The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-11-02
WONDER PUSHING
SHIPMENTS OF r

ters in the Wonder district on getting
out as much ore as possible to the smell
tiers before the roads become impass-
able. So far the greatest difficulty en-
countered has been the lack of teams.
Manager Daniels of the Nevada Wonder
has offered special inducements to
freighters to get the product of his
mine to Fallon before the roads become
too heavy on Eight Mile Flat.
1t Is remembered tha teams were
stalled on this fiat for two weeks at a
time last winter. and despite the ener-
getic work of the county commissioners
in road building during the last five
months it is feared that there will be
repetition of the same conditions dur
ing the oncoming wet season.
The premium offered the freighters by
Mr.. Daniels was raised a point or two
by superintendent Fred Harris of the
Jack Pot, who was able to rush out ff-
teen tons in Jour days. He says that he
will have thirty tons more in the cars
at Fallon before the end of the month.
This energetic work getting the goods
to market is a direct result of the last
meeting of the board of directors of the
Jack Pot. 1t was then decided to make
the mine pay for all the development
work that should be done on it in the
future. Up till the meeting of the
board the shipments had been more or
less ~spasmodic. and were made more to
establish the values of the ledge at vari-
Gus depths than for the purpose of
profit. All the energies of the company
were centered in blocking out the ore,
in other words. proving up the mine.
Now the mine has been proved up and
stopping will be a continuous instead of
an intermittent feature of the future
work on the Jack Pot.
The values of the shipments made to
date according to the official figures are
1868 a ton. All ore that runs less than
$50 to the ton is put on the dump
against the time when a mill will be
erected. 1t is given out that the mat
ter of building a mill will be taken up
seriously by the board of directors at
the next meeting.
Over on the Ruby. for which a ma
iority of the residents of Wonder are
ready to risk their regulations as
prophets on it's becoming the premier
mine of the district. preparations are
being made to begin shipping again. The
high grade of the ore COUNTER in the
shaft since the rediscovery of the ledge
has made all the men connected with
this first class property jubilant. Even
the workers in the muck and the miners
are going about quietly buying in all the
stock they can afford. Two of the crew
that built the gallows frame and the
engine house have an option on 1000
shares. though they have already in
vested all their savings in the Ruby.
Both of these mechanics nave been in
a position to watch the developments on
the Ruby ground and are so %sanguine
of the outcome thar they are mortgage
ing their immediate future to get hold
of some of the stock at it's present low
figure. That they will make money is
the opinion of every student and ex-
pert of mining in the entire district.
Since the new hoist has been working
more rapid work has resulted in the
shaft which is now at the 150-foot level.
II is the intention of the management to
cut a station and crosscut for the ledge.
The ore that is being sacked comes from
the 100-foot level. Its average is esti-
mated at something between 500 and
S120 to the ton.
1t has been decided by the owners of
the Colorado group to begin operations
at once on their property. This estate
Is ranked high in the estimation of the
mining engineers who have gone over
IL. The surface showings are equal to
any found in the district. assays rum
ming close to the thousand mark being
secured at various points on a three
foot ledge. Control of the property re-
Gently passed to two Goldfeld men,. f.
Chute and Geo. Winkier. 1t is the pur-
pose of these two gentlemen to see if
the values hold with depth, and to that
end a large force of men will be en-
ployed sinking a shaft. This will go
down on the ore. and all that comes
worth being placed in a sack will be so
disposed of until sufficient is on the
ground to make a shipment. Both of
the new owners of the property were in
Wonder recently and from their state
ments they are well satisfied with their
purchase. and look for IL to develop into
a first class mine.
General Manager Cunningham of the
Capitol Wonder has about decided to
sink a shaft on the rich outcropping to
the north of the main tunnel. For a time
he was undecided whether to sink the
shaft or continue the tunnel towards
the ore. 1t is estimated that the tunnel
would cut the ledge in about one hun