Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-07
A Brief Historical Sketch of the
Nevada DistNct Now Attract
ing Widespread Attention
UTAH MEN MAKING MONEY
Ia the New EldOrado Thu Ores of
This Camp and Tonopah Come
Here for Treatment.

field Is Interestingly told In th'
Goldneld News II Is interest
ing to many Utah mining men fol-
the reason that several from this state
have met with success in the new dis
trlct and because that portion of Ne
vada is looked upon as being tributary
TO Salt Lake.
Operations Of this camp and ronopah
find a better market for their ores
here than is offered to them elsewhere
and In most cases shipments are made
this way
1t is a little over year ago that Har-
ny SIMMER and VIII Marsh, two young
men who were born in Nevada. pros
pected what was first called the Grand"
pa district. but which Is now known
as the Godheld mining district, They
found some very rich float OF black
quartz and spent some time hunting Tor
the ledge from which II came. This
| ledge was not found until recently, but
| the boys discovered a ledge OH the
! Sandstone claim which 20 feet In width,
| and samples taken clear across aver
| aged $50 per ton In free milling ore.
! The find was kept quiet until Stimler
| and Marsh had perfected the locations
| on 10 claims for the Grandpa company,
| in which Harry Ramsey Tom Kendall
and others were interested with the two
| lccators above mentioned. When the
news of the strike became known u
rush was made and many claims stalk
| ed but little real prospecting was done
| at the time. Later in the summer A..
| u. Myers and II. G. Hart located the
I Combination group for themselves and
| others. In the fall they started to
work seriously and COON opened up
good ore IN several places. Hart sold
his interest and u. d. Murphy Joined
| Myers. They ran a tunnel 80 feet which
opened up two big lodges, one IA feet
wide which averages $50 per ton in free
milling gold ore clear across, The sec
ond ledge ia Sight feet Vide where
opened in the tunnel and the whole
eight feet went better than $3.50 TO the
ton just as II was broken down.
Goldhed was not proven at that time,
and Notwithstanding the splendid show
ing the owners, on oct. Is, 1903, bond
ed the Combination to Chicago and
Boston capitalists, represented by l.. L.
Patrick The bond runs for year and
calls for total price Of $4,000, the ini-
tial payment being $1,000. As a matter
Of fact the mine will cost Patrick and
his associates but this first payment
of $1,000, as under the terms of their
bond they are allowed TO work the
property giving the owners 70 per cent
royalty on all ores marketed. As the
royalties are applied on the purchase
price, the payments are being made
from that source faster than they be-
come due.
A shaft was sunk on the eight foot
ledge and, In going down 50 feet and
drifting little the full purchase price
was produced, Nearly every pound of
rock that was taken out OF the 5XS
shaft was ore that went from 500 to
many hundreds per ton.
The shaft on the Combination is now
down lSj feet and there are several
hundred feet of drifts at the three diff
ferent levels. At the S5-foot level a
ofOss-cut was run for feet and only
wishes to preserve a reputation
for conservatism II Isn't safe
to say what the So feet VIII av-
erage but every foot will pay TO mill
and much of II Is OF the high value
below which the management will not
ship. The lowest grade ore ever ship
ped from the Combination went $3.50 TO
the ton IN carload lots the highest $3.50
per ton, and the average has been near.
~ $500 per ton. In addition 10 the ship
ping ore there are three grades Of ore
piled on the dump, the lowest of which
Will probably average $50 per ton
While exact figures are not at hand
about $780, 900 worth of ore has been
shipped from the Combination and the
value OF the ore on the dump Is several
times that amount.
In connection with the future OF the
mine. as well as Of the Goldheld district
the most important development is the
fact that at a depth OF 40 feet the
character OF the ore changed from an
oxide TO a sulphide, with the high VAL
ucs stlll maintained Mining men gem
orally concede that the change proves
that the lodges viii go down to a great
depth and hold their values. It is the
most encouraging feature Of district
where there are few dlscouraglng fea-
lures.
The Jumbo was the next mine to be
opened at Goldheld The Jumbo IL To-
Gated one-fourth Of mile east of the
Combination. There are immense sur
face groupings on the Jumbo ledge and
when first opened up, at a depth Of
five feet there were 10 feet Of ore. one
half Of which averaged s275 10 the ton.
the balance being a good grade of mill
ore, The shaft has been sunk TO n
depth Of over 100 feet, the most Of n
being In milling ore that will go from
$40 to above $50 per ton. The bottom
or the shaft Is wholly In ore which viii
average $50 per ton. In drift from
the 80 foot point IN the shaft, a short
distance out a body Of high grade orc
was encountered. When first struck. a
sample taken clear across the face Of
the drift went Sl,4G752 per ton In gold.
This hlgh grade lasted for ak feet
when ore going from $40 TO $50 was
again encountered. The whole six feet
OF high grade averaged better than 5000
per ton, At the 100 foot point n drift
shows three feet OF the ledge that av-
erages little less than 500 per ton
a crosscut at this point proves the
ledge 10 be u feet wide, aud It laws be-
tween perfect walls.
visitor recently took sample
across the dump for 10 feet and n ne.
soyed 1923 TO tho ton Another sample
was taken around the bottom OF The
dunn for 100 feet and the assay was s26
per ton
About three months ago the leasing
systom was insugurated nj Goldheld,
the nrst being given on tho January
claim OF the Goldneld Mining company,
10 Kendall, Reilly Jones and Patrick
before n week had passed orc Of ship
ping grade was being piled up and
CROUCH development has been done In
three, months TO prove that tho Janu-
AIRY n destined 20 be- ono OF the big
gold mines 81 the world,
When first opened up the rock ran
$50 TO the ton, but after a few shots
were put in, orc running from 500 to