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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14

A number Of paintings were made by
both Gordon and Garrecht, the dirt be-
ing taken from different places and
these, as nearly as could be estimated,
showed a result of about ten cents to
the small egg pan.
The Round Mountain Lchigh Mining
and Milling company which recently ae-
quired the Smoky No. l claim, one Of a
group of ten claims at Silver Point has
been opening up a tremendous ledge
which is giving excellent promise of de-
veloping into a big proposition.
The property is about three miles
south of Round Mountain not far from
Barrel Springs and Superintendent Nels
Paulsen has had a crew Of men sinking
a shaft which is now down to a depth
of enc hundred feet.
After sinking for a depth of about
ten feet the ledge was encountered. II
immediately took a pitch of about 20
degrees toward the west aud this ledge
has been and will be followed for depth.
When first cut, assays gave returns Of
from three to five dollars in gold. As
depth was acquired these values nave
been steadily improving until at the
present depth an average across the
side of the shaft shows values of from
seventeen to twenty dollars.
The shaft has been sunk on the con
tact and the ledge matter is composed
of porphyry and quartzite. There is
some free gold but it will be a perfect
] cyaniding ore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14

, number of finds of copper-silver
arc have beer reported on Happy creek
n the northern part of the county, and
+, uumber of claims have been located.
{. c. Richards of Berkeley, CAL, has
Lssu looking over the mining situation
Al Vernon, in view of the installation
Il a custom mill at that point. 1t is
stated that the mill will undoubtedly
be erected.
A project is in contemplation for the
ERECTION of a large reservoir for irriga-
tiou and power purposes in Clear Creek,
near Winnemucca. The camps of Seven
Troughs, Chafey and Winnemucca will
be supplied with power and large
tracts of land, which have been secured
il Grass valley, will be irrigated and
used for colonization purposes. 1t is
expected that the arrangements will be
,ompleted about the middle of the com
mo month, at which time it is probable
that operations will be instituted.
The Chafey mill is operating regu-
hrly and treating about 40 tons of $40
ore per day. As soon as the new hoist
i Installed the production will be in
creased materially.
Bullion to the amount of $4,000 was
rventiy shipped from the Mazuma mill
s the product of 104 tons of ore In a
i5hour run. 1t is stated that the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
GOLD CIRCLE IS GAINING
AN ENVIABLE REPUTATION

Gold Circle has six shippers OF high
grade ore, viz: The Esmeralda, Queen,
st. Paul, Gold Crown, Eastern Star,
Midas, Water Witch; and to these it is
preparing to add such as the Hillside,
Overlooked Fraction, Colorado Grandee,
Rex. All these properties have ex.
posed large quantities of milling ore,
says the Gold Circle News.
The Jack Adair lease, with the pro-
gress of development, continues to
show a body of ore of great proper
tions.
The Boyle-W Western McNetton- Ryan
lease is a bonanza. Daily leasers are
extracting high grade shipping ore and
hundreds of tons Of milling ore is on
the dump.
One of the excellent show.ags of the
district is the w. 4. Parker, Rhea,
Beckham lease on the Lone Rock group.
The surface outcrop in an open cut
shows a six.foot ledge carrying high
gold values throughout, with streaks
and stringers through it that return
1925 to the ton. The ore lays along a
perfect phonolite dyke. The lead is
traceable for 500 feet on surface, and
at different points with open cuts re-
veals this feature. The leasers are
driving a crosscut tunnel to bisect the
lead and in this manner will gain con-
siderable depth.
The Combination Leasing company is
sinking a shaft south of the Boyle lease
on Esmeralda claim.
Reeves, Story and Hager are making
every other day a shipment of gold to
the U. s. mint. Their shipments run
from $3.50 to $500. This bullion is
secured from the fabulous Queen strike,
and is taken out by these three miners
by the rude crushing and rocker pro
cess.
Dick Avery is ~uncovering an ore body
ioI thc hi'hi'oH' Nohip"hs ''"t" ""'
north of the st. Paul.
The Golden Chariot leasers are peg
ging away and blocking out ore.
The Bennannc-Mc Mcclure Water Witch
lease yields its constant production of
shipping and milling ore.
The Barnes and Williams lease con
t.nues in ore of high grade milling
values. These thrifty miners have
many tons of this valuable ore on the
dump.
The Jurgens 4 Gebnart lease has no
let up sign as to its richness of milling
ore.
Mcclellan e. Slavin bonded the Hard
Scrabbles group to Seattle and Nome
%millionaires and operators.
w. T. Roberts, the eminent geologist,
who has closely for the paet six weeks
studied the structural and minoralized
formation Of the Gold Circle district,
%pronounces the district as one OF the
greatest and most promising mining
fields he even visited, running over a
period o. aetie field work for forty
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
EXCELLENT OUTLOOK FOR
WHITE PINE COPPER CAMP

