The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-28
GOLDFIELD THE BANNER
CAMP OF. THE STATE

Unmistakabie omens Of the present unerrinsiy point the
way to brighter days for the future in ,ooldneid. Current
signs direct intelligent eyes to these two definite promises
that loom large upon the horizon Of coming weeks ana
months for certain fuinlIment:
Goidnelds mines are entering the era Of their heaviest
production.
Goldheld's stocks are to enjoy healthful activity and
earned advance. A
Two premises upon which those conclusions may be
safely based are the fact that the mines OF the camp are now
in finer physical form than ever heretofore and the abolition
Of a disturbing element which in the past has through labor
agitation closed the digginss a number OF weeks n every
year. at the same time frightening away outside develop
ment capital and weakening confidence among holders and
Black Butte. Combination Fraction. Consolidated. Daisy.
Florence. Jumbo Extension. May Queen. Sandstone. st. Ives
and Velvet are the ten mines producing up to the time of the
latest strike Of the Western Federation of Miners. without
. single exception those properties are in shape for a greater
output in 1908 than was recorded by them in 1907.
Only lately Black Butte penetrated in company laterais
the fabulous shoot that feathered the nest Of ieasers on that
ground and now has more ore in sight than was dreamed Of
six months ago. ,
Deep workings on Combination Fraction will shortly ar
rive at a station that will AFFORD enormous stopping backs on
the high grade that has yielded fortunes to erstwhile leases.
Just a casual reading of the Goldneld Consolidated Mines
company's annual report Of recent issue convinces the reader
that while this years operations have piled up for the cor
poration a handsome cash surplus their chief benefit has
been the blocking out Of ore bodies hitherto unknown and
the demonstration Of pay dirt in vast areas OF virgin ter
ritory.
Excepting the operations of the Todd lease. which this
year became a shipper. practically all the work Of 1907 ex-
pended upon the Daisy had as Its object the thorough pros
pecting and exploitation of the proved pregnant leads within
Its lines and the result is the openening Of shipping truck
in a half dozen places. each Of which will be a generous ton
mage contributor to the score Of 1908.
Annex, Florence L. & NJ. Little Florence. Mohawk Flor
euce. Neyadan and Syndicate are all leases on the Florence
whose maiden smelter c~onsignments were sent forth this
year. By their shipments the mine has not been Quilted Of
a.. u has merely cratche at the walls of
Its golden vaults. Now. in addition to the assets uncovered
by the leases. most Of which are soon to expire. Florence is
almost ready with its mammoth mill to begin mining on its
own account the proved area not counted in the alluring pro-
duction tally of the present year.
1t is within the past year that Jumbo Extension evolved
from the status of a prospect to that OF a mine. to its credit
the second greatest number Of tons marketed of all bonanzas
in the district in 1907. As depth has been gained there has
been observed a constant and consistent enrichment OF the
ore and Jumbo Extension has but entered upon ls Oh
fame and prolific production. This year its wealth came
only from a single fraction. the Wedge. Next year there
should be exposed marketable product in others OF it's divers
claims. When there shall have been reached an amicable
settlement of the dispute between Jumbo Extension and
Consolidated. growing out of antagonistic contentious as to
lateral rights to ground that was being worked by the ship
ping leases, Jumbo Extension will resume its place as one
Of the weightiest shippers of the camp and will be In shape
for a greater tonnage than ever.
May queen. one of the lightest shippers of this year. may
boast now a better showing and more fattering prospects
than. ever before.
Sandstone. among the first celebration of the district.
lost it's ore through a fault of nature or management but in
the last weeks before the last strike gave every evidence OF
having recovered the shoot that responded generously 10 the
efforts of early leasers. The Parkison lease on this domain
will begin shipping in January from the very vein that
made Sandstorms fame in its youth.
Throughout the second half of this year st. Ives has
been a steady but not heavy producer, being sixth best OF
~ 10 namad It's outnut has all come from comparatively
shallow levels. Now the company workings and the Codd
lease are gaining substantial depth and with 1T evidence OF
enhancement in values that bespeak for the mine a hundred
fold greater record for the year to come. s.
Velvet came into the shipping list in October, with a con-
Segment from the Original lease. Later those diggings
have penetrated larger and richer bodies of ore and other
workings on the same ground have made enviable show
ings. Velvet is a hundred per cent more promising estate at
the close of 1907 than at the beginning of the year.
In counting on the possibilities of next year among the
Goldfeld mines it would be folly to take into consideration
| only the ten shippers named above. 1t is not a wild venture,
but a forecast upon which the writer would bank, that be-
fore the end of 1908 ten more will be added to the roster.
There are no fewer than thirty likely candidates now for the
honor, any one of which may be elected a producer and De
duly initiated into smelter and milling mysteries in 1905
Only half of these. fifteen in number. are Atlanta, adjoining
the Florence; Blue Bull, where high grade has been exposed:
Booth. which has shown milling material; c. 0. d., upon
which leases are busy; Crackerjack. never idle; Florence Elk
tension, in direct line for extension of the fabulous leads I'M
covered this year; Gold Bar, which has displayed smelter-
feed; Kewanas. whose company shaft is going deep for
promising lodges cut above; Great Bend. a pristine shipper;
Kendall, another; Midtown. where the pay stun should be
nv all reasonable tests; Red Hills, with a location that
would force the veins to turn backward to escape it; Red
Top Extension, adjoining the Laguna, near whose line the
Mohawk Red Top lease has picked up the vein proved by
diamond drills; Silver Pick, hemmed in on two sides by the
Mohawk No. 1, Mohawk No. :, Combination and January,
and the Cimmerone, whence in the early days there was
shipped ore from a pocket so rich that a fence was built
around it to prevent looting Of the treasure.
1t may prove interesting a year from today to run over
that list with an eye to noting how many have made good
the prophesy written for them.
So much for the assertion that Goldfelds next years
production will far exceed this years for the reason that
present producers are better than ever and that others will
Join the class within the twelve months to come. The second
reason for such prognostication is that labor conditions will
be more favorable. The effect of such improvement will be
more days of mining and more mines working. their activ-
ny resulting from restored confidence among monied men
who advance the funds that make prospects into mines.
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