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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

eo one other group upon which the pur-
chasers of the Queen claims also had an
option The property taken over this
week by the local promotion house is
considered by their engineer a most ex-
cellent one. and it is believed by the new
owners that the Wonder Queen company
has the ear-marks of mine, and for
that reason a campaign of most active
and thorough development work is to
be inaugurated Immediately
The turning for the better in the
weather and the prospects for good roads
to and from Fairview and the Wonder
district promises to be the incentive
for an early stampede into the Wonder
district where the strikes recently made
are proving TO be of the most fabulous
yet uncovered in the sage-brush state
Prices in property are rapidly enhancing
in value, not only in mining way
but so far as real estate is concerned
in the new camp. and already the outlook
for an extraordinary lively spring and
summer and most energetic work on
the mining properties In Wonder are
bright indeed
A great many of the heaviest capi-
talists throughout Nevada and the east
are getting a foot-hold in the Wonder
district in the belief that it is to be an
other Goldfield.
There is not district in all Nevada
that seems to be giving Goldfield as close
race for supremacy as is evidenced
in Wonder. 80 -
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
Il6P0RTANT DEAL CL0sED
OH FLORENCE LEASE

w. A. Gatzen, general manager of the
Florence Goldfield Red King Claim
Leasing company, has completed an i'm
portant deal in behalf of the company.
An outfit of modern machinery was
badly needed for the property, but even
with the most careful economy it was
impossible to raise the necessary funds
by stock selling and at the same time
keep from five to eight men steadily
employed.
Mr.. Gatzen succeeded in interesting
some wealthy eastern mining men in
the proposition and they sent their con-
fidential expert to Goldfield in January.
AS soon as he made his report an i'm
portant deal was closed by wire.
A complete outfit of machinery has
also been purchased for quick delivery.
This was purchased while in transit
in the Sacramento yards. 1t was
shipped from Sacramento on the cath
and it's arrival is expected any day.
The workings on the lease have reach
ed a depth of 200 feet and is beneath
water level. Splendid quartz stringers
are being encountered and there is every
evidence that an ore body will soon be
encountered.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

Another Wonder property has just
been added to Davis & Wheeler's extern
sive holdings in that sensational camp.
The Nellie and Jim claims, joining the
Nevada Wonder on the northwest, are
the claims bought by Diamondfield Jack
Davis and his associates and up to the
time of it's sale was the last big prop
erty centrally located in that district
that had not changed hands This
property has always been the rich plum
sought after by the big operators ever
since the Nevada Wonder and the IA
nous Jack Pot mines were sold, but
Parkinson, Fitzgerald and the other
owners have always refused to sell.
Last November Mr.. Davis made a hur-
ried trip to Wonder, the object being to
acquire the Daisy Wonder situated on
the west of the Nevada Wonder. While
there he examined the Jack Pot and
other famous mines and also the prop
erty he has just bought.
Davis noted throughout Nevada for
his exceptional mining acumen, was so
favorably impressed with the wonderful
possibilities of the property for mine
making that he Immediately set about
to acquire the mine, but the original
owners realizing the value of their hold
ings. refused to sell until this week,
when, after three days consultation
in Reno with Davis, they finally agreed
to give up their property. The transac-
tion involved the payment OF $Soo.ooe
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
WILL SOON
BE SHIPPING
HIGH GRADE
Mohawk Ledge Company Lease
on Jumbo Extension Has
Same Vein as hig.
ginS0n Lease

One of the great comers OF the camp
is undoubtedly the Mohawk ledge COM
pany. Its property is situated on the
Jumbo Extension ground that lies be-
tween the Mohawk and Jumbo. 1t has
gold shoots to right Of it. gold shoots to
left of it. gold shoots behind it, gold
shoots In front of 1t, volleying and thun-
derins.
The fact is, stated in plain language.
that the lease is absolutely on both the
trend and dip of the Higginson lode, the
great deposit of high grade ore that
caused Jumbo Extension to take it's
meteoric leap a few days ago and sus-
tain it's altitude.
Already the new hoist is installed and
the bucket is running up and down,
bringing water and muck to the surface
and carrying timbers down to stay the
terim between the cessation of the Kali
fus operations and the beginning of
work by the present leasers.
Within week Mohawk Ledge will be-
gin shipping high grade ore, If the spur
track to the property is completed in
time. The engineer of the property, Mr..
Hubbard, was invited to visit the Hig-
ginson workings, where he mapped out
the exact course and dip of the ledge.
In his opinion it will require only about
ten feet of work to pick up the forma-
tion and then the dirt will fly and the
controls will come back. 1t is little
wonder that Mohawk Ledge has leaped
100 per cent in value in five days.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