,he average mind the copper camp
CO. .ppeals as a great producing
-;,;ou from which is rolling blister
and not as a section in which
results are being registered day
as in the ordinary mining camp.
rlv is not altogether a steam
..srel proposition yet, as readily can
.sen by the good news brought to
Lake on Saturday by ID. G. Me
o...ld. general manager of the Ne
pm.a sly and other organizations of
white Pine county district.
ur. Mcdonald stated to the Salt Lake
..,,ne that on the Boston Ely posses
- of late there have been some
.ro;6eent developments that promise
lake this a typical big Ely producer.
"a. management has been at work dill
.,,v for a long while, and little if
..b;ng has been allowed to leak from
..ss in charge relative to ore dis
,,.0,es. At a depth of $50 feet this
-,moauv has broken into a body of ore
.hose extent is yet an unknown guam
~ the drift having proceeded on it
]. ooO feet so far. Mr.. Mcdonald has
:, some of the important finds of the
ann. 1t is the opinion of Salt Lakers
cha know the Ely camp that from the
cumberland Ely toward the Boston Ely
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14

The report of Bullion Tax Collector
j. +. Haley shows that the production
of Nye county mines for the first six
months of 1908 amounted to 150,170
tons; gross value, $2,906,455.S9; total
cost, 1921, 934.21; taxes, $2~0,130.42.
The report shows that the Montgom-
ery Shoshone Consolidated Mines COM
pany of Rhyolite, in point of gross
value, has made the second largest pro-
duetion of the Nye county mines dur
ing the six months, the Tonopah Mining
company being in the lead.
According to Mr.. Haley's report, the
Tonopah mine produced $780,, 5000,
while the Montgomery Shoshone pro-
duced SAP, 232.s1. The third in the
list is the Montana Tonopah, with
$271,67s.52.
During the quarter ending March 81,
the ore shipped from the Tonopah mine
averaged about $21 a ton, and thai
shipped from the Shoshone averaged
about 1927. During the second quarter
the Tonopah ore averaged about $50
and the Shoshone $14 a ton.
v Tons for Shipment
Cant. f. P. Miner reports that upon
his last visit to the Capricorn the MN
ers had taken out seven tons OF ship
ming ore. and that the high grade was
being extracted daily. Prospects are
oood for a carload shipment within a
short time.
Cant. Miner figures thaht he can ship
$40 ore at a profit, judging from what
is being lon by the Great western
eompany, shipping from Hornsilver TO
Cuprite by wagons and thence by ra
70 Millers. New. The Capricorn is only
civ miles from the T. & I. siding, with
a down-hill pull all the way.
will Sink Forty Feet
.Jobp Hockey has taken a contract
from ]. Rowland Shaw to sinh a ror'y-
foot shaft on the property OF the Lee
Nevada Mining company, situatco
north and west of the Lee Bonanza
Work will be started at once. Among
.ho nromiuent men interested in the
company is George r. Stone, a wealthy
orange grower of Redlands. Mr.. Shaw
i now located at Los Angeles.
North Extension
In doing the annual work on the
xooo,tv of the North Extension com
pany, north of the Pioneer smaii 'a''e'
have been opened.
Bullfrog Pioneer
The FIRST week in October, a Herald
reporter visited the Bullfrog Pioneer IN
eonpanv with P. A. Busch. Several
-~.,os wore taken of faces of ore on
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14

is one of the richest spots in all the
camp for big results.
On the Giroux also of late have been
some fine developments. Mr.. Mcdonald
states that on the ~1,200-foot level of
this well-known mine there is a body
OF native copper ore being opened up.
and it is a whale of a body, the general
average of which is somewhere close to
20 per cent red metal. The Giroux is
operating its 500-ton concentrating
plant in a very successful way.
ELY is greater and buster than
ever" said Mr.. Mcdonald. 'sThere is
nothing lacking to make of it the ire
mendous copper camp that everyone
now is ready to concede it is. In the
first place, we have every sort of rock
that ean be demanded. We have the
iron, the lime, the silica, the water, and
we have a world of ore. We have the
railroad and smelter, and, what is
equally as important, we have abundant
room for the smelter so that we need
fear nothing from lawsuits such as you
have in Utah. The big concentration is
now operating three units, while from
the smelling plant and converter fifty
tons of high grade blister copper are
produced daily. The Nevada Consol-
dated and Cumberland Ely companies
both are straining every effort to in
crease this capacity
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
PLACER DEPOSIT
NEAR ROUND MOUNTAIN

