The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-12

. in connection Herewith by expressing
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Mr.. Probert did, however. state that
he believes Rawhide gives promise of
developing into one of the country 5
most prosperous milling camps. He did
not state that this camp is the most
wonderful, and the largest free milling
proposition the world has ever known,
nor that it will ultimately become such.
What he did say is hat Rawhide offers
great possibilities in way Of milling
grade ore tonnage and that it is not un-
likely that a SO the ton ore can be
milled here at profit under an 80 per
cent precious metal extraction. As ore
having a value from $40 to $50 the ton
prevails here throughout an area of 3x5
miles. Mr.. ProDert's remark anent the
treatment of $40 ore takes on consider
dUit ciSuAASenN~
Surprised at Area
The comprehensive area over which
pay milling grade ore is distributed
here was a surprise to the noted geolo-
pist, and he so expressed himself when
speaking generally of the camp and It's
possibilities to local mining men and
engineers with whom he has %acquaint-
ance of some years standing. He is
likewise impressed with the signs OF
pcrsistency at depth which the ore
bodies rpesent at surface, and in what
may justly be termed "near-surface
workings 1t is by these signs he
reads the future of Rawhide as a mill
ing camp. By the foregoing it is not to
be understood that Mr.. Prober gave
no recognition to the ore shoots of ex-
cessive gold contact which prevail
within the area of secondary precious
metal enrichment, but simply that they
did not enter so largely into his sum-
ming up of possible tonnage and its
value as they do at times in the copy
which we mining news writer's submit
for publication.
Pleased With Hooligan Hills
The deposits exposed in the Truett,
Miller, Sunbeam, Portland, Richard
Holland and other leaseholds located on
that portion of the Coalition estate OBJ
tanning on Hooligan hill, impressed Mr..
Probert as offering marked ore yielding
possibilities both in the area of second
airy enrichment and in that of primary
enrichment. Also, he is of the opinion
that the paralleling assure obtaining in
1.-THE immense Coalition dyke continue
well to the north of Hooligan hill. This
means that they prevail upon the estate
of the Rawhide Mining company, that
of the Rawhide Tarantula company and
upon other acreages located beyond the
northern confines of the Coalition prop
erty.
Mint Looks Good
Mr.. Probert devoted the greater por-
ton of several days to an inspection OF
the mineral showings in the Mint,
Sutherland, Proskey No. 2, Grutt-Hard
and Marigold leaseholds on Grutt hill.
The conditions at each were to his Xix
ing, more especially those at the Mint,
Grutt-Hard and Marigold. He found
in the Mint leasehold a shoot of ore ex-
tending from surface to an lnclind
depth of 800 feet, with streaks of high
grade quartz prevailing froc ollar OF
shaft to bottom level. He found miners
engaged in breaking down ore from this
deposit at the so, the 145, the lSo and
the 3O0-foot levels. A sampling of the
screenings revealed the fact that they
sack an average value in excess of $loo
the ton. A sampling of the oversize
demonstrated it to carry an average
gold content of SIS the ton.
Grutt-H lard Marigold
An inspection of the Grutt-Hard
leasehold on the Coalition showed a
shoot of ore extending from surface to
a depth of 80 feet, while a visit to the
Marigold lcasehold on rha same estate
disclosed the continuation to the south
of the same ledge. The distance inter-
vening is 0 feet, with the shoot con-
~tinuous between the two leases. At the
Grutt-Hard the ore body has been
drifted on a length of so feet south at
the 50-foot level and a length of 80
feet south at the sO-foot level. From
the 50-foot level a stope has been sent
up in ore to surface. Near grassroots
the average grade of the ore screened
and sacked for shipment does not ex-
eeed $S5 the ton, but from the 50-foot
point the average value of the screen
ings verges close to 5000 the ton, with
the content running two-thirds gold to
oue-third silver. The ore being sacked
at the Marigold lease screens an aver
age of Sal the ton, the precious metal
content being similar to that of the
Grutt-Hard ore.
F~svorably Impressed With Queen