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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
ANOTHER NEW CAMP
NORTH OF WONDER

glowing terms of the new district. The
news of the strike caused tremendous
excitement in both Wonder and Fair
view, says Mr.. Hahn. Carpenter went
into the district last June and found
some rich float and other indications or
the presence of high grade quartz in the
neighborhood. He spent the winter In
the district and about ten days ago
made the find that promises to put him
in the millionaire class. The find con-
sists of a six-foot ledge of decomposed
porphyry and quartz on the surface.
Hahn says the surface showing is the
best he ever saw, the contact vein lying
between granite and porphry. The ledge
can be traced for distance of 1900 feet
and has been tapped in number OF
places. showing free gold In each In
stance. with wonderful string OF
co,ors Some selected samples OF the
ore run as high as $4,000 ton
The original strike has been bonded
to Thomas H. Condor. w. E. Jeske ana
Mr.. Hahn for 100000 and large
block Of stock
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
BLACK DUCK AMoTHE1
0oLDTIELD CORPORATION

The Black Duck Mining company is
the name of new company, which has
Just been incorporated under the laws
of the state of Nevada with a capital
stock of 100000 shares. par value,
one dollar per share. full paid and nom
assessable, of which 100000 shares are
treasury stock.
The company owns two claims about
a mile west of the Sandstorm and Ken
dali mines and within a few hundred
feet of the property of the Calumet
Mining company on which ore averaging
IS per ton was struck at a depth of
about 125 feet
The company has also secured lease
for 800 600 feet on the well known
Potlatch ground, on which is shaft
rs feet deep and 4 x feet in the clear.
An option has also been taken on a
property with good showing of about
III miles north of the above mentioned
claims with the view of adding to the
present holdings of the company
The officers and directors are: Judge
L. willstaedt, president; Wm A. Gatzen.
vice-president Lewis H. Rogers, coun-
sci; c. J.. Stokes, treasurer; F. III. Ben
ham, secretary and assistant treasurer.
Development work is to be started as
soon as possible.
Judge Willstaedt is the fiscal agent of
the company. He is now selling the
first allotment of the treasury stock at
ten cents per share and thinks with
three chances for developing mine 1t
ought not be difficult to dispose OF
these shares in a short time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11

There is no district in the state that
is attracting more attention than Luning
and vicinity. The largest copper opera
tors of the west are crowding in there
and picking up properties as fast as pos
sible.
The marvellous wealth and possibil-
tiles of the copper deposits in the vicin-
ity of Nina and Luning have been sub
stantially demonstrated during the past
three months by the development of the
Nevada Champion Copper company, a
corporation by Miller & Miller, Scott &
Amann and the gMcCormack-Dorsey COM
pany of this city.
In January this year the attention OF
C. N Miller was called to this property
who after making casual Investigation
secured an option ON the mine. He then
secured the services OF a competent cop
per expert and gave the property sys-
tematic and thorough investigation. The
mine was carefully sampled and resam-
pied and the returns proved to be so
fiattering that he at once concluded the
purchase of the mine.
Arrangements were speedily made for
the organization of the Nevada Cham
pion Copper company. This corporation
has capital stock of 100000 shares
of a par value of S. per share. OF the
total issue one-half was set aside as a
treasury reserve. Mr.. ]. c. Mccormack
was made president Of the company, E.
j. Amann, vice president. F. M. Dorsey,
treasurer and C. N Miller, secretary.
The above with A. e. Bettles, consti-
tutes the directorate.
In short time the mine was a scene
of activity. Buildings were erected,
ore bins built and ore teams secured
from California.
About two weeks ago a forty-ton car
was shipped to the Nevada Ore Sampling
works at Hazen. This ore was not
sorted but simply run over the grizzlies
into the bins. No attempt was made to
secure picked lot of ore as the man.
agement only desired to determine the
average value of the ore.
Yesterday the returns were received
which gave value of s2610 per ton,
the ore running nearly 6 per cent in
copper.
To convey some conception of the
enormity of the ore bodies attention is
called to the fact that in one shift of
four men 60 tons of ore was broken
down.
The company has secured the services
of Mr.. Geo. Oswell who formerly had
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
FLORENCE /. & M.
SACKS BIG ORE
The Average Sample Across 6-F0ot Ledge,
$2,742 the Ton=--Sacking $l,5OO Ore
for Shipment---fiigh Grade De- .
posted in Bank .,...ss.

