Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
MAKES STRIKE IN
MAYFLOWER MINE
WALL OF HIGH GRADE ORE is
ENCOUNTERED
Directors Hurry Across the Desert in
an Automobile to Prove Truth
of Report, and Return
JubiIant

w. A. Starr of San Francisco and
John T. Overbury, directors of the
Mayflower Consolidated company, who
with H. q. Mcmahon and Herald
representative, made a trip to the May
flower last week to Investigate the re-
port of a big strike of rich ore on the
300-foot level, arrived at the Alexan-
dria yesterday.
"Mayflower" Is the talk Of the Bull
frog camp at present and the first car
load of ore to be shipped from the
property will leave the mine this morn
ing over the lines of the Goldfield Bull
frog to Beatty and from there out on
the Las Vegas & Tonopah.
Such strike has not before been
known in the district and since the
early days of the Montgomery Sho-
shone there has been nothing which
has created such a sensation. 1t means
so much to the district, as we'll as to
the owners of the. property, that there
is general rejoicing.
The strike was made on the south
drift of the 30O-foot level and twenty
two feet of ore have been exposed in
the crosscut, the whole cut giving an
average assay of SIG. Ten days ago
sixteem feet had been discovered in the
crosscut from the bottom of the shaft
and from that point drifts were started
north and south. After running ten
feet the entire face was in ore aver
aging $24.
Uncover Much Free Gold
The first big surprise came Tuesday
when Superintendent Bob Smith and
his men broke into ore which glistened
with the precious metal. Some of the
specimens contained blotches of free
gold and YOn6a COZ Inc
showed values of $500, $780, $1,000 and
$4,000.
From the seven feet across the
breast the directors broke down a sam
pie last Wednesday and in spite of the
fact that every effort was made to
prevent getting the rich specimens the
assay was 1852.
All the ore that comes from the south
drift is being sacked without being
sorted. Within sixty days a ninety
horse power engine and compressor
capable of running twelve drills will
be installed and the work now being
done by hand will be carried on much
more quickly.
Only ten feet have been explored in
the north drift and there ore OF $26
value has been found.
Rush for Mayflower
The ore now being taken out is either
brown or white, the free gold being
found in the brown, which occupies
about four feet of the face The white
contains higher assays, but cannot be
panned. On the main working shaft,
which is down 1875 feet, values have
been uncovered already and SuperiR-
tendent Smith believed that it would
be necessary to go much further before
reaching the hanging wall. 1t is now
thought that the shaft is within a
short distance of the hanging wall and
work will be pressed forward on this
shaft.
Each hundred feet has shown great
ly increased values in the MayfioWer,
and the management is hoping for as
great an improvement in the next 100
feet as in the distance between the 200
and the 30O-foOt level The formation
of the quartz has changed since the
strike was made and ore containing
silver. as well as gold. is now being
removed.
The news of the strike spread so rap
idly that Mayflower stock advanced,
and buy Mayhower" was the order
which came TO the brokers from all
directions.