The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-24
LIVE MINING NEWS.
A Week of Good Development in the Great
in the Great District.

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Black Butte.
The Black Butte company have de-
cided to put down a new AXIS shaft to a
depth OF 200 feet. Work will be COM
menced Immediately and no drifting or
cross-cutting will be started until the
depth of at least 200 feet is reached.
Apex and Brooklyn.
Six men are at work sinking pros
pecting shaft on the Apex claim of the
Goldfeld-Apex company and three men
are working on shaft. on the Brooklyn
claim owned by a company of the same
name. Oliver Matthews is in charge of
the work of both mentioned companies.
The Great Quartzite.
The Quartzite, which is owned by the
Diamondfield Gold Mining company,
continues to output large bodies of ex-
ceedingly good ore. The lessees are
working with a will to take out all that
is possible during the life OF the lease.
The average of the ore as it is broken
down goes better than 5000 per ton,
while the screenings average between
$500 and 5000 per ton.
The Potlatch.
The Potlatch Mining company has a
force of men doing surface trenching
and prospecting upon their valuable
holdings. This force will be increased
shortly and when the most feasible place
for sinking shaft has been determined,
the development of this company's
group will be begun in earnest. Already
the men have secured good colors from
paintings.
The Sandstorm.
Vexatious delays in the matter of
getting machinery through the blockade
is handicapping the work on the LOTUS
Davis lease and it may yet be several
days before the management can get
matters shaped up for further produc-
tion. Meanwhile they are connecting
up the lrifts below and sacking one
from the dumps and shipment will 60
down to the local sampler as soon as
completed.
Davis Lease on Kruger.
Parties owning the Davis lease on the
Kruger Monday refused big cash offer
for the property, and evidently it is not
for SALE At depth of Is feet they are
now lifting ore from foot vein that
dips very flat towards the east. Wednes-
day they began sacking for shipment
making the Kruger the second shipper
developed on the Sandstorm ground
within three months. While not sensa-
tional the values are good. The last
sample taken running $491 ton.
The Lone Star.
For several days there has been per-
sistent rumor on the streets OF a remark
ably rich strike in the Lone Star. Mr..
Matthews, the superintendent of the
mines, states that some remarkably high
assays were obtained from body of ore
in the 65-foot level, but that the high
values are "spotted" and the continuity
of the ore had not, as yet, been estab-
lished.
In addition to the work being done by
the company there are seven different
sets of lessees at work on leases recently
granted by the company.
Rochester r-Coldfleld Company.
The Rochester, -Goldield company has
let lease on block No. l of its Lone Star
claim to p. j. Finn. The lessee is down
about 80 feet and in 5-foot vein is
getting values from $l2 to $50 per ton
average samples across the vein. AS
the surface values were only from So to
81 the showing is decidedly encouraging.
The company is down 20 feet on a shaft
on the Texas claim, which they will sink
to 100 feet before crosscutting. The
Rochester Goldfield people have also ac-
quired four claims in the Tokop district
on which is fine showing and which
will be put in the company. They keep
two to three prospectors constantly in
the field looking for good properties.
The Red Lion.
The shaft ON the property of the Gold
field Red Lion Mining company is down
50 feet and crosscuts have been started
through the ore body, which has made
a very promising showing thus far, even
though no shipping values have been
struck. 1t is the intention of the man
agement to sink the shaft to a depth of
100 feet as soon as possible, and to do
extensive drifting and crosscutting at
this level in an attempt to intercept an
extension of the Jumbo ledge.
COldfeld-Belmont.
A twelve horse power gasoline hoist is
to be installed on the Vernal No. 2 claim
of the Goldtield- Belmont company.
There is good showing on this claim
which justifies the owners in putting up