The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-27

the ores from Greenwater. the Bullfrog
district and other parts of the country.
They also have had a corps of engineers
in the district for the last three months.
surveying a railroad from Greenwater to
Ash Meadows. to connect with both the
Clark and the "Borax" Smith lines. Re-
ferring to the latter road 1t has been
completed to within IS miles of Green
water and the grade is now extended
much nearer. A branch OF this line has
also been surveyed into Greenwater and
it is understood that the road will be
completed at the earliest possible date.
The water problem at Greenwater.
which is also the problem of all desert
camps, is to be solved in a short time.
The Ash Meadows Water ompany
which is composed of Judge l.. o. Ray
of Rhyolite. Philadelphia and South
African capitalists. is rapidly laying
it's pipe line to and II will
be only few months before the town
and district will have an ample water
supply.
In company with Baron Leo Won
Rosenberg of New York. a well known
mining engineer. George NJ. Holbrooke.
a prominent Bostonian. l.. p. McGarry.
president of the l.. p. McGarry Broker
age company of Rhyolite, your corre-
spondent, made an auto trip to Green
water. The prominent properties of the
district were visited and a careful sur
vey of the entire situation made.
Conditions are most encouraging and
indications point to one of the largest
copper camps in the world. The pri-
mary object of the visitors was to ex-
anime the Pittsburg and Greenwater
properties and make a general survey
of the district. in the interest of inter-
national capital.
The acknowledgements owns 16
claims practically covering the Black
Butte, originally located by 'Stingy''
Bill Belts, one of the best known pros
pectors in Nevada and California.
While no great amount of development
work has been performed, surface pros
pecting has shown two strong and well
defined lodges. situated about coo feet
apart, one carrying a width averaging
about 100 feet and the other about 60
feet. The first shows good copper value
on the outcrop. Assay returns nave
ranged as high as 81 per cent copper.
The 6O-foot vein is heavily capped with
iron ana II Is Del1eVeO Dy Baron Won
Rosenberg will show excellent copper
values with depth.
1t is the purpose of this company to
start a new shaft on the further side of
! the mountain from the present workings
and crosscut to catch both lodges. In
addition to this mineral ground the
i company owns valuable water rights
situated about four miles away. This
water supply evidently comes from the
sunken Amargosa river and will prove
abundant for all mining and domestic
needs. Water can be easily piped to
the company's property.
This estate is situated about 20 miles
south Of Greenwater. The visitors
spent sometime looking over the ground
and while they are not moking any defin-
lite statements for publication, they adj
mitted that the surface Indications were
equal, if not superior, to those they OBJ
served in Greenwater proper.
The Greenwater Death Valley Copper
commonly known as the
merger has four shafts down beyond 400
feet. In shaft No. 3, 100 feet of copper
| ore was cut in the oxidized zone, with
indications that the %sulphides are being
rapidly approached. This property is