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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04

This is probably the largest body of
high grade ore that has ever been opened
up at one time by any mine in the
district. The richest ore is in the north
end of the stope and 1t is well known
that the Frances-Mohavb left some of
its richest ore in the face of the stope
when the end line between the Mohawk
and the Combination Fraction was
reached. If the present value of the
ore is maintained, 1t will pass into his
tory as the richest lease yet worked in
the district. The average of the Mo-
hawk was 1926 ton. The famous Reilly
lease on the Florence is credited with a
production of s450.00O during the last
thirty days of its existence, which Is
about equal to the present output Of
the Morton-Beesly lease.
The total production of the Hayes
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04

The Goldfeld Hub Mining company.
which is controlled by William J..
Brewer, is pushing work on the Bee
Fraction. The shaft has cut a ledge at
depth of fifty feet that assays $12
a ton. The ledge dips little and Mr..
Brewer says the shaft will be sunk
through 1t and sent down to the ZOO
foot point A crosscut will bo driven
from that poitn to cut the same ledge
and Mr. Brewer is confident that they
will open large body of good shipping
ore at that depth. The Goldfield Hub
will be listed on the San Francisco
exchange during the coming week.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04

sunk to $50 feet as soon as the new
compressed air hoist has been installed.
The new shaft on the Jumbo is down
ESQ feet and two lodges of high class
milling ore have been opened up. The
shaft, which is on the north end of
the group encountered the ore at a
depth of thirty feet and passed through
forty-five feet of it. General manager
Finch thinks this shaft will be one of
the greatest producers of the CONSOLE
dated. The Red Top shaft is going
down rapidly, spur track has been
completed and the ore bins are about
finished. Sinking continues on the La
guna and the diamond drill gives abso-
lutte assurance of the presence of a
large body of fine ore at depth.
The Combination mill is running and
handling a large quantity of good ore
from the Jumbo, Laguna. Red Top and
Combination mines.
Good progress is being made with the
development work on the January White
Rock Superintendent Benjamin Bar
ratt expects to have the shaft down 300
feet in day or two. A ledge, four
feet wide was cut a few days ago and
the samples showed a great quantity of
sulphides. At the 300-foot level a cross
cutt will be driven and Superintendent
Barratt expects to cut the ledge that
was encountered at the 160-foot point.
The mine has been equipped with a five
drill compressor outfit, which also runs
the hoist
The WILDER White-Rock started sink
ing few days ago. The shaft is down
65 feet and will be sent down to 800
feet as rapidly as possible. A new So
horse power electric hoist and a blower
have been installed.
Mackenzie & Norton have installed
25-horse power gasoline hoist on the
Campbell Davidson lease on the White
Rock property and the shaft will be sent
down to the 250-foot level when a cross
cut will be driven to catch the January
ledge.
Chapman and Rice have taken a con-
tract to sink an additional fifty feet
on the High Ores shaft. A hoist will
soon be installed to facilitate the work
The LOTUS & Davis lease on Combina-
tion Fraction, after unwatering since the
shutdown task that occupied several
days. has been working a full force of
men and eight machine drills. In two
days the bins were filed and on the
third day a car of ore was out. Ore is
coming to the surface at the rate of
about fifty tons a day. This does not
represent the actual amount of ore
broken down. All the ore being broken
out in the upper slopes. which reach
into the Mohawk ground, is being he'd
below. In few days there will be ten
carloads of ore from this source alone.
The ledge runs along the Mohawk end
line and directly into the stope. carry
ing fifty feet Of bonanza ore from three
to i've feet wide. Arrangements have
been made with the Mohawk to take out
the high grade ore. by the Lotus &
Davis lease.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04

