The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-12-22


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recently made on the stray Dog. Indian
Camp. Independence CONSOLIDATED. Man
haitian Combination and Consolidated
Extension properties Is Indicative Of
what may be expected in the way Of
gold values in all portions Of the dis
trict with further development.
PINE NUT
The systematic and business-uke min
ing that has characterized the develon-
ment of the Pine Nut property is bear
ing fruit. Splendid equipment and in
telligent direction has resulted in a
shaft 200 feet deey in which the ore
showings are such that Pine Nut stock
is the first to respond with bounds. The
work at the 200-foot level win be 10
explore and definitely determine the ex-
tent and character Of the ore bodies.
TIL Pine Nut is making good with un-
erring certainty.
MANHATTAN BUFFALO
The shaft on the Manhattan Buffalo
company's acreage st East Manhattan
is soaring a depth of $50 feet and at
that point the big ledge which traverses
the estate is to be crosscut and drifted
on in search OF an ore shoot. From
surface down the shaft has passed
through stringers and seams OF quartz
feeders from the ledge. which have al
ways panned and assayed well and not
infrequently shown gold in the free. At
one point a mass of porphyritic quartz
was encountered which was Toured over
with precious metal. the gold occurring
not alone on the surface OF the rock
but permeating il throughout as well.
SERIES OF LEDaEs
The entire acreage is criss-crossed
by a series of lodges whose outcrops
can be traced well over in to the terrs-
tory on either side of the Buffalo. and
it was the remarkable prevalence of
gold in these veins which first called
attention to the great prospective value
of the holdings. Development at depth
is proving their permanency and the
right OF the owning company TO class
the acreage with the best of the pre-
ferred prospects.
CAREFUL SURVEY
The company's engineers have made
a careful survey of the ledge outcrops
and exhaustive tests of their gold yield
ing preclivities, and upon their find
ings is based the determination of the
management to erect a mill on the
ground. Contracts have been awarded
for mill building and machinery and
excavation for the foundation of the
plant is to follow shortly. 1t has been
demonstrated that there is a large tom
nage of mill grade ore ready at hand
in the various outcrops and this condi-
ton taken in connection with the much
larger tonnage which is reasonably sure
to follow the opening up of the main
ledge at the 150-foot level assures ore
In sufficient bulk to keep the stamps
in constant operation.
MANHATTAN AMETHYST
From surface to a depth of so feet
the shaft on Manhattan AMETHYST
ground is in ore, its average gold grade
assuring profitable treatment beneath
the stamps. 1t appears probable that
the propert will develop into one of the
best milling propositions in the west
end or the camp, a statement which is
worthy of serious consideration taking
into consideration the fact that the
acreage adjoins the Independence Con-
solidated and is proximate to the
Desert Queen, Santa Lola and other
properties in that section whose worth
as yielders of high grade mill quartz
is already established.
woLFToNE EXTENSION
Development of Wolftone Extension
acreage is to be furthered under the
personal supervision of McElvaney &
Torpey and with a view to opening up
the famous Wolftone ledge at depth.
To that end a main working shaft will
be sunk 100 feet and from it's bottom
a crosscut will be run over to the vein
and a drift be sent out along it trend.
The Wolftone ledge is one of the rich
est in point of gold values in the Man
haitian district, and as ii has been traced
well over into Extension acreage there
is little question but what the latter
company will locate a body of pay ore
at depth.
SINK 500 FEET
Although the first station is to be
cut at depth of 100 feet it is the inten-
ton to ultimately lower the shaft to a
depth of 500 feet, running our cr%osscuts
to the ore at each 50-foot interval. The
greater development is to follow at the