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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
NEVADA GOLDFIELD OPENS
A NEW ORE SHOOT

Another shoot of ore has been opened
on the 500-foot level of the Nevada
Goldfeld Mining company at Gold
Mountain. The ledge at that point is
ten feet wide and averages from SIS to
$40 to the ton. 1t is perfectly free mill
ing
At this depth the formation is still
sedimentary and the ore is oxidized.
Other veins on the property at even
less depth are smelling propositions,
they having entered the granite and still
show the sulphides.
The strike here recorded is doubtless
what has caused the stock to advance in
such marked manner on the local ex-
change. The shares in the company are
very closely held and largely by eastern
people.
No property in Nevada is more advan-
tageously situated, it being so close to
the new line of the Tonopah and Bull
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

frog road that short spur is being
built to the mine. The competing line
from the south will also pass close to
the group.
The company will shortly erect a mill
of one hundred tons capacity at Thorpe S
Wells, where plentiful supply of water
is obtainable. A tentative rate that is
very low has been offered by the rail-
way people to the company for convey
ing the ore to the mill.
With the completion of the three rail-
roads, one from the north and two from
the south, it will be an easy matter for
the company to secure cheap rates to
the smelters for the ores that will not
reduce at the proposed mill. j. F. Par
sons of this city is general manager for
the company and r. w. Norrington is
secretary, treasurer and representative
of the eastern stockholders. 1t is esti-
mated that $2.OOO.OO0 worth of ore is in
sight in the mine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

The structural steel has been ordered
and quantity of it has already reached
Reno. Metal laths will be used and til.
ing. SO far as possible. in order to make
the building nearly absolutely fire proof.
Fire escapes will be placed ON all four
sides of the building. They will be
ornamental as well as useful and will
add greatly to the architectural beauty
of the hotel.
The building will contain PIP sleeping
rooms and suites. with telephones in
every room. baths by the score and
every other convenience including
steam heat and hot and cold water in
every room. An electric elevator will
be installed. The ground floor will con
tain lobby 10 Nv 50 fest<sadf1 dfnCr--
room so k<5o feet A well az bar. read
ing and 6illiard reoms. ETC. The archie
tects estimate eall Tor an expensiS50lS
of $3.50. - . q h2il112E oEcAn.tye =
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

In spite of the bad weather of the
past two weeks, the Simmerone Leasing
& Mining company are making good
headway on their shaft and now have II
down over a hundred feet. They have,
however been somewhat handicapp4i,
owing to the non-arrival OF the hoist
which has been on the road sometime
and is long overdue. Several small
veins of low grade ore have been en-
countered in sinking. samples from
which assayed as high as $12 and $24.
Everything looks favorable for an early
production ard that the rich ore bodies
will be encountered when sufficient
depth has been attained. The manage
ment seem confident of encountering the
rich Simmerone ledge, from which $780,
600 in high grade ore was taken out by
the Simmerone company two years ago
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

The new Goldfeld hotel. which will
replace the structure destroyed by fire.
will be by far the handsomest hotel
structure in Nevada and will be one of
the best on the Pacific coast. 1t will be
as nearly fire proof as non-combustible
materials can make it and the strength
of the structure will be such as to resist
any earthquake which may get out of
it's latitude and come wandering this
way
The architects. Messrs Curtis &
Holesworth, who will supervise the con-
struction, have forwarded the final
drawings and the plans are now being
considered for adoption in detail, the
general scheme having met with the ap-
probation of the members of the hotel
company. who are largely the owners of
the famous Hayes & Aonnettc lease on
the Mohawk which recently expired.
The fact that this group of mining men
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
TO INSTALL
NEW TRAIN
FEBRUARY 3
Southern Pacific Will Put On
Night Trains Between Here
and Reno to Handle
Increasing Travel

