The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
WINGF|fLD DENIES
CONSOLIDATED SALE
Declares Firm Will Continue to
Work Its Lesser Prop
critics
Mining Expert Says He Believes
There Are More MOhawks
in GOldfield


lesser properties. They have denied
reports that the control of the consol-
ldated mines had or would pass from
them. George Wingfield, in an inter-
view In the Goldfield News is reported
as saying:
lnere Is no truth in the reports industriously
circulated that the control of the Consolidated
nad 1; or would pass from the hands OF Nixon and
W mlngleld Inc present officers will be re-
erected ana will continue to manage the property,
which has been brought to its present state Of
perfection through their untiring efforts. The
ainss aad or tne Consolidated group are looking so
So 60 .uat we are willing to hold on and prove
that we have the greatest bonanza gold mines
~ IL .ne world. am not in position to say
but the properties of the Consolidated have
aeacnea stage now that every one is resting
aoVance III the market quotations is due to the
weu as from t from an parts OF tne country as as
the stock | will not attempt to predict how
~ us Iii niener tne stock will CO. or whether or not
II VIII go higher. The Mohawk has made a
magnificent record as everybody knows, but
there are other Mohawks in the GoldfeId district.
OF that am firmly convinced and believe that
50 thoroughly that | intend to start work on
company account a number of properties in
s anls ssicinity controlled by Senator Nixon and
nysef before | leave town, which means inside
Oh the next two weeks.
According to the Goldfield News a
very rich strike has been made in the
-oNiiN cuJOiulHS the eUSlHeSTS lease,
winch was formerly known as the
Daisy Florence. now held and operated
py the Mitchell Fairfield development
company The following account is
given:
., me ind was made in an upraise from the
ste s,e, Ioot level -Four inches Of quartz assays
Ssod;vU S;vIU a ton, and four inches of tale lying
parallel to 1T assays $437 so ton. Between the
quartz and the tale lies narrow streak of ore
tnat is half gold, making the average value for
tic uiut lnc0eS something sensational. If the
ma hoids out the record of the Engineers will
easily be duplicated and possibly exceeded.
. strange freak of fortune in connection with
this discovery Is the fact that the picture
streak was found within six inches of where the
spending upward of S1O0 600 in a vain endeavor
TO locate the treasure. The Daisy Florence was
controiied by Campbell Davidson & Co. of Chi
cago- Tney sank shaft 315 feet and did
vast amount of lateral work and, while good
locate an ore body. The company exhausted its
treasury and the lease passed into the hands of
me Mltcnell- Fairfield development company the
consideration being 5000 and IA per cent of the
net earnings for the Daisy Florence share holders
Crosscuts had been driven to the north and
south on the SO foot level, the former being
out 80 feet from the shaft and the latter about
~ ~ Ieet. 1t was in this south crosscut that
foreman n, hoster discovered a knife blade Of al
most pure gold last Sunday. he decided to
follow this seam and the first round Of shots un-
covered the bonanza. In addition to the nine
Inches or very rich stuff there is considerable
good rock on both sides and the ore as 1t is
being broken down runs better than $500 ton
The stamps of the Combination mill,
according to the Goldfield News, will
soon be dropping on ore from the Com
blnation fraction workings and from
the Little Florence lease on the Com
bination fraction
=, Negotiations for leasing the plant from the
Consolidated have been under way for some time
ana are now practically completed. The deal
VIII be closed probably by the first of the week
and the leasers will take possession of the mill
fhp afaHsc ~
plant on Columbia mountain is given a thorough
tryout and found to be up to expectations.
Ihere Is vast amount of low grade ore ex-
posed in the Combination Fraction ground both
IN the company workings and in the lease work
ton, and while It will not pay to ship. II Will
return handsome profit when the company is
In IA position pos to treat It on the ground.
FRACTION the winze that sunk from the 300
has been connected with the drift on the 400
Inc ore body is from four to ten feet wide and
slopes have been opened on both the 300 and 400
foot levels The company is shipping about 30
tons day. but the showing on the 400 is sucb
that 1t is probable that the output will be mate
rlaily increased within the next week or 10 days
notwithstanding the fact that the management is
deyoting more attention to developing the ore
bodies than the extraction of ore.
The Little Florence lease Is also making an
excellent showing. and while some ore Is being
sent to the sampler no attempt to increase the
output TO the capacity Of the plant will be made
The Wine that Is being sunk from the 300 foot
level IS down 30 feet and has entered fine
body of ore that assays $40 and s4s ton An
air hoist Is being installed at the 800 and the
WINE will be sunk to the $40 foot level The
big three compartment shaft has reached depth
or 500 feet and according to Manager Director
keelyn seems TO be cutting into the hanging wall
OF ledge that may prove to be the Combination
or Mohawk vein. Judging by the formation 1t
has every promise of being a big ledge. and the
management has been in daily expectation of
getting the Mohawk ledge. which is the objective
poipt aimed at The shaft viii be sunk another
100sfeet at once and win eventually be sunk to
the 1000 foot point.
Mr.; Keelyn says that the principal reason why
the lease is content with small shipments for
the time being Is the desire Of the manage
ment to get under the ore bodies from the 37o
foot level In order to get more stopping room
The only shipments being made from the lease
Is ore that is being sent out to definitely deter
mine fits character