The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-12-01

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across a stretch Of country extending
from the Seyler-Humphrey estate on the
west to the Ralston desert OF the east.
Where opened on Zanzibar ground the
ledge Is showing the full width of the
tunnel by means of which the acreage
Is being developed. and the breast OF
the big bore is all ore with neither wall
in sight. The entire deposit carries high
grade milling values and is permeated
with streaks and seams of quartz which
return assays well above shipping worth.
SANTA LOLA
A vigorous campaign of Development
has been in~augurated on the estate OF
the Santa Lola Mining company and in
its furtherance a number of surface linz
provements are being made preparatory
to the installation of a plant of machin-
cry and the thorough proving up OF the
acreage at depth. The property is To-
Gated In the west end of the Manhattan
pay belt in proximity to the Desert
Queen and Independence Consolidated
estates, on both of which strikes OF
magnitude have been recently made. In
point of vein showing and gold values at
| surface and nominal depth the Santa
Lola compares favorably with any hold
ings in that portion of the camp, ana
| mining men familiar with the ore occur
rencies on the property hold 1t In high
| favor.
| DESERT QUEEN
A plant of machinery is at once TO be
| installed at the collar of the deep main
working shaft by means of which the
| acreage of the Desert Queen Mining
company is to be developed. The prop
erty is located in the vicinity OF the
Santa Lola estate and is considered one
Of the coming mines of the camp.
Morris b. Dudley, president or the
Desert Queen company, recently re-
turned to Manhattan from the east
where he was called on business con-
nected with the property and whlle In
Denver he ordered "A complete machine
equipment. The hoist will have a lifting
capacity from a depth of 500 feet and
will be thoroughly modern.
Prospecting of the vein system at sur
face and at nominal depth have estab-
lished the presence of milling ore in
paying bulk. and as gold values are in
creasing with depth there is every rea-
son to predict the location of shipping
grade quartz once the permanent pay
area is we'll entered. At a number of
points on the acreage free gold shows
in the quartz, both in the main ledge and
in several of the cross leads. Assays
have been secured as high as s175 in
gold to the ton.
MANHATTAN BUTLER
Development of the large acreage of
the Manhattan Butler Mining company
in the North Manhattan mineral belt is
progressing satisfactorily under the SUI
pervision of Ed Stuart, one of the best
known and most competent mining en-
gineers in the Southern Nevada country.
Mr.. Stuart has the record of a number
Of mining successes at Bullfrog and
Goldheld to his credit and judging from
present conditions at the Butler property
is about to add to his laurels.
The present contracts for development
Of Butler ground will be completed in
about eight days. and are at once to be
followed by further contracts looking to
the exploration of the acreage on an
even more extensive scale. Gold values
encountered at the various points of de-
velopment are eminently satisfactory to
| Mr.. Stuart and the Butler Management
as they are Indicative of the presence of
large bodies of pay ore at depth.
JEFFERSON CANON
News comes from the Jefferson canon
section of a discovery of gold which
bids fair to reiuvenate the mining in
dustry in that one-time prosperous sill
yer camp. In Nevada's silver bullion
era Jefferson canon was no unimportant
factor in production of the white metal,
but with the characterization of silver
the camp fell into decay. With the loca-
ton of high grade gold values at Round
Mountain, however, attention was again
attracted to the ore deposits at Jefferson
with the result that it now appears
probable there is to be a revivifying of
it's long dormant mining industry.
The find in question was made on the
property of the Jefferson Apex Mining
company, in which a coterie of Manhat-
tan mining men are the moving spirits.
Some weeks ago miners were placed at
work prospecting a promising appearing
ledge and this has resulted in the UNI
covering of pay gold values a few feet
from surface. Samples taken at ram
dom across the vein were sent to Man
haitian for assaying recently and the
following returns received:
Sample No. 1, taken from IL inches of
decomposed quartz lying against the
porphyry contact, $23S.S9; sample No. 2,
taken from IS inches of porphyritic
quartz. s525.99. Free gold in consider
able quantity shows both in the decom-
posed portion of the ledge and in the
porphyry quartz, in the latter instance
being somewhat rusty. A number of the
more valuabl specimens were brought
to Manhattan by George Cram, general
manager of tie property. and placed on
exhibition at the store of Charles Cassin.
The ~porphyry specimens showing gold
in the free are particularly fine and re-
semble closely the porphyritic quartz
carrying rusty gold found in the Cripple
Creek district.
The ledge from which the high grade
was mined has been stripped at surface
for a length of $50 feet and gold values
are practically continuous for that dis
lance. The miners are still engaged ex-
tracing shipping ore from the outcrop.
and incidentally are sacking the scenery
and changing the topography of that
portion of the old Jefferson district in
which the property is located. The acre.
age adjoins the Charles mine, at one
time a famous silver bonanza. 1t is the
intention OF the management to open up
the ledge by means of a tunnel which
is to be driven into the south side of
Jefferson canon and which will tap the
deposit at a depth of 300 feet.
ALICE Ar |