The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-07
THE BULLFROG DISTRICT

Los ANGELES BuxLrRoo-The
Los Angeles Bullfrog is steadily i'm
proving under development. The shaft
on the Boulder claim is down 40 feet.
and in good looking rock all the way.
1t is the purpose OF the management to
engage I'm lateral prospecting when the
50-foot point in the shaft is reached.
The reason for determining the charac-
ter and width of the body at such super
fetal depth exists in the fact that ex-
tremely rich float has been found in this
vicinity, and 1t Is argued that good
values may be expected near the sur
face. When the width and content of
the ledge have been determined at the
50-foot level sinking will be continued
and a hoist will be installed as soon as
conditions warrant. 1t is fully assured
that the Starlight lead traverses the
Boulder claim ~diagonally giving a
length and within the ground of over
1900 feet. A contract has been let for
100 feet of tunnel on the Belmont claim
to follow the ledge. The drive is al
ready in so feet. Good depth will be
gained at this point, and as values are
improving with distance on the ledge
good milling material is 500 expected.
The Belmont is about a mile and a half
northeast of the Boulder. in a locality
which shows a high degree of mineral
~ization. Adjoining the Belmont is the
Silver Queen claim situated on a lead
approaching the former at right angles.
1t is held that these veins merge with
in the Belmont and that very rich
ground may be expected at the point of
intersection. The management of the
Los Angeles Bullfrog is composed of
conservative mining and business men
and a systematic and miner-like devel-
opment policy is being pursued.
DEATH VALLEY N. @ n. Co.-The
Death Valley Mining and Milling and
others interested in the same locality
are planning a new road from Rhyolite
to this mineral section. The route
adopted will shorten the distance two
miles and make the property easily ac-
cessible by auto. The new tunnel,
started at the mine about a week ago,
is being steadily pushed ahead. From
the portal of the bore to the millsite
selected there is a distance of two miles,
with an easy gravity delivery. The
company plans to install a treating
plant late in the fall. In the meantime
the creation of reserves will continue
with the assortment of shipping grades
to be sent out as soon as the railroad
gets into camp.
WEST ExTENsION.-On the report
er's desk is a piece of ore brought in
from the Bullfrog West Extension yes
terday. 1t is a green quartz showing
native silver and free gold. 1t would
probably assay better than $4,000. But
what p~leases Len McGarry, the man
ager, the most is the fact that ar aver
age grab sample of the breast of the
drift, broken into Wednesday night.
yesterday gave a value of gill. In the
S5-foot crosscut to the north the ore
runs from Sc to 1910. There is a lively
scramble for specimens of rock from
this latest West Extension, for 1t COM
bines beauty with value.
JANUARY GROUP.-Work is to be
started at the January group of claims
on Bare mountain in a short time. The
group contains six claims about half a
mile from the Skookum workings and Is
owned by l.. w. Long and T. w. Dom
ovan of Gold Center. Where 1t is pro-
posed to begin permanent work, a sur
face assay returned 1881, and there is
said to have been but little deviation
from this value for a distance of eight
feet. the depth to which the prospect
shaft was sunk. The property is also
near the old shaft sunk some 20 years
ago, where good silver-lead values were
found, and said to be on the Skookum
lead.
THE BANNER.-An ~uncovering was
made at the Banner Monday which
showed a four-foot body of ore carrying
an average surface value across the
ledge of $S4.16. This was the first work
done at the property under the new
management. The strike was made o
the Wildcat claim. which was the form
err name of the group. H. G. Mcmahon
sampled the ledge, and much to his
surprise the material gave the return
noted. The company is at present doing
surface exploration preparatory to per-
manent operations.
FREDERICKSBURG west crosscut at
the Peerless is now in 35 feet and is en-
tering q quartz and manganese forma-
49, A-A4IAu x1s- a. -~A 1900