The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-09-21
LATEST AUTHENTIC NEWS ON
CONDITIONS OF WONDER MINES

The Nevada Wonder mine is in better
condition than ever before in its history.
All summer long the big crew of men
employed there nave been blocking out
and developing ore bodies until now
]. B. Daniel feels that he IL In
a position to ship. without cessation, un-
III the big Decentralization reduction
plant ordered by the company has been
Installed. The regular output OF the
mine il about seven ton Of ore daily
The average value of the shipments VIII
run over $500. In the lower levels de-
xeiopment has shown very rich ore At
the compan Office in Wonder specimens
Of enormous size are on exhibition
which are black with silver ~sulphides
and with free gold literally interspersed
an through the quartz These speci-
mems do not need assaying and there Is
considerable rock of this grade in the
r;nc. A tramway is in operation from
the workings on top of the Wonder
,ountai and the property II in a way
20 soon pay dividends
In the Jack Pct, development has pro-
crossed to the 300-foot level where
Superintendent Harris states the rich
est ore in the mine has been found As
the writer a short time since on one OF
the upper levels saw three inches OF
solid chloride in a big ore vein the new
level must be a veritable jewel box A
large force of men are at work on the
property, two shifts being worked and
development being pushed actively IN
ALI directions. The Jack Pot ledge.
which on the upper levels faults badly
a number Of times. is found with the
added depth to be more strong and
regular and the presence OF some water
in the shaft would indicate that the
compan Is getting down to the solid
live regions The big 5o-h-p. hoist or
dered last spring by h company II on
the ground and will be set mp a. o
a. the surface ground can Be prepared
The present hoist Is poorly located In
the Jack Pot gulch where Il would
surely be wrecked in event of a cloud
burst and Superintendent Harris II de-
sirous Of placing the new machinery
where IL will be safe despite the ele-
ments.
wonder hidden TREASURE
Lew Hahn of Wonder. business man
ager Of the Hidden Treasure Mining
of that place was In Goldhelo
this week and reports that the property
Is in exceptionally good condition A
large body Of mill rock is present In the
shaft and prosecuting has shown 1t to
be at least 80 feet across. The entire
body win average in value ten or twelve
dollars while at least two feet will run
$50. There are seams and pockets OF
hfgh grade which run into four figures
The Hidden Treasure shaft II down 140
feet and the crosscuts. Of which there
are three, are in respectively 20, 80 and
as feet. The ompany IL well equipped
with a hoist and compressor and with
the machine drills rapid work IL being
done. Two shifts are being worked and
another will be added as soon as the
work Of sinking is resumed. The Kin
kead lease, operated by J. c. Kinkead OF
Golddeld, is getting a shaft down rap
Idly and there il every reason to believe
that this lease will pick up the rich Ne
vada Wonder ore shoot which has been
followed to the Hidden Treasure end
line.
wonder vulturs Company
Has Begun 1hipmsnts
Shipments, which will be regular.
have begun from the vulture mine In
Wonder. For a great many months SUI
p~erintendent Palmer has been very
quietly carrying on a rapid campaign OF
development and the fruits of his work
are now apparent Thu vulture tunnel
il in more than seven hundred feet and
the showing is exceptionally good. The
vulture ledge has been tapped by this
working and found carrying high values.
The walls are particularly we'll defined
and the body is greater at this depth.
about 240 feet. han it was on the sur
face. The values will range well over
400 and high grade streaks which as
soy $500 and better bring the rock to a