The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-13
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deeper and find what was contained below the surfaee-be-
low the effect of the teaching power of air, rain, snow, frost
and heat, and the trickle of seepage water. The whole
thing was regarded as a proposition such as might be
handled by a Homestake mill, with profit, but hardly by any
mill of less size.
1t remained for J. X. Bryan and his associates to take
a lease and get to work in search of what they believed
would be better than low grade milling pre-. They found
that their surface values had been but a clue; that the
values slowly increased with depth, and when they got be
low the teaching zone they found-well, the story told by
the ore shipped has brought to the side of Pioneer noun
tain a town of one thousand souls where less than a month
ago there were hardly a score.
Not a New District
BuIfrog district, in which the camp of Pioneer is 10
Gated. is not a new district, but is the location of many
properties, some of which like the great M~ontgomery-
Shoshone at Rhyolite, have made more than good; others
being in the prospect stage, and still others which have
been mined extensively by dint of delving into the pockets
of too credulous investors, and yet on which there has not
been the scratch of pick or shovel. The district had ioag
been regarded as a great mineralized area of low grade ore,
and when a few weeks ago the WORD was flashed out that n
leaser on the Pioneer ground had opened a great body of
fabulously rich ore, the wise ones shook their heads and
said "a one mine camp
Over at the western end of the oval, at the same time,
the Mayfower Mining company employees were steadily
digging away, and today there stands on their property u
five stamp mill, built especially for the ore of this district,
and which within a few days will be sending its dull rumble
over the desert, grinding out bullion for the men who had
the faith and the grit to 'stay with it, And this bullion
will 90 right back into the Mayfower mine that more bull
lion, increased many fold, may come back to them.
Leasing Operations
Within a very few days the leasing operations at
Pioneer are going to be very extensive. For the past few
days there had been some dissatisfaction among the mining
men who desired various leases on properties which they
had inspected and believed to be good, and who considered
that there was much unnecessary delay in getting leases
- IIouavar n rnsb n the a m and appllcafiOnS
FOR leases had been so much in advance of the anticipated
time. that the parent companies had not had opportunity to
thoroughly prepare their leasing terms. Now, however,
things are getting started, and ON Wednesday eight leases
were signed up, and active operations on THESE properties
will be commenced at once.
Z. S. Giles, who has control of or is representative for, a
large section of the mineral land of the district, has many
applications for leases on file, and these VIII be signed up
lust as Don as ratification of leasing terms can be secured
from the outside directors of the parent companies he repre-
sents. The Tobin Brothers, interested in the Pioneer Bull
frog Gold Mining company properties, the Mayfowers AMI
a number of other most desirable groups of claims, have Jos
applications for leases to date, and more are coming IN.
OF course all of these cannot be granted, but they are being
taken up as rapidly as possible, and new leases VIII De
signed up every day from now on. Very liberal terms are
being given to leasers all over the district where the leasers
give substantial evidence of good faith and Will actively
,develop the properties which they are securing. Some of
the leasers have not waited for the signing OF leasing
papers, but with the verbal assurance that their applca-
lions would be regarded favorably have commenced pros
peet work on the properties which they desired to hold
under lease, and now that the leases are signed, several OF
them arc all ready to start working shafts.
The Leases Signed
s. Mcintyre. of and representing the Wood & Sullivan
machinery house of Goldfeld, has secured a lease on block
three Of the Bimetallic No. ! claim of the Pioneer oold
Mines company, the block of ground 300 by ooo feet lying
along the seeming trend of the big Pioneer lease VEN, ana
obont 1900 feet to the northeast of the now famous lease,
nh -os an tbe Pimetallic claim of the same company.
The leasers will continue prospect work for some days be-
fore starting a working shaft, and when the shaft is startei
it will be equipped with a complete and powerful moist
blacksmith shop, and all equipment necessary for speedy
sinking and ore extraction.
g w Roberts and w. E. wolverton of Goldfeld, both
mining men who had intimate connection with leasing
onerat;ons in the Goldfeld district, have a lease on block l
Of Rimetalllc claim No. 2 of the Bullfrog Pioneer 6oii
Mining company, this lease joining the Wood q sullivan
lease on the north. This concern has done some prospect
work. and within the next few days will start a working
shaft down and try to make a record in sinking.
w. V. Steyart, representing the Independent smeiter
eomnanv. and backed by this company, has signed up q
lease on block 3 of Bimetaliic claim No. : and is ALREADY
doing prospect work, and will start a working smart VIM
a week.
q + Redmond. of the Clark railway, and having as his
associates Senator Clark and J. Ross Clark, has signed ieas-
- naners for the control of a block of ground known as
block of the Gold Hills property, owned by the ROBIN
brothers, and adjoining the famous Bimctallic claim on the
west Active work will be commenced on this lease WITHIN
a very few days.
Goldfeld Men Have Leases
Much interest is also manifest in the announcement thst
Vim Mckay. of the famous Frances Mohawk lease at Gold
eo,a and connected with the California Nevada Power
comnanv. has taken a lease on block two of the Cold HIS
r;oht in the north end of the Pioneer townste. MI. Mehay
exnects TO make a record in reaching the ore bodies on ms
lease, and is going at the matter in earnest, having ALREADY
made arrangements for machinery which will be necessary
= - r--:r &c tho fae that the CALIFORNIA; Nevada
Power company is pushing its power to have ITS lines con
noctea with and furnishing power for the machinery at the