which was also inspected in the shaft
of the Mohawk Consolidated Leasing and
Mining company. This block of ground
is situated southwest of the No. / and
is also on Mohawk ground. The ledge
was cut here at the 80 point and was
crosscut from the andesite to the dacite
a distance of twenty-five feet between
walls. Four feet of this is shipping,
ranging in value from $40 to $3.50, with
small streaks of black talcy sulphide
ore which goes into the pictures" The
remaining eighteen feet of the ledge
has been carefully sampled number
of times and it shows milling worth.
One set Of miners is. employed drift
ing on the shipping portion of the ledge
and during the past week there has
been large extraction. Shipments.
however, will not begin for about sixty
days.
Another set of miners having passed
through the ledge are advancing in
the hard andesite, a solid formation in
which slow progress is made. Thin
seams of tale and occasional quartz
stringers, glistening with sulphides. are
beginning to appear and the indications
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

Sinking has been discontinued tenn
porarily on the Frances Mohawk shaft
on the Palo Verde claim on account OF
the excessive flow of water. Supern-
tendent Mackay is installing No s
Cameron sinking pump and sinking will
be resumed early in the week
The bore is now down 220 feet. The
encountering of this water flow and the
silicifcation of the birds eve porphyry
are two indications that an ore body Is
being approached. Until the 12-drill
compressor arrives, which has been
shipped from San Francisco. three
drill compressor will be used for furn-
ishing air for the pump. The new COM
pressor will furnish about $40 feet OF
free air per minute and will be the
largest compressor in the camp.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
POWERFUL
HOIST FOR
FRACTION
Oddie Lease on Combination Frac.
tiOn to install 75.H. p.
Hoist and Sink
Deep Shaft

A 75-horse power electric hoist. tho
best In the camp. will shortly be in
stalled on the Oddie Brothers lease on
Combination Fraction. 1t was shipped
from the factory January sth. Already
toe big gallows frame from the oddie
Mohawk has been instal1ed.
The shaft is down 4S0 feet and sink
ing is progressing at a slow rate. only
about three feet being made day be-
cause OF the hard formation that Is be-
Ing encountered.
Three shifts are employed and the
king force will be increased NJ soon
as the crosscut is begun. The lease has
a life until about September 1st. due to
extensions given because of the strike.
Wink will now proceed more rapidly. q
six-l..ll compressor having been put in
place.
There Is almost absolute assurance
tfst a rich ore body will shortly be en-
countered the formation and dip being
almost identical TO that in the Burns
and the Loftus-D s-Davis-Sweeney leases.
Ii. as believed, the ore Is encountered
at tie Jt0-foot mark in the shaft, there
VIII be not less than $50 feet of backs,
measured perpendicularly, and the trend
Will extend over several hundred feet Of
the bic ck.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

For several weeks there have been
rumors about the streets that shipping
ore had been encountered on the No. /
claim of the Mohawk. Neither the leas-
ers nor the officials OF the Mohawk
company would affirm or deny the report
the invariable reply bein THE ground
is looking we'll
Having at last gained from both
leasers and company permission to visit
the workings, representative of The
News descended two shafts yesterday
and is able to verify the rumors regard
ing the property
The first of two strikes was made
in the shaft of the Mohawk No. / Leas-
ing company, a property controlled by
A. d. Meyers and NJ. c. Scully. This
shaft is 270 feet deep and is being rush
ed with three shifts to the 300-foot level,
where both drift and a crosscut will
be run as the bottom of the shaft is
dropping into the same naturalization
that preceded the discovery of the ore
body several sets of timbers above. The
first ledge passed through is wider and
of higher values than it's extension,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
HIGGlNSON HAS
II FOOT LEDGE

