The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-28
THE BULLFROG DISTRICT



acknowledgements Nelson.
of the Gibraltar, had a piece of paper
Wednesday hat told a TeTy interesting
story. 1t was an assay certificate
showing silver $3.50 and gold s1.s57.1o.
The sample was taken from the No. 4
ledge in the No. 2 tunnel, across the
fact, and the vein is about Is inches
wide. The Gibraltar has sprung so
many such pleasant surprises on the
public that they lave really ceased to
be surprised. taking such things as a
matter to be expected. The history of
the Gibraltar as closely followed by the
Herald, tells many interesting stories of
paintings in scores of places. with fine
strikes of high grade shipping and mill
ing ores in many places, and hundreds
of sacks OF gold i~mpregnated rock
awaiting the coming of railroads and
mills. The winze to connect the No. 1
and No. Q tunnels is almost completed,
less than ten feet of work remaining.
The big shaft is down 100 feet and the
new plant of machinery is greatly facil-
itating the progress of the work. The
Gibraltar is working 26 men.
CHINA-NEvADA-In four lays more
the shaft will have attained a depth of
so feet and then prosecuting Of the
main ledge to the east will ommen
This ledge is a porphyritic quartz,
showing excellent surface value and
the entire material in the shaft shows
values. The shaft was sunk a short
distance west of the hanging wall of
the ledge and this well, which on the
surface seemed to have a dip of about
As degrees, has Strengthened up, so has
not yet been in the shaft.
Doubtless the contact of the lode por-
phyry with the hanging wall of the
ledge will show increased values but
what the management want to reach
and prospect is the ledge Of ~porphyritic
quartz outcropping for so feet in width.
This is thought to be the main lode of
the country as 1t outcrops on the COM
pany's claim to the south and also on
the adjoining claim to the north where
the rock shows free gold.
RUSH-The Index shaft in the Dem
yer ledge has sunk twelve feet during
the week., all In quartz. Manganese
streaks have come In on both the hang
ing and foot walls, from which high
values have been secured. The foot wall
has turned over the same as the Denver
did, and Is now pitching toward the
west. The winze in the main tunnel on
the Rush claim has sunk and timbered
ten feet during the week, making a
total depth of IS feet, and is still in a
high grade of milling ore. At a depth
OF "a feet (Yolo TUNE leve1) a station
will be cut and drifting started for the
Yolo tunnel. The face of the Yolo is
still $50 feet south of the bottom of the
winze. Tit diamond drill work in the
north lateral has been somewhat de-
layed this week by running into a cav
ity at 241 feet from the mouth of the
hole, causing 1t to cave. This cavity has
now been successfully passed and drill
Ing resumed at the rate of thirty feet
per day. They expect to strike the An
mex ledge which passes through Rush
No. / ground, in a few days. Prof. G.. E.
Bailey is expected back about August 1.
GOLDEN sCEPTRE-The shaft on
the Golden Sceptre is down 10 feet and
the superintendent reports good values.
h air pipe running from the power
plant to the unnel is proving very sue
cessful.
DENVER ANNEx-The Louisville tun-
mel had reached the limit of operations
with a wheelbarrow, when it was de-
cided to go back to straighten, enlarge
and timber 1t so as to install a car and
track. This work has been accomplish
ed and the drift will be continued far
enough to prove the length of the ore
shoot before starting to sink. Samples
taken across the face of the drift gave
returns as high as $4S.
INDIAN SPRINGs-The Indian
Springs company, of which Malcolm
Macdonald is president, is running a
crosscut tunnel 100 feet to cut the ledge,
and have made about half the distance.
The No. 2 tunnel is in fifty feet on the
vein, which is fifteen feet wide and very
similar to the Shoshone tale.
MONTGOMERY : SHOSHONE - The
main shaft of the Montgomery-Sho-
shone is Town to 400 feet, where a sta
ton is being cut before starting cross
cutting. The drift in the tunnel shows
the ledge to be from Is to 20 feet wide.
with values averaging about as usual.
About nifty men are now employed.
TRAMP-In order to connect the big
Tramp tunnel with the shaft on the Nell
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