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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
VALLEY STRIKE is
DELUSION AND A SNARE

inclined to hematite, but | will bet that
it will not go $50 a ton. There was no
one in camp when we got there, but
there are a number of autos stranded
along the road. / believe that the ma
chine we had is about the only one in
the state that can make the trip with
out a breakdown.
GA partner of Harry Cadle, who has
property adjoining the reported strike.
accompanied us and returned with us.
1t is almost insanity to start a stampede
into there, for it is Is miles from water
or a source of provisions, and if a rush
follows the circulation of false reports,
there will be hundreds of people starv-
ing for food and water.
sole Elliott, who left here yester-
day morning with a party, must have
broke down somewhere along the route
probably broke down while trying 10
take some cutoff, for we did not meet
them anywhere.
"Thcre is nothing to it, and people
had better STAY out
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
VELVET LEASE STILL IN ORE.

A fair amount of good ore is still
being produced from the old Kicker
lease on the Velvet property, now be-
ing worked by the Kansas City Velvet
company. The ore is being followed
along the flat vein in which it was
found some time ago, is maintaining al
average of from II to Is inches, and
carries good shipping values, which are
cnchaneed at times by splotehos of free
gold. Whether this vein will suddenly
take a more decided pitch and go down
to depth in the dyke, or whether it will
continue flat indefinitely, is Il question
the management has been trying 20
solve for several weeks, but without
success. However, they are going to
follow the ore eff il goes up a tree.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
GEORGE WINGFIELD HEADS
MINING STOCK EXCHANGE

+ George Wingfeld has been +
+ elected president of the Goldfeld +
+ Mining Stock exchange, to sue +
+ coed II. I. Bragdon, who has re- +
+ signed the presidency on account =
+ of i'll health. Mr.. Wingfeld's +
+ election was made at a meeting of Z
+ the board of directors this after +
+ noon, and follows the receipt of "A +
+ telegram from the east that he +
l. would accept the position which =
+ members of the exchange urged +
+ upon him.
+ At a meeting held Tuesday even +
+ ing the vacancies caused by the +
+ resignation of Ii. l.. Rummcl and =
+ Frank w. Champion as directors +
+ were flied by the election of +
+ George Wingfeld and E. Z. Smith. =
- + + - -
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

The new five-stamp mill of the Bull
roy Pioneer Mining company was
on it's first run Monday, March
!, at noon, everything starting smooth
i. Practically all of the directors and
number of the larger stockholders 81
be company witnessed the ceremony of
PARTING the wheels, and Superintendent
ldliton was highly complimented on
be t~horoughness with which every
ping appertaining to the mill had been
fepared. The mill will continue steal
y now, save, perhaps, an occasional
port stop for adjustment, etc.
The mill is equipped with five Hendv
lamps, on concrete foundation; six 80
b cyaniding watts, and ample anal
emation tanks to handle the entire
foduct. The ore is being crushed to 40
sesh, and Superintendent Addition esti-
tates the saving as SO per cent. The
Il which is being put through the mill
of value approximating $50 per ton.
4d there is efficient $50 rock on the
Rmp and blocked out in the mine to
Pep the mill running for about a year
9TH no further work.
From now on, however, two drills will
kept busy in the slopes and two or
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
MINING ENGINEERS WILL
COME HERE IN SEPTEMBER

The American Institute Of Mining
Engineers is the most important Of
ganization of mining men in the world.
II comprises professional engineers only
and is headed by such men as john
Hayes Hammond, Professor K. A. +.
Penrose and others. That they Will
visit the camp is an announcement OF
the greatest Importance. The executive
board of tie Institute met at New
Haven yesterday. While the regular
session will be held at Seattle during
the Yukon exposition, it was decided to
visit Goldfeld en- route and make \
stay of several days. The American
Institute of Mining Engineers com
prises 1900 members, and Goldfeld wih
certainly have it's hands full when botn
this organization and the American
Mining Congress meet here.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

