The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-18
NEW STRIKES AT
ROUND MOUNTAIN

Strikes continue to follow each other
with almost daily regularity on the
property of the Round Mountain An
telope company. Since the date, sew
eral months ago., when a slab of lime
stone plastered over with gold was un-
earthed the estate has been in the lime
light n has established a precedent
in production of rich and unique speci-
mems of gold encrusted quartz as yet
a~nrivaled in the Round Mountain sec
ton. Two shipments of exceedingly
high grade ore have gone out from the
property and a third is now nearly In
readiness. Sacking is a daily feature
attendant upon development.
A few days ago another strike was
recorded, the point of its location being
the main working shaft on the Antelope
claim on the outhwe end of the acre
age. At a depth of 80 feet a remark
ably strong ledge was encountered,
picked assays from which return a gold
value as high as $500 the ton. The ore
body is 3 feet wide and averages $50
in gold clear across. The finding of the
lead was purely accidental as there are
no surface indications to apprise the
operators of its presence.
THE SPHINX
Operations at the Sphinx estate, one
of the high grade propositions Of this
section, are now being furthered by
means of a hosting plant which was
started for the first time this week. The
machinery is working with the smooth
ness and regularity of a clock works
and will prove an important factor in
the rapid and successful development of
the property. The Sphinx company has
the distinction of being the first Round
Mountain corporation to install machin-
cry at it's mine. The plant is of 25-
horse power and has a lifting capacity
from a depth of 500 feet.
With it's installation operations have
been resumed with increased vigor,
both in the shaft and in testing out the
ore bodies already in sight. Sinking is
to continue until a depth of 500 feet is
gained and as the shaft is lowered sta
tions are to be cut and levels run put
to the vein system at each 50-foot in
terval. The greater development, how
| ever, Is pldD1eu lTOn Tie mdAlIlum
depth referred to and is to consist Of a
series of crosscuts and radiating later
ais that are to be pushed into the per-
manent pay zone to the confines of thi
company's acreage. The Sphinx estate
carries a continuation of the rich Sun
nyside ledge and already some very
valuable ore has been mined from it's
extension into Sphinx ground. The
formation is as yet somewhat broken,
and while gold values are high it is
deemed best to push the shaft well
down into the solid formation before
attempting to prove up.
THE GREAT WESTERN
The third payment on the Great
Western group of claims was made a
few days ago. This is the acreage re-
Gently acquired by Sol Camp, one of the
best known mining men in the country,
A. d. Nash, Orson Smith, Humboldt
Gates and Homer LaLime, all of whom
are successful mining men. The prop
erty is becoming more luabl with
each days development and is numbered
with the best of the preferred prospects
in the Round Mountain country. At
present development is confined to oper-
atoms by lessees but the owners are
preparing to take up work on their own
account and plans are laid for a vigor-
Gus and systematic development cam
paign. The Acreage lies between the
%Sunnyside and Sphinx estates and car
ries an extension Of the Sphinx-Sunny-
side ledge.
THE FAIRvIEw
One of the most substantial strikes
made in the Round Mountain country
property of the Fairview Round Noun
tain Gold Mines company. At the bot
tom of the company shaft, but a few
feet below grass roots, a we'll deine
ledge has been uncovered which car
ries a 6-inch streak of gold bearing ore
that returns average assays of $4,000
the ton. In the company's main work.
ing shaft a 4-foot ledge is showing at
the 60-foot level which has an average
value of $50 the ton and a picked sam
pie value of better than $500 the ton.
THE DAISY FRACTION
At the Mulholland lease on the Daisy
Fraction claim nuggets of almost pure
gold are being mined. The specimens
are of various sizes and varying value,
but in most instances the percentage of
gold exceeds the percentage of quartz.
The incline shaft is down 55 feet and
the ledge, which dips to the northeast,
has widened out to 5 feet. The pay
crack is from s to 10 inches wide and
the entire product is sacked and stored