The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14

feet. one of the most sensational
strikes that ever occurred in Nevada
was made recently on the Grutt lease.
which covers block 9 on the wild
West claim of the Coalition. Within
half an hour after the strike was made
half of the residents Of Rawhide fiocked
to the scene, and Grutt Brothers were
compelled to rope off the hole where
the strike was made to prevent the
eager sightseers from packing of
thousands of dollars worth of samples.
The blast which opened up this phe-
nomenal find scattered high-grade ore
through the camp. pieces of the ore
which were half gold dropping in tie
streets and on the roofs of houses. and
there was a great scramble to pick up
the samples when it was learned that
they were filled with gold. The strike
disclosed a ten-inch streak that assayed
as high as 100000 in gold. Eight
sacks of ore, valued at 2 $4,000, were
taken out and stored in the office of
Grutt Brothers. The strike was made
on the surface about forty feet from
the shaft and since only underhand
Stopping is allowed under the terms of
the lease, Grutt Brothers are rapidly
pushing the shat down to the 100-foot
level to tap his phenomenally-rich vein
at that depth. The shaft is now down
about seventy feet. For the first twen-
ty-fve feet 1t followed a twelve-inch
stringer of ore a~ssaying $500 a ton. but
this rich vein pitched out of the shaft
at the depth of twenty-five feet. The
Luning lease on block Z of the Wild
West claim, has one of the most SEN
s~ational showings in the district. At a
nave opened up a body of sulphide ore
of good shipping grade. and alongside
of this there is a streak of remarkably
rich ore which yields some of the finest
samples ever seen in the camp. The
owners of the lease carry from $500 to
$1,000 worth of this specimen rock home
with them every night. The Schafer
lease, on block 10 of the Silver King
No. 1 claim, has about thirty sacks of
$500 ore taken from the shaft during
the past FIVE days. The Selover lease.
on block Q Of the Silver King No. l
claim, at the foot OF Grutt Hill, has a
large dump. the Whole Of which will
average $45 ton This dump. like
that on the big Miller lease. is one of
the sights of the camp. and is visited
by many neW-cohers, WIN aro always
invited to pan for themselves. The
Proskey lease. on block 1 of the Silver
King Annex, has 125 sacks of ore on
the dump and is buying machinery to
push development. This lease is on the
west slope of Grutt Hill. where Pros
key has opened up a vein running
parallel > the rich vein on which Grutt
Brothers made their sensational strike.
The ore in Proskey's shaft is a brown
hematite filled with crystallized gold.
The Selover-Robbe leases. on block q
of the Silver King No. / and block 2 of
the Silver King No. 2. have opened up
one Of the largest milling propositions
in the district. The ore is a pure sui
phide averaging $50 in gold and SIS In
silver. 1t is a beautiful blue water
formation quartz. having an average
width of four feet between well-deined
walls. The Annie Laurie lease. on
block of the Silver King No. 3 claim.
is owned and operated by "Ragtime'
Kelly. the dance-hall king, who last
week opened five cases of champagne
in celebration of an important strike
on his lease. The discovery was made
on an outcrop in the center of Rawhide
avenue. and assays averaging $500 a
ton were obtained from the vein at a
depth of two or three feet below
the surface. A portion of the estate
of the Rawhide Coalition Mines Com
pany is covered by the business Sec
ton of the town of Rawhide. and to
facilitate mining operations on this
part of its territory. the company has
made fourteen mining reservations. each
1o0x3o0 feet in the midst of the tented
city. The company owns all Of the
mineral rights on which surface dwell
lings are now constructed and blasting
is going on in every street of the town.