The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
COLORADO NEWSPAPERnEN
Think Well Of Silver Peak, Lila and
Palmetto.

The Colorado newspaper party con-
sisting of John Weiskopf of the Routt
County Sentinel, &. I'll. Leckenby of the
Steamboat Springs Pilot and James w.
Greenfield, have returned to Geldfield
from a months trip in the territory
south and west of Goldfield, to meet
their outfit which came overland from
Colorado. They are enthusiastic over
the mineral OF Silver Peak,
Lid and Palmetto, where they have
spent most of their time and where they
have secured valuable claims, the sam
plies from TIE surface of which have ex-
cited considerable interest and strong
commentator from mining men since
their return.
They report that Silver Peak is just
beginning to receive more attention from
prospectors and that many men are en-
tering the district which is being rapidly
extended southwark along the range to
Red mountain and Wilson Springs.
Some good strikes have been made in
that territory recently.
Silver Peak is a misnomer, the dis
trict being gold producing. The Drink
water, the mine which has peer worked
for forty years, is one of the great gold
mines of the United States, having inn
mense lodges of free milling gold ore.
Byron Shear. q well known Colorado
mining operator, has recently erected a
stamp mil at that place and is pounding
away al $25 gold rock with good results.
The Colorado boys secured good hold
ings in hat territory running well in
gold, silver and copper and will at once
commence active development. The
formation Is lime, quartzite, porphyry
and shale. Assays rom the surface OF
their claims run over $50.
At Ida the greatest activity is at
present manifested. The Centennial,
Florida, Wisconsin, Blue Dick and others
having begun active operations. The
former is building q road Tor the install
lation of an So ton compressor and is
working u good force OF men.
One of the best strikes in the southern
country was that made some five weeks
ago at the Eflinger mine, about s miles
northwest OF Palmetto and Is miles
south of Silver Peak. 1t goes to show
what development will do for much of
that district. An immense iron-capped
dixie traverses that country, which on
the surface assays from a trace to 81.
Mr.. Effinger began sinking a shaft and
at 20 feet had $50 ore. At 100 feet
he encountered rich ore, samples run
ming as high as $4,000 per ton. He is
now sacking and shipping 81 800 ore.
Little has been said OF this strike but it
has encouraged others to work and nu-
merous shafts are going down. The Col
orado boys mentioned above were fortu-
nate enough to obtain several claims on
this dixie and expect to develop same
this summer. They pronounce the Ell
finger ore to be the handsomest they
have seen in Nevada. 1t is a honey
cOmbed quartz i~mpregnated with iron.
The ''bugholes" are literally filled with
wire gold.
Four miles south OF Palmetto is the
Sylvania district, where lead and silver
predominate. Capt. John l.. Bray has
been Is years developing that property
and recently sold it to a Pennsylvania
syndicate which is putting ill a 100 ton
concentration and two HOSTS, the latter
being on the Great Western and Oneida.
There are 500 tons of ore on the dump
and II men are employed in blocking
out ore for stopping. Here are lodges
from 4 to Is feet wide carrying values OF
80 ounces silver, 90 per cent lead and
from 81 to $40 in gold.
Active work is going on in many
places. An offer OF $50, 900 was recently
made for a group of claims in this dis
trict and the offer refused.
Palmetto is coming rapidly to the
front. There are about 80 men in camp
and all working, the Efiinger strike
having given them IN incentive. This
is a proven district, as here are located
the Is patented claims owned by the
VIM. G. Whitney estate, which have
produced millions in former years and
promise to again soon become active.
LECKENBY.