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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23

For ten days past the work on the
Great Bend has been chiefly develop
ment. only such ore as lay directly in
line of this work having been broken and
sacked. No stopping at any point has
been done, and yet there are over 1900
sacks ranged up on the hillside, giving
the place more the appearance of a
fortress than a mine operation. Devel-
opment has shown nothing unusual, ex-
cepting at one point in the vicinity of
the old shaft, where there has been for
some time body of ore to 10 inches
wide, that ran up TO $3.50 ton.
4-rifting is in progress at a point 20
feet below on this vein and the tellur-
ides which occur in the bonanza ground
to the south. are coming in. Samples
taken show gold value running from
5000 to $500. The ore struck ct this
point is over feet wide. Everything
that is brought TO the surface Is sacked
The management reports that no
will be made before the first
of the month, at which time 100 to $50
tons will go down to the sampler, in
Guiding all grades. Having just reached
the so point on the bonanza ground,
drifting out into * ore will begin at
once. and the tonnage that can then be
broken will be very large. The ore body
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23

drift has been extended 20 feet to
the north on the ledge opened in the
Kendrick-Ish block of Combination
ground and at the same time an upraise
of Is feet has gained contact with what
is thought to be the hanging wall.
Every pound of rock mined in the up
raise is shipping grade with the ex-
ception of a small streak of quartz ly-
ing next the foot wall and the latter
carries high milling values.
The strike was made about two weeks
ago at depth of 45 feet in the shaft
and since then the lessees have never
been out of ore. About 10 tons of $1S3
rock have been sacked for treatment at
the smelter and % tons having gold
values of less, and yet close TO $1o0
per ton, are piled up on the dump await
ing treatment at the Combination Mines
company's mill. All ores under the
500 mark are to be handled at the be-
fore mentioned plant and that of higher
grade at outside points.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23

ore shipments from the famous Red
Top mine are being increased as rapidly
as arrangements can be made for treat
ment of the product and 1t is the inten-
tion of the management to eventually
send out $50 tons per day. At this time
consignments are being made to the
Red Top-Doran-mill, to the plant at
Dayton and the Salt Lake smelters.
The latter grade is in excess of 800
per ton and some of the rock has a
value of nearly $500 per ton. The
greater proportion of the high grade
product is being treated at the Red
Top mill and the medium grade Is
handled at Dayton. From $50 to $40
dump rock is going under the stamps at
the Frank plant.
High grade gold values are found in
all portions of the workings and new
ore bodies are continually coming in.
The 5O-foot level, the scene of find
after find of phenomenally rich rock.
appears to have no Elimination in that
regard and is frequently establishing a
new and more marvellous gold record.
Two shoots are now being worked at
that point and both of them are gener-
Gus yielders of high grade. The larger
of the two shoots has never been barren
of pay values since the day when the
property first entered the shipping
class. Nearly the entire mass holds a
value considerably in excess of 800
per ton and streaks of the ore frequent
ly sack at better than $1,000 per ton
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23

The Sandstorm is reaching for the big
ore shoot in No 6. on the 200-foot level,
with a reasonable expectation of finding
1t. They have it now down to a depth
of $50 feet and the ore body IS per-
fectly defined and at times of very
high value. A development of peculiar
interest at this point, is the fact that
tenurides appear and some silver.
over in No the vein from the So
foot level has just been opened. The
crosseut, at this point does not seem to
have cut the ore shoot. but an upraise
of rs feet opened the deposit which has
been so strongly in evidence in the up
per ground. At the present time, there
seems to be about 10 feet of virgin
ground. carrying good value, but not
running into the thousands. However,
there is reasonable expectation of
coming into high grades at any time.
In the meantime, there is good and
satisfactory tonnage coming ont, and
the business of March will be in every
way satisfactory
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
ANOTHERCAMPOF
GREAT PROMISE
Phenomenal Strike of 100000 Ore at Round
Mountain Near Manhattan, Starts
Another Stampede

