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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
HIGH GRADE GOLD ORE AT JESSUP

s,n Mines company's property another
lease has been let to w. A. Iayior anu
Cow associates. Block No. 3 on the
Mary H. joins the Logan and loohy
leasc where the high grade is IN eVi-
dence. The new leasers have started
!, * foo, shaft out in the wash and VIII
crosscut from the 75-foot level. Ing
property has been praetlcaiiy PROS
nected. The Logan oohy incline TO the
x. foot level leaving the other leasers
Se.h;no 70 do but sink a working shaft
and pick up the ore On the cio'',
Rapid progress is being maae On
-, Loco stimulated by a foot OF snip
- - exnosed on the surface last
r.aas bv Chas. L. Cobb of the company
while prospecting with a piea anu
,a.d picked samples of TINS ore
would ASSAY up into the thousand. nome
Of the specimen rock was tes'ea' Nj.
rahh he;no satisfied with an assay from
blind sample showing $50 goia, ~.
urhhard Morrison lease is down % rec
~ h.ve inst struck the dyke, showing
free gold paintings in a flint hke ao :
IRE. - 70 steel. The boys are Gold
ss,d miners. all of them, and are san
a,ine to a man that the erosseu' On
so.foot level will break into the n's'
grade.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06

ing done on the Black Hawk claim
alone" said Walter ONeil, superin-
tendent Of the Round Mountain Red
Top Mining company, to a Nugget rep
~resentative.
Since Irving X. Harrington & Co., Of
New York, acquired the controlling in
~terest in this company things have been
doing. The company is sinking a YER
teal shaft on which has been installed
a gallows frame and a Fairbanks Morse
gasoline power hoist. This work is be-
ing done on the Black Hawn claim
which is bounded ON three sides by the
Round Mountain Mining company, the
Round Mountain Sphinx Mining CON-
pany and the Round Mountain Exten-
sion, making it one of the most desir-
able acrvages anywhere in the camp.
On this same claim three sets of leas-
ers are working, viz: Mattly and
Maui. Husband Cushing and Salmon,
and Harpending and Clark.
Round Mountain Central
G. s. johnson, secretary of the Round
Mountain Central Mining company was
in town last week and made arrange
ments for the prosecution of active de-
velopmcnt work. With him was Vice
President G. r. Evans.
A superintendent was appointed to
take charge of the work and for the
past week he has had men doing a lot
of surface work besides beginning the
sinking of a shaft which will be put
down about the center of the Shot Frac-
tion.
Taking Out Ore
Six inches of $50 rock is what Tom
Gordon and =. j. Gallagher have on
their lease on the Daisy ground.
Work is being done in the old incline
on what was originally the Booth lease,
the present owners having bought the
lease from Booth.
Gordon and Gallagher have a block
200 by 400 feet in extent and this also
takes in the incline which was run by
Chapman somewhat over fifty feet from
the Booth incline.
The six-inch pay ore which is being
worked in the Booth incline is also
found in the Chapman incline so that
the present ~lcasers have already in
sight a nice body of ore to stopc out.
There are a dozen tons of this ore
already on the ore dump and grab sam
pies taken anywhere on this dump give
excellent results when panncd.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06

As the summer weather approaches,
Hamilton again presents a scene OF ac-
tivity. The hills are full of prospectors,
and work is being resumed on all of the
oldtime producers.
The Rocco Homestake and the Ne
Plus Ultra each have about 200 tons of
ore, recently hoisted from their prop
critics, which will be shipped as soon as
the market improves a little. The Rocco
Homestake recently came into an i'm
mense body of ore, from which ship
ments can be made for some time to
come. The strike is one of the most
important made in the property in sew
eral years. The company is practically
owned by Smith Brothers of Eureka,
while the property has been under the
management of Mr.. Simon for some
years past.
Leasers on the Julia, owned by l..
LAM and Charles Minoletti, now have
more than so tons of ore piled on the
dumps, which will average IS per cent
lead and from 80 to 40 ounces in silver
per ton. On the Fay they also have 80
tons averaging about the same in lead
values, but carrying $50 ounces in sill
yer, which is considered about the rich
est ore now being produced in the
camp. The leasers are naturally en-
thuslastic over their success, which will
encourage others.
The Nevada Lead company, under
The management of Manager s. +. Hunt,
IS working double shifts in drifting to
cut the King lead on the 85-foot level.
hecently a stringer of ore from six to
eight inches in width was cut, which is
leading toward the main vein. The ore
averages more than so per cent lead and
Il ounces in silver. 1t is now expected
mat the King lead will be cut with al
most any round of shots, after which it
sl be but a short time until the Nc
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
ROUND MOUNTAIN LEASERS
ARE GETTING GOOD RESULTS