About half a mile to the eastwork Of
the spot where Thomas Wilson made his
now famous $4,000 cleanup of gold on
less than an acres Of ground in six
weeks by the process of dry washing.
another rich area of auriferous soil has
been found by Tom Gordon and c. A.
Garreeht of this place, says the Round
Mountain Nugget.
This placer ground is on the sunny
side Extension claim which is a part of
the Blue Jacket group Of claims and it
bids fair to rival the acreage worked
by Tom Wilson.
Messrs. Gordon and Garrecht have
acquired a lease on the ground and are
now working it by the dry wash pro
cess. They modestly say that they are
making better than wages"
The acreage being worked by thes,
men is only a short distance on the op.
posite side of the Antelope saddle from
town and two Nugget representative
went over the ground during the week.
1t is fair to state at this point that the
two leasers are entirely free from ex.
aggcration in their statement. In fact
their modesty is a little misleading as
to the true facts.
The work is being done in a small
gulch or draw. The top soil which ear
ries little or no values for the depth of
about a foot has been swept aside by
means of ~ploughs and serapers. Under
this for a depth of about three feet is
the pay dirt.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14

T.. B. Hickey, the indicted president
Of the State Bank & Trust company,
passed through Reno yesterday for In
dependence, Cal, where he will appear
as a defendant in a suit brought by
Bank Examiner Wildes to recover lO0,-
900 shares of Keenc Wonder mining
stock, now held by Hickey as the presi-
dent of the State Bank & Trust com
Pany. T. b. Hickey was accompanied
BY two attorneys and intends to fight
the case on all points, claiming that the
stock is legally his and not the property
Of the State Bank e. Trust company. I
Attorney Mack of the firm of Mack
4 Greene of this city, learned, when
Nh. Hickey passed through Reno yester-
DAY, that Hickey had disposed OF all OF
his property in Southern California to
Miller & Lux, the cattle kings of Cali
%fornia, for the sun of 100000. One
peculiar provision of the this sale, ac-
eording to Attorney Mack, is that that
the $4OO 5000 given by Miller & Lux for
the Hickey ranches is to be paid I. b.
hickey or his agents in Germany. This
Is one of the largest deals that has beer
transacted by a Nevada cattleman and
oy it Miller & Lux secure control OF a
vast tract of land in southern CAN
fonia.
Those acquainted with the matters
pertaining to this deal state that I. b
Mickey has arranged to have the S4oo,'
y" the price of his property, paid to
aim in Germany so that he will be abie
10 avoid his Nevada creditors. This
may not be the case, but the Germany
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
MILL NEARLY READY

Practically all the machinery in the
Gold6eld Florence mill is now in posi-
ton and the finishing touches are being
nut on. Mr.. Loekhart has hitherto de-
elined to name a date for starting ore
crushing, but he informed The News
yesterday that by the 18th of Deeem-
Der everything would be in readiness
for beginning the bullion output ON
company account.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
MINING DEVELOPMENT
IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY

total extraction in bullion and concen-
trates amounted to over 80 per cent of
the gross value.
The new pumping equipment for the
Mazuma Hills mine is on the ground
and will be installed at once.
The merger recently reported as con-
summated between the Seven Troughs,
Therien, Kindergarten and Red Cloud
properties is now a fact, and on this
merger is based the Seven Troughs
Coalition Mines company. The new
company will add to its holdings some
of the other prominent mines of the
camp.
The machinery equipment recently
purchased by the Wihuja G. M. COM
pany, leasing on the Therien property,
arrived recently and is being installed.
This equipment consists of a 40 h. p.
gasoline engine, an air compressor, a
No. 7 Cameron pump, ears, buckets,
cable and a complete hosting outfit.
This machinery will probably be in
operation soon.
a concentrating plant will soon be
erected on the Buckhorn property near
Vernon. Large bodies of milling ore
have been blocked out and a water sup
ply has been secured so that everything
is in readiness to start the mill as soon
as completed. Mining Science.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
RAWtffDE STEPPING up H3Is'
ANOTHER LADDER RUNG

