The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-04
THE BULLFROG DISTRICT


order. Two "a Ingersoll drills are be-
ing operated in the tunnel. The power
is furnished by a 6O-h.p. Western gaso-
line engine. Work is progressing in the
crosscut being driven to tap the ledge
and at the same time excellent Roadway
is being made in the shaft. The new
plant is one of the first of the kind to
be installed in the district. and one of
the largest. Additional drills will be
installed as the work advances. ]. Ross
Clark, president of the Las Vegas &
Tonopah railroad, bought a large inter-
est, as was mentioned by the Miner. in
this property. 1t is well situated, being
in the neighborhood of the shoshone.
and is said to give great promise of flu
ture production.
YANKEE arnL-The Yankee Girl
shaft has now reached a depth of 1s6
feet in a solid formation that carries
slight values. The shaft will be sunk
without prospecting until a greater
depth is gained. The Yankee Girl add
joins the National Bank and will. 1T is
thought, catch the same ledge.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at a
depth of SO feet has commenced in the
shaft of the China-Nevada. The hang
ing wall of the porphyritic quartz ledge,
so feet wide on the surface, has not yet
been encountered. but 1T is expected this
will be cut any day now showing in
creased values. Indications are favor
able for a large body of at least a mill
ing grade of ore. Active work is being
prosecuted and an additional force OF
men will be employed as soon as prac-
ticable.
GoLDEW sCEPTRE-The shaft at
the Golden Sceptre has reached a depth
of 30 feet and good values are coming
in. They appear in stringers and it
looks as IL a ledge may be expected
soon. The tunnel has advanced to the
24O-foot point and is cutting into a big
basalt dyke. This is the foot wall of
the Hobo ledge, and 1T is expected to
encounter the lead in about rs feet
further. Superintendent Murphy is adj
vancing development at a rapid rate.
The new hoist is giving entire satisfac-
ton and the blower recently installed
is furnishing abundant ventilation. 1t
sends the air not only to the shaft but
to the breast of the tunnel, a distance
of some 800 feet.
DENvER-The recent find in the
outhern winze of the Denver is prov
ing even better than was at first sup
posed. For some time work has been
carried on in this rich streak and it has
been getting better every shift. Assay
of $500 and $500 are very common here.
Some have been taken as high as $500.
The lowest assay yet made yielded $50
per ton. AS before stated this find is
of great Importance to the COMPANY
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that 1t shows the continuation of a
highly important ore body.
0IBRALTAR-The rich strike re-
ported last week is still in evidence at
the Gibraltar. The $500 ore opened
up in tunnel No. 2 is still in the breast
of the workings. The other body that
assays so we'll, found in the winze, is
proving extensive. Superintendent Nell
son reports good milling ore in all the
four workings.
wELLIM0ToN-C. T. Phelan, of
| Vancouver, B. c., arrived in camp Mon
day to take the superintendent of the
| Wellington under the general manage
ment of Robert C. Hardy, who will
leave in a short time on a mining trip
to the Greenwater country. A perma-
mem shaft will be started at once.
sTARLIGHT-The crosscut at the
Starlight has penetrated the ledge for o
distance of ~ feet and no foot wall has
yet appeared. The bore is going through
an excellent grade of ore, patches of
which noun into fancy figures. The
entire breast shows high grade milling
material, Superintendent Smith says.
The upper tunnel is in 35 feet and the
May1ower lead is expected now any
day.
ORIGINAL BULLFROG - Senator
Newell, manager of the Original. was
in Rhyolite this week, and reports ey-
cellent progress at the property. The
east and west crosscuts from the shaft
are in each $50 feet are being carried
forward as rapidly as possible, Work
is also being lone at the Pierce shaft
at the west end of the acreage, and a
good quality of quartz is showing in
the bottom.
sTEIfTwAY.-Superintendent Wilson
states that the northeast drift from the
225-foot level at the Steinway is in 1875
feet and quartz and manganese similar
to that found in the Polaris are appear
ing in the breast. The southwest drift
is also in the same distance and bo,h
reveal satisfactory mineral conditions.
The material being penetrated shows a
liberal amount of free gold in the pan.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Smith
of the Mayflower states that steady
progress is being made in the shaft and
that the values not only continue to hold |
but are substantially increasing with
depth. He expects to reach the 2O0-foot
point by August /. The vein will be
again crosscut at this level.
-Bullfrog Miner.