Ground Mountain is the camp that
every one at present seems to be in
curing about" said Judge p. j. Gal
lagher, of that hustling city, who ar
rived yesterday from the great bullion
producing camp.
al have been approached by at least
a dozen people, all desiring to know
about different properties" said the
judge. "Just as an instance, one in
dividual was quizzing me on the sub
iect Of Red Top, OF which property
there are four leasers. The response !
made wal that there must certainly be
something doing for the very good and
sufficient reason that the miners work.
ing on the property are all purchasing
Red Top stock.
every day brings in auto loads of
visitors both by way of Tonopah and
Austin.
"On the Antelope there are FIVE leas
ers working. Some of them are running
both day and night shifts, and the re.
suits obtained are highly gratifying
On the Round Mountain Daisy, one OF
the great properties in this great camp
there arc four leasers taking out a fine
grade of milling ore, which they arc
piling on the dumps, waiting the time
for the construction of the Round
Mountain Daisy mill, the contract foi
which has been let and the completion
of which is guaranteed by the first OF
August, and must be running by the
10th of August at the furthermost. The
Paulsen- Blaisdell Antelope lease has
just run through the Round Mountain
Reduction company's' mill, 9s tons of
ore. The Great Western lease of Mat.
tley and Maui, has enough ore blocked
out TO keep n custom mill busy right
along, being able to take out about 30
tons a day. The Round Mountain Fair
view mine and mill is running with n
good sized force Of men. The Sphinx,
which is being operated under Colonel
John Weber, is also one of the great
properties of the camp. The physical
condition of the mine is perfect and the
mill is grinding away steadily
Judge Gallagher has acquired an in
terest in the Booth lease on the Round
Mountain Daisy and has a fine lot of
ore on the dump.-Bonanza
Red Top
cat the present time over $50 linear
feet of development is being done each
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
HAMILTON DISTRICT AGAIN
SCENE OF GREAT ACTIVITY

vada Lead company will be in the ship
ping class. Aside from the work being
done in the drift, other work is pro
pressing on the property, where ore of
a shipping grade is exposed in various
places.
The Cuttings, of San Francisco, who
are largely interested in Hamilton, are
expected to arrive in camp in a few
DAYS to arrange for the resumption of
work on their various properties. They
own the King patented claim, adjoin-
ing the property of the Nevada Lead
company, from which a smelter was
supplied during the early days. They
also own the Jennie A. mine, which is
accredited with showing the largest
amount of ore in sight of any mine IN
the camp, and for which many tempting
offers have been refused. The advent
of the Cuttings, who are people OF
means, and miners as well, means much
for the immediate future of the camp,
in which they figured prominently many
years ago.
The McEllins, who are the heaviest
shippers in the camp, have resumed
operations, and will soon be making
shipments via Eureka.
Many prospectors have arrived since
snring opened, and the hills are fairly
alive with new men, most of whom have
come in from the south, and are making
locations and doing development work
Considerable prospecting is beng
lone ON the west side of the range, and
much good surface ore is being found
and the prospects are now most favor.
able for the development of some gooo
mines in that section.
The Hamilton Herald is expected TO
make it's appearance this week. Allan
G Bragg, the Nestor of the Nevada
nress. will be editor-in-chief, and he
will be assisted by S. F. Hunt, Roy w.
Scbenck and R. A. Dean, all OF whom
have had much experience IN newspaper
work.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06

