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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
LEASERS PUNISHED FOR
BREACHES OF CONTRACT

During the quarter ending September
both, the leasers on the estate of the
Consolidated expended in development
work between $12s,o00 and $l29,0O0 on
the. Combination claims alone. On the
Miss Jessie and other claims of the
Laguna they spent between $4,000 and
100000. The lease expense on the Red
Top for that period amounted to $780,
600 and on the Jumbo 100000.
During each, month Of the quartel
about 1900 feet d arvsloeznent work
was done, or milessaglA hSIf - aha
quarter. The total eest, adding the
foregoing figures, was $26l, 900, with
1900 feet :. he credit of the leasers,
an average cost of $36 foot, the most
economical work being that of the Got
waldt lease, which was operated at a
cost of 1915 foot.
The hard and fast rules of the parent
company, hitherto more honored in the
breach than in the observance, were
enforced with Medean strictness and
the following leascholds were ordered
fcsfeited for failure to comply with
the terms of agreement:
Peterson (Black Eagle), half of
block and block 10 of Combination
No. 3.
McCambridge, blocks ii and Is of
Combination No. 3.
Staunton (Keelyn lease), block ] of
Golconda.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
mrLORENCE WILL.
SOON Er SUPPER

Two shifts are steadily pushing for
nd the work in the crosscut on the
l.Gfoot level of the Zinn Florence
hS. This crosscut when completed
EI tap the now famous ore shoot on
ae florence Consolidated lease, the ad-
Sning lease on the west. The ore has
sen proven up to the line between this
ssse and the Zinn Florence, and IL is
sE merely a question of time wheh
te latter will be shipping from TINS
blanza ore shoot which without
hqbt apexes on it's ground.
Less than so feet away from the
FGkings of the Zinn Florence on the
Sfoot level the Baby has good ore
u the $50 and 200-foot levels and
aperintendent Tate is confident that
be zinn will be in the shipping class
cry shortly.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
FLORENCE CONSOLIDATED is
INCREASING ITS TONNAGE

The Florence Consolidated lease on
the Cornishman claim of the Florence
Goldfeld Mining company is steadily
increasing its tonnage, and the values
are holding up to very satisfactory
figure. The returns for the last days
of September are now in, showing a
total tonnage during the last tel days
of 572E. tons of the average value of
$s9.6s, or a gross valuation of SOL
341.S0. This tonnage was extracted by
means of hand drills and the small
gasoline hoist with which the company
has been prospecting its holdings
The power was turned on yesterd1 =
and with the powerful electric hol q
and machine drills, the company cx
poets to at least double the present ton
mage. The large ore body seems 10
grow richer with every foot advanced,
and it is practically an assured fact
that the Florence Consolidated will be
able to keep up the large output during
the balance of the term, or until
February 5th, 1909. In fact, the maa-
agement feel so confident of it, that in
addition to increasing their equipment.
they are having switch laid onto their
c~ound, and will dump their ore direc'r
ly from the mine into the ears, a'ii ~,
this way the ore can be taken care II
aS fas. as hoisted
While the Florence Cons '''daie''
leaee has not as yet made any display
Of "pieture rock it looks highly
pfo'.ahic that before the expira.;. u OF
tho lease, this comr.ny will maize q
reee.d of tonnage AMI value, tia. Will
easily give it a plao, IN the ir'at fank
of Goldfield's sensational leases.
B, sides, the bunches of 73-ounce &
aa.cut &c ore that they 'ssion,is
strike, gives good ground for the hops
that before the lease expires their out
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
COMBINED M. & L. co.
HAS A PROMISING BLOCK

The Combined Mining and Leasing
eompany's Velvet lease has cut through
the fortyfoot north and south vein, on
which the Merger company's main
shaft is now being sunk little further
south, and the south drift has been ex.
tended about ten feet towards the june
tion of this and the St. Ives vein, which
should be reached within the next 100
feet. The latest developments in this
vicinity show this lease to have most
promising block of ground.
According to statement BY Mr..
Codd, the last ore mined from the ST.
Ives vein was taken along the west
sideline of the Moonshinc claim, at
which point the vein had northeast
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
GOLDFIELD FIssURE WILL
INSTALL A HOIST

