The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-11

(rrom our own Representative.
Manhattan. May s.-Foliowing closely
on the heels of the strike in the work.
ings in the oxidized zone of the Thangs-
giving comes another strike on the
same estate tbs equals II IT does not
surpass in many respects anything hus
far made in the camp. The new strike
was made at the 2o-foot level. The ledge
Is four feet wide and shows a six-foot
face. This has been cut in to a depth
Of three feet, the phenomenal values be-
ing maintained. and indications given Of
a widening of the ledge. The country
rock is a blue slate filled with black
sulphides, in appearance resembling the
ore that made Goldheld famous.
This discovery demonstrates the truth
Of the often repeated statement that
values in Manhattan are to be found
below water level. This is accounted
for by a Standardization taking place
at the depth Indicated by the recent
strike. That values will hold Is con-
coded by every authority visiting the
mine.
The dip of the ledge Is north towards
the Forked Stick and Rocklin properties.
1t is, in fact. the same ledge through
which the shaft was sunk The values
were not sufficiently alluring to induce
Superintendent Mott to follow its eccen-
trio windings when 1t began dipping to
the north at the 150-foot level. He
continued down till he struck the oxi-
died zone that first called attention to
the mine. He then crosscut for "a feet.
IL Of which was through shale. At
contact the high values were encoun-
tered.
The distinguishing features between
the new find and the one in the oxi-
died zone is that the lark portion of
the new ledge showing no free gold will
pan heavily. 1t is impossible to pan
the dark rock of the first discovery. An
assay certificate furnished by Percy
Train shows that the new strike has
values of $1,S55.54 the ton. This was
made from a sample having only a jot
of free gold. 1t is estimated by Super
~intendent Mott that the ledge carries
values averaging $500 the ton.
1t Is the purpose of the management
to sink the shaft 100 feet deeper before
beginning to extract the ore.
WANTS LEASE
Goldfeld operators in conjunction
Ill kWO AAf
been negotiating for the last five days
with the Seyler-Humphrey Mining COM
pany for the purpose Of securing a lease
on the pioneer April Fool and Tip Top
claims. A hitch has occurred over the
terms of the lease. The lessees want 1t
to run two years; the company wants it
to run no longer than twelve months.
There are prospects that a compromise
- - 49, IA.s. - a uAnr
and a half.
If the compromise Is agreed upon, the
l~essees will sink a shaft 900 feet deep.
Engineers representing them have been
over the ground and a shaft sunk to the
proposed depth would cut three we'll
defined lodges. One of these is a large
~sulphide vein which has already been
opened up to a depth of so feet. The
other two are good sized high grade
lodges. specimens from which were ex-
hibited all over the country. In these
two latter lodges the rich ore comes In
shoots and pockets. Occasionally the
rock is almost pure gold; assays having
b~eenobtained showing values as high
as $500, 900 the ton.
1t has always been a matter for the
keenest debate among mining men In
Southern Nevada whether the phenom-
email values found On this estate posses
anything approximating p~emanency.
FIND TKAMK00xv1N0 =
While digging a well on a small frac-
ton close to the east side lines of
wolftone Extension Mining company's
acreage rock was struck at the 33-foot
level hat is pronounced similar in every
respect to the ore found in the oxidized
zone of the Thanksgiving.
1t was a chance shot that brought
the ore in sight. The well had been sunk
80 feet through a gravel wash coming
to hare bedrock. The workmen engaged
on the excavation decided to put in one
round of shots to see what the bottom
looked like. When the smoke cleared
away a ledge of blue black quartz sug-
costing the ore that made the Thanks
giving a bonanza mine was discovered.