The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-09

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West Extension people are viewing with
each other in the development of a
strip of ground joining the Original
on the west. Two weeks ago the Her
aid mentioned the big strike in the
drift from the West Extension shaft,
and on Thursday the reporter again
visited the property and made one of
the biggest free gold paintings since
he struck the camp. The ore continues
as reported. Jack Pagan took a sam
pie across the face of the Apex drift
Saturday and got an assay of 1851 in
gold and silver which represents a
width of five feet. The West Extension
people cut the quartz at about 65 feet
and have drifted westerly about so feet
from the 70-foot level. following the
hanging wall while the Apex people
have crosscut n drifted from the 95-
foot level, a hundred feet away. The
Apex crosscut shows 80 feet of solid
quartz which Jack Pagan asserts will
mill. The Apex shaft has exposed the
foot wall from the surface.
oIBRALrAR-The long crosscut tun-
null on the Gibraltar cut No. 4 ledge
Tuesday and has penetrated IT for
seven feet, exposing a fine ledge of
quartz hat carries high grade milling
values. The assays run from $3S to
$50 a ton. The opposite wall has not
been reached and the ledge is expected
to be twice the exposed width at this
point. With this ore in sight, all Of
the six workings on the property are
in ore except the shaft. Supt. Nelson
is running two levels on No. 4 ledge,
the main crosscut tunnel, a drift on
No. 2 and a crosscut in No. 2, and all
of these are in ore. The crosscut in
No. 2, which is getting toward SIS feet,
continues to show free gold, and the
values in the drift on the same ledge
are as good as ever. The big hoist
for the shaft was loade yesterday at
Johnnie Siding, and will be in COM
mission in about three weeks.
MAYFLowER-Last week the Her
aid said that the values in the May
flower shaft were improving. This
week H. G. Mcmahon brought the news
that the entire bottom of the shaft is
in ore that will run from $35 to $40
a ton. If the values continue to in
crease at this rate, it will not be long
before shipping ore will be found.
This good piece of news, coupled with
the fact that the values have been
proven 40 feet in width with only one
wall in sight, brings the Maylower up
a few notches in the estimation of
120 feet.
HooLIGAN-The Happy Hooligan
has opened another ore body. The
north tunnel was extended 10 feet and
a crosscut run 40 feet, the crosscut
coming into another shoot which shows
very encouragig values where first en-
countered. The work is being con-
tinued. The values in the Humming
Bird shaft are increasing steadily with
depth. The main working shaft is be-
ing timbered, preparatory to the in
stallation of the hoist.
sKooKUM-There's a whole lot of
Skookum talk floating about in the of
flee of the Rhyolite Mining & Broker
age Co. There is also considerable of
the high grade ore on exhibition. Judge
Lindsay wanted to satisfy himself that
Judge Ray hadn't overestimated the
values, so he took six samples from
the ledge and had N. NJ. Simms assay
same. The average of the six went
S222.16. The entire ledge, says Judge
Lindsay, will average values as noted
above. The shaft is Is feet deep and
this is the showing at hat depth.
RUSH-The winze from the Rush
tunnel continues to show the magnif-
cent paintings. The station has been
completed with dimensions of 15x20,
with a height of IL feet. The main
crosscut tunnel has failed to reach
the hanging wall after driving more
than 200 feet easterly from the foot
wall. At a depth of 25 feet, the new
Index shaft is showing a marked i'm
provement in the ore, which is getting
much softer.
SCEPTER-A 25-horse gasoline hoist
was shipped from Salt Lake to the
Golden Scepter company at
Rhyolite, and the same will be in
stalled upon the biz double compart-
ment shaft which is down 70 feet. A
wagon road is being graded up the
hillside over which to haul the hoist.
The lower tunnel is in 225 feet.
-Rhyolite Herald.