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


be worth from 800 to $3.50 per sack,
taken from the Train, Mcnamara and
Stevenson lease ON the Union No. 2
claim belonging to the Litigation Hill
Merger Mining company, were received
at the local branch of the Nye and
Ormsby County bank, yesterday, and
placed in the vaults for safe keeping.
The rich ore was taken from a 2-foot
ledge at a depth of IS feet. At surface
the ledge was 6 inches wide and at the
present depth has widened to . feet.
The walls are lime and slate. Running
through the ledge is a streak about an
inch wide that in some places is almost
pure gold. Some of the finest speei-
mems ever seen in the camp have been
taken from the hole. The lessees have
received several tempting offers for
their holdings during the past week, but
with the present showings on their lease
and each with a fortune in sight they
can only be commended in their action
for refusing all offers and resolving to
stay with the mine.
The work of sacking the rich ore con
tinues daily. The lessees have over 20
tons of milling ore on the dump that
will run from $50 to $75 per ton.
A. G. Rayeraft, general manager of
the Merger company, is greatly elated
over the showings on the lease and
states that it is undoubtedly one of the
richest and possibly the richest lease in
the entire district. eff the ledge con
tinues to grow richer as greater depth
is attained said Mr.. Raycraft, "Liti-
CATION hill will produce mines that will
take second place to none in the state
Milo Plamenaz, who has lease No. l
on the Union No. 2, has a shaft down so
feet and has 4 feet of ore that will run
about $50 per ton.
Steve Martin, on lease No. 4, is sack
ing ore and has several tons of good
milling grade on the dump.
George Brygger, working lease No. 2,
is sinking to strike the Plamanaz lead.
His shaft is down so feet and he *
poets to encounter the ore body within
the next 10 feet.
Joe Plourd, who has taken lease No.
3 on Union No. 5, adjoining the Train,
Mcnamara and Stevenson lease on the
north, is prospecting on the surface to
strike their ledge.
Five More Stamps
Five more stamps for the busy, little
veith- Plamanaz mill arrived in camp
Sunday evening and are now on the
ground and ready to be installed. Be
fore the additional equipment can be
put in the building will have to be in
creased to twice its present size and
work with that end in view is now in
progress. While the improvements are
being made the t%wo-stamp mill which
has been in operation day and night for
about three monks will le closed. Mia
Tlamanaz stat IS that the machinery wi.
he in place and the seven stamps DIRE D
ping by about the first of October.
The t%wo-stamp mill, under the man
agement of Roy Parr, has performed ex-
cellently, making a saving on the plates
on an average of IS per cent. 1t is the
intention of the owners to add cyanide
equipment at no distant date, when the
+o;I;nra uin ba fraafed
The steady stream of water from the
Rose-Nash lease which flows down Main
street has been corralled at the mill
and is being used to good advantage.
Treating Thanksgiving Ore
Ore taken from the raise made from
the $50 to 236-foot levels in the Thanks
giving mine is now being treated at the
Canyon mill. From the plate extraction
it is thought that the ore will run much
higher than shown by the assay sam
pies.
President G. r. Stanley of the Thank
giving is expected in camp this week
He has been in the east for some time
arranging the financial end Of the com
pany and is reported to have the treas
ury in good shape.
Wild Bill Tunnel
Word is being steadily carried on on