The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-21
NEWS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT

The Transvaa1 district. which attract
ed attention ephermerally a year OF so
ago. It appears Is destined to again
come into the limelight. The Miner re-
corded q transaction las week In which
A. ID. Myers. of Goldfeld. acquired con-
troll of the stock in the Transvaai-Ne-
vada property. owned by George Pro-
basco and associates. This 10 the prop
erty on which the FIRST strike was made
and the one to which credit for attention
10 more particularly due.
Mr.. Myers since he acquired control of
the stock has set a force Of men at work
doing development work. These men are
In charge of Mr.. Probasco. who was In
Rhyolite Thursday.
He is working on the west crosscut
from the bottom of the shaft. he OPEN
ing IL In sixty feet. n all in ore. he
says. According to Mr.. Probasco the
material will average In the vicinity OF
$40 to the ton In gold. 1t IL. therefore.
In his opinion an immense milling propo-
sition.
When the Transvaal was drst discov-
cred. . very rich ledge was uncovered.
This ran into the hundreds. but the To-
Gators were never able to follow the
high grade for any distance. And so IT
seems the T%ransvaal IL likely to fall into
line with the general character of the
Bullfrog country and become a big MILL
ing camp.
The district is situated about twenty
miles northeast Of Rhyoiite.
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While prospecting 200 feet southwest
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tension a new vein carrying high grade
ore was broken into There is a two
foot streak. according to the manage
ment. which goes into the thousands in
gold and silver.
The working force at the mine is to
be doubled at once. and Judge v. T. Hog
gait and L. p. McGarry. heavily inter-
ested in the property. who are just back
from Los Angeles. say they are going
to lend a hand themselves in polishing
the head of a drill.
According to a late report of Charles
]. Moore. OF Goldfeld, consulting engi-
neer for the company. there were 10000
tons of S23 ore blocked out. Since this
time the new uncovering and other de-
velopment has more than double the
amount. making practically $1,000, 900
worth Of ore blocked out.
The management says that the prop
erty never looked so well in its history
and that 1t is the intention to go after
the ore in the speediest manner possible.
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There are now forty men being en-
ployed at the Homestake excavating for
the foundation. and the work Is being
hurried along as rapidly as possible to
have everything in readiness to place the
machinery as soon as 1t arrives.
The first shipment will be mad from
Denver, w. B.. Milliken, who is looking
after the installation, states In a shor
time. The management had counted on
getting water from the Gold Bal pipe
line to use in mixing the material for
the concrete foundations. but since work
on the power line has been stopped the
pump cannot be operated, and the water
will rave to be hauled. There will be no
delay, however. in placing the machin-
cry.
The fnal patent papers for the North
Star have been received from the land
office at Carson City. The North Star
estate is situated on Ladd mountain and
is among the first in the district to be
patented.
Jack Harshaw, the superintendent,
says that operations will be resumed In
the old workings early in 1908. He ex-
poets to install an up-to-date hosting
plant and to sink a winze 200 feet on the
vein liz the south drift from the main
crosscut tunnel.
Crosscuts will be run from the 100
and 2OO-foot levels for the east vein. and
Mr.. Harshaw says that work will be
vigorously prosecuted.