The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-09-29

free gold showing float ever found in
camp has been picked up or Broncho
ground and has been traced to it's source
the big assure that extends across the
Broncho and Mustang estates. Once
this ledge is tapped at depth the chances
are very strongly in favor of it's maxi
ing into high grade ore. The value of
Broncho ground is not confined solely
to the main ledge but is associated with
a lumber of lead running parallel
Herewith. One of the latter was tapped
in the shaft at a depth of ITO feet where
it returned gold values as high as
$3.50 the ton.
TWO VALUABLE STRIKES
The Buyo claim of the Mustang com
amy and the Copenhagen claim of the
Mustang Extension company were the
scene of high grade strikes some time
since. and in each instance mining en-
ergy is devoted almost wholly TO prov
ing them up at depth. On the Mustang
the find was made in the main Broncho-
Mustang ledge and at a point not far
distant from where IT passes into
Broncho acreage. The quartz shows a
and presents unmistakable indications
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shipping ore at depth.
North and west of the Broncho are
located the acreages of the Manhattan
Combination, Sedan and limo com
panies. On the former a surface strike
was made about two months ago which
is being rapidly developed into one of
the biggest mining propositions in the
camp. Free gold in quantity is ASSOC
ciated with the quartz and ore of ex-
ceptionally high gold grade is being
sacked at grass roots. On Sedan ground
a ledge is exposed In the bottom of the
50-foot shaft that returns average as
says of $92 in gold the ton across a
width of 4 feet. The extension of this
ledge has been opened within a few feet
of surface on Belmont ground and while
the average gold grade is not as high
as where the vein is exposed on the Sc
dan, the maximum assay returns are
higher. An offer of $40, 900 cash for the
Sedans was recently refused, and me-
gotiations for the purchase of Belmont
ground by the same parties met with
no encouragement at the hands of the
Belmont management.
DESERT QUEEN-PAYMAsTER
In the extreme west end of the dis
trict. within a comparatively short dis
lance of where the foothills of the
Toquima range slope down to meet the
broad expanse of the Smoky valley, are
located the Desert Queen and Pay
master vein system. considered one of
the richest in the Manhattan mining
district. The acreage is being developed
under mineral conditions which bespeak
the finding of pay ore in place. and a
few days ago a strike of free gold bear
ing quartz was made in the main work.
ing shaft. Mining men consider Desert
Queen ground to hold exceptional ad-
vantages in a mineral way and opine
that 1t will make a shipping mine. At
the Paymaster development work is pro-
crossing steadily and co%incident there
with the property is producing a small
tonnage OF shipping grade ore. The
main ore zone has not as yet been well
entered, and when it is there is every
reason to believe hat an extensive body
of pay quartz will be found.
APRIL FOOL Hill
The greater development on April
Fool hill, scene of the original discov-
cry of gold in the camp, is chiefly con-
fined to the estates of the Seyler-Hum-
phrey and Manhattan Standard com
panies. On the April Fool, Tip Top and
War Eagle claims the Seyler-Humphrey
management is sinking main working
shafts well down into the permanent ore
zone and as sinking progresses %stringers
of quartz are not infrequently encoun-
tered that return high grade assays. A
shipment of 16 tons of ore having a
gold value of at least 800 the ton is
in process of treatment at the three
stamp mill at Central. On Manhattan
Standard ground the double compart-
ment shaft on the Bald Eagle claim has
penetrated the water zone, necessitating
a cessation of sinking. The manage
ment is now preparing to crosscut at a
depth of 10 feet to the very promising
ledge which dipped in ana out of the
shaft at the 80 and so feet points.
PINE NUT SECTION
In the Pine Nut section are in opera
ton the two most powerful hosting
plants in the camp. Their points of To-
cation are the Consolidated and PIN
Nut companies shafts. Each is of So
horse power capacity and is operated
by steam. The ore body on the con-
solidated is one of the most extensive
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value of nearly 81, 600, 900. Most of the
tonnage is high class milling rock, but
associated Herewith is a considerable
amount Of shipping grade quartz. The
mammoth fssure being explored in this
property is beyond question destined to
enrich the Pine Nut, Zanzibar and other
nearby estates. and offers possibilities
for the establishing of a string of mines
extending from the Seyler-Humphrey
estate to the Ralston desert. a distance
of eight miles, as it's course has been
traced across the intervening country
between the two points mentioned.
zANzIBAR-PINE NUT
Considerable water is coming into the
Pine Nut shaft but little difficulty is
experienced in keeping the workings
from flooding as the company had pre-
pared for the emergency by the in
stallation of a No. 6 Cameron pump. In
the old shaft on the Pine Nut the sui
phide zone was entered at a depth of Sc
feet, and now that water level is reach
ed in the main working medium it is
the intention to run a crosscut over to
the Consolidated-Pine Nut ledge in an