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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14

The Daily Appeal, Carson City, New.
under date of July 8, says:
What is said to be one of the richest
strikes in the state of Nevada is re-
ported to have been made near the Clark
claim at Ramsey.
Broker Reynolds, of Tonopah, leased
the Western Union Telegraph companys
wires between this city and Tonopah
last night for three hours while he
closed deals for a portion Of the new
find
TT is said that he secured one-fourth
of it and that the ground he holds is
the richest ever found in this section Of
the state.
Reynolds disappeared this afternoon
and it is impossible to get details. A
dozen men already have left for the
scene of the new townsite of Ramsey
'It is said that the new strike goes
$500 to the ton across ledge ten feet
wide that has been traced over 1000
feet.
1.-The ore in sight is estimated to be
worth 81 100000 with less than twenty
feet of development work done"
The Broker Reynolds" referred to
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
NEW SOUTHERN CAMP SAID TO BE
THE MOST WONDERFUL OF ALL

properties. On the "a claims of the
Skidoo Mining company 317 samples of
me groupings averaged in value SIS
while some of the assays ran as high as
s5,264 There are boulders of quartz
there weighing perhaps a ton each
which will run s1,100. The ledge is a
assure vein in the granite and is from
feet to 10 feet wide"
L. M. Sullivan, Governor Sparks and
Jack Campbell have bought ten claims
adjoining the Schwab- Montgomery prop
erty, and the group has the extension
of the big rich ledge. Jack Campbell
took 81 samples along the ledge for A.
900 feet and the smallest assay received
was $27, while the highest was S400.
On Thursday night a party left Gold
field for Wild Rose in the auto of Geo.
Wingfeld to examine the Green Monster
group of claims which it is said Nixon
and Wingfield have purchased. This
group consist of 20 claims upon which
a quartz ledge crops 600 feet wide. The
entire cropping is milling ore. The
formation is a granite and schist con-
tact and the assays range from IS TO
5000. The water and townsite rights
are owned by Chafey and Probasco.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
FLORENCE HAS WORLD OF
LOW GRADE MILLI

The Florence will put up its own mill.
1t will be large one, and construction
work will begin by early fall.
A. d. Parker, vice president and
treasurer of the company was in Gold
field most of the week comforting with
Mr.. Lockhart and other stockholders of
the Florence, of whom there are but few.
relative to the treatment of the i'm
mense quantities of medium grade ore
in the mine.
The Florence people have been ex-
perimenting all over the country with
different processes. and even yet have
made no decision as to which would be
the better to adopt. The process will
necessarily have to successfully reduce
sulphides, as the Florence rock is of
this character. 1t may be found advis-
able to erect a large concentrating plant
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
GOLDFIELD MEN I'm NEW DISTRICTS
RAMSEY HAS MILLIONS in SIGHT
WITH ONLY SLIGHT DEVELOPMENT

is John Reynolds of Thomas s. Robin
son & Co., brokers. of Goldfeld. Asso-
ciated with this firm are N. II. Truett,
]. r. Dortch and John s. Cook. Mr..
Reynolds has also bought for the syndi-
cate a one-half interest in a new town
site to be located at the mines
The mining property is within so feet
of the point at which the rich strike was
made on the Clark property. purchased
by Captain Mayne. and over which the
recent gun fight was made. The enor-
nous dyke of the Mayne property. 20
feet wide and all shipping ore. passes
through the Rather group and carries
good free gold values. 1t is expected
that the find will cause another STAN
pede.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14

and an accompanying cyanide works to
the tailings together with roaster.
Back in Colorado we always hold
the Portland mine up as standard of
great mine. I want to tell you that
when the Florence gets to treating Its
immense bodies of medium grade ore in
mill of it's own, the Portland will not
be in the same class with it.. The Flor
ence today is one of the greatest mines
OF this country"
At present the Florence is working
but one shift. They are simply taking
out a little high grade ore here and
there to keep up with expenses
AS soon as the new Frank mill now
building is in operation the Florence
ores will be shipped to the plant. The
mill will have daily capacity Of about
so tons.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
ONLY WALL
PROVED TO
HIDE ORE
Hayes-M0nnette Break Through
the Only Semblance of avail
in the Big Ore Chamber
of Lease
FIFTY DOLLAR ORE is FOUND

