The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-07-28
HOBO FRACTION STRIKE.
Getting Bigger and Better With Dept

Getting Bigger and Better With Depth.
Supt. Lester secured an assay of s16,-
COS from a picked specimen of quartz
taken from the Hoto Fraction shaft at
90 feet on the incline. The specimen
was about an inch in width and was
taken from the high grade streak which
is now fully six inches in width, says
the Rhyolite Herald.
The ore in the shaft was widened
considerably during the past week, the
ore now being fully Z feet in width.
The fine ore from the rich streak is be-
coarse ore is Icing piled on the lump.
ing sacked in the shaft, while the
Frequent paintings indicate that the
entire ore body remains of an excellent
grade throughout. Much specimen ore
is being found. Shooting is being done
only on the footwall, the balance of
the material being broken down with
pick and shovel. About fifty sacks
have been filed with the high grade
and piled upon the timbers in the in
cline. AS before stated, this ore will
probably average way up in the thous-
ands. No average assay has been made
this week but excellent paintings con
tinue. The shaft is now IS feet deep.
Drifts will lie started at so feet.
Since the strike on the Hobo Frac-
ton was reported by the Herald two
weeks ago, the width of the ore has in
creased from Az to Z feet, and the bon
ANA streak has increased from 4 to
16 inches. The assay secured this week
is nearly twice as big as that secured
two weeks ago (s9459).
The ore shoot is dipping west at an
angle of So degrees. Perhaps $50 feet
west of the new strike is the principal
workings on the Hobo Fraction. These
workings consist of a 75-foot shaft, all
in ore; go feet of prosecuting, all in
ore, and so feet of drifting, all in ore.
The shaft was started on a slip which
was followed down almost ~perpendicu
lar, exposing manganese quartz will
excellent milling values (from $25 up
20 $150) all the way. The shaft is not
timbered and as the visitor descends
climbs the ladder he IA see the ore
perfectly in place from the top to the
bottom. The first IA feet in the cross
cut, now in 60 feet, is solid manganese
quartz carrying good values. The bal
ance of the material exposed in the
crosscut is quartz, rhyolite and por-
phyry which carries low grade milling
values throughout. The crosscut is
going directly for the ore which is just
now making the Hobo Fraction the
talk of the camp. This is the famous
Tramp ledge, the old workings having
started on the hanging wall and the
new strike having been made on the
footwall. The crosscut, if extended,
will expose the Zig ledge from wall to
wall. The possibilities of this propo-
sition are certainly magnificent.
About 400 feet west of the principal
workings on the Hobo Fraction is the
Tiger tunnel, now in about 1875 feet.
1t was started upon the ledge which is
shown throughout the entire length,
and all of the quartz exposed pans and
assays well. There are a few short
cuts from the level, opening the ground
on either side. The face of the level
is in solid quartz carrying fair values.
Upon this showing, as well as in all
the other workings on the ground
owned by the Dullfrog Eclipse com
pany, the workings are practically all
in ore. This makes three big PROPOSE
tons in one.
The price of Bullfrog Eclipse stock
has nearly doubled on the San Fran
cisco exchange since the first news of
the Hoho Fraction Strika was raporfad