The water flow on the Higginson lease
on the Jumbo Extension ground, whlcn
lies between the Mohawk and the Jumbo,
has become so great that it is difficult
to handle it in bucket. A pump has
been purchased and will be installed al
once.
The ledge is not yet entirely cut
through. 1t shows thus far eight feet
of shipping ore on the hanging wall,
then horse three feet wide which as
says from 81 to S54 and beneath that
about six feet of ore that is of ship
ping grade.
Electric power is being substituted
for the gasoline hoist that was used
while prospecting the property. 1t will
be about three weeks before the Higgin-
son reenters the shipping list.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
ANorHEE HIcH STAKE
MADE on JULY cxAxH

Dave Fife and VIM. Bills. the original
discoverers of the Duluth district came
into Nina today on business. Both gem
tlemen are very jubilant and loaded down
with the richest ore ever seen In this
place or anywhere else. They report
new strike on the July claim. and show
samples OF ore to back up the statement.
From the samples examined by a repre-
sentative of Western Nevada Miner. we
would characterize it as string of gold
with sprinkling of quartz mixed with
it, Certainly we have never seen fits
equal for richness, and the best of II,
is the fact that 1t Is in large quantities.
They report the district as being decid-
edly on the boom. Building is brisk
and the slow arrival of goods is all
that holds 1t back. Just keep your eyes
on Duluth. She is going to make Gold
field look tc her laurels.--Mina Miner.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
aoon PATH ASSURED

The best evidence of good faith that
company can present is planking down
it's yellow coin. The Nevada Registra-
ticn and Trust company of this city has
paid it's capitalization of 100000 into
the Goldfeld Branch of the State Bank
and Trust company.
The San Francisco branch of this
company is now open and ready for
business. Offices are being organized in
Chicago and New York City. The COM
pany guarantees correct registration of
stock, acts as transfer agent and audits
accounts. Stocks registered by this
company cannot be overissued.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
NEWS ANNUAL FINEST MINING PAPER EVER ISSUED
RUBY GROUP
SELLS FOR
GOOD PRICE
Five Claims Three Miles East Of
Town Bought by Local Men
for Consideration
of SO, 900

MacMaster and MacMaster early this
week disposed of their Ruby claims
Nos. /, 2, 3, and 5. They lie in Sec
tions and 3, two miles and three
quarters southeast of Goldfield. The
consideration was 100000 and the pur-
chasers were the Goldfeld Investment
company.
The new owners are organizing the
Ruby Gola Mining company and work
will be started Immediately. A shaft
will be sunk to depths and hoistins ma
chinery will be installed as soon as II
can be tLtained.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
RED TOP EXTENSION

After shut down for five days, dur
ing which time hoist was being INSTALL
ed, the Red Top Extension Leasing
company has resumed sinking with
three shifts. The shaft is now down
over one hundred feet and the forma-
tion looks very promising. 1t is the
opinion of experts that the shaft viii
strike ore without doubt in this bore,
as it lies exactly on the trend of the
lode. The encouraging showing in this
lease is believed TO be the cause for
the recent stiffening in the price of Red
Top Extension, which is counted on as
a dollar proposition.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
FOUR FEET OF HIGH GRADE
IN LEASE AT BUCKSKIN

Four feet of ore ranging in value
from $500 to $1,000 to the ton is being
developed in the Champagne lease on
the Kennedy mine in Buckskin district
on an extension of the ledge being
opened by the Jack Bell company.
The entire width of the ledge is IS
feet and outside of the rich streak 1T
averages S22 to the ton. The walls are
porphyry and the Gaping is iron.
At depth of so feet the sulphide zone
was reached. Water is now appearing.
The ore is true quartz carrying it's
values chiefly in ehalcopyrite. There is
little silver in the rock, the values be-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
vALcAxDE ExrEMs1oM

c. w. Watson, superintendent OF the
valcalde Extension Mining company, is
in from Silver Peak. He has been con-
Quoting extensive prospecting operations
and is able to report that shipping
ore has been developed on each of the
eleven claims. The formation is por-
phyry and granite. The ledges are
true quartz.
The property adjoins the famous VAL
calde and has an even better surface
showing.
Stock in the company will be listed
within few days. AS soon as the
weather permits vigorous campaign
of development will be undertaken. The
showing OF shipping ore indicates that
the company will be able to pay for the
development work out of the ore ship
ments from the very start.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
BACK THEIR
JUDGMENT
WITH MONEY
Two Hundred and Twenty-Five
Leasers Working in Camp
and All Sanguine
of Success