The only wall that was ever disclosed
In the Hayes and Monnette lease was
yesterday broken through by shooting
and a strong body OF ore was disclosed
which ran $50 to the ton. This was the
only semblance of wall ever found on
the Hayes and Monnette lease and when
IT was disposed of the ore deposits
proved to be continuous. The railroad
track to the mine will be completed and
the cars will begin running Monday.
when daily shipments of
be made. IT is expecte
weeks the shipment will
tons daily.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
DAISY TO
EXPLORE TO
1000 FEET
,,,,, he the Mine to Inaugurate q
WIZ New Era Of Deep Mining
in the GOIdfield
District
r0,OI E COMPARTMENT SHAFT

The Goldfeld Daisy Mining synuica'e
ino o,,rated the era of deep mining
na' .nis district. Preparations are being
iOr 80 sink a triple compartment shaft
naus ss" saet and thoroughly explore its
nroperty with depth.
Tsa Daisy syndicate this week let
-.ract TO the Nevada Power, Mining
,suI;ne company for furnishing and
sl~.a,lIne sn the following equipment:
One 50-hp Hendrie & Bolthon double
,.0r, electric hoist.
One 5O-hp. variable speed motor with
..s,rolIer and resistance.
'VTs msras oo-K w. transformers.
r.-o eo-inch turned groove sheaves
nth shafts and boxes.
Two thousand three hundred feet of
osst steel cable in pieces of 1,15O
feet each.
- cah,e--6 clips, thimbles.
rour No. 5 style /, IL cubic feet ore
buckets with bands.
Two STYLE 20" single deck cages, 5000
pounds capacity.
Eight landing chairs, medium weight.
six No. 25 standard IA cubic feet cap
cage cars.
Hoist motor and transformers to be
installed and wired complete in building.
This Is evidence of a broad guage
nocy on the part of the Daisy manage
ment.
The company will make use of this
snlendid equipment in sinking three
compartment shaft to a depth of 1000
feet. The shaft will measure
~ feetx14 clear and will be divided
into two cageways and a manway. The
timbers 14x16 of oregon pine for the
construction of gigantic gaflows
frame AZ feet high are already ordered.
When a News representative visited
the Daisy this week the frame of resi-
dence and Office for Frank Horton, the
cOmpany's president, was already up.
This building as planned will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000. The plans are
also drawn for the erection of an assay
Office on the property to be built of
stone. All of these preparations now ac-
lively underway will mount well up into
the expenditure of thousands of dollars
and when compared with the erstwhile
quiet work of the Goldfield Daisy Min
ing syndicate would indicate great con-
fdence in the ground and the knowledge
of certain existant conditions not pos
sessed by the public.
President Horton said to The News:
The Detch and Brewer lease is a Won
derful showing but the public must not
suppose that the company is without
other territory
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14

recent assay from a new ledge
struck in the course of development on
'"e Diamondfield Black Butte Consol-
''sa returned values of $4,000 the
M M " was reported in the columns OF
ae news, issue Of June 30th, that
ana considerable strike had been
.aue at this mine but at the time the
,esslon although strongly enter
s.ned at this Office could find no con-
ha haion. Since. however, these facts
49, oeen ascertained: About two weeks
,h the upper workings of the mine
ledge was encountered in de-
o. ping all Of which is good shipping
MIA. vi this streak about Is inches
VIII averages between 5000 and $1,000.
six s picked samples soar way up into
hsures. The reporter while on the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
p1AMonp DRILLS on BOOTH

