Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-03-16
DEVELOPMENTS IN
GOLDFIELD DISTRICT
strike on St. Ives

COMPANY . ~
OF ground on the St Ives property
some two weeks ago. and which at
that time was regarded as a BONANZA.
has assumed such proportions that ii
seems likely to become one Of the
biggest strikes ever made in that sec
ton Of the camp. says the Goldheld
Review.
General Manager A. A. Codd re-
cactly took samples from the a
streak in the face OF the drift and
enc Of them ran as high as s~I.Oi440
to the ton in the yellow metal. while
smother yielded $3.50. These samples.
the management states. were not
Scked, but taken al random. De-
y2lopment al the lease is progressing
rapidly. The shaft is past the 200
foot level and is being hurried 10
the 500 just as fast as three shifts
can do the work.
Laguna Lease Rushing Work
The new iorty-horsepower electric
hosting plant and other parapherna-
liza necessary for equipping the prop
erty in an Hp-to-date style has
been received at the Five Friends
Mining company's lease on the Last
Chance claim of the Laguna group.
The new plant is being installed as
rapidly as possible. and it is expect
ed that it will go into commission by
the first of the coming week. The
shaft is now down to the 1TO-foot
point and when the new plant is in
stalled it viii be rushed as fast as
possible to the $50. when drifting
and prosecuting will be carried out
on a very large scale. Near the 1O0-
foot level a ten-foot ledge was cut.
This ledge shows iron and quartz also
and from reliable sources it is
learned that an average assay run
ming close to the 500 mark has been
taken from this find.
High Grade Ore on Velvet
No little excitement was caused by
the announcement the early part OF
this week that a strike of consider
able Importance had been made or
the Pennington & Kalfus lease on the
Velvet.
The lease was visited yesterday by
q paviauv onrr.o,ta&En tn.
not a great deal of work has as yet
been done on the new discovery, the
showing at present is very ~fiattering
nd indicates that the strike will de-
yelop into one of magnitude before
any great length of time. The new
ind was made in an east crosscJt
from the 15O-foot level and consists
9f a six-foot ledge. This ledge was
passed through and the crosscut con-
tinued for some distance when the
arrangement decided to go back and
drift Of the ledge. This work is be-
ing vigorously rushed IN both direc-
tions. About a foot of ore lying IN
the middle of the vein averaged close
TO $3.50 and the entire six feet would
make a fair shipping grade.
Giant Ledge on Kewanas
The enormous ledge which has
been opened al the 2OO-foot lev ! ct
Kewanas and which is now undergo
ing a systematic and thorough de-
relopment at the 30O-foot point con-
tinues to make vas. improvements as
the work goes ahead. One OF thu
officials stated yesterday that the
ledge at the 300-foot level had been
penetrated for a distance of thirty
FIVE feet. The formation this far eon-
sists of white quartz and iron sui
phides and yields an average grade
Of milling ores. The ledge in this
property. which is now being de-
veloped, is estimated to be at least
100 feet in width and all efforts are
being directed to reaching the OPP
posite wall. On the Williams lease
the shaft is down ninety feet and will
be sunk to $50. A new hosting
plant has recently been installed on
the Lucky Swede lease and from now
on development work will be rushed
as VI before. The shaft on this
lease has reached a depth of ninety
feet and two shifts are employed in
sinking. It is proposed to sink at
least to the 400-foot point.
With a number of other properties
sure to become important factors In
this camp. there seems to be no ques-
ton but that the future greatness of
Ely is assured. The prospects for
going into the camp this summer and
getting in on the ground floor of both
townsite and mining property is more
assuring than at any other date in
the history Of this district.
What you want" said the law
yer to his client. lis a change of
venue"
Il don't know anything about
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