The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-09-28

Interest In mine development at east
properties Is largely centralized at
time on the Granny estate. one OF
the very few mining acreages in the
Litigation Hill section which Is entirely
free from legal entanglements. In the
workings mining effort Is being
to shaft sinking The present
of the shaft is 2so feet. II is the
OF the management TO con-
tinue sinking to much greater depth.
prosecuting to ore bodies at each 100
foot interval. For n time operations
hampered by difficulty in handling
the water and for a short period 1t ap-
peared likely that the workings would
Inundated The installing and sue
cessfui operation of a power head pump
gasoline as motive power. has.
however. overcome the trouble. The
at present being penetrated
is very hard and of necessity depth at
Is slow. AT the 300-foot point a
will be cut.
1t is the purpose to explore the acre
on an extensive scale at the 300
foot level both with the object of test
lodges opened above and of search
for further ore bodies in virgin
ground. One crosscut will tap three
veins: the first. a sulphide bearing ledge
AZ feet wide. carries a satisfactory
grade of milling quartz: h second. a
contact ledge between schist and lime.
is 10 feet IN width and profitable mill
ore in its entirety: the third is a ledge
of high grade free milling ore 8 feet in
width. The second. or contact ledge.
-. $4,000 - 49, vhaff vsolIip0 an
average gold grade OF S12 the ton.
The third ledge carries an average
gold content of 5000 the ton where
tapped in tn eshaft and is the same as
that opened up about two months ago
at "a point 200 feet west of the main
shaft. At the latter point specimen ore
was for a time abundant and quartz
yielding gold values of $1,000 the ton
no rarely. When tapped in the crosscut
from the 300-foot level his ledge will
afford 500 feet of backs.
MAMHArrAx UNITED
Recent valuable mineral discoveries
on Original Manhattan ground. coupled
with the fact that a local market for
ores will soon be afforded. has melted
the management of the Manhattan
1Hittu tOuIpdHy W pan ftSuiiptiou Va
work on it's acreage. United holdings
adjoin those of the Original company
and are among the best in the Central
section. Surface indications and ledge
development. at nominal depth give as
of the ultimate location of pay
quartz
THE LEASES
Little news of moment has been forth
coming from the leases during the past
few days. This character of mining
activity is quite as pronounced as the
work being lone on company account.
however. and in certain instances does
not accrue to company credit by COM
parison. To the shame of a limited few
Manhattan companies be it said that de-
velopment of their acreages is being
done entirely by lessees, and without APP
parent excuse as the companies referred
to are reputed to have ample treasury
funds. However. these drones are
scarce and are viewed altogether with
contempt by the real operators of the
camp.
MITIGATION HILL
The Pioneer Leasing company Is ex-
periencing all kinds of trouble in at
tempting to properly handle the water
which threatens to inundate the mine
workings. The flow is at present in ex-
cess of 1900 gallons per our.
1t the Big Mogul lease mining pro-
crosses under highly favorable mineral
indications. Some very rich ore has
been found on this block. the character
of the quartz indicating that the body
obtains in place at no great depth.
Do-o ao1 Mash ora p,ininu a rrn6foh1a
grade of milling quartz at their holding
and are conserving tonnage preparatory
to shipment to the local stamp mills.
The ledge is showing 20 feet in width
at a depth of So feet and is all profitable
grade ore.
O'Brien. Dudley and La Lime are min
ing a grade of ore in their block which
marks them as being the real candy
A gold content of $1,000 the ton
is not ~infrequently secured from the ore
body being developed at a depth of 60
feet. b so sacks of 5000 ore are
piled near the shaft and pm dump is ac-
cumulating a considerable tonnage of
$35 in gold per ton quartz.
luuuo PERSONALS
A. G. R~aycraft. president of the Man
haitian Dexter company. was in Manhat-
tan recently for the purpose of arrang-
ing for mine development on company
account.
w. A. Pray. general manage Of the
independence Consolidated company Is
touring the mining camps of the north
and west in his auto. Mrs. Pray ac-
companies him.
]. H.. Shockley Of New York. a promi-
nent mining engineer, and consulting
engineer for a number of Manhattan
and Round Mountain mining companies.
visited Manhattan the early part of the
week.
o. B. Kemp. general manager Of the
Santa Lola Mining company. came over
from Goldheld and inspected the COM
pany's holdings this week.
Miss b. NJ. Wilson. a prominent Man.
haitian broker and mining woman re-
turned to camp this week from a pro-
tracted business trip to San Francisco.
j. Roger Brown. manager of the Man
haitian IpdaDaudout left for Chicago this