In the search for the big alaskite and
dacite contact vein which runs through
the Booth, the Berkeley Mining COM
pany is tracing the formation of its
ground with diamond drill. Two 500
foot holes have been sunk and while the
looked for ledge has not been tapped
operations are progressing very favor
ably.
From the west crosscut at the 200
foot level drifts are being run both ways
in the Booth workings. The ledge Is on
an alaskite and dacite contact and car
ries very good values
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
DETCH=BREWER
In NEW ORE BODY

The wonders of the Detch and Brewer
Daisy lease have no end. On Friday
noon the foreman telephoned into the
lessees in town that in cutting station
from which to sink winze on the ledge
II was found necessary to go about 10
1eet into the porphyry north of the ledge
when after a round of shots a second
ledge appeared in the breast of the hole
which gives promise of being as rich as
'he nrst ledge. This ledge is running
toward the original strike and will form
junction with it in short distance.
Ihe rock said to be literally alive with
Iree gold and as soon as the news was
received Superintendent Blanchard hur-
ried to the mine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14

In the Baldwin and Black lease on
block No. of the Great Bend the oper-
ators have resumed sinking on the ledge
and the shaft is now down so feet. At
the 5O-foot level from which a drift was
run 30-feet the strong ledge on which
the lessees were working changed from
the oxides to the sulphides. At the end
of the drift a winze was sunk Is feet
and the values were found to have in
creased from $40 to $3s. Thus encour-
aged the lessees have decided to &c
deeper. The showing thus far is very
good.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
VALUES IN PICTURES ON
DIAMONDFIELD BLACK BUTTE

Ground saw paintings made which would
nrobably run dollar to the pan. Whiie
70 actual stopping is being carried on
the company is sacking about 20 sacks
dav Of high grade ore. In the ore
vault built in a drift carload is now
waiting shipment which will prove as
r,ch IL not richer than the last zz-ton
rs,nnsnt .,In which netted s1O,Ss0.os to the
1900 All of the work heretofore
!, haa,, IN the nature of tunneling and
"a. b,t now the company has de-
a,aaa 70 sink a shaft. Work has COM
.aancad ~ ON this upon good strong ledge
,,non the northeast side of the hill. The
shaft will follow the incline OF the ieage s
snd Il has been decided to sink 100 zee.
when If the shaft be continued a no,s' mons
WI, VII he Installed. The property at pres
emf is working about "a men.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
WORK AIR DRILLS ON c. 0. D.

Three air drills, the first in the dis
trict. have been added to the equipment
of the Gold Bar Mining company and
are rendering very satisfactory service.
These machines are of the type called
the Hardsocg Wonder Rock drill. The
weight of each is IS pounds and they
strike $500 blows minute. The bit Is
of the hollow steel pattern and the drill
ing capacity is from s to IL inches a
minute.
The work of development on the Gold
Bar and c. o. d. properties is progress
ing in that business-like way.
In the burst and Degan lease on the
c. o. d. depth of 80 feet has been at
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14

STRUGGLE TO CONTROL TONNAGE
OF THE DESERTS GROWING CAMPS

1t Is understood here today upon the
best authority that negotiations have
been completed for the sale of the sur
vey of the Bullfrog &c Goldfeld railroad
to the Clark people. and that further
construction OF the former road, now
under headway, will be continued under
the auspices of the Clarks AS the
Southen Pacific railroad owns 81 per
cent of the San Pedro, Los Angeles &
Salt Lake railroad, commonly called the
Clark road, and controls the Goldfield &
Tonopah, this gives the Southern Pacific
control of all the trackage between
Hazen on the north and Los Vegas on
the south and mastery of the entire
Southern Nevada territory.
1t is also understood that work on
the Borax Smith road, constructed in
the interests of Gould, running from
Ludlow on the Santa Fe north into the
Bullfrog district, is suspended. No one
will bid on the contract for building the
13 miles of canon road which is imme-
diately ahead of the present construc-
tion, as the heat is insufferable and
laborers will not stay with the job; con-
sequently work will not resume until
winter and thus Gould receives another
set back.
LINE OF CAMPAIGN
The line of campaign of the various
railroads struggling to gain the busi-
ness of the rapidly developing Southern
Nevada territory is becoming more evil
dent every day, as the situation de-
velops, and soon instead of three or four
seemingly independent lines, only two
transcontinental lines will be engaged
In the battle royal, the lesser roads hav-
ing been absorbed and disappearing
from the field. 1t is no longer the
Southern Pacific. Western Pacific, the
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake,
the Tonopah & Goldfield, the Bullfrog &c
Goldfield and the Borax Smith roads, but
it has resolved itself into simply fight
between Hartman and Gould, the South
ern Pacific against the Western Pacific.
Some two years ago, the Southern Ne
vada camps demanded railroad. The
Southern Pacific was not ready to build
into the territory, as it had not suf-
flciently developed to prove its per-
manency. The Tonopah Mining COM
pany had blocked out enormous bodies
of ore and needed an out let to the
smelter 1t was arranged with the
Southern Pacific to build south to Nina
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14