trio hoist Work will be rushed as rap
idly as possible.
The Florence lease OF the Mohawk
Gold Bar has a shaft down 500 feet and
will send 1t down to $50 feet and then
crosscut to catch the January vein. This
lease is especially well equipped with
machinery and expects to handle a large
output as soon as the ore body is
opened up.
The Spearhead lease is also equipped
with full plant The shaft is down
165 feet and will be sent to the 250-foot
point and then crosscut for known
lodges.
The shaft on the Gold Bar lease is
down 200 feet and drifting for the main
ledge of the Gold Bar is now in pro-
gress. The ledge is known to run to
the ground of the lease.
The Jumbo Extension lease of the Mo-
hawk Daisy, on the Gold Coin claim of
the Jumbo Extension Mining companys
ground, has shaft down 125 feet. They
have reached water and the sulphides
and DIR. Robinson says they have very
promising ledge that carries some
values not yet sufficiently large in guam
tity to ship. The shaft will be sent
more prosecuting is done.
The shaft on the Daisy lease is down
$50 feet and work is being rushed as
rapidly as possible, to cut the Daisy
ledge
The Quartzite lease of the Mohawk
Daisy company has shaft down 100
feet and drifts are being run from the
1o0-foot and 150-foot levels. Encourag-
ing values have been obtained and the
work Of development is being pushed
vigorously.
All the Robinson & vickers leases
seem to be rapidly developing into divi-
dend paying properties. The Little
Florence, one Of their promotions, is now
producing the highest grade ore in the
camp and the stock of this company,
which was fioated at 10 and Is cents is
now commanding from $1.25 to $3.50
share, and is so quoted on the Chicago
company are preparing the necessary
papers to have the stock listed on the
Goldfield and San Francisco exchanges.
1t is exp~cte popular stock dur
ing the summer months.
The Mohawk Florence stock, which
was first out at 20 cents is now selling
at 40 and so cents and will soon be listed
on the Goldfield exchanges
All the companies f1oated by Robin
the stocks have, without exception
shown increased values and the original
investors have all made money
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11

charge of the Burns lease in this camp.
He is thoroughly competent mining
man and under his energetic manage
ment the development of the mine will
be pushed upon practical scale.
A representative os this paper made
a personal inspectirs II the mine and
was astonished at Il volusne of ore and
the remarkable showing. 4 The mine is
situated about four miles sfrom Luning
There is a fine road running to the
property with an average grade of less
than per cent. The group comprises
solid block of ground with a total area
of 130 acres. The ore occurs in con-
tact between the lime and the quartzite
and follows the contour OIL the basin.
A shaft 5x16, three compartment has
been sunk to depthscf 40e feet In ad-
ditions thepe.--are about u fifteen. other
shafts, tunnels and cuts--every one, al
most without exception in rich ore. In
fact it is questionable if there is an
other copper mine in the state with an
equal showing. a.
Ore is now being stopped from. the 100
foot level. The vein varies In width
from six to twenty-five feet. At the
200 the showing is even better At the
oVO tHc OfC SHOWiuS lhC SuAPhfuSo has
just been encountered. At the 400 the
crosscut has not as yet reached the con-
tact, but it is estimated that 1t will be
within thirty more feet Of work.
The bottom of the shaft is dry. The
management proposes to continue the
sinking of the shaft to a depth of 700
feet when the ore will be well into the
sulphides.
Upon the various ore dumps there are
fully between 5000 and 1000 tons of
marketable ore Above the 200-foot
level there is practically enough ore in
sight to work the mine for years.
Considering the volume of ore the as
sumption of the management that the
ore can be mined, shipped and treated
for less than $12 per ton is reasonable.
The Southern Pacific have already
agreed to build switch for the Cham
pion two miles this side of Luning. This
will mean a saving of one and three
quarter miles haul to the company.
No attempt will be made to ship any
ore under Y per cent. The ore contains
no refractory elements and with the in
stallment of a proper plant upon the
ground all of its low grade could be
treated at a substantial margin
The management is negotiating for
traction engine and facilities to increase
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11

