The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-02-09
C MINING NEWS
wnpos rnAcr1or LEASE

Work has been esumed on the Inter-
Mountain Mining and Industrial COM
pany $ lease on the Wedge Fraction of
the Sandstone Extension ground. SUI
perintendent H.. W. Bruener this week
put a shift of men at work. n IL the
showing improves the company will put
another shift on the workings within
the next two months. Work has been
shut down for about 80 days and dur
ing the interim an extension of the COM
pany's lease from the Sandstone Ex-
tension company has been secured
which will give Superintendent Bruener
another IL months in which to prose-
cute work on his concession. Up to the
time OF the shut down the company had
done approximately 500 feet of under
ground work. AZ a depth of so feet a
crosscut was run from the bottom of
shaft into a well defined ledge. which
the leasers believe is the Sandstone
ledge. as 1T is in close proximity to the
lines of that famous bonanza and dips
in that direction. Drifts were cut in
two directions and an upraise run to a
point within 25 feet of the surface.
Drifts were run from this point and a
winze is being put in upon the lead.
which has every appearance of soon
making into ore.
BLACK ROCK DEvELoPNENT
Plans for the development of the
acreage of the Black Rock Mining com
pany are in charge Of Weber and Ish
and under their management are being
carried out with dispatch and efficiency.
The work of lowering the shaft from
the 100 to the 200-foot level is now on
and If the water level is not reached at
the last mentioned point it is the inten-
ton to sink so feet more. Development
is to be pushed with rapidity and at the
water level a crosscut is to be extended
to contact with a strong ledge which
outcrops a short distance from the
shaft. Surface paintings on the ledge
are very encouraging in their nature.
The ground adjoins the holdings of the
Conqueror on the north and is
mineral territory.
QUARrzITE NO.
The lessees on the Quartzite No. 1 at
D~iamondfeld are engaged in searching
for the ledge recently cut to such good
purpose in the Black Butte claim of the
Black Butte Consolidated Mining COM
pany. The strike of the lead is through
Ouartzite ground and the lessees are
operating within 400 feet to the east of
the find. A tunnel has feen run into the
hill a distance of about 100 feet and at
the 70-foot point a small strtnger was
cut which is now being explored
through the medium of a winze. Gold
values are being obtained as high as
s45 to the ton and it is thought that
with greater depth a drift along the
strike of the ledge will result in the
finding of pay grade in place.
MCMAHON COMPANIES PROPERTY
Operations on the property of the
Mcmahon Gold Mining company were
commenced this week under the super
vision of James Murray, the company's
representative here. A shaft is to be
sunk 100 feet on a ledge which is giving
some very good surface showings, and
when tina depth has been attained
crosscuts will be run to determine the
extent and character of the ledge which
the company has been exploring for
some time with surface working con-
sisting of open cuts and shallow shafts.
The vein at the surface is seven feet
wide, and shows nominal values. The
collar of the shaft was timbered the
first of the week and :'ni:ing operations
are now Progressing satisfactorily.
GOLD WEDGE LEASE
A very promising vein is being devel-