The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-09-01
sFARCHLIGHT NEWS

-.c;at Correspondents
GU. Nev., Aug. 2s.-With the
ssarchn,h s cool weather. crowds are
sdvent o. =. swarm into Searchlight
b~sginnins crescent indications, the
,ad fro" southwestern Nevada will
psirCp nmme this fall. Many new com
he nun" preparing for extensive de-
ranies work upon their different
yslopmen several of the older COM
states reduced their working force
r%anies me summer heat are operat-
oving y .nree shifts and an increased
force Oh nnnlex Extension Mining com
The 80 let contracts to sink a dou-
pany nnartment shaft to water level
BE eomp ~ thoroughly timbered. The
sane " ground has been thoroughly
conpan. and the shaft will be sunk
prospes' psgal claim, from which cross
upon LII be run to tap h two veins
Gus Verse this claim. The vein can
thar from the Duplex mine and
be u.saca showings are very promis-
the r.aroe McClintock of the Search
ing nonT & Trust company has been
hsh' = the directorate of the Duplex
'omnany during the past week
eomf Merchants association was organ
~coorcblight during the past week
Neu ~nrove the commercial conditions
70 oomp One of the first matters
ID .oLen up and put into effect, is the
" "ua,;on of a water system for fire
ms'@.,on A $4,000 gallon tank will
ssooted upon Granite hill overlooking
un.mn. mains will be laid along the
.stnoI streets, and hydrants erected
asort intervals. ~Searchlight has
!" hod a serious fire, and this pre-
..,or ,s being taken to prevent such a
Disaster. 49,.
,u,,,o impair have inaugurated a
go svstem of treating the output of
.nMr mine. Heretofore the returns from
~. mill have not been commensurate
AN the value of the ores handled and
~. loss was traced to the mill. Expert
~.nts were made with concentrates on
.ha mill. Concentrates will now be used
:, handling the output of this bullion
producing property.
The searchlight Vanina Mining COM
amy are prospecting their Dorothy
sronn and will sink a working shaft at
orce The property is situated west of
the searchlight Mining e. Milling COM
rsnv's estate, and from recent strikes
made in that vicinity, all the lodges
carry values at depth. The develop
rent work will be under the supervision
Of John Howe, now in charge of the
work on the Searchlight Copper Gold
on Copper mountain.
Manager II. B. Adsit of the Colorado
Mining and Milling company reports
having struck a large body of oxidized
cuartz at a depth of "A feet in the shaft
being sunk on one of their claims, which
is being sunk to water level, and the
ore body encountered is not visible on
the surface. No assays have been made
Of the strike, but the rock gives good
Mornings of free gold.
The Stone Brown company have ac-
CURED the Gold Sovereign group, ad-
Joining the east end lines of the South
en Nevada Ine property
was bonded from the original locators
and will be developed at nee under the
conditions of the deed, which call for
extensive development work within one
year. There is a large vein in a granite
contact running east to west on the Gold
Sovereign claim, from which values can
be obtained out of four uts on the sur
face. The Southern Nevada's immense
Hi Hu ledge strikes diagonally across
the Camp Bird claim and the Euclid vein
can be traced into the Annette. A s.
foot ledge of copper stained quartz ear
rying a narrow streak of high grade ore
%tFayerses the Gold Link claim, and the
first shaft will be sunk on this vein.