There are 225 leases actively engaged
In development wSrk in Goldfield dis
trict at present. These shafts that are
being sunk several feet day range
from fifty to 45o feet i'm depth and
nearly all the leases have long term
of life. The leasers are all sanguine
and are backing their Judgment with
money. AS the majority Of the shafts
are now in permanent formation, there
is n certainty to be a large number of
strikes In the near future, especially
within the proven belt
The companies are as active as the
leasers i'm development work and great
developments cannot be long delayed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
HAYEs-MoHErrE PRODUCTION

The production of the world beating
Hayes & Monnette lease was estimated
several weeks ago at $4,400.000 for the
very brief period of it's existence. but il
develops that the estimate was under
the truth. There is now about -four
million dollars worth of ore settled for
and fifty-two carloads remain. OF this
amount seventeen carloads are in the
bins at Miller siding and the balance is
on sidetracks there. This includes ten
of the richest carloads produced by the
lease with the exception of the Jew
elry" sent to Selby's.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

The Pollard-F'lorence Mining and Leas-
ing company. which has a lease on the
Florence and one on the October claim
of the Red Hills group has splendid
showing on the latter block. The shaft
at depth of 150 feet dropped into a
quartz lead, through which 1t has al
ready penetrated nine feet. Sulphides
and pyrites show plentifully. The as
says are now being made and It is ex-
pected that these returns will be very
encouraging.
The twenty-five horse power hoist
for the lease on the Florence is ex-
pected daily. 1t was shipped from San
Francisco January 5th. The company has
purchased seven claims In section 16.
They compose the Gold Blossom group.
A strong ledge outcrops on the prop
erty.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
w.L1 zu11p 1oop rnAcx

Willie General Manager Hedden of
the Tonopah and Goldfeld railway ~ss
in tow this week negotiations were
,nade by him and the Mohawk Ledge
and Higginson Leasing companies for
the construction of loop track which
will branch from the spur the company
is building to the Red Top property.
The loop will pass the dumps of the two
leasing companies. both of which will
be shipping large quantities Of rich ore
by the time the track is built.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

The name of the Goldfeld Consol-
idated Mining company will be changed
at once to Goldfeld Central Mining com.
rary This has been rendered expedient
by the Wingfeld-Nixon interests having
adopted a very similar name for theiI
big merger property.
The Goldfield Central is a holding OF
six claims lying south of and adjoining
the Portland. 1t was purchased several
mcnths ago by Kirby, Lamb and Stone
ham of Tonopah who organized a COM
pany and began development work. The
new shaft is now down IS feet. Mr..
Storeham of the firm spent portion of
the week in camp supervising develop
n,ents
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
xEw WONDER

The Wonder Witch Mining company
has been organized with a capitalization
of one million shares at one dollar par.
N. H. Truett is president; Col. o. P.
Posey, vice president; j. E. Pelton, sec
retary; F. J. Gay, treasurer. The ad-
ditional directors are w. E. Mitchell
and E. B. Tustin of New York. The
company will be financed in the east
and no stock will be offered for sub
scription here.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
ao1DrrrLDzns GET IN

The Darwin Amalgamated Mining
company has been organized with a cap
italization of one million shares, one
hundred thousand of which are offered
at Is cents by L. Willstaedt, of Cold
field. Among the holdings of the com
pahy are the Madrid group of six claims
situated near Darwin in Inyo county.
One of their neighbors is the
great Calumet & Hecla company.
Among the Goldfielders who are heavy
stockholders and officers in the COM
pany are Judge Willstaedt, Dr. Liggett,
J. l.. Lindsay and c. ]. Stokes. The
stock OF the company will be listed as
soon as possible.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

''The Ramsey Comstock vein is break
ing $20o to the ton across six feet" said
N. NJ. McGlynn yesterday to News
representative. He Is just In from the
camp and is very enthusiastic. despite
the fact that he has no investments
there.
'On the so-foot level of the mine there
are streaks of high grade ore running
5000 to the ton. Sacking for shipment
is now in progress"
Mr.. McGlynn says that there is great
activity in the camp and that many
properties are changing hands. The
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
HALF MILLION
FROM ONE CAR