Word has been received here of the
definite decision of the members of the
American Institute of Mining Engi-
neers to visit Goldfeld Immediately fol
lowing the session of their convention
in California next September. 1t is the
plan to have the entire membership of
the convention come to this camp dur
ing the session of the American Mining
Congress and that the members of the
Institute shall participate in the work
of the congress.
The choice of Goldfeld as the next
meeting place of the Mining Congress
has attracted world wide attention to
the district as the decision of the di-
rectors Of the congress is a taclt re-
cognition of the camps claims Tor
priority as a mining center n the
further stamp of approval is now given
by the Institute of Mining Engineers,
an organization including in its mem
bership many of the most prominent
men identified with mining and metal
Iurgy in this and other countries.
In its influence for the welfare Of
Goldfeld, the Importance OF this deei
sion cannot be overestimated. During
their stay in the camp the mining en-
gineers will be afforded every oppoi
tunity to examine into the merits o
the district and the results of their i:
~yestigations cannot fail to be Of mat,
TIA benefit to the camp.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
PIONEER OIL COMPANY
BUYS RIG FOR DRILLING

\ $6,000-outft, or one Of the biggest
and heaviest type of standard rigs,
steam-driven, has just ben purchased
by the Pioneer Oil company FROM
Joseph p. Brinkley of Hagen, New
Mexico, for use on the e%ompany's prop
crty at Indian Springs, Nevada.
With the outfit are three strings OF
tools, a full set of extras, complete fish
ing tools, 1900 feet of casing, aud
everything necessary TO carry the bore
to a depth of 5000 feet. This stuff will
be shipped in two cars and should be
en- the ground and in operation within
the next two or three weeks, according
to the way the railroads handle 1T.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
BIG BONANZA OPENED AT
THE BROKEN HILLS NINE

The Broken Hills mine at Helena is
developing into 3 mammoth high-grade
proposition. Two new strikes of phe-
nomenal ore were made on the company
ground this week and the amp is wild
with excitement. The first of the new
strikes was made about 125 feet from
the incline shaft, which has heretofore
held the record for high-gradc, and
about midway between the incline an
the main shaft on the top of the Hill.
In two days they took out ore valued
feet deep and ten feet long, with thu
pay streak showing bigger and wider
with eevry round of shots.
The second strike was made at a
point about thirty feet above the in
cline shaft, ard while the ore is not
quite as rich as the ore in the first
strike which assays better than $4,000
a ton, it is of fine shipping grade,
averaging $115 a ton across fifteen feet.
Mass of High-Grade.
The Importance Of these two strikes
can hardly be realized by one not
familiar with the camp and the general
formation of the country. They prove
beyond doubt that the entire hill is one
mass of ore, high grade ore at that. The
Broken Hills Mining company is now
sacking ore running from 800 to $500
and a $1,000 in five different places on
the hill and there is apparently 20
limit to the extent of the ore bodies.
Such a vast deposit of high-gradc has
seldom if ever been uncovered in any
mining district in the country. There
are many districts where immense
bodies of low grade or milling ore have
been found, but the extraordinary rich
ness of the Broken Hills ore bodies,
taken with their vast proportions, is a
thing to wonder at.
Mccormack Is Enthused.
The first news of the latest strikes
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
GIVES OUTER ORE
ZONE STAMP OF APPROVAL

Goldfeld's outer mineral zone was
given the stamp of approval by Coz
VIM. A. Parrish, who declares that
strong gold and copper values will be
found by the development of the big
outcropping lodges, but that it will re-
quire depth to get them.
"After a pretty thorough examin1-
tion of the outer zone, from the Florence
to the Commonwealth and beyond, /
am of the opinion that some day this
will be one of the most important
sources of production for Goldfeld. 1t
will, however, require much greater
depth to get the ore than has been the
case on the Florence, Mohawk and Goa
%tiguous veins of that system"
This is the statement made by Colonel
Parrish just before starting for LBS
Angeles, after spending a busy week
here in a study of the district.
Undoubtedly the v~eining system in
the inside and outer sections are con-
temporaneous, but the outer section has
been shaken up and broken, and moved
around much more than the veins along
the western rim of the ore zone. The
dacite, as it is called, which is so il
timately associated with the ore bodies
of Goldfeld, will probably be found
prominently intru6ed into the forma-
tion in this outer section below the
main zone of movement, but the ores
will not show as much teaching as has
been found in the present producing
area of the camp. In accordance with
a previous statement, j believe that
greater copper values will be found
with depth throughout the entire min
eral zone, and the dc%ep-seated ores in
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
GOOD LOOKING PROSPECTS
IN PORTLAND FLORENCE

