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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16

TO make Goldfield their permanent home
and the very few going away, suitable
houses arc almost unobtainable. The
scarcity of lumber has prevented build
ing of houses to large extent. Owing
to the erection of many costly and per-
manent buildings by men who are IA
mliar with the needs OF the town and
not afraid to invest their money, know
ing that big returns await them. peo-
pie who have heretofore held aloof from
real estate investments have begun to
wake up and take notice. According to
all signs we are TO have the liveliest de-
mand for real estate this spring and
summer that the town has yet known.
people are coming from all parts of the
union and the population OF Goldheld
will show a large increase. The demand
for store rooms and offices cannot be
satisfied, good bonuses being paid in
many instances TO get them. We need
most OF all two, three and four room
houses that can be rented from $25 to
s75 per month.
Nearby residence districts are coming
in as business property with corre-
spending increase in values.
The electric road promises to be quite
factor in determining the values OF
real estate also
A. A. Hibbard of the Overland Bank
ing and Realty company has been in
Goldield several days viewing the town
and has almost decided TO open a busi-
ness here Speaking of the Nevada
metropolis, he said
1T strikes me that the greatest work
in sight for the Goldfeld Chamber OF
Commerce is TO make every effort to get
permanent settlement of titles to city
property. Goldheld should grow as fast
as any city in America, but is held back
seriously by the squattersite, townsite,
placersite and Iodesite mixture that
will greatly retard the natural growth,
unless settled, and l believe that a com
petent committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce could. through act of con-
gress or oil legislature, if necessary,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
aoLDFIELD JUPITER

The Goldfeld Jupiter company has
finished placing the sets for the station
at the 1oo-foot level. and is continuing
TO sink to the 250-foot point, where
the next level will be run on the great
Sandstorm ledge that crops out just
back of and behind the power house
dipping under it and into the shaft.
Sulphides in quantity Indicating the
approach of the shaft to the LEDGE,
are already beginning to come in. The
company is exceedingly optimistic as
to what it will encounter in drifting at
the 250-foot level, it's views having been
greatly enhanced through learning that
the old Kincaid mill is being remodell-
ed and re-fitted with modern cyanide
mill appliances to treat the ore being
produced from the Jupiter ledge by its
near neighbors, the Kendall and Sand
storm, as well as the information that
has already leaked out about the recov-
cry of the great ledge that faulted on
Sandstorm, but which still carries the
same great values.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
LEASERS DOING GOOD WORK

Gold Coin claim. The shaft IS down
rs feet and has entered the suiphide
zone. crosscut will be run for the
LaFoe & McCluskey ledge, from which
ois has been SHIPPED rhis is con
sidered an excellent lA;stIon as u is in
a proven mineral area. The block ad.
joins the Daisy ami is sitllse1 only eco
feei south OF the Dli iy shaft. where n
tremendous amount o. Slipping ore is
being developed.
A promising holdll IL OF this conn sry
l., the Quartzite lea8. on property owned
by the Belmont Mining coflpany. 1t is
within $50 feet of Tia sideine of the
Diamondield Black Butte. Three
lodges from which assays ranging from
$40 to $16S have been pbrninel. were cut
il trenches. At d depth Of $tao feet
crosscut will be '-up % ntcK them up
The Daisy lease shat is down So feet
and will reach the ore form q IN in tie
shaft at about 20o feet The property
is being worked by :. WIZ Ilas; hu. Il
hoist has been ordered. There is every
assurance that the great Daisy ledge
will be found in this block.
Finally comes the Little Florence
of the Robinson & Vickers string.
The company's lease on the Florence is
adjoining the main workings. The shaft
ass down 216 feet, from which point a
drift was run north 1874 feet and a cross
cut from there was run 154 feet west.
Work is being carried on there as rapid
ly as three shifts can do the work. A
vein has been encountered which cuts
the formation. 1t is being followed and
a double mission is being accomplished.
crosscutting the formation and develop
ing vein. which undoubtedly is a feed
er to a north and south ledge.
Tho Robinson & Vickers companies
are at present employing 120 miners and
arc doing thorough and conscientious
work in all parts of the camp. Their
properties are well situated and the re-
ward of the intrepid firm and the people
who have banked on their judgment and
confidence is almost absolutely certain.
Every cent received from sale OF stock
is going or will go into the ground.
The various properties are being
closely supervised by General Foreman
Madden He is one of the best practical
miners in the state, hot water plug
in the old days of the Comstock and was
with tho Florence company from the
time OF its ncipiency all through the
days of the big extraction by the leas-
ers. He expects to repeat his former
successes.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
TWO MORE LEASES WILL
JOIN THE SHIPPING LIST
Mohawk Ledge and Higginson Will be
Ready to Ship as Soon as Rail-
road is Completed
to Dumps