ering, makes camp along the bleak hill
side adjacent to the point of first dis
covery.
Through that mysterious agency
which has never yet been successfully
checkmated in the transmission of
either good or bad news, rumors of the
magnitude of the find became rife in
Goldfeld and Tonopah at the same time
that stories of its vast proportions were
setting the two-months pioneers of
Manhattan afire. AS result a score or
more Goldfeldites were among the first
on the ground and were successful in
securing holdings in proximity to the
primal location.
w. E. Hughey, r. l.. Colburn, Gurney
Gordon and II. L. Taylor of the Red
Top Mining company of Goldheld, to-
gether with A. II. Mayne, w. H. White
more and T. S. Robinson of this city,
have purchased a group of three claims
adjoining the Sunnyside group on the
southeast, paying therefor $4,000 cash.
The claims are called the Antelope,
Blue Jay and Ethel. They have also
taken an option in the amount of $685.
600 on the First Extension, Extension
No. /, Red Top and Hot Stuff claims and
close the bargain. Adjoining the Sunny
side on the northwest is the Black
Hawk claim which is likewise under
option to the before mentioned gentle
men in the amount of $4,000.
j. r. Davis (Sandstorm Davis and
partners have the Sunnyside under op-
ton in the amount of $4,000 and have
made a very substantial first payment.
There are six claims in the group.
Davis was in Manhattan when news of
the discovery came in and with char
acteristic energy got busy at once and
gobb1ed the choicest plum before most
of the other fellows pulled on their
wooden socks and started for the scene
of the strike. Associated with Mr..
Davis in the enterprise are ]. s. Cook,
the Goldfeld banker; l.. H. Rogers, c.
Fl. Mcintosh and others. w. H. Clark
and j. H Shockley of this city have
also secured a group of claims near the
Sunnyside
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
KENDRICK STRIKE is A WONDER

A hosting plant has been installed
and the collar of the shaft raised IL
feet but no further sinking will be
done until the apex of the lead has been
located The strike of the vein is north
east which will carry it on into Silver
Pick ground and thence to Mohawk
acreage The Combination company
has located the same ledge about zoo
feet south of the Kendrick shaft and lis
securing good paintings.
Kendrick and Ish have three shifts
of miners employed and are pushing ex-
ploration rapidly. They expect to flnd
the apex of the vein with but little
further work and as soon as they do so
will prepare for operations at greater
depth The shaft will be lowered dis
tance of so feet from the 60-foot level
and will probably be in ore all the way.
as its bottom is now completely filled
with shipping grade and the present dip
of the vein will not carry it out of the
shaft above that point
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
MANHATTAN STRAY DOG

Reports from Manhattan are to the
effect that H. H. Clark one of the big
operators at Bu1lfrog, has purchased a
lease on the Stray Dog claim. The price
paid for the holding is placed at s4o,-
900, and it is said that Clark is already
installing a hosting plant. The vein in
the bottom of the shaft holds an aver
age gold grade of $40 per ton.
Jack Campbell, formerly chief con-
sulting engineer for the Schwab-Mc-
Kane syndicate, left Goldfeld for Man
haitian Wednesday to assume manage
ment of the properties of the Stray Dog,
Indian Camp and jumping Jack mining
companies. Some of the finest speci-
mems ever mined in Manhattan or any
other camp were found in the Stray Dog
workings last week.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23

Desplte the fact that the manage
'"ei' Oh the Gold Bar mine is preparing
-o' extensive surface and underground
improvements there has so far been no
~ suftailment of production. Last satur-
1as maximum car load of $100 ore
~ 0n' out to the smelter and this week
~ IONS of about equal grade were sent
70 the local mills.
tuesday tons of rock having an
sserage gold grade of 1856 per ton was
seN' 10 surface and was followed by 2H
0''s oI Sl44.20 ore. Most of the screen
,a nave grade in excess of $3.50 per
- ana the coarse rock from along the
ais Oh the ledge holds general gold
'erage Of s3S per ton.
me mill grade is accommodating at
.idce HAT. with such rapidity that it has
g. absolutely necessary to ship it
Ea. oiuer that the congestion may be re-
sseo. Arrangements to that end are
tra mace and it is likely that the en-
MN 'onnase will be sent to the local
days. lug 70"
MAJ, VIII De but a few days, however,
sba,. p,oduetion practically ceases as the
IS 10 be enlarged to a 5x9 double
is 4. 'ineht affair and while the work
minaa piosness only such rock will be
the as is necessary in blocking OUT
~ ore. A 25-horse power hoist has
sta,,.s su1chased and is to at once be in
manager L. K. Koontz states
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
FAMOUS RED TOP PROPERTY
is CONSTANTLY IMPROVING

