Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-06
GOLDF|ELD NOW
IS COUNTY SEAT
NEW STRIKES IN THE FAMOUS
MINING CAMP
Salt Lake Company Selects Site for
Depot-NotabIe Discoveries in
Wild Horse and Wonder
Sections

Special to The Herald.
GOLDFIELD, New, May 5.-Goldfield
is now the county seat of EsmeralCa
county, and besides being one of the
largest and richest mining cities in the
west, is growing at an amazing pace.
While in Goldfeld few days ago
C. o. Whittemore, chief of counsel of
the Salt Lake railroad, closed deal
whereby his company secured con-
siderable section of land in the vicinity
OF Hall and Fourth streets, where will
be erected depot buildings, round house,
ETC., when the railroad reaches the
town. The survey of the Salt Lake
road has now reached point about
seventeen miles south of Goldfield and
is being rushed with the utmost speed
in order that construction may follow
as soon as the building forces COM
plete their work in the Bullfrog dis
trict.
Recent strikes in the Wild Horse
section of the Goldfield district, about
six and a half miles east, show that
the rich ore bodies are not confined to
any particular locality, and that the
producing area of Goldfleld is constant
claims the distinction of the latest
strike. The property is owned by the
Goldfield Happy Hunch Mining and
Milling company, which has been
working for some time. Good values
have been obtained from the surface,
but the big discovery, the first Of the
week, was made when the diamond
drill, at a depth of eighty feet encoun-
tered body of ore that assayed $3.50
ton. Another sample taken from an
other hole by the drill at a depth of
thirty-five feet assayed $3.50 ton.
George Wingfield of the Consolidated
Mines company has purchased six cleo
tr.c hoists that were lying idle in diff
ferant parts of the district, and they
will be distributed among the different
possessions of himself and associates.
The hoists vary in size from fifteen to
thirty horsepower. One of them will
be utilized in work on the Blue Bull
and another will be put in action on the
Hibernia, of which Mr.. Wingfield Is the
ruling spirit.
Bonita, located forty miles south of
Austin, sixty miles north of Tonopah
and ninety miles north Of Goldfeld, in
the Shoshone range of mountains, now
has the call on the prospector and
miner, and If all the reports coming In
bear fruit it Is going to be one OF the
1iveliest camps in Nevada the coming
summer.
Division superintendent J. r,
Adams of the Goldfield-Bullfrog rail-
way has moved his family to Los An
geles, where he recently purchased sew
eral acres of ground upon which he
has erected an up to date home. The
family will remain there permanently,
while "Jack" himself will continue to
cross-section the desert for number
of proposed railroads.
The Nevada Gold Placer Mining COM
pany, a $5,000,000 corporation, has been
organized by Colorado capitalists, the
ostensible purpose being to work the
placer mines in Mill gulch at Osceola
on an extensive scale.
Should the preliminary work dis
close the fact that the mines can be
worked successfully as placer PROPOSE
tions two mammoth dredges, costing
$3.50. .O00 and capable of removing $500
cubic yards OF earth every day, Will be
installed by Manager Copp.
The Nevada Gold Placer Mining COM
panv controls 1000 acres of placer
ground at Mill gulch, near Osceola.
These holdings have been acquired
from Abe Shallenbarger, Charles w.
Gaby, Orson Hudson, Thomas Kearney
and Millick brothers.
Big Assays in Wonder
Telegrams received in Goldfield from
wonder state that a very rich strike
IN that camp has been made on the
Shepherd Light ground, adjoining the
Miami Wonder Mining company
property, lying to the east. Assays from
the ore show values ranging from $25O
to $3.50 per ton.
The Shepherd Light group after ex-
tended negotiations was recently ac-
ouired by Goldfield parties for a re-
norted consideration Of 100000, and the
new owners promptly started explora-
tion work with the excellent and early
result of encountering fine ledge OF
high grade ore and the sack1ng OF this
is now in progress.
This important strike occurred close
to the west side line Of the Ontario
Claim No. 1, belonging to the Miami
wonder company's group of claims ana
the Miami company, recently organ
ized by w. H. Clark of the great Ne
vada Hills Mining company, and his
strong associates, to whom the news
Of this strike is especially gratifying,
since it's very close proximity to their
own ground renders it certain that the
same ledge will be found therein as II
bears directly that way. The success
of their efforts is now thereby doupiy
assured, as ledge carrying most sat
isfactory values in gold, silver ana
conner was uncovered on the Miami
nroperty in the near vicinity about ten
lox