The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-03-02
QUERIES
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ANSWERS

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mountains just east of Beatty. The
company is a close corporation. the
original -incorporators putting up all the
money for development work and not
placing any stock on the market. This
is the reason the present name. the kis-
met Gold Mining company, may not be
so well known. The company Is inecr-
porated with 400. 900 shares of the par
value of $500. The names of the Of
icers and directors are c. J. m
president of the Independent teamship
company and of the Crescent wharfage
and Warehouse company. president;
Fielding J. Stillson of the Home Tele-
phone ompan vice president; human
Esseck, cashier of the Commercial Ma
tional bank. treasurer; Percy W. Ross.
cashier of the Los Angeles postof1ce'
secretary, and J.. V. Lonsway OF Beatty,
Bullfrog mining district. general man
ager. The company has most encourage
ing prospects. Two shafts have been
sunk TO a depth of 81 feet each on the
top of Bare mountain at the place where
MFR. Lonsway made his big strike. This
consisted of q pocket of ore that aver
aged over $4,000 to the ton. About
$500 worth of the ore was taken out at
that time from the pocket. The shafts
have followed a quartz ledge leading
from this very rich ore on a well DEFINED
contact. The ledge runs from one to
three and four feet wide and averages
in value about s24. The ledge has been
opened up on the surface by an open cut
for a length of 80 feet and an average
sample of the whole distance went $40
Mrs. C. ", Portland, ore.-The Gray
Eagle claims are located outside of the
proven belt. and are not on the present
maps of the district. AS the company
has it's office in Seattle we are unable to
secure desired information here. From
what we can learn no work is being done
on this property. The stock which you
say is being offered. may be for working
purposes. BE sure it is before you buy.
The stock is certainly not worth the
price asked, as compared with other
stocks.
2. c., Hartlaud, wis.-For informa-
ton regarding the Dixie refer o to
this column Of News February 10th.
answer given. inquiry from A. L. p,
Richmond, Me. Cleopatra ~company's
ground is located just west of the Bliz-
Yard upon which considerable wvrk has
DceH uO1t ait dROh w daANt - oOeS
of mill ore has been opened up. The
Cleopatra company's ground consists Of
about -four claims or so acres.
J.. w. w, Los Angeles.-The Goldfeld
Consolidated Mining ompany owns 6
claims in Red mountain, seven miles
east of Goldfeld adjoining the Nancy
Donaldson property. No work has been
done since last fall. Development work
consists of tunnel $50 feet in mountain.
Judge Cole, the president, died a month
ago, and the company has not been re-
organized. No funds are available in
the treasury for further development
work.
z. A. e., Middlebury, vt.-The Tokop
Consolidated Mining is not aggressively
developing its property at this time
Several hundred feet of development
work has been done, consisting of a
shaft and tunnel. The property is locat-
ed in a promising territory.
H. T., Washington, d. C.-No work is
going on on the Double Eagle north of
Knickerbocker mountain, nor on the Big
Elk claims.
J. T., Leonia, n. J-See another col
umn, this weeks issue for Laguna.
J. A. b., Germantown, Pa.-The
Adams Goldfeld Mining company owns
two claims and fractions north of Gold
field in a good locality. Two shafts are
being sunk on the property, and both of
them have developed good sized bodies
Of medium grade milling ore. The stock
is active and the closing quotation last
week was IL cents. For Gold1eid
Noble see Queries and Answers" COL
umn of The News Of February 2S.
II. d. r, Ba1ston, Pa--Further in
vestigation regarding the Penn Nevada
and Homestake Golden Summit mining
company, develops the fact that there
was a confusion of names in answering
your recent inquiry. We could find no
Pennsylvania Nevada, but find that the
Penn Nevada is a property in the Mon
tezuma district, largely owned by Will
Transport, Pa, people. The ground is
located within a proven territory and is
being developed. Several hundred feet
of work has been done; a shaft is down
40 feet. The Homestake Golden Sum-
nit. ground adioins that of the Penn
Nevada ard is also owned by Pennsyl-
vanie. people. The company was incor-
porated last mont and the property is
being developed under the management
of S. r. Thompson. Some good assays
have been secured from surface work
and the company is preparing to spend
money opening up the ground.
c. G. u, New York.-Common lumber
sells from $40 to $50 per thousand; Goa
SIS per ton; gasoline in cases $3.50, and
Portland cement $3.50 per barrel.
d. Z. F., Jacksonville, rla.-The upper
Golden Sceptre tunnel has reached it's
objective point, the tunnel having en-
countered the Tramp ledge during the
week and penetrated it eleven feet, all
of which shows manganese quartz and
silicified rhyolite. Good paintings and
assays are obtained from a width of Z
feet. the assays running as high as 1926
and as low as $3.50. The breast of the
tunnel is now in ore that runs from $50
to $50. The tunnel is now in over 800
feet from the portal. Another tunnel,
known as the slower" is 70 feet in. Re-
Gently 1t broke into a stringer of ore 8
inches wide from which assays were re-
ceived of 500 and better.
@. G. b., Worcester, Mass.-The Gold
field Noble and Heart of Goidfield min
ing companies are both meritorious en-
terprises and have excellent prospective
value. The property of the former is
located about two miles east of Gold
field and is being worked in a capable
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