The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-11-23
NEWS OF THE BUILFROG DISTRICT


ADM
Phillips = Moesser. who have . lease
on the Gibraltar. have begun screening
the dump. and they state that they
win make a shipment In q short time.
They have already assembled q guam
tity Of high grade. which will be sent
out at the same time.
while they have not had the dump
tested by assays. II In estimated by the
paintings that It will run between $40
and $50 to the ton In gold The high
grade streak which the leasers have
been working for some time will aver
age better than $500 to the ton.
Work at this point has been tenn
porarily abandoned until a shipment
can be made up to furnish a treasury
for continuing the work.
Messrs. Phillips q Moesser say that
II there was a custom mill in the BULL
frog district their receipts from the
lease would be greatly increased. They
can get out any amount of from $50 to
$50 ore. which II will not pay to ship
and which could be treated in camp at
a profit. While the Gibraltar has lenses
OF exceedingly high grade re-or from
which assays running into the thou
sands may be obtained-as a general
proposition II Is a milling property.
NATIONAL BAHx
The new workings at the National
Ratk continue to yield substantial re-
turns. A sample taken from seven feet
Thursday returned 1880. This ran
'21.5 ounces silver. or $3.50. and $50
ounces gold. or s72.4o. making the total
mentioned.
While this is the average of the vein.
at the particular point where the sam
pie was taken. II Is no dificult matter
to pick specimens which will assay into
the hundreds or even the thousands.
The high grade material il being as
sembled and as o o as a carload has
been obtained It will be shipped to the
smelter.
The Wine from tunnel No. 4 at the
Tramps Consolidated is row ESQ feet be-
low this level. a~egregating $50 feet in
vertical openings from the upper work.
ings. The winxe will be continued to
the s0o-foot level below No. Z. and when
this Is reached a crosscut will be
started for the vein. This Ii among the
deepest workings to be found In the
district.
In addition to the sinking. a drift IL
being carried on the vein from the zoo.
The face shows a streak of ore which
returns excellent values.
1t Is the purpose Of the management
to continue sinking until the sulphide
zone is reached.
0oxD Han MIL
Practically all the machinery for the
Gold Bar mill has been Installed and the
L.ula.. 49,. ~ a. hafuu ranfdlv cnru-
pleted. The water tanks have also been
placed. and the pipe line is nearing COM
pletion.
II is estimated that the entire plant
can b. finished and ready to run within
the next thirty days. However, Its
starting will probably be held back on
account of the power. which II viii take
some time longer to get In. TIL Nevada
California Power company will build a
branch transmission line to the mine.
1uxxx1o0 DACxDoNE
Phil Star this week showed the re-
porter an ~assayer's certificate on some
rock that vas taken from the surface
Of the Bullfrog Backbone property. One
sample showed a value of $65.5o and an
other $1.62. The ore was picked up al
a point 500 feet northwest Of the pres
emit WORKINGS II 11rx Dkarr1has Atneelf.
been prospecting M ground every day.
~panning the rock and having tests
made. and he 10 becoming more san
guine as to the merits of the Backbone
with each days experience.
DIANA SUxLT1oc
Work was started this week on the
Diana Bullfrog. owned by Busch Bros.
and associates. The property includes
five claims situated on Busch peak in
what is regarded as a good mineral
section. A crosscut tunnel Is being run
on the north side of the peak.-Bullfrog
Miner.