The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-18

mining men from all over the country
have been coming into camp to see what
the rich strike means. They are simply
amazed when they see the ore. 1t Is the
richest ore ever taken from the quartz
mine. The richest ore from the Mohawk.
the Florence or Franc Mohawk taken
together, pound for pound. will not COM
pare with the chunks from the Crown
Point. II Is more than half gold. which
is of a fineness of s20.05 to s20.15. a
thing almost unheard of before. Speci-
mems as large as your two fists will as
say $500, 900 TO the ton. When here last.
Mr.. Doubleday took to his office in Los
Angeles about 100 pounds weight of ore
as Il came from the 210 level, without
sorting. and told your correspondent
that he would wager $4,000 that no
other quartz mine in America could
produce the same wealth. equal weight.
The writer is advised that 1t is now
creating a sensation in Los Angeles and
can be seen at his office there.
The Crown Point-Globe has two large
lodges. one--the main Johnnie ledge.
ranging in width from s to IL feet. Par
allel to this, and about 165 feet from 1T.
is the treasure vein. This carried
enormous VALUES Ilkut iiVih ~
A tunnel was run into this vein to cut
the main ledge at 30 feet. The rich
shoot ~outcropping on surface was cut
and stopping commenced. This shoot.
from the 90 has been stopped vertically
to the surface. and 35 sacks of very rich
rock taken put. About 800 tons of very
rich milling rock were. taken from the
ledge outside the rich shoot Stopping Is
still in progress from the 80 upward on
the ledge.
A shaft was then run Town 200 feet on
the big ledge on Crown Point and a
crosscut run to the treasure vein. cut
ting it at right angles. depth being 210
feet on the treasure ledge. Six feet of
rich milling quartz was cut through
when a shot blew out a bushel basket
full of the richest quartz ore ever found.
The miners came out of the shaft wild
with excitement. The shaft was nailed
up by Superintendent Denicke and was
not opened until Mr.. Doubleday had ar
rived in camp. c. w. Myers of James
town. Cal. a large operator on the
Mother Lode, and c. p. Masen. of Fair
banks, Morse & CO., accompanied Mr..
Doubleday. They then went into the
shaft to see the find. On Mr.. Double
days instructions Superintendent De-
nicke proceeded to dig through 1t to see
the width of the rich shoot. They went
into it two feet and threw up the job.
1t was too rich to take out. Over &c.,
600 value in gold was blown out by the
shot opening the shoot. From the
debris of the blast. c. w. Ayers PANIED
$500 in coarse gold in four pans. 1t is
h1,oal n,aSfion tho richest Ora aver
found in a quartz ledge. Every one who
has seen the ore will say so.
Now comes the speculation. The rich
ore was at the surface. 1t was cut at
the 9o-foot level and sacked all the way
to the surface. 1t is cut again al the
210-foot level-the ledge five feet wide
and then two feet of the rich shoot.
making a total width of seven feet, and
the other wall not reached. How wild
is 1t? Does it extend from the 210-foot
level at approximately the same width
and value to the 90-foot level? If 1T
does, Crown Point-Globe will produce
over 81, 900, 900 in one month. for 1t
would require about that time to stope
the shoot between these two levels.
There is an enormous speculation here
in working between these two levels.
Cut at top, at 80 and 210 feet, on the
same ledge.
When here last Mr.. Doubleday said
that he thought he would go dow the
big shaft on parallel ledge to a depth
of 800 feet and then crosscut to the
treasure before again touching the 210-
foot workings. If he can cut it again
100 feet deeper, the speculative posi-
bilities of this single shoot will be be-
yond computation. Work will be started
sinking the other hundred feet at once.
u. M. Thomas has started work on the
Bullfrog Johnnie, the Belmont and Mid
way. The Congress people are planning
resumption since the big showing on
Crown Point has enthused them. This
property is controlled by Mr.. Brock, Jim
Butler, Harry Ramsey, DIR. Bowes and
Attorney Bartlett of Tonopah.
We have many visitors now and all
who come to camp are enthusiastic in
their congratulations to Mr.. Doubleday
for the wonderful showing he has made
here on both johnnie Consolidated and
Crown P~oint-Globe, both of which he
controls.
A challenge-Crown Point-Globe can
produce a ton of ore that will beat the
world.