The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
GOLD CRATER HAS MAKING
OF GOOD GOLD CAMP

II is possible. II Is p~rooaDies II ts al.
most certain. that nowhere else in the
state Of Nevada IS such a quantity a,
quartz cropping and none of II is bar.
rem.
The representative of this paper ae
companied Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. Mu,,
20 all three of the northern hillocks and
took a score of samples. InvariabIv
there was a tiny film of gold at the tan
Of the concentrates and it was not IN
usual to see a choice little pin point
nugget rolling along In a vain effort To
overtake the black sand
ON one of the groupings we sat down
and pounded away with prospect ham.
ners- Two members of the party each
rescued a sample showing the gold plas-
tered on the surface. unmistakable in
its 500 an ounce luster.
Iron accompanies the quartz in such
abundance that the groupings are SIMS
ter black or glowing red in the distance
according to the freaks OF the oxidation
nrocess. Some times. even. the %colora-
tion is peacock green and blue. In one
or two localities the green and blue il
dine to sulphate and carbonate of con-
per but this mineral is conspicuous by
ire absence in the greater portion of the
a,strict and no lead or other base has
90, been found in the slightest quantity
silver even has not intruded.
Cold Crater was undoubtedly once a
mushpot of Mother Nature. in which
the bubbles arose and. bursting left
crevices upwards through which crept
the ~silicihcating waters. depositing
their quartz sediment impregnated with
the chlorides which developed into the
pin point of native gold.
unouestionably the dispositions were
from ascending solutions and there is
no trace of secondary enrichment. The
values that are upon the surface. 1t is
therefore concluded. extend downward
and. for several hundred feet, at least.
increase with depth.
within the crater are half a score Of
tents and more than that many pros
nect holes. some of which are already
sunk to considerable depth. Mr.. Fagen-
hush. in the columns of this paper a
few weeks ago. detailed the prospect
work in the Crater and. on account Of
breyity of space. there will be no at
TEMPT in this article to reiterate. One
property will be taken as a sample of
those in the district, the Gold Crater
Consolidated company, which is con-
trolled by Mr.. Murphy and which is the
most extensively developed in the dis
trict. Associated with him are Henry
Weber. James Forman. Roy Ridge and
about 80. 900 shares held in scattering
lots. the distribution making the prop
erty partcically a close corporation. A
-. z--o oaoalina hoist SupptIn.
the power and it is one of the busiest
machines of its type in Southern Ne
vada. Already the property has been
extensively developed as far down as
the 265-foot level. and developed in
most workmanlike manner, the shaft
being as vertical as a plumb line and
all drifts and crosscuts seven feet in the
clear. permitting a tall person to walk
erect anywhere
In every level from the 40 to the 265
the great ledge is exposed, ready for
stoping. 1t is twenty and
twenty-five feet in width and every
where the values are proveable by pam
ming. superintendent Ed Meyer told
the writer to select his own samples
and pan them himself, which he did,
and without a skunk"
Already exposed in the mine is a body
of ore worth, at lowest c~alculation $50
600. 1t is not s~hippable. the best aver
age lots taken out going only s5S, but
none of 1t runs under IS. On the lowest
level the drift is being crowded toward
a point of dyke intersection, where ship
ping values may be found but 1t is not
the intention of the management to pay
tolls on ore that can be milled on the
ground.
While the water scarcity would seem
to initiate against a milling enterprise
in Gold Crater, Mr.. Murphy is confident
that he can solve this problem. In the
center of the crater is an old water
course worn through solid malapal
Here and there in the course are water
holes which would violence a subter-
ranean flow. easily developed.
Gold Crater has lodges enough to keep
thousands of miners busy for scores OIL
years. In fact, the writer ventures the
prediction that within a few years God
Crater will ran among the biggest min
ing camps in the state.
The News man also visited yelling
ton and Poor Mans camp. two new SET
Elements Of half a dozen prospectus
each, but a description Of them and theh
formation is reserved until later. Poor
Mans camp. twelve miles southeast Oh
Gold Crater, is a most surprising place
Within a circumscribed area, possibly
not over three hundred acres. the pr
phyry obtrudes from the malapai' al"
here are found lodges similar to tnoS
in Gold Crater, with the exception tha
they carry considerable silver. Inc
rock is so rich that 1t has producU
placer beds that would be worked as
profit If it were not for the absence "
water.