Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-08-18
THE GOLDFIELD MINES

work for the present will be confined
to drifting on thel 15-foot ledge.
This is a continuation of the ledge
being developed in the main shaft and
1t is thought that it will open into some
thing good.
As development progress on the
Detch-Brewer lease on the Daisy prop
erty in the Diamondfeld section. the
indications become more favorable for
opening up a big shipping proposition.
The Wine in which sensational values
were recently found has reached a
depth of 20 feet and at the bottom the
ledge has widened out and it now
covers the entire bottom of the winze.
The ledge is becoming more compact
and the owners of the lease are very
positive that an immense big pay shoot
will soon be opened up. All of the ore
being taken from the new find is being
sacked and is stored in the tunnels and
drifts and when a sufficient amount has
accumulated to make a good sized
shipment it will be forwarded to the
local samplers. Development work in
the new shaft is carried along at a rapid
rate. The shaft has been sunk to the
l32-foot level and from this point a
crosscut has been started to the south
to tap the main ledge. 1t will require
about 20 feet yet of prosecuting before
the ledge is cut, and Notwithstanding
the fact that the work is slow, the
formation being veryhard it is thought
that the ledge will be encountered the
latter part of the week. As soon as
the crosscut is finished drifting both
ways on the ledge will be commenced.
w. P. Colvin, the well-known mer-
chant and mining mar of Palmetto and
Ida, came in from the southern camps
the other day and will remain for several
days t~ransacting business. Mr.. Colvin
accompanied the f~ive-ton shipment of
ore from his Golden Chariot property at
Palmetto. He says that several ship
ments have already been sent out of the
mine, but heretofore they have been
shipped to other points, and the ship
ment to this point is the first, and if
satisfactory rates can be secured the
ore will be sent here regularly. In
speaking of the conditions of the Golden
Chariot Mr.. Colvin says that they are
the very best. A tunnel has been
driven in on a 12-foot ledge and the
breast shows a good grade of shipping
ore. Several smaller lodges have also
been opened in different parts of the
mine from which very high-grade ore
is taken.
). V. Hussey, a prominent capitalist
of st. Joseph, Mo-, arrived in Goldfeld
the first of the week from Manhattan.
where has been for some time inspect
ing his various mining interests. While
here Mr.. Hussey will be the guest of
4. X. Argersinger. This is Mr.. Hus-
sey's second visit to the Nevada Gold
feids and in conversation with reporter
said that the more he saw of Il the
more he became impressed with its
greatness. Nevada" he continued.
will, without question, be one of the
greatest mining states in the Union"
Mr.. Hussey is very enthusiastic over
the future of Manhattan and during his
recent visit there acquired several new
interests, among them being a large
Diock IN the Manhattan Standard. Mr..
fussey mas Travelled extensively in the
mining regions of Mexico, Central
South America. He is also very
familiar with the South African mines
where black shale is worked for its
gold. When he visited the Manhattan
district he made a thorough examina-
ton of the different properties. He
discovered that there was an immense
o~uteropplng of shale throughout the
camp: This shale pans free gold in
abundance and the gentleman stated
that miners leasing on the different
properties were making all the wav
from $40 to $50 per day with the dry
rocker process. The shale is very SINH
lar to that found in South Africa, only
that found in Manhattan carries a higher
percentage in the yellow metal. Mr..
Hussey. said that the new hosting plant
is now in place and that the manage
ment of the Standard is preparing to
carry out development work ON an ex-
scale and he has no h~esitencv
IN saying that the future outlook is
bright for opening up a big paying
proposition.