Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-08
THE GOLDFIELD MINES
Taken from our Goldfeld Exchanges.

stopped work, was continued. Since
Driscoll and associates took hold of the
property the crosscut to the west has
been extended for a distance of 40 feet
and at this point the ledge was en-
countered. In continuing the crosscut
it was found that the ledge measured
fully 80 feet in width, all of which will
break a medium grade mill ore. There
is IL feet of the ledge. however, which
is practically all quartz and carries val
ues near the $50 mark. The leasers will
commence drifting and otherwise pre-
pare to block out ore Immediately.
There is much work being done or the
Dick Bland Fraction, which is under
lease by Messrs. Hassell, Warner,
Kicker and Dixon. A shaft is down 60
feet and there is an abundance of
capital interested and it is proposed to
continue sinking until water is en-
countered before prosecuting. The
~leasers feel confident that they will cut
the ledge which is supposed to run
through the fraction. The above
named gentlemen also have a lease on
the Velvet, where they are vigorously
sinking a shaft to water. 1t is now
down so feet and two shifts are at
work. Mr.. Kicker believes that the lost
Velvet ledge passes through the block
he is interested in.
j. c. Clark, ]. B. Hoffman and j.
Casey Mcdaniel, who are operating
the Merchants lease on the Miss Jessie,
are rushing development work in a
rapid n The shaft is now down
to the 80 foot point and in the last 10
feet of sinking ledge matter has been
passed through. The values thus far
are not better than a milling grade, but
as depth is reached they show better.
1t is intended to sink to water Level
and commence to prosecuting and drift
ing.
The Spear Head Mining company
owning a fraction lying Immediately
east of the Velvet, is preparing to de
velop its property on an extensive scale
/, A ITO foot shaft has been sunk and con
/ siderable prosecuting done with the re
suit that several lodges have been cut
The company now intends to c~ontinu,
the shaft to a greater depth, improv,
l its hosting facilities and continue to
/ greater depth.
| At the bottom of the 12O-foot shat
t in the Leach Werner lease on the Mis-
Jessie claim of the Laguna company,
very material change has taken plac
: during the last few feet of sinking
: The formation is becoming more com
e pact and is much harder than before
and owing to the presence of so niue
/ iron, the owners of the lease believ
c they RE nearing a pay shoot.
The owners of the Curley Georg
: lease on the Curley George fraction ar
rushing the drift to the big ledge whic
outcrops a few hundred feet east of tn
shaft. The drift is being run on a {
foot ledge from the 150-foot level an
D it is expected that when the objectiv
point is reached something big will b
e disclosed. The Curley George fractio
S joins the st. Ives on the west and
considered good territory.
Colonel o. P. Posey, the big mimi
magnate, was in Goldfeld yesterda!
having returned from Gold mountain
where he was for a couple of days il
q speeding his holdings. The colonel ar
his engineer, Colonel Heffren, al
more pleased than aver with the pro
n poets and believe hat the old mounta
IS will prove inc of the record breaker