The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-24
CLASS VALUES FOUND
AT ROUND MOUNTAIN
+ o VALUES

At a depth OF 20 feet in an acline
shaft the Round Mountain Red Top
company is mining ore having a gold
value Of s. per pound. The strike was
made on the Edith Fraction. adjoining
the rich Antelope claim, and across a
width Of feet the quartz breaks az the
rate of $4,000 in gold the ton. The great
proportion OF the values are secreted IN
a. seam in the ledge. In the main work
ings on the Edith the miners are ex-
ploring the same ledge which is yielding
such high values ON the Antelope, and
at intervals clinkers of almost pure
gold are unearthed.
VALUE OF GRAVEL
The company has caused a careful
test to be made of the auriferous sur
face dirt and states that in places it has
n gold value of 81 the cubic yard. 1t
was deemed advisable, however. to lease
the ground rather than TO work IL ON
company account, and the ~lessees now
have a number of dry washers IN opera
ton. While results are not as high as
these being obtained by Wilson on
nyside ground the average daily clean
up is in the neighborhood of four ounces
OF dust.
TA1RNIEW
The bottom of the company shaft on
the Fairview estate is in ore having an
average gold value of 500 the ton, the
shaft being sunk on the same ledge from
which MunhoHand is mining high grade
at his lease on the Daisy Fraction. The
vein runs nearly the full length of the
Fairview estate and affords the com
pany a Length of LOO feet of ledge
from which to mine a fortune. The
width of the pay streak at the bottom <
the shaft is about 4 feet and it has been
entered for a depth of Is feet without
depreciation in gold grade.
VALUE OF CROSS LEDGE
An incline shaft has been sunk to 6
depth of lis feet in a cross ledge ira
versing the estate and from surface
down it is all in ore of mill grade in
terspersed with small seams carrying
very high grade gold values. From the
bottom of the incline the ledge has been
crosscut for a width of IL feet without
disclosing the hanging wall, the break
of the breast being a trifie in excess of
SIS in gold the ton. The quartz is alb
solutely free milling in character and
is to be sent to the Moore-Chapman mill
for treatment.
TUNNEL OPERATIONS
In the company's tunnel, now in bet
ter tina $50 feet. the ledge referred to
will be cut at a depth of $50 feet, when
il is expected that there will be a very
appreciable enhancement in gold grade.
Once the ledge is tapped a station Will
be cut and a winze sunk in the vein mat
ter. For a length of $50 feet the tun-
mel has never been out of values and
from portal in there has been an in
crease in gold grade.
sPHYNx OPERATIONS
That very desirable and valuable
piece of mineral bearing ground, the
Sphynx, is being developed along sys-
tematic and economic lines and with a
view of blocking out ore and holding it
in reserve until such time as the com
pany erects it's W mill, rather than
with the object of forcing the output.
The workings are filed with ore of mill
and shipping grades, the latter at
points holding a gold value of nearly
$1,000 the ton. Some of the most beau
tiful and valuable free gold specimens
ever mined nave come from the Sphynx
ledge and they continue to be encoun-
tered at not i%nfrequent intervals.