The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-23
JOHNNIE SCENE OF
GREAT ACTIVITY

Johnnie. New, Feb. 1S.-Much activity
Is being manifested IN the gold belt Of
the Johnnie district. The plan OF Ben
nette and Atkinson in getting the Los
Angeles syndicate interested in the mines
on the Hin north OF the Bullfrog h
ME and the return OF Superintendent
Moser and his examination OF the John
ME Consolidated has awakened the oper-
ators here to the value Of the adjacent
nroperties and added to this there is a
rumor prevalent that the JOHNNIE Con-
solidated mine is to be sold 10 a rich
syndicate Of mining men from the nor
thern fields has added stimulant to the
development. 1t has been stated on
good authority tina some big promoters
have obtained an option on the big prop
ertv that they do not care to let slide.
The Johnnie Consolidated has made
an excellent showing. Upon his return
10 camp Superintendent Moser made an
examination of the property and reports
that on the 700 level. the north DRIFT
shows Is feet of ore that will assay
between SIS and $50. The ore shows
considerable copper stain and other min
eralization. In the south drift a cross
cut IS being started to catch the foot
wall in the face of the drift. The ledge
has already been proven in places from
is to 20 feet wide. Five feet of this
is high grade ore that will average $40
to the ton. When being followed the
ore showed a disposition to descent at a
s~traighter pitch but upon being follow
ed further it has again flatened out
as before. superintendent Moser thinks
this is due entirely to local conditions
in the formation OF the country. The
ore is characteristic of the Johnnie
Mine, and ever at this great depth the
only differenc noticeable from the ore
on the surface is that il carries greater
values. some of the ore in the south
drift is specimen rock. The gold is
free and clean. The workings in the
south drift nave attained a vertical
depth of 1000 feet yet there is no indi-
cation that the water level has been
reached. or that 1T will be for some dis
lance to come. Work has begun in sink
ing and soon another drift will be run
to intercept the ore body. The south
drift shows a series of continuous chuts,
while on the north sid a fault has
been discovered that threw the ore from
20 to so feet. Preparations are being
made to continue the workings of the
mine further southwark TO catch some
OF the rich veins on the Minnie Mae
Hill.
The Beauregard lease on the Johnnie
Consolidated ground is making a re-
markable good showing. On the forty
level ore is being sacked that viii aver
age $f20 to the ton. This is where the
rich ore was first encountered in this
lease and work has been going on In
blocking out values. The ground is
now ready for stopping. Two feet OF
the vein show rock in which run seams
of gold and the whole of it is s~prinkled
with coarse gold. Every piece extracted
is a specimen.
on the Frost lease a winze is being
sunk to the nifty level following the
vein tina was exposed on the forty level
in the Beauregard lease.
These two leases are on the southern
end OF the Johnnie Consolidated ground
and the riches they are showing up with
the wealth obtained from the Bowler
lease would indicate that the values are
concentrated on the Minnie Mae Hill.
In doing development work on the
White Cap Claim. one of the mines in
Brownies merger a ledge of red oxide
of copper was developed in the shaft that
in addition to Its gold values return
from 4 to 5 per cent copper. The lodges
good showing.