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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
Bonanza Strike

Charles j. Moore, consulting engi-
neer of the Goldfeld Consolidated, and
the greatest authority in the world to-
day ON eruptives, was in Rawhide
nearly all week, and upon the conclu-
sion of his examination of the district,
he pronounced it a permanent camp.
This is not guesswork, it is conclu-
sive, and what Mr.. Moore has to say
on these subjects, the mining world
accepts as facts. His word goes the
world over, for he is as well known in
London as he is in Goldfeld; his repu-
tation is international, and his papers
are accepted as doctrines on both sides
of the water. From this the import
ance of the visit of this man of the
mines can be imagined. He will not
confne himself to interviews on the
subject of Rawhide; he will put down
his findings in black and white, and
the world OF mining will read them and
digest them, and will accept Rawhide
as a permanent proposition which must
be ~recokoned with as one of the pro-
ducers of the precious metals.
Mr.. Moore gave the following to the
Rawhide News in an interview:
81 am very well pleased with the
camp, and it will be a permanent camp.
There is no apparent reason that l can
see why the veins should pinch in any
short distance downward. There are a
few dykes with a general north and
south trend traversing the country, and
so far, the prospcctors appear to have
overlooked the contact of these dykes
with the enclosing country, which con-
facts are usually excellent places for
extensive ore deposits.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
WONDER PROPERTIES

One of the engineers of the Goldheid
Consolidated Mines company, Harry =.
Cutler, devoted a couple Of days early
this week to an examination of Wonder
properties, reports the Wonder Mining
News. Escorted by General Manager
Harris, he went down the Jack Pot
shaft, and also inspected the Hidden
Treasure. He was not allowed to 60
under ground on the Nevada Wonder
property, being told that this was al
lowed only when a letter signed by
President Higbee was presented. The
ostensible purpose Of MI. Cutters visit
to Wonder was to form a first hand
opinion as to the value of the Jack Pot,
some Of the stock Of which is held by
Nixon and wingield. Beyond saying
that he was favorably impressed with
the Jack Pot and with the district in
general, MI. Cutler made no statement
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

for publication. His strong interest in
the Hidden Treasure and Nevada Won
der are regarded here as an indication
that Nixon and Winefeld are already
interested. or are considering a propo-
sition to become interested. in one or
more of the properties through which
the rich lodges of the Nevada Wonder
can be traced.
Spider-Wasp
1t is reported that J.. J. Mullin, see
rotary Of the Spider Wasp Mining COM
pany. will be in Wonder in a short
time. This is assumed to mean that de-
velopment work will be resumed in the
e future on this property, whose
surface showings made it one Of the
most conspicuous and promising pieces
of ground in the district at the time Of
the suspension last fall. The main shaft
was then down a little over 200 feet,
and a 40h.p. hoist was in operation.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
Cr0Weu Lease
CLovERDALE Is SCENE
OF GREAT ACTIVITY

The new camp of Cloverdale con
tinues to be the scene of much activity
and it is likely that before the end Of
summer some great mines will be dis.
closed over in that section.
The Robinson brothers First Chance
property at Golden, two miles west of
C~loverdale, is looking better right
along and three shafts on the ground
have disclosed a 4-foot ledge, which is
giving up high grade shipping values.
Several Manhattan people have claims
lying near the First Chance and are
planning to start work.
Billy Murphy, H. Vail and E. f. Sew.
Ter of Manhattan are operating a lease
on the Klosky- Hurley property and are
taking out ore which they might well
be proud of.
Haywood. Moore and Price. who
a bond and lease on The Big Bos.
ton, are taking out and sacking biob
grade shipping ore and expect to have
their first shipment on the road this
Joe Connors, Jim Nelson and Henry
Stangle are operating on their own
property, and, though they state that
as yet they haven't a Mohawk. thew
are pretty wen satisfied with what
they have got.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
J. MOORE SAYS
RAWHIDE IS PERMANENT

