The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-19
A DESCRIPTION OF.
GOLDF|ELD
The Mining Camp Has Bright
ProspeCts-Its Complete
History


ent. writing of Goldield in the Pa >
oihc Coast Miner. says:
Goldheld is situated in Esmeralda
county. Nevada. % miles south of To-
nopah. with which it il connected by
telegraph and telephone, with two
da ~ stages and a daily mail The
town of Goldfeld has a population of
atout GOO, daily growing, and is rap
ILly emerging from a tent camp into
town Of w-cden buildings and the
reasons for tbs are not far to seek.
Goldaeld is the legitimate outcome
of the discovery of gold-bearing veins
which were prospected in the spring
of 100? at what was then known as
Grandpa. These locations covered
Columbia mountain. and an interest
in them wa sold for cash to Mr.. Geo.
S. Nixon. a banker of Winnemucca,
New. who is heavily interested In To-
nopah Following on this discovery
ara sale. a e. eat number of claims
were located in all direction around
the original discovery. but times In
Toi or ah were quiet, no work was done
on the Grandpa claims. and local inter-
est in the district subsided. This con-
dltion of affirs lasted until Myers &
Murphy who had located what is now
known as the Combination mine, ONE
mile south of Columbia mountain,
bonded It to an eastern syndicate for
$75 900, of which $4,000 was paid down.
the purchasers agreeing to pay a roJ-
atty of % per cent on all ore shipped
such royalty to be applied i'm reduct-
ton of the purchase price. Tonopah
Il en- awoke to th' fact that Myers "
Murphy had in q surface trench OPP
ened UP a vein formation Is feet wide.
assaying from So to s246 per ton in free
FALLING gold. which they had in vain
tried TO make Tonopah men believe
Tht sale of these claims were quickly
followed by the bonding of the Jumb",
parallel vein, to John McKan ani
Patsy Clark, OF Spokane, but relin
punished by them on account of tbs
too onerous terms of the bond. N the
meantime considerable prospecting
was done and new strikes" were re
ported every day. until something
akin to an old time rush" set in from
Tonopah and Goldheld lots. hitherto
slow of sale at $S5, have become read
lily marketable at from s400 to $1,000.
And yet there is no boom. but what
i3 believed TO be substantial reason
for the investment of capital In this
camp.
The Combination mine commenced
operations at the end of October. 1908
and at once began to ship ore. and 1t
4 Ia
OF sinking and so feet of drifting
enough ore was shipped and thrown on
the dump to recoup the purchase price
of the mine. 1t is understood that the
shipping ore has yielded eight ounces
to 15 ounces gold per ton. These fig
u es natu ally drew attention to the
district. whe e. I'm nearly all cases the
veins outcrop boldly on the surface
o. are covered only by light wash and
are easily traced. The formation OF
IN, country runs slightly west Of north
AID the greater number of veins have
this coul Sc, though some good cross
veins are being developed. As pros /
pected the mineral belt is from two
rGies to four miles long and from six
nl.:es 10 IL miles wide.
respecting has demonstrated that
the surface values are low. but In
crease al depth In the oxidized zone,
especially where the values are as
sociated with iron oxides: at surface
pyrite If found carrying but small
values. while the gold s rarely visible
even IN ore worth 81 900 per ton. These
facts and the limited amount of capi-
tai available for development cause
claim owners to offer leases on their
ground. and in an incredibly short
space OF time over 200 had been grant
ed. These leases generally run for 12
months. carrying a labor clause of so
many shifts per month and providing
for the payment OF rs per cent royalty
on all ore shipped and 15 per cent on
ore milled on the ground. The taking
of these leases indicates the same
courage and backbone which charac-
terized the leasers In the early days
OF Tonopah. many of whom have to-
days. after three years of waiting, on
ly a big dump OF milling ore which
even the present mill may not have an
opportunity to treat for many months
to come.
At present 1t Is costing to ship ore
from Goldheld via Condelaiia, 6,
miles. to the Reno sampler nearly $50
per ton, inclusive of smelling charges.
etc. SO the leaser who is operating
in the hope Of striking shipping ore Is
calculating on very high values to bear
the above charges. besides mining.
sorting, sampling and sacking and the
ropalty of 20 or 25 per cent on net
values. Yet in spite of these immense
disadvantages. the first lease granted
on the January claim adjoining the
Combination mine Is now extracting