The Florence Leasing and Mining
company completed arrangements this
week for extracting the rich ore that
was uncovered by the cave-in at the
bottom of the shaft. Some delay was
occasioned by the necessity of clearing
away the mass of ore matter that had
fallen down but Superintendent A. J..
Canavan says everything Is now in
good shape and the ledge is looking
very well. A sample taken across seven
feet of the ledge last Tuesday ran
$4,50S a ton. Another average sample
taken across six feet Thursday assayed
$2,742 a ton. Selected samples run as
high as $4,000 a ton. The superintend-
ent is now sacking $1,000 ore and about
thirty sacks of the high grade were
deposited in the state bank during the
week. large body of 5000 milling ore
has been opened up in the workings.
Shipments of the high grade will begin
shortly. The shaft is down 3S5 feet.
A station will be cut at this point and
feet where another station will be cut.
The ledge which is producing the rich
ore at the 3S5 foot level is the same
foot level so that the superintendent is
certain that he has 120 feet of the
ledge
Superintendent Canavan will start an
upraise in ten days and begin to stope
on each side which will enable him to
make ore fast. He says the company
will probably pay dividend in very
short time.
The Florence lease of the Mohawk
promising looking ledge at the 300-foot
level When the ledge is opened up an
upraise will be run into the shaft of
the Little Florence. This will give good
air and admit of working the compressed
air drills in the Little-Florence work
ings. The management expects to be
shipping a large tonnage from both
properties within the next two weeks.
The reason that no regular ship
ments have been made on the Little
Florence, according to Dr. w. X. Robin
son, is that the management has been
busy Strengthening out the shaft, put
ting in new and heavier machinery and
skips.
The Jumbo Extension Of the Mohawk
Florence has reached the 300-foot level
and they are now prosecuting east and
west, with the expectation of cutting
the vein Of pay ore which was opened
up both to the north and south.
The {. q. d. lease of the nfonawk
feet and is preparing to install an cleo
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
AT ROUND
MOUNT'N

sent the first twelve days run of the
mill. During that time only ten tons
day was treated. The results were
entirely satisfactory. showing an almost
total extraction, the tailings showing
only Al to Sc cents. The exact value of
the ore is $40 ton, which places the
exact returns at $4,000. The mill run
ming on the same grade of ore is now
treating 16 tons a day and this will be
increased to 20 tons in a few days.
1t is the intention of the management
to at once double the capacity of the
mill to 40 tons a day.
1t will be remembered that some
phenomenal results have been obtained
from placer gold found on the ground,
$4,000 being taken out with a dry
washer last fall. From extensive tests
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
LUNING ATTRACTING CAPITAL

the shipments to 100 tons per day. The
company estimates that with that pro-
duction they could clean up $1,000 per
day.
In company with c. N. Miller a party
of well known smelter men visited the
Champion and other copper properties
in the district. The visitors were well
pleased with the district and have prac-
tically decided to erect smelter a
short distance below Nina. With the
completion of a local smelter this cop
per belt will take on renewed activity
and without question become one OF
the greatest camps in the state.
In addition to the Champion work Is
being pushed upon many other mines OF
equal promise. Gireaux has fine plant
and is sinking a thousand-foot. shaft
upon properties recently sacduired
by him.
Mr.. James Sword is preparing to ship
from the New York group. the Iron
Dyke and Lost Confidence have been
started up. The famous Blue Light un-
der the management of Dan Storms bids
fair to make one of the greatest" is
shipping steadily. The Nevada Copper
CONTROLLED by the Brock interests) have
one of the greatest propositions in the
state. They will soon cut their vein at
depth of a thousand feet They are
driving a 1200-foot tunnel which is
nearly completed. The Luning Copper
company, another proposition controlled
by Miller & Miller has made arrange
ments to develop their NINE Imme-
diately adjacent is the Wonder group,
controlled by Chas. S. Sprague and
is now under option to an eastern syndi-
cate at high figure.
The Miller & Nugent property has at
tained a depth of so feet and shows five
feet of ore which gives value of IA per
cent in copper.
L. L. Patrick is pushing work upon
his latest acquisition and is enthusiastic
over the outlook Col. Posey, who re-
Gently purchased the property adjoining
the Blue Light is spending lot of time
in the district upon the lookout for cop
per snaps. The Olga has been acquired
by Tonopah crowd. On the whole the
outlook for this district is phenomenal
and in the next six months the eyes of
those interested in copper will be
turned toward Nina. The offer of $780,
600 for the Nevada Champion, and the
refusal of the management to consider
it at all is an item which cannot be
ignored.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11