1.-THE dykes are dark, almost black
in color, and two that | have seen are
undoubtedly diabase. Two others
which l noticed appear to be dacite.
The country rock is rhyolite of several
different types. In my present cursory
examination / distinguished four diff
erent types, and there may be more;
but most of the different phases are al
terations of the types I have men
toned.
"There appears to be no uniformity
in the general ore bearing veins
throughout the entire district. For
example,: On the Hooligan hill, the
ore bearing veins have a course run
ming from northeast to almost east,
while those on Balloon hill run nearly
north and south. Those in the Royal
Tiger region which carry ore vary from
a few degrees west of north to a course
north, 35 degrees east. The principal
vein OF the Regent averages a course
nearly north and south.
"It is too early in the history of the
camp, and the extent of its develop
ment to tell what influence faults may
have on the veins, or whether there are
numerous vein intersections yet to be
discovered, with usually form a point
of concentration for large ore bodies.
But the active developments now in
progress over so large a proportion of
the district will soon give data for de-
termining these points. / do not fear
much the effect of the faults.
81 think that the Rawhide district
is quite worthy of its good reputation
outside. 1t is not a larger district than
G0ldfeld, but the gold is scattered over
a great amount of territory
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
SIX MINES AT PIOCHE ARE
READY TO SHIP REGULARLY

n erosseut run into the foot wall eoun-
try for the purpose of demonstrating
whether tie main ledge was not en-
cased with a false foot wall. The
erosscut was run so feet. or twice the
distance ordered. and the ledge was
opened. II was found to carry a rich
yellow chloride ore. samples of which
show all the way from a few hundred
up to more than 1000 ounces of silver
a ton. After the discovery was made
surface prospecting disclosed the fact
that the ledge was the same as one
that was mined in the early days to
shallow depth. and which produced a
fortune. In selecting a place to sink
a deep shaft, the eariy-day owners got
of of this ledge and started down
within the limits of the big black ledge,
where the ore was different and not
rich enough to mine then. 1t was then
believed that the character of the ore
had changed, and work ceased. Mr..
Godbe states that this vein will be
opened on the 200 and 400-foot levels
within another month. 1t has been
reached on the 200-foot level now, but
more time will be required on the 400
foot level. as the main ledge has to be
crosscut from the hanging wall side to
reach it. Mr.. Godbe believes the new
ledge will produce millions in rich ore.
New Vein in Day Mine
"I learned while at camp said Mr..
Godbe. ''that an entirely new vein has
also been opened up in the Day mine,
at Jackrabbit. one of the big properties
of the Nevada Utah company. There
has been nothing released concerning
this discovery. but / understand that
the ledge is a big one and that the ores
are richer han anything ever found in
the Day mine. Bodies of rich ore, !
understand, have also been opened up
by the management in the Raymond &
Ely and Meadow Valley mines of the
company. while the Boston Phoebe and
the Mendah are also in line for making
a record that will attract a great deal
of attention. The Ohio-Kentucky, of
course. is opening up more ore than il
will know what to do with for years to
come, even though a smelter is built
at camp to accommodate it. and there
is no question but what smelling works
will be provided for the district one of
these days.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
MAY BUILD CUSTOM MILL
TO TREAT RAMSEY ORE

is something that can be easily found
out by a visit to the property where the
owners are eager to show OFF the find.
Ramsey-C omstock
They are certainly making things
hum over at the Ramsey omstock
mine and a large force Of men has been
put on this week. Night and day shifts
are now at work on the mill site as well
as underground and the loud defamation
of exploding dynamite is heard from
that direction every little while. The
heavy grading necessary was completed
about the middle of the week and now
the cement beds for the machines, tanks,
etc., are being laid. At the same time
timbers for the mill frame are being
made ready and it can be easily seen
that only a short time will now elapse
until the Ramsey Comstoek mill, first
reduction plant of the district, will
start crushing the rich ores.
Colder West
On one of a group of claims located
in Blue canyon and known as the Col
den West. Henry Williams is doing
steady development work and has
certainly made a good showing up to
date. A tunnel is being driven along
the foot wall side of what is popularity
termed the Proskey ledge, an ore body
some 300 feet wide which was opened
ON ground belonging to Col. Proskey in
doing annual work last fall. Mr.. Will
Jams idea in driving the tunnel in this
manner was to uncover ore at the june
ton point of "a strong cross assure. This
point has been reached and has resulted
in some exceedingly hard quartz being
uncovered. from which very choice pan.
uings are continually obtained.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