Some very interesting developments
have taken place during the past week
in the Goldfeld Fissure Mining com
pany's property, three and onehalf
miles east of this city.
A fve-foot breast is in solid quartz
and the assays are more than salts
factory. General Manager +. M. Cramer
is crosscutting on the ninetyfoot level
and has a five-foot breast of most ex-
cellent looking quartz. This drift will
be continued for high grade shoot
and sinking will shortly be resumed.
Arrangements are being made to install
gasoline hoist to replace the whim
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10

s,.senuie stated while in Gold
=. xeek after his return from the
hs would resume work on all
rites in the Goldfeld district
=" :. he returned from brief
:, southern California.
,,..sozie 4 Co. are now operat-
,,-.,.,s Mohawk lease on the Com
extension, one of the Mac
,ie holdings - ~, -;
.ompany also controls the Jupi-
,.aonna and Frances mines. On all
4 .s..e properties the company has
,,snsive work and gotten most
ling returns, but closed down
' mt of the failure of the State
and Trust company, where the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10

:. meeting of the Rawhide Con
.s,,,,d Gold Placer Mining company
rldseld on October 9Th, the follow
~.,e elected directors OF this cor
.,,. c. w. Hays, Jack Davis,
coe w. H. Shewan and Robt. L..
|-,,.,d. Further elections were G..
|, u,vs president; Jack Davis, vice
.asnt. Chas. Coe, secretary and
|.m,sr. The eompany's Offices are
40 Registration Trust building,
dfsld.
\, company has been incorporated
!, the laws of the state of Nevada.
,anitalization is 100000 shares,
value 25 cents.
No most encouraging reports con-
l. to come from the property at
|,,h;de and the stock, which was put
mo market ten days ago, is in strong
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10

The Florence Annex No. has been
heOrporated and has taken over the
property formerly known as the flor-
'h'e Gem, lying and occupying all the
lOund between the Baby Florence ana
The Engineers.
new lease has been granted, expr-
ag March 2lst, 1909, and with the en-
4ged boundary makes one of the most
Fomlsing leases in the district, and the
aisest on the Florence hill. The FOL
""lng officers have been elected 10
Adhage the affairs of the eorporatioh'
J. L. Woodbridge, treasurer OF the
Western Orc Purchasing company, pres
lent; Hon. 7. H. Tighe of Tighe &
"aeeler, vice president; Hon. DIX W.
'ailn, secretary and treasurer.
ine company has secured as superih-
'naent }. J. Mccarthy, who has peeh
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
MITCHELL & FAIRFIELD

Nice quartz is being dcyeloped in
several portions of the Mitchell & Fair
field lease, where most active develop
ment is in progress. The shaft is go
feet deep. The west crosscut on the
80 level is now out 80 feet and the
sonth crosscut As feet On the 400
level the west cut is out 105 feet and
on the 500-foot level the northwest
working 95 feet.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10

put will be sweetened by the discovery
of bonanza pocket of the marvellous
high grade found in so many of the
Florence leases.
G. s. johnson and j. b. Cottie of the
Goldicld Brokerage company, which is
operating the Florence Consolidated
lease, have had long struggle. They
began work year ago this month and
through year of panic and hard times
have persistently pushed the develop
ment of the lease.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
DAISY IS A MYSTERY

= The greatest secrecy is being +
= maintained relative to develop =
z ments in the workings of the +
= Diamondfeld Daisy. =
= G. Walter Geddes, who has been =
= officiating as general manager, has +
= gone east and nothing definite +
= can be learned regarding his re- +
. turn. =
= Mr.. Mitchell and Mr.. Hoagland +
. seem to be in the saddle and are +
= apparently satisfied with the de- =
. velopments in the property. =
= 1t is rumored that a large and I
. rich ore body has been opened t
. ON the 300.foot level, but the I
= management will neither confirm :
. nor deny the report. They say :
= that the stock is now very closely I
= held, having been absorbed as 7
= rapidly as possible during the past =
. few weeks.
' n n = = = = = = = = = I
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
GOLDFIELD STAR COMPANY
is SINKING NEW SHAFT

