The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-16
In JOHNNIE DISTRICT
Railroad WIN soon he Completed TO
Camp and Number OF Silver
Lead and Gold Shipments
Arc co To1low
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence
Shipments OF gold. and silver-leai
bearing ores are to be made from the
Johnnie district as soon as the siding
is completed to a point seven miles
north of the camp and thirty miles
north of the present terminus of the
Tcnopah & Tidewater railroad at l. :
dian Springs. rwo con 81 II ps. s%=
arr now nearing Miller's upper vel.
roTth of the narrows in the Spring
mcn1tain range. and rails are being
laid at the rate of a mile per day. rhe
station east of Miller's will be seven
miles north II Johnnie as the crow
n, - and WI. the approa, IA of tn ttn-
st.uetion crew 20 that point the owners
of lead-silver. and gold producers have
entered upon a friendly rivalry to see
who will be the first to send out a ship
ment of ore.
Among operators of the class referred
to who are now prepared to make con-
signments are L. l. Patrick & Co,
Gould and Place. West Boiler, Jolly,
Preast and Simmons, Messrs. Lake,
Body, B~eauregards. Smith and others.
Patrick & Co. are operating a number
of silver-lead propositions, for which
they paid a fair price, and have been
mining shipping grade since the day
when they assumed control of the prop
critics. Gould and Place and the others
mentioned are likewise piling up high
class ore. There are also many claims
in the district which will come in with
proper development.
The old Chispa property-gold bear
ing-from which several thousand dol
lars worth of ore has been mined in the
past, is being opened up preparatory to
extensive development and with the in
tention of sinking the shaft from 500 to
500 feet deeper. The acreage is owned
by Butler. Ramsey & Co. of Tonopah.
The Johnnie Consolidated shaft is
down 700 feet from whence a crosscut
is being driven to tap the vein opened
on the 500 and 600-foot level In the
upper workings the lead is showing
from s to 20 feet in width and assays
from SIS to $45 to the ton. The White
and Thomas group, adjoining on the
south and east. is crossed by several
veins from 4 to 6 feet wide which as
say we'll. The Battery group, adjoining
ON the east, has a strong ledge showing
and a large tonnage of free milling ore
on the dump holding a value of about
$14 per ton. The Red, C~lannahan, Beryl,
Rainbow and other groups likewise nave
excellent prospective value.
North of the Johnnie mine and close
to the Clark railroad a strike has been
made by a party of Salt Lake City oper-
ators. The find is molybdenite and is
said to obtain in paying quantity. Other
Utah miners have just located a large
copper ledge in the Spring mountain
range west of Indian Creek. They are
engaged in inspecting a number of
properties in the vicinity of the Johnnie
and are we'll pleased with the mineral
indications. The party was on the way
to the Funeral range country
stopped at the Johnnie district en-
route.
1t is understood that the Borax Smith
road is TO pass within twelve miles of
the camp and later rails may be laid to
the town. Negotiations are pending for
the erection of a smelter, a ~concentrat-
ing plant and a mill.