Lying along side of this ledge is a seam
CT brown tale which sacks regularly at
the rate of IS per pound and sometimes
as high as $40 per pound.
Seven feet south of this deposit the
miners are working in another shoot
which is fully as extensive and rich
as its neighbor. The lead is over
feet in breadth and feet of it holds a
general gold average of more than $20s
per ton. Four inches of the rock has
uniform value of $4,000 for each 1000
pounds and IL inches sacks without
sorting at the rate of $1,000 per ton.
The vein has it's apex at surface and an
upraise has been started on it. There
is no decrease in values as the stope is
extended and it seems probable that
they will hold at the present mark well
up toward the collar of the shaft
Drifts are being extended on the lead
or 165-foot level and the men are work
ing in shipping grade in each instance.
In the north drift the vein is 4 feet
wide and has an average value of $500
per ton. The south drift is in sulphides
and the rock averages about $3.50 to the
ton. In all portions of the property de-
velopment is kept well ahead Of produc-
tion and large bodies OF mill and ship
ping grade ore are being blocked out.
Sinking is to be resumed within few
days, the purpose being to prove up the
sulphide bearing lead at a depth of 200
feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
GOLD BAR GROWS INTO ONE
OF DISTRICTS GREAT MINES

that this will give adequate lifting
power to a depth of 500 feet. As soon
as the s. aft has been enlarged its full
depth of 65 feet sinking will be resumed
until depth of $50 feet is gained when
the shoot now carrying such satfsfac-
tory values in the winze sunk from the
floor of the 65-foot level is to once more
be prospected and proved up. The find
made last week in the drift from the
bottom of the winze is losing nothing in
Importance with development and there
is no question but what it is the most
valuable discovery made in the work
ings since first the pay stresk was
located
At no point in the winze has the vein
been out of values but at times the gold
grade has fallen off. This characteristic
is Incoming less and less pronounced as
depth is gained and it is expected when
the lead is tapped at the 250-foot pont
that values will be stable. StoplnS IS
to be taken Up at that depth ana as me
apex of the vein was caught at the So
foot level the miners will have 1So
feet of a deposit in which to upraise AS
the drift is extended along the lead In
the north crosscut it is demonstrating
the fact that the area of the GOLD bar
shoot has not yet been definitely deter
mined The rock is we'll minerahzed
and the ledge is showing strong and
true between clean cut walls. TWO
characteristics which insure potn per-
manency and values
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
FLORENCE STRIKE HOLDS GOOD

along the hanging wall, but it is
thought that when the foot wall is
reached they will increase to shipping
grade drift is to be extended along
this vein to the intersection of a lead
trending down from the Peer and Pugh
lease on the Cornishman, and still
further on the intersection with ledge
entering from the Nevada Leasing COM
panys block will be tapped. At both
iunctures high grade values will prob
ably be found.
The electric hoist recently ordered in
San Francisco is en- route to camp and
as soon as it is installed at the lease
sinking is to be resumed TO depth of
zoo feet or more. At that time the
working force is to be increased. From
the dip of the present pay lead the shaft
should tap it at about the 200-foot
point In any event the ledge is TO be
drifted on and proved up at that depth
and it is believed that this will result
in the location of the sulphide zone.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23

ore has been opened at the 200-foot
level in the Kendall. AS yet values are
SO per ton-but the
ledge is ~ feet wide, is showing sui
phides and carries a small per cent of
silver. There have been number of
sensational finds in the Kendall work
ings from time to time but in no in
stance has a discovery been made that
was fraught with more Importance than
the recent one at the 200-foot point.
In the first place 1t is another demon
stration of the fact that the ledges
along Sandstorm ridge go down. Then
again the sulphide character Of the ore
is an all but unfailing indication of per-
manency and when backed up by the
presence of silver there is little ques-
tion but what both vein and values will
prevail to a much greater depth than
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23

