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

long drift into the Polsris side of the
workings. The slopes above that level
contain several hundred tons of mill
rock. We climbed down 20 feet to
where a machine drill is tearing down
immense quantities Of a good grade Of
mill ore, and continued down the man
way to the 400 level. There are three
slopes from the 400, extending so feet
above the level. and all are full of good
mill ore, while the fourth stope las been
started in the ore. The shoot here il
more han 100 feet in length. The ore,
as far as opened, averages about 5 feet
in width and assays from $40 to Sl2 >
ton, according to Mr.. Lisle. This por-
tion Of the workings looks ike a nine
in itself.
Big Stopping Area on shoshone 100
On the Shoshone side Of the 100 level,
stopping areas $50 feet in length have
been opened. and all Of the ore is being
sent to the mill with an average width
from 5 to Il feet.
Sixty Feet Of Ore at 500 Level
On the 500 level, IN oye shoot so feet
in length has been developed, and all Of
this ore, Mr.. Lisle stated, is going direct
to the mill as broken. A Slope has been
started ard will be extended 10 the 400
level. and from the development on the
400, 100 feet Of backs is promised. The
west drift on the 500 is %encountering
the same kind of country that was SO
puzzling to the management in explor-
ing the 600 level. There is no sign of
a vein in the face of the drift, the drift
not being on the fault, and there is only
a thin streak of quartz here and there
to break the monotony of country rock.
The Latest on the 600 Level
But down on the 600 level, at a point
relatively only a few feet west of the
face of the 500 drift, that much.talked-
about sulphide tale body is much in evil
dence. For some distance the drift on
the 600 went through a soft, spongy
formation, and then came into white
tale followed by blue tale and sulphides.
The face of the drift is in the solid tale
sulphide ore, which g~listens under the
light of a candle. There is no telling
what is in store for Shoshone when this
deposit, apparently a big one, is de.
veloped.
1t was at this point that Mr.. Lisle
objected to my procedure, for | ex-
pressed my desire to grab a generous
sample of the glistening sulphide ore,
but this was refused. Mr.. Kirchen has
given strict orders not to allow sam
ping on the 600 level. However, there
ism t any question about the tale being
there, although Mr.. Krumb stated that
he found no tale below the 300 level,
yet he did not attempt to say that tale
would not be disclosed in the lower
levels. And to all appearances, there is
another mammoth body of tale at this
point, and the presence of the sulphides
suggests good values. 1t is slow work
to drift on this stuff, as it refuses to
SuDDnlt W tuG usual tiio VI
ing laterals. The material is so sticky
that it has been penetrated only a few
feet in the three weeks since the tale
was struck.
Mr.. Lisle informed me that nothing
had been lone on the 700 level toward
developing the ore bodies. 1.-THE sta
ton is cut said Mr.. Lisle, "and there
is a pump working down there to take
care of the water, but we shall not run
any farther on the 700 until we find out
what the tale on the 600 is going to
amount to-
We were about two hours and a half
underground, and it certainly was time
well spent. j wish earnestly that not
only the wiseacres of Rhyolite, but that
the many eastern readers of The News,
who are interested in Shoshone, could
be given the privilege of seeing the
Shoshone as l saw it yesterday. 1t looks
like a real mine. If the stuff alleged
to be commercial mill rock is that in
reality, there is SOME ORE in sight IN
the Shoshone and no mistake.
Seeing Is Believing
Harry Joseph, the Salt Lake engineer
who was here two weeks ago, estimates
that the ore actually in sight will aggre-
gate 150.000 tons. General Manager
John G. Kirehen says that there is
enough ore in sight to keep the mill
busy at $50 tons a day for some months
to come, and Superintendent Lisle says
there are 1900 tons broken down and
ready to be trammed out for the mill.
When one goes through the mine, he be-
gins to think that not only one, but that
all of the gentlemen quoted above, are
about right.
The monthly cleanup is now being
made, and the returns perhaps will be
announced by another week.