The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-12-15
MINING NEWS OF THE STATE
Condensed Summary OF the Latest Developments Throughout the
Different Counties


The report of the bureau of the mint
and the geological survey, which are CO.
operating in determining the annual
production Of gold and silver in the
United States, shows for Nevada a gain
from si.307.SO0 in 1904 to S5,s59.1OO in
1905 and a gain in silver from 2,359,100
to 5.Ss3.500 fine ounces. The director OF
the mint says that Nevada will show
for 1906 a much larger gain in both gold
and silver and that the state will likely
make a contest for first place as a pro-
Queer of the precious metals.
The center of the disturbance, as the
weather prophets say, is over Nevada
now. and the money is pouring in there
by thousands, tens of thousands and
millions. and there is no abatement in
the nood.-Salt Lake Telegram.
If half the stories are true. Nevada
will in 1907 resume her place as the
foremost mineral producing state in the
Union. She threatens to be again to the
mining world what she was between
1859 and 1876. We suspect that IL will
be as it was before-that it will be Ne
vada that will rebuild San Francisco.
San Francisco was but a clump of low
houses and was really but a big village
until Nevada bullion transformed the
city.-Salt Lake Telegram.
CHURCHILL
A deal involving the purchase of the
Lucky Joe and Arthur r. claims, which
are close to the June Wonder and SIAM
pede properties, has been contaminated.
]. r. EIgan and others of Gold6eld and
Denver bought the ground from Dan
Rygel of Fairview and will begin work
at once. The company will probably be
called the Joe Wonder Mining company.
One of the largest and most import
ant deals ever made in the Fairplay dis
trict was consummated when Mr.. Nc
Naughton of Goldheld, took over the
three claims of Harry Wilson, for a cash
consideration of 5000 and 10 per cent
of the incorporated stock.
DOUGLAS
Vast amounts of the richer and light
err chlorides, as well as the quicksilver
and amalgam from the Comstock were
washed away down the eanons or were
deposited by the great mills themselves
directly itno the Carson river. Alto
gether it is estimated that such values
are in excess of S6O,000,00
ELKO
Montana capitalists are investing in
Spruce Mountain, Elko county. copper
properties. The ore is said to average
) per cent in copper.
EsMERALDA
Never, since the discovery of the rich
mines at Douglas, in the good old days
before Tonopah and Goldfield were even
dreamed of by the prospector and his
burro. were the mining interests in the
territory Immediately surrounding Nina
brighter than they are today.
A rich strike has been made at Queen
station. A sample taken from property
owned by Stocking. Conley and Denni-
son. assayed $2,3S7.55 in gold and
$2S.35 in silver and the owners are now
sacking preparatory to making the first
shipment.
l.. l.. Mushett, who recently organized
the Mayfiower company, has recently
acquired other property, presumably for
the same ompany The purchase COM
pleted this week was for the five claims
owned by o. d. Douglas, near Coyote
springs.
1t is estimated there will be at least
1000 locations forfeited in the Walker
river reservation district the first of
the year. because the locators failed to
do the required work within ninety
days.
Fish lake valley, near Silver Peak,
Esmeralda county, is looming into
prominence as a mining camp.
The Olga mine near Nina has become
a regular shipper.
A ledge of black marble has been
found in the hills a short distance from
Nina.
j. l.. Giroux, the we'll known copper
expert. has bought a number of copper
properties near Luning from p. II.
O'Brien of Goldheld and A. II. Lee of
Tonopah. The property is known as the
Rio Tinto and is said to possess con-
siderable merit.
1t has just been learned that a group
of Philadelphia men have purchased a
large block of the stock of the Nevada
Alpine mining company.
4 fund of $1,000 has been raised for
constructing a wagon road from Haw-
thorne to Masonic district.
Mt. Grant Mining & Milling company
has been organized BY Goldheld parties,
for the purpose of working claims in
the Mount Grant district. where free
milling ore has been opened up in a
number of veins. The company has
leased an old stamp mill, and is now
thoroughly o~verhauling it.
HuMROIDT