The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-09-22


t~welvemonth ago when Vermilyea and
Hudson struck the pay crack at their
lease on the Stray Dog claim. Gold Hill
has been constantly in the glare OF the
lime light, and upon its ~unduiating
slopes have been established a aumoer
of mining estates whose wealth If gold
is creating a sensation in the mining
world. Hudson and vermiiyea were
mining high grade a number OF months
prior to the sensational rush to this
district. and as they encountered really
fabulous gold values in the ledge out
crop and at grass roots. they had
shipped a good bit of scenery and had
considerably changed the topography Of
Gold hill before the people of Goldheld
and Tonopah appreciated the fact that
another had been added to the constella-
tion of desert bonanza camps.
On Gold hill are located what might
be not inaptly termed the plutocrats of
m%1lionaires' row. the stray Dog. Union
No. ., Jumping Jack. wolftone. indian
Camp, Little Grey. Gold Wedge and a
number of little brothers of the rich.
whose latest resources may any day
blossom forth into bonanza. The dumps
of the various properties resemble
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around which the workers toll inces-
sanity every hour of the twenty-four,
one set of laborers relieving another at
eight hour intervals. Gallows frames
stretch their lengths skyward and com
plain in droning undertone beneath the
weight of buckets laden with gold bur
dened ore. Power hoists wheeze and
pant in a very paroxysm Of exertion as
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fort by a spirit of rivalry and emulation.
UNION NO. 9.
In some instances, as in the case of
the Stray Dog. Indian Camp and Jump
ing Jack. all work is being done on com
pany account. At other properties the
lessee is wrestling a fortune from the
huge lodges whose irregular outerops
raverse the hill in parallel lines. Among
the latter, none are perhaps working to
better purpose than Briggs and Sinclair,
owners of the famous lease No. II on
the Union No. 9 claim of the Manhat-
tan Dexter company. The main ledge
crossing the acreage is s feet wide at
surface and at a depth of $50 feet in the
Briggs-Sinclair workings has broadened
out to 10 feet. 1t is a continuation of
the vein from which Vermilyea and
Hudson extracted a fortune on the Stray
Dog and has been proved up for a
length of 1000 feet within the boun-
daries of the two claims.
The incline shaft by means of which
these fortunate ~lessees are working
their holding has attained a depth of 200
feet and from the bottom level the ledge
has been intersected for a width of 20
feet without reaching the opposite wall.
The ledge has likewise Strengthened
from an angle of 20 degrees at surface
to an angle of so degrees at a depth of
200 feet. The average grade of the ore
assures its profitable treatment under
the stamps and the vein carries a large
deposit of high grade quartz showing a
plentiful sprinkling of gold in the free.
A large tonnage has been blocked out
and the lessees are preparing to stope.
On the dump there are 400 tons of ore
having an average gold value of from
$50 to $40 the ton. Mr.. Briggs has re-
fused an offer of 800, 900 for this ton
mage, the greater proportion of which
was removed in development work sole
ly. 1t is estimated that Briggs and
Sinclair will mine upwards of a half
million dollars worth of ore before the
expiration of their lease on January /,
1907.
STRAY DOG
There is no trio of properties in camp
whose high grade tonnage is being in
creased on a ratio with the output from
the Stray Dog, Indian Camp and Jump
ing Jack. There is a strong probability
that those claims will be consolidated
with the Union No. 8. thereby forming
one of the most valuable mining estates
in Nevada. At a depth of 100 feet in
the Stray Dog workings a crosscut is
being run out to contact with the rich
ledge which is being worked so sue
cessfully in the level above. A recent
shipment of 70 tons netted the COM
pany over $4,000, and as it is but a
question of days until the vein is once
more tapped it is safe to predict that
ore shipments will be greatly augmented
before the close of the present month.
Mining men are watching developments
at the Stray Dog with more than ordin-
airy interest and predict one of the
greatest gold strikes in the history of
the camp when the ledge is tapped at
the 1OO-foot level.
JUMPING JACK
Development of the Jumping Jack
mine is being watched with an interest
equally as keen as that which attaches
to operations at the Stray Dog. Ore of
high value is being sacked with daily
regularity and the quartz not infre-
quently returns assays as high as
81, 900 in gold the ton. Shipments from
the property during 80 days returned a
net value to the company of a trife more
than $32, 900 and it is estimated that
the production for September will have
a total value of close TO $50 900. Where
ever opened the ledge is a prolific yield
err of high grade gold values, and aside
from that class of quartz an enormous
tonnage of milling ore is blocked out in
the workings, the same satisfactory con-
dition being true of the Stray Dog work
ings.
INDIAN CAMP
At the Indian Camp mining effort,
aside from that being performed on
mpa account, is confined to dry
washing the gulches traversing the
property, the work in every instance
being done by lessees. The auriferous
surface deposits give an average yield
of an ounce of gold dust per day per
man, and as the nuggets are invariably
associated with vein matter 1T is a well
demonstrated fact that the clean up is
quartz gold, not placer gold. Develop
ment on company account is being fur
thered with the object of proving up
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