The Seven Troughs district entered
upon the third, and by far the most i'm
p%ortant, stage of it's progress-the re-
duction of its ores by milling within its
boundaries -last Tuesday morning,
when, following a successful trial test
on Sunday, the $4,000 ten stamp mill
of the Seven Troughs kindergarten
Mining company, commonly known as
the Friedman mill, in Seven Troughs
canyon, was put into commission, says
the Seven Troughs Miner. The district
long since passed the prospective stage,
has already established an enviable
record as a producer of high grade ores,
and with the dropping of stamps in the
kindergarten plant it began making
history as a mammoth milling center.
The kindergarten mill was built ny
Nevada Engineering Works, of Reno,
under the supervision of Alexander
F~orsythe, and, according to the terms
of the contract, should have been coin-
plcted and in operation by May first.
Unavoidable delays arose and in order
that every detail of it's construction
might be put in perfect order, l.. A.
Friedman, president and general man
ager of the kindergarten company, in
strueted the contractors to take their
time in completing the plant, with TIM
result that when it was put into com
mission it worked like a charm.
Seven Troughs Merger
News has been received from the of
fcers of the recently organized Seven
Troughs Merger Mining company who
are now in San Francisco to the eject
that this corporation will begin active
and far-reaching development work on
its empire of claims not later han June
LIST, following the completion of the
organization in the coast city and the
sale of sufficient treasury stock 20 in
sure an extensive policy of development
on its claims and on it's lease ON the
Therien property. Among the San
Francisco people who are taking a live
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06

the ground is thoroughly developed on
the 100 and 200 levels, il it is as good
as we expect 1t will prove to be, that
small hoist would have to be replaced
with a larger one, and | believe it wiser
to wait and then equip the property in
keeping with its requirements as shown
by the work done.
"The Hornsilver Mining company
ground, now owned by Macmillan and
associates, is receiving rapid dcvel-
opment from the company as well as the
leasers. Within the next so feet, or at
the 150-foot point, the company expects
to crosscut north and south, to cut two
veins that show on the surface. IL
this ground develops in keeping with
the present indications, it will be a
wonderful producer.
"Generally speaking the camp is
looking exceptionally good. The lcas.
ers are doing splendid work, and the
various companies are doing all the
work necessary to develop the ground
rapidly and thoroughly; they are not
saying much, but are earnestly seeking
results.
81 took a run over the district last
week and counted so men working in
mines and leases, who are drawing full
pay, with perhaps 40 working on leases,
some on part pay and some working for
themselves. This makes a nice payroll
for a camp as young as Hornsilver, and
its effect will be more or less apparent
on the tenth of the month-when the
ghost walks.
"The people of Hornsilver extend a
cordial invitation to the conservative
mining and business men of Goldfeld
and elsewhere to visit their district and
see for themselves that things are as
they are represented; that they are not
advertising the camp simply to get out
siders there and relieve them of their
money.
"The shipments from the Great
Western were suspended some time ago
for reasons best known to the manage
ment, even if not made public, and
while they may not be resumed regu.
larly for possibly the next ten days. we
will be taking out ore during that time,
and from then on expect to keep more
ore teams busy hauling ore than were
ever before so engaged in this district.
"a manager of the Great Western
/ wish to say that ! am endeavoring to
protect the interests of the stockholders
of the property, and not to cater to pub
lie opinion. The development of the
mine, the shipments of ore and every
thing in connection with the work is
being conducted with a view of improv-
ing the condition of the property, in
creasing its value and productivity, and
enhancing the value of the holdings of
those who have invested in the Great
Western shares. / believe it far better
to proceed along these lines than to
mutilate the mine, in an attempt to
make a Showing as a big producer be-
fore the development will justify. The
Great Western has the markings of a
great mine, and that s what we re GO
ing to make it,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06

