The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-02-02

RED MOUNTAINEERING Red noun
tain section received more ~tenti from
~prospectors this week than any other
section by reason of developments
on the Black Spar group and the Isthmin
claim. both being on Prospect peak. one-
half mile west of Red mountain and
about s miles due west from Bullfrog.
And here is where Tickle Fortune
plays a part. Bill Pollard was given a
half interest in the ground for doing the
assessment work. In doing this work
Mr.. Pollard has opened up a mammoth
ledge in three places, getting values in
each piece. and the Black Spar matter
is not far remote in character from the
ore in the Happy Hooligan. , miles
west, being a reddish. p~)-phyTitic
quartz. For over 1000 feet the ledge
has been found to pan and assay, values
OF from 81 to IS being common, while
paintings that looked as though they
would run as high as $500 have beer OBJ
tanned. The best ore was found hi No.
: claim on the 10th. Since shen the
rock has been improving, and the sto:.s
OF prospectors and miners towards Rec
mountain nave been greatly accele "a E,d.
GOLDEN sCEPTRE.-Again Bonanza
mountain comes to the front with
a sensation and the Golden Sceptre
is the particular point upon which
many eyes have been focused since
Tuesday last. On that date a
vein was opened up that, in all
probability. assures the permanency Of
the Golden Sceptre mine and places it
in the top-notch class of Bullfrog prop
artiaC Noar tho north and line nf Tho
Gibraltar, Supt. Murphy has been sink
ing a series of prospect holes to locate
the exact trend of the Gibraltar vein.
This, it may be remarked, was at the
suggestion of Superintendent Nelson, of
the Gibraltar. Five of these holes have
been sunk, and the developments in
each have been satisfactory, values hav-
ing been obtained in each From the
first, or lower shaft, assays as high as
$40 were obtained; from the third, $50,
and so on. But on Tuesday, in the sec
ond shaft, at a depth of about 5 feet,
the vein was found to be wider, more
defined and richer. Assays from this
were $112, $115 and $203.60.
THE ECLIPsE-In the main tunnel
on the Eclipse, at a distance of $40 feet
from the portal, the miners encountered
a mammoth vein of ore Wednesday, al
most identical with that found in the
Denver. A crosscut has been run in
the ore for II feet and the hanging wall
is not yet visible. No assays have been
had as yet, but the entire vein pans.
The breast of the tunnel is now in 3S4
feet.
KEANE SPRINGS-Miller and Living
ston, who left Beullfrog a few days ago,
are reported to nave found something
good in the Funeral range near Keane
springs. They have a 5-foot ledge, an
1S-inch streak through which is highly
mineralized showing values from $3.50
to $3.50.
AURORA BULLFRoG Wednesday
in the 70-foot shaft on the Aurora Bull
frog. situated about two miles north
east of Beatty, a vein Of tale was en-
countered from which assays were OBJ
tained running as high as 1891. The
lowest value obtained was SAT.
CALIFORNIA BULLFRoG - Tho
shaft on the bismuth ledge at the Cali
fornia-Bullfrog workings is now down
over so feet. The bottom of the shaft
is all ore of a good quality, with two
feet of high grade next to the hanging
wall.
NATIVE COPPER IN PIL0T.-It is
learned that the Pilot shaft, now down
81 feet, is in some mighty good values.
A rather strange thing has developed in
the last few days, native copper mixed
with manganese being found in the bot
tom of the shaft.
THE GOLDFR0G-Work on the Gold
frog crosscut was started on Wednes-
day. The formation is rhyolite, with
of quartz. The crosscut was
started 23O feet from the tunnel mouth.
THE MAYFLowER-The Mayfower
reached the 10O-foot level on Monday
and started prosecuting to the west. A
25-horse power gasoline hoist has been
ordered.
FOUR notwithstanding both ways
continues in the Four Aces with no
change, except hat the stringers are
getting larger and better looking.
-Rul1froc Miner.