The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-09-07

II the old Montezuma Mining company
could be induced to do some work on Its
several valuable properties I'm the Mon
tezuma district an Impetus would be
given which would attract heavy capital
The district IL known as having at one
time been an extensive producer Of rich
ore--so rich. In fact. that IL was hauled
by bull teams to Austin. a distance of
ITO miles. where II was treated and an
immense profit returned to the shippers
Since then several atempts have been
made to revive the properties and num-
eroas leasers have worked several Of the
claims. but for some reason the returns
were not such as to Justify a continual
ton Of the work. OF course there are
many reasons advanced as to the failure
of the leasers to make good. but the fact
remains that here Is rich shipping gold.
lead. silver and copper ores I'm abund-
ance on the properties and which need
only the experienced miner and operator
to extract and ship to Goldneld where II
can b sampled and then shipped to the
smelters.
The old Caracas. for instance. from
which has been taken the richest kind
Of silver and galena. and which raj
hauled miles and miles over the desert.
still il filled with the same rich dope.
both In its tunnels and shafts and slopes
and drifts. The famous old property II
and has been for many years. idle.
whether IL IL the fault of the company
IL one of those things which remain
unsolved.
The Bullion. from which good ship
ping ore has beer taken and on which
| thousands OF dollars hav been expended
In a tunnel and a shaft. and OF which is
a complete equipment for mining. re-
mains where It has for years and Is
sinking into decay.
Probably the best Of the company's
holdings is the Arizona Much work
has been done on this claim and ship
ping ore has been taken from 1t In large
quantities. The prospects for making
this a veritable bonanza are fiatterins-
Assays return gold. silver and lead. with
a small percentage Of copper. The sort
ing of the ore was not performed care
fully as one can pick up the pure galena
| on the dumps In large quantities II the
! ompany could be induced to lease on
the Arizona for an extended time the
Ieaser would surely make a fortune. be-
| sides returning to the company a good
royalty
But here are other just as good
claims on the c~ompany's estate. The
Nevada has yielded thousands Of dollars
Of rich ores. An effort Is about to be
made by a party who has an option on
IL to develop 1t. This will be done pro-
vided the necessary capital can be Sc
cured to purchase 1T. The gentleman
who has the option Is a practical mining
man and enjoys the reputation of being
honorable and upright in all his deal
ings. Should he be enabled to secure
what he desires the Nevada will. with
out doubt. become the greatest producer
in the district. as thousands Of tons of
I silver and lead were being taken from
shallow workings years ago.
Outside Of the ~company's holdings is
the Buckeye group of claims. the same
being owned by capitalists resident at
Massilon, Ohio. Daniel Bessler, a gen.
tleman of much practical experience.
has charge Of the property and has had
much work lone on it. Shafts. tunnels
and an incline down 135 feet. the breast
Of which is IN ~sulphides resembling very
much that found in the famous Mohawk
although not as yet yielding the phe-
nomenal values. On the claims OF this
company are tremendous lodges of gold
and silver bearing quartz. besides other
surface Indications Of becoming valu-
able with depth. The superintendent is
pressing his work in true miner fashion
and has a thorough equipment with
which to perform the work. There is