The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-07
NEWS OF THE BUILFROG DISTRICT


II present plans do not miscarry the
Bullfrog district viii have a custom
min from an unexpected source.
J. E. Burch. a mining man and a min
ing engineer. has been quietly investi-
eating the situation. and he has practi-
caiiy reached the conclusion to go
ahead with the enterprise.
Referring to the matter to a Miner
representative. Mr.. Burch said:
Il Rave visited practically every prop
erty with a possible tonnage In the dis
trict. and while a hitch might yet occur.
I have practically decided to install a
custom mill. 1 have not been able to
get a fixed tonnage guaranteed by the
operators. but they all talk favorabiy
and I entertain no dinicuity in this d.
rection.
Il am thoroughly satisfied that I can
get all the ore to keep a mill of the ca
pacity I contemplate busy. I can get
power from the Nevada-Californi
Power company which will be much
cheaper than putting 1t in myself.
There are numerous properties here
which can furnish ore. and the enter
prise will not only operate at an indi-
vidual profit. but I believe II will be the
means of placing these properties on a
paying basis.
II am very favorably impressed with
the district. When the mines here get
down to business II is my opinion that
II will be one of the greatest producers
in the country"
Mr.. Burch has not yet decided on a
site. but he says the plant will be built
near Rhyolite.
ooxDxH sCEPr11
The Hobo ledge has been broken into
at the Golden Sceptre, and penetrated
for a distance of eight feet. with no
sign of an opposite wall in sight.
No assays have been made. but the
paintings Indicate ar excellent milling
grade of ore.
The Hobo was the objective point for
which the new tunnel was started last
June when Superintendent Tim Manion
took charge OF the property. and 1t was
tapped at a distance of 230 feet at a
depth of $50 feet. The ledge dips west
about so degrees and carries q very
promising variety of manganese quartz
When Mr.. Manion took charge of the
Golden Sceptre he concluded to abandon
the main shat and reach the Hobo ledge
by crosscut. He first crosscut 40 feet
east from the luu-IOOt ltNti VI tnc III
prospect shaft, where the vein faulted.
He caught the lead, and decided to move
further down the mountain and crosscut
to gain depth.
In running the crosscut. a couple of
lodges ten to fifteen feet wide were
passed. Both show a good grade of
milling ore. The Hobo, however, is re-
garded as the strong lead, and effort
was concentrated to reach 1t.
1t is the present intention Of Mr..
Manion to drift both ways on the vein
and thoroughly develop it.
The strike has created a great deal of
interest in Rhyolite. and daily visitors
may be seen at the property.
AURORA BULLr1oG
T.. C. Blair, superintendent Of the
Aurora Bullfrog near Springdale. has
resumed sinking at the property. and
he says it is his intention to go down
$50 feet further before undertaking any
more lateral exploration. The shaft is
now down 100 feet. At this level the
vein was crosscut and showed a width
of 20 feet.
Drifts twenty feet each way were run
from the level. The south drift re-
turned averages Of about $12 in gold,
and Mr.. Blair says there has been a
steady Improvement with distance.
The values i'm the north drift were not
quite so high, but it is thought to be
nearing a rich shoot which dipped out
of the shaft at % feet.
The shaft was started on the hanging
wall of the vein which dips at an angle
of about so degrees. and Mr.. Blair
thinks that the lead will be crosscut by
the time the 150-foot point is reached.
Extensive lateral exploration will be
done from this level.
The property is now equipped with a
horse within. but Mr.. Plair says that 1t
is the intention to install a gasoline
hoist in the near future.
While the ground show many streaks
and stringers of high grade ore on the
whole Mr.. Blair regards 1t. as one Of the
biggest milling PROPOSITIONS in the dis
trict.
DIAMOND QuEEH
Fred Strehike. who is interested In
the Diamond Queen, came in from the
a few days ago. and reports
the mineral showing there ore of the
finest to be found in any part of the
Bullfrog district.
He says that there are eighteen tons
of ore on the dump and that the lowest
assay ever obtained was $25S in gold.
Even the waste dump returned values
of from $40 to $2S.
The ledge on which the development
is now being lone measures forty feet
in width, and the lowest return from a
sampling all the way across. Mr.
Strehike says was IS, while the high
grade streak goes into the thousands.
The formation in which the values occur
is porphyry.
Some so feet away is another por-
dyke covered with a lime slide
where assays as high as s19 have been
This vein has only been par
TALLY prospected. but Mr.. Strehike
thinks that it will prove equally as rich
as the other.
The property is situated north OF Bare
mountain, and about eight miles from
Roses wells. 1t is now being operated
by leasers and it is their intention to
get out a shipment in a short time.
GOLD BAK MILL
l.. f. Bedford, superintendent of the
Gold Bar, stated to a Miner representa-
tive Yesterday that the mill now under
construction at the property would be
completed by the middle of December.
The only contingency regarding the
operation on this date is the possible de-
lay of power by the observation-disclosures
Power ompany Things In this direc-
ton, however. are being rushed and the
power people think that they VIII be