The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-17

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Ing Review. Los Angeles. who has been
spending the past two weeks familiar
izing himself with the camps OF Nevada.
through personal inspection. sent to his
paper Of August 10. the following clear
and conservative description of the prop
critics of the Goldheid Consolidated
Mines company:
Through the courtesy Of Mr.. J. w.
Finch. general manager of the Goldneld
Consolidated Mines company. and Mr..
John @. Flynn. superintendent OF the
Combination mine. I went through this
property on August 1.
The Combination ledge occurs in a
assure In dacite and Is from thirty to
ninety feet wide. the general strike
being north-south and the dip about go
degrees east. The vein has been con-
~tinuously opened on the second or 1so-
foot level from a point 400 feet north
Of the shaft to the Reilly workings and
the Florence mine. a distance of $500
feet. Recent developments in the Little
Florence. Mohawk-F1orence n Rogers
leases indicate clearly that these boz
nanza ore-bodies are In the same vein.
Should this be proved by actual connec
ton. the Combination Florence ledge
VII hef0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~A8e "a V'Ss
q mile.
In the Combination. and presumably
In the other properties mentioned. the
vein Milling Is dacite, highly silicihed.
carrying gold and silver about n
for ounce. Although very little atten-
ton has apparently been paid to ores
running under wv per ton. so far as
can discover. much OF what Is now call
ed vein matter carries from IS to SO
gold; and Of such material a very great
tonnage Is stated to be In sight. Though
this IL not q commercial grade or ore
under present conditions. there 10 no
reason. metaiiurgfcaliy or otherwise.
why II should not be worked to a pro-
Mt later. lthoug the discovery OF
large and very rich ore bodies has made
possible the rapid development OF THIS
district, l Am most forciply struck py
the prospect OF iong life ana steady
dividends which the immense onhages
OF low grade milling ore seem 10 guar
antee.
The Combination mine 10 opened oy
q vertical smart SUNK IN the ioot"aii
country rock TO q depth OF 40 feet. AZ
this level, q crosscut mas peen started
10 the veih' winch IL mas not YET reacneo
The nrst level was turned on az eighty
feet below the SURFACE the next iour
at intervals OF nfty Feet ana the iowest
at $50 Feet. There are now ABOUT t'VVv
feet OF workings IN the mine and' l am
informed by the management,
hve and six million dollars worth OF ore
exposed. not counting anything Deiow
$20 In value.
The high grade ore bodies which
sample from $leo 10 WV ana ever
$1,000 per ton. are FOUND next 10 the root
and hanging walls ana In parts OF the
mine, In shoots which run from wall
to wall, generally at right angles. THESE
shoots are from a Few inches TO severaI
feet wide n extend from lever 70 lever
so FAR as developed.
The COMBINATION Mining company was
tun In striking one OF these ore
bodies almost Immediately after pur-
chase from the locator. An incline smart
was sunk In ore, where now IS an open
slope from the so-ioot leVei. lhis stops
IL from thirty-nve 10 iorty 1eet wlde
and $50 feet long. The ore extracted
averaged from sl2o 10 sioo per toh' oe-
sides a lO-inch streak on the hanging
wall. which was worth ABOUT $o'ooo per
ton.
On the second level. opened TOT i'ooo
feet, the ore bodies averaged thirty-nve
foaf In width Crosacrfa are run at fire.