The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
RAMSEY MINES
HAVE ORE OPENED UP

The Ramsey Mining company. adjoin-
ing the Ramsey Comstock on the south
west. has an incline down $50 feet in the
ledge. with an excellent showing of ore
from the top down. One of the most
encouraging features of this property
is that they have reached the sulphide
zone and the ore Is of much better grade
than IL was in the oxidized zone.
The Ramsey Ophir Mining company.
adjoining the Ramsey Comstock on the
northeast. is being worked by three diff
ferent leasing companies. which are hav-
ing the usual 1essee's luck in finding
good ore. The vein IN this property is
covered by a thin malapai flow. but 1t
has been very easy to discover the ledge
in several places by running tunnels in
the sid of the mountain after finding
the lodges. They nave started shafts on
the ore bodies to gain depth and de-
velop the ground. ore has been found
running as high as $50 to the ton on this
property.
The Ramsey Consolidated Mining
compan is owned by the father of the
camp, Baldwin Ramsey, and his brother,
Tom Ramsey. This company has a
shaft down 125 feet and intend to drift
at the 150-foot level to strike the large
ledge that outcrops on the entire sum-
nit of the mountain where the whole
claim Is interlaced and crossed with ore
bodies until this ground becomes a vast
mineral hill.
The Ramsey Bonanza Mining COM
pany has recently passed into the hands
of some San Francisco people. This
property consists of seven claims and
and has ore running as high as $50 a
ton on the surface. The veins. like all
others in the district, are large and
strong. The ompan is sinking two
shafts and intends to develop the
ground. thoroughly, and, as soon as
crosscuts are made at the first level,
commence shipping some ore.
The Ramsey Knickerbocker group lies
two miles northerly from the Ramsey
Bonanza and has a ledge thirty feet
wide which averages SIS and
$50 with places which run into the hun
dreds. This group is owned by Goldfelo
people who p to develop theii
ground thoroughly and no doubt before
the year is out will have enough ore
blocked out to warrant them in erecting
a large mill, as well as making ship
ments on the higher grade ores.
The New Comstock mine, owned by
Reno people, has started development
work and, unlike most of the other
mines in the camp, has both gold and
silver (the other mines carrying almosi
exclusively gold) about equally divided
The ledge is twelve feet wide and lies
on a fiat piece of ground in the canon
1t was discovered accidentally by pros
pectors who were digging a well.
The False claim, one of a large group
owned by Dayton, Nevada, people lies
between the Ramsey Comstock and
Walkover properties. The owners have
found ore in a large outcrop carrying as
high as 800 per ton.
The Garavanti mine, situated about
four miles s%outherly from the town OF
Ramsey, has a large body of low grade
sulphide ore averaging 81 to the ton.
This ore body is thirty feet wide and
has an. incline down in the ore IFS feet.
Some Colorado mining men have an OPP
tion on it and will erect a large concen-
trating plant.
Work was commenced this week on
the Argonaut and Durham groups.
Both nave ore outcropping on the sur
face and are owned by Goldfield people.
The town of Ramsey has a population
of 500 people. 1t is only ten miles from
! the railroad. 1t has a daily stage from
Clark. a postofice, telegraph and tele-
phone offices. rooming houses, restau-
rants, saloons, etc.