Reports Of a rich strike. thirty-hce
miles northwest of Wonder. caused a
stampede to the new section from that
town last Monday. More than 200 pros
pectors took part in the rush. every rig
and horse in the camp being pressed
into service The new district is situ-
ated on the west side of Dixie valley,
about SIS miles from Fairview. The
formation is porphyry and lime, with
numerous veins Of quartz cropping on
the surface.
The original strike was made by
prospector named Buford Carpenter
who has eight claims on the ledge. 1t
is said that some of his samples run as
high as 35 ounces of gold and 4S ounces
in silver to the ton. There is plenty OF
water and wood in the neighborhood and
four townsites have been laid out. Sew
eral of the big mines in the Wonder dis
trict are said to be badly crippled by the
rush of their miners to Join in the rush
to the new district
Lew Hahn Of Wonder was In Gold
field during the week and speaks In
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
ooxpr1ELD 1osEsusx

The Goldfield Rosebush Leasing and
Mining company, which is operating a
lease on the Goldfield Rosebush prop
erty has shaft down 230 feet and is
preparing to cut station and crosscut
on the lease ground. Superintendent
Canavan expects to get the big ore vein
of the St. Ives. E. r. Argersinger con-
trolls the lease.
Mr.. Argersinger also owns three
claims at quartz mountain, about five
miles east Of Goldfeld. There are fine
outcroppings on the property and .tun-
mel will cut three well defined veins,
which assay as high as $27 ton on the
surface. Work on the group has just
been started.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
TO START WORK on
DEANE's Y1KEB GROUP

J. S. Deane, ]. v. Rittenhouse and s.
N. chatham have taken a lease on the
Piker group of claims. which are owned
by Judge Deane. The group lies about
two and a half miles from Goldfeld and
adjoins the Portland. A tunnel will be
driven $50 feet at once. The lease runs
for two years. with q proviso that is
nay ore is not struck within 23 months
an extension Of six months will be
granted.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
COMBINATION LEDGE
GETS FINE SHOWING

The Combination Ledge Mining COM
pany. operating on the Rabbit Fraction
is understood to have struck fine ledge
of ore on the 162-foot level last We'd
nesday. The find was made in cross
cut, about 35 feet from the bottom of
the shaft. The ledge is seven feet
across and is high grade shipping ore
but Witt r. Sellers. resident agent of
the company declined TO make public
the values. 40-horse power electric
hoist will be installed at once and the
work of opening up the new ore body
will be pushed with vigor.
The Combination Ledge company also
owns three other claims on which de-
velopment work will begin short time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
PUSHING AHEAD ON
GOLD CROWN Silver PICK

The Gold Crown Silver Pick lease has
its shaft down 100 feet. The cave-in
has been cleaned out and timbered up
and a new pump has been ordered.
which will be installed Immediately
upon it's arrival. As soon as the pump
is in commission the shaft will be sent
down so or 100 feet further before
starting to drift. Some high grade
stringers have already been encountered
in the shaft but not in sufficient guam
tity to ship. A fve-inch streak of tale
carrying sulphides was encountered a
few days ago. Three shifts are at
work and the shaft is going down at the
rate of five feet day
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11

N H. Truett has returned from Won
der and says that shipments of ore from
that camp are now being made regu-
larly. While in Wonder Mr.. Truett,
on behalf of himself and H. L. Logan,
G. E. Pelton, H. S. Duncon and Leslie
Rodger, purchased the Alice group
of four claims, adjoining the BILLY the
Kid" property. A company will be in
corporated to work the property. Mr..
Truett was recently elected president
of the Wonder Bank and Trust Com
pany.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
PoLIARD-FLoRENCE