A depth of 100 feet has been at
tanned in the new vertical shaft of the
Goldfeld Star Mining and Leasing
company, which is being sunk under
the supervision of George E. Truax.
He expects to cut the ledge in another
hundred feet of work, which will be
completed about November 1st.
The new shaft is being sunk for the
extraction of the ore opened in the in
clined shaft at 220 feet.
At eighty-fve feet in the new shaft
soft dyke was encountered and at
ninety five feet quartz, carrying from
81 to $4.6S, began to come in. This
ledge will be thoroughly prospected
later.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
pAWHJDE CONSOLIDATED
| HAS EXCELLENT SHOWING

demand, the first issue being nearly
the proposition has met with public
favor and it will be but a short time
when the company will be able to start
it's projected installation of the pipe
line and pumping plant. There is no
doubt whatever that once the water is
brought to the property it will be one
of the best paying investments in the
state.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
DOING IN THE HILLS
FLORENCE WHEELER Is
STEADILY EXTRACTING ORE

report was current this week that
the Florence Wheeler had closed down
and stock in this company slumped in
consequence.
DIR. Wheeler says that the property is
not and has not been closed down, but
will continue operations until the con-
clusion of the lease, which will be De-
cember IL, unless further extensions
are secured.
Ore is being taken from sevcn-foot
ledge, four feet of which averages so
ton. The shoot was located sixty
feet above the 3O0-foot level. 1t lies
at an angle of forty-fve degrees. DIR.
Wheeler is confident that the company
will prove to be dividend payer.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10

Cleary & Russell, block 3 of Col.
conda.
Leeds & Erb, blocks 8 and of Col
eonda.
Rhett. blocks 8 and 10 on Mammoth.
Mohawk-Re Top on Miss Jessie
claim of Laguna.
Mohawk Consolidated on Mohawk
No. L.
Mohawk-Jumbo on Gold Wedge.
Since the advent of Mr., Henderson.
the geologist for the company, leasing
en- the estate Of the aold6eid ssensoly
dated Aiasa way ;apsyi g 80.
duccd to scientific basis and e5s s.as-sliz
companies are compelled to follaw both
the letter and spirit of the leasing con-
tract.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10

n, codd lease on the st. Ives claim
,n,ered the shipping list this past
MI A shipment of about fifteen
!, vas sent to the Western Ore Pur-
srinq company. The ore will run
Avn, 1910 per ton. The management
meets to make another shipment
,shin a short time. The ore came
l,m the 50-foot level and is from the
r,n recently picked up which was lost
h As former leasers. The vein mat
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
T IVES LEASE is AGAIN
ON THE SHIPPING LIST

ter is getting better as work goes on
and as the drift is opened up in an
easterly direction the ore is of greater
value.
The company also made shipment
of high grade ore from the Rawhide
lease last week and the management
expects to cut the high grade ledge on
the 2O0-foot level some time during the
present month when something great is
expected.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
INDEX OF THE TIMES


!. The financial pulse of com :
nunity beats in the local post =
onee. Such being the ease, Gold =
nela may be deemed to be IN a =
very hourishing condition. Accord =
ing to the quarterly report OF =
postmaster Collins, which is now =
nearly In readiness to be FOR =
"afded to Washington, the sale =
" stamps of the three months =
. 'ading September 30th, amounted =
I" $s,937.s2. The sales for =
eeptember were a considerable =
. Increase over those for August =
. and vastly more than those for =
. 'uiy. There are 2,041 lock boxes =
. !" 'he local Office and all are =
. ,en'ed, except few recently rem =
. uered vacant for delinquency in :
Payment. Z
W - = n - = =
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10

At the Grutt Mining company S lease
on block 9 of the Wildwest claim of
the Coalition, the face of the south
drift on the so foot level shows average
values of $50 ton. On the 40-foot
level the rich shoot on the south drift
maintains an average value of 5000
ton and the ore sorters are sacking
ton and half day of this grade.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
GOLDFIELD ROSEBUD M. co.
HAS GOOD MILLING ORE

