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

opment work to a point where all i.
ments of commercial risk will be sl;rs
mated.
j. C. Mccormack is the presiden,
managing director, Wardner WiMsmaa
of Denver, the vice president. Veins
Z. Pratt, the secretary and treas
+. w. Codington, of Santa Monica ~,
the consulting engineer, and -,
Mayer, the mine superintendent I'm
property together with half n da.A'
others in its immediate vicinity win sa
well and f~avorably known in the ea.I
of another twelve months. ~
Other Properties
The Nevada Southern ad;o;,s
Granite Mountain. 1t is in n co..Ae
of lime shale and granite. The sbas.
now being sunk in ore. Five bpndsls
feet of tunnel work has been DOM
a large body of ore exposed uSa.uSa
yields values as high as 5000. Thu h'a
tom of the shaft is now in ore Of ~. po'-
ping grade. Pending the return
President s. d. Knott from Engl.na1
work is not being pushed on the NM
erty. TP
The Deseret, better known "a A.
Consolidated, property is being wo., que
by leasers. High grade gold and s;,rsl
ore, resembling that taken from ~
Great Western mine at Hornsilvo. 'e
being extracted and sacked for sh;as
ment. P
Willow Springs Mining commas
with r. r. Frisbee of Denver AZ y
head, has let a contract for a lone g..
mel.
Adjoining the Granite Mop,..,-
property is the Richmond Gold Mipina
company's estate. Operations ar
about to be resumed on a larger s.ais
than ever. The tunnel is in about so
feet and there is a considerable shou;SO
Of ore. A shaft down sixty feet h.s
cut an ore body eleven feet wide f,as
which $45 assays are obtainable.
Gold Mountain Eagle, ADJOINING ~.
Empress, is about to resume operas;oa"
A long tunnel will be run. On a.
groupings of the ledge cons;der.Ns
jasper quartz has been found which
carries wire gold. j. C. Starr of seo,.
City, Kansas, is at the head of ,Ss
company.
The Bonanza group has a nice S,
face showing, similar to that on II.
Empress and North Star.
The Crapeau group consists of for,
claims, the South View, Moonligh,
Bonanza and Crapeau and the Bonanr
fraction. Vim. Babcock of New Yo,s
| City and Frank p. Mcneil of Salt Lats
City recently acquired this properly
In the early days a considerable tos.
mage of ore from this property wa,
worked in the arrastra at Old Camn
while the high grade was Skinned |
This group sidelines the Nevada En-.
press. Very satisfactory returns were |
received this week when the Cranean |
was sampled. The various grades a. |
ore exposed in the workings ran from
$1s to $50. The property will probably
be turned over shortly to the Goldfed, |
Gold Mountain NJ. & L. Co.
The Independence claim, owned bv
Mr.. Stills, is another of the excellent |
Gold Mountain properties visited BY
the writer. 1t has a large dump of SO |
ore, while assays as high as $500 are
obtainable in the workings.
Last but not least of the Gold Noun.
tain properties visited is the North
Star and keystone group, now owned
by the Gold Mountain Mines com.
pany, which is controlled BY Jas. f.
Keelyn of the little Florence. E. K.
Koontz of the Gold Bar and c. O. D.
and a coterie of Chicago finaneiers. The
"wasto' dump was sampled by The
News mar and everywhere the loose
dirt panned eolors plentifully, while
the ore showed numerous points Of free
gold.
Altogether, "Gold' Mountain is far
from being a misnomer.