The new train service on the Nevada
and California and the Tonopah and
Goldfield lines will be installed February
Sd and will be great convenience to
the people of this camp. A train will
be put on between Goldfeld and Reno
which will make the round trip daily.
The train will leave Reno at 1920 p IN.
after the arrival of the limited. and Will
connect with Nos. and at Hazen. The
train will arrive in Goldheld at $3.50 a.
m. The companion train will leave
Goldfeld daily at $50 y. m. and arrive
in Reno at $40 a. m. This arrangement
will enable Goldfelder to visit Reno
and transact business for an entire day
and lose only one day from his office.
The same opportunity is offered the peo-
pie of Reno The present trains Will
continue to run on the same schedule.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

way in which they had performed their
duty.
The merits of the clearing house sys-
tenn and the manner in which it expe-
dites and simplifes business are real
lied to the full by all of those brokers
and their customers unaccustomed hith-
erto to this convenience, and the ma
chinery is now running smoothly and to
the satisfaction of all. The clearing
house is under the management of Mr.
Fagin of Colorado Springs.
The Goldfeld Stock and Exchange
Board starts off with prospects of the
best The personnel of it's membership
the roomy quarters, though but tenn
porary ones and the thoroughly up-to-
date conveniences assure it a career of
great usefulness and a success that will
eclipse that of any institution of its
kind IN the country.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

With the first days transactions ag-
gregating 2O4,350 shares, the Goldfield
Stock and Exchange Board inaugurated
business Monday under the most favor
able and encouraging auspices The
great volume of business which the
members accounted for was no surprise
to the people of Goldfield. for it's success
was foregone conclusion.
The handsome exchange room was
crowded for some time before the call,
which began at 10 a. M, and after
speeches by President f. T. Patrick and
Secretary Lewis II. Rogers. the trading
got under way at once with William E.
Hayes welding the gavel To judge
from the crowded portion of the room
occupied by the brokers it seemed that
every one of the 200 members was pres
ent and that they were all well primed
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
ANOTHER
STRIKE ON
MOHAWK
Lease On No. l Claim Has Sui.
phide Ore at Depth of 2N
Feet That Assays Up
to $500 In Gold

The Mohawk, the worlds greatest
gold treasury, has hitherto been pro-
ductive within small acreage, but a
minimum of the estate has been yield
ing the treasure that has sent the prop
erty to a commercial valuation of $751;
100000.
Now comes news almost too good to
be true, but nevertheless verified by
people who are concerned with the
strike and whose veracity is unchal-
lengable.
1t is learned that rich ore in large
quantity exists in the block of the No.
/ lease, Scully, Norton company hold
ing. Some weeks ago a stringer carry
ing values of $40s in gold was encoun-
tered in the shaft just as II passed
through the wash into the blue por-
phyry.
At the time it was marvelled that the
owners of the lease did not follow the
stringer. as it would have probably led
to an immense body of ore, but the COM
pany continued to sink, until it has now
attained depth of 220 feet and the
purpose is to sink thirty feet deeper
From that station a drift will be run.
In the bottom of the shaft sulphides
appear in abundance ana ValueS are
steadily increasing The rock that Is
being lifted is ore to all intents and
purposes and is steadily and rapidly in
creasing in value.
An abandoned shaft short distance
away is said to have dropped onto the
ledge at depth equal to that which the
Scully Norton is seeking. For some
reason both the leasing company and
the Mohawk people are very reticent,
but sufficient hints have been received
from both people to Justify the state
ment that something is doing in Mohawk
No. 1, something which proves one of
the Mohawk claims for its entire length.
The lease was to have terminated July
LIST, but certain intervening incidents
are liable to extend it's life for several
months.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

The shaft in the LOTUS. Davis &
Sweeney lease is the deepest in the
camp and, being situated in a rayine
below a score of other workings. it
naturally is draining the other mines
There was one hundred feet cf water in
the shaft when the strike ended AMI the
pump has been running day ana night
ever since. gaining rapidly on the water,
but it was not until Thursday that the
bottom OF the sump was reached. An
ore bucket was used as a baler TO assist
the pump.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