Prospecting and development are be
ing pushed along on the 200 and 400
levels of the Portland Florence lease,
and although no pay ore has been en-
countered, there are some strong string
ers of quartz, and the ground iooKs
good for ore. One of the veins to which
particular attention is being given at
present is fully 20 feet wide, with
numerous quartz feeders running
through it, and it takes persistent
prospecting to figure out the location Of
possible ore lenses in a ledge of this
character. Manager Stewart is still
hopeful of connecting with something
good before the expiration of the lease.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
TAKE LEASE ON COPPER
VEIN OPENED BY PIPE LINE

Claude Maxwell, captain of the Gold
field Fire department, and Thomas
Duffy, who has been engaged in the
drayage business in this city, have ac-
quired a lease on some promising cop
per property which was discovered dus-
ing the course of construction of the
Consolidated Water company s new pipe
line from the springs at Ida. A streak
of splendid copper ore eighteen inches
in width is exposed, and the boys viii
leave shortly to prepare to develop the
property.
The find is about seven miles in a
straight line from Goldfeld, although
following the pipe line it is aboct
twenty-five miles. 1t was located by IA
couple of the men working in the viein-
ity, who were on the spot when it WIS
| discovered. Maxwell and Duffy have
acquired a bond and lease ON the prop
crty.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

this outer district will show that char.
acteristie when encountered.
Those big dykes are very hard, the
formation is tight, and it has not given
the mineral bearing gases and solutions
and cas- yroad to travel to reach tn sur
face. For that reason the values will
lie further down than in the more open
zone to the west. But persistent devel-
opment will reach Them"
In speaking of the Consolidated mill,
which he visited in company with Geu-
cral Manager j. II. Mackenzie, Colonel
it was the finest plant he had ever
seen anywhere.
81 was particularly struck by the
perfection of the automatic system in
vogue from one end of the mill to the
other" he said, "aEd it was a reveia-
tion to see the amount of ore handled
with a small force of men. In going
through the mill, / asked Mr.. Mac
kenzie where all his men were, for I
was not quite used to the novelty OF
seeing hardly anyone around.
"Mr. Mackenzie laughed and said:
We don t need any but what you see,'
and before / was through with the trip,
L had to acknowledge that he was
1t is certainly a model of in
genuity and efficiency
Colonel Parrish s unqualified endorse
of the mineral possibilities of the
district is of great moment to
Goldfeld, and should give renewed
and confidence to every operator
in that section. From Los Angeles, the
will go to New York, but ex-
poets to return to Goldfeld in the near
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

authentic reports brought into Gold
II last night by parties who have in
Stisated the alleged new strike IL
Fath Valley, about Is miles south
n of Sand Springs, give a discour-
|ng view of the situation, and are &c
eject that nothing OF Importance
heen discovered and there is moth
TO justify a stampede into that sec-
r.
Z. McCambridge, a well known
ing man, accompanied by MI. Wing
D. IL. LePoe, made the trip in a 10
Pc power Simplex auto, and were
nfst party in the camp and the first
since the report of a strike was
nc public. When asked if there was
ground open, Mr.. McCambridge an
Pred, yes"
10 whether they made any loca-
ne said: "No. We did not see
'hlng we thought was worth while.
formation is lava and dolomite
me ore is of an oxidized nature,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

was received in this city last Tuesday
by President J.. G.. Mccormack of the
Broken Hills company from Superin-
tendent Tom Murphy over the new
telephone line which has just been com
pleted from Tonopah. President Nc
Cormack went out to Helena Thursday
to inspect the property, returning last
evening. Mr.. Mccormack is not Of an
excitable nature, but he is probably the
most enthusiastic man in Goldfield to
day enthusiastic over the wonderful
showing of the property which was pnr-
chased by him only a few months ago.
Strike Not Surprising.
The new strikes do not, howeve~,
surprise the men who have been working
on the property for the last few months.
There is not a square foot of ground on
the big hill that will no. pan free gold
and almost everywhere assays can be
had that will run better than 500 Il
ton. In fact the high-gradc is so con-
moa that nothing that goes less thah
800 a ton on the surflce causes a rip
pie of excitement IN the camp. But the
ore from the first of the new strikes
referred to assays better than $4,000
"a ton right along, So the most matter
of fact miner in the camp has goo
reason to boast. Shipments are going
out regularly to Millers, and it is prob
able that the company Will md I
necessary to put on additional teams to
handle the output of the mine.
The leasers are working steadily and
some of them have excellent showings,
although none as yet has encountered
the high grade in shipping quantities.
The completion of the telephone line
will have a great Influence in building
up the business of Helena, as 1t VIII
bring the operators and merchants OF
the new town into quick communica-
tim with the outside world and do
away with the tedious delays that have
been a serious drawback heretofore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
OIL COMPANY FORMED

