The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02

have their own money tied up in the
enterprise, they are determined to make
OF the company a steady dividend
payer at the earliest possible moment.
One hundred and thirty acres com
prises the estate of the Nevada EN-
press Gold Mines and Milling company
The holdings are Central, Central frae
ton. Smasher, Lucky Jim, Wide west.
Golden Chariot and Gold Wedge.
While all the properties have had
more or less surface development, WORK
thus far has been largely concentrated
upon the Central claim, largely because
the pitch of the hill permits gaining
great depth with relatively short adits
and because work can here be prose.
cuted from the surface on the trend OF
the veins, without the necessity for
prosecuting.
As a matter of fact there is almost as
good a surface showing on any other OF
the six claims of the estate as there is
upon the Central.
The tunnels now opened are known
as Nos. 1. 2 and 8, but the greater Por'
t;on of the work has been done by MI
stills upon the No. i, because 1T gives
more DackS tnau INC oenei IL,
An opening has been started a. ~
foot of the hill and contract let ior Tue
running of a fourth tunnel, wnicn =
expected to reach the main Iedge ~
about 100 feet and furnish 800 feet VI
backs. os
No, l is the only tunnel that wa
more than casually inspected by Inc
News representative. Throughout l.s
Iangth the vein. varying from two u
6ve feet in width, is clearly discern,
;h,e included as it is between IDEA
walls of granite, slicked with dry ta,c
The vein itself is conspicuous for IN.
rad and brown hematite and Jasper tha'
tbrows it out in bold relief from 'n'
walls. ,ortz nan
while the white and gray quartz pal
freely running from So to $2o, accoio.
nc - egg pan estimates, the hematite
and Jasper carry the specimen g o,u
the greatest sustained values rnrn e
as a round question: $So 10 8'o !"
To Il were not for the distance tha'
separates them, the iron-laden ieoeo y.
The Nevada Empress might reasonapiy
ha Guessed as an extension to the re.
5;sb'brown lode in the Round Mountain
Mining company's estate.
p;obt here is an interesting observa'
+;on worthy of jotting down. From tne
mouth Of t,,nnei No. l is clearly visible
tho snowy summit of Mt. Jefferson, ~.
niles TO the northward, the peak tha'
towars above Round Mountain. .
Rel;ohtine our candles we return y,
.bo tunnel and descend into the secoho
vine This is the lowest exploration
~ the Nevada Empress and here $ one
of it's best showings. The ore ply =
ohout four and one-half feel "i'e IN
stands within twelve degrees OF 'he
We took samples, as cold-bloodediy
as an intending purchaser, ana retuln
to the tunnel portal, where the par
amused itself for a time pounding VI
orc in search of free gold; OF course
nocketine the richest samples. -.
Tho ASSAYS obtained after reaching
cold6eld showed the ore dump to sam
IL sos the winze to average $43.2o ano
III bottom of the lower tunnel to rui
$40. mode hy
tho Nevada Empress company TO instai
q Hathaway gyrating mill. It will Dc
in oneration and crushing its forty ton,
Of ore daily about July 18th. The mil
has a guaranty of eighty-fve per CEN
which will be materially raisea VII
the cyanide plant is installed propapi9
to about ninety-fve per cent.
A ~plentiful supply of water has pee,
developed and, while sinking the wen
q blind ledge carrying good mining
values was discovered.