construction and operation of mills. He
has had charge of some of the largest
mills in South Africa and has held many
responsible positions with mining and
milling concerns
The immediate conduct of the opera
tions of the Round Mountain Mining
company's property is in the hands OF
j. Mcdonald, who deserves the greatest
credit for the splendid manner in which
he has developed the property from its
inception. Mr.. Mcdonald has the entire
confidence of the management and it is
evident that both Mr.. LOTUS and Mr..
Davis think he is the right man in the
right place.
The gold specimens have attracted
hundreds of mining men to the offices
of LOTUS & Davis, where they are on
exhibition, every day this week. The
extraordinary rich specimens were
taken from seams which cut through
the ledge at frequent intervals and ex-
tend clear to the surface. Expert min
ing men express the belief that some re-
markably rich ore will be found at
depth.
In addition to the big inclined shaft
referred to by Mr. Lotus, the Round
Mountain mine has two other inclined
shafts which follow the vein but which
have not as yet reached a great depth.
The ledge dips into the mountain and is
from nine to thirty feet across. No
levels have been run below the 70-foot
station. If the richness and quantity
of the ore increases with depth, as pre-
dicted by all the experts that have ex-
amined the property, the Round Noun
tain mine is likely to astonish the world.
For rapid fire development and bring
ing to a state of actual production, a
property that a few months ago was
occupied only Ly sagebrrsh and jack
rabbits, the Round Mountain mine is
without parallel in the state. The mine
was actually discovered a year ago
last winter. LOTUS & Davis bought
control and assumed the management
of the property last March. Some liti-
cation followed Immediately, which cut
out development work until late in June.
Since that time three incline shafts have
been sunk down $50 feet-water has
been brought four miles, a mill cons
tructed and put in actual operation and
turning out gold bricks. All this has
been accomplished in less than ten
months.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04

Goldfield mines are again shipping ore
and the hills overlooking the city pre-
sent very animated appearance. New
shafts are being sunk in a hundred
places and gallows frames are going
up in every direction. The older prop
critics are rapidly getting things into
shape for getting out ore on more
extensive scale than ever. New machin-
cry and larger hoists have been installed
in almost all the larger mines and leases
and more men are being added to the
working forces as fast as room can be
found for them. Nearly every property
in the district is now working three full
shifts in twenty-four hours and those
that are not doing so say it is only be-
cause they cannot get the men.
Several strikes have been reported
during the week. probably the most
important being on the McNaughton
lease of the Mohawk. The strike was
made on the 200-foot level, where the
vein, which was first encountered at
the 10O-foot station several weeks ago,
was cut and showed very high values.
The vein was sampled by E. H. Wilson.
an engineer in the employ of the
Heinzes, who reported that twelve feet
carried values of $1,000 a ton, of which
eighteen inches ran as high as $4,100.
Major L. H. French, manager of the
property and owner of a half interest
in the lease confirmed the strike, but
said:
I'VE don't care to say anything about
the strike at present. 1t is a little un-
expected and we are not yet sure that
it is permanent. The shaft is down
325 feet and when We tap the ore shoot
at the 2O0-foot level we will know bet
ter what we have"
The other half interest in the lease
is owned by McNaughton, Tex Rickard
and Ole Elliott. The lease is within
400 feet of the Hayes-Monnette lease
and the lessees are driving tunnel to
cut the big Mohawk lead. The rich ore
that was struck on the 200-foot level
is an oxidized quartz, entirely differ
ent from the Mohawk ores. which are
sulphides.
General manager ]. W. Finch is rush
ing work on the various properties of
the Consolidated. The task of getting
the different workings into shape for
pushing actual development work has
been large one but has about been
completed and the extraction of ores
will now be pushed with renewed vigor.
A trainload of four hundred tons of
ore will be shipped from the Mohawk
today and shipments from that
property will be made regularly here
after. This is the initial shipment to
be made by the company itself and the
ore is valued at $4,000. Stopping will
be commenced on the 350-foot level of
the Mohawk and eventually men will
be put to work on the bonanza Slopes
of the Hayes-Monnette lease. where
there is an abundance Of the same high
grade ore that the lessees mined with
such great profit. The shaft will be
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
MINES AGAIN SHIPPING ORE

