The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-09-01
STAMP MILL FOR
ROUND MOUNTAIN
Especial Correspondence.)

WAFER SuDDlH SulllNlCAAN = OHCAoN 1O11
the number of stamps now being in
stalled has been conserved and a much
larger supply can be secured with little
labor and at comparatively small ex-
pense. Round Mountain ores are pecul-
iarly SUSCEPTIBLE to treatment under the
stamps as they are almost free from
shines, thus assuring the maximum saw
ing of their gold values on the plates.
ROUND MOUNTAIN SPHINX
Active development of the Sphinx
estate in the Round Mountain section
dates back but a little more than three
months, yet in that short period of time
four lodges, ranging from 6 to 13 feet in
width, nave been disclosed and a mod
ern plant of hosting machinery has
been installed. The latter is of 25-horse
power and has a lifting capacity from
a depth of TOO feet.
The double compartment main work
ing shaft has reached a depth of So feet
and from it's bottom a crosscut is being
extended to the east and west for the
purpose of tapping a strong ledge ex-
posed at surface. The total length OF
the cut is $50 feet and in driving the
first 100 feet four well defined lodges
were exposed. They vary in width from
5 to 10 feet and average samples indi-
cate them to have a value of from $13
to $3.50 in gold and a trace of silver to
the ton. The veins stand almost verti-
CAL, what little pitch they have being
into the hill.
Along the strike of the main ledge,
showing Is feet in breadth, a drift has
been run for a distance of 12O feet, fol-
lowing the hanging wall the entire way.
Paralleling the wall is a seam of tale
about 2 inches wide from which sensa-
tionaI gold valu are obtained at times.
The quartz shows some free gold n is
well mineralized t~hrougout. Sinking
has been resumed and will continue un-
til a further depth of 60 feet is gained,
or until such time as the first ledge en-
countered in the crosscut is tapped on
it's dip by the shaft. A station will
then be cut and the ground once more
be crosscut. 1t is believed that the re-
suit will be an enhancement of gold
values, a deduction which seems sure OF
fruition as the ore grade has thus far
improved from grass roots down.
Shaft No. 2 is to be lowered until suf-
fcient depth is attained to warrant the
running out of a drift to shaft No. 1,
WIlCh Tx LWO d1O ~ 10 NANN
affording a free circulation of air and
making it possible to hoist the ores ex-
posed in shaft 2 workings through the
medium of shaft 1. Patent survey for
the company's acreage was completed
a few days ago and application to the
land office for a receivers receipt will
follow. In all 500 feet of sinking and
drifting has been done on the estate.
ROUND MOUNTAIN ANCHOR
A deal was closed within the week
whereby the Consolidated group of Z
claims pass from M. L. Holt, L. Fall
coner and A. G.. Williams into the pos
session of the Anchor Gold Mining COM
pany, a Round -Goldfeld flota-
ton of which E. r.. Argersinger of the
last mentioned camp is the head. The
consideration is announced at $4,000
cash and a block of Anchor stock. The
acreage is located about 1900 feet
where shipping ore is being mined, and
the strike of the main Fairview ledge
indicates that it passes through the
acreage recently acquired by the Anchor
company. The estate is traversed with
large and well mineralized outcrops of
~porphyry, and superficial prospecting at
surface has resulted in the location of
several lodges varying in width from
5 to % feet. Very satisfactory PAN
nings are being secured from these
lodges.
1t is the intention of the Anchor man.
agement to at once prosecute develop
ment with a view to the opening up of
the ground at depth and to that end a
main working shaft has been started
within a few feet of the main ledge out
crop. This vein should be caught on it's
dip by the shaft within rs feet of sink