Incorporation of the Nevada Oil
company has just been completed with
a capital stock of $1,000 00. The com
pany owns 81 sections, or 23,6S0 acres
of oil land at Indian springs, and is
projected as a holding company which
will organize subsidiary companies like
the Pioneer Oil company, and lease and
sell holdings. The stock will be as
sessable. Officers and directors are:
Frank Oliver, president; L. A. Lucy,
vice president and treasurer; A. j.
Somers, secretary; Ira MacFarland,
general manager; Al Sandy, director,
Headquarters will be in Goldfeld.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
MERGER cRossCUr OPENS LEDGE

A strong ledge, possibly the st. Ives.
has been encountered in the erosscht
from the 600-foot shaft of the Merger
Mines company. More or less quartz
and sulphides are showing through the
rock, but no ore body has yet been
reached. The ground has the character
istics of the Florence and Mohawk
lodges, demonstrating that the lorna
tion is right in this portion of the dis
triet. Development will be continued
for the purpose of locating the ore
shoots.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
q VALUES AT SURFACE
IN NEW COPPER DISTRICT

'ouore Wyneken has returned
q copper district seven miles
VI %lhorne, where he has acquired
"'er OF claims which he mas been
e with his partner, W. A. Koync,
ne Ionopah Bonanza.
"e district is practically a new
said Mr.. Wyneken last evening,
mas only been opened up a short
IN our property we have a num-
hedges four or five feet in width
%'erai of these are traceable on
r'iaee for we 1900 feet. We
naa several assays made when
returns from $14 to 1920 a ton.
'sest return was from a piece of
VIM rock but the ledge at the pres
average over $50 to the ton.
also carries values in gold.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
PIONEER LEASE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
MINERAL DISCOVERIES KNOWN TO MINING

I And there are a lot more. We ar
not quoting these properties with tn,
assurance that they will all make bi.
mines. They have a right-judgin;
flom formations and earnest work-tC
make good mines. But our main object
is to show that the people who are
operating there have faith in their dis.
triet. Some of them are operating on
their own account, putting up all the
money themselves; others are placing
a little stock on the market and trying
to hit the pay streak before they have
to sell much stock, as they are digging
for metal, not for the easy money
which comes sometimes from stocks. Il
is a working camp.
Old Timers Jubilant
In the Pioneer district is a little
c%oterie of men who have stayed with
the camp for the last four or five years,
often facing hardship and adversely,
oftimes forced to cut the menu down
TO bacon and b~eans-and cool that
themselves. But they stayed with the
game, and now everybody will be gla |
if their grit and faith is justified.
Among the crowd we note the Tobin
brothers, main owners of the Pioneer
Mines company and of several groups OF
claims. Then there is A.. l.. Lidwell of
S~pringdale, who has not only worked
hard himself, but who has staked d
couple score or more prospectors and
leasers in the Pioneer district to food,
tools, tents and equipment, taking 10
payment, but confident hat "thc boys
are going to make good over there.
The amount he is carrying on his books
at his Springdale which is most
stockcd-is enormous. +. >.
Giles is another one of the pioneers,
and for four or five years he has held
on, doing the assessment work on his
claims and those of some of his
people in the east, keeping up their
faith, and himself and family undergo
ing hardship and loneliness on the des-
srt. There are others, but these are the
notable examples, and those VINO
study the mining game, who know that
/: is a game of grit and endurance AMI
hope, the world over, will be
siau 10 see tntse men "make good.
Others Properties.
Over toward Gold Gulch and Indian
Springs, in the same district, and but
a few miles from Pioneer, develop
are most encouraging. George
Probasco of Beatty is directing active
work on the old Transvaal property and
S installing a modern equipment at the
nine, and promises that it will soon be
producer.
w. S. Taylor is up from Los Angeles
experimenting work on the Taylor Bull
'rog Mines ~company's property, and
that arrangements have been
made for extensive work on this prop
,rty; also that a number of properties
IL that section, upon which work was
stopped by reason of the financial
operated and developed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
MAYFLOWER LESSEES OPEN
SIX INCHES OF 5000 ORE

