The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-01-12

Great Activity Manifest on All Por-
tions of the Acreage

tivity is as pronounced as on F1orene'
ground, neither is there one where thu
chances for ultimate success are great
err. The visitors first impression II
that the acreage is infested by a col
ony of eophers so thiekly do the dumps
dot the hillsides, but that the busy
toilers below ground are gophering ts
some purpose is becoming more and
more manifest with each days devel
opment.
The strike on the Peer and Pugh
lease on the Cornishman has acted a:
an incentive for increased effort on the
mart Of other ~lessees and has added II
the store Of CHEEKY optimism, without
which few men can mine successfully
Courage and buoyant hopes are almost
as essential factors in the development
of a mining proposition as are POWDER
fuse and caps, for without the former
operations would in most instances
cease before the surface of the ground
had been more thar scratched.
In all portions of Florence ground the
busy lessees are delving away day IN
and day out and no section appears to
have preference, unless it be that in
proximity to the former Reilly lease
and the present Peer-Pugh block. There
is scarcely a holding on which the
showing is not a good average for the
depth attained and in a number OF an
stances it appears as though a shipper
might be opened up with any round of
shots.
One of the most promising leases at
this time is block No. ] on the FIrelight
being operated by Gray and associates.
Tuesday a Pinch streak vas encoun-
tered in the crosscut east from the bot
tom of the 100-foot shaft and y%ester-
day with the second round of shots IT
widened out to 2 feet. The rock is al
most identical in appearance with the
high grade in the old Reilly workings,
but as yet holds only nominal gold
values. The find was made about 25
feet in from the station and is being
followed for an ore shoot.
Paintings denote that the vein mat
ter contains a generous per cent of
sulphides and assay returns have re-
vealed the presence of anthony. The
lead has it's strike toward the north
west about on a line with the JUMBO
shaft house. Mr.. Gray purposes to de-
velop the find at the 100-foot point and
will also sink another so feet n
again run out a crosscut to the same
ledge. BY SO doing ne hopes to estab-
lish a continuous ore body between the
two levels and if he is successful he
will have so feet of stopping ground
Milligan and associates operating the
Review block on the Red King, have
been granted an extension of their lease
and this week operations were resumed
in the winze sunk on the ledge about
8 feet in from the bottom of the 100
foot shaft. The Wine is down about
lis feet and in its bottom a 5-foot
ledge containing 21a feet of $50 ore is
being worked. A within is to be in
stalled at once and is to be followed
within a few weeks by the erection of
a 15-horse power gasoline hoist. 1t 10
the intention of the ~lessees to incline
the shaft from its collar to the bottom
drift along the strike of the lead IN
search of an ore shoot.
On block No. 2 on the freight, like
block No. l under lease to Gray and
partners, crosscuts are being run out
to the east and west from the bottom
of the 150-f0ot shaft. While as yet in
the country rock the breast Of both
drifts is beginning to show indications
Of vein matter and it appears probable
that the ledge is not far distant. As
soon as II has been intersected drifting
along It's trend will be prosecuted and
at the same time the smart VIII De SUNK
another lit of So feet.
Crosscuts are being run out to the
east and west at a depth of 200 feet on
the Stewart, Hage and Sheridan lease
ON the Cornishman, formerly the eoi'
burn block, and it is anticipated that
within a short distance the iadges
dipping into the upper workings viii De
tapped. AS the drifts are extended the
indications of the nearness of the vein
are becoming more pronounced as the
country rock is showing unmistakable
evidences of naturalization. In TIE up
per levels the vein system is being ex-
plored with very encouraging results
and the locations of pay grade IS an
tieipated at any time.
On the Wallace lease on the Cornish,
man the new shaft is connected with
the 12-foot level of the old and some
very encouraging developments have
been made there within the past few
days. The shaft is being lowered 10 the