The Mohawk Consolidated Leasing
company, which is operating on the
Mohawk ground, is rushing work on it's
shaft which is down 22O feet. A cavern
occurred in the 115-foot crosscut dur
ing the shutdown. and it was decided to
send the shaft down to the 320-foot
point and undercut the vein from that
level M. C. Scully. managing director
of the company, which is controlled by
Oakland capitalists, is confident that
good body of ore will be opened up on
the 320-foot level.
The shaft of the Mohawk No. /
Leasing and Mining company is down
315 feet and drift is being run due
east to catch the rich vein from the
McNaughton lease on which a rich
strike was made a few days ago Mr..
Scully has three shifts of men at work
and expects to be shipping ore from the
lease in a very short time.
New ore bins are being constructed
at the Red Top mine. The railroad
spur is at the mine and when the bins
are completed everything will be ready
for shipping.
The new shaft on the Jumbo is down
ESQ feet and encountered a 40-foot ore
body at depth of 80 feet.
The Goldfield Black Bear has secured
lease on the Atlanta property. within
$50 feet of the Florence line. There are
two 10O-foot shafts on the lease.
The Mohawk Jumbo shaft is ging
down steadily and sinking will con-
tinue until the vein is struck. A 75-
horse power electric hoist has been in
stalled and work is being rushed.
The Five Friends NJ. & l.. company
has installed new pumping outf. and
machine drills. Three shifts of men
are at work on the lease and they ex-
pect to cut the ledge at the e0o-foot
level.
The Go,dfield Velvet fas replaced the
gasoline host with an electric hoist
and development work is being rushed
as rapidly as possible.
The atlanta Pride Leasing company
has transferred It's lease to Iarty of
Pittsburg capitalists >or a very CT nifort-
able consideration. Arrangements have
been maIs by tie new owners to push
the sinking If The Efaft and they ex-
pect to get the big Jumbo ledge.
The Atlanta Leasing company. operat-
ing a block of ground on the northwest
corner of the Atlanta. struck rich
pay streak in the bottom of its shaft
last Tuesday. Six inches of tale in
ledge of sulphides lead the company's
engineers to believe that they are about
to cut into a big pay shoot. The shaft
is down 290 feet and will be continued
to the 300-foot point.
The Florence Fast Mail lease on the
Florence has a shaft down 200 feet with
500 feet of crosscutting. They expect
to get the Little Florence vein.
The Florence Ledge lease on the Flor
ence continues sinking and Superintend-
ent Hartvig is confident of getting the
Little Florence vein.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
PUSHING WORK ON
ROBINSON-VICKERS LEASES

Major w. A Stanton consulting engi-
neer of the Little Florence says the
vein still holds it's strength in both
drifts and the ore shoot has every ap-
pearance of permanency. When the
connection is made between the two
shafts it will enable the use Of the air
compressed drills in extracting the ore,
which is now DOM by hand.
Work is being pushed on all the Rob-
inson & Vickers leases. On the Mohawk
Florence of the Jumbo Extension, the
shaft is down 800 feet and they are
prosecuting from that level. On the
Florence of the c. o. D. they are sink
ing and prosecuting. On the February
lease of the Gold Bar, the shaft Is
Gown 800 feet and will be sunk SO
feet further before crosscutting. On
the Spearhead lease Of the Gold Bar
the shaft is down $50 feet and on the
Mohawk Gold Bar the shaft is down 200
feet. On the Mohawk Daisy of the
Jumbo Extension the shaft is down 12o
feet. On the Daisy. the shaft is down
100 feet and on the Quartzite lease Of
the Mohawk the shaft is down $50 feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04

shaft crosscut has been run SO feet.
and 1t is expected that the ST. Ives ledge
win be caught 100 feet further. The
lease is equipped with a 25-horse power
Witte gasoline hoist, and a big head
frame.
The Kansas City Goldfeld lease on the
C. o. d., is next to the c. o. ID. M. & L..
which is known to have good ore. The
shaft is 1876 feet deep, and will be
pushed to the 800 point, where the main
ledge will be found. This shaft will
be the C. 0. D. company's main working
shaft, and the parent company is al
ready erecting on the ground the largest
head frame In the camp The Kansas
City people now have 25-horse power
hoist on the property and will install
compressor at once.
Both leases were granted for years,
and as only 6 months have expired, there
is plenty Of time to make big money
for every one interested in the COM
pany.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
ORE SHIPMENTS FOR THE WEEK