get good gold values. They intend
sinking between this vein and the Great
Western vein. to the south Of them,
and then crosscut both ways; this will
bring them in ore both ways.
"Block I Is held by W. j. Morgan
and associates Of Newark. n. j. They
are sinking a working shaft, and the
shaft seems to be in very good material.
While no regular ore shoot has been en-
countered they have secured values
from $40 to ,slas; they intend to put
their shaft down to the lO0-foot mark
and crosseut both ways. There are four
veins which they can crosscut. all show
ing values on the surface of from SIS
to $50.
"The lcasers on the Silver King are
doing exceptionally good work; sinking
working shafts, and not bothering with
taking ore out at the surface, and
gouging the ground out. as so many
~leasers do. They are preparing to get
down under the vein and be in a posi-
ton to take the ore out rapidly when it
is encountered.
"The working shaft On the Horn
silver Leasing and Mining Syndicate
ground is now down 81 Feet, well tim
bered, and for the entire distance is in
ore that will average SIS. There is no
telling how big the ore shoot is as they
have not crosseut as yet; it goes east
and west, running parallel with other
veins in the camp.
"Farther west J.. J. Jordan is work
ing, and his shaft, now down 20 feet,
is in good ore all the way down. At
this point he encountered a vein coming
in from the south and dipping north
that shows free gold in almost every
piece of rock you pick up, and it pans
much better than was expected. 1t is
his intention to sink to the 50-foot
mark, I believe, then crosscut for this
vein and two other veins that 60
through the ground and show shipping
values on the surface, mostly in silver.
"The company workings on the Sill
yer King consist of a shaft which is
now down so feet, and in ore the entire
distance, that will average $12 from
the top to the bottom of the shaft; we
nave no idea how large the vein is, and
have not seen either wall. We will
crosseut from the 100-foot point and de-
termine the size and values of the vein,
as well as the size and contents of three
other distinct veins that show on the
surface, and give values of $40, $73 and
1926. We will in all probability reach
the 10-foot mark within the next 10
days, and as soon as the crosscut is in
far enough from the shaft to permit, it
is the intention of the management to
continue sinking to the 200-foot point.
We are working with a Davis within,
which is sufficient to handle all the ore
and muck that will be broken in the
sinking and prosecuting outlined. /
am not equipping the property with an
engine for the reason that / do not see
from the development and prospecting
already done that we would need a
larger hoist than a 15-h.p., and when
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
SILVER.LEAD ORE IS
FOUND ON ROCK CREEK

That is great news which comes from
the head of Rock creek. 1t is a silver
lead discovery and was made by Scott
Hickey, who is very favorably known
over Nevada as a practical and success
full ore finder, says the Gold Circle
Miner.
This is a very rich silver and lead
find and the ore whites under the
knife like pure lead, and leaves shaw
ings of metal that tells its own story of
the character of the material. Assay
values from an S-inch streak give re-
turns of 20 per cent lead and 3,467
ounces of silver. The balance of the
ore as exposed is a fine concentrating
material.
This remarkable find is only n more
feather in the cap of Gold Circle camp,
the banner gold zone of Elko county
and northeastern Nevada.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
CONDITIONS AT HORNSILVER

Wednesday afternoon J.. NJ. Russell
manager of the Great Western nine ai
Hornsilver, and the foremost citizen of
that thriving town, made the following
statement regarding the conditions on
the various properties under his con.
troll:
1.-THE work on the Great Western is
progressing in a very satisfactory man
ner. On the 200 foot level we have the
east drift in 50 feet, and in the face of
this drift we have a nice streak of high
grade, probably 215 feet wide, all of
1T of shipping grade. We intend to
crosseut south to the foot wall and TX
peet that the vein will be about % feet
wide. At the same time we will cross
cut north to cut a parallel vein, and de-
termine its size and values, continuing
the work on the east drift and thor
oughly exploring it.
"The west drift on the o00-foot level
is in about 35 feet, showing a good
grade of ore, ore that should average
$50 per ton. The entire face of the
drift seems to be improving in values
and size as we 60 in, and we appear to
have hit on the first end of a good ore
shoot. This shoot dips to the east, and
appears to be a new shoot.
"In the WINE on the 10O-foct level
we have about 3K feet of Gre that we
are saving for shipping ore; we have
not gone any deeper with this Wine
as We have been exploring; the vein
now shows up Is feet wide, besides the
shipping ore, making a total width of
probably 10 feet.
"We have run west on the 100-foot
level 206 feet; we have shown up two
different ore shoots; have passed
through one and are drifting on an
other. The enrichment is coming in on
the latter shoot, and contains lunches
of hornsilver and chlorides. We are
expecting any time to pick up the big
ledge opened up by Coffee, MCGOWAN
& Chute about $50 feet west of the
Great Western shaft.
"These parties have block 3 on the
Great Western ground, directly west of
the Western shaft. At the 25-foot mark
they opened up a big vein coming in
from the southwest; they have not yet
determined the size of this shoot, but
Is inches of it is of a class that will pay
to save and ship. Good work is being
done on this lease; the shaft, which is
being fully timbered, will be sunk to
100 feet before any prosecuting is done.
They will pass through the vein and
will have to crosscut back to it, when
they will be in position to take out and
ship the ore.
"The next lease west is block 3, held
by j. F. Bradley and Ike Mckay. They
have opened up good ore on a parallel
vein that went $50 three feet from the
surface. The vein is about 80 feet
wide and three samples taken went
from $50 to $4,000, all gold. The pan
nings here are simply immense. Larger
results are obtained by panning than
by assay; the gold is lighter and not as
rich as in the Goldfeld district, but
you can pan any part OF the vein and
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
FAIRV1EW BECOMING ONE OF
BUSY CAMPS OF STATE