into what is termed the Grutt hill dyke
system. In the latter are located the
rich ore shoots from which thousands of
dollars worth of gold laden ore has
been mined at the Grutt Hill Mint, the
Sutherland and Grutt- Hard leaseholds
on Coalition ground. Yet other thou
sands of dollars worth of precious
metal wealth is mined each month. At
the Proskey No. l, Selover-Smith, and
the Marigold leases on the same acreage
the chances are strongly favorable to
extraction of a generous tonnage of
shipping ore zach day within the pass.
ing of the month.
The Grutt-Hard Lease
The shoot of greatest uniform enrich
ment obtaining in the Grutt hill dyke
system is that showing in the Grutt
Hard and the Marigold l~easeholds. The
distance from the north line of the first
mentioned to the south line of the last
mentioned is 400 feet. Shipping values
appear to be persistent for that length.
In the Marigold the miners are extract
ing shipping grade ore in the north
drift from the crosscut, and the sur
face men are sacking a screened prod
uet having an average value of Sal
the ton. The miners working in the
face of the south drive from the 50-foot
level of the old workings on the Grutt-
Hard block are extracting ore having
a value as high as 5000 the ton in ship
ping lots. The first of November re-
corded a shipment of Is tons of 5000
per ton ore. Another consignment of
like tonnage and value will go out prior
to November Is. The men are now
stopping from the 50-foot level in a
3-foot body of ore that breaks to the
average value last mentioned. Re
Gently a raise was made to surface for
air. Where exposed in the face of the
south drive from the 50-foot level the
deposit has an average value of 5000
the ton, with the gold content deprecat-
ing gradually as the stope approaches
grass roots. In the south drift from
the S0-foot level the same deposit shows
a width of Is feet between well de-
fined walls and has an average value of
1880 the ton. Blocked out in the
workings to a depth of 80 feet is an
ore shoot which has been drifted on a
length of 80 feet at the 50-foot level.
The Sunbeam Fissure
Making into the leasehold of the
Sunbeam Mining & Leasing company on
the Coalition estate is another of the
paralleling north to south assures which
prevail in the Coalition dyke system.
Yet another is exposed in the Marian,
the Kaufman and other lease workings
on the north slope of Hooligan hill.
Where opened up in the Sunbeam shaft
the assure is well mineralized and pre-
sents unmistakable signs of persistency
at depth. For the full width of the
shaft it holds a profitable milling gold
content. The new machine hoist, re
Gently installed, is proving an efficient
factor in development work. The shaft
is being lowered from the 100 to the
300-foot level with all possible dispatch.
At the greater depth the ore body ex-
posed above is to be once more proved
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
NEVADA JOURNALIST DEAD

Col. r. X. Casper, one of the pioneer
newspaper and magazine writers of
Goldfeld, died recently at Kingnian,
Arizona. His articles regarding Gold
field, which were widely published, were
true to fact and replete with interest.
He was connected with The Goldfeld
News in "early days"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
ToNoPAH q TIDEwATER co.
UNDERGRADUATES r. r. co

Commencing Saturday, Nov. l4th, all
freight arriving from the coast and
eastern points via Santa Fe and above
lines will be handled from the new
freight depot on Fifth avenue. The
close proximity of this depot to the
central part of town and also to the
mines, combine with the excellent serv-
ice given should prove of great benefit
to it's many patrons.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
coMpANY,s NEW BUILDING

The new office building of the Flor
ence Goldfeld Mining company on Co
lumbia street, just south of the Hotel
Goldfeld, is practically completed. The
company will move into its new quar-
ters some time before the end Of the
month.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
/ P LINE RELAID

Owing to heavy PRESSURE, the last
two miles of the pipe line conveying
water from Alkali springs to the Flor
ence mill has proven inadequate and is
being replaced with a six-inch steel
main.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
Continued from Page one.)

