The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-20
RICH STRIKES
AT S~EARCHLIGHT
[Frnm onr nun Renresentative.l

searchlight. New, July 15.-A new
epoch in the history Of searchlisht Is
at hand. -Four strikes within n
month. all Of which are shipping ore.
and zach within the proven mineral
belt have done more to attract atten-
tion to Searchlight than anything here
tofore. ~searchlight was going along in
her steady productive fashion when the
startling news was echoed of a lind"
of specimen ore running $4,000 per ton
on the Duplex mine which takes in the
original discovery of ore in this camp.
Investigation proved that the find was
even greater than reported and now 1t
is a question as to which is the greatest.
the mighty Quartette or the wonder
fully rich Duplex.
Following closely on the heels of the
Duplex sensation came the
ment of the ~uncovering of $500 ore on
the Spokane claim of the Searchlight
Spokane Mining company. Within 10
feet of the old wagon o and having
a well ~traversed trail across the surface
little attention was paid to 1t until As
sistant General Manager Alva Jennings
broke off a small piece of ore from the
surface rock. literally alive with free
gold. A shaft was Immediately started
at this point and sinking commenced.
Every foot of sinking means that 500
worth of ore is being sacked and the
ore is sacked just as 1t comes out Of
the workings without any sorting what
ever.
Four miles southeast Of the Spokane
and one mile south of the Quartette
Mining company's Boston mine. on the
------. ~. Caarahtuhf Cnm stock
Mining another sensational
strike was made. Here situated between
the Boston, Stanley Forbes and the
Hamburger wheatley mines. the Com
stock has a perfect network of veins
that are proving to be bonanzas from
the surface. At a depth of 35 feet a
rich stringer was encountered and the
shaft was sent down on an incline of
SIS degrees following the lead. Several
other ~stringers were encountered and
all will converge into one body at a
depth of about 100 feet. Free gold was
found all through the ore taken from
the first stringer encountered, and the
values found are very uniform all be-
ing around 800 per ton. At the present
time there is about IS inches Of 500
rock in the bottom of the shaft. and
sinking has been discontinued temper
arily pending the installation Of a gas
oline hoist that has been ordered by
the management.
The Silver Legion is still taking out
ore in the east drift of the s5-foot level
running into fancy figures. The first
shipment of the ore from these work.
ings will be made in a few days and
will consist Of rs tons of sorted ore.
| Owing to the inflow of water no devel-
oping has been done on the 1s5-foot
level until a pump is installed. Gen.
eral Manager H. E.. Spanogle is having
ground leveled and surfaced for the
hoist, concentration and engines.
Pending the arrival of Secretary A. L.
Hitler, Superintendent p. Sayles has dis
continued sinking on the Majestic Gold
frog and Gold Beam mines. The man.
agement has outlined an extensive
course of development, and Secretary
Hitler will arrive ahead of the machin-
cry and take active charge for some
time after the installation. These prop
critics are very fashionably located be-
tween the Philadelphia Searchlight and
the Cornucopia mines and the showings
in the two deepest shafts are extremely
pleasing to the owners. On the Ma
jestic Goldfrog some excellent ore was
encountered at a depth of 70 feet and
from that point down the values are
gradually increasing. At water level
three PARALLEL leads that traverse the
property north and west are expected
to converge in one immense ore body.
General Manager L. ]. Kaiser Is re-
ceiving bids for a shaft to water level
on the Stanley Forbes Extension. This
property has the southern extension OF
the vein that enriches the STANLEY
Forbes and from the present workings
some excellent copper stained quartz
has been exposed to view. A vertical
shaft Is to be sum to water level on
the Nevada Girl claim from the summit
of the peak and from which a down
hill drive can be had direct to Search
light.