Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-27

sacks. has been shipped to Salt Lake.
The Golden sceptrs.
The Golden Seeptre workings con-
tinue to show good values. The upper
tunnel. now in 27O feet. is cutting
through porphyritic quartz. streaked
with seams OF tale. An assay on the
tale, made Wednesday. gave returns of
s197 The entire breast of the tunnel
is In mineralized material. which is an
encouraging feature. When the big
manganese quartz ledge Is reached
good values are expected. The lower
crosscut tunnel. now in 40 feet. shows
breast OF material that average S..
The shaft on the Murphy-Vorhees
lease is down % feet and shows a
streak of quartz about 21s ioet in
width that will go close TO s35. super
intendent Ed Murphy Is WORKING four
teen men.
The Gibraltar.
During the past three days the ore
In Gibraltar tunnel No. has widened
to feet. all of which Is being sorted
for shipment The drift Is in 200 feet
and shows shipping ore all the way.
All of the ore in the breast gives excel
lent paintings. The improvement is
considered one of the most important
features In the development of the
Gibraltar ground. in which so many
good showings have been made. The
shoot. maintaing its present width.
will be a mine in itself No. tunnel,
which has drifted on shipping ore for
100 feet shows a breast of feet of
ore. all of which is milling. and at
least 3 feet of which is being broken
Flor the sorting tables. The level has
vertical depth of about 125~ feet.
Much of the ore from this level has
been sacked without sorting More
than 500 sacks are ready for ship
ment. Work in the long crosseut tun-
mel and in the new shaft continues.
Big Bell Specimens.
Rich specimens from the Big Bell
claim of the Death Valley Big Bell
Mining company which were brought
into the Rhyolite Herald Office this
week are among the most beautiful
yet found In the camp. Several pieces
were shown that sparkled with gold all
over the face. They were found on a
big exposed ledge that is whale In
size, and which shows values over an
immense surface. The quartz Is of the
same character as that found on the
Keane Wonder property. of which the
Big Bell ledge is the easterly
Assays from $40 to $50 are also OBJ
tanned on the Rainbow claim. Natur
has done large amount of develop
ment work already and there is won
derful showing which will justify ex-
tensive operations The Bell is situ-
ated in the South Bullfrog district,
about sixteen miles south of Rhyolite.
The Gold Bar. ~
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Gold Bar arrived Tuesday and the 10
h. p. hoist for the Homestake arrived
the following day. and in short time
the Gold Bar hill will echo with the
ehoo-choo of the first hoists in that
section of the district. The new two.
compartment shaft on the Gold Bar
has been continued to depth of 81
feet while waiting for the hoist, The
Homestake shaft is down 20 feet on
the incline. II is the purpose OF both
companies to continue the work OF
sinking to a great depth. blocking
/ out the ore every 5Ol feet. as is the
custom These properties are situated
on one of the largest mineral-bearlng
zones in the district. and are ex'
l.pected to become two of the biggest
producers in camp.
Big Bullfrog.
After cutting through about fourteen
feet of quartz. the crosscut from the
pio p,,lIfwaar ahaff has faxnOSad a