The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
ooLpr1ELD A DEEP-M1NINa CAMP

II my doubt existed in the minds # anyone. here or elsewhere, about the
permanency of III camp Of GoldAeld, that doubt must be dispeled completely
the Mohawk, this pas week. The size and richness Of the strike, immensely i'm
rortant in themselves, are of comparatively little consequence as compared 20
the significance of the strike It the depth named above.
It had been the contention of many mining men, famed throughout the world
for their scientific knowledge and perspdcaciy that while tn ore bodies II Gold
field appeared to be both large and rich, there was reason to doubt whether they
would lastw with depth; Of in other words it as their opinion that Goldfed was
a surface mining camp This opinion raj not shared by al engineers y any
happy to relate, but as the formation here seemed Q b different from that
CT n other mining camp on the globe, there vas nothing much upon which to
predicate an opinion; and, disreditng what they could not understand. scientists
end mining engineers generally being conservative inclined against rather In
favor of the camp
Put the miners oft times are stubborn and unreasonable people. and pay no
attention to the theories o. scientists They insist o n digging right ahead % long
Is the old adage that "0old Is where you find It, another - when ore
IL found, that it certainly doesn't 60 up therefore must go down. As r.
sult Of hose '.ool notions the miners OF ooldheld have gone right on, disre-
garding the pronouncements Of school men, and what is the resut7
In the Mohawk mne this past week, in the lowest level Of that marvellous
properly, $50 feet from the surface, there wa encountered Is feet o. solid orr
that run $3.50 lear crow-no in spots-and two feet Of which carries the mag
have worked out IS rich ore as would everh be found In tn Mohawk, but as enor-
mou as was the output Of that extraordinary IRE body, the ore to be taken ron
this lowest workings II the old reliable, will discount It many fold. And with
such strong ore bodies at the 45ofoot level there is every reason to believe that
great ore win be found at twice the depth, and probably as deep IS human ingen-
uty al work. it; for instead of growing leaner in size and richness the or bod
ies at this depth ire larger and richer than they were above, even in the famous
HayesMomette, which were comparatively shallow workings and which, by
rnany, were supposed to have contained about all there as Of high grade in TIN
Mohawk mine.
Int tn Mohawk is not the only mne that can be pointed to n establishing
the theory that aoldhed is a deep mining camp, Of many years # life. The Com
bination is getting a big production from the 3s0foot point; the Jumbo is. pro-
dudng a fine grade Of ore at 500 feet; leases OF the Combination Fraction are
producing 1t about the 5oofoot point, and the Florence is also in about the same
zone.
In view Of these facts, the mining public might as well ONE to the fixed
understanding and belief that Goldfeld is not only on the map, but is n the map
70 stay; that the camp is good for en- years from present showing and that the
town of Gddfed will have a population Of lot less than $4,000 people In the
course twelve to eighteen months.
The above deductions are warranted by what facts we have before us today
What another month or year will forecast non can tell. but there are those In
their belief in positive terms that Goldheld, in the course of a very few years
will have a population Of 100000 souls.