Within a very few days two ship
pers will be added to the list of Gold
fields producers. the Higginson and
Mohawk Ledge leasers on Jumbo Exten-
sion, although. for that matter. the Hig-
ginson has already shipped from its old
workings nearly enough ore to pay for
the work done there.
The new hoist ON the Mohawk Ledge
is In shape and the workings have been
mucked out. 1t will require only a few
days work to reach the point where tie
ledge from the Higginson enters their
ground.
A spur track is being surveyed to the
Mohawk Ledge and Higginson dumps.
Track will be laid at once so that ship
ments can be made without teaming
The heavy electrically driven hoist is in
place on the Higginson and the pump
installed. A station is being cut at the
235 level and stoping will begin next
week. There will doubtless be tre-
mendous tonnage extracted from both
properties, as the ledge cut in the Hig-
ginson, which cannot escape continuing
through Mohawk ground, is fourteen
feet wide and carries shipping values
for nearly it's entire width.
Owing to delay in shipping small
but important piece of machinery, the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
GOLD BAR DEVELOPING
INTO A GREAT BONANZA
Large Bodies of Milling Ore Opened Near
Surface Increase the High-Grade
Shipping Values in the
Lower Levels

shipment The entire heading is In
quartz that also shows free gold plent-
fully.
No assay less than $50 a ton is OBJ
tainable and much of the ore runs high
in the thousands. Only one man. pick
ed miner, is employed in the jewel
casket He is taking out about a ton
a day.
A force of men. as large as can be
crowded into the workings, is running
level beneath this strike and within
a week or two stopping will begin, when
the output of the property promises
to be phenomenal.
II. A. Budd of Buffalo. New York.
representing one of the heaviest stock
holders in the company, is here inspect
ing the strike. which was made some
time ago. but kept as quiet as possible.
Mr.. Budd says that the showing in the
Gold Bar is absolutely bewildering and
Manager Koontz is similarly impressed
Encouraged by this discovery, Mr.
Koontz WILL as soon as lumber and
machinery can be secured, start three
compartment shaft in the flat a short
distance from the discovery and drive
a one thousand foot shaft by which
the ledge can be worked for many
years
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16

partment. ledge twd hundred feet
away assays $40 at the s0-foot point.
The company expects to fcut it at both
the $50 and $50 levels. This ledge is
large and strong. Its values increase
with depth The Spearhead shaft is be-
ing advanced at the rate of twenty feet
a week.
Mohawk Florence NJ. & L. company is
another Robinson & Niekers corpora
tion. The company owns a lease
on the Florence which adjoins
the company workings. 1t has a life
until July 18th, but an application for
extension of time is being considered
by the Florence plant The shaft has
reached the 265 point, where sinking has
been temporarily discontinued in order
to explore the $50 and $50 levels Dur
ing the past week sixty feet of cross
cutting was done. making a total of leo
feet.
The same company is operating
lease on the c. o. ID. The shaft is
down so feet in low grade milling ore.
The lowest assay obtainable is 1915.
The entire workings have been in quartz
from the surface and the indications are
gilt edged. Development work is pro-
p
ness OF the rock. A crosscut will be
run art the hundred foot ievelsapds, a
hoist installed by that time. High
values are expected when the vein is ex
plored. as softer material is Undoubtedly
to be found on one of the walls. Splen-
did ore has been found on several por
tions of the c. o. D., none of which are
more than 200 feet from this block. The
lease sidelines the Gold Bar, from which
some of the richest ore now being taken
out in the camp is being extracted.
Still another lease operated by this
company is on the Jumbo Extension. 1t
is equipped with twenty-horse power
gasoline outfit The shaft is now down
$50 feet and crosseut is being on
a ledge that outcrops and which was cut
in the shaft at depth of Sc feet. The
ledge at that point is six feet wide and
assays from $3.50 to $3.50 1t runs as
high as s42 on the surface.
Another company put out by Rooin-
son * Vickers is the Mohawk DaisV
Leasing and Mining company. M. j.
Monnette is president; w. b. Hamilton.
vice president; w. X. Robinson, secre-
tary; J. l.. Lindsay. treasurer. and
George Vickers, manager.
Cne lease of the Mohawk Daisy Leas-
ing and Mining company is on the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16