southern port Hartman ANTICIPATING
Gould's intention to build cut of
through Nevada. today made a strategic
move that will put the Southern Paciac
in possession of the situation for some
time and a year or more in advance of
Gould. Hartman already had such a
close arrangement with the Goldfield &
Tonopah railroad that he virtually con-
trolled all the trackage from Hazen on
the main line down to Goldfeld. The
Southern Pacific, as is well known, al
ready owns 81 per cent of the San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake road,
known as the Clark road, and conse-
quently controls that branch building
from Los Vegas north to Bullfrog. To
give him a through line and a short cut
TO Los An yeles, 1t only became neces-
sary to close the gap between Goldfeld
and Bullfrog. The Bullfrog & Tonopah
railroad had already made survey ov-
tween these points ard large force of
men and telms is now on the grade. il
has become known here that Senator
Clark has bought the survey of the Bull
frog & Goldfield railroad and that the
operations on the latter has ceased, but
that the road would be built under the
auspices of Clark, which gives Harri-
man through and undisputed right of
way from the Southern Pacific on the
north to the Clark road on the south and
putting him in position to again
harass Gould in his attempt to build a
Los Angeles cut off.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
ROGERS ROUND MouNrAIr

On the Lookout claim of the Rogers
Round Mountain Mining company one
of the Antelope lodges has been opened
up. A shaft is down IL feet upon the
ledge and fine paintings of free gold are
had The ledge is between Is feet and
20 feet wide. Three men are working
and the stock has been advanced to soc
per share The outlook is very bright
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14

tained and a bunch of $12 quartz has
been encountered. Sinking continues.
The Detch and Brewer shaft is down
200 feet and drifting has commenced
north and south The Gold Bar Leasing
company has found $40 ore in the old
workings on the 40-foot level and is
drifting north from the 100-foot mark
to cut the ledge when stopping will be-
gin.
The Goldfeld Fargo Mining company
is working along in it's tunnel and sink
ing a shaft on lease No. 6 of the c. o. d.
Manager Koontz of the Gold Bar and
C. o. D. companies left for San Diego
on Friday morning. He will be absent
about 10 days
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14

The Laguna shaft is down 140 feet;
at the 125-foot point there is a cross
cut. The crosscut is in dacite country
and looks good. The operations on the
Mohawk have disclosed that there are
great possibilities in any part of the
camp where the dacite formation is
found.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
70 START WORK ON
MANHATTAN ROUND MOUNTAIN