The shaft on the Pollard-Florence
lease is down $50 feet A station has
been cut at the 330-foot point and
drift has been started to catch the vein
at about 40 or so feet Secretary Cal
vert says they expect to open up good
body of ore within ten days or two
weeks.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
sH1PlrENT OF HIGH GRADE
PROM BOUND MT. cokBINATIoN
Thomas Wilson. leasing on the Ro

Thomas Wilson, leasing on the Rounu
Mountain Combination company's
ground at Round Mountain. made ship
ment OF six tons of ore saved in sinking
shaft 2s feet deep. TO the Huntington
mill at Shoshone. and received returns
averaging $400 to the ton. The ore was
taken from stringers from to IL inches
in width, and Wilson is pushing work
in order to open up the large body of
high grade that he believes the stringers
lead to.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
OLD xArnrucx RESUMES

The Old Kaintuck Goldfeld Mining
company has resumed work on its prop
erty. An 1s-horse power gasoline hoist
has been installed and the shaft. which
is now down zoo feet will be dropped
to the 4oo-foot level as rapidly as pos
sihle. About 500 feet of crosseutting
has been done. While no high grade
ore has yet been found, the country
rock for the entire depth of the shaft
averages from 81 to s12 a ton. which is
regarded as extremely encouraging.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
COMBINATION FRACTION
THE NEXT BIG PRODUCER
DavisSweeney Lease Opens Up Picture Ore in Wine
and Preparing to Produce Heavily--Morton-Beesey
Lease Shipping Carload Of Fine Ore Per Day
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
JONES STARTS UP

Work was resumed on the January
Jones lease of the Cornishman last
Tuesday, three shifts of men being
started on the 300-foot level. With a
drift of about $50 feet Mr.. Jones expects
to strike the same ledge that was en-
countered on the 175-foot level.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
sr1x1uRoNE LEASING

The Simmerone Leasing and Mining
company has it's shaft down 245 feet.
Sinking will continue until the 260-foot
point is reached when a crosscut will
be driven to cut the big ledge which
shows on the surface. 1t is expected
that the ledge will be encountered a
short distance from the shaft. Samples
taken at the 225-foot level last week
assayed $7S.40 and the indications con-
tinue most favorable.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11

The Third Chance Mining company
has struck s2140 ore in it's shaft at a
depth of 90 feet. The shaft is still in
ore but will be sent down to the 800
foot level. from which point the COM
pany proposes to drift and upraise. The
company also has shaft down 65 feet
on the Golden Vault claim. The Review
Leasing company has shaft down 70
feet on the Third Chance ground.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
BABY FLORENCE SECURES
LEASE ON GOOD GROUND

pany forty-foot gallows frame is
being erected and 4o-horse power hoist
has been ordered.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11
EXPECTS NC oar

The Goldfield Deep Mining and Leas-
ing company is working three shifts a
day and expects to cut the Little-Flor-
ence ledge in a short time. :
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-05-31
She Killed The Bear.
Her Idea Was Original, But None The
Less Effective and She Did Not Run

A Party Of Philadelphia sportsmen hunt
ing deer in the wild portion Of Clearfeld Co.
in the Center Of the mountains Of Pennsyl-
vania, were hulriedly called out one morning
by the guide, who had discovered two bucks
few miles away. Hastily starting, the
men did not carry large supply of ammu-
milton, and what they had was all used or
wasted in 5aging the deer Starting back
to camp they encountered a bear, and as
they could not shoot the all ran, each going
a different direction, says the New York
World.
The bear chased the guide, and he took
the direct course toward the camp log
house where his wife was preparing a meal.
With yell he dashed into the house and up
into the lott His wife ran out of the back
door, closed it, and as tie bear had gone
inside she hurried around, closed the front
door and made the bear prisoner.
The intrepid woman then tied dog to a
pole, thrust the bowling canine through the
door and thus coaXed the bear out As
bruin appeared she struck him with an AK
and killed him at the first blow.
One of the hunters commented on her
manner of fishing for a $50 bear with a dog
worth $50, but the woman retorted: Nv {
generally shoots EN-, but We never runs
from EN-.