per ton. streaking the formation in
the drive west from the Wine are clcav.
age plans varying in width from one.
quarter to one-half inch which are sho,
tuh with free gold. Paintings reveal
the presence of much coarse gold. and
assaying indicates a value as high as
50 the pound. The slips in that portion
OF the deposit obtaining in the Truett
workings show a width of from | To q
inches. Their gold content is fully
equal to the best secured in the Miller
workings. The Wine sunk near the
face of the west crosscut from the 1856
foot point of the 70-foot level is down
better than 50 feet. Yesterday your
representative reclaimed about $40
worth of coarse gold from less than five
pounds of fines taken from the bottom
of the winze. East of the Miller lease.
and adjoining. the same highly aurifer-
Gus deposit was encountered a few days
ago in the west drive sent ont from
the 70-foot level of the Portland lease
shaft on the Coalition. The entire face
breaks high grade milling. Associated
with that grade ore is considerable
shipping quartz. The latter is being
sacked for shipment. A picked sample
from the ledge gave an assay return of
$4,055.0S the ton.
Length of Proven Area
West of the Truett lease. and adj
joining, is the Montana Rawhide lease
hold. The extension of the Truett-
Miller deposit is exposed at a depth of
30 feet therein. The distance between
the Montana Rawhide and the Portland
leasehold is LOO feet. The entire in.
tervening acreage appears to be ira
versed by one immense deposit of mill
ing grade ore, through which give out
to the north at intervals paralleling ifs
sures. 1t is the latter, as a rule, that
yield the higher gold contents. South
of the Coalition acreage this same
huge dyke has been opened up with
success in way of ore yield al lease
holds on the Roseberry Rawhidc estate.
The Owl No. l, Rawhide Operating
Syndicate and Renfro leases are to
date the most promising of any located
on the Roseberry property. 1t appears
certain that each will be developed to
a state of regular productiveness before
the close of the current year.
The Mort hFissuring
Giving off to the north from this
huge deposit that strikes northeast and
southwest across the south slope of
Hooligan hill, are a number of well
mineralized assures. The latter extend
for a distance of nearly 1900 feet
across Coalition acreage into the Hood
lum, Rawhidc Mining, Northern, |. X.
L., and other acreages located in the
north end of the camp. Among the most
persistent of the latter are those which
pierce the north slope of Hooligan hill,
dip beneath the wash on the level
upon which is located the town
site, to reappear on the southwest
of Grutt hill, where they make
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
BULLFROG OUTPUT INCREASES

the ITO level and in the stope, and the
results were published in the Herald
October l.. 1t will be remembered that
the lowest assay secured, representing
a width of three feet and three inches,
was 1910, while a ~seven-foot face
sampled $1,000. Two feet of tale re-
turned $40 and specimen ore went from
1850 to $6S.
Great Improvement in Values
In the month that has interviewed, the
Pioneer has made rapid strides, and the
consensus Of opinion among the many
Rhyolitcrs who have visited the prop
ertv seems to be that the Pioneer, for
the amount of work done, has one OF
the biggest mineral showings ever made
in the Bullfrog district.
For the past several days, the sam
pies from the ore saved for shipment
have shown an average of abou 500
to the ton, as determined at the com
pany's assay Office at the mine by A. j..
Fraser. A cold-blooded sampling of a
five-foot face at the 140-foot point by
Z. s. Giles gave returns OF $50 a ton
in gold. The next ten feet of sinking
showed better values, and the manage
ment concluded that the entire five feet
would break at 800 or better.
Tramp Consolidated
The shaft at the Tramp is down so
feet below the main TUNE level, and
when the 1OO-foot point is reached
lateral work will be started. The cross
cut west from the shaft is out forty
eight feet, with two shifts of miners
working. The erosscut is being driven
to- pick up the Eclipse ledge.
HOME stake King
The first cleanup at the Homestake-
King milling plant under the new man
agement was made last week, and Satur-
day a gold brick, valued at close to
$4,000, was deposited with the First
National bank of Rhyolite and shipped
by Wells-Fargo express to San Fran
cisco.
While this was not a complete clean
up, it represented practically all of the
October run, which aggregated about
1000 tons, according to Mine Superin'
tendent A. G. Cadogan. According to
this statement, the ore treated in
October was under so a ton, as the
loss in treatment is very small, the
tailings showing as low as go cents o
ton.
Diamond Queen
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-11-14
FIVE FRIENDS SUIT

Suit has been brought against the
Five Friends Leasing company to re-
cover $4,000 and interest, alleged to be
due upon a promissory note.