The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-01-05
CAMP WELLINGTON
New Year Bids Fair to Be Prosperous
Over There

Nrw Year Bios faI 20 De IoSPoAods
Over There
Mining conditions in the Camp Well
;neton section are daily becoming more
Indicative of the ultimate finding of
pay ore with depth and systematic ex-
ploration and it seems probable that
the plan of operation now being e=r-
ried ON there will be fruitful of good
results before the new year Is very far
advanced. A number of properties are
proving up well under the test of de-
velopment and from their present show
ing it would appear as though pay
values in bulk was but a question OF ?
short time. Sam G. Knott, superinten l.
emit of the properties of the Wellington
Goldield company, was in the city this
week from Camp Wellington and is en-
thusiastic in his praise Of that section
and its mineral possibilities.
In speaking on mining matters IN
general Mr.. Knott said he believed that
camp Wellington was to become n
of the most important camps of South
ern >yevada and that the present year
would record the truth of his predlc-
ton. The severity Of the weather.
interfered somewhat with the COM
pletion of annual assessment work, but
Notwithstanding that fact 1t was
carried on to good purpose as IN a num-
her of instances it resulted IN the
finding of very promising looking veins.
On the Wellington Goldfeld acreage
the regular annual work is com
pleted and the same is true of nearly
all other properties of the camp. The
wellington people have a shaft down
100 feet and are now prosecuting from
its bottom to the vein system. Ar
rangements are also being made to low
or the shaft another so feet and TO once
more explore and prove up the ground
at the 150-foot point. The showing
On the Wellington Goldfeld acreage IS
one of the best in that section and with
proper development it should be a Win
ner. At surface the country has been
proved up by trenches for a distance
of 1000 feet and this has resulted IN
the locating of several lodges which
both pan and assay e~ncouragingly.
The miners are all enthusiastic over
the showing and are sanguine that the
property is to com in within a few
months. In one instance two very
promising veins have been disclosed at
a depth of so feet both of which show
quite a per cent of free gold. As yet
these leads are but little more than
stringers but they are to be developed
at once and from their mineralized
condition should make ore very rap
idly. Assays are being obtained rang
ing from $40 to 1915 in gold to the
ton.
Among other properties on which the
showing is promising is the Nevada
Nugget. Operations there are in charge
of Frank j. Hill and are being prose-
cuted under circumstances which pre-
sage the opening up of a mine. The
Nugget shaft is down go feet and from
its bottom a ,crosscut is being run out
to the north and east for the purpose of
tapping the hedges showing at surface.
The breast of both cuts are in VEIN
matter which pans well and indicates
that mill grade ore is in sight. Aver
age samples return gold values of from
$25 to sos per ton and picked speci-
mems run as high as $500 to the ton.
Shipments from Gold Crater, six miles
distant, is stimulating activity It
Camp Wellington and as a result new
and encouraging looking veins are be-
ing located with frequency.