The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-08
FLORENCE

ing up in their operations and a trip
to the hills once more finds the entire
aggregation busily engaged in drilling
away below ground or hosting heavily
loaded buckets. The activity is extern
sive on all the nearer in estates and a
fair sized scattering is engaged In the
exploration of outlying territory. AS
usual, Florence acreage is the hub from
which operations radiate in every diree-
ton, and in that instance no section of
ground appears to hold favor over an
other In the minds of tenants, unless Vt
be that portion closely adjoining the
former Reilly lease.
Lessee Wallace on the Cornishman IS
preparing to sink a new shaft at a spot
about 125 feet southwest of his present
point of operation and anticipates
starting in about the first of next week.
At a depth of 100 feet he has run out a
level for a distance of 125 feet and the
new shaft is to be sunk to connect
Herewith, additional progress in max
ing connection to be made by upraising
from the drift. The present shaft has
been sunk in exceedingly hard forma-
tion, making operations both expensive
and slow, and to obviate the condition
the new shaft is to be Junk at what
may justly be termed a point of less
resistance. Two hundred feet of depth
is Mr.. Wallace's objective point from
whence he will crosscut to and drift on
the ledge. A level is also to be extend
ed at a depth of $50 feet and the vein
explored. Encouraging returns in the
way of assays and paintings have beer
secured in the present workings and It
is thought that at greater depth in the
new, pay values in bulk will be dis
closed.
At the Review lease on the Red King,
operated by Michigan, Keen and part
ners, the winze being sunk on the lead
is down a depth of los feet with values
holding well at about $50 per ton. Ar
rangements are being made to install a
15-horse power gasoline hoist and inn
mediately thereafter the shaft is to BE
inclined from it's collar to the bottom
of the winze. The vein is about 5 feet
in width and contains 23 feet of ore
holding the values mentioned. 1t is to
be drifted on for a pay shoot from the
winze bottom and at the same time
sinking will be continued.
Gray and associates, leasing on the
freight, are down 100 feet in their
shaft on block No. l, and tomorrow
morning will begin the work of cutting
a station. They will then run out a
crosscut a distance of IL feet to the
north where they expect to tap the
ledge opened in another shaft at a
depth of so feet. In the latter, values
averaged about $12 per ton, and at the
greater depth in the present one, pay
grade is confidently expected. Sinking
is also to Do continued until another
century mark is reached when the ledge
will again be drifted on and proved up.
The shaft on block No. 2, has been
lowered $50 feet and crosscuts are be-
ing run both northeast and southwest
for the ledge. Their breasts are in
vein matter containing very promising
characteristics that wound appear to in
dictate the nearness o. the ledge. Aver
age assays rule at about $40 per ton.
hat lock of Red King ground
formerly operated by DeCosta and as
sociates, has been secured by James P.
Davis, of the Gold Bar mine at Bull
frog. He has a force of men engaged
in trenching and as soon as a favorable
spot is located by them will arrange for
the sinking of a shaft. 1t is his pur-
pose to gain a depth of so feet and to
then explore his holding by means Of
crosscuts and drifts. Mr.. Gray is in
terested with Davis in the proposition,
and states that values are being Sc
cured ranging from $40 to $11.20 per
ton. A portion of freight ground IS
also included in the holding.
Dougherty brothers, who are devlop-
ing a block of Florence ground adjoin-
ing the former Reilly lease on the east,
will at once equip their holding with y
gasoline hoist. The present depth of
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lowered to the 150-foot point with
greater rapidity as soon as the plant
is installed. At that depth crosscuts
will be run out to the ledge and it's
strike explored in search of pay shoots.
The shaft is now penetrating a forma-
ton of birdseye porphyry which pans
fairly well.
CHICAGO MINING COMPANY
Extensive development work by the
leasing system is in progress on the
group of four claims owned by the
Chicago Gold Mining company about
a mile north of the Sandstone. A shaft
is being sunk on each of the properties
and in each case milling ore is showing.
The deeper shaft is down 120 feet, two
Others are about 100 feet deep and a
fourth is down go feet.
The showing on the Midget lease IS
a good average for the depth, 100 feet,
as a good strong ledge has been fol
lowed all the way with an uniformity
of values of about 81 per ton. Ar
rangements are now being made to run
out a crosscut to the ledge and to in
stall machinery.
At a depth of go feet on the Welsh
lead letter than 100 feet of drifting
an. development work has been accom-
plished and quite a number of small
stringers cut, several of which con-
tanned high grade values.
On the Benedict lease the shaft is
down 120 feet and for the entire dis
lance values of about $11 per ton have
prevailed. A drift is to be started from
the bottom of the shaft in the hope of
locating an ore shoot of shipping grade.