The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-01

period of development and prosperity Is
Just beginning. They are ~sanguine over
the prospects for the BreyfogIe and
pushing development.
The Breyfogle shaft is down more than
80 feet. the place for sinking being just
west of the Thanksgiving shaft on the
line OF contrct. The shaft is double
compartment. and is timbered in the
most substantial way. A power hoist
now at Tonopah will soon be transferred
to the property. At depth a crosscut
will be run to catch the Thanksgiving
which seems cannot be missed.
FEW sExYr on MUSTANG Elk.
Work on the new shaft on the estate
of the Mustang Extension Mining COM
pany has been started under the super
vision of Theodore Gruss. This shaft is
going down upon the hillside. where sur
face treuching has exposed the extern
sion of the Thanksgiving and Breyfogle
The shaft will be driven to the 100
foot level in as short time as possible
and then a crosscut run to explore the
ore body at that level
This property has already been we'll
proved up. A shaft with crosscuts at
depth on the fiat has proved that the
Little Grey ledge crosses the Wolftone
Extension ground. other workings have
taken out a limited quantity of almost
pure gold nuggets. The Mustang Ex-
tension is in the pay-belt by several diff
ferent routes.
DIVIDEND ESTATE HAS COPPER
Operations on the estate of the Man.
haitian Dividends Mining company, in
the Old Manhattan vicinity beyond Tim
her hill. are progressing with excellent
showings. The work is in charge of C.
l.. Cole, who has four men busy at pres
ent. A gasoline hoist facilitates opera
tons and rapid Roadway is being made.
The workings consist of a shaft n
a tunnel. designed to thoroughly open
up big ore bodies carrying gold. copper
and silver.
The s-foot ledge cut by the shaft,
which is now down 90 feet, carries val
ues in the three metals. copper predom-
mating. An average assay of the ledge
at IS feet gave 5 2-10 copper with silver
and gold content sufficient to bring
the total of s27 per ton. BY sorting 1T
would be possible to take out a good
quantity of ore that would ship.
PLANS ON MILL
The plans of the Manhattan Ore Re-
duction and Refining company for in
stalling the mill on Mustang Hill are
maturing in good shape. The funds OF
the properties that nave the best and
the largest quantities of ore in camp
are putting through the enterprise,
which insures it's absolute success.
INDEPENDENT WILL SINK DEEPEN
The within on the estate of the indie
pendent Mining company is in place and
all is in readiness to begin sinking
another 100 feet. Their may be some
more delay in starting occasioned by a
wait for lumber. But this will not be
many days.
The formation cut by the Independent
shaft is creating a great deal of inter-
est. The values in gold have been per-
sistent from the top of the shaft down,
and the lower levels have cut deposits
of sulphur, volcanic ash and many ribs
of granular quartz. The Independent
shaft is making history for the south
west section of the Manhattan district.
VERDE LEDGE IMPROVING
1t looks like the Verde would be the
next Manhattan property to furnish a
sensation. The Verde estate lies on the
south side of the Indian Camp and end
lines the Crescent. lying west of that
propeiry.
The workings in the Verde are down
to the water level, $50 feet. A crosscut
running north from the shaft at $50
feet is in a body of ore IL feet, which
gives every Indication now of placing
the property in the producing class.
This ledge is permeated with free gold
and heavy sulphides, the values aver
aging well into shipping ore.