The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-08-08

Chafey, New, Aug. 6.-The honor of
making good quickly and co~nspieuousIy.
and of shipping more ore than any
other camp during the first two
months of its history, r~ightfully at
taches to Chafey, located eighteen
miles southwest of Winnemucea and
nine miles east of Mill City. These are
stations on the Southern Pacific rail
road, in the East Humboldt mountain
range, and afford to Chafey the bless
ings of easy access and low freight
rates for smelling ores.
Although but five weeks old, the
camp has 500 population. which is
growing daily by dozens. This growth
represents principally former residents
of Tiptop and Sierra, which were prom
Using camps three and one-lalf miles to
the south of Chafey, and from which
points the first news was published to
the outside world of the great diseor-
cries of gold deposits in this immediate
vicinity which are pronounced by every
body seeing them to be greater and
richer and of more significance to the
Sagebrush state than any since discov.
cry of Goldfeld or Tonopah. There are
also many arrivals recently from Raw
hide and other districts, while the
greatest confidence is manifested in the
district by people in Winnemucca,
Lovelock and other nearby points who
have been apprisej more directly of
the undoubted merits of the Chafev
discoveries.
The principal mine is on the MAY
flower claim, whereon exists the Black
Hole. whose wealth was discovered by
veritable mint. He commenced ship
ping from this source early in June, and
the continuous yield and high values of
ores sent from it are the wonder of the
states mining history. Three large
carloads were shipped per week during
July, one and two carloads per week
during the last two weeks of June, and
during August Mr.. Chafey now an
nounces the shipments will aggregate
] 900 tons of an average value of 500
per ton. He will draw this ore from a
total exposed of 100000 tons, each ton
of which carries at least 800 worth of
gold and some silver. Three shifts OF
miners per day are employed at the
breast of the tunnel on the vein, and
which is now in about $50 feet from the
portal, and three shifts per day also
at the bottom of a shaft now almost
forty feet deep, and sunk just in front
of the portal Of the tunnel and designed
primarily for determining the depth of
the ore body. The width of the ship
ping ore at both points of extraction is
five to six feet, between well-defned
walls which stamp the deposit as a true
assure of extraordinary richness. While
the production at this time progresses
as vigorously as possible, employing
some %thirty-fve men and sixty head of
horses in the f~reighting, and maintain
ing a good-sized pay roll, Mr.. Chafey
is planning to open the assure to yet
greater extent in the near future, and
thus increase the number of men EN-
ployed. Upward of a dozen sets of leas-
ers have also been allotted blocks on the
vein system of which the Mayfower is
a part, and these leasers nave miners
employed, with assurances that within
a short time they too will be outputting
large quantities of ores, some of which
will be as rich as those of the Black
Hole.
The Bishop lease is especially an
other wonder in the annals of Nevada
mining. Here there is, by means of an
open cut, laying bare the vein for a
length of $50 feet and a depth of five
to six feet, at least $50 tons of ore
worth SIS to 800 per ton, and of the
same general character as the product
of the Black Hole. Shipments from
this lease are held in allegiance only by
lack of transportation facilities, which,
however, are expected in camp on
orders any day.
On the Elihu Palmer-F. NJ. McBee