The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-30


plant at the National Bank, the first to
be installed in the district, was started
this morning, and so far doing beauti-
fully. 1t is a 10x10 inch compressor
with tools of the hand hammer type.
The power is derived by belt from the
25-h.p. hoisting engine. and IL 1t is found
necessary to do hosting during the OPP
Grafton of the compressor, the unloading
bypass device will be brought into play.
This passes the air from each end of the
cylinder and permits the use of the hoist
at any time during the operation of the
drills. The equipment is reasonable in
price. and according to f. II. Widdekind.
superintendent of the National Bank, Is
of unquestioned efficiency. Judging by
the way the drills eat INTO the rock he
thinks he can easily double the footage.
Present development is showing up the
property very satisfactorily and the ore
bodies being opened are giving en-
couraging returns. In the crosscut from
the 200-foot level a six to eight-foot
milling body of good grade has been cut.
The installation of the compressor plant
will greatly hasten development.
sHosHoNE BuLLFRoo.-T. F. o
neau, the we'll known mining operator,
who is heavily interested in the Bullfrog
district, came in Saturday night and left
Tuesday morning. While here Mr.. Bon
neau. among other things. arranged for
the installation of a crude oil steam
plant on the property of the Shoshone
Bullfrog Gold Mining company. This
will be the first oil plant in the camp. 1t
has been ordered and is expected to be
- - a-.+ frafvbf train IN the Clark
road. Mr.. Bonneau figures that the cost
of operating the plant with steam made
in burning crude oil will be the same as
IL coal at Sc per ton was burned. The
hoist will be of 25-h.p. capacity. The
limit has been reached for windlass
work at the Shoshone Bullfrog. there
being two shafts of 100 feet each, with
drifts and cuts aggregating 165 feet. 1t
Is the purpose to push down to the $50
foot level.
RED oAK.-w. b. Milliken, consult
ing engineer for the Red Oak property
of which j. Ross Clark recently acquired
control, returned yesterday from Los
Angeles, where he placed an order for a
compressor plant and appurtenant ma
chinery for this mir 1t is a 3-drfll
plant and will be installed at the en-
trance of the main tunnel. Shipment
will be made at once. Mr.. Clark will
not wait for the arrival of his road, but
will have the machinery sent overland
from the present terminus of the line
D. B. Gemmell, of Los Angeles, was re-
Gently put in as superintendent of the
property to succeed Superintendent
Topliff.
HRRyrErrua - NaA6
ore is being uncovered on the Black Bull
ledge at the Montgomery Mountain, in
the workings started this week. The
material shows manganese and quartz
and carries fair values. The shaft is
down 10 feet, and a drift was started on
the ledge today. The surface width of
the ore is 4 feet. Superintendent Kilker
is crowding development as rapidly as
possible in the other workings at the
property. He expects to get his COM
pressor plant in by the middle of next
month.
RuSH.-The vein in the Yolo tunnel
of the Rush has been crossed east of the
hanging wall, and has uncovered ex-
cellent mineral conditions. The main
tunnel has also reached the hanging
wall on the east, showing a distance of
169 feet between walls. The winze
from the main tunnel following the rich
ore shoot is down 35 feet and there has
been a marked Improvement with depth.
Diamond drill work has been started in
the east crosscut from the north lateral
tunnel, and a horizontal hole is being
bored eastward. This is the first dia-
mond drill work in camp.
STARLIGHT.-The crosscut at the
Starlight is now in 80 feet showing
ledge matter for the entire distance.
The vein at this point is estimated by
the outcrop to be over $50 feet in width.
This is vein No. 1. No. 2 is the May
flower lead. which has been open cut for
35 feet, without reaching the opposite
wall. This is only preliminary in order
to define the veins and determine a point
for a permanent shaft.
SKOOKUM.-Judge Ray was out at
the Skookum this week. He says the
shaft is down "a feet, and the mineral
ization continues to improve. The high
grade stuff is not only staying but get
ting better with every foot of descent.