The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
'EIVF HUNDRED MINERS
EMPLOYED AT RAWHIDE

ing formulated for a ha,,.a"
celebration, and that it will be one Oh
,he events of the desert Is a certainly.
Strike on Kearns NO.
Regular shipments are now In vogue
from the Kearns No. 2 lease on ,hc
estate of the Rawhide Queen Mining
on Balloon hill. S.nee the
day piek was first driven INTO the
ground on this holding it has ever oeea
= sensation maker, and a factor In the
making of local mining history. VI
late it has been the scene OF a h'.oe'
of magnificent strikes, the latest a
ing to do with the treasures exposeu ~
the glory hole at the 65-foot lever. ~
shoot at that point is showing a widtn
of 9 feet, and breaks to an average oi
$3.50 gold the ton, exclusive OF 'ne
yellow ribbon section. The latter Is
the next thing to pure gold, not infre-
o~uently yielding a gold content OF from
Al to IS the pound, and breaking an
average of SO, 0 the ton. A shipment
of that grade-carload Lots to go
out this month.
In the meantime shipments are to
continue without intermission from the
shoot being explored at the oo-foot
level. For the present consignments
will be in the amount of two carloads
per week. the general average of the
ore being better than $3.50 the ton. As
soon as the miners who are driving the
crosscut at the 117-foot level, to open
the ore channel accomplish their task.
however, the output of the mine is to
| be trebled.
High Grade at Kearns No. l
A few nights ago the miners work
ing at Kearns No. l lease, also located
on the acreage of the Rawhide queen
Mining company, broke into a face OF
rich quartz in the erosscut al the lao
foot level at a point IA feet in from
the shaft. The extent of the shoot re-
mains as yet to be determined. but that
it is rich beyond the avarice Of a Nj les
is evidenced by the great spictehes of
gold with which the quartz il plastered.
The gangue is heavily silicIfed, and is
peppered full of the precious metal.
Ore is being sacked from this find
and shipments are to follow very
shortly. The formation at the 150-
foot level is unchanged frori that oil
tanning in the levels above, but is
richer by far than anything hitherto
found in the workings. The gold bear
ing dyke was encountered on its pitch,
after tho crosseut had penetrated a
mass of altered p%orphyry. There is
reason to believe that the body will be
persistent at eve greater depth and
that it will hold its gold grade well
down below the present point OF devei
opment.
Leases Arc Consolidated
A coalition of mining interests has
been made whereby the Butler lease on
the estate of the Queen Mining com
pany is consolidated with the. Eearns
No. 3 lease. also locptcl ~ Queen
ground. The two moi iings are row be-
ing operated under single Manage
ment, and will in tutrre be known as
the Kearns No. 3. Both leases nave a
prospective value far above average.
The Butler holding is one with which
DIR. Frederick Bass, the eminent geolo-
gist and mineralogist, associated him
self some months ago. San Francisco
capital is interested with DR.. Bass in
tho proposition. The ledge traversing
the block offers much in way of gold
yield, as it pans and assays very highly
Much of the gold reclaimed by banning
il very coarse.
The Truett Strike
A magnificent strike was made a few
days ago at the famous Truett lease on
the Happy Hooligan claisn of the Raw
hide Coalition Mining company. The
find was made at a depth of 80 feet in
shaft No. 3, and consists of an ore
body four feet wide which breaks to
an average of $3.50 gold the ton. Aside
from this extensive body there is IN
S-inch streak which yields an average
gold content of So, 765.02 to the ton.
The vein has been followed from sur
face, and has ever yielded the most
encouraging values, but ic WIS not I'M
til the 50-foot point was reached that
the picture stuff was encountered.
During the course of sinking the
shaft much ore of value has been minc:,
a good bit of which has been sent 10
stamp. The last shipment consisted If