The Gold Bar mine is about to be-
come the sensation of the camp OF
Goldfeld. 1t has recently developed
tremendous proportions and is still
growing. 1t has a massive quartz foun-
dation upon which to stand and by
every sign that appeals to the miners
judgment it will continue production for
many decades.
A representative of The News visited
the property one day this week and made
most careful samplings as well as stud
led the formation with close scrutiny.
The quartz is of the close grained, amor
phous type which distinguishes mines
that last. The values, milling on the
surface, grow at depth to shipping and
gilt edge shipping at that
Some of the ore as 1T came from the
shaft was screened and a painful of
the softer matter yielded at least $40
worth of coarse gold with careless PAN
ming, making no attempt to save the gold
that showed in its quartz matrix. The
color of the metal evidenced that it
would run into the nine hundreds in
fineness.
A drift run at the 1T5 level is produc-
ing the finest ore that is coming from
the mine and which is being sacked for
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
HOIST FOR
THE SKYLARK

The hoist for the SIX kylark Will arrive
about the first of next month and viii
b. badly needed as the shaft is already
down 100 feet. 1t is being sunk near
the intersection of four lodges. two
two cast and west. on Tie -5-fcot lev'l
a ledge came into the shalt from which
grab samples yielded near'y $40
Diamondfield Jack DAVIS, who is the
largest stockholder in ootn me SkylaIk
ard Eureka. thinks that he Skylar.S has
au extension of the Eur tka lode Sen
atoi Oddie, who is presideat of the com
rany, is another OF IT'S heavy stock
hcidere
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
FINE PLANT
ON KEWANAS

The new surface plant which is being
installed on Block II of the Kewanas
No. claim has been attracting con-
siderable interest I'm Goldfeld. Instead
of putting in an electric or gasoline
hoist and using hand drills, the Kewana
Leasing corporation has installed com
plete compressed air plant, driving a
6xS hoist and five Ingersoll-Rand drills
from compressor. which is belted up
10 a 50-horse power motors The plant
is now installed and awaiting the arri-
val of electric transformers to get start
ed. 1t has been housed in a sheet iron
building. thus minimizing the danger
of loss from fire. Sinking will be re-
sumed during the coming week, If no
further delays ensue. This is the first
plant of the character To be installed
in the camp and it's operation viii be
an interesting study, since it is believed
that it can be operated at a consider
ably lower cost per foot of sinking
than the plants generally used in this
camp. The plant cost about $1,000 in
cluding installation expense.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16

Goldfeld has been, is and will be de-
veloped by leasers. The company
workings are not one-quarter as extern
sive as those of the people who have
taken leases. The astonishing amount
of work and the immense sums of
money expended by the leasers is little
understood by the outside world To
demonstrate the extent of their opera
tions The News spent a day this week
at the properties of one leasing firm,
Robinson q Vickers, and noted the num-
ber of men employed, exact amount of
work performed, and the prospects they
possess. this firm operating ten out of
the quarter of a thousand leases now
handled in the Goldfeld district
The first visit was paid to the lease
on the February claim of the Godfield
Mining, where the Mohawk Gold Bar
Leasing and Mining company is operat-
ing. This lease has a life until April
18th, 1908. The shaft is now down 225
feet. At the 100-foot level crosscuts
have been run to ledge twenty feet
wide which carries milling values. This
ledge was picked up in the oxidized
zone. Three shifts are employed and
twenty-five horse power hoist is in
constant action, hurrying the shaft
down to the 300-foot mark where a
crosscut viii be run to pick up the
great ledge of the January and February
claims of the merger, from which better
than a million dollars has been ex-
tracted. The vein has been proven to
within 800 feet of the shaft. Already
stringers are being encountered which
pan freely assays as high as 81 1,200 be-
ing obtained. The two compartment
shaft is advancing at the rate of 80
feet q week.
The Mohawk Gold Bar Mining and
Milling company is operating a lease on
the Gold Bar which terminates May 10,
1908. The shaft is at the 200-foot mark
and is well within the sulphide zone.
1t is timbered throughout. A crosscut
will be run al this depth for known
lodges of high value, namely the Gold
Bar and the Durst-Deegan lodes. on
the next block ore that will run as high
as $500 to the ton is being sacked. The
company will shortly replace it's whim
with a hosting plant.
Nj. j. Monnette is president of the
The same company is operating
another lease on the Spearhead.
1t expires May 18th of next year. The
equipment is 20-horse power hoist.
The shaft is down 10 feet and will be
FASTENED to $50 feet. 1t is two-com-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
WORK ON YELLOW TOP

