The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-24
CONDENSED NEWS OF THE STATE
Correspondents Tell OF the Latest Mining Happenings In Ihdr
Respective Districts

for 100 feet of additional sinking will be
let at once.
The drift on the Golden Anchor IL now
I'm 10 feet and the management are very
enthusiastic over the outlook Some
promising samples of ore hav been en-
countered-
Arrangements are being made to sink
q 1o0-foot shaft on the January group
Of claims, which adjoin the Gold Coin on
IN east. The property IL already de-
veloped by q s5-foot tunnel and q 30
foot winse and a fourfoot ledge carry
ing good values exposed.
IN Golconda Copper Mining COM
pany In developing the Honoplulu group
by two shafts. A hfty-foot crosscut
from the main shaft Is just entering an
ore body.
The new shaft on the Gold Coin IL
down IS feet and two shifts are at work
sinking. Ore is being taken out by the
incline shaft, which IL in nve feet OF
nay rock. The mill was started up last
week and IL extracting gold from the
ore taken from the dumps.
The tunnel on the Viola IL in IS feet
and IL in ore. Another tunnel further
up the hill Is In the same body OF ore
which Is Of shipping grade.
The Nevada Central Mining company
Is preparing to sink a shaft 500 feet. In
the meantime eight men are employed
in development work and taking OUT
ore for shipment.
The contract for so feet of sinking y
the Georgiamac is nearly completed anu
new contracts will be let at once, as IL
"A the intention of the management 10
sink tho shaft to depth as rapidly as
possible.
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The Nevada Mother Lode Mining ana
Leasing company's lease on the ooIu
Run group IL pushing work on its smart
which is down 20 feet and will be SUM
to 200 feet.
The incline shaft on the Buckhorn
property is down 175 feet on the ledge
which Is showing stronger and ricner'
The shaft will be sunk to 200 feet be-
fore any prosecuting is started.
A fine looking ledge Of ~porphyritic
quartz has been struck in the tunnel on
the Vernon Gold Prize property. TIT
ledge was entered at a distance OF 20
feet from the entrance to the tunnel and
has been penetrated for a distance OF
nine feet. with no hanging wall IN
sight.
A new and important strike has beer
made on the Kindergarten property. The
new And consists of a three-foot ledse
Of sugar quartz. heavily impregnateo
with iron sulphides, carrying unusuaiiy
high values in gold and silver. Tn
presence OF ~sulphides. the first found In
the district, is regarded as Of great In
variance. The strike was made at the
hottom Of the winze at a depth OF 81
feet from the tunnel level.
A streak Of high grade. values ru"
ming as nigh as $4,000 a ton mas peer
made at a depth Of 10 feet in the Pryor
shaft on the Mazuma hills. Wnlie tne
streak is only a few inches wide II gives
promise Of developing into a bonanza
The shaft on the Seven erroughs Con
solidated is down 100 feet and a station
is being cut at that point. preparatory
to prosecuting.
Butler and shrimp. operating a lease
On the Vernon Fraction have commences
crosscutting at a depth of so feet.
The sierra Mazuma lease on the Ma
yuma Hills property is preparing TO In
stall a hoist.
crosscutting from the bottom OF the
1oo-foot shaft has commenced on the
seven Troughs Piute Mining mpany
leas ne on the Boilermaker property.
The ROYAL Metals Mining and Leasing
company. which is operating on the
Tberien and Gold Coin properties is
cushing development work. The shaf'
On the Therien ground is down IS feet
ana the shaft on the Gold Coin Is well
under way. -
The station in the tunnel level on tne
Desert View claim of the Golden Treas
ure group has been completed and 9
winze is being sunk to a depth OF loo
feet. -,
work has been resumed in the tunnel
on the Kindergarten Extension.
WHITE YxN1
The Hume and Mizzapa placer claims
in the Osceola district have been Dondeo
by a syndicate of Utah operators. They
have organized the Panguich Mining ano
Milling compan to work the grave
beds, which have produced many thou
sands Of dollars.
J. A. Flint. a Montana operator mas
purchased from j. P. McOmie, a grouI
of fifteen claims in the Bald mountain
district n is engaged in developing
the property on an extensive scale.
A large deposit of oil bearing shalt
has been discovered $50 miles south Of
Ely. neal the old camp OF Reveiiie
Laboratory tests are being made OF TIL
shale and it is believed that a splendid
oil field can be developed in the dis