Arizona republican., 1905-10-02
ITS BUSY AT GOLDFIELD
A Yellow Tide Pouring Out of the
 Great filming Camp.

GoldfeId. New. Sept. 25.-(Sp Special Correspondence of The Republican.)- Eotwithstanding a lack of cars for the transportation of ores, a total of 492 tons. avera aging in value $225 to the ton. was shipped from GoIdfield mines to the smeltcrs during the initial week of the GoldfieId railroad. The gross value of the first seven days shipment over the railroad is $110.70O. The gross value of the ore shipments for the first month may therefore be conservatively estimated at S442, 500.
 Things are moving In Goldneld. There is a tremendous tonnage at all of the mills and sampling plants await ing shipment to smelting points. On every hand, leases are being applied for and granted. The payroll of the camp is growing rapidly. Strikes are being chronicled with frequency that presages Q constant and substantial increase in the production of the dis trict. An era of even more aggressive and prosperous mining and business enterprise than marked the eventful first year of Goldfield's history is open ing up.
 Two strikes of immeasurabIe import ance have just been reported. On the Red Top. a siX-foot body of high grade shipping ore has been opened up at the IOO-foot level that is said to aver age $2,OOO per ton. On the Jumbo. from three to four feet of rich sulphide ore has been broken into at the $50 foot level. from which assays of S4,20O and S6,7OO per ton in gold have been ob- tained.
 In other localities Of the districs, all so. a more aggressive and confident tone Is noted in mining operations. The consummation of Q deal involving the transfer of a controlling interest in the Blizzard Mining company for $75.00O has just been made public. A strong syndicate of Goldfield operators has taken over the control and will push development with all energy. This in sures the thorough exploration of the numerous lodges and dikes of quartz that traverse the eastern section of the Goldfield mineral belt. The region is now the center of activity among pros pectors who arc looking for good ground to lease and scores of prospect ing outfits are camped in the vicinity. Eight leases have been asked for from the Blizzard management, but for the present the company will do its own mining.
 Major w A. Stanton. for some time consulting engineer on the staff of the late John w. Mackay, and John F. Mitchell at different times consulting engineer of the Jumbo, superintendent of the January and at present general manager of the Portland mine of this district. characterize the Blizzard pro- perty as of equal prospective value with any of the most important mines that have contributed to Goldfield s fame.
 Major Stanton said: "FOr the good of Goldfieid, I would rather see active development work on the Blizzard group than the famous Jumbo. Ex- ploration of the immense Assures of quartz that are shown on the surface will be of immeasurable benefit to the camp, in view of the fact that the pro- l ducing zone will be substantially eX- tended.
 "The estate of the Blizzard Mining company consists of seven full and two fractional claims, a total of approx mately 15O acres. The group forms q compact body of ground in the eastern belt of the great GoIdfield mineral zone. It embraces many of the prom inent Assures and dikes of quartz that
 mark the ruptures that were made ir | the earth during the upheaval Of tn, formative period along the Colder | Horseshoe of the district. as the zone | is frequently termed.
 There are fifty we'll defined quartz
 Assures projecting above the surface | of the property. In carefully eXamin- ing them, I found every one heavily | silicified and possessing a pronounced ,77i n e,.a Ii1,a +iryo TH0~~ ~~r+0I -r-'+i>