Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-28
MOHAWK QUARTZ IN
SIGHT AT CLERMONT
BROKEN HILLS PROVES BIG
SHIPPER
Daisy Florence Stores in Mines Vault
Five More Sacks of Valuable
High Grade-Strike at
Black Hole

GOLDFIELD, Dec. 27.-The Cler-
mont, which is to be the main work
ing shaft of the Consolidated. has
reached depth of $50 feet, and the
quartz that has made the Mohawk
famous is in evidence and has been for
a week or longer. The footwall has
been passed through and the sulphide
ore is visible, but as to its grade no
one who is connected with the mine
in an official capacity will tell. This
deep shaft of the camp will be con-
tinued down until the hanging wall is
found, or to a depth of 1000 feet or
more, before it is reached, according
to surveys that has been made prior
to the letting of the contract for the
sinking of the shaft Connections will
be made between all the old workings
and the new, but it will not take long
to accomplish this, as the old drifts are
within shooting distance of it to a
depth of 600 feet.
The greatness of the Broken Hills
property as a workable mine has been
shown by the tonnage of high-grade
ore which is being shipped, and is
further demonstrated by the simplicity
of the mill treatment, and the great
saving that can be made from the
lower grade ores.
A sample of the ore for prelimi-
nary mill test was sent to the Henry
E. Wood Ore Testing company at Dem
yer and the report is highly gratifying
to the Broken Hills people. The sam
pie which came from the waste dump
was supposed to be low grade rock,
but the mill returns showed it to con-
tain ABB ounces of gold and 27.SO
ounces OF silver to the ton. The treat
ment recommended is amalgamation
and concentration, with cyanidation OF
the regrind table tailings. This method
showed a saving of 1854 per cent of
the gold values and $3.50 per cent of
the silver values Analysis showed no
salts present deleterious to cyanide.
The ore concentrates 22.66 tons to one.
Five Sacks of High Grade
Five more sacks of the high grade
that is being mined on the Daisy Flor
ence were placed in the. big vault OF
the Goldfield Florence company last
week. Shipments of the ore that viii
run all the way from 800 to 5000 ton
are being made daily from the new
bonanza. Prior to February bal
ance sheet will be struck and the high
grade will be included. Then the 71s
per cent of the net taken out by Mitch
ell and Fairfield will be turned over to
the Daisy Florence shareholders. The
lease will have three months to run
after the settlement is made, and a
fiat royalty of rs per cent will be paif
to the Florence company by the new
lessees.
E. T. Haywood and Ralph Waterman
of Goldfield are in high-grade ore in
their lease on the Black Hole, in the
new camp of Chafey in Humboldt coun-
ty. and are sacking for shipment right
from the surface quartz that assays
better than 500 a ton in gold, AMI
- IL. nFs loff ia
ceived by Mrs. Haywood from her US
band says that it was certain that the
find was no pocket, as on the same lead
on both sides of the block which he is
operating immensely rich ore is being
taken out and that one of the lessees
refused a cash offer of $4,000 for his
interest.
w. F. Rector of Mono Lake, who is
heavily interested in the oil fields, is
here. He is one of the old timers of
the district, and knows every location
around the lake, as well as on Goat
island The lake is some ten miles
wide and thirteen miles long, and is
heavily impregnated with borax.
1.-THE deepest hole on the island,
where the Great Western is now work.
ing. is down 1900 feet" says Mr.. Rector,
sand were run through and oil found.
but not in paying quantities It is the
intention to continue to a depth of
1000 feet, as every indication is that
oil of the best grade in quantities win
be found The Sierra company has
also a derrick and is drilling on the
mainland. on the southwest side of the
lake. No crude oil has been shipped
from the field up to date. With one
good well Mono Lake will be the scene
of a big rush for oil lands, as accord
ing to the views of experts the forma-
ton is an ideal one for an immense
field"