The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-04-20
EAST END ACTIVITY
has Been Owen 70 Mining
Operations In q Section by
values Secured on Ad Astra
Ground

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distances and from which meritorious
paintings and assays are secured. There
is scarcely a spot along their %sinuous
extent where promising Mornings cannot
be obtained and 1t is not for
them to yield a very fair sized string
of gold to the pan. OF late there has
been a marked increase in mining activ-
ity in that section, due to recent devel-
opments on the AID Astra companys
holdings. and to the find of cinnabar on
the estate of the Goldheld Brooklyn
company.
Following the windings of the trail
leading to McI.aughlin's well and di-
verging to the left at that point. the
first property of interest encountered is
the Lone Star claim, worked by the Ad
As;ra company. En- route to that acre
age the estate Of the Lucky Boy COM
pany is passed. and while il at present
supplies little of interest in the way of
development to the mining reporter. it
does AFFORD something in the way OF
speculation regarding its exact location,
When q representative of The News
first rode over the TRAN TO Ad Astra
ground he passed by a board on which
was painted a hand and the Inscription.
this way TO the property of the Lucky
Boy company. At the time of his
next visit the sign was pointing in an
entirely different direction. Yesterday
when he passed over the road the hand
was pointing heavenward. Under the
latter condition it seems almost need
less to state that the reporter kept 10
the broad trail.
The AID Astra people have assumed
sinking and now rave their shaft down
about 30 feet below the 100-foot level.
The sulphides are becoming more
marked and by the time the 150-foot
point is reached it is believed the oxide
zone will be passed. The ledge in the
shaft is standing almost perpendicular
are more pronounced and are converg-
ing to a common point. Assays on the
scam rock average close to 500 the ton
and the general value of the entire
ledge is improving with depth. Some
difficulty is experienced in handling the
water which is coming into the work
ings, but the flow is not sufficient to
seriously retard development.
The Pan Yam company, owner of the
estate adjoining the Lone Star on the
north. has ordered a hoist and will de-
velop at depth. This week work was re-
suned in the bottom of the 60-foot
shaft and will continue until a depth of
100 feet is gained when a drift as to be
sent out along the course OF the ledge
which has been followed all the way
from surface. This ledge carries a good
grade OF mill rock and at greater depth
fha rlaNnag = 9x~nr ftg rnolsnu int" chin
ping ore.
About half a mile east of the AID
Astra shaft are located the properties
of the Chawalla Mining company. They
comprise three full claims and a frac-
tion. On each the outcrop is pro-
nounced and is we'll m~ineralized. A
shaft has been sunk a depth of s. feet
on the Enterprise No. 3 claim and gold
values are secured as high as SS5 the
ton on the ledge showing in its bottom.
The Stamford-Nevada Development
company owns two fractions andjoining
the Chawalla estate and has just un-
covered a ledge about . feet in width
from which assays as high as SIS per
ton are secured. The blowout is as
marked on Stamford ground as on that
of the Chawalla company and the min
eral indications favor the finding of pay
ore at depth on both estates. w. j.
Chatterton. manage of both properties,
will depart for the east in a few lays
for the purpose of securing funds from
the stockholders with which to purchase
w hosting plants and continue ex-
ploration at depth.
On the Pennsylvania property, adj
inininU the Gtar ~ FORD naaN1a,, r1,~ -
the south and west, development is be-
ing furthered by means of the leasing
system. Tribal and associates are the
~lessees. Their lease extends over a
period of twenty months. They have
sunk a shat to a depth of 55 feet on
the Reliance No. l claim and are now
prosecuting. The cut is in a distance
of So feet and its breast is in ore which
assays as high as $40 in gold to the
ton. At one point en- route a. small
amount Of gold in the free was encoun-
tered, but the condition was not par
ticularly marked. The general appea
of the rock, however, favors the
ultimate discovery of pay grade in
place.
over on the ground of the Goldheld
Brooklyn company development of the
find of cinnabar. one of the most i'm
portant ever mad in the camp, is prov
ing it to be one Of even greater merit
than was at first conceded. The strike
is being proved up on both the Ana
conda and Brooklyn claims and in each
instance with success. The ledge is
about 4 feet wide and on the Anaconda
has been stripped at surface for a dis
lance of $50 feet. The cinnabar occurs
in crystalized form and is holding well
with depth. Additional Importance at
taches to the find from the fact that
whenever c~rystalized cinnabar appears
in a ledge it is indicative of the per-
manency of the entire vein system of
the surrounding country. 1t appears
that the deposit is formed in the primal
water level of the earth, thousands of
feet from surface, to later be forced up
ward with the ledge through the vari-
Gus qualifications.
The lead on the Anaconda claim was
opened up within so feet of the east end
line of the Flood claim OF the Yellow