The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-29
CIRCLE HAS MINES
PROMISING BIG PRODUCTION
By Frank L. Reber, Special Correspondent of The News)

Gold Circle, August 26.-The Gold
Circle district is located about forty.
two miles from Golconda, a shipping
point on the Southern Pacific railroad,
and about forty-two miles from Tusca-
rora. one of the oldest and richest sill.
yer gold camps of Nevada. The district
is on the east and south slope of the
Snowstorm mountains, surrounded by
a fertile agricultural region and possess
ing ample pure water sufficient for mil
ling. domestic and irrigation purposes
These natural advantages with essential
supplies for the general population OF
the district make the Gold Circle dis
trict one of special advantage for
cheap living and likewise a base fol-
cheap and advantageous mining opera
tion.
The district proper is clearly defined
1t comprises an area as explored OF
seven miles along trend and from two
to four miles in width. Beyond these
more definitely prospected lines, as dis
covered by prospectors, are like geo
logic features with mineral values as
that of the main belt Immediately con
tributary to the town of Midas, the
business and exchange point of the dis
trict. These outlying points are from
IA to IL miles beyond Midas, essentially
along the Little Humboldt, Pole, Win
ter and Rock creeks. intermediate
points are capped with a basalt over
flow. The district proper is an eruptive
complex. The evidences of numerous
volcanic disturbances are found
throughout the district.
In the main the district is a quartz
p~orphvry, some rhyolite-daeite with
well defined dykes and assures trending
northwest and southeast along these
silicifed formations, associated with OK
idized iron, the gold values are founa.
Considerable alteration is apparent, but
very slight faulting in evidence as per
present development making the dis
trict an easy field for prospeetors and
operators to follow the ore shoots and
locating the mineral deposits.
Up to April, owing to the affection of
the panic, no systematic prospecting
and development had been accomplished
but with that period a member of repre-
sentative mining interests from Salt
Lake and Butte entered this field and
have since prosecuted systematic devel-
opment at different points along this
mineral trend, with the result that the
district at present presents splendid
showings of large bodies of good grade
milling ores, both on leasers' and com
panies' dumps.
Charles L. Geyman, a wealthy Butte
mine and mill operator, for a period of
ten weeks watched and sampled this de-
velopment through the leasing system
with the conclusion that on leasers'
dumps about 1000 tons of milling ore
was available, approximately on aver
age ton value of $40.
With this assurance Mr.. Geyman and
associates have contracted and ar
ranged with the Fraser and Chalmer
Machinery company of Chicago for the
installation of a custom reduction plant
of 100-ton capacity. The assurance IS
that this mill will be in operation and
pounding out bullion in four months.
The millsite and water supply were Sc
cured from the Golconda Cattle com
pany and will be located on Summit
creek on the edge of the town of Midas.
The constancy of the district is that
of great enduring bodies of milling ores,
but interlaced with these large durable
bodies of ore are rich seams and streaks
varying in size from which ores are
sorted that run into all sorts of values
and which to the naked eye show liber-
ally the free gold.
The district so far has had no boom.
The work prosecuted has been steady
and on small capital with a showing
that is remarkable and which forecasts
a future for the Gold Circle district and
it's owners and participators that prom