The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-18
DEVELOPMENTS
AT FAIRVIEW

camp. GOOD Work is Deing put into the
stope above tunnel No. 2, where the
bonanza ore comes from. and consider
able rock has been removed, though it
would seem to have toughened some
what as the men have gone west with it.
Developments at tunnel No. 2 have
proven very encouraging as the out
come OF the weeks work, the vein hav-
ing. in fact. improved wonderfully for
the last % feet. From a %stringer of a
few inches the ore shoot has widened
out to about 5 feet, almost the present
face of the tunnel. on the southern
portion of the face 3 feet of the shoot
is all high grade, while the 2 feet on the
north side may be characterized as an
excellent milling grade. The signih-
canoe of this may be better appreciated
when IL is said that each shift now
takes out from fifteen to twenty sacks
OF high grade rock where previously
they removed only one or two. If the
ore shoot continues to broaden out. as
II is now doing. indications would seem
To point to it's being found more and
more in place. and a greater stability as
to values being maintained. Work at
tunne No. 3 is going ahead in fine shape
and the same good grade of shipping
ore is being excavated as hitherto.
IDA MINEs-A big lot of trenching
and prospecting continues to be done on
the claims of the Ida mines. and this
employs the time of about twelve men.
Trenches on this ground run almost
everywhere, and If there is any high
grade ore on the property. as is most
probable. considering the location,
Manager Smith is certainly resolved
that 1t shall not escape him. On the
summit of the hill. a little north of
the Nevada Hills road, a trench running
north and south is being constructed,
and for a distance of about $50 feet a
ledge found here has been stripped. To
a depth of 5 feet and more the solid
rock has been removed, and this has in
volved continuous drilling and blasting.
The trench will probably be extended
another 80 or 40 feet in order to reach
n mass of outcropping rock. Some good
work is being put into this ground, and
we should like to hear pretty soon of a
big strike. and no doubt we shall.
oRo PLATA-The orc Plata COM
pany has now driven it's tunnel a dis
lance of over 100 feet, as the result of
about two months work. 1t will prob
ably be necessary TO carry 1t alto
gether from $50 to $50 feet before the
outcropping vein is reached Two shifts
of men are employed on the property.
On various parts of the ORC Plata
ground exploration work is being done
by blasting in open cuts, but the main
object is to extend the tunnel as rapid
Iy as possible. Manager Moss left for
the east this week, but 1t is not likely
that he win be absent from the camp
for more than a few days.
La MONTAGUE LEAsE-Having
GttpL tho Ghaf - InuF1t ~ "a hnstf OF fant On
his lease at the Cyclone mine, Archie
La Montague is now drifting south on
the ledge. After carrying the drift
along about 40 feet, he intends to sink
another shaft which will be used in
place of the present one. The shaft now
In use is somewhat large and, owing to
the looseness of the rock, liable to cave
in. The drift, which was started a week
ago, will be extended south possibly $50
feet. The ore shoot continues the same
as before-1S inches-and in it's gem
eral appearance little change is OBJ
servable. The ore varies considerably
as to value, some of it running remark
ably high, while i'm other parts low
grade is found. The dip of the vein is
westerly. During the past week little
ore has been taken out, though a big
addition to the waste dump has been
made. The lease generally appears to
be developing in a manner entirely sat
isfactory, and with a little further depth
the rock will doubtless carry more even
values.
DIXIE TO sTART--Writing from
Chicago, where he has been for the
past few weeks attending to the details
necessary to the organization of a COM
pany to operate the Dixies. JOIN Harnan
.a,a. The ,A,l x.-.. 49,
few days the final arrangements will be
completed and the work on the ground,
end lining the Ida MS, and recent de-
velopment on them has disclosed some
good values, which has led to the or
ganization of a company to operate the
same.
MORRI IS TUNNELING-On the
opposite side of the hill to that on which
the Taylor lease is located, on Boulder
No. 3 claim, Manager Morris has started
to drive in a tunnel in a westerly direc-
ton, in an effort to strike the same vein
which Taylor & Robinson have encoun-
tered. The rock has been eXcayated but
a few feet thus far, though the tunnel
will probably be extended so or 60 feet.
A streak of tale is found to run through
the rock, and this is being followed up.
over on the other side of this gulch an
other tunnel has been commenced under
similar conditions. 1t is being driven
east with a view to striking the vein
which is found outcropping on the sum-
init of the hill. Operations have been
under way here for the past two weeks.
TAYLOR LEASE DOING WE'LL
Some excellent Roadway has been made
during the past week at the Taylor lease
on Boulder No. 3, and many interested
visitors daily find their way up the
gulch to watch results at the scene of
the big strike. The incline shaft is
down this week to over 80 feet. Owing
to the looseness of the ground some tim
bering has to be done on it. The ore
shoot, as it descends. continues to have
a width of 3A to 4 feet, which was its
width at the surface. Much of waste