Five or six big mines in the camp
Of Phoebe, New. and the district sur
rounding that old bonanza camp are
now ready to supply the smelters with
a tonnage of ore that will equal. if IL
does not exceed. that Of any other dis
trict in this region. barring. of course,
the mammoth low grade copper camps
Some of the Phoebe mines IA already
commenced to contribute. and several
carloads Of ore a dey are now being
billed out over the branch of the San
Pedro railroad that was finished into
camp late last fall. Among the mines
that are ready to cut loose may be men
toned the Nevada Utah, the Prince
Consolidated. the Ohio-K entueky. the
Mandah, Boston, Phoebe and Bristol
Consolidated. Attention has often been
directed to the fact that this old camp
was going to boom. and it can be said
now that every minute during the past
year has been fruitful of de yeloping ore
bodies, the extent and richness of which
are little appreciated by the outside
world.
Sensational Discovery
Probably the most sensational dis
covery hat has recently been made in
the camp has been the opening of ar
entirely new vein in the Prince Con-
solidated. The main ledge in this prop
erty is more than $50 feet wide, and it
has been opened and developed to a
depth of 400 feet. 1t has been demon
strated that every pound Of ore in this
monster ledge, owing to its remarkable
fiuxing qualities, will pay handsomely
to smelt, while through the mass are
great ribs of ore that. in silver and
lead values, are entitled to be classed
as high grade. This ledge is filed with
a heavy, black sulphide ore, with an
iron manganese base. and its extent is
such that. when the time comes, the
company will be able to "glory-hole'
mine it with steam shovels, if it is con
sidered desirable to do it that way.
Bonanza Strike
But the new strike. Anthony II.
Godbe, one of the head men of the com
pany, saws it is of sufficient Importance
to Justify the declaration that it will
make a,big bonanza mine in itself. The
ledge is several feet wide on the 300
foot level of the property. where it was
accidentally discovered through having
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

Interest is growing in the custom
mill which George l.. Kaeding has pro-
posed building to supply the needs OF
the mine owners here. Wide lodges of
pay ore are under DEVELOPMENT through
out the district and it is realized that
the greatest help the various owners
could secure would be a mill to reduce
the ores as taken out. This supplies
continued revenue which is at all times
necessary in the opening and develop
ment of a mine.
Gold Center
Development of the Gold Center mine,
situated about a half-mile south of town
was resumed this week on the west side
of a big porphyry dyke, which has ex-
posed a quartz vein that has widened
from eighteen inches to the width OF
the shaft. A part of the vein is high
grade and the whole thing is very high
milling ore.
Tho Walkover
At the Walkover mine the chief eff
fort is at present directed toward run
ming the east drift on the 100-fOot level
over to and across the main ore body.
The drive is more han half way and as
good progress is being made, with moth
ing apparently to prevent rapid ad-
vancement, the big ledge should be ex-
posed in q short while.
Midnight Group
Steady work continues on the Mid
night, one of a group of claims in Blue
Y Since the strike last week de-
velopment has exposed a quartz vein
over four feet wide that is rich enough
to ship right from surface, to quote
a statement of one of the owners. That
it certainly pans big, fat strings of gold
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sTlNniRD WORKS BY Eminent AUTHORITIES
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ORIGIN OF ORE DEPOSITS.
BY Etienne A. Ritter, NJ. e.

(This is an exceedingly useful and interesting book 1t fns a need
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been puzzled at times by the behavior of the ore body he was mining
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Solutions That Deposit the Ore. G. Formation of Ore Bodies by
Aqueous Solutions. Z. Role of Metasomatism in the Deposition of Ore
8 Superficial Alteration. o Secondary Enrichment. Index and
Glossary s.
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
WORK
AT ROUND MT.

Three giants hurting their powerful
streams into the auriferous banks on
the slopes Of Round Mountain is one
of the first sights to great the passen-
gers as they drive by stage or auto into
the camp.
From a distance. these three streams
which shine out like silver bands
against the dull brown back ground con
is crushing every moment of h day
into the earth. II is only when one
stands near at hand that the muffied
roar of the streams. the erunching and
grinding of the disintegrated rocks and
falling tons of soil give one any appre-
citation of the terrific energy with
which the weight of water is hurled.
Should a man be struck fair in the back
BY one of these streams, his back would
be broken and the breath of life knock
ed out before he could appreciate what
had struck him.
Two streams are working on the Sun
nyside acreage while the third will be
tearing down a twenty-five foot bank
on Monday just below the big dump on
the property of the Round Mountain
Sphinx Mining company.
The big main flume is completed, over
one hunder thousand feet of lumber
having been cut up into lengths during
the past thirty days in it's construction.
At this writing less than twenty lengths
Of pipe remain to be laid which will
connect up the third giant with the ~
inch main from Jefferson.
Ledge of $40 Ore
r A. IT.-l--1 D.-l.-- ~c.o -, <ha
Antelope a ledge ten inches wide which
runs better than $40 to the ton has been
drifted on to north and south for a dis
lance of over 35 feet.
Tho ledge dips about 90 degrees to
the south and each day of development
gives better indications of permanence
and growth to the ore body. Two shifts
of men are at work and every energy
will be bent in opening up the ledge.
Easy Money In Tungsten
Out of a little more than a six-fooi
hole on his Lasting Beauty claim, Tom
Gordon has, within the last three days
taken out over 500 pounds of tungsten
At the present price of tungsten this
means a return of about $500 for the
three days Of work.
Water Encountered
Tho first water to be encountered in
any of Round Mountains mines oil
workings was struck during the pro
gress of prosecuting at the 130-foot
level of the shaft sunk on the Icedool
claim of the Roderick-Nevada Mining
company.
John Hayenga, who has the contract
for doing the work on this property, il
in a crosscut nearly twenty-five feet t.
the east which is aimed to tap a por
phyry and granite contact which ap
pears on the surface of the claim. This
contact should be reached in the course
of the next few days according to cal
culations and the flow of water has
been increasing as this contact has beer
approached.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
Water Encountered
sxooKuM BELT Is EXTENSIVE