Angelo Garboeai and associates WHO
are operating a lease on the Mayflower,
are elated over the values in the ore as
shown by assay returns. At present
their work is being confined to sinking
the main shaft. Mr.. Garbocai claims
that he has from 4 to 6 inches along
one of the walls of the ledge that will
average $500 to the ton in gold.- Man.
haitian Mail.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
BIG FLORENCE CUTTING LEDGE

A drift is now being driven from the
bottom of the 650-foot shaft of the Big
Florence lease to explore the big ledge
which has been shown to be IS feet
wide at the 400 level. Assays of a sub
s~tantial character were found clear
across by Manager Maloney, and he s
now cutting under that territory with
the hope of finding increased values
with the increased depth.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06

soeeial to The News.
-u.;,v.r March 5.-The work oil
-a;.iug in the Great Western niue
proceeding in a satisfactory m'nn'
.a,b the east and west drifts on Tue
,ev,l. The working force OF
- has been increased during
az and thirty men will be en-
rben the connections are made
P .he oOo-foot level. Considerable
.1nb;de is exposed on the 3oo-foo
and recent assays from TINS
g ore went at the rate of 2.30o
- in silver and two ounces N
Gold. Quite a little of this grade OF
: beinr sacked in the mine and o
.nmeut will go out in the near fu'
Daily shipments are being made
n, both the 200 and 30o-foot levels ct
the mine.
Grand Central.
Tho Grand Central property worke'.
dor bond and lease by u. +. New
d has a fine showing of ore in the
ave shaft. This property was former
l. known as the Big Sam mine, n
,.as worked some twenty years ago.
!, that time there was some $2OO,ooo
.alen from the property and the ore
sbinped TO the old Snowstorm
mill at Ida. The property was neg
,oeted by the former owners and was
located two years ago by Dick Rich
aids and Charles Howard. They
.,anted a lease and bond on the mine
:. ur Newcomb and he made the sec-
md payment on the bond a short time
There is considerable ore of a
thirty dollar grade exposed on the
. r%ropertv. The mine will in all PROB
I abilitv enter the shipping list as soon
.s a nlant of machinery is installed.
Red Top.
Three men are employed in trenching
4 ou the Blackburn lease of the Red Top
4 claim. They expect to cut the exten-
5 sion of the Orleans ore shoot some 800
& feet distant. On this lease some rich
Il float has been encountered within the
I past few days and they expect to pick
#up the ledge in a short time.
4 contract was granted during the
hast week on the Hornsilver Consoii-
lated property to sink a shaft to the
Il m.foot point, on a junction of three
,eins that are exposed on the surface
III this property located just south d
The Great Western workings and east
I'm the Grand Central workings.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
Devote Lease.

Harry DeVotie, operating on the Con
hector claim, sent out his first ship
ment this morning, consisting Of ten
tons of ore that will go about 500 III
GOLD and silver. The ledge is about two
feet wide and was opened at a depth
of thirty feet from the surface. This
property was examined during the past
week for San Francisco parties, and f
the shipments come up to expectations
this property will change hands in the
neal future for a good figure.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-06
SENATE PASSES BILL. FOR
MINING CONGRESS EXHIBIT
Special to The News.

, Special Z The News
= Carson City, March 3-senator Pynes bill providing fer an ex
= hmt appropriation for the session Of the Mining Congress to be
: held at Goldfeld, passed the senate today ane goes 10 the house. where 4
= it will undoubtedly pass The law creates a commission of three who =
= shall collect mineral exhibits from the various counties Of the state. and 4
= carries a n appropriation of $4,000. 4