The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-11-10
GREAT PROSPECTIVE VALUE
Vast Mineral Area East of the City is Intersected by Many Veins
of Promising Appearance

Stretching away to the horizon to the
east, north and south of what is termed
the pay belt of the camp, lies a broad
expanse of mineralized territory whose
surface is crossed and recrossed by a
system of veins in much the same man
ner as the meshes of a screen. The
.outcrop can be followed for miles with
scarcely a break to mar its continuity,
and at points its serrated top is fully
90 feet in height. Interseeting these
north and south lodges at frequent in
are cross leads of no less mag
nitude, and at places the formation
takes on the appearance of some ruined
castle wall of an all but forgotten age.
Massive battlement and stately pin
|nacle rear their heads heavenward, and
the open cuts at their base suggest the
possibility of moats dug by serfs who
long since mingled their ashes with the
dust OF the centuries. On every side
immense porphyry blowouts bear elo-
quent testimony to the agony endured
by Mother Earth in her days of ira
vail; days in which the vast gold de-
Ipesits~ef@the desert were given birth
tsasi~secreted~i IN the rock guarded hills.
Nearly all of this vast acreage can be
made to yield its full quota of precious
metal with proper development and
steps in that direction are now being
made by that class of men, and they
are many in Goldfeld, who are not
afraid to take a chance.
Leaving the Portland mine, where
John McKane is searching for golden
treasure, and riding toward the rising
sun, the bosom of the desert is rough
ened and notified by a series of undu-
lating hills and stony buttes whose
slopes and tops are scanned and lined
with dikes of gold bearing quartz,
which as a rule prospect fairly well.
That the area is looked upon with
favor by mining men is evidenced by
hundreds of prospect shafts and work
ings of larger magnitude, and the show
ing on a number of the properties in
dicates the finding of pay values with
further exploration. There is no sec
ton of the camp, aside from the pres
ent pay acreage, that offers so much in
the way of favorable opportunity for
the finding of shipping values, and the
prospective purchaser or leaser will not
find it amiss to investigate its posi-
bilities.
al thC buiul iii SIOuD, WHICH du-
Joins the Portland on the east, the
work of proving up the ground for
patent is being prosecuted by the owner,
James G. Common, of Colorado Springs.
There are nine claims in his holding
and on all of them the necessary $500
worth of development is about COM
pleted. AT the Burnt Hill Nos. /, 2, 3,
4, the Black Hills Nos. l, 2, the Silver
Cup Fraction and the Silver Hook Frac-
ton, sinking is in progress, while at
the Burnt Hill No. 5, a tunnel is being
driven. j.. F. Miller, who is also fore
man at the Portland workings, is in
charge of operations and is prosecuting
them vigorously. The surface indica-
lions and the showing below are aver
age, and in the latter instance are de-
cidedly good for the depth. The vein
matter shows something in the way of
%colors to the pan, and while the string
is not as yet very liberal it is sufi-
GENTLY extensive to warrant further
exploration. 1t is the purpose of the
owner to prove up the territory as
soon as a receivers receipt has been
issued by the government.
Still further east, and to the south,
lies the acreage of the Red Lion Min
ing company, consisting of the Red
Lion Nos. l, 2 and 3, the Red Lion Frac-
ton and the ~Joshaway; the Red Lion
No. 3 being intersected by the Red
Rock. The entire holding is traversed
by a huge porphyry dixie which gives
unmistakable evidences of being min
eralized. A shaft has been sunk along
side and to the south or the highest
ipoint of this blowout, its present depth
being in the neighborhood of 40 feet.
The vein matter on the dump is some
lwhat broken but presents characteristics
favorable to the opening up of pay
l~values with greater depth.
On either side of the Red Lion hold
ings, save to the west, there is a large
expanse of mineral country which is
unattached to any mining corporation.
As a consequence development thereof