The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-06-16
THE GOLD CREST PROPERTY.
Group With Splendid Showing Thirty
Five Miles South.

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The country between Goldfeld and
Bullfrog is showing up in great shape
anu rich strikes are of daily occur
renee. The owners of the Gold Crest
property, about 30 miles south. of Gold
heid, near the road to Bullfrog, are
feeling particularly jubilant over the
showing on their claims. This proper-
ty Is IN reality a mining district in it.
self and Is owned by Milwaukee peo-
pie. 1t consists of thirty-four mining
claims and several mill sites. Tt was
located in 1900 and 1901 by Col. w. H.
Norfolk and Chas. Gilbert, who sold it
to the present owners for a large sum,
supposed to he well up in the six fig
ures. 1t is surrounded and adjacent to
the following groups of mines: The
R~attlcsnake group, (now Bonnie Claire)
two-thirds of which was recently sold
for 100000; the Tokop Mining com-
pany's group; the famous Tokop Con-
solidated Mining companp's group and
the Hanson property, upon which a
sensational strike was recently made.
Mining experts who have examined
the Gold Crest pronounce the showing
of the property as most wonderful.
Upon the thirty-four claims are found
no less thar 135 veins, many of them
very large, extending 100 feet in width
,tnap tha orrf.n ,,l ,ALo-s On 81 Az
feet wide. The great quartz lodges
come up through the rock and in places
stand 90 feet above the surface. In
the gulches below there are thousands
of dollars worth of ore which has been
broken off in the course of ages from
these immense lodges. All of the veins
on this property pan gold and on many
of them gold may be seen in the rock
with the naked eye. Some beautiful
specimens of this character have been
found. A great number Of average
assays have been taken which run from
$40 to 1913 right on the surface. Some
sample assays of selected rock run up
wards of $4,000.
While Norfolk and Gilbert were the
owners shipments o. ore were made
from this property by way of Alvord
in California to the Tacoma smelter;
this involved a haul by wagon of 1875
miles and hence by rail hundreds of
miles at u big expense. Nevertheless
the owners made good money on their
shipments and were enabled to live
and work the property. The ore ship
ped in this way yielded $1S5 per ton,
and in mining it the owners did not
any where sink more than 8 feet be-
low the surface. The elevation is about
5000 feet above the sea level and good
tunnel sites are available. Another
great advantage to this property is
the fact that it has good timber and
good water upon the premises.
The Tokop, Rattlesnake and Gold
Crest camps are Of great interest to
Goldfield as they are directly tributa-
ry to it. Great things are expected of
them.
Peter j. Somers, ex-cOngressman
from Milwaukee aud ex-mayor of that
city, is president and manager of the
told Crest Mining company. 1t is a
close corporation and no stock has been
offered for sale in Nevada. Consider
able development work has been done
and tunnels nave been started. Eight
men are now at work and shipments
will be made in the near future.
MI. Somers is SO highly pleased with
the property that he moved his family
to Reno so that he could take personal
charge and will henceforth devote all
his time 80 the rare of the company's
intrests.
Joseph Makodon is experimenting
the work at the mine. Considering
the size OF the Gold Crest property,
the number and size and richness of
the lodges, it promises to be second to
none IN Southern Nevada.