The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

ore. The tunnel will be run to cut the
ledge, which will undoubtedly be struck
within the s0-foot limit of the contract.
Good values were found on the surface
Of this property, but 1t was with trench
ing that the ore was uncovered that In
duced f. J. Steffens and V. b. Leonard
to take the matter of development UP
with enthusiasm. Assays running as
high as $500 were commonplace a few
feet down and a weil-defned ledge six
feet wide was traced over the three
claims comprising the estate. Another
and a smaller ledge was also traced
through two of the claims. The values
in this ledge run from 81 to SIS.
V. b. Leonard, president of the Won
der Sumner. is also president of the
Nevada Bank and Trust company of
Fairview. The work being lone shows
the confidence that Mr.. Leonard and his
associates have in the property as
every bit of the work so far one n
contracted for is being paid for out of
their own pockets. Not a share of the
stock has been placed on the market.
1t is this spirit that has made Fairview
and Wonder the two exceptional camps
of Southern Nevada
"A ltukt was Cut ia nv
owned largely by Walter ID. D'Brien of
Goldfeld, last Wednesday. Assays show
values of $3.50 in gold the ton. This
has been ooked for during the last ten
DAYS. The prosecuting began last
month and 1t was ound that the dip OF
the ledge was towards the Nevada Won
der. So far a majority of those who
have seen the rock are of the opinion
| that the Faustino has the main ledge of
that wonder working mine.
The work of stopping the Nevada Won
, der will begin as soon as the manage
ment can secure the services of ten ex-
pert ore sorters. A conservative esti-
mate of the ore blocked out on the Ne
vada places it well in the hundreds of
thousands. No hint that blocking out
had been going on was dropped by the
management of the mine. The news
that ten sorters were wanted imme-
diately was the first definite intimation,
aside from sacked ore at the mouth of
the shaft, that the Nevada was about to
ship. Other mines ready for shipment
are the Jackpot, Spider-Wasp n the
yulture. 1t is the intention of the man
agement of these mines to continue the
shipments indefinitely, using the
~freighters that haul in supplies to the
camp to AXE the ore to Fallon. The
problem Of transportation is one of the
serious obstacles to the development of
all the Southern evada camps. Now
that the leading mines of Wonder are
ready to have their ore taken to the
shelters, the problem to this camp has
become more definite as well as more
exasperating. There is a movement on
foot to force the hand of the Southern
Pacific officials by organizing a COM
pany to build a road from Fallon to the
Wonder district, unless something is
lone Immediately by the dominant rail-
road corporation Of the state. Overtures
are being made to the mine operators In
the Fairview district to cooperate with
Wonder in the matter of building the
road from Fallon. 1t is pointed out by
the latter tina the Southern Pacific has
already made a survey and that the
road will be built before the snow flies.
The Wonder men are more impatient,
however, than their near ~neighbors on
the south, and it is freely limited that
the summer campaign of the larger OPP
orators in the Wonder district among
the eastern capitalists will be for the
purpose of having a branch from Fallon
to Wonder built or plans somewhat