Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-04-23
SITUATION AT GoLDFIELD.
Hennessy and Sweeny Strike Is
Encouraging to Its Owners.

Encouraging to Its Owners.
The situation at Goldfeld at the
present time shows the most eneour-
aging prospects of any gold camp
for its age in the history of the Unit
ed States. The condition of what
have been hitherto regarded as the
star properties-the Combination
and the January, becomes more fiat
tering to their owners as depth of
workings is attained. In the Combi-
nation mine the ore is changing to a
sulphide, carrying values from 5000
to $500 per ton, and there is every
indication that what from the surface
to the 100 foot level appeared to be a
vast deposit, is making into a solid
quartz vein, having a definite course
and defined walls. The shipments
continue as heretofore, delayed some
what by lack of teams, but the ton
mage on the dumps and the ore sack
ed awaiting teams proves that there
is 40 diminution in the output. Up
to-date the mine has received from
smelter returns more than sufficient
to cover its price of $85, 600, while
the ore in transit and on the dump,
shows a magnificent return upon the
money invested. At the January
claim, the lessees on one day last
week raised to surface SIS, 600 worth
of ore. So far, only four shipments
have been actually paid for by the
smelter, and the returns from these
have been published in this paper.
Up to the 10th of April the l~essees
had paid every expense connected
with the working of the lease, had
over $50, 900 worth Of ore in transit
not accounted for, and 5000 sacks OF
ore on the dump which will average
, $3.50 per ton, and in the lower work
} ings the ore is fully 30 feet wide, av-
+ eraging $500 per ton, On the sys,
tenn of veins parallel to the Combina.
ton mine and about 800 feet east Of
north of the Combination shaft.
b Geo. S. Nixon, J. p. Sweeny, ]. P.
n Hennessy, Geo. Wingdeld, j. Smith
. w. Elkins, Frank Athearn anC
t George Durgan have been devel
. oping a lease on the Florenc,
b roup and have now probed, at
depth OF 80 feet, three feet Of SOLE
o ore, running in value from 500 t.
$1,000, while assays as high as 5000
u have been obtained. This appear
to be the apex of a widening shoe
occurring ia a vein formation 16 fee
q wide and having a course east c
north and is probably the southwest
- ern branch of the great Jumbo vein
to Mr.. Sweeny has started to sack or
for shipment and is also developin
re his ore body. North of the Florence
! about 1000 feet on the Red Top clair
: which has recently been incorporal
~ ed, ]. f. Bradley has a lease for on
year from April 10th, and in "a sha
i'll ow trench has opened up Is feet {
ia ore, from which assays as high o
$500 have been secured, and a shai
will now be sunk to depth to deteI
mine the extent of the strike, viii
nd the Red Top Mining Co. will also &
all once start the sinking of a shaft {
% the south end of the claim, where ]
feet of ore in an open cut gave ave
10 age values of 5000 per ton.
yel Today Goldfeld, with less than 81
RS months work, has produced MOI
I'D than Cripple Greek did in twel,
months and has not had five per cel
u of the capital that was invested
the Colorado camp.