Four million, four hundred thousand
dollars is the production of the Hayes
& Monnette lease, according to an esti-
mate prepared yesterday for The News
by NJ. J. Monnette.
This includes the settlements already
made, the fifty carloads now in transit
and the five or six carloads that remain
on the dump, and which will be shipped
within the next few days.
Messrs. Hayes & Monnette are remov-
ing the hoist fro mthe property to the
Goldfield Columbia. which they will op-
crate on an extensive scale.
The lease goes on record as the most
the world, not only in the amount of
wealth it realized for its owners, but
for what it did to bring great mining
camp into the prominence it deserved.
This lease does not have the number
thirteen figuring in it to any extent, but
it is remarkable that work on it was be-
gun, ore was struck and work concluded
on Friday. The four owners, G. H.
Hayes, M. J. Monnette, ]. w. Smith and
Harry Benedict, are each about $500, 900
richer as the result of their venture
Another month, even week would have
enabled them to pass the five million
dollar mark in production, for when the
lease expired and the ground reverted
to the Mohawk people there was at least
one million dollars worth of ore blocked
out and awaiting the breaking and hoist
with the splendid equipment
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
WORKING I'M ELEVEN PLACES

Among the busiest properties in the
camp are the Gold Bar and C. o. d., adj
Joining and, to a certain extent, as
sociated claims Two sets of leasers
arc working on the Gold Bar and seven
are throwing rock on the c. o. ID. This
is in addition to company work on both
properties. The developments are
rnieity interesting and both properties
are now in position TO ship ore. The
principal ledge thus far uncovered is
almost on the mutual side line OF the
companies.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
A NEW pnoasor1ox

Stock in the Knickerbocker Gold Min
ing company of Goldfield is to be listed
Oh the San Francisco and Goldfield ex-
changes without delay. This is a fiota-
tion by MacMaster & MacMaster and is
believed by the knowing ones to be a
rare opportunity for investment.
he property consists of upwards of
l5 acres and is located between the
Commonwealth and Dixie. A fifteen
horse power gasoline hoist will shortly
be installed. Stock in the company is
nov, selling rapidly at 10 cents.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

Goldfielders continue to absorb valu-
able properties in the Fairview district.
One of these is the Golden Boulder
property, which was the third shipper
of the camp Harrie Taylor is president
and general manager. Gurney Gordon
is vice president. Eugene Amann is
secretary and treasurer. r. w. Morning
ton and Clyde Garrett are directors
The company has started to sink on
the ore. the body having been opened for
one hundred feet. 1t is solid quartz
vein forty feet II wsssh - the sur
face the pay streak was only a few
inches wide. but at the lowest workings
II has expanded to ten feet and assays
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
LOCAL MEN BUY STRAY HORSE

Al d. Meyers and r. w. Norrington
of Goldheld have purchased the con-
trolling interest in the Stray Horse
group at Wonder from ]. J. Moss and
associates and have organized the Won
der Stray Horse Mining company. Mr..
Meyers is president; Mr.. Norrington,
secretary and treasurer
1t was on this property that ore was
first struck in the Wonder district The
surface shows outcrop of six distinct
.iedges and assays on the top some times
run as high as $4,000 to the ton.
. Fifteen men have been put TO work
constructing road 10 the mine and
lbnilding a blacksmith shop. boarding
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

of the property under the direction of
Superintendent Rannels.
The lease was originally 373 by 700
feet, but two-thirds Of this area was
sold to other leasers, none of whom
were as fortunate as the Hayes-Mon-
netts combination.
Mr. Monnette informs The News that
the greatest production of the lease in
any one day was 100000 and that the
highest assay was better than 100000
to the ton. This was exclusive of
selected piece that ran better than
quarter of a million dollars. The great
est production for any one month was
$1,000, 900 in October.
The ore averaged $500 in the car.
Nearly all the production was through
No. 1 shaft Ma fatalities occurred
during the life of the lease, the worst
accident being the loss of a portion of
finger. For several months an aver
age of 13O miners were employed
TWO MILLIONS FROM FRANCES
The ore dump that accumulated at the
FrancesMoha during the car famine
is being rapidly moved. There are only
about five carloads remaining on the
ground. Twelve carloads are now on
the sidetracks at Millers 1t will be
sampled as soon as there is fuel for the
plant One thousand tons of coal con-
signed to the company is on the way
from Chicago. 1t was heard from
Thursday at Omaha.
d. Mackenzie & Co. have received re-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

