The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-02-09

BullfrOg Mining CON 10 miles
north of Bullfrog. is proving to be one
OF the first Importance. 1t extends the
known mineral area of the district.
proving that the large lodges showing
small values on the surface in III sec
| tion. greatly increase in value with
depth. The ledge on the Aurora is
strong and permanent. On the surface
1t has been proven to be SIS feet wide
from wall to wall. 1t is traced for 5000
feet on the company's ground and con-
tinues on other property. Surface
values averaged a little better than 81.
The ore body has now been cut in the
tunnel. which is in 155 feet, at a depth
of 70 feet. The first assay went 1881,
when the ledge was intersected at the
hanging wall. The average across the
first two to four feet went 1885 to SIS.
Check assays were then made starting
from the hanging wall. The average
across s feet went from s4S.47 to y57.43.
T1AMPs-The Tramp No. and
Tramp Extension property. on the south
slope or Bonanza. the final payments of
$4,000 upon which were recently made
by Messrs. eddie. Aldrich and asso-
ciates. received special attention from
those gentlemen. 1t is understood that
plans for extensive operations were
made. and IL is safe to say that the
Tramps will be heard from in no uncer-
tain way in the future. AT present
Superintendent Lester has one man
trenching, 2 men in the Nelson shaft
and two shifts of 2 men each in the up
per tunnel. The shaft is down 3S feet
and the tunnel has been driven 80 feet.
Good values are found in the shaft. The
tunnel was started on a large body of
ore. 1t is now being turned to the
east, which course will be continued
until the foot wall is reached.
NATIONAL BANK.-At the 2OO-foot
depth development work has proven a
shoot of ore TOXIC feet in dimension and
IA feet wide, which will stope from $35
to $40. From the south drift on the
200-foot level, a crosscut is now in
35 feet, which 1t is expected, will cross
cut the same shoot of ore, adding 20
feet more to its length. The south drift
has been carried as far as the common
end line of the National Bank and Bull
frog Mining company, developing a
shoe of ore which follows a basalt dixie
for the whole distance. Another drift
has been started from the shaft north,
to prospect the surface shoot, is to "a
inches of which average from 500 to
$3.50.
MONTGOMERY sKoSHoNE. - Mat
Hoveck reports that they are now sink
ing 80 feet more to a depth of 275 feet
on the Montgomery Shoshone and so
feet more, giving a depth of 200 feet, on
the Polaris. Connection will then be
made between the two shafts by a drift
which will be All feet long. Awaiting
shipment are $50 tons of ore to follow
the last shipment of 80 tons, which will
average between S225 and $3.50. The
mill, of not less than so stamps, will be
ready to bring in as soon as the rail-
road is completed, which is expected to
be about June 1st.
RuLLFRoG WEST EXTENSION
The crosscut is now in about 80 feet,
the last 20 of which has been driven
alongside a big stringer carrying ore of
a high grade-that is, ore that will
show better than 500 to the ton 1t is
a pretty quartz, with copious staining
of green and showing much free gold.
The whole ledge matter that is being
broken, Mr.. McGarry ays makes a good
milling ore, and nothing is being taken
out that ought not to be saved for mill
ing treatment. The lift is pretty hard
in the ~windlass, and hosting machinery
must soon be installed.
GOLDEN sCEPTRE-The Golden
| Sceptre has put on two shifts to sink a
shaft on ledge No. 2, which is an ex-
| tension of Gibraltar ledge No. 2. The
tale streak which was struck in the
| shaft at Is feet depth is about six inches
wide and assays we'll. The rest of the
shaft is filled with quartz which pans,
| on both sides of the tale streak. They
will sink to 40 feet depth and then
crosscut and drift. Fifteen men all told
are working on the property, two shifts
on both the upper and lower tunnel.
BuLLFRoG MINING Co.-Recent
Developments in the Black Spar group,
near Red mountain, have given an i'm
petus to mining operations in that Sec
ton. The Bullfrog Mining company
owns the September and October claims
| adjoining the Black par on the east,
and SUPERINTENDENT Bob Smith has taken
a bunch of miners out to the ground,
made camp and started a system Of
prospecting.
VALLEY vIEw.-The Valley View
group of the Gold Center Mining & De-
lvelopment just north of the
Pioneer. is being ~prospected with graf
flying results. A beautiful ledge be-
tween well defined walls has just been
discovered crossing from the Zu-Zu
claim through the Old Gold and into the
on this ledge.
D,Ilfrar NTinar