The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-01

R ACTIVITY BIZ r1oRENcE LEssEEs.

of busy miners resemble in appearance glganuc ahe mis- IN WV
direction signs of the delivers are apparent and al their explorations are
advanced the chances for finding pay ore re enhancing In som
instances the shafts are less than a stones throw apart and n topmen
exchange and inspect specimens in the interval between the hosting III
heavily laden buckets Not a day passes which does not record some
thing in the way of encouragement to these broad-shoudered' Opt.
mntic fortune seekers, and anything that avors of a find by one OF
them is a matter Of congratuation by ALL Little of envy N mean
spirit permeates the transactions of the average leaser with his fellows
and though the vein in his workings may o barren OF shipping ."~'
he hears with pleasure the new that some more fortunate chap IS In Tn
pay zone In the cseo of the Florence there is every reason for optimism,
both from the fact that there is not a lease IN the entire acreage which
does not contain favorable indications, and also because some o. IN
richest gold ore ever mined in the world has come from that estate. Ths
record of the famous Reilly lease, one of the most lustrous that has
illuminated the pages of miuing history, was a gittering chapter OF
bonanza values and every man pounding hammer or drill or who is
exerting brawny back muscle at windlass crank in the bleak November
air, is chered and spurred on to increased effort by the hope 'he
next round of shots may open up his goconda.
A contract has been let for so feet of sinking in the shaft OF tn e.
vada Leasing company, operating on a block of the Florence claim
shaft will have a depth of ITO feet and from that point a INIT VIII Dc
u with the expectation of catching the continuation Of the shoot from
which Reilly secured such high grade values Hank Smith is in charge
of operations and is of the opinion that the objective point should o.
reached at that level.
At a depth of Sc feet a 8 foot vein is showing in the shaft which
returns nominal gold values 1t stands nearly vertical, is composed o.
blue quartz and presents characteristics similar to those prevailing in
the Reilly workings. 1t is thought that this may be a stringer lead
ing to the Reilly shoot and IS it is dipping in that direction it is to
be followed down in the hope that it will make a juncture with the main
lead. At the rate of progress % being made the ITO foot point should
be reached about December 10. A promising conditon is te IA 'a
each assay taken, while lower than pay, is yet higher than the others.
Bullock, schaefer and associates are developing a block of Red King
ground by ca of a tunnel which they intend extending a distance
of 800 feet. They will u out drifts OF the veins intersected by the
bore with the object of locating pay ore. This portion of Red King has
been worked by two other sets of lessees and the present operators have
taken up the work where they left off.
The formation has changed for the better at the johnson and Rog-
ers lease on the Red King within the past ten days and quite a amount
of quartz is 90 showing in the breast of the crosscut Fair assays
and paintings re being secured and the vein matter presents evidences
of ore making. The cut is being extended to the west from the 100 foot
level and is in from the shaft about 50 feet.
Drifting o the lead is t. start within a few days from the bottom
of the Wine being sunk oil the lead at the Michigan, Keene and asso-
ciates lease o the Red King. Values are holding strong at better than
$50 in gold to the ton and the vein is widening and Strengthening a
the so foot point is neared. A plant of machinery is ne OF the o n
templated improvements and is to be installed within a short time
Operations at the Peer and Pugh lease on the Cornishman are to be
facilitated within a short time by the installation of a n electric hoist.
During his recent trip to San Francisco George W.. Peer purchased tn
plant and it is due TO arrive here about December l. 1t is of 15horse
power capacity and Immediately after it is placed the work of lowering
the shaft a n additional 100 feet will be started. At the $50 and 2Oofoot
points drifts will be u % the ledge now being crosscut for at the 100
foot level and it is believed will result in the finding of pay oe shoots
DEVELOPING COMMONWEALTH STRIKE
With the completion of the partially open cut tunnel o n Common
wealth ground that connects with the 3Ofoot shaft thereby afording a
associates, owners of the group ire engaged in the development work
necessary to prove up and demonstrate the value of their find of several
is to be continued until a depth of IS feet is gained when another bore
which phrces the hill lower down the slope is tapped. This will give
tunnel of 95 feet and at that point the lead is to be drihed N and
thoroughly explored. Through the medium of the latter tunnel the pre-
and waste rock a be handled without recourse to hosting thereby
meets with the shaft it has a substantial roof of country rock that
affords complete protection from the nipping winds to the boys who man
the windlass which has been erected at the collar of the winze.
The strike "a made a a depth of 80 feet in a short drift from the
bottom of the shaft and in its breast a well defined vein IA feet n
breadth is showing through the center runs a 4foo ire body, 2 feel
of which have returned assays of 1896 in gold to the ton and the r-
mainder values of 1910 per ton. Several tons of the latter grade have
bee mined n sacked, u the average grade Of M rock is In the
neighborhood of $50 a ton. About 30 tons of the last mentioned grade
re piled o the dump and will be held until it has ben augmented by
an additional so tons when the entire consignment is to go out. AS the
Wine is lowered values ae holding very well and a good bit of ore is
being added to the sacked production at surface.
DEVELOPMENTS ON ATLANTA GROUND
Owing to the severity of the weather this week and to the fact that
many of the lessees shafts are entirely unprotected operations o rented
ground have been somewhat curtailed, but a far as prosecuted have re-
vealed further favorable indications.
The January Jones Leasing and Developing company is driving Il
crosscut at a depth of $50 feet on a block of Atlanta ground with the
object of catching the 9-foot quartz ledge opened at the 50foot level
and which at that depth returned assays IS high as $3.50 to the ton.
1t S thought that the lead is an extension of the Jumbo vein, as it trends
from the direction of that property and contains many similar charac-
teristies Considerable sulphide is showing in the vein matter and the
same conditions have been encountered in the crosnut. These indica-
tions are believed to presage the opening up of shipping values with
further development. A Davis within is being utilized for hosting an
two shifts IRE employed.
On the Jones block a crosscut is being u in a westerly direction
at a depth of 100 feet and it is thought that the ledge will be tapped
sometime during the coming week. AS o a this result has been
accomplished the vein is to be drifted Oh and proved up.