Development work is being carried
on with the same confidence that the
company has always felt in the possi-
bilities of this ground. Good sized
bodies of low grade ore have been en-
ccuntered on the 400, 500 and 150-foot
levels and there is likelihood of
breaking into the shipping grade at
any shot. President Reynolds and Su-
perintendent Madden, who have been
giving the proposition their personal
attention from the beginning of opera
tions, feel sanguine of ultimate success.
The main work is being carried on
now on the 150-foot level crosscut for
the Mohawk-Jumbo ledge, which should
should be reached before the first of the
month.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
BABY FLORENCE SETTELEMENTs
INCREASING IN AMOUNTS

During the past two weeks Baby
Florence has been heavy shipper, the
settlements ranging from $50 to $3.50
to the ton.
The lease is now on paving basis
and the prospects for a substantial
dividend in the near future are said
to be excellent
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10

strike directly into the Combined block
of ground. A great deal Of water IS
being hoisted daily, hut this is now
diminishing in volume. Work will be
carried on with greater energy than
ever as the expected ore shoot is ap.
preached.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
MUsHETT SHIPPING ORE

Ore is being sent out rapidly from
the Mushett lease on the Miss Jessie
claim of the Laguna unit of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company. Two
carloads We're sent out one day this
week. The ore is from the 4s0-foot
level and breaks about $40 across sew
cral feet
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
G. O. d. FARGO

A four-foot ledge of $3.50 ore has
been discovered on the Hornsilver
claims of the c. o. ID. Fargo company.
On Wednesday quartz was encountered
in the company IS lease which gives
good paintings. 1t was cut at depth
of 300 feet. Mr.. Gray is so pleased
with the showing that he will carry the
payroll himself this month, instead of
selling stock.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
COMBINATION FRACTION

Owing to a breakdown in the com
pressing plant, no ore was broken or
hoisted by the Combination Fraction
during the past four days. Repairs are
nearly completed. In the meantime
some badly needed retimbering is be-
ing done.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
GOTWALDT COMBINATION

A second shift has been put to work
in the Gotwaldt Combination lease and
the big vein on the 3l5-foot level is be-
ing developed with feverish activity.
Stock in this company was listed sew
eral DAYS ago.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
MAY SINK DEEPER

1t is probable that the shaft in the
Mushett lease will be sent to greater
depths. A winze for determining the
expediency of this plan is now being
dropped from the 4s0foot level. The
entire bottom of the winze is in pay
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
HART FLORENCE

A depth of 1870 feet has been attained
in the new vertical working shaft of
the Hart Florence. Some good milling
values are being encountered.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
WILL PATENT PROPERTY

The Empire Mining company is tax
ing the final steps toward patentlng It's
claim. A favorable report from WASH
irqton is expected in few days.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
OLD WORKINGS CONNECTED

Wednesday night the 200-foot drift
in the Baby Florence broke into I'M
charted workings of the old Wallace
lease. Superintendent Meikle is now
extracting ore from three levels.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10

an average of $3.50 the ton. A ship
ment of 80 tons of that grade ore is be
ing prepared and viii go out prior to
October 15. Another consignment of
like tonnage and value will follow be
fore the close of the month.
The Proskey Strike
Development of the blind ledge en-
countcred in the drift from the 90 foot
level of the Proskey No. l lease on the
Coalition estate some days ago is prov
ing all and even more than was claimed
for it in way of gold worth. A winze
has been sunk in it to depth of II
feet and is in pay ore from level floor
to bottom. Mr.. Proskey states that the
streaks of high grade along the hang
ing wall and footwall are widening as
depth is gained and that they are con
verging. He believes the last men
toned condition to indicate that they
will make into a single body of pay ore
at some point between the 60-foot and
100-foot levels. He also states he has
extracted and sacked about four tons
of ore of an average value of $500 the
ton and that he will send out trial
shipment of 10 tons before the close of
October.
Rawhide Victor
Word has been received here from /.
/ II. Cook to the effect that he will arrive
/ in Rawhide within ten days for the
purpose of arranging for development
of the Victor lease on the estate of the
| Coalition company on more compre-
hensive scale than ever before. Mr..
Cook has Just returned to Nevada from
an extended business trip in the middle
west where he was successful in plae-
| ing the control formerly held by Gold
field parties with syndicate of
wealthy Iowans. Since his former visit
to Rawhide the Victor lease has as
sumed new Importance in the mining
field by reason of strike of high
grade in the south crosscut from the
l25-foot level. Superintendent Smith
has at that depth uncovered streak of
ore 6 inches wide that has an average
gold content of 1927 the ton. de Il
now sacking quartz of that grade
Paralieling the streak is an lS-inch see
tIon ranging in value from $l5 to So
the ton.
Truett Shipment
The initial shipment from the Trnet
lease the present month consisted of 2
tons of ore having an average value o
$50 the ton. At least three other ship
ments of like tonnage and value will &
out before the close of October. Tn
total shipments for the month will no
fall below 50 tons of gross value o
sc. 400. Two shifts of miners are en-
gagged in extracting ore from the stopc
, front;nuad an PAGE Eight \
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
RAWHIDE MINES IMPROVING
BUSINESS GROWING BETTER