Development of the find made last
week in the south drift from the 15o-
foot level of the Bradley Mckay block
on the Florence fully justifies the state
ment of its Importance published in the
columns of The News of March 16.
The ledge has now been drifted on a
distance of IS feet and values are hold
ing well. Shipping grade is being mined
from streak of ore which varies in
width from 10 inches to feet and the
remainder of the lead is $35 per ton
About zoo sacks of $120 grade are
stacked up near the shaft and the mill
art is accumulating rapidly on the
uump- All of the ore is similar in APP
pearance with that mined in the main
Florence workings and the former
hellley lease, and judging from it's
cnaracteristics it will soon make into
sulphides
lead has also been tapped in the
east crosscut and in the north drift
from the east cut. Values are nominal
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23

A strike of high grade is reported
this week in the property of the Man
haitian Consolidated Extension COM
pany, one of the prominent companies
operating in the Manhattan district. At
a depth of II feet a 6-foot ledge is ex-
posed which holds an average gold con-
troll of more than $500 per ton. The
rock is identical in character with that
mined in the Consolidated workings and
is believed to be a continuation of that
rich vein Sinking will continue until
depth of so feet is gained when the
lead will be drifted on
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23

80 more the restless prospector is
,ha move. and is now trekking
~ oss the sand wastes from all por-
49, ~ Nevada to the Round mountain
W. s.r,, scene of the latest successful
cou for gold. Following closely on
.rail is a rapidly increasing cohort
- fortune hunters and adventurers OF
a,descript character, all bent upon
Nsorine up something good in the new
=, Torado. each taxing himself to the
"a ,,r,i- of human endurance in the
wort ~ be among the first on the
ground. -, -.
49, ending of a ledge. of free milling
LA ore which assays as high as $780,
soo ner ton. it's point of location being
sso,t 70 miles from Manhattan and
~o,1as from the scene of the recent
o,nahle discoveries in Jefferson canon.
rhe strike was made by prospector
named Scott, and as is often the case in
aiming camps he will profit little by
the discovery.
coott Is in the employ of Louis Cor
aor and was engaged in doing assess
mont work on the Sunnyside group of
o,oims one morning while going from
his cabin to the property he picked up
niece of float that fairly sparkled
With gold After some trouble he sue
caeded in locating the ledge from which
tho snecimen came ana traced it for a
distance of several hundred feet across
the claims of his employer. A shaft
WAS started down on the vein and with
in a few feet from surface it proved to
he phenomenally rich
tree gold abounds in the quartz and
nuggets as large as peas have been
manned from pulverized samples of the
ore Two and three dollar paintings are
common and it is not unusual to obtain
s15 worth of colors from small hand
full of the rock. A bottle filed with
nuggets from the lead was taken to
Manhattan, and the rush was on.
Under the influence of the glamour
which always attaches to a new mining
excitement the golden possibilities of
the Manhattan district paled into in
significance, and the first band of
"sooners" hastily packed up it's scanty
belongings and Jared forth for Round
mountain. Others followed quickly in
the wake and since then the pilgrimage
to the new 'diggins' has grown in pro-
portions daily.
Miners prospectors, business men,
capitalists strive with each other FOR
precedence along the snow clogged trail
leading to the latest of Nevada's gol-
condas and each day adds to the mot
ley throng which. bedraggled and shiv-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
KENDALL GETS THREE-FOOT LEDGE
AT THE TWO HUNDRED FOOT LEVEL

the present point operations. still an
other satisfactory condition is the fact
that as the ledge is drifted on the gold
grade is improving.
In the upper levels high grade oxide
ore is being mined and large consign-
ment will go out the latter part OF next
week A portion of the rock has ton
mage value in excess of $3.50 and none
of it averages less than 800 per ton.
At points in the mine the product is so
precious it is sacked in the workings
and stored under lock and key in
drift. This class of high grade does
not reach market through the ordinary
ore distributing channels but is sent to
the smelters by express and is receipted
for by the shipping company in the
same manner as though 1T were gold IN
the coin rather than in the rock
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
KANE-BECKLEY

After following small stringer of
ore from surface to depth of SO feet
Kane and Beckley leasing on the Rose
Bush claim are extending drift along
its course. The seam is widening with
each round of shots and values are be-
ing secured as high as $40 per ton. The
quartz shows a good bit of pyrites and
is hardening.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
MOHAWK NO. q.

