The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-09
Million Dollar Car of Ore
Shipped From GOIdfieId

The richest shipn ent of ore ever sent
out from a mining camp will leave Gold
field this morning, and will be in San
Francisco in twenty-four hours. 1t
comprises fifty tons of Jewel rock"
from the Hayes 4 Monnett lease on
the Mohawk, valued at 81 ,0O0, 900, and
goes by Wells-Fargo express, with six
armed guards, in charge of messen-
ger E. w Haffey. c. H. Hayes, of
the leasing firm will accompany it, and
the Mohawk Mining cnmpany will send
two experts, Z. NJ. Walker and George
L. Church. who will watch proceed
ings from the time the ore leaves Gold
field until the sampling is completed to
their satisfaction, and the check of the
Selby smelter, to which it is consigned
is accepted by the lessees.
From 8 o clock this morning until
dusk score of men We're engaged in
removing this ore from the vaults in
the basement of the Nixon block to the
big four horse wagons of the Stoddard
brothers, on which it was loaded and
sent to the depot under guard. One by
one the sacks of precious rock were
carried up the steps, each man being
watched until his burden had been laid
down and tailed. Down in the base
ment there was great activity. The
sacks were pulled out from the vault
and ovehauled, and whenever one of
the canvas bags showed the least sign
of decrepitude, the contents were i'm
mediately transferred to a new sack.
Several of the sacks had rotted from
the moisture of the vaults, and the con-
tents were scattered over the floor of
the basement and vault. The rich rock
was swept up with brooms. Both
Hayes and Monnette were there and
little of value escaped.
The lot of ore is the product, in three
months, of the "fat .streaks" in the
Hayes-Monnette lease on the Mohawk
Besides this princely fortune, they have
taken out three and one-half millions
since the ore was first encountered, on
the 10th day of April, 1906.
The express rate on ore from Gold
field to San Francisco. is $8per hundred
weight, total of So, 900 for the ship
ment of fifty tons. The express com
pany takes all chances against robbery
or accident, and is accountable for
every sack which was delivered to its
agents. Armed men rode on every
wagon from the vaults to the depot,
armed guards watched the treasure
throughout the night.
In the lot were twenty sacks which
came from the "jewel box" stope be-
low the 220 level, which produced ore
worth $50, 900 a ton. These twenty
sacks, containing 125 pounds each were
valued at $4,000. They were filled
with the richest gold ore ever shipped
| from mine.
In the Sub-State Bank & Trust Com
pany is another similar lot of this same
high grade rock, piled upon the floor
and on top of the top of the bank vault.
There are not SO many pounds of it,
quite, put it is equally as rich as the
ore which has just been loaded, and
there is fully thirty tons there, belong
ing to the Frances-Mohawk Mining &
Leasing Company.
The big leases on the Mohawk all ex-
pired on the 7th day of his month. The
first ore struck was dug up on the 10th
day of April, two days before the great
earthquake and fire which devastated
San Fra eli SEQ. Since then the aggre-
output from the three acres or less of
ground which was worked by the les
sees has amounted to close to $4,000.
On the Mohawk No. l claim nineteen
leases are in operation which have yet
several months to run. The company
has its own shaft down 400 feet on the
Mohawk No. 2, and is connected with
the Hayes-M onnette, Frances-Mohawk
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