60OOAOm DELI I'D LA 6No4 q
Those who doubt the extent of the
Skookum mineral belt should make a
personal examination Of outlying prop
critics before placing too much reliance
upon their conclusions, says the Skoo-
KUN Times.
For instance make a visit to the Jes-
sic NJ. group, $500 feet northeast of
the Watt shaft. Study the trend of the
lodges where opened up in crosscuts and
notice the strong groupings. In a gen.
eral way they parallel the Watt lode
which has been well outlined by the
work Of ~lessees.
On the Jessie NJ. the lodges at the
surface are bigger and stronger than
are those on either the Watt or Lemaire
properties at the surface. In addition
to the striking silver characteristics
common to all the ores of this new dis
trict the Jessie M. lodes carry a great
amount of iron and the gold values pre-
ponderate the silver content in a ratio
of 5 to l. The general character of the
ore is such as to cause all who see it to
predict that the Jessie M. is more likely
to develop into a gold than a silver
mine.
Rankin & Bonner
The Rankin & Bonner lease on the
Lemaire property liz coming to the
front. Another weeks work will in all
likelihood prove this lot of ground to
be as valuable as any in its rich neigh
borhood.
Last Wednesday, at 20 feet depth,
the ledge opened to 31a feet in width
and showed specimen horn silver
throughout. The ore is also literally
permeated with bromides and will cas-
lily break 800 to the ton throughout.
Watt Mining Co.
As the main shaft OF the property Of
the Watt Mining company nears the
l00-foot level the ore showing is better
than at any previous point. During
the past two days the work of each
shift has shown an improvement in the
size of the ledge and an increase in the
naturalization. The ore streak that is
classed as high grade now has an aver
age width across the shaft of 80 inches.
The Watt vein runs in a northwest
erly and southeasterly direction and is
about 100 feet northeast from the slate
porphyry contact which rum through
the middle section of the Skookum dis
tfict. IL Ia ou tHis ltdu mat several
1essees have such fine showings on the
Watt property at VARYING depths.
Crowell Lease
On the Crowell lease on the property
of the Watt Mining company, 300 feet
of the company 3 main shaft,
the ledge was struck last Wednesday at
a depth of so feet.
The ledge where broken into is two
feet wide and very rich. 1t proves up
the Watt property a distance of 800
feet and puts the intermediate ~lessees
and the Hiskey lease next adjoining in
the list of cinches.
This strike together with the strike
made at depth in the main Watt shaft
places this property in the limelight.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-01-17

j. W, Chamberlain is visiting his
parents at Gates.
t. L. Acuff has returned from his
trip to the. mountains.
Miss Mary Loftiss, of Turner, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. 0. G. Savage.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Dunsmore and
Mrs. o. G. Savage attended the funeral
Of J. B. Bonan's child at Turner, Sun
day.
Mrs. H. Fl. Hayden went to Oregon
City, Tuesday, having been called
there by the serious illness of her
daughter, Mrs. Allen Thacker
William Sheridan and family, of
Salem, spent Sunday at the home of
his sister, Mrs. B. I. Ferguson. Mr..
Sheridan is an employee Of the
Thomas Kay wooden mills, having
worked there for fifteen years.
1t is rumored that we are to have
the rose briers grubbed from our
main highways next spring and
summer, which will certainly add to
the beauty of Old Polk so far as it
goes. If the individual property
owners would do the same thing our
homes would look more attractive to
the easterners seeking homes among
ia