The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-09-21

| consist of two claims adjoining the Gold
! Ridge estate I'm the eastern portion of
/! the mineral belt. Shops are being built
and quarters for men erected in expecta-
ton of working continuously through
the winter.
DocxxlN HOIST
Two se-horse power return tubular
boilers. two boiler feed pumps and a
sx1o double-cylinder geared hoist have
been ordered for the Rockiin shaft. The
collar of the shaft has been prepared
for the installation of the plant and as
II is now en- route the next three or four
weeks should see 1t in place and run
ming. II is the intention to then sink
the main working medium to a depth of
500 feet and at that level to prove up
the continuation of the Mustang and
Thanksgiving ore bodies. both of which
are believed to traverse Rocklin ground.
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Almost concurrently with the WIDEN
ing, re-timbering and resumption OF
sinking in the main working shaft on
the Mineral Hill estate ~sulphides have
made their appearance in it's bottom.
The rock at present being broken, while
not strictly contact ledge matter. shows
pronounced liberalization, including
heavy i~mpregnation with sulphides.
Sinking will continue without Interrupt
ton until water level Is reached and at
that point a crosscut will be run for the
purpose of tapping the ore body which
dipped out OF the shaft to the south
nearer surface. From present indica-
ions in the shafts bottom the perma-
nent. or true. sulphide ore zone is being
approached.
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After trying his luck at leasing in the
Round district Cam Burns has
returned to Manhattan and is again OPP
Grating a string of sluice boxes on Lit
tie Grey acreage. Burns cleaned up a
good bit of bullion as the result of his
CORNER efforts at placer mining on the
Little Grey and bids fair to duplicate
his success. He has a force OF men en-
gagged in shoveling the rich auriferous
gravel into the boxes and states that
careful. personal sampling of the ground
leads him to believe that it is of greater
value than that he forUerly worked.
wA1 1AoLE LEASE
Pollett and Curn. leasing on the Wal
Eagle claim near the upper end of Main
street, nave struck a pay streak and are
sacking ore for shipment. At a depth
of 20 feet their incline shaft shows 2
feet of vein matter well sprinkled with
gold in the free. The ledge is a con-
tact between lime and schist and is
high grade milling rock in its entirety.
Narrow seams of shipping ore streak
the formation. The latter carries free
gold in quantity and is sacked as fast
as broken down. The shaft is being re-
timbered preparatory to the resumption
of sinking and the thorough exploration
of the block.
srEAN ro1 YELLOW HORSE
Thine 15-horse power steam hosting
plant formerly utilized by leasers on the
Combination estate at Goldfield has been
purchased by w. A. Pierce, superintend-
ent of the Yellow Horse company. and
is now being erected at the collar OF the
main working shaft. The present depth
of this shaft is 10 feet. 1t is the inten-
ton to Immediately sink to the sulphide
ore zone.
TIE BREYro0LE
, Three feet of ore carrying good mill
ing values is showing in the bottom OF
the Breyfogle shaft-a depth of 20
feet. This ore first made its appearance
in the shaft as a stringer at the 190-foot
level. Development proves it to be
wedge-shaped and To stand almost per-
pendicular. 1t is to be followed down
with the shaft and at the same time an
other force of miners will crosscut over
to the big ledge encountered at the 1855
foot level. AS the shaft is lowered sta
tions will be cut at each 100-foot in
terval.
CONSOLIDATED STRIKE
A strike was made on the estate of
the Manhattan Consolidated Mines COM
pany this week which promises to de-
velop into one of magnitude with furth-
err exploration. A few days ago Super
intendent Thomas placed a couple of
men at work on a likely appearing out
crop located between the Granny and
Consolidated shafts. At a depth of 5
feet the miners broke into the richest
kind of high grade ore. The body of
the ore is apparently the blu lime
quartz characteristic of this camp al
though application of the acid test
would indicate that the rock is free
from calciferous substance. 1t Is very
hard and compact save for narrow
seams of oxidation. the latter being we'll
filled with wire and leaf gold. Almost
any kind of high grade assay return can
be secured from these streaks. further
evidence of the value of the find being
found in the fact that the body of the
quartz not ~infrequently yields a gold
content of 800 the ton.
THE GOLD RANGE
Joe Berry, manager of the estate of
the Gold Range Mining whose
acreage is located in the western portion
of the camp adjoining the Santa Lola
holdings is preparing to sink a main
working shaft on a well mineralized
ledge, the object being to prove up the
deposit at water level. Mr.. Berry has
developed the vein specifically at sur
face; sufficiently so. however, to demon
strate it to be about 2h feet wild and
to show a little gold in the free. Berry
has scored a number of mining sue
cesses in the Cripple Creek district and
states that he will duplicate them at the
Gold Range.