The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-28
DAISY HAS
MAKINGS OF
A BIG MINE
Work on Company Account Ex.
noses Large Bodies of Good
Ore on Every Level.
Will Build Mill

>,avs representative on Tuesday at
~. invitation of Manager A. A. Busey
.,,oved the rather unique distinction of
Hing the first outsider to visit and ex-
.,na the workings of the Daisy Mining
o.a,oote. With the entire lack of
1,s,,c knowledge concerning the doings
- .he Daisy company the reporter was
hut III prepared for the showing which
e. nresent and for the large amount of
.ork that has been done. When The
Naws announced several weeks ago that
che company had given contract for the
,orgest equipment ever brought into the
oomn II was freely said that the COM
nonv had become inexcusably enthused
ovar the showing on the Detch and
prewer lease A visit to the workings
r,l convince the most sceptical that
ths lease, although a wonderful piece of
Ground. really plays very small part
IN the scale of the company's operations.
The present main shaft is down 1S0 feet
and sinking is still going on. On the
s5-foot level great deal OF drifting and
crosscutting has been done and the main
ledge upon numerous cuttings proves to
he II feet wide and all milling ore. The
general average on this level is $40. On
the next level rs feet ddep drift to the
east has been run 95 feet while the west
drift is in 100 feet. The ledge keeps
practically the same width and on this
level averages about s25, while in many
places high grade ore is in evidence. At
a distance of PIP feet from the shaft on
the 130-foot level crosscut has just
tapped ledge which is apparently big
body of sulphide ore and which parallels
the main ledge to the south. An average
sample of this ledge when broken into
on Monday and including some of the
surrounding country porphyry, assayed
1880. The average values of the main
ledge at this depth is between $25 and
$50. The east drift on this level is in
rs feet 1t is probable that upon the
Daisy the largest force of men in the
camp doing dead work is and has for a
long time been employed. The crew
consists of 21 men. An examination of
the old Ridge lease was also made for
the benefit of the reporter and in the
shaft, down $50 feet, it is very evident
that the lessees had really never gotten
into the ledge. The shaft which is on
an incline follows the foot wall of the
ledge all of the way and is all in the
matter surrounding the vein so that ap-
parently the foot wall of the real ledge
was mistaken for the hanging wall of
that in which the shaft was sunk. Upon
the company taking hold of the ground
from which the lessees were drowned
o1f
and the true conditions become known.
An assayer was employed for two days
in the workings and the entire thing
averaged from this thorough sampling
$25. while Mr.. Busey pointed to several
very rich streaks. One in particular in
the shaft, about IS inches wide, which
assayed as high as $500. The quartz
In this shaft is remarkably similar in
every particular to that found in the
Diamondfield Black Butte Consolidated
and as the ledge can be traced across
the face of the country toward the Black
Butte there seems every reason to sup
leads are identical.
The Daisy syndicate is planning for
the erection of mill which will prob
ably be installed within the next or 10
months. Already the substantial build
ings planned for the ground are rising
rapidly and the assay plant will be in
stalled very shortly under the direction
or Assayer Mclaughlin of Goldfield.
On Thursday evening Mr.. Busey in
1orme, The News that the new sulphide
ledge on the 130-foot level had been cut
INTO for distance Of or feet with
out reaching the opposite wall. An as
say of the whole thing on Thursday
showed values of $29.S0.