The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-11
BIG SALES MADE
AT S%EARCHLIGHT
Especial Correspondence.)

Searchlight, New, Aug. Ss-Two sales
reaching over the hundred thousand
dollar mark has been the cause OF con-
siderable excitement in this growing
camp the past week. Following on the
heels of last weeks transactions, the
sales of this week have been the cause
of much activity as the purchasers are
already beginning to develop their i'm
mense holdings. The III. III. McCord
company, of Los Angeles purchased the
entire Ormond addition from the Francis
Ormond company for $4,000. The sale
includes the surface and mineral rights
which are both very valuable. The sur
face of the Ormond addition has been
plated, surveyed and laid out for a
townsite. A water site has been In
cluded and a 250-foot shaft sunk, with
a rood flow of fine drinking water. The
mineral rights are considered very valu-
able as they include the Orlando, Water
spout, Addition, Eclipse No. 1, Eclipse
No. 2, and the Eclipse No. 3 lode mining
claims. Several prominent lodges trav-
erse the immense holdings of the COM
pany and the location work has in sew
eral places shown up some excellent
looking rock. Surveyors are now at
work laying off a water and sys-
TEN.
The Pacific Coast Mines bureau
through their representative j. Donnan
Reavis, purchased the Duplex Exten-
sion group from Allison &c White for
$50, 900, with a cash payment of $4,000.
This property is the extension of the
rich Duplex mine, belonging to John
Brockman and Count James Portals,
who purchased same eight months ago
for $25O,000 from Fred Cotton, the
pioneer of the Searchlight district. The
Duplex is one of the biggest producers
in the ~Searchlight district and at pres
ent the management is taking ore out of
the four working shafts, running their
20 stamp mill, also the cyanide plant
and shipping ore daily to the shelters
The Duplex enters the Extension COM
pany's ground in all of it's strength and
richness and mining men here VIC are
familiar with both properties, express
the firm conviction that the larger ore
bodies will be uncovered upon the hold
ings of the new company. These late
deals have stirred the representatives Of
eastern and Western investors now in
the camp and the extensions and nearby
ground of these companies are in de-
mand and being sought for.
During the past three months. pros
pectors have been diligently at work,
stalking off scores of claims on the fiat
west of the town of S~earchlight. Here
tofore this district was considered
valueless from a mining standpoint ow-
ing to the absence of lodges and surface
showings.
Edw. CARLSON of Rock Springs, Wyo.,
staked off eight claims, naming them the
Wyoming Searchlight group. He began
operating several months ago by sink
ing a SKI working shaft intending to go
to water level. At a depth of 100 feet
a large body of iron stained quartz,
heavily i~mpregnated with silica and
spar was struck and an average assay
of the vein ran better than $40 per ton
in gold. Following the course of the
foot wall the shaft was sunk from this
level and at 200 feet the values increased
to 1872 and the vein is 7 feet in width.
Mr.. Carleson has ordered a 25-h.p.
hoist, air drills, pump, compressor and
blacksmith shop to facilitate develop
ment. Three shifts Of men will begin
work as soon as the machinery is in
stalled.
Adjoining the Wyoming on the west,
lies the Golden Rod group, the property
Of Jonn Wheatley. A force of men have
been prospecting this group for some
time past and many shallow cuts and
trenches nave been made. A 40-foot
shaft has been sunk on the Golden Rod
claim and the foot and hanging walls of
the ledge has been struck. The vein is
about 5 feet in width and an average
assay across returned s14. Eleven as
says from different open cuts and the
shaft ran from $3.50 to s113 in gold per
ton. With proper development this dis
trict will prove a big rival to the Search
light camp itself.
Walter c. Cox of the Cox Investment
company has several prospectors out in
this district at the present time stalking
off some property for his company and
will develop same this coming fall, when
the cool weather sets in. Mr.. Cox has
secured an option on the Golden Crest
group four miles west of Searchlight for
$40, 900 from the owners Walker Bros.
BOOSTERS FOB