From the 220-foot point in the shaft
of the Mohawk Consolidated Leasing
company. which adjoins the Mohawk
No / on the north, a crosscut has been
$50 feet in a northeasterly
direction. The showing is excellent and
ore is expected within a very few feet.
The indications of naturalization are
hourly growing stronger.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
EXTENSIVE WORK FOR
GOLDFIELD SOVEREIGN

The companys total acreage consists
OF 102 acres and is located within
radius of two miles of town. 1t Is
planned to continue the development of
each group on large scale. The stock
has been listed on both exchanges and
the officials of the company state that
there still remains in the treasury
$500, besides 100000 shares of stock
to continue the work
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
FIVE Horsrs o1DEnrD

Five hoists have been ordered from
Los Angeles by the ]. c. Kind company.
One is for the Great Bend Fraction, one
for the Mohawk Annex. one for the
Goldfield Tonopah and one has already
been sold to another company. The fifth
will be held in reserve for a property
that will be operated by this company
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
WILL cRossCUr AT 400

A 25-horse power gasoline hoist has
been installed by the Gold Crown Silver
Pick Leasing company. The shaft is
now down $50 feet and will be sunk so
feet deeper. from whicn point a crosscut
will be run to pick up the cavanaugh
ledge.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
1rcaEAs1na THEIR HOLDINGS

The Columbia Wonder group. COM
prising the Wisconsin, Coin, Coin Ex-
tension, Amherst, Lafayette and CO.
Iumbia claims in Wonder district. have
been purchased by Patrick. Elliott &
Camp of Goldheld. The consideration is
said to have been $4,000 These prop
critics adjoin the Alice mine. one OF the
holdings of Patrick, Elliott & Camp in
that district.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
MANY LEAsERs WORKING

More extensive work than ever is be-
ing done on the Red Hills property. Six
sets of leasers are going into the ground
at lively rate. The company shaft is
working two shifts. The leasers are all
arranging for hoists. Several have
been ordered and one has already been
installed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
IN THE LODE ponPnxnx

Jack Murphy, superintendent of the
Silver Pick Leasing and Mining COM
pany, is rushing work on the shaft.
Three shifts are at present employed
and the bore is nearing the hundred
foot. The working is now in lode por-
phyry and the naturalization is improv-
ing. gouge of tale shows plainly and
the sulphides are visible in the rock.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

The Frontier Exploration company
which is developing a copper property
near Luning. has received three ex-
cellent assays. which delighted the
Goldfeld owners of the property. One
S-foot ledge shows an average of $3.50.
12-foot ledge assays $11.05 and two
foot ledge runs $685.. This last assay
includes 20 per cent copper.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
CRACKER
JACK HAS
TWO VEINS
Each Is Thirty Feet Wide and
Carries Good Milling Values
1.-Two Large Hoists
to be Installed

Rather a slang. but certainly an ex-
pressive name is Cracker Jack 1t is
the title of property in the Goldfield
district that is fathered by the Goldfeld
Mining company. Two lodges are being
developed on this estate and both are of
very fair milling grade. giving splen-
did margin of profit if reduction would
be made on the ground.
The Cracker Jack company is diligent-
ly engaged in shaft work and a hoist
will shortly be installed upon the prop
erty. The ledge is thirty feet in width.
Extensive work is being done on this
property by Mckay, Williams and
Armstrong. who have lease. They are
also operating on thirty-foot ledge.
probably different one from that
opened by the company workings. 1t
also is of excellent milling grade and
absolutely free. The leasers will put
hoist in position as soon as it arrives.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
LEASE LET ON RED BUTTE

j. NJ. Curtis and F. III. Thwing of
Kansas City, who, with Thomas Withers,
are directors in the Red Butte Mining
company, left yesterday morning for
the Pacific coast
While they were here a lease was let
to Messrs. Jack Davis and w. C. Dewey
on Red Butte No. 2 claim in which the
lessees agree to sink 400 feet during the
life of the lease. AS formerly, Mr..
Withers will have charge of the Red
Butte property. The indications are
that similar ore will be found on it as
has been found on the Daisy and Great
Bend as it is on the same outcrop or
belt. That part of the district is quite
active in development work. Now espe-
cially is interest shown in it since the
announcement that Col. Posey is to take
over the control of the Daisy.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

