The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-09-26
p0IJND MOUNTAIN STILL
A "BIG FEELING" CAMP

"ht VVphtrlnS method
about the surface are not included !,
his plan of campaign.
This shaft will be the FIRST ON ,h,
north slope Of the mountain which ha,
thus far been sunk with a view of a.
tanning and prospecting at depth an
the progress Of the operations will h,
watched with an unusual amount ot
interest.
Round Mountain Mining Co.
The two shafts which Superintendent,
Mcdonald is sinking on the Great West
ern claim is demonstrating the fact that
the Round Mountain Mining company,
property with all the development that
has been done and the mine that il now
has is all of it, only in its inception.
The lower of the two new shafts
started in on the ledge right at the sur.
face where it was uncovered by the
hydraulic giant.
A thirty.foot vertical shaft was SINK
before the foot wall of the ledge was
reached. Every pound of this was in
ore which assayed an average of fifteen
dollars per ton.
Upon reaching the foot wall Superin,
tendent Mcdonald began an incline
which will follow this foot wall. The
ledge goes down at an angle of about
10 degrees and so far as known is &c
feet wide but of course the hanging
wall is now lost above the incline shaft
by the ore body overhead.
Twenty feet of this incline shaft has
been sunk and the value of the ore BODY
remains consistent, but if ANYTHING
gradually improving.
The fifty feet thus sunk has devel-
oped an ore dump of $50 tons.
A power hoist and gallows frame have
already been arranged for and will be
put up to carry ON the work of follow
ing the ledge to depth.
To those who are unfamiliar with the
ground it would be impossible to convey
an idea of the vast amount of ore which
this new development means. 1t means
that from the S~unnyside mine to the
Sphinx a distance of over a quarter of n
mile there is a body of ore from 20 to
40 feet wide which has been proven for
a depth of from zoo to 800 vertical feet.
Development as yet has gone no
further. The distance to depth that
this ore body will extend, only time and
development will tell. The same applies
to the extent of the ledge to the east
and west. All of this vast body of ore
in sight is a free milling proposition
which will return from $40 to over $50
per ton.
On the upper incline shaft which is
down about forty feet there is a ledge
four feet wide which will average from
$40 to $12 per ton.
In the great Sunnyside mine itself,
the main incline has reached the $50
foot level and the same stupendous
ledge holds out without the slightest in
dication that it doesn't keep going on
for hundreds of feet more and the
values are not only maintained but are
lettering as has been the ease ever
since the mine was started on the sur
face.
Mr.. Mcdonald also gave out the i'm
portant information that the shaft Will
be continued on for another hundr
feet without cessation.
In the meantime a raise has been
started from the 625-foot level which
will go up for the ledge.
For a few days during the past week
an accident to the boiler in the mill tenn
porarily suspended the work but TINS
has been remedied and the plant IS
pounding out the bullion as OF yore.
The cool weather which has prevailed
during the past two weeks and the re-
cent rainfalls have materially increased
the water supply so that superintendent
Gesree Gruss of the mill will no longer
he hampered with an inadequate sup
ply. which was the case on n or TWO
occasions during the dryness and heat
of the summer months.
~ have never seen the conditions
and the outlook more favorable than
thew are right today" said James Me
Donald yesterday, "and there is nc
possible way of getting around the f3c'
that we are developing what VIII De De
fore long the greatest producing mihe
in the state, if not in the country
Nh. Mcdonald predicted to a Nugge'
renorter some time ago that he eouio
keen q hundred stamp mill going nigh'
and dav. 1t is not unreasonable to sup
nose that the developments OF the pass
six months has also enlarged MI NC,
Donald,s ideas as to the number OF
stamps he could keep busy at the pres
- .+ooa of the game.