The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-24
ACTIVITIES AT RAWHIDE
SHOWING NO CESSATION


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Rawhide, New, Oct. 23.-J. b. Elem
ing, a mechanical and metallurgical en-.
gineer of international reputation. and
the man who designed the 81, OOO. 900 re.
d~uetion plant owned by the Goldfeld
Consolidated Mines company, arrived
IN Rawhide late last week for the pur.
pose of making an exhaustive examina.
tion of the district s ore bodies with n
view to determining the milling posi-.
biiltles here. In company with f. w.
King, president of the Rawhide Coali-
ton Mines company, and Edward Hoff-
man, consulting engineer for that com
Pany, Mr.. Fleming has devoted the
greater portion of the present week to
his quest. Although at time of fling
these dispatches there yet remains a
considerable area to be investigated. it
is known that Mr.. Fleming is well
pleased with the mineral showing.
1t is Mr.. Kings contention that a
mill having a daily ore reduction capac-
ity of 800 tons should at once be erected
here, and that the noted engineer be
fore mentioned has a similar view is an
parently evidenced by the marked
favor in which he holds the mineral
yielding possibilities of the camp. For
that reason it is not unreasonable to
predict that the milling plans of Mr..
King will soon be carried out; espe-
cially as the capital necessary for the
construction of such a plant is available
il Mr.. Fleming deems such action adj
visable. From inside and reliable
sources your representative obtains the
information that Mr.. Jennings report
is strongly favorable to the enterprise.
The primal intent is to reduce ores
from the many leaseholds on the Coali-
ton estate, and also from that portion
of the acreage held in reserve by the
company. To develop the ore bodies
contained therein the Coalition manage
nent will sink a three-compartment
shaft to a depth of 1000 feet at a point
about midway of the acreage. An ont
line of the compapy's development
plans was forwarded from this point
weeks ago. The plant will like
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until such time as the output from the
Coalition property is equal to the daily
capacity of the mill.
The Sunbeam Lease
Just as soon as the new hosting en-
CINE is in commission at the lease of
the Rawhide Sunbeam Mining & Leas-
ing company on the estate of the Coali-
ton company, the main working shaft
is to be sunk from a depth of lS5 feet
to a depth of $50 feet with all possible
dispatch. At the lower level the entire
block is to be crosscut and proved up.
In sinking to the present depth three
lodges have been tapped in the shaft.
The first was discovered at a depth of
~ feet. 1t is Is inches wide and assays
the ton. The second ledge was
at a depth of 81 feet, and
shows a width of 3 feet of milling grade
ore. The last of the three lodges is ex-
posed in the bottom of the shaft, a
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depth of 1876 feet. 1t is 6 feet wide and
is composed of blue sulphide quartz.
Like the one in the level above, 1t
a profitable milling average.
The directorate of the leasing company
is composed principally of local mining
and business men of well established
reputation. That fact, taken in con
junction with the further fact that the
has a substantial treasury
fund. assures continuous and eeonom~
zeal development of the acreage.
Marigold Lease in High Grade
At the Marigold lease on the estate
of the Coalition company the mineral
showing is now the equal of that OBJ
tanning in the Grutt Mining lease work
ings. adjoining on the north. Several
weeks ago it became evident that the
lease of the Marigold company carried
the continuation to the southwest OF
the rich Grutt Mining ledge, but the
find made by Superintendent r. l..
Riggs a few days ago so thoroughly
demonstrates the tenability of the de-
duction there is no chance for further
In the north drift from the
west crosscut at the 50-foot level Mr..
Riggs has uncovered a strong ledge two
feet wide that carries gold and silver
in the free in quantity. The quartz IS
highly silicifed and screens an average
of $500 the ton, with the coarse rock
breaking an average of 800 the ton.
The ledge lies in a contact of daeIte ana
rhyolite, the counterpart of that prevail