The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-04
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Advices from San Francisco state that
a mill at the Mayfiower is assured be-
yond any question. that plans have been
perfected n that construction will be-
gin in a short time. Details. however,
are lacking. but 1t is understood that II
will be a 2o-stamp mill. with amaIgama-
ton. concentration and cyanide of
potassium.
Superintendent Robert Smith has been
on the coast for some time having tests
made of the ore. and IL is stated that a
definite conclusion in the matter has
been reached. Mr.. ssrith left San Fran
cisco Thursday and 1t is expected that
he will arrive in Rhyolite tonight, when
further particulars will be known.
Acting Superintendent Fairchild, who
was in town yesterday from the May
flower. says that ne property is showing
up better than evef before in it's history.
The ore shoot on the 40o-foot level has
been encountered. 40 feet north of the
shaft, and according to Mr.. Fairchild,
there has been an improvement of 100
per cent in the value in the last ten
feet. and a very decided improvement
over those on the 900. The breast is not
tt any ~ tht SHoOl, yet he lllilhS tic
average will be around $50 to the ton.
This shoot on the upper level showed a
length of $50 feet, and carried excellent
milling values.
Mr.. Fairchild says that 20 feet of
water is now standing in the shaft. and
he is of the opinion that here will be no
difficulty whatever in securing a bounti-
full supply from this source for mill
purposes.
The fact that water can be had right
at hand, the management figures. will
greatly reduce the cost of constructing
the proposed plant.
WEST EXTENSION
Work in the crosscut from the west
drift in the West Extension is being
pushed vigorously with night and day
double shifts. Superintendent McGarry
says that the main ledge will be reached
in about so feet. This will give a depth
of 200 feet. and ought to reveal richer
ore than has so far been found. At the
115-foot point the ledge was penetrated
35 feet wide. throwing values of $45. The
ore that is being mined now comes from
a point west of the west endlines of the
Bullfrog Fraction.
simultaneously with work in the
crosscut, the drift is being pushed west
erly in the direction of the Bullfrog
Teddy ground, clear through the noun
tain, on the other side of which is in
tended to build the West Extension mill.
This bore. the management says, will be
completed in about 80 days. when, If de-
velopments continue to be as satisfac-
tory as they have been up to the present
time, 1T is safe to say that mill-building
will commence. In this main drift three
distinct veins nave been encountered al
ready, and each has thrown values hat
are worth while. A grab sample from
the first of these veins, taken by a
visitor to the milne the other week,
showed $164. Another test made by Mr..
McGarry, ST., on rock taken from the
second of this series of cross veins, went
way up into the pictures" going better
than $1,000 in gold. The vein matter is
a ~greenish, lively quartz that shows,
when dipped in water, much free gold.
Eight men are now working. and it is
the stated intention of the West Exten-
sion management to have Is men work.
ing on the property by the 18th of jan
uary.
HOn6EsTAKE MILL
w. B. Milliken, who has charge of the
construction of the Homestake mill, is
pushing work to the limit in order to
have the foundation ready by the time
the first consignment of machinery ar
rives. The excavation is well under
way and work on a portion of the foun-
dation was started today.
It was expected originally that water
for mixing the cement could be secured
from the Gold Bar mill, but owing to
the delay in the completion of the power
line. and the non-arrival of the pumps
for the Gold Bar pumping station, water
will have to be hauled. Part of 1T will
be brought from Currie's well and part
from Rhyolite.