sacks filled
Monday was $3.50 per ton. Pes'des the
high grade there is good body OF lower
grade which will pay to mill.
l.. l.. Patrick and assol ites, Cook
Bros, Stimmel and Barnes and Lock hart
and McClelland have leases on the Flor
ence, and are nov going after the ore
, with renewed vigor