The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-27
CONDENSED NEWS OF THE STATE
Correspondents Tell Of the Latest Mining Happenings In Ihdr
Respective Districts

Work II progressing steadily and every
thing IL looking very promising.
Development work o m the Big Six
group recently purchased by the
wab-Parkhurst-McDo crowd. will
begin In. q very short time
Sinking has been resumed on the
Dreamland, where work has been held
up by the non-arrival Of timbers. The
timbers are now on the ground and no
further delay Is expected.
The Golden Triangle has crosscut a
vein in the tunnel showing hve feet
of ore with two nice walls. The vein
has been stripped for $50 feet on the
surface. showing high values in three
places. A contract has been let for sink
ing a wInze nifty feet from the tunnel
level.
The tunnel on the Golden Anchor has
been driven 435 feet. A drift is being
run on the vein that was
at 375 feet.
A strike is reported on the Charles
Haywood group. the ore running $50
to 500 in gold, silver and copper to the
ton.
Considerable work is being lone on
the Sunrise group, which Is showing up
in fine shape.
The shaft on the Cottontail is down
so feet and ore taken from the shaft
is being prepared for shipment.
Missouri capitalists have taken an
option on the Nightfall group.
w. NJ. Anderson of Salt Lake City
and ID. c.. Holcomb of Rosebud, have
aiken a lease on the Pembroke and
Monarch groups. They will sink a shaft
100 feet and drift both ways OF the
vein.
A shaft is being sunk on the ledge
of the Mollimac. Development work
on the property will be pushed.
Good progress is being made in the
crosscut from the 30O-foot level of the
Ramsey Consolidated. 1t is believed
that the Dago No. 2 ledge will be cut
in a short time.
The tunnel of the Walkover ledge is
in 100 feet and IS feet of 1t is in ore.
Additional veins of high grade ore have
been struck in the tunnel and the pros
poets are very flattering. Tunnelling
will be continued until the opposite
wall of the ledge is reached.
The Ramsey Comstock now has more
than a carload of sulphide ore sacked
for shipment. Drifting continues on
TWO ltNtlS, dlonS the pay SHoot. lueTt
is more high grade on the third level
than on those above and some rich speci-
mems Of ore, carrying quantities of free
gold nave been found.
At the old Garavanta mine a drift
is being run on a parallel fissure that
was cut some little distance south of
the hanging wall of the main ledge.
They have drifted on the vein for fifty
faaf on1 I'll. ct.A Of the nra hadxr anI
values continue to hold up well.
Preparations are being made to install
new machinery on the Ramsey Bonanza
mine. There is considerable good ore
exposed in the double compartment
shaft, and in the crosscuts and drifts,
which will be explored as soon as the
improved equipment is in place.
The Ramsey Ophir Mining company
will sink it's 500 feet on the hanging
wall. to catch the rich ore shoot that
is being worked on the Ramsey Com
stock.
The Ramsey Goldfeld Mining COM
pany has commenced work on the Day
ton group of claims, on the west trend
Of the Ramsey Comstock mine,
WHITE PINE
A shipment OF ore made recently by
ATcnlc I1dnkS ITOIu tie uuHiP VI an ~
mine he formerly worked in the Contact
copper.
The first payment has been made on
the purchase price on the Marshall
group which was recently taken over
by an English syndicate for 500, 900.
UBEHEBE
A. H. Barlow. the well known and
representative business man of Green
water. during his late stay away visited
the Ubehebe copper fields and came back
full of good Impressions.
Mr.. Barlow pins his faith, as he does
to Greenwater district. to this new Inyo
county mining section, says the Green
water Times.
He states hat the ores in the con-
facts are of a dolomite lime and granite.
The best showing property in the dis
trict is what is known as the Miller's
discovery. and now under a bond and
operation to J. B. Fitting & Co. of Tono-
pah. The operators have cut a 40-foot
ledge by tunnel exposing a brecciated
copper deposit averaging way up in val
ues. 1t has large kidneys of copper
glance that gives the glance value which
as a base means 70 per cent copper, bal
ance sulphur and iron.
Another is the Sanger property,
bonded by John Salsberry. and likewise
turned to ]. b. Fitting & Co. of Tonopah
for 100000.
An old Spanish mine worked in days
of yore and now known as the U-Lida
company, is operated by a New York
corporation. This concern has fine ex-
posures of ore and is getting into shape
to Immediately increase it's working
force TO 80 men.
On the north range, or on the Eureka
side, C.. NJ. Schwab and Gail Borden are
operating a property for which they
| paid $50, 900 cash.
Numerous other good looking proper
ties, particularly the Butte group of
claims owned by w. w. Watterson, the
we'll known Inyo county banker are be-
ing worked and show the goods to just
ify thorough mining for further dem
onstration. The groupings on this prop
erty show 20 to so feet wide, excel
lently mineralized all along its con-
tour.
One of the heaviest operators and
| hackers of the district is John SAILS
berry, whom Greenwater claims as its
own.
He owns the North Star mine, a rich
geld property on the heart of the Upper
belt. besides his copper interests He