The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-02-02
ERACTIVE
Developments Of Recent Date Assure
ruture Prosperity Of Our Desert
Esixhbor

For some time past Gold Crater has
attracted a degree of attention in min
ing circles which augurs well for that
camps future when taken in connection
with a number of finds OF decided merit
made there recently. and despite the
fact that IL is isolated from Goldheld
by some 20 miles Of practically unex-
plored territory the indications are
strongly favorable to a number of i'm
portant shippers being opened up there
within a comparatively short space of
time. Like many other outlying sec
tions Gold Crater has never been given
the consideration which it's surface
veins and values warrant and it is but
recently that even a modicum of justice
has been accorded an area as rich in
mineral promise as any in the state.
Located almost due east from Gold
field the territory is traversed by a net
work of veins which If not a continual
ton of those interesting this camp are
sufficiently similar to fool some of the
wariest of desert p~ospectors. Follow
ing the trail to Gold Crater from here
the outcrop can be traced for mile after
mile, the formation being frequently in
tersected by cross leads whose serrated
tops tower above the dun colored sand
wastes many feet in height. There is
scarcely a point along their entire strike
which will not pan and more often than
otherwise the string of colors indicate a
very fair gold average.
OF late more attention is being de-
voted to the large tract of intervening
territory between here n Gold Crater
and while as yet the movement is in its
incipiency returns are sufficiently en-
~couraging to warrant continued re-
search. In the Crater district proper
the result of systematic development g
daily becoming more apparent and thus
encouraged a number of Goldfeld min
ing men have secured interests there
and others are preparing to do so.
Among the more recent converts to the
mineral possibilities IF that section is
H. b. Lind, of the Jumbo Extension
company. Mr.. Lind has taken a four
months option on the Manxman, Black
Eagle and Peacock claims adjoining the
Lookout owned by Curtis and Ridge.
These holdings are located in the heart
of the district and are traversed by a
2 k-foot ledge which assays as high as
s45 to the ton in gold, silver and lead.
Mr.. Linz will at once ~inaugurate an ex-
tensive system of development and an
~ticipates being in pay ore long before
his option expires.
Marshal Ward, j. c. Turnidte and ].
NJ. Lin are sacking ore at their lease
on the Polly claim which has an average
value of 500 per ton and are preparing
to explore their holding at depth. They
began operations about three weeks age
and after a little surface prospecting
located a 3-foot vein beneath ? feet of
wash. Assays revealed gold values
ranging from s29 to $154 per ton and
the men at once began sacking the
product. They are now sinking or the
ledge and the grade of the ore is in
creasing somewhat as the shaft is low
cred.
The Polly has the west extension of
the Hub leads and the showing on the
latter property is one of the most flat
tering in the camp. a large force of
men is engaged in prospecting the
ground and at surface a ledge is dis
closed which shows free gold in bund-
ance. Specimens of the rock brought
into Goldfield recently are literally plas-
tered over with the precious metal and
Indicate an assay value of close to
81, 600 per ton. 1ne duD Is pelnS opeI-
ated by Messrs. Finnegan, Murphy and
Peterson. all of whom are well known
and successful mine operators here.
The Weirs and Schultze lease on block
No. . of the Lookout has been purchas-
ed to continue the good work COM
menced by their predecessors and TO
that end a crosscut is being run out
from the S0-foot level to the ledge
which is being so successfully explored
at the 40-foot point. When contact is
gained it is anticipated that ore ship
ments will be increased very materially.
In the 40-foot level the ledge is showing
6 feet in width and at no point where 1T
has been ~prospected is it barren of pay
grade. A Acton shipment came in last
week and there is enough ore blocked
out in the drifts from the 40-foot level
to insure further c-onsignments for an
indefinite period. Average gold values
run close to the 5000 mark and at times
samples in bulk hold grade in excess of
$500 per ton.
M. e. E. Wadleigh, Thomas Cline, DR..
w. H.. Gelsthorp and Attorney Rogers
are the new owners of the lease and
that it will return them a balance on
the right side of the ledger appears to
be assured.