contract has been let for 100 feet
of work on the Yellow Top property.
which is situated less than two miles
also taken a lease on the property. At
a depth of 65 feet an oxidized ledge has
been encountered which shows values
as high as $45. Under the terms OF
the lease there will be a minimum of
fifty shifts a month performed. The
property has been equipped with perma-
nent camp buildings The controlling
interest in the holding is owned by Los
Angeles CAPITALISTS and u. w. Moody
OF this city.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
PROSPECTS FOE PAY
SHOOT ARE FLATTEaING

Development work on the property OF
the New Mohawk Mining company, own
ing the Mineral Wealth No. ! and Fanny
claims between the Sandstorm and
Great Bend, is going steadily ahead.
The shaft is at present so feet deep,
and is being sunk on a five-foot vein,
carrying very promising values. As
says as high as $40 in gold have been
obtained, and the prospects for opening
a rich ore body are extremely hattering.
The formation and character of ore thus
far obtained. is identical TO that found
on the Mohawk. Red Top and Jumbo at
the same stage of development A
bunk house and blacksmith shop have
been erected on the ground, and the
work is being pushed as fast as possi-
b1e
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
BETWEEN TWO LEpaEs

At a depth of three hundred feet
the shaft in the No ] claim of the Com
bination, being sunk by the Dewey
Combination Mine Lease company. is
exposed To show interesting develop-
ments. At that point either the Sheets
Ish or tho January veins may be
reached in the shaft, or a cross cut
will be run TO pick them up.
The shaft is now down 270 feet. Sfy-
enteen miners are employed and they
like the indications so well that s'ine
OF them are accepting at their reques {.
neir pay in stock.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
CONSOLIDATED MINES
ARE PUSHING WORK

on the Red Top is being changed to
finished.
ings OF the merger people, who are
sinking shafts and running drifts and
crosseuts In all portions of tho camp
but the instances are sufficient to evil
dence that the company is getting into
proper shape to do an immense amount
Of work, which Is justiiable by the
showings made in development work ON
company account and by the leasers.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16

strong ledge that can be traced for
three thousand feet on the holding
There is shipping ore on the surface,
running from $219.76 to s591.10. Sc
lected samples run high in the thou
sands. Development work will begin at
once and the new owners believe that
the property will be put on shipping
basis within few weeks
Mr.. Bragdon is president of the COM
pany Mr. Colburn is vice president
and Judge Denney secretary. The Cas-
tie Rock Mining company has placed an
allotment of 900 shares of treasury
stock on the market at 25 cents. r. l..
Colburn & Co. are fiscal agents.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
c. O. D. M. & l.. GRANTED
EXTENSION ON LEASE

An extension of six months may be
granted the c. o. d. Mining and Leasing
company by the c. O. -. Mining COM
pany. This is on the authority Of Mr..
Koontz himself.
Such concession is an extremely
liberal one as the NJ. & L. people have a
shaft at the exact point where the COM
pany desires to establish its main work
Ings.
The company demands certain work to
be done, especially a drift to meet the
one being sent out from the present
company workings, which will both VENT
ilate the mines and probably develop
ore bodies.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16

