The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-21
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- oy N IL Truitt of Truitt lease fame on the Mohawk.
ecuE atter the change of ownership high grade ore was
: pos IN the main working shaft. and continuously since
nat time there has been an enhancement of gold and silver
sslues. Now In the bottom of the main shaft there is un-
a nVe-toot body of average $40 ore. and within this
dars liner seam runs slss a ton. For the last three
"a M crew of miners there EMPLOYED has been breaking
r,oS ,e proouet upon canvas. there being streaks Of such
y" a'erl that the management is taking no chances upon
a waste The ore is the characteristic blue quartz which in
nlaoie SHOWS the largest values in the district. Unusual
a., IN connection with this lease are the purchas-
ing or tiocks Of stock in the corporation by practically every
80 connected with the diggings. f. C. Locke. an English
INNING expert who was retained as consulting engineer
mare OF M first treasury Offering at Is cents. Jim Hol.
land shift boss. next day bought $4,000 shares and every
inner employed on the works requested the payment of his
hrst months wages in stock. A hoist is on the way to the
collar OF each of the two shafts, which r singing inc this
iease mo before the end of this month the Truitt No. 2
VIII be making regular consignments of it's product to mill
and shelters.
RAwHrDE HAPPY HooLIoAM.
a rla strike is just reported on the lease known as block
~ on the Happy Hooligan claim. While trenching on the
surface to locate the ore bodies more definitely, the men
STRUCK & blind ledge fairly alive with free gold. This lease
Is owned by the Rawhide Happy Hooligan Mining and Leas-
ing company of which Harry Goliath is president and J. c.
flynn, vice president. This lease is 500 feet from the
Iruitt lease, which has just made such a big strike. the ex-
tent of the ledge encountered has not yet been determined
but from one small panning several dollars worth of gold
was taken. 1t is, however. apparent that one of the i'm
portant strike of the district has just been made. Sacks
have been ordered and shipments will begin as soon as
possible. Thus another shipper will soon be added to the
already long list.
This lease does not expire until 1910. consequently with the
n"s i"e III winch TO operate IT would be foolhardy to even
attempt to appropriate its possible production, but 1t is safe
TO say that Goliath and Flynn will get out all there is
in the ground to the greatest depth.
MacdAsTER IN RAwHIDE
Just west of town and near the Royal and Tiger prop
critics. n. /. MacMasters. a mining engineer. well known all
over the west is making the fur fly on the property of the
faWhlde HIS Mining company, which adjoins the famous
New York group. While work on company account has just
begun five sets of leases on the Rawhide Hills have been
busy long enough to have proved the existence of big bodies
of good ore on that estate. which embraces SIS acres.
Charles Calvert, who was the executive head Of the Pol
lard lease on the Florence Goldfeld, has a promising prop
osftion on the Nevada Umpah No. 1 claim of the Console
dated group. The Calvert lease is technically known as the