producing mines ana leases
in shipments OF ore num-
bof NUMBER OIL
carloads high the samplers
of the Mohawk yesterday ABOUT
that wnru about 100000
Fraction nve
atwi shipments viii be
Thursday and another car
out regularly
Combination Fraction snnppeo
making regular snip
that run ssSao
third shipment OF o
Inside Oh ten
Red mines OF the Consh-
Combination mill
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
GOLD BAR EXTENSION
1E-ELECTs OLD 0FFICERs

The Gold Bar Extension Mining COM
pany stockholders reelected its officers
at the annual meeting held in this city
Thursday as follows: ". +. Gray, pres
ident; l.. ]. Rigali. vice president: G. X.
Hannah, secretary and J. X. Cameron,
treasurer and these, with A. u. Boyce,
form the board OF directors. The in
dividual stock was pooled for six
months, and it was decided to sink the
shaft down to the 300-foot level as rap
idly as possible
The Gold Bar Extension lies on the
east of the Gold Bar, and is believed to
have the Gold Bar ledge somewhere un-
derground A block of 10000 shares of
the treasury stock was bought several
weeks ago by Louis X. Koontz of the
Gold Bar at 25 cents per share.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
PosEY TO OPERATE
IN OLD MoMTExUxA

The Goldfield Comanche company has
been organized to operate at Montezuma.
the old silver camp west of Goldfeld.
Colonel o. p. Posey is president of the
company which has purchased seven
claims, adjoining the January Mining
companys property on the north. The
development of the group will be under
the direction of James III. Fahy, a min
ing engineer of acknowledged ability
and experience. In addition to Colonel
Posey the officers of the company are:
E. w. Larson, vice president John NJ.
Fairchild, secretary and J. l.. Lindsay.
treasurer, who with Ben Bunee con-
stitute the board of directors.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
NYE COUNTY WONDER
STARTS DEvELOP1EENT WORK

The Nye County Wonder Mining COM
pany owning a group OF eight claims at
Reveille are making preparations TO
develop on a large scale. 4O-horse
power hoist has been ordered and
shaft will be sunk to open up the veins
at depth. A ledge AZ feet wide traverses
the property for 5000 feet and the crop
pings show values of from 81 to $50
in gold with some silver. and the mana
ger believes depth of 200 feet Will
open up body of high grade shipping
ore. The company are considering in
stalling a mill to treat the low grade
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04

The Simmerone Mining and Leasing
company has had two shifts of men at
work ever since the resumption Of work
in the mines. The big double compart-
ment shaft is down 225 feet. with values
increasing with every foot. The entire
bottom of the shaft is in ore of excep-
tional quality, a selected sample assay
ing $3.50 a ton. drift is to be run
from the 225-foot level and Superin-
tendent Ross has assured Manager Rob-
ert Todd that pay ore will in all proba-
bility be encountered in very few days.
Mr.. Todd says another shift will be put
to work as soon as the men can be hired
and he expects to be shipping ore from
the mine within a month.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04

Monnette lease was 54.3s3 dry tons. the
gross value of which was $6.s41. .095.69,
net value s53o7, ,s92.91, and the COM
pany received of this amount $1.194,-
2T4.23 in royalties. The Morton-Beesly
lease is working on the same big chan
mel from which the Hayes-Monnette
lessees took their rich ore.
South of the shaft and about eighty
feet distant a new ledge has been
opened and shipping ore has been en-
countered in a raise. While this ore is
not of sc high grade it will afford a
handsome margin OF profit.
The Morton-Beesly lease has taken
over the Daisy Leasing Company's lease
and is installing 25-horse power hoist.
The shaft will be put down 500 feet be-
fore crosscutting. All the stock Is held
by the Morton-Beesly and the Higgin-
son leases.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
THE NEWS MARKET CONTEST

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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
coiuna NATION LOOKING WELL