+ The Seiby Smelling and Lead +
& & Monnette on a shipment of high 4.
+ grade Goldfeld ore that weighed 4.
= forty -seven tons. The carload re- =
+ turned the enormous figure of 4.
+ $574,000. half million dollars +
+ for a carload of ore, to say moth +
+ ing of the little odd $4,000. is +
& probably the worlds record break I.
+ ing shipment There are still SO z
e. cars from the -Monnette z
+ lease to hear from. =
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

Another group that is coming to the
front is the Kavanaugh property. which
is situated in section in the eastern
part of the district. 1t is a splendid
property, having great surface show
ing, and is being vigorously worked.
The estate consists of 20 acres lying be-
tween the Chicago group and the Oyster
lode. Assays of a range between $32
and 800 are to be had from the crop
pings.
Swasey & Co. of 25 Broad street, New
York City, N. ", are the brokers for the
company. Mr.. S. G. McMullin of Golden
Sceptre fame, is one of the large holders
of stock in the company, and Mr.. M. F..
Graham of Goldfield is manager and a
large stockholder.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
wrxI xAxpLc Low GRADE

Mr.. willstaedt. DIR. w. 7. Liggett. ].
L. Lindsay, C. ]. Stokes, F. B. Frank
and others of this city have organized
the Dry Crusher Concentrating COM
pany and will install plant here with
out delay. Already $1,000 worth of ma
chinery has arrived. The company will
be in the market for milling ore within
a short time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
CROSS roHMAr1on

At depth of 220 feet the Mohawk
Consolidated people are encountering
improved formation. While the trend
of the formation is almost exactly north
and south, it is cut by an east and west
body of soft vein matter. which yields
splendid assays. some running over
$1,000, but a body of this rich ore has
not yet been encountered.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

Commerce would foot the bills.
Cheers were given by the Legislators
for the camp and by the Goldhelders
for the legislature. Then the crowd
gradually melted away, some to view
the camp and others to embark in bust
ness and automobiles for tour of the
mines.
Later in the afternoon all. or as
many or accepted the invitation, gath
cred at the Palm Grill and the La Fay
cite restaurant. where banquets were
served
Two entertainments were provided for
the guests during the evening. One was
dance in Miners Union hall and the
other was a concert at the Montezuma
club.
This morning, after a trip most thor
oughly enjoyed despite the mud, the
two hundred visitors embarked for
Tonopah, where they will be royalty
entertained While here the Legislators
were given object lessons in Goldfield' $
needs partically in the matter of remed-
ial railroad legislation.
NOTES
To the music of Marching through
Georgia." the visitors sang an inspir-
ing verse composed by Prof. John Bray,
entitled, while we were marching TO
Goldfield." 1t made the hit of the day.
While credit is due to all members
of the Montezuma club and the various
committees, full need of praise is due
Manager TAFT, who had direction of the
decorations. buffet lunch and musicale.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
WILL SINK A SHAFT

contract will be let at once for
sinking a 200-foot shaft on a group OF
claims known as the Goldfeld Horse
shoe. which consists of the Lucky No.
l and No. 2 and the Paupers Dream.
The property is in section "a, east of
the Rochester and Panyan.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
BIG SHIPMENT
FROM FRACTION

r A solid trainload of ore, consist !
+ ing of fourteen carloads, weighing I
T. 700 tons and valued at $4,000, was Z
Z, sent out one day this week from !
+ the s-Davis-Sweeney lease on I
= the Combination Fraction.
= The average daily production of I
{, this lease is two carloads day, !
4. but this amount will soon be doub- I
. led and later trebled. The opera !
+ tions of the leasers consisting of Z
= sinking, drifting and stopping. !
4, = = = 4 z. :. = = = Z 4 Z Z = Z z
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
WILL DEVELOP p1opERr1Es

Development work will begin at once
on an extensive scale on the Hesperian
and Orchid claims. belonging to the
Greater Nevada Goldfield Mining com
pany, corporation controlled by Mrs.
Hinman. The properties adjoin the
Yellow Rose. The stock will shortly be
listed on the local exchanges.