The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-07

". -. r. Boston, Eass. We know Of
speak. The Wonder district is going to
make good" without question, but 1t
will take time and money. The surface
ores there are not rich enough to pay
the way of mining. The big mine of the
camp. the Nevada Wonder. has over a
half million In ore blocked out. accord
ing to last report. February IS. The ore
Is of a milling grade. running from
$1,000 to s3o.31. although there Is
blocked out in one vein. LAG tons that
go s51.01. The ores of Wonder carry
a large percentage of silver. and the
value of the property ~iuctuates with
the price of silver. The Round Noun
tain district has already made good"
being practically the only self-sustain-
district in the state. mining and milling
its own ore and paying it's labor from
bullion made from the camp. 1t Is the
most remarkable little camp In the
country. The Gold Circle camp is at
tracing a great deal of interest just
now. and appears to be on the eve Of a
boom.
=. ?. o, Carnegie, "a The Nevada
Commonwealth NJ. Il NJ. Co. owns prop
erty in the Galena district. washoe
county. The property comprises 233.66
acres, including ten claims. a 12-acre
mill site. and 5-acre tunnel site. One
claim patented. quit claims on tunnel
and mill site, and other claims in pro-
cess of patent. Former owners run q
tunnel 5000 feet. costing. 1t is said.
100000. At the time of our last re-
port, nearly a year ago. the new owners
organized as the Nevada Commonwealth
M. e. NJ. Co., had run the tunnel 900 feet
to catch the vein. and was preparing to
sink a 50o-foot shaft. President of COM
pany. j. B. Hammer: vice. II. II. Ham
mond, secretary and treasurer, w. F.
Miller. c. w. Clapp. manager at mine.
Address. 5o2-505, Hall building. Kansas
City, Mo. Address at mine. Galena. Sid
ing. Washoe county. Nevada. We v
not had a late report, so cannot state
the present physical condition at the
mine, or the financial condition of the
company.
4. =. ", Detroit, XEich. Rich Gulch
Of Wonder was closed for a time, an
were all Wonder properties. during the
financial pinch. Cannot say just what
is doing on the property now. The
Wonder Mining News might enlighten
you. The City Of Goldneld Mining COM
pany was organized to work under the
town site Of Goldneld. the minera
rights of the town lots and streets. hav-
ing been reserved by the town site peo-
pie. For some reason or other. the
company did but very little work-per-
haps sunk a 50-foot shaft. and then quit.
We do not know their future plans.
Francis, San Francisco. We know OF
no such company as the Butte Gold in
this district. There Is a Butte Goldield.
which owns property in the extreme
southern part of this district, where
enough work has not been lone to de-
termine the value of the section for
mineral, and a well developed mine in
Gold Mountain district.
4. J., New York. We nave no In
formation on the Ely-Jerome. Regard
ing your stock transaction. think I would
take the matter up with the postofice
department at Washington. Looks like
a skin game to us. and would come
under the jurisdiction of the postofice
authorities.
A. q. H., K~orsshsads, n. =. The Pitts
burg Silver Peak is one of the big mines
of the state and should have years OF
dividends. as soon as the mill is In full
commission. 1t is a fine property.
q. H., philadelphia. There was never
any serious work done on the property
of which o ask.