Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-15
MACKENZIE'S LUCK STAYS
WITH HIM
MAY BEAT THE RECORD OF THE
FRANcES-MoHAWk
Record Established for Building Gal
lows Frame-Los Angeles Invest
ors Interested-Actvity Among
Leasing Companies

the management OIL tne DdllhlIl6 HouSo "
Boyer, Thomas &, Co. of Goldfeld, in
which several prominent Los Angeles peo-
pie are interested, made a wonderful
record last week in the erection of their
gallows frame and engine, which Is a
tribute to the ability of the superintendent
and the company. The lumber LOT the
gallows' frame and the engine were pur-
chased on Tuesday afternoon and MOIST
ing with the engine began Saturday morn
ing, record never yet excelled In tne
Goldfeld camp, where people do things in
a very rapid way, often referred 10 rs
"the Goldfield way"
Much to the surprise of the manage
ment, very good quartz has already peen
encountered in the shaft.
Hard luck for Uri B. Curtis; more great
luck for d. Mackenzie. The former curtis
lease on the Jumbo Extension has been IN
the possession of the Frances Mohawk
Mining and Leasing company only few
days, and they are alheady in ore which
runs into the picture values and which Is
reminiscent of the old days of the Hayes
Monnette and the Frances Mohawk leases
of the world famous Mohawk.
It may be a matter of two kinds OF
luck, or 1t may be matter of skill in
determining the trend of the veins AT
any rate Mackenzie, who pulled out two
and half millions for the Frances Mo-
hawk Leasing company, seems about to
repeat the dose in the new lease that he
has acquired for the same people on the
Jumbo Extension 1t was just five days
after the purchase that the ore was en-
countered, and the body has been growing
stronger ever since.
Mackenzie lost no time In getting MS
old and experienced men into the shaft as
soon as the ore was discovered. Frank
oliver and Tim Connolly, the latter the
former superintendent under Billy Mac
kay who was in charge Of the Frances
Mohawk lease, and who hoisted the rich
ore from it's depths, have been placed In
charge, and it is their ambition to beat the
record of the Frances Mohawk, and now
the dirt is flying on the lower levels III
their effort
The lease is located between two big
producers, being situated on the Wedge
fraction of the Jumbo Extension, and be-
tween and adjoining the Mohawk Jumbo
and the Mohawk Ledge. The examination
of Mackenzie and his engineers, from their
knowledge and experience in their other
properties, showed them that the work
done in crosscutting was at fault, and 1t
did not require much work to prove the
correctness of their theory
The ore is Of the same high grade OF
the Mohawk as found in both the Hayes
Monnette and the Frances Mohawk leases
and is identical in character with those
ores The Frances Mohawk bids fair to
become again one of the leading shippers
tI the camp and will undoubtedly add to
:, he production of Goldfeld for the year.
Work Active on Leases
The Higginson lease on the Gold Wedge
claim of the Jumbo Extension has prac-
tically ceased shipping, pending the COM
pletion of the shaft, which is being
dropped from the 25O-point to 300 feet. The
ledge Is doping and turning slightly, and
Manager Pentland expects to cut 1t again
In the shaft. If it is not encountered in
ffty feet q crosscut will be driven 70
catch it. The air compressor plant is in
commission and four machine drills are
being worked. 1t Is the intention also to
use machine drills on the 275 and S0O-foot
levels.
The shaft on the Mohawk Ledge lease
on the Jumbo Extension Is rapidly near
ing the 3S5.foot point and the manage
rnent expects to be cutting a station on
that level soon. Three distinct veins have
now been cut in the Mohawk Ledge
ground, all carrying high values. A drift
Is being run on the ledge that was cut
last week, with the expectation or eaten
ing IT at its junction with the Higginson
ledge, which experts declare runs into 1t.
1t may be that the junction of the two
lodges occurs on the Higginson ground
but tnat point Sllouli pS NS'SA AAAA4ANN' 49, -
few days. $500
DEVELOPMENT work in the Nevada Pitts
hurg group, east of Goldfield is progress
ing rapidly under the direction OF Donald
Ferguson, engineer in charge. The new
hoist is on the ground and is now pelnS
installed. When that is in commission Mr.
Ferguson expects to make SIX or seven
feet a day in the shaft, which is now
down ninety feet
ftty, al ont a NnU169, Queen
group is in 22O feet, at which large vein
has been cut. It's extent and value are not
yet known.
The Atlanta Boom Mining companys
shaft on the Atlanta is down 275 feet and
will be sent to the 300-foot point as rapidly
as possible.
The Atlanta Cherokee lease has cut
vein at the 2O0-foot level that assays from
500 to $400 ton. The shaft is down $50
feet and the company is drifting on the
300-foot level
The Goldfield-Atlanta lease on the At
lanta has a shaft down on the Bismarck
claim nearly 200 feet and Is still sinking.
They will go to the 250-foot level before
prosecuting.
The Florence Hopkins shaft is down $50
feet and the station at the 370-foot point
has been completed. Four crosscuts will
be driven in as many directions on this
level, with the expectation of catching the
Little Florence ledge.
Spider-Wasp Mine
Two shafts are going down on the
Spider-Wasp ground which Is conceded to
be one of the big properties of the camp of
Wonder. One of these is an incline and is
now down about forty-two feet in the ore
and will be driven down to the seventy
five-foot level, at which point a crosscut
will be driven to the foot wall The per-
pendicular shaft has been sunk abount
eighty feet but they do not expect to
catch the ore body in this working under
25O feet in depth. The hoist which arrived
several days ago will be placed as soon as
the ground which is to be leveled and
graded can be put in shape. Two shifts
are working in each shaft and general
air of hustle prevails.
With 800 ounces of gold bullion ]. p.
I,oftus arrived recently from his Round
mountain properties. This gold was safely
tucked away in his automobile and repre-
sents the cleanup for the month of June
alone of the experimental mill that he has
erected near the mines of the Round
Mountain Mining company. The ore came
from the Sunnysde