The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-24
CHURCHILL


leases.
Chalk Mountain. the hub Of the Fair
view District. is rapidly coming to the
front. There has been a corps OF sur
veyors, under L. S. Deputy Geo. D.
James, busy in surveying during the
month past, in IN interest Of Pittsburg
capital. and it is ANNOUNCED that a
great amount Of development work is
to be done.
AS development work progresses along
the principal vein system OF Fairview,
it's remarkable continuity and the per-
sisteney with which values hold indi-
cate conclusively that another Tonopah
is in process of exploration.
DOUGLAS
Prospectors are swarming through
the Pine Nut hills. Several good pockets
have recently been taken out. Efforts
are now bent on finding the source of
the gold. The Z~irn-schulz mining COM
pany. which owns ground that has
heavily produced on the surface, is sink
ing and drifting through favorable for
nation.
The Mammoth mine near Carter sta
tion, 1t is rumored, is shortly TO be
taken over by the people who hold
a controlling interest in the famous
Treadwell mine. superintendent Liv-
ingston has opened up the property in
very thorough manner. The showing
j~ustiies the erection of a large mill.
on the east of Carson valley a num-
Der of copper prospects are being very
actively developed.
ELKo
TIo -UsT 81 T~lo.A - -
steadily and is shipping large bars Of
bullion monthly.
Increased activity is shown at Noun
tain City.
Tuscarora has experienced serious
reverses due to the mines flooding at
shallow depth, but Salt LAX people
are arranging for a comprehensive
scheme of drainage.
EsMERALDA
Assay offices are being established
by the score on the Walker river reser-
walton.
Tossing coins is the accepted fashion
of settling disputes over mining claim
boundaries on the reservation.
Dutch Creek townsite on Walker reser-
walton already has four grocery stores
and twice that many saloons.
The mill on the Pittsburg-Silver Peak
property at Blair will soon be started.
A splendid showing is being made
in the Silver Peak-Valcalde.
Lead-silver ore of high grade is being
sacked at the Silver Peak Monitor.
The Tonopah and Tidewater railroad
is now open for business from Ludlow,
California, to Dumont.
~. To..I. - I~~,fAx1lA Cnl a.
miners garb, is assisting her husband
to develop a claim on the reservation.
EUREKA
Eureka and other cities lying at the
foot of the base range are more active
this season than for many years past
This is due not Only to traffic witt
outlying new mining camps, but tc
developments at home. The +. & =
railroad is shipping an increased ton.
mage, partly from leasers and partly
from COMPANY work. There is renewed
smelter talk. If the project carrie:
Eureka will resume her position as on
of the greatest producers in the state
HUMBOLDT
! Al the Nelson mine at Jackson Creek
|, five men are sacking ore for shipment
much of which goes so per cent cope
to the ton.
Chris Wolf has commenced work OIL
the gallows frame for the Inter-moun
} tain compsny's hoist on Winnemuccs
I mountain.
! The Dun Glen Mining company, %
Dun Glen. /. w. Kent. manager, has mn
covered a 3-foot ledge that goes bette
} than $500 in gold and silver to th'
ton.
The 1nter-Mountafn Mining comua ny
} of winnemucca. w. fG. Adamson, mama
1 ger, has resumed work in the develop
J ment of It's valuable and promising
property.
The Hercules mime, near winnsmucca
} has been leased III Sam Frost and Ma
/ Kyle, jr.
! The new Rosebud district, rwenty
} eight miles northwest of Humboldt. i
I ultra citing eonsiSe rable attention at tn
) present time C. d. Rooklidge, of Sal
} Lake. has acquired valuable Inopertie
I there. Other Salt Lakers vino are il
} this new camp, and who have interest
I there are Scott Crismon, gOseph Morris
! Phil McGregor and r. F. l.. Collier.
The new 1Idist recently Installed b,
the Bircuit Mining company, at Cherr,
Cheek, Nevada. is now in commission.
!. .LANDEE
There is increased activity in tn
vicinity of Muslin, especially in tn
quicksilver properties, which wer
never before thoroughly developed.
Several of the old patented mines nea
| itewn have resumed work with small
forces, due to the general activity o
mining in Nevada and the appreciation
in the price of silver.
Austin is Becoming important as
distributing point to the mining camr
in the vicinity, being the terminus o
/ the railroad. About hstF tlf9 supple
dor Manhattan are drawn from Austin
LINCOLN
Letter of administration are petitione'
on the estate of c.. Lawson, an age
~prospector, who is believed to have beer
lost while following the lure of goi'
on the Ceep Greek desert.
The Search1ight boom seems to b.
a reality at last, as the crowds are be
ginning to swarm into the district, an'
every stage brings new faces, an extri
line of buses having been added to thu
regular stage line bet ween Nipton ant
Searchlight, while the Santa. Fe system
is laying it's steel between Barnw ell ant
Searchlight on their branch line.
e. j. Roberts. of Searchlight mana
ger of the Black Hawk Con-. Mining
company, has returned from the east
During his visit he ordered fOi:tins
works for his property.
A. A. Mcknight. of Rhyolite, has pur-
chased the Fortuna group in Eldorade