The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-15
LEASERS PERFORATING
RICH GOLD=BEARING ZONE
Hills Alive With Gold-Diggers and Numerous Strikes of More
Less Importance Reported--Severa Leases
Developing Into Large Producers
of High Grade

ence of the ore and the character OF
the formation make 1t practically cer-
tain that they are approaching a large
body of shipping ore.
Txo1ENcz LEDGE
The Florence Ledge lease is crosscut-
ting on the 260-foot level. The cross
cut is in ITO feet and has fine ore
showing. c. A. Meeker of the Meeker-
Nelson company is confident that the
lease will be shipping ore within the
next fifteen days.
The shaft on the Florence Aurelia
lease is down 200 feet and will be sent
down to 400 feet before prosecuting.
The plant is equipped with a S0-horse
power electric hoist.
NELSON ooxDxIELD
The Nelson Goldfield companys lease
on the Black Bear claim. blocks IL and
13. of the Atlanta has started cross
cutting at the 3O0-foot level. Some fine
assays have been returned from samples
of rock taken from the workings and the
management expects to be shipping ore
in about ten days.
FLORENCE HOPKINS
The Florence Hopkins shaft is down
$50 feet and station is being cut at
$40 feet, from which crosscuts will be
driven in four directions. Several string
ers and small bodies of ore have been
cut and the management expects to tap
the Little Florence vein in short time.
sr,x1n1oNE L. = M.
The Simmerone Leasing and Mining
company is pushing development work
with three shifts, working night and
day. Crosscuts are being driven east
and west on the 250-foot level. The
crosscut is in so feet and the west
crosscut is In SO feet. The ore is still
low grade. running from $40 to $50 a
ton but every indication points to an
early increase, both in the size of the
veins and the quality of the product.
COMBINED n. d L.
The Combined Mining and Leasing
company. under the general manage
ment Of ]. H. Blanchard, is pushing de-
velopment work on it's various proper
ties. The Daisy lease, formerly known
as the Detch and Brewer lease, on the
Daisy No. /, has. shaft down $50 feet
and has just installed a pump to con-
troll the water. The shaft will be sent
down to 400 feet as rapidly as the work
can be done with three shifts working
On the Bee Fraction or the Goldfeld
Hub M. & NJ. company's ground, three
shifts are working. The two compart-
ment shaft is down so feet and will be
sent down to $50 feet.
suMFLowER
On the Sunfiower lease a station is
ha xl
crosscutting will be started as soon as
it is completed. The formation has
changed entirely during the last week.
the shaft having passed through the
andesite and being now in rhyolite.
Some values have been obtained but
they are not high.
CURLEY GEORGE
On the Curley George everything is
in readiness for the 25-horse power
Fairbanks hoist which will be installed
as soon as it arrives on the ground.
The shaft is down 156 feet and will be
sent down to 400 feet.
JUNE Atlanta
The June Atlanta Mining Company's
lease on the Union Jack claim has a
forty-foot head frame up and the hoist
will be installed as soon as the engine
arrives on the ground. The shaft is
down 160 feet and will go to $50 feet
before a station is cut. Sinking will be
continued to $50 feet
NEVADA PEARL
The Nevada Pearl Mining and Leas-
ing company shaft on the Combination,
is down 200 feet. A crosscut, which
was started on that level, cut a strong
ledge thirteen feet from the shaft which
has been drifted on for 10 feet. A