The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-04-06
MOUNTAIN
A BUSY SECTION
Mining Properties in Section About
Thirty-rive miles South Of doid-
field Arc Being worked vigor-
ous lv and successfully

past that section has attracted consider
able attention. and as usual when thee
is something good to be picked up.
| GoIdheld mining men are in on the
ground floor.
The Nevada Sunshine and Nevada
Goldheld companies. owners of adjoin-
ing acreage. and whose business and
mining interests are in common are
devc'oning their estates through the
medium of a single shaft. The shaft
Is located on the dividing line of the
properties and is equipped with a 40
horse power gasoline hoist. 1t Is a
double compartment affair, is $50 feet
deep and is fitted with a cage. A well
mineralized ledge has it's outcrop near
the dump and 1t is expected that 1t will
be tapped on its dip by the shaft at a
depth of 200 feet.
Prospect shafts and tunnels on the
acrea ge of the Nevada Goldield COM
pany have resulted in the location of
veins ranging in width from 3 inches to
IS feet which contain good mill ore.
Picked samples Of the quartz run well
into the thousands per ton. on Nevada
Sunshine ground a tunnel is being
driven along the course of the lead and
has been in ore from the start. Its
present length is 200 feet and 1t will
have a depth OF 500 feet from the apex
of the hill
The Bonnie Glare people, owners of
the famous Rattle Snake mine and the
New Century claim, are developing both
holdings on a very extensive scale. On
the latter a crosscut tunnel has cut the
lead at a depth of 1876 feet and has
demonstrated the presence of mill ore
having an average value of $50 the ton.
Fred w. Forester, of the Los Angeles
real estate firm of e. A.. Forester &
Sons, which recently purchased the en-
tire interest of Willis George Emerson
in the Bonnie Clare cmopany, states
that arrangements are being made to
erect a mill at the property. 1t will be
equipped with 20-stamps and with
cyanide and concentrating processes. 1t
Will have a daily capacity of 125 tons.
An adequate water supply for it's opera
ton has been conserved about two
miles distant and is to be piped to the
plant. The water viii have a fall of
about four hundred feet.
Prior to the purchase of the Emerson
interest the Forresters had a very con-
siderable interest in the property and
with its acquisition they control the
estate. Associated with them in the en-
t~erprise are ohm chiatovitch and Gov
ernor Sparks. the former being the
original locator of the Rattle Snake
the company. A. w. Forester treasurer,
and Lamar A Harris, secretary.
On the Gold Crest property, located
- a. DA--tN
Clare holdings. the ledge outcrop is one
of the best in the state. Ten men are
employed in prospecting the vein. The
ore is all good mill grade and is scanned
with streaks of high grade. A water
supply capable of operating 2-stamps
has been discovered in the various
shafts on the estate and plans are be-
ing made to erect a mill for the treat
ment of Gold Crest ores.
Patrick. Elliott g. Camp of Goldfeld,
| are developing the acreage of the Butte
Goldfeld company in a thorough n
systematic manner They have a tun-
mel in on the ledge for a distance of
about 500 feet and at intervals of so
feet have crosscut the vein. This mode
of operation has demonstrated the fact
tina the lead Is from l6 to % feet wide
and that 1t is all ore of excellent mill
grade. Three shifts of miners are en-
ployed.
The Bradford Mitchell strike of re-
cent date is proving to be one of the
utmost Importance. The ledge is in
the granite, carries carbonates and a
little lead, and returns silver values of
from $50 to 5000 ounces the ton. Adj
ditional value enhances to the find be-
cause of the desirability of the ore as
a hux. Other Goldfeld people recently
purchased a control of the property for
$50. 200, cash, Patrick, Elliott & Camp
also receiving a large block of stock in
the company which has been organized
10 develop the acreage.
sam G. Knott. has secured a group of
claims in the Gold INT country
from Longhi and Mayer, and has organ
ICED the Nevada Southern Gold Mining
company for the purpose Of securing
funds with which TO develop them. The
group is located about three-quarters of
a mile from camp McGibbon Surface
assays ranging from $500 TO 500 in
gold and about an ounce OF silver. to the
ton are obtained. Development work
has commenced and IS being pushed
with vigor.
The McGibbon ledge has been opened
up on the Richardson group of claims
owned by Mayer and Longhi The vein
is showing 5 feet wide and 1t will all
mill IT $3.50 per ton. The shaft is in
ore all the way down from surface, but
at the 60-foot level the LEAD was cross
cut and the before-luentioned values OBJ
tanned. They will drive on the ledge for
500 feet which will give them q mean
depth from the apex Of the hill of 900
feet.
Dir. Knott states that from the prop
erty of the Nevad Goldheld company
on the east 10 Lightfoot springs on the
west there is marked mining activity
and hat the country is gradually filling
up with prospeetors. Lightfoot is OPP
Grating on a very promising acreage,
has sunk a shaft a depth of so feet ana
is Installing a whim. High values were
secured at surface and ii. the bottom of
his shaft the average values are S27 the
ton across s feet of ore.