Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-05

neved to be q conservative average, Ine
net proceeds are STOPS, 800. Inasmuch as
many of the companies have lost much
valuable time retimbering shafts and re-
doing the work of last years lessees gen.
orally and labor troubles caused the mines
to be shut down during the early months
of the year, the second half of 1907 should
see this production doubled.
Shipments Are Regular
High grade from the Mohawk and Com
bination mines is being sent out regular
ly by the Consolidated Mines company
without any display. An entire trainload
left for Miller's Siding. Five cars con-
tanned 200 tons of ore running as high as
$4,000 a ton. The average of the shipment
will run close to 5000 a ton. Besides this,
there were six cars containg $50 tons that
will run at least $3.50 ton. This makes
five cars of the train worth $4,000 and
six cars worth s37,500, or total of $157,-
500 for the train. The Mohawk mine alone
is shipping at the rate of four full cars
each day. This means about 16O tons
every three shifts.
An immense strike was made on the
Rogers lease on the Red King. one of the
many properties owned by the Florence.
at 80 feet. The entire face of the drift
is in very high grade rock and its is I'M
doubtedly the south extension of the Lit
of the quartz that was shot into richer
ore shoot has been opened up than that
on the Little Florence. 1t showed four
teen inches of quartz that assayed up to
$685.. 40. Twelve hours later they broke into
ore that showed free gold and the best of
it would run at least $4,000 ton. The
find was made some 125 feet northwest of
the shaft Here a junction of two veins
in the immense dixie was entered.
he Golden ROu1der q EairView recent
ly acquired by George Wingfield has
made its initial shipment of ore, amount
ing to about $50 tons, averaging $125
ton. Twenty men are engaged. This is
the second Fairview mine to ship, Ne
vada Hills being the first.
Low grade shipments keep teams COM
ing. The Mohawk Jumbo Leasing com
pany. operating on the Wedge, is making
the heaviest production in it's history.
1t is not high grade, as the ore is aver
aging about $50 a ton. Occasionally a
shipment of high grade is set out. The
production is about ninety tons a day.
The ore body is wide and easily broken.
Mergers New Superintendent
C. w. Geddes, who has been in Goldfield
for some time inspecting the Goldfield
Consolidated for large eastern interests
is to become superintendent of the mer-
ger properties. The appointment has been
made subject to confirma ton of the board
of trustees.
This appointment will relieve General
Manager ]. w. Finch of many duties that
have piled upon him as general manager
and general superintendent and which
have become too burdensome and too ex-
acting of time and attention AS general
manager of the Consolidated and of the
Wingfield and Nixon interests his time is
entirely occupied.
Mr.. Geddes came here several weeks
ago to examine the Consolidated for the
syndicate which has an option on 100000
shares in addition to the large amount al
ready owned and constantly augmenting.
Mr. Geddes is an engineer of distinction.
For several years he was with the Gug-
genheims as field engineer, with the Ven
ture corporation of London and with the
United States Smelling and Refining COM
pany.
Red Top Conner
The Red Top mine, one of the Consolf-
dated group, gives promise of making
good the prediction of it's friends that it
will prove one of the greatest mines in
the district. Some of the Red Top en-
thusiasts even go so far as to claim that
it will GUST the famous Mohawk from its
seemingly impregnable position as the
greatest producer of gold ore in the
country.
The latest strike IN the ReQ Top was
made a few weeks ago at a depth of 200
feet while cutting a station. A new sui
phide ledge was opened up that gives
every indication of developing into
bonanza. The Consolidated officials, fol-
lowing their usual conservative policy, de-
cline to speculate as to the extent of the
find until it shall have been thoroughly
proven. But it is high grade and it is a
we'll established fact that there is a
considerable body of It, 1t is believed in
some quarters that the vein is a part
of the same ore body that was recently
discovered by means of diamond drill
on the Laguna, another Consolidated
property, at depth of 400 feet. This ore
body was shown to be sixty feet thick, all
high grade. The big shaft that is being
sunk on the Laguna will pass within
a short distance of the great vein. The
Red Top is at present producing about
fifty tons of ore day. This ore is taken
from streaks in the oxidized zone above
the 160-foot level, where the great Mo-
hawk ledge is from go to 200 feet wide.
No ore is being taken out except in devel-
opment work. The great ore shoot is
known to be more than 300 feet wide.