The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-06
S~FARCHLIGHT NEWS


F=rarfal
-ucnlirht. New. oct2.-A sensa-
did strike has just been made at
us.rrv mountain. eighteen miles
',sssst of searchlisht. by John Thur
md chas. Hamiil. Two different
~-.Dscting parties have been out in
Pr ,,.,r,ct for some time past and
-,ofore reports sent in have beer
~~,h,nr but encouraging. Three miles
., Beaver lake. where Thurman
the nrst strike lies Newberry
~ In a series Of low hills and
noun The new district is honey
Wasnes Nth veins having a north-south
omsswest trend. The east-west
anu as a rule cut by dykes Of trap
Nei"S a~Dbvry while the nort-south
anu as narallel with the dykes. The
Ne.,,or Is horn blend schist and the
i natter is quartz, porphyry and al
ven" aountrv rock. The surface ores
'el go milling but turn into sulphides
a.e sa,th Two veins are true assures
WI I've every indication of perma-
" several sacks of ore taken from
en-" strike at the Thurman camp.
Inc srought into S~earchlight. The ore
~ an oxidized quartz, eavily impreg-
ted with free gold and plainly visible
the naked eye. Most OF the ore
oougbt in will run better than $500 per
vvhile quite a few samples will run
- higher figures. Water is undan
:" che new district and can be obtained
= Of the low gulches.
sunerintendeut Edw. Carleson has re-
- s,rking in the main shaft of the
rv-oming Searchlight. The shaft is
-, 90 feet and preparations have
80 made TO sink to the 50O-foot level.
D~oascuts and drifts will be run at each
80, Three shifts are now at work
.,nkinr. The 15-h.p. hoist is in active
snaration and the machinery and pumps
are on the ground.
THE management of the Searchlight
mining and Milling company is erect
&C. Eve cottages. a new office building.
-,nc boiler and lime houses at the mine.
Three of the twenty tanks of the a
,so nlant have been installed and the
-,ort will be in active operation within
% davis. The pump is raising upwards
- 5000 gallons daily. The mills is
running three SHiltS Si"ShAhe oV tN
and The shaft has reached the 4O0-foot
level.
Superintendent Wheatley reports ex-
cellent developments from the estate of
the Nevada Consolidated mines, form
erlv the Chan-McLaughlin group. In
the Black Dog shaft, at a depth OF 1l3
feet a 27-foot vein was cut that will
average IS to SO per ton. Another ore
shoot was discovered on the Mocking
bird that assays $13.55 on the surface.
Development on the Lodi shaft has been
likewise sensational. Al a depth of 155
feet a big vein of low grade ore was en-
countered which at III 200-foot level
will average $35 per ton. The three
hoists are now working and sinking has
been resumed in all the shafts.
The Stone-Brown company have just
surveyed the following groups of claims
for patent: Gold Sovereign, 1. Y. L.,
searchlight ouintette, Gold Bar, Gold
Wedge, Wyoming Searchlight, Gertrude
and Azusa. The first authentic map of
Ell Dorado canon has just been issued
by his firm and shows all the surveyed
and patented claims in this favored sec
ton.
Bids have been asked for by the
Searchlight Free Gold and Duplex Ex-
tension Mining companies to sink shafts
to the water level. The Duplex Exter-
sion ompany wants a double compart-
ment, timbered, incline shaft to be sunk
on the vein. Water level is expected to
be struck at a depth of 230 feet. The
shaft is down 20 feet now
The machinery for the Searchlight
Copper Gold has been shipped and will
installed Immediately upon its arrival
in Searchlight. The Annette shaft has
reached 125 feet and is being thoroughly
timbered. Air pumps have been in
stalled and living houses are being
erected.