The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-10-21
NEWS OF THE MINES
Not Many Sensational Strikes, But Week of
Steady Progress at Goldfield.

or were out from Tonopah early IN the
week and bought group of four claims
living 800 feet west of the Kendall.
They also bonded six claims on the ex
tension.
A company to operate the Princeton
group was incorporated last week with
the following officers: DIR. j. l.. Wheel
or, president; w. III. Routledge, vice.
president; A. Maxwell, secretary and
treasurer.
Billv Bell; who will be our next JUS
tice If the Peace, returned Monday from
the Cow Itch range, where he has
number OF promising prospects. Sur
face ASSAYS on his claims go as high as
$25 per ton.
A le,lge of milling ore was struck on
.Jackrabbitt No. claim last night. The
strike was made in crosscut from the
5O-foot level. The ledge has just been
broken into hut shows milling ore assay
ing up to $50.
Murphy, Myers and Collins have
GOOD force at work on claims five miles
west of town, near Montezuma. On
this ground thev have received assays
M to 81 80 and will sink 30 feet and
cros.cut the ledge.
II ,. ON AL cI :; i.vn soil tl,
Pawnee claim. east of the b ack Bntte.
to w. G.. hatton and other o. lorah"
springs parties Horton and Spills
have also sold the Whippoorwills. Nos. !.
2. and 8, living east of McLaughlin's we'll.
John Mernin and have sold the Little
Brown group to New York parties for
$1,000. Arthur Cole has sold the
Sandwich group to A. p. Rogers. }. ID.
Watson has bonded the DetIoit No. 3
to local parties. All the above deals
were made through II. w. Knicker-
booker.
Henry F. Band. president of the Band
Goldiield Mining company, reports that
work on the company's property near
Columbia Mountain commenced last
Monday. d. J. Macdonald, formerly
superintendent of the Mcnamara at
Tonopah, is in charge.
Captain Hunter was out east this week
to look at some property In which ne Is
Interested. The surface showing is ex-
cepiionally good, the lodges being to
feet wide, and assays from $50 to $oOO
have been received from surface work
ings. The values are principally in sill
yer.
The Goldfeld Miners Development
splendid showing being made on the
Black Buttes, as the property owned by
this company is but one claim south and
development work which is to be done
1t once should show up well.
On the Mohawk, No. 2, lessees Dun
lop. Knox and associates are drifting at
The 80 foot point and the ground is look
ing very favorable. Judge Ray has just
struck the ledge in a cross-cut from the
so foot point in his lease on the same
lain, but assays have not been taken
as yet.
The Goldfeld-Skylark Mining com
anv has been incorporated with the
following officers: Hugh II. Brown,
resident; Il. l.. Oddie, vice president;
2. W Dulfer, secretary-treasurer; c. d.
Mercier and J. Davis, directors. The
company owns three claims near the
Yellow Rose and south of the Spokane
group.
Woodward, Lothrop & O'Keefe, leas-
ing on the Combination, are drifting to-
ward the Combination at Inc llO-IoW
level. On Wednesday they broke into
blue quartz which looks very good, but
from which no assays have been receiv-
ed. The ledge is 80 feet wide but the
average values are low.
A. X. Wheeler & NJ. A. Lind have in
corporated the .Jupiter-Goldfield Mining
comp. ny for Frank Dodson and associ-
ates. The organization, when perfected,
will control eight well-located claims ly-
ng about | / 4 miles due south Of the
Jumbo and Combination mines and in
ie belt which appears to be continu-
tion of the belt in which lie those fam
us properties.
The Goldfeld Sun Dog Mining COM
rany, whose property consisting of the
Sun Dog claim and two fractions, lies
1000 feet south of the famous Combina
ton group and adjoining Booths Addi-
ton to Goldfeld, combining, as it does,
the probability of developing into pay
ing mining property and the sale of the
surface for residence purposes should
prove money maker to the company
and investors.