The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-09-26

of a double-compartment main working
shaft near the geographical center OF
the eompany's acreage. He would
drive this shaft to a depth of 1000 feet,
sending out the first crosscut to the in
terlacing vein system at a depth of 800
feet. From that level down he would
lrive to the contact at each 10O-foot in
~terval. Through the medium of such a
shaft he would prove up at depth the
Mint Coalition, Grutt-Truitt, King Hill
Westover, Burns-M orrissey, Miller
Truett and other assures which obtain
in the enormo northeast to southwest
dyke that traverses this camp. Mr..
Hoffman has recommended the plan
thus briefly outlined, to the Coalition
management, and it is being carefully
considered. In connection Herewith it
is suggested that a 100-stamp mill be
erected by the company for the reduc-
ton of company and lessee ores.
Milling Grade Possibilities
As being Indicative of the possibili-
ties of the Coalition estate in yield of
milling grade ores the following in
stances are cited. In the slopes from
the 1901 foot level of the Truett lease the
miners are extracting an enormous ton
mage having an average value of from
$50 to $25 the ton. For a width of 100
feet that grade ore prevails. Along
what appears to be the footwall of the
enormous deposit the average gold con-
tent is upwards of $3.50 per tom. As run
over the grizzly the screenings average
in the neighborhood of 800 the ton.
The same ore body is exposed in the
Miller lease to the east, and is certain
to be encountered in the Portland lease
workings yet further to the east. In
the Truett the deposit is continuous
from grass roots to level floor, and at
one point has been stopped to surface.
The King Mill
There is little question but what the
ledge from which Westover is mining
$500 ore at a depth of so feet on the
Northern is the continuation of that
opened up some weeks ago at the King
Hill lease on the Coalition estate. The
ore is identical in appearance and is not
dissimilar in gold content. Standing on
the King Hill dump the outerop can be
followed by the eye in an almost un'
broken line across 1000 feet of Coali.
ton ground to the Westover leasehold
Owing to the depth of the wash the out.
crop does not uplift greatly above the
general contour of the country, but
there is no difficulty in tracing it from
one lease to the other. 1t has been
sampled at surface and nominal depth
at various points within Coalition lines
and has never given a return below SIC
the ton. The average for the entire
1000 feet is about $40 the tom. There
are hundreds of thousands of tons of
that grade ore almost immeditely avail
able to the Coalition company.
The Morrissey Ledge
The ledge from which Lessee Morris
sey, operating on the Last Chance claim
of the Rawhide Mining company, is ex-
tracing a large tonnage of $25 per ton
ore is unquestionably the extension OF
that opened in the Burns lease on the
Coalition. The last mentioned company
has about 1,400 feet of the ledge. 1t is
the possibilities of this deposit which
decided the Rawhide Mining company
to erect a mill and to arrange for the
sinking of a deep, double-compartment
main working shaft. The Morrissey
and King Hill lodges appear to be dip
ping toward each other, thereby pre-