Tho merger officially known as the
Goldfied Consolidated Mines company,
Is vigorously pushing work and in a
short time will b. in a position TO em-
ploy largely augmented force in It's
many properties.
The new three compartment shaft
on the Jumbo has reached a depth OF
140 feet. The Mohawk shaft, also three
compartments, is down $50 feet and,
despite the heavy flow of water, is max
ing rapid progress. The new Laguna,
three compartment. has found the l1O
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
ANOTHER ORE LEAD ON
THE MOHAWK EXTENSION

The company shaft in Mohawk Exten-
sion ground is developing stringer after
grade Thursday night Superintendent
Ingram noted a change in formation in
the face of the southwest drift on the
160-foot level and within an hour ore
was exposed.
In some manner the news got out
srd was wired to San Francisco, where
the stock took a big jump as soon as
the exchange opened. The same thing
occurred on the Goldfield exchange and
trading was active at advanced prices.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16

Nearly all the stock offered was snap
ped up by Walter OBrien, who is not
only secretary of the company, but one
of it's largest stockholders
The strike proves to be foot in
width This is a new ledge. The one
coming out of Mohawk Consolidated
ground will not be cut for another
twenty feet
The company is also driving in the
opposite direction to pick up the 1sh
Sheets lode. The shaft is being con-
tnued down and is already past the
200 foot mark. A station will shortly
be cut and other drifts and crosscuts
run for the ore bodies.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
coPPEK ORE FOUND

When the snow disappeared from the
side of a gulch on the Red Hills prop
erty several days ago, Mr.. Calvert one
of the owners of the Pollard-Florence
lease, discovered a cropping that car
ries a high percentage of copper in the
form of what is commonly called bronz-
ite Mr. Calvert nearly had heart fail
ure when he found the rock. as the
metal looks like gold Crosscutting in
this property is progressing both ways
on the 150-foot level
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
KANSAS CITY GoLDFIELD

The Kansas City Goldheld Mining
company has installed a hoist on its
lease on the c. o. H. Two shifts are
employed. The shaft Will be sent to
great depth before any lateral work is
done. Two blocks on c. Q. u. ground
arc held by this company.
Another holding of the Kansas city
Goldfeld Mining company is a lease on
the Velvet. At depth of 130 feet a
crosscut has been started for the vein.
The hoist for this property has arrived,
or will within a day or two.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16

hoist on the Higginson lease on Jumbo
Extension was tied up nearly all week.
10 the evaporation of the management
and stockholders, for the station is all
ready cut In the rich ore chamber and
all is in readiness for beginning ex-
traction OF ore.
Within n few days the spur will be
built to the property and the first car
load of bonanza ore will leave the prop
erty The Higginson will be stopped to
the northwest. in the direction of the
old shaft where the vein was first dis
covered. The shaft will be sunk as
speedily as possible TO the next level
and a crosscut run to pick up the ledge
again at the southeastern end of the
block. giving backs that can hardly be
extracted during the life of the lease.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
REAL ESTATE MARKET SHOWS IMPROVEMENT

The real estate market is quite ac-
tive with every prospect of a continu-
ance. There have been quite a number
of important sales of business prop
erty recently, principally on Main and
Columbia streets. Values are rapidly
increasing all along the line and the
town is expanding in every direction
Residence property in good locations is
very scarce, the demand largely exceed
ing the supply. Owing to the large
number of arrivals of people who wish
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16

and by using their good Offices in arbi-
tration. bring about settlements at once
that otherwise may drag for years in
court and in the meantime keep many
good citizens from coming in and good
buildings from going up"
Mr. Hibbard was the originator of
the stock brokerage business in Reno.
having organized and been first presi-
Gent of the Reno Stock Brokerage com
pany. although his business is real
estate.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-16
FOUR FOOT SULPHIDE
VEIN IN SILVER PICK

Chicago Gold1eld Leasing company
operating on the Silver Pick property
has reached a depth of 155 feet. and at
this point has encountered dipping into
the shaft four foot vein, which shows
sulphides in quantities, and o. I. Ross,
the manager, Is much pleased with the
prospect as tho condition which would
cause the growth of the peculiar iron
sulphide known as Moscoste should also
precipitate or deposit the gold, tellurium
and antimonial compounds, so common
in this camp.
The lease is equipped with a 30-horse
power electrical hoist with 36-foot gal
lows frame with workhouse in connec-