The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-01-13

News from the Camp by Special
Correspondent.

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s.-To the mind of your correspondent
Ladd hill has very much the appear
ice of being a mountain of ore and not
a little of it is high in grade. A look
over and into the limited workings of
the estate of the Bullfrog Mining COM
pany will convince the most skeptical
that the property has all the ear marks
of a bonanza. The original discovery
shaft on the Bank Trust claim, about
the first location on the hill. showed at
the start a streak of tale and quartz
about a foot in width that PANIED well.
In sinking less than Is feet this streak
has widened to 9 feet. The very richest
of the ore is being sacked. The man
agement has decided to prospect the
ground by means of a tunnel that will
cut the apex of the hill at close to 800
feet. This bore is now so feet long and
is being extended as rapidly as two
shifts car do the work. 1t was started
at a point where it was thought it
would run through country rock for
quite a distance, but in 5 feet it entered
a vein 5 feet wide that assays close to
$40. This vein had a slight dip and re-
manned in sight for 40 feet or more.
Now the country rock ID again in evil
dence, but it is so highly, mineralized
that it will pay TO treat after the COM
pany gets its mill in operation. On all
the claims of the estate good mineral
has been found at surface and much OF
it runs into the hundreds per ton. DIR.
Benson, vice-president of the company,
informs your correspondent that no eff
fort to make any considerable produce
ton will be made for some time to
ONE From time to time small ship
ments will 60 out to different places in
order to determine exactly what process
and the kind of machinery that will be
best adapted for the mill that is to be
quickly erected.
The National Bank is another good
property. 1t appears that Ladd and
Cochrane were prospecting the same
morning on the hill that now bears the
first gentleman's name and each picked
up some rich float. They tipped a coin
for choice of locations and Cochran got
the ground that he named the First Ma
%tional, to which he has since added
other claims that all carry high grade
ore. He had three partners, Sol Camp,
l.. l.. Patrick and a Mr.. Smith. The
first of the week they all transferred
their interests to a corporation that is
to be known as the First National Min
ing company, and Of which Sol Camp,
superintendent of the January of Gold
field, is to be the manager. The selec-
ton of this gentlemen insures a vigor-
ous policy and the property will be
quickly developed.
President A. G. Cushman and Secre-
tary G. H. Elliott of the Montana Bull
frog company have been in the district
for some days outlining a policy of de-
%velopment for the property they have
recently acquired on Ladd mountain.
The ground joins the Bullfrog company
estate and there is no reason why it
should not be equally as valuable as its
neighbor, as ore within 25 feet Of the
Montana-Bullfrog line has been broken
at almost the surface that has assayed
high as $44, 900 per ton. Active de-
velopment has been commenced and as
rapidly as miners can be used to advan-
tage they will be employed.
f. A. Montgomery, the father Of the
town of Beatty, has just returned from
a brief visit to Los Angeles. While alb
sent he met a number of leading rail-
road men and from what he learned is
convinced that the steam horse will not
be delayed in heading this way. From
Beatty the line will run to Goldfeld and
thence to Tonopah. Naturally branches
are expected to be run out to many
points in the desert.
A sale OF Ladd hill property is to be
reported. Phillips and associates part
ed with two fine prospects, the purchaser
being G.. H. Whitelaw OF Delta, Colo.
Immediately after the deal was made,
Whitelaw started for Denver by
uav If the soutb To make ARRANGEMENTS