Y. Il. Bennett, secretary of the Man
haitian Round Mountain Gold Mining
company accompanied by Alexander
rlper of Manhattan, general manager of
.ae company, have gone to Round
Mountain to superintend the work to
De started on the property. Competent
miners have been engaged and no time
VIII be lost in openeing up the ledges
ana sinking shaft. 1t is the opinion Of
.iper that true fissure vein extends
ior the full length of the property.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14

and that the Tonopah Minin company
would build the branch from Nina to
Tonopah. This arrangement was not
effected until the Tonopah road had en-
tered into an agreement that it would
not make an alliance with or give its
business to any other road than the
Southern Pacific, that might enter the
field.
Later Goldfield to the south came
along and wanted road and a branch
was built from Tonopah by the same
people and under the same arrangement.
Bullfrog with it's vast deposits of low
grade ore, began to call for railroad.
Many mines have been quietly develop
ing until there was an enormous tom
mage and no outlet.
CLARK ENTERS THE FIELD
Meantime, the Clark road had built
from Salt Lake to San Pedro and saw
the advantage of line from Los Vegas
on that road to Bullfrog to the north.
The Clarks undertook branch and it IS
now built to within a few miles of
Rhyolite in the Bullfrog district. 1t is
well known that the Southern Pacific
railroad at the time of the construction
of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt
Lake road, took 81 per cent of the stock,
but under an agreement that the road
should be operated by the Clarks for 20
years. 1t is believed that the Southern
Pacific entered into an agreement with
the Clarks similar to that on the Tono-
pah road in the construction of the
branch from Las Vegas to Bullfrog.
The only gap that remained in a COM
pleted line from the Southern Pacific on
the north to the Clark road on the south,
was between Goldfield and Bullfrog, a
distance of about rs miles. The owners
of the Tonopah and Goldfeld road de-
cided to build this link and close the
gap. The Clark people had announced
that they were going to continue their
road from Bullfrog north into Goldfeld
and Tonopah This was invading their
territory and it appeared that the Tono-
pah & Goldield road might lose the
business of this territory. They did not
want to let this trade go to the south
and force of several hundred men was
put on the grade of the Bullfrog & Gold
field railroad pushing it with all energy
BoRAx SMITH MAKES A MOVE
The determination of the Tonopah &
Goldfeld. people to extend their road
south to Bullfrog was brought about not
only by Clark's determination to build
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
mAcxENzrE NO. 1

Shaft is down 290 feet deep in the
process of sinking to the 300-foot level
where crosscuttiug east and west will
be pursued. A dyke of low grade quartz
has been cut over 80 feet of which car
ries fair values. At the 200-foot point
the crosscuts are in about 70 feet each
way. The west crosscut is all in quartz.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
PALACE aoLDFIELD

A depth of 20 feet has been attained
upon the Martin and Byrne lease on the
Palace Goldfeld and the ledge has peer
passed through. 1t proved to be about
7 feet wide and assayed about s12. The
shaft will be sunk SO feet and cross
cut run for the Daisy lead which Is
thought to pass through the ground.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
FRANCES MoHAwK

The shaft is down 2so feet and
double station set. Crosscut both east
and west is about 80 feet from the sahft.
Crosscuts are all in quartz s'rni'ar '"
the Hayes and Nor
good but to date does
values. They are mai
day each day on the CT
will start soon.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
opp1E g rsH LEASES ON MOHAWK

Within the past week these two leases
have increased their output and are
making regular shipments to the samp-
lers The ore bins are full of ore at all
times, the production keeping up to the
hauling capacity of the teams. The
neighborhood of these and other Mo-
hawk leases is an inspiring scene of ac-
tivity, duplicated in very few camps Of
tho country
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
SANTA rE INTERESTED

The Santa Fe is interested in these
railroad developments; both Gould and
the Santa Fe have their grievances
against the Southern Pacific. Each road
is as anxious as the other to get ahead
of the Southern Pacific and be inde-
pendent of it, The Santa Fe on the
south is dependent on the Southern Pa
cific for large trackage. If Gould should
build down to that road through Nevada,
the Santa Fe could get into San Fran
cisco over his road without paying trib-
ute to the Southern Pacific Gould's en-
gineers are now going over the ground
between Goldfield and the Western Pa
cifc, trying to select the best route
from which to build to connect with the
Borax Smith road, which is to be ex-
tended to Goldfeld, but 1t will probably
be the better part of two years before
they can get through line completed
1t is a pretty fight and one worth the
candle.