McNerna and associates have tapped
the ledge at depth of so feet by means
of crosscut to the east and are now
drifting along its trend in search of an
ore shoot At surface this vein pros
poets fairly well and as values are con-
tinually increasing at the present point
of operation it appears probable that
the pay zone will be reached with but
little further development.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
pALMrR AND PARRoTT

Palmer and Parrott are making good
headway in lowering their shaft on the
Atlanta estate from the 100 to the 15o-
foot level. At the 100-foot point they
crosscut to 6l1 foot ledge holding fair
grade mill values and will crosscut to
and explore the same lead at the 150-
foot level with the expectation that
shipping ore will then be found.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
THE MOHAWK

Every effort is being made TO ex-
pedite sinking on the Bradbury block
of Mohawk ground, the occasion for
haste being the fact that the high grade
lead opened on the Kendrick block of
Combination ground is thought to pass
through Bradbury's acreage. He eX-
poets to tap it in his shaft at depth
of about rs feet and is now down lit
tie better than 80 feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
LULU FRACTION

At depth of rs feet the operators of
the Lulu Fraction are crosscutting for
a ledge which at surface returns aver
age gold values of $40 per ton. The
property is located near Diamondfield
and is owned by the Diamondfield Tri-
angle Mining company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
WALLACE LEASE

Wallace is blocking out ore in the
big deposit he located recently at a
depth of $50 feet in his block OF
Cornishman ground. A portion of the
rock holds shipping values but the
larger portion is mill grade. AT depth
of 200 feet he is crosscutting east and
west and expects to locate an extensive
body of pay grade when the ledge is
tapped.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23
ouARrzrrE rRAcTIoN

The fractional claim owned by the
Quartzite Extension Mining company
is being prospected at surface prepar-
atory to development of the strip at
depth. The ground adjoins the Quartz
lite No. ] claim on the east.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-23

Sol Camp, the man who is largely in
strumental in bringing the January to
the fore as a producer, states that large
bodies of milling ore are blocked out at
the various levels and that there is
enough of that class of rock in sight
to keep the plant busy for many years.
In the workings above the 2S0-foot level
the oxides predominate and at the lat
ter point the sulphide zone has just
been entered In both instances the de-
posits carry excellent shipping values
and at times the gold grade is very
high.
New ground is constantly coming in
in the upper levels and is the direct re-
suit of development as no attempt has
thus far been made to stope on the ore
since the mine reverted from lessees to
the Goldfield Mining company. Even
when the mill is in operation there is to
be little change in the policy of devel-
opment as it is the intention to keep
that class of work well ahead Of prod
uction.
AS the miners continue their research
along the course of the vein in the 2S0-
foot level the per cent of sulphides is
increasing and a good bit of copper is
coming in. This insures the future of
the mine and the continuation of its ore
bodies to much greater depth. 1t ap-
pears prabable that the copper values
are to later become a source of revenue
to the company as they are constantly
increasing and are now close to the
mark where they can be considered an
asset.
Much to the regret of the manage
ment Mr.. Camp has been forced to re-
sign the superintendency of the prop
erty owing to the demands made upon
his time by his personal mining inter
ests However, his valuable services
are not altogether lost to the company
as he has accepted the position of con-
sulting engineer and will devote sew
eral days each week to January af-
fairs. Jack Hawkins, foreman of the mine,
has been appointed to the position made
vacant by the resignation of Mr.. Camp.
Both Camp and Hawkins have been
identified with the property since the
close of its leasing period and each has
done his full share in establishing its
present enviable reputation With Hawk
as superintendent and Camp as consult
ing engineer the future of the January
mine is assured as is likewise an eco
nomic administration OF affairs apper-
tanning TO development.