p De Wolf, Special Repr esentative of
short drive sent out at that depth is
likewise in ore of similar character and
average worth. While the true value
of the Crater find remains as yet to be
demonstrated, the mineralogical and
geological signs are decidedly favorable
to persistency of the ledge at depth
The quartz is very hard and vitreous
throughout. An important feature in
connection with the Crater and Mari
gold dykes is the fact that they dip to-
ward each other, thereby offering the
strong possibility that they and the in
tervening assures will at depth make
into common ore body of vast proper
tions and great uniform precious metal
enrichment.
The Sutherland
Another strike of moment attaches to
the Sutherland lease on the Coalition
estate. the scene of it's location being a
denth of ia feet in the shaft. There
exposed is streak of quartz varying
in width from one-quarter to one-half
inch. which is so filed with free gold
the matrix is almost lost to sight The
sunbeam streak is what the miners
call it, and with good cause, for 1t
CLEANS and scintillates in the soft hight
of the candles like a ray of sunshine IN
the depth of a well. To set a value
mon the worth of such ore would be
superfuous. 1t is practically pure gold.
For width of seven feet 1t strikes
diagonallv across the face of the shaft
and disappears in its bottom. TO now
much greater depth it will prevail can
only be determined by further sinking.
, Shipments of 5000 per ton ore will go
out with weekly regularity during
October from the drifts and crosscuts
at the 1O7-foot level.
Kearns No. 2
Twenty tons of ore having an aver
age value of 5000 the ton went out last
Saturday from the Kearns No. lease
ON the estate of the Rawhide Queen
Mines company to Utah smelling points
II was mined in the drift from the 30
foot level. Shipments of like grade fo'
the present month are expected TO puil
4 100 tons. Development is progressing
under very favorable mineral eondi
tions in all portions of the workings
particularly at the 200-foot level, wher'
was encountered the present week
number of quartz stringers carrying al
unusually high milling content.
Kearns No.
A number of streaks of ore carrying
gold to the value of 81 per pound wer
encountered a few days ago IN tn
breast of the drive in the old working
at the Kearns No. ! leasehold on tn
Queen estate. Exclusive of the hig
cyade seetions the ledge is breaking I
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
Kearns No. !

A number of streaks of ore carrying
gold to the value of 81 per pound were
encountered a few days ago IN the
breast of the drive in the old workings
at the Kearns No. leasehold on the
Queen estate. Exclusive of the high
grade sections the ledge is breaking to
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
Marigold Find

Last Sunday morning +. l.. Riggs
superintendent of the Marigold, en-
eonutered 6-inch stringer OF high
Grade ore ON the footwail of the ledge
exnosed in the face of the north drift
from the west crosscut at the oo-foot
level The quartz shows much gold ana
silver in the free and breaks to an
average value of 500 the ton. The en-
tire face of the cut is in ore having an
average value of $40 the ton' exclusive
80 the high grade section. The quartz
i. replica of that mined at such great
,ro6t from the Grutt Mining lease on
tho Coalition and is unquestionably the
continuation of the Grutt Mining ledge.
Tho same ore body is exposed IN the
hottom of the winze in the floor OF the
60 foot level of the Grutt Hill Truitt
Lease adjoining the Marigold lease.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10
Crater Find

Al depth of 120 feet the entire bot
tom of the Crater shaft is in ore, pan
n;ngs indicating it to have an average
,.a,ue of $40 the ton. The face OF the