The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-08
ooxD yUxLYDo0

GOLD DuxLYDoo
Fred Nash. of the Gold Bullfroe. was
in from the property the other day and
he had with him some very substantial
evidence of the mines merit. In the
shape of several biilets Of gold. repre-
senting part of q cleanup from the mill.
Several additions are being made to the
mill and when this installation Is COM
pleted. Mr.. Nash says hat the capacity
of the plant will be doubled.
This machinery consists of an air
compressor and a s5-horse power gaso-
line engine. which equipment will be
capable of furnishing 200 cubic feet of
free air a minute under a ee-pound
pressure. to be used for cyanide agita-
ton: a l50-ton classifer and two large
slime tanks to handle the shines from
the classiher. which will treble the tank
capacity of the plant; a 25-horse power
gasoline hoist and a 1s0-ton triple at
the mouth of the incline shaft.
The new pump at the well drilled by
the company is delivering $4,000 gallons
Of water a day, and a second we'll Is
furnishing more water than can be
pumped with the present equipment.
The company will clean up twice a
month. and Mr.. Nash expects with tire
added machinery to effect an extraction
Of 81 per cent.
When the delivery OF the machinery Is
completed and the installation made.
little doubt is entertained but that the
mill will give entire satisfaction. The
plant will be closed down until the ma
chinery is placed. .
In the meantime, development Will
continue at the mine. Stopping on the
ore body proper began Thursday, and
sinking will be resumed next week.
Hitherto the dump has been milled with
ont any attempt at sorting. and much
countrv rock was contained in II. The
average mill ore from the mine. Mr..
Nash saws. will run s25 and up. The
ore on the hanging wall is very much
richer than this. The ore runs about 10
in silver to 500 in gold.
There are two parallel leads $50 feet
apart dipping into each other. and ngrr-
ing the angle. a junction will be reached
GIT feet below the surface. or $50 feet
below the present workings, where a
vast ore body may be expected.
The company has been quietly devel-
on,ne the property for the past two
wears. ana WnllC -
who condemn the ground and say there
e. nothing there, the owners have shown
their faith by going ahead and putting
nm their money to defray development
and machinery expenses. Whenever pos
sib,e they have bought their supplies at
Rhyolite and paid cash for them.
q callahan, consulting engineer for
the has spent much time at
- IIo dou thnrnt10hlY tested
the ore. knows its value and knows ex-
.ct,v what results may be expected from
oneration. Mr.. Callahan Is regarded as
ono ~ the foremost mining engineers
of the country.
He and a party of stockholders are ex-
pected up from Los Angeles next week.
when the present installation is COM
pleted the Gold Bullfrog will have n
of the best milling plants In the dis'r'c''
MILL ron WEST Exr11s1oa
If present plans carry, in all prob
ability the West Extension will have a
mill to treat its ores BEFORE many
months elapse. The owners OF the prop
erty have succeeded in interesting Jonn
Campion, of the Little johnny, at Leao-
Vile. one of the wealthiest mining men
in Colorado, and Fred Bonfls. one OF the
owners of the Denver Post, these
men have indicated q willingness to take
an interest in the mine and furnish the
capital to build a reduction plant.
A month ago Mr.. Campion sent his en-
eineer. Louis 8. Noble. to sample the
workings Of the mine. He spent q week
here making Thorough tests OF the ore
and measurements as to quantity. Oh
his report the local management mas
lust been informed that there Is q sur
1cient amount Of ore in sight TO war
rant the installation of machinery. Inc
theory of the engineer Is that the ore
bodies will increase in chr as oe-
velopment work is carried further west
which is in keeping with recent as
closures in the crosscut being carried
west from the main working SHAFT.
On account of water. the ENGINEER ad-
vises that The proper place for the pro-
posed mill is Rhyolite. as the
clark railroad touches no properly
there will be no difficulty in the direc-
ton of transportation. and 1t VIII De
more economical to haul the ore 70
Rhyolite thar to pipe water to the NINE
Nothing definite has been decided re-
earding the capacity of the proposed
rlant, but it probably will not be less
han 20 stamps to start with.
In line with the engineers theory thet
the ore will be found of a higher grade
further west, a sample from two n q
half feet on the foot wall OF a vein en-
countered recently in the west crosscut'
assayed at Simons' assay office. re-
sponded with 37.4O ounces in silver ana
a7.OS ounces in gold, or a metallic totai
of s5S4.04. This new vein Is six feet In
width and was reached in the crosscut
from the 115-foot level 100 feet west OF
the shaft. In sinking a winze to a depth
of 20 feet the rich ore was opened. Tne
entire vein is high grade milling. In
the two and a half-foot shoot on the
foot wall is a two-inch stringer OF ex-
c~eptionally rich rock which, judging
from the amount of free gold to be seen
by the naked eye. will yield values run
ming into the thousands.
TIL vein trends northeast and south
west with a southwesterly dip. 1t Is the
intention of the management to start a
crosscut at once from the 200 to gain
greater depth on this lead. On account
of the dip of the vein 1t will probably be
reached in about so feet from the shaft.
The crosscut from the 115-foot level
is headed for the Teddy shaft, which
property was recently acquired by the
West Extension people, and the opening
has penetrated the hill ESQ feet. In driv-
- .hs. dtctapco three veins were cut.