The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04

s1s to $50 are common. and 1T is the general belief that de-
velopm'nt win open up one of the largest bodies of ore ir
the camp.
San Francisco and Goidneld capitalists and mining mer
are back of the enterprise. and the company will be well
supplied with funds to prosecute development work.
r1oEB FACTION
Five feet of ledge matter. opened up on the Tiger Frac
tion, adjoining the Royal. in the western section OF the dis
trict. gives assays up to $500 gold and $40 silver to the ton
quantity of rock of an average value of 5000. The find was
r1sde in a drift that is extending from the main tunnel and
the entire face of the drive shows lively seams of picture
ore. 1t is found at a depth of about 40 feet The strike Is
particularly important as piiing up additional. IL not neces
sary. proof of the coming greatness OF this section OF Raw
hide district.
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Rawhide Combination has firmly established its place
among the big ones of the camp. At the Hessler lease OF
the Microbe fraction the lateral work from the bottom o
the so-foot shaft continues daily in improving values. The
full face of the north drift at that depth is ore of a ship
ping quality and exceptionally rich dirt is being sacked fol-
the market. On company account Rawhide Combination is
preparing for a lively campaign of development on its three
other claims in another portion of the camp. Microbe frac-
ton hovers in the afternoon shadow of Last Chance hill. the
bonanza possession of codd & Coote.
HED roP FRACTION
In this same vicinity is the Red Top Fraction. probably
as well known as any of the younger aspirahts to fame and
celent showings. One of these. the Truett No. I. should
within a few days arrive at the junction of two big gold
sumable depth of 100 feet. Some high grade has been cut
on the Truett No. 1 in process purely of development. but
the big showing Is expected to be made at the intersection
SALE or MCINTOSH FRACTION
Ownership of the Mcintosh fraction has been passed &c
the Ra"hide Regent Mining company. owning the adjoining
estate. Rawhide Regent has uncovered within it's lines
number of tempting leads which are being strenuously ex
plotted on company account and will now put a crew of mer
to work on the newly acquired fraction. Leasers on the Blue
Bird No. 8, in the same neighborhood. have broken into
average $500 ore which comes In the extension of the Nc
Intosh ledge.
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Good reports come from the properties of the Rawhid,
Florence Gold Mining and Milling company. owning APP
proximately IS acres. distributed among nve claims. tn,
New York. New York Annex, New York No. /. Scott No.
and Scott No. g. The StrOng-SWeet lease on the New YOrl
Annex has values up to $471 per ton in it's working shaft
Three leases on the Scott No. have uncovered good ore OF
two prominent lodges and still another pair of lodges is the
scene OF activity on Scott No. 8.
BIG YoU8 LEASE
Adjoining the Murray lease. the Big Four lease on the
Rawhide Consolidated is still in phenomenal shipping ore
Four feet of ledge is all good for $50 per ton except a 6
inch streak which runs as high as $4,000. The main work
ing shaft has reached a depth of 80 feet and is soon to b
supplied with a big hoist and dynamo.
OWL no.
Probably the largest body of solid ore thus far exposed
in + awhide district is that to be found on the sO-foot leve
of the CIVIL One lease on the Roseberry group. This leas
adjoins the Flynn Ryan On the Hoodlum claim. which wal
recently purchased at a fancy figure by the Montana million
aire, f w. King. 1t is upon the Owl One lease that Their
w a found the freak specimen of gold cIinging as pur,
metal to the roots of sage brush, the famous grassroot.
sample Of which much was written in the early days of thu
camp. A crosscut at the bottom of the main shaft on thu
Owl One lease has driven through thirty feet of ore tina
yields average samples of $25 per ton. with neither wall ii
sight. Just recently one of the miners at the diggings fired
a shot ct a depth of sixteen feet in a prospect hole near thu
main SHAFT and opened a little streak Q 7 almost pure sold
While essays were not necessary. as a matter of speculation
q piece o I the pTCuuct was teSteu anu IOunu u go dp
proximately 100000 per ton Joe Stamp, local manager o
the lease, will soon return from Chicago. where he ha
4 ordered a big plant of machinery and made arrangement
for the building of a $4,000 mill to care for the output from
the main shaft.
T1UETT NO.
Lying on one side of the Owl One lease is the Truett No
., previously the De Almond. and on the other side tw,
blocks. this week granted by the Roseberry management t.
the Rawhide Mines Syndicate. Some vexatious delay is be
ing experienced by the Truett diggings in the installation
of it's hoist, but in the meantime work goes steadily for
ward in the mining of ore that is so rich as to necessitat,
the providing of canvas to save the fine crumbs of pure golt
that C lmbled from the rock. Medium grade ore from thu
Truett lease is being hauled to the saltwater Bill mill fol-
treatment
SYNDICATE LEASE
ALI physical conditions point to the probability that thu
Syndicate lease is to be one OF the big shippers OF thu
Hooligan Hill section, upon whose southwestern slope lie.
the Roseberry domain. Into that block there clearly ex
tends at least one of the big lodges that have been proven
on the Owl One lease and there is also within the Syndicate
Van Ripper lease, adjoining the Syndicate on the north. A
draw that extends across the length of the two blocks
owned by the Rawhide Mines Syndicate pans prolifcally II
gold at every foot of its length. and placer operators wht
are organizing to operate in that section have applied foi
permits to work this area. Active development of the syndi
cate blocks began on the LIST Of April.
BLUFF zo0DLUK
The Bluff Hoodlum Mining and Leasing company is tear
ing up the ground on Zeb Kendalls property. adjoining the
Last Chance Hill. Way-up gold values are being brought
to light on this lease which promises an early entrance Int
the shipping class. The same company owns a claim In thu
close-in section Of the district upon which there has beer
uncovered some astounding values in silver.
is waging an active campaign of development on it's promis
ing acreage in the Royal-Tiger vicinity.
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