Meyers and Mr.. Norrington will go to
Philadelphia shortly TO complete financ-
ing the deal. The consideration for the
purchase of the property is not given
out, but is understood to have been In
the neighborheod of 100000
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
aAL1oWs rRAME INsrALLEp

The gallows frame on the Great Bend
Fraction has been installed and the
gasoline hoist will be put in place in a
few days.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

The shaft on the Adams is now down
to the 115-foot mark. A ledge was cut
so feet down. The shaft will be sunk
to 200 feet and n crosscut will be run to
pick up the ledge. hoist has been or
dered for the property.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

The gallows frames have been razed
and the hoists removed from the
Frances Mohawk and Truett leases on
the Mohawk. The plants win be set up
elsewhere in the district.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

A new organization has been put out
by Lincoln Davis of Chicago and r. j.
Shoemaker of New York City, who are
respectively treasurer and secretary.
The organization is known as the Mo-
hawk Ledge Mining company. M. J..
Monnette is president and Thomas II.
Condon. secretary.
In addition to operating in several
other places in Nevada, the company
will do extensive work on it's lease on
the Gold Wedge claim of the Jumbo Ex-
tension, where the shaft is down $50
feet and has encountered the extension
of the ledge from which high grade ore
is being extracted by the Higginson
Mining company, owner of adjacent
ground
The Mohawk Ledge Mining company
has secured a lease on the Crown Frac-
tion of the Red Top Extension. Excel
lent ore has been found recently on
ground adjoining.
Three claims are owned by the COM
pany in other sections of the camp.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
GOLDEN BOULDER IS SHIPPING

tons more have been extracted which
will pay to ship.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
WORK ON THE Dixie

Development work has been resumed
on the Dixie mine. The drift on the $50
level is being extended and the face is
in fine milling ore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

Another of the recently expired leases
is the Truett. 1t made a splendid ex-
traction of ore shortly following the
Frances-Mohawk strike and declared a
dividend of 25 cents. Later the ore
body diminished in grade, but an i'm
provement occurred shortly before the
termination of the lease which put the
company on velvet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
WILL BE Dousnz co,s,A.4,s,.r

captain Hassell feels greatly encour-
aged over the recent Developments In
the Hassell-Warner lease ON the Velvet.
The shaft. which is now down go feet.
is being widened & double Compartments.
a saiiows frame fis hc;pg installed pfe-
paratory to sehtt1< w :. ~ "a
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

The Dominion Mining company has in
stalled a hoist on it's property. which
lies north and west of the sandstorm.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
MOHAWK LEASES PRODUCE EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS
HAYES=MONNETTE LEADS
WITH OUTPUT OF $4,4OO,OOO

pr pp
= n readers o ps a = 50
- strange tina A ssp
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19
xALrus AND SUCCESSORS

The exact amount of ore produced
from the Kalfus lease is not definitely
known, because the property changed
hands once or twice. but two things are
certain, one that the Kalfus lease was
first to locate the ore body of the Mo-
hawk, and secondly that it took out not
less than $4,000 of golden treasure in
brief time
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

One of the Mohawk leases which re-
Gently expired has been little heard Of
1t is the so-called Curtis lease. Yet this
hoist brought to the surface an immence
amount of ore, some from its own block
but principally form it's .neighbor. the
Frances-Mohawk. to which it pays 20
per cent royalty.
On the Curtis dump are some four
thousand tons of ore that will average
$50 to the ton. This adds, on a rough
estimate. $4,000 to the wealth of the
world
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-19

latest shipment. The ore ran from
s172.3s, which was much lower than the
average. to s3s3.94 per ton and the set
form of a check for $105,34s.94. This,
with the royalty on the Curtis extrac-
ton. places the production of the
Frances-Mohawk at better than the
s2,0O0,000 mark.