The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04
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Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
n OLDFIELD, New. Dec. This has
IL been the banner week in the his
tory Of Goldfeld. the many strikes
made going further to prove the con-
'tinuance and permanency of the lodges
than any before recorded. The entire
camp is again in a fever of excite
ment, prospecting of the undeveloped
claims is renewed with increased vigor.
and a general better feeling exists
everywhere in the district
The most important strikes were per-
maps those made on the Kendall and
Sandstorm properties where two sepa-
rate lodges have been opened show
ing values in the thousands. Il was
learned here yesterday that a group
of outside interests had secured control
OF all Of the leases on the Sandstone.
which, with tLis last strike. viii make
them the most valuable i'm the district.
On the st. Ives another strike of al
most equal Importance was made dur
ing the week. Here a seven-fOOt ledge
OF ore was cut in the shaft, which as
says clear across over one thousand
dollars per ton.
This is reported to be a blind ledge.
which goes TO show that prospecting in
The camp cannot always be conducted
successfully on the surface
Next in line is the strike in the
January lease on the ground of the
Goldfield Mining company. This lease
las long since become famous for its
production Of high-grade ore, and there
has been no time since work began
when the lucky owners have not been
IN ore of sufficient grade to ship. which
from Goldfield. always means $3.50 per
ton or better. The strike of a few days
ego, however. gives them a wider stop
ing surface and greater values than
they have ever had before. and. though
its life is short. expiring as it does the
9th Of January next. at least a half
million dollars has been added by it's
owners to the approximate figure the
lease will earn during its life Of one
year.
Later news reports a strike on the
Columbia Mountain property which was
made in their tunnel, and which eX-
POSED a ledge OF high-grade ore.
Immediately following these strikes
comes the report that Jack Davis. bet
ter known as 'Diamondfeid Jack"
had secured II lease on "A heretofore
almost unheard of property named the
Gc}ddeld Aurora. which lies Just south
and east of the Black Butte and
Quartzite Fraction claims where rich
strikes have been made. Davis is the
owner of more claims in the GOldfeld
district than perhaps any other one
man. and the fact of his leasing in this
section Of the camp is taken as fore
warning of yet another strike TO come.
Great Rush to Bull Frog.
Nor has Goldfeld been alone in the
sensational news Of the week. for in
deed, had the facilities FOR travel been
sufficient to meet the calls for teams.
horses, mules. burros. anything I'm fact
that possessed four legs and could ira
vel. today might have seen that camp
all but deserted I'm response to news Of
another great strike in the Bull Frog
district, siXty-1ve miles further south
This strike consists OF ledge OF ore
fifteen feet across. and containing a
chute eight 10 twelve inches i'm width
such values that assaying were su-
pernuous Many samples Of this rock
are now in GOldield and TOnOpah.
Several seen by The writer were sim
ply chunks OF gold carving more or less
rock. It is estimated that between 500
and 500 men left for this strike from
ToGopah and Goldfeld It's location Is
about six miles the other side OF the
Bull Frog mine, which proves conclu-
siveiy. together with the other finds
which have been made in the district
THAT the mineral is not confined 10 a
small area Of country Reports from
this district indicates that the recent
gold discoveries there are likely to
prove the greatest ever made in this
fection Of the state. not even except
ing Tonopah and Goldheld.
A number Of prominent mining men
4.
lualifedly that the properties there pre-
tent the greatest surface showings they
have ever seen. The Bull Frog Mining
company property has a ledge 5000 feet
long where paintings were recently
made for $40 feet. tape measurement.
across its width, every pan indicating
good milling values. and many showing
the ore to be of very high grade
The writer was yesterday shown the
assay certificates from some selected
samples which went $425 per ton. other
assays from average samples taken for
.he purpose Of obtaining value across
she ledge were $7s. sS4, $50 and S4S.
Thought to Be Permanent.
From the mine operators view point
Il is the general belief that the Bull
Frog district is the best so far opened
5p in the state. The general values are
bot so high, which is always an argu-
rent in favor OF permanency and long
lime profits. the lodges are better de-
tned and Of "A more permanent charac-
Ter, and, in fact. as il was expressed
by an old time mining man few days
tgo. 1T is an ideal mining country
plenty Of lodges and big ones, plenty
values, plenty Of wood and water
Ind what more do you want"
b the Bull Frog district. are being for
rarded through Tonopah which is fast
tdding new burdens 10 the already
much overcrowded lines OF railway
outh of Reno.
The Tonopsh Railroad company,
Fhich has just completed its new de-
lot and warehouse in TonOpah finds
/ wholly inadequate to care for the
Increased incoming shipments OF all 1
finds. The freight room is 30x60 feet 4
nth a platform eighty feet long. every /
h-afla BILE foot of SDace being piled roof i