The Coming Nation shaft is going
down rapidly. Tho G. O. d. vein from
which big values were obtained by that
company is in the shaft and managing
director w. J. Brewer expects to get
increased values with depth. The Cur
ley George claim of the Coming Nation
has the rich st. Ives ledge and 1t is
showing up well in the shaft. a cornish
pump has been installed on the Daisy
lease, also controlled by Mr.. Brewer.
The Coming Nation company has let a
lease on the July Fraction to the At
lanta Trinity Mining company which
has already started development work
All the claims in the Coming Nation
group are now being actively developed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
oDDYz HAS DEEPEsr
sKAFT IN DxsT1ICT

Senator T. L. Oddie came over from
Tonopah this week to start things NOV
ing on the Oddie Brothers Combination
Fraction lease. The shaft is down 565
feet the deepest in the district, and
Senator Oddie now has three shifts at
work sinking He expects to cut the
ledge that dips from the LOTUS &
Davis lease at 610 feet. Oddie brothers
have one of the finest equipments in the
district. including 75-horse power
electric hoist and an eight machine drill
compressor outfit.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
EXPERT BEGINS WORK
ON GOLDEN DAWN

C. c. Burger, the New York mining
engineer, who was sent out by John
Hays Hammond to open up the Tonopah
mine, has arrived in Wonder to start
work on the Golden Dawn group, re-
Gently purchased by New York capital
lists on his recommendation, from r. w.
Norrington and associates. Mr.. Burger
reached Wonder Thursday and already
has force of twenty men at work
sinking two shafts. The shafts are be-
ing sunk on two of the principal lodges
on the property, on which high grade
ore was uncovered on the surface.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
MORTON-BEESLEY LEASE
THE LATEST BONANZA
Seven Foot Body of Ore Runs From $500
to 5000 Per Ton and the Lease Is
Making Daily PrOduc=
ton of $4,000

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feet wide that between $500 and $500 The lease has
.
wasted
elurium
from the
win be made
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
SLABS OF PURE GOLD
FROM ROUND MOUNTAIN
Ten Pounds of Specimen Rock From the
Round Mountain Mining Company
Have StreakS of Almost Solid Gold
and are Valued at $1,000

Round Mountain this week
specimens Of
Of almost go
dollar gold the size Of mans
crysazed yellow metal and hainch slabs Of
gold little finger The
the Round Mountain Mining Sun
Mess LOTUS and Davis
about pounds Of the stuff and worth more than
Round Mountain be present at the start
Mining which
pleased with the mill and
thoroughly inspected
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
LETS CONTRACT ON
GoLDTIELD RAND MIME

President B. Branner Of the Goldfield
Rand Mines company has let contract
for a 100-foot shaft on the property
The company owns group of six
claims. adjoining the Blackbird which
has 40-foot shaft in good ore, and lies
a short distance from the Nancy DON
aldSon. .---
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
RED KING CLAIM LEASE
IMSTALLxM0 NEW PLANT

The Florence Goldfield Red King
Claim Leasing company is about to in
stall 25-horse power gasoline engine
and a complete air drilling outfit. Presi-
dent and General Manager w. A. Gatzen
says the shaft is going down at the
rate of four or five feet a day and he
expects to cut big ore body at about
the 30O-foot point. Three shifts are
at work on the lease which has been
extended to February 10, 1908.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
FLORENCE TO WAIT
UPON IT'S ZIG MILL

No underground work will be done by
the Florence Mining company until the
new mill is up and running. Mr.. Lock-
hart says the mill would have been COM
pleted long ago but the difficulty in get
ting. material on the ground. 1t now
looks as though ii would not be in oper-
alton before early in the fall. The mill
will be equipped with ten heavy stamps
at the start and the number will be
doubled as soon as It demonstrates its
ability to handle the quality of ore pro-
duced in the mine. When completed it's
capacity will be 140 tons day. There
are twenty leases blocked out on the
Florence property and all are being de-
veloped as rapidly as possible. The
Peer and Pugh lease has been taken
over by NJ. Nj. Detch and full force Of
men will at once be put to work sinking.