The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-09-14
OPPORTUNITIES OF TODAY
In GOLDFIELD DISTRICT

Since the present serieD Of special
articles on Goldfeld mines began to APP
pear in this paper. many requests have
been received for information concern
ing not only particular mines. blu the
whole district; the advisability Of In
vesting in Goldfeld stocks; opportun-
tiles for legitimate mining, n innum
cradle other subjects. 1t IL very clear
that the public Is interested In Goldfeld.
and that 1t lacks reliable Information
OF the district and what 1t offers. 1t is
the purpose at this article to present
briefly seine results OF several weeks
personal observation.
20 understand. at all. the mining situ-
alton at Goldfeld. 1t is necessary to re-
alixe h a while locations have been
almost without break over an area of
something like rs square miles, large
portions Of this area are not favorable
geologically for the formation of pay ore
bodies. On the other hand some large
areas OF excellent promise have not yet
received much attention. As will be
seen from the u. s. geological survey
chart. published in the August "a issue
of this paper. Twelve different rocks.
OF which eleven are eruptives. occur in
the Goldfeld district. OF these two only
the dacite and later andesite-seem
to be good ore making country rocks.
1t will be Immediately apparent from
this. that mining operations should not
be undertaken except on the advice OF
competent mining biologists for 1t IL
quite possible, in e dozen steps, to pass
from a favorable to an unfavorable
formation. with nothing on the surface
TO indicate the change to an unframed
eye; and 1t is the fact that man. shafts
have been sunk in ground that Is lmost
hopeless, though the owners. working
by rule Of thumb. often believe that
depth means success.
The producing area is at present al
most entirely confined to the western
part of that dacite area in which are
the Combination, Red Top. Jumbo. Mo-
hawk, Combination Fraction and Flor
ence mines. Just south OF this belt,
crossing the Florence property. is a
flow of later andesite, the country rock
of several of the Florence leases in
three Of which bonanza ore in CONNER
cial quantity has been found. One or
more OF these shafts have passed
through the andesite and entered the
underlying dacite. Development is
gradually reaching southwark with
promise Of success. This producing
belt does not at present exceed half a
mile in width and IL somewhat over a
mile long. The main veins a a gen
eral northerly strike and rather fiat
easterly dip. The Mohawk Is in q cross
hsure.
Just east Of the properties mentioned
above are the Kewanas. st Ives. Gold
field Combination. Gold Bar. and other
mines In which considerable develop
ment has exposed strong veins. evil
IDENTIFY true assures. These are in the
same dacite and andesite formation and
conditions seem favorable for CONNER
cial ore-bodies of large size. though such
have not yet been oun Very extern
sive development is planned for this
part of the belt.
To the east again are the Blue Bull,
Lone Star. Simmerone. Commonwealth
and other properties in the same forma-
ton and in which mines are Likely to be
found. The Simmerone strike. made re-
Gently al a depth Of 265 feet where the
face of a crosscut sampled $54.4c. is
significant. These properties are. as yet,
merely prospects, but in good country
and promising. To the east n north
for fully q mile. lie belts of alaskite and
early andesite which give place in turn
to a great dacite belt extending east and
south for several miles. In this latter
are strong quarts veins which crop
boldly and which prospect at the sur
face. It IL the opinion of some Of the
best miners. mining engineers and geol-
ogists Of 0old6eld that this eastern da-
cite belt rsay prove Of great Importance
and that = - worthy of more thorough