The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-10-26
CONDENSED NEWS OF THE STATE
Correspondents Tell OF the Latest, Mining Happenings In Ihdr
Respective Districts


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The new shaft on the property owned
by @. A. Lane and l. Bryan at Boyd
Basin has uncovered a nine-foot vein
that appears to be solid quarts. carry
ing free gold IN large quantities.
Or Gus Weymoth's lease No. 5. on
the New Mohawk property at Gold
banks. a streak of ore has been uncov-
cred at the bottom Of the shaft that as
sayed 4.0ls ounces of silver and 1850
in gold to the ton.
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Gradually the shaft on the Georgimac
property IL being sunk to the 1o0-foot
level by william Major and James Nc
.Gaf1n. who have the contract. In doing
this work they are following the pay
streak down that was uncovered at the
surface and with every foot of work the
streak Is getting wider n showing
richer values in gold.
The shaft Is now down to a depth of
20 feet n Superintendent Jesse Taylor
Is very much pleased with the showing.
1t will be remembered that in the drift,
which was run to crosscut the big ledge.
some good bodies Of ore were cut and
one piece Of ore assayed $1,000 per ton
in gold.
r. Hamburger, who came to Golconda
a short time ago and created a sensa-
tion by showing some extremely rich
gold ore. arrived in town Sunday and
left Monday evening for Rhyolite on a
visit to his family. He stated that the
1 streak from which he got the rich ore
was holding its own In width and thai
he was still taking out the bonanza
stuff.
The shaft at the Gold Coin is below
the 10O-foot level and the contractors
are still going down. 1t is the aim OF
the of this valuable prop
erty to get the shaft down as deep as
possible before the snow flies. Presi'
dent A.. W. Hflle is expected from Den
yer about October 20. when more ag'
gressive work will be started on the
property. A drift on the ledge will be
commenced at the 10O-foot level and tht
ground put in shape for stopping. the
taking down Of ore from the drift at ths
bottom of the 70-foot incline will bs
resumed.
Joe Wilson, J. Dietrich and Mr.. John
son nave a group of claims that have
every promise Of developing into paying
mines. The property is situated neal
the Gold Coin mine and the ore fount
resembles the ore from that property
Where work has been dom the lede'
shows rood width, with values In gold
On the Gold Reef claim, where Rober
Major and J. c. Stock are sinking OF
the ledge. the shaft is down close to IN
3O-foot mark with the ore body widen
ing with every shot. The ledge Is nov
almost four feet wide showing a con
siderable quantity of high grade ore.
The owners Of the Lucky Jack grouI
Of claims at Havilah are preparing u
sink on their property to a depth OF 90
feet. HOSTS have been ordered ant
crosscuts to the lodges at various places
show large bodies of ore. The cross
cuts have been made at various places
for about 400 feet and show high value'
at all points. A crosscut at a depth O
10 feet shows assays that run into tn
hundreds Of dollars. with good pros
poets Of increasing in silver.
Cornutt. McAninch, Stall and Ellio
while doing their assessment work OF
the Glenbrook claim at Havilah strucl
a fine vein of ore that assayed $7s II
rold and s14.S4 in silver. The ore con
sisted of a honeycombed quartz. tn
vein being four feet wide. The owners
Of this property are driving a tunnel u
strike the ore at a depth OF zoo reel
They have refused to lease or sell tnel
property at the present time.
xs1U1AxDA COUNTY
Contracts for sinking shafts on tn
Smuggler and Gold King properties II
the Fairplay district have been let. Goo'
assays have been a from SURFACE
samples.
A hoist will be installed at once OF
the Gold Crown property In the FAR
play district and the vein OF high graz
ore that has been exposed in the inciin'
shaft. at a depth Of IFS feet VIII u
thoroughly exploited.
The new mill on the Goldyke Ree
company's property is in active opera
ton, crushing high grade ore from IN
NINE.
A carload of machinery a arrived
at Acme for the Arizona-Nevada Coll
Mining mpa AS soon as the hois
Ia installed the shaft, which Is down ~
feet. will be sunk to the 500-foot level
The Walker Lake Syndicate Is push
ing work on it's properties. On tn
Black mountain property. that SHAFT ma
been sunk to a depth Of 20 feet and tn
footwall of the ledge has Just Deei
reached. The shaft was sunk the entir'
distance in ore that carries good cope