,mous the shippers of the camp will
-umhered the Fairview Eagle. Stop
an he begun on an ore shoot ITO
lang with an average width of
feet. of which a streak about
.,..s feet along the foot wall gives
- from 1925 to $3.50, and an
.-.,aoe across the vein of about $50,
che Mining News. Picked samples
,be streak have given values in
.o;sbborhood of $1,000 a ton, with
thirty per cent gold. Bunehes
hioh grade have been found on the
.,r;ng wall and in some places ship
,alues have been opened up COM
a,slv across the vein. There is now
~,.;derable shipping ore broken down
- soon as this has been taken out
IA the bins cleared, the work of stop
ing will begin.
steadily IMPROVES
With the advance IN the price OF sii-
and continued Improvement in gen
-, conditions, Fairview will soon be-
o,e of the busiest camps in the
80. At the present writing the out
,sot is brighter than it has been fer
.uontbs. and the indications are that
-.;,b;n ninety days as many men will
- at work as in the palmy days of last
Gunner. Old General Apathy has been
discharged. and in his stead General
o.,;m;sm is working through three
,h;fts. The pessimist and misanthrope
has become a thing of the past; the
,,oeker has thrown away his little
hammer: the word "but'' is being
,,ow,v but surely obliterated from the
,o.obulary of Fairview, and every per-
- who has the least interest in the
camp is becoming a booster.
Pay in Many Places
With tie opening up of pay ore in
many parts of the district, Fairvicw
will become one of the liveliest camps
in Nevada. 1t is reported that the Ne
v.da Hills has new ore bodies that are
s.;n in their virgin state. Pay rock
Of shipping value has been opened in
At least two places on the Fairview
r.ole The same sort is in evidence
On the Fairview Mizpah, and a little
work will result in the uncovering of
Ginning ore on three or four other
m~ouerties. There are numerous places
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
GOOD STRIKE AT MANHATTAN

their working facilities the days clean
up will run much higher than the above
figure.
Will Mill Ore Soon
Dan Mcnamara and Joe Plourd have
a force of men steadily working on
their lease on the west end of the Stray
Dog claim. Two drifts have been run
from the 100-foot level and the same
character of rock is found in them as
that of the Shea lease, on Union 8. The
south drift is in So feet and the north
drift has reached a distance of 60 feet.
The work of sinking the shaft another
so feet is also in progress. The leascrs
have about so tons of ore OF their dump
that will average about $50 per Ton.
They expect to have a run at a local
mill by June Is.
Sacking High Grade
John Vucanovich and associates have
four men at work on their Big Chief
lease and have a shaft down about 40
| Iect. aDOuI -VO Sdtho u 9fO civ, tdhch
from the shaft, are now on the lump
awaiting their turn at the mill. This
lease adioins the rich Hansen Gitchell
lease on the east.
Union No. 4 Lease
The Ford lease on Union No. A has
a shaft down 100 feet and the work of
prosecuting to tap the ledge is now in
progress. 1t is expected that the ore
body will be encountered in about two
weeks time.
Davis Gets Lease
Frank p. Davis has taken a lease on
the Thelma ground and will start sink
ing this week. The shaft will be sunk
about 300 feet east of the company
workings and it is believed that at a
depth of so feet the rich silver ledge of
the Thelma will be encountered.