The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-03
ROUND MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES
ARE SHOWING UP SPLENDIDLY

When j. y. Sweeney, who is one of
the directors in the Round Mountain
Mining company and also in general
charge during the absence of Messrs.
LOTUS and Davis, returned to Goldfeld
Wednesday of the week he took with
him a box of some of the most beautiful
specimens of pure gold and gold in the
rock that have ever been mined i'm this
camp-and that's going some.
Superintendent Mcdonald ran into a
three-quarter inch seam of pure gold in
the breast of the west drift on the $50
foot level during Monday. Mr.. Sweeney
took back this box full just to show his
friends in Goldfeld what he had and
the rest of it was turned into the mill
just as though it was nothing but a low
grade of milling ore.
1t is only a little over a month ago
that a similar rich stringer was cut in
the same level. The 450-foot level of
the %Sunnyside mine has produced some
of the richest and handsomest pieces of
pure gold that has ever been found in
the camp and it keeps doing so period
ically.
Progress in the other parts of the
mine keeps on apaee and Mr.. Mcdonald
states that every level from the surface
to the 650-foot level is in good milling
ore.
The two shafts which are being cut to
develop the big ledge on the Great
Western ground continue to make more
evident the fact that here is another
tremendous body of milling ore to be
developed. An. ore bin of about 30 tons
capacity has been put up at the lower
hauled up to the mill-for the present
at any rate
The mill is again running at its orig
inal capacity of about 90 tons since the
return of a full flush of water and the
values turned out each month hold ont
steadily.
1t will come in the nature of a sur
prise to many to learn that Superintehd-
emit James Mcdonald has resigned his
position. Mr.. Mcdonald has been suf-
fering aeutely from eczema for the past
five months and his physician informed
him that there was little chance of be-
coming rid of it as long as it was sub
jected to the dust in the mines. He has
also not seen his family for four years
and under the circumstances feels that
he is entitled to a rest.
Jim Mcdonald has been with the Sun
nyside mine since it was nothing but a
location hole. To his knowledge of and
ability in mining is due the fact that
today the Sunnyside mine of the Round
Mountain Mining company is one of the
bonanza producers of the state. He
goes to Amador county, California.
j. NJ. Healy, who succeeds Mr.. Ne
Donald as superintendent, is n of the
most capable men in the mining bust
ness and the management of the COM
pany is to be more than congratulated
in securing his services.
Mr.. Healy's mining experience goes
back to the Leadville days. He was
also in charge of the Delamar in Idaho,
the Mohawk in Goldfeld and has held
a responsible position in many other
properties which have made good under
his direction.
Round Mountain Daisy
President George B. Thatcher, of the
Round Mountain Daisy Mining com
pany and the Hon. George A. Bartlett,
one of the directors of the company,
made a flying visit of inspection to the
property on Thursday.
: Mr.. Bartlett stated that a vigorous
campaign was about to be prosecuted in
order to interest eastern capital in de-
veloping this splendid ground and the
chances are that in the not very distant
future the company will resume work
again.
The company already has a shaft
which it has sunk to a depth of about
200 feet. The last 20 feet of this cuts
through a quartzite formation and the
nafura Of tho rock at nrpspnt is a silici-