The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-02-24
STRIKE AT TULE CANYON.
Ore Assayins 1857 Per Ton Found On
Hearst. .JaSeefs Property.

Hearst JaSeers Property.
At depth of feet ledge Of ore that
assays $987 per ton has been opened on
the w. r. Hearst claim of the Hearst
Jaggers Gold Mining company at Tule
Canyon. The Hearst claim is one OF a
group recently purchased by George
Wingfield. w. j. ("Billy") Douglass
and associates from FUm Jaggers, one of
the pioneers of Tule Canyon. After the
deal, which had been in consummation
over a month, was closed last Monday
night the Hearst -Jaggers company was
formed to take over and operate the
property. The transfer was negotiated
by L. Bleakmore and George Minis, who
represented the purchasers. The pur-
chase price is said to have been we'll up
in five figures.
The group has been developed to some
extent by crosscut tunnel and a shaft.
The exceptionally rich strike, however,
was made in shallow cut on an
other part of the claim. In the tunnel,
which has been extended distance of
so feet, there is exposed a face of ship
ping ore. The shaft was put down
through the country rock and cut the
ledge on its dip at depth of go feet.
From this shaft two tons of ore were
mined and treated, netting $1O8 per ton.
Drifts and raises that have been eX-
tended from the face of tunnel all show
good ore.
The property was proved mine be-
fore any attempt was made to sell 1t.
In the shaft and tunnel the ore bodies
show every indication of permanency
and the values are uniformly distrib-
uted. The purchasers are satisfied they
have a big producer in the Hearst
group.
An extensive plan Of development
has been outlined by the management.
Six thousand dollars has been set aside
for this purpose, and active and ener-
getic work will be started without de-
lay. Just as soon as the property has
been sufficiently opened up mill is to
be installed and the vast reserves of
milling ore treated ut tie mine. The
main shaft will be sul1k to depth of
300 feet, from which ley el drifts will be
extended and the ore slioot blocked out.
The tunnel is to be continued to open
to traverse the property. 1t is be-
lieved that the plan of development as
outlined will create mammoth ore re-
serve.
The Hearst group of claims is located
on low foothills in Tule Canyon, about
of a mile from the border
line between Nevada and California.
The district is 33 miles south of Gold
field and about an equal distance north
of BuAlfrog. o
pany is 81 100000. At the meeting of
the directorate George Wingfeld was
elected president; w. j. Douglass, vice.
president, and John S. Cook, of John S.
Cook & Co., bankers, treasurer. Minis
Sutro Co. was appointed fiscal agent.
Hank Summers, former mayor of
Nome, and w. NJ. johnson, another old
Alaska prospector, left Goldfield for
Tule Canyon yesterday. They packed
four tons of freight with them and are
hurrying into the region where the
recent strike was made. They located
eight claims two miles from the Hearst
Jaggers group about a fortnight ago and
will do the assessment work, after
which they propose to prospect the dis
trict lying between Tule Canyon and
Bullfrog.
Mr.. johnson said before leaving:
''The Banner claim of the Hearst-Jag-
gers gives wonderful surface indications
and the rest of the property is in for
ward state of development. 1t is surely
a great gold mine. A quarter of mile
from the Hearst-Jaggers group is Death
Valley, where some of the greatest
placer diggings the world ever saw were
once located. The geological formation
Of Tule Canyon is peculiar. On the left
limit, going toward Death Valley, where
is situated the Hearst-Jaggers group,
there are gold deposits. This is part of
the belt of which Bullfrog is the source.
On the right limit are all silver and
copper propositions.
Both Mr.. johnson and Mr.. Summers
predicted that the territory lying be-
tween Bullfrog and Tule Canyon will
turn out to be as great
gold district as both Bullfrog and Tule
Canyon.
Both J. S. Purdy and Tom Jaggers
left Goldfeld for Tule Canyon yester-
lay. "AmOng the best properties
have seen in 80 years. said Mr.. Purdy,
II include the Hearst-Jaggers and a
number of others in Tule. They con-
tain immense bodies of ore, some of
which is of exceptionally high grade,
and the day is not far distant when the
production of this old district will
awaken the eyes of the mining world and
give added prestige to Nevada as gold
producing state"
The district in which the Hearst-Jag-
gers mine is located has been segregated
rom the Ida district and named the
south Tule Canyon district.