The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-11-23

A ledge about one and a half feet
wide carrying high gold values has been
recently exposed on the Cloudy Nc. 1
claim of the Cloudy group. which joins
the Springfield group on the last.
The Cloudy group belongs to Barrett
and Barry. who were among the first to
make locations In the Rosebud district.
Messrs. Barret and Barry thought
that before doing their annual assess
ment work on the Cloudy group. u
would be worth while to do some pam
ming and prospecting first in order that
their work might be done in%teliigently.
so they started in panning the loan and
wash In a long gulch which has its
source almost at M top of the ridge.
The first few paintings down near town
showed nothing. but as they proceeded
up the gulch a color or two was found.
Going further up the gulch on the side
Of the hill the paintings seemed to get
better until they had almost reached
the ridge. This led them to begin a
trench about -four feet wide by four feet
deep across the ridge In search for a
ledge. They had not trenched more
than about fifteen feet. however. until
a ledge about one and one-haif feet wide
was encountered. which panned very
freely.
Assays from the ledge show II to
carry values averaging about s45 per
ton in gold. 1t is the plan of the own
ers to begin sinking at once on their
ledge as they are very much elated over
their Ind.
The ledge matter Is of the same
quarts p~orphyry) character as that of
the Springfield.
On November eth Messrs. Dildine.
Rogers and Elfrner ~ncountered a rich
streak of high grade in the winze which
they are sinking on the Springfield
claim. The rich streak was found at a
depth of about IL feet in the winze or
at about so feet depth from the surface.
The streak is about four inche wide
and from paintings made 1t Is the judg-
ment OF those who ought to know that
the values are good for 5000 per ton. :
The gold is very coarse and the char
acter of the rock very free milling. SC
much so that Mr.. Elffner IL at present
rigging up a rocker in order to separate
the gold from the rock. He says there
is no use shipping to a smelter as he
could not get his money for a long time
and IL he could get It now 1t would be In
the form of a check and checks Won
buy anything at present. Mr.. Elffner
states that with a little bag of gold dust
he can buy anything, anywhere. any
time. panic or no panic.
A carload of the rich gold ore from
the Brown Palace has been taken out OF
camp recently and loaded on to a car al
Humboldt House. leaving for the Salt
Lake shelters last Monday.
Mr.. Parkhurst and Superintendent
Fink left Tuesday for Salt Lake In
order to be present at the time their ore
is sampled.
1t is thought that the entire car will
average about $500 per ton.
A force of men has recently been put
to work trenching on the Galena King
property at Sawtooth. 1t is the plan OF
the managemen to do some extensive
development work.. 1t Is very likely
that a 200-foot shaft will be sunk as
soon as the surface has been ~prospected
satisfactorily Mr.. Ferguson, engineer
and manager for the Irving X. Earring
ton company of New York. is at present
in camp. He expresses himself as being
highly pleased with their Galena King
property. He will spend some time here
watching Observation-Disclosures Star,