The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-06-16

have added to the mining excitement
here during the past few days. At the
Golden lease on the Stray Dog, one of
the bonanza producers of the camp, 4
feet of $500 ore Is showing. and at the
Sullivan lease on the Paymaster an Is
inch streak of 1867 rock is being mined
and sacked at a depth of Is feet. In
both instances free gold Is a predomi-
mating feature in the vein matter and
the lodges are showing strong and well
defined. Over in the Indian Springs
section of the district Irwin Peterson
has relocated the Ralston mine, the
site of which had been lost for nearly
20 years. and he is now preparing to
work the property.
THE GOLDEN LEASE
One of the two more important strikes
made recently, has interested the min
ing public in the Golden lease m the
Stray Dog property, a claim which has
been in favor since Hudson and YER
milyea found the pay crack thereon
late last fall. Golden has tapped the
main Stray Dog ledge at a depth Of 20
feet and is working in an ore body 4
feet wide which carries an average gold
content of $500 per on. The vein mat
ter is a silicious lime streaked with
seams of iron oxides. and at points the
rock is Toured over with free gold.
Drifts are being extended both a on
the ledge and sacked tonnage is rapidly
accommodating. The first shipment from
the lease will go out within ten days
and other consignments will follow at
regular intervals.
COWBOY
DA~ -loFt 49, tha Cnuh0u nrnnarfV
will be sunk to a greater depth, and
work has already been started to that
end. This shaft will be sunk below 100
feet and then drifting will be started in
both directions on the large vein of sui
phide ore which has been encountered.
At the 75-foot level, the drift is in 80
feet, ali in ore. The vein which is about
eight feet in width. will average better
h $50 per ton in gold. A crosscut
is also being driven from this level to
intersect other veins which traverse the
company's property, and which yield
good values on the surface.
One of the finest specimens of free
gold was taken from lease 5 on the Cow
boy yesterday that has ever been seen
in the camp. 1t was almost solid gold.
These rich specimens occur in pockets
in this lease and are found at frequent
intervals.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Two feet of bonanza ore carrying a
liberal sprinkling of free gold Is the
record Sullivan has established at his
lease on the famous Paymaster estate.
Seldom has such a showing been made,
even in this land of phenomenal gold
values. From grass roots to a depth OF
Is feet the shaft is all ore and 1t Is all
high class shipping product. For a
breadth of 2 feet the deposit carries an
average gold value of 1857 the ton and
picked specimens frequently give assay
returns of $500 and 81. 900 per ton. Gold
in the free occurs throughout the length
and width of the shoot, following the
planes OF cleavage, both with the forma-
ton and transversely with the assuring.
Sullivan is sacking the high grade and
is preparing to make regular shipments.
sEYLER-HUMPHREY
Several months of well directed and
aggressive development work has placed
the estate of the Seyler-Hamphrey COM
pany in the front rank of Manhattan
mines. High grade shipping ore has
been opened in two places on an extern
sive scale. and there is a reserve supply
of milling rock sufficient to keep sew
eral batteries of stamps busy for a num-
Der of years. On the company's War
Eagle claim a 4-foot ledge is being
worked which returns average assay
values of $115 in gold to the ton. The
vein was in tunnel No. l
fifteen feet in from it's entrance. A
square set has been put in place and
the miners are sinking on the deposit.
Better than fifteen tons of the product
have been sacked for shipment.
ST. GEORGE
A large body of milling ore was en-
countered on the st. George claim day
before yesterday, which will put a
stimulus on mining operations in that
vicinity. This vein will be about ten
feet wide when thoroughly opened up
and will average SIT clear across. The
feature of the strike is that the values
occur in dolomite lime. This character
of rock would naturally be thrown over
the dump. but in this instance pans
very well in free gold.
xANxIBAR DEvELoPMENT
Mineral indications on the Zanzibar
warrant the statement that the prop
erty will soon develop into one of the
Dls QIOuuCClS VI hhO amp. A AS" 0oJc
ago an examination of its vein system
was made by J.. H. Shockley. e. M. of
Chicago. Mr.. Shockley states that the
showing, both at surface and under
ground, is one of the best he has seen
in 20 years experience as a mining en-
gineer. AS a high grade free milling
proposition he says 1t has few equals
and is convinced that further develop
ment will prove the property to be one
of the best mines in Southern Nevada.
At surface the ledge is showing 80 feet
in width and assays better than $40 the
ton clear across. In the main tunnel
like values prevail. and once the main
ledge is tapped there is little question
but what shipping ore in place will be
encountered.
MOTHER LODE
A large vein carrying lime spar has
Just been encountered in the breast of
the tunnel of the Mother Lode property.
at a distance OF lag feet from the