The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-04
LEASES
SHOWING WELL

the last week bought q third
interest in the Kate and Maud S. claims.
out the holdings Of Edward
Priest The other owners Of the claims
are Harry Simmons. of Johnnie and
sam Jolly OF Colorado Springs. Colo
RADIO. The claims are about o miles
southwest of Johnnie n are a silver
lead proposition in the form Of galena-
Nine assays averaged SIS. The ore
carries 90 per cent lead. s1s In silver
and $3.50 in gold II Is q black lime
formation The outcroppings showed
feet wide and have been traced Tor
1900 feet. The consideration has not
been made public but several times the
claims have been valued in the thou
sands There are two shafts on the
property so feet deep all in ore. besides
two open trenches 10 feet long by s feet
wide and 4 feet deep that expose the
ledge. Bennett said he had outside cap
Ital interested and will Immediately get
a fund to develop the property. This
should stimulate the development Of
the great galena deposits that abound
in this district.
IL has been proven that the lack of
water need not cause any fear in this
district for the well diggers at Johnnie
Siding struck a strong flow at a depth
of $50 feet. They continued digging
and are now in gravel. The rise on the
first day was 60 feet and the next 100
feet. The water is excellent for drink
ing purposes and is remarkably free
from alkalL.
The Bowler lease is becoming a phe-
nomenon and during the past week
two strikes were made in different parts
OF the property each of which showed
free gold running in streaks through
white quartz. No attempt has been
made to get an assay. first because the
rock was considerable too yaluable to use
for anything but shipment and again
because the figures would be incredible
III first strike was made in shaft No.
3 at a depth of about eight feet, and
after some Of the ore had been extract
ed the ledge showed streaks of free
gold in the face. A nan is guarding
this treasure hole day and night. The
second strike was made in the old pro-
Queer No. / shaft, which showed the
first signs of making this lease a bo-
nanza field. The east drift from the
4O-foot level was advanced six feet and
in the end of the drift the ledge widened
out to about four feet. A small por-
ton of his proved to be rock
Bowler has 20 tons ready which he is
now hauling to the railroad station.
The Browne lease is so rich that were
IL not for the remarkable showing of
@b1 n4-fn- roaza - a1ano mould ornate
a sensation. His operations are con-
fined to shaft No. / from which he is
sacking 5000 rock. From several points
he took out specimens that had free
gold in abundance. He has now about
five tons ready which he will ship with
Bowler's lot. His production differs
somewhat from the high grade ore
taken from the other shafts in the fact
that though the formation is practically
the same, the ore carries a much larger
percentage of iron.
Simon Beaurogard, who has Minnie
Mae lease No. 7. is in the way of Great
ing another bonanza hole. He COM
menced sinking in a place where his
paintings from the surface showed a
quarter of an inch free gold, and the in
dications are getting better as he digs.
The latest additions to the leasers
colony are r. H. True and ". S. Wilson,
of Pasadena, Cal, who nave taken the
lease adjoining Brownies on the north;
George Fleeder and J. II. Mcknight, of
Johnnie. who have signed for the First
Chance Fraction, which adjoins the
Bowler lease on the west; r. c. Reed,
A. C. Cook and A. p. Kufel. of Johnnie
Siding, who have taken the only remain
ing lease on the Minnie Mae claim and
A. H.. Lee. of Tonopah. who has taken
Fraction No. / north of Simon Beauro-
CARDS lease. Prospecting is being
done on this ground but as yet nothing
of a startling nature has been de-
veloped. Robert Atkinson has just re-
turned from his Los Angeles trip and
Immediately upon his arrival the mill
question was discussed. Besides At
kinson, Frank Bennett, Robert Browne
and Fred Bowler were present. The
majority favored the erection of a Mis-
sen mill and thought that taking the
character of ore in consideration a saw
ing of 80 per cent could be effected. At
kinson said that he had made arrange
ments with two machinery houses in
Los Angeles and that either one could
put a mill into operation within sixty
days.
Work is progressing most favorably
on the telephone line, and the poles are
now In Johnnie. Construction Superin-
tendent Martel said that he could have
a talking line in operation before the
promised time, which is the first of
August.