The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-04
NEWS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT

| Mr.. Milliken expects the first ship
ment of machinery &c arrive about
January I.
pINKELsPEIL GROUP
John Morat. w. s. Ball and III. w.
Eichbaum returned Monday from the
Willow Creek district, where they were
doing the annual assessment work on
some mining property owned by Mr..
Moffat. Judge l.. O.. Ray, Charles Ryan
and John Beckman.
The property, which is known as the
Dinkelspeil group is situated between
Willow Creek and Gold Valley, and Mr..
Moffat says that II has an exceptionally
fine showing on the surface. On the
Dinkelspeil claim an ~uncovering was
made which ret irned 10 per cent copper
and a substantial amount in gold and
silver.
In the opinion of Mr.. Morat. Gold
valley. formerly known as the Ramsey
camp. is going to be the town of the
district. Already there is a consider
able settlement there, and II appears to
be the headquarters for mining and pros
pecting outfits. Mr.. Moffat says that a
goodly amount of assessment work is
being lone in the district and consider
able permanent development. The show
ings all over are very encouraging.
LONE STAR
A.. L. Lidwell took a force of men and
supplies out to the Death Valley Lone
Star the first of the week to start opera
lions on this property. Interested with
Mr.. Lidwell in this mining enterprise are
F. II. Stickney. F. P. Kerns. Sam Phail
and other Rhyolite people. The claims
adjoin Keane Wonder ground, and are
but a short distance from the workings
of this mine
A considerable amount of work has al
ready been done. This has revealed
some very fine ore. Samples brought to
town from time to time are among the
richest ever seen here. This rich ore is
said to exist in substantial quantities.
1t is the purpose of the management
to continue work with a view to placing
the property on a paying basis as soon
as possible.
GOLD BAR MILL
K. X. Kelvin. engineer for the Nevada
California Power company thinks that
the power line to the Gold Bar mill will
be completed by January S. The pole
holes are all completed to the mill from
the main transmission line, a distance
of about ~ miles, and the material dis
tributed. The holes are now being dug
to the pump station, some our miles
beyond the mill.
h Gold Bar mill is completed and
ready to operate just as soon as the
power line is completed to the pumps,
and the pumps themselves placed. They
are now en- route and their delivery is
daily expected.
OVERSIGHT GROUP
w. H.. Foster, of Los Angeles, arrived
in camp this week to have the annual
work done on two groups of claims in
the Gold Bar section. One is the Over
sight group. right near the Gold Bar,
including four claims. and the other. a
group of ten claims situated three miles
west of the Gold Bar.
A contract has been let to complete
the work, and operations will be under
the direction of Len P. McGarry.
The property is owned by Mr.. Foster
and j. p. Hennessy. of San Francisco.
UBEHEBE
Bert Shively,. who came in from the
Lost Burros in the Ubeheb district not
long ago, had a couple of samples of ore
from the property assayed and they ran
$40 and $575 respectively. The tunnel.
he says. is in 10 feet, and the breast
will average $35 to the ton. with
streaks which will go into the thousands.
The property is owned by Mr.. Shively
and Rhyolite associates. Mr.. Shively
thinks it will pc no difficulty to obtain
high grade ore in sufficient quantities to
ship in carload lots.
sIDEwINDEE
There are two shafts on the Sidewin-
der group in the Crystal springs section,
one down % feet and the other 30. One
is on a contact and the other beside a
rhyolite dyke. The bottoms of both
show good Observation-Disclosures
Miner.