The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-30
SEARCHLIGHT ITEMS

searchlight. March 20. !

rage in the mining business either in
scope OF operations or magnitude Of de-
velopmen;. has commenced operations
in the Searchlight district. The Nevada
Consolidated Mines. Limited. organized
under the laws of Arizona and capital
lied for $4,000, 900, with Offices in Phil
adelphia, is the latest close corporation
to enter the S~earchlight district backed
by eastern capital. Operations as con-
Quoted by this company will have an
important bearing upon the mining situ-
alton of Southern Nevada. The com
pany is organized to buy, lease and
operate mines on a large scale and thus
give a tremendous impetus to the ac-
tivity of this district.
Geo. r.. Spittall. the resident manager
Of the company, has purchased the Nc
Chan & Mclaughlin group, consisting of
20 claims in the Sunrise district four
miles north Of here. for the sum of
$250,OO0.
Active operations ave already COM
menced upon these immense holdings,
as contracts have been let to sink 8
shafts, $50 feet each in depth n also
1000 feet of underground work.
The personnel of the company is a
very impressive one as it includes
amongst others Marius de Brubant, con-
idential agent of Z. S. Senat w. A.
Clark, the Montana northumberland
mining magnate and Mr.. Brubant is
also general anage of the Salt Lake
Route, which company is now building
a branch line into S%earchlight.
The Cyrus Noble is still sinking in
ore and rising in value. The manage
mont nf fhfc fH0uar an q - rdan nf
mines has commenced TO sink the
present shaft of 476 feet to a depth of
/ 200 feet. There are four shifts en-
ployed IN the work at present, and as
the plans %nnounce by the manage
ment of this company AVE heretofore
matured with precise regularity and
despatch, the depth mentioned is ex-
pected to be attained within as short a
period of time as up-to-date facilities
and methods can be counted on to ef-
feet.
The mill is now running on $50 rock,
and when the water pipes now being
laid are all connected, three shifts or
.twenty-four hours each day will be the
program.
Following a shipment of a large
quantity of bullion which will be made
from the Cyrus Noble mine within a
few days, the formal announcement of
a dividend will be made. This will be
in April.
Owing to the unexpected flow of
water on the Black Hawk property of
the lie Roy Mining company, work has
been temporarily suspended below
water level. until the installation Of a
pump. The shaft is down 275 feet and
drifting will be started above the water
level.
The 10Th. D. hoist of the Treasurer
company is now in operation. The
shaft will be sunk to the 250-foot level.
AT present they are down 35 feet, all in
ledge matter and good paintings are OBJ
tainable anywhere. This property is
situated under the townsite and the
strike was made on the corne of Main
and Gaviland streets.
The Mountain group is still absorb
ing all the interest in Ell Dorado, as the
work of sacking the ore continues on
the lode 3. of that property. An as
say of the three samples taken from the
sacked ore gave a return of $3.50 per
ton, and as the work proceeds the vein
is widening until at present the rich
streak is 21a feet. This phenomenally
rich ore was encountered while running
a 15-foot open crosscut.
The FL Dorado Nevada are proving
up the width of the ledge on the Silver
Legion and at present it has been cross
cut 9 feet without finding any trace of
the foot wall.
A rich sulphide ore has been opened
up at $50 feet, that is even richer than
+l1 ,aol- found az the 1O0-fnnT cut
Water has been struck on the Boulder
at the depth of 175 feet, and pumps are
to be installed at once. DRIFTS nave
been run on the 65-foot and l65-foot
levels, and an immense body OF free
milling ore has been disclosed. Sink
ing will be resumed TO the 400-foot level
as soon as the shafts are relieved of the
water congestion.