The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-16
HIGH GRADE
STRIKE AT HART
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Hart Cal. Nav 1.-THE striking OF
b;gh grade ore at a depth of 100 feet
in Hart a Hits tunnel on Orc Belle
No. 1. on which property the riginal
discovery in this district was made, mas
accomplished more than any other event
in placing Hart in the list with otner
great permanent mining camps OF the
west. Since the ore body was nrst
broken into last week, developments
have daily enlarged the area of picture
rock, until at the present writing tne
nav shoot is seven feet wide, with
nearly two feet of the rock running
into the hundreds. The character OF
the ore is n porphyrytic quartz, the
high grade being heavily i~mpregnated
with free gold. Between i've n SIX
feet averages SIS per tor, while assays
across two feet of the ledge run as high
as 5000. S~prinkled through this un.
usually rich find are specimens valued
at A $4,000 per ton. The tunnel has
reached a distance of lis feet, giving
the working 100 feet in depth. The
ledge encountered is not the one opened
in the upper tunnel, where the original
strike was made, and where an I'M
mense body of ore has been opened.
For the purpose of securing greater
depth Hart & Hit started the
tunnel. and have 100 feet further to go
before getting beneath the ore now
showing in the original workings.
Values at Depth
The Hart & Hit strike marks a new
era in the development of this camp, as
II demonstrates that values not only
-..l 10th hnt from nrQQQUt
indications the veins have great breadth
at the lower levels. Another import
ant fact connected with this discovery
is that gold is distributed in the rock,
instead of clinging to the cleavage,
which is Characteristic in a great many
places here near the surface. At a
depth of 40 feet the ore coming from
the Big Chief shaft also shows the
values to be evenly distributed, and
this is the general rule in Hart where
sufficient depth has been secured.
Property Development
The Woodward lease on Orc Belle
No. l Extension, while running a drift
broke into pay ore last Saturday. The
tunnel has been driven for a distance
of $50 feet, and has a depth of 100
feet. At a distance of 10 feet the
l~essees encountered a fine showing, and
as work has progressed this week the
find is opening up bigger every day.
The values are around $l5, with the
face of the drift all in ore.
A Wine is being sunk in the center
of the 14-foot ledge showing in the
Pfunder lease on Orc No. l.. Before in
augurating more extensive work the
management is diligently exploring the
great find made at this leasehold last
week. The crosscut which has pene-
trated the ore shoot for IA feet samples
$22 per ton, while at the place where
the Wine has been started the values
are considerably better. A tunnel is
to be run on the west side of the noun
tain to develop this lease, which will
give a depth of about 200 feet.
The Quartette shaft on the Jumbo IS
down 90 feet, and is all in ore, running
about SIS per ton, while the fines are
of a better grade. This comDany has
also started work on the Red Boy, pur-
chased last week from Geo. A. and VIM.
L. Foster for $4,000.
Quicksilver Ore Found
While prospecting the Gray Horse
claim, located one-half mile northwest
of camp, B. A. Jennings discovered d
deposit of einnabar. samples from
which he sent to the University Of Ne
vada some days & for analysis. He
received information this week from
the Reno institution that the samples
submitted contained sufficient cinnabar
to mine at a big profit. Mr.. Jennings
will develop the new find, where boul-
ders weighing several hundred pounds,
carrying good values in %cinnabar, lie
scattered over the orOuud.