The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
SEARCHLIGHT HAS
RICH DISCOVERIES

RICH DISCOVERIES
A rather important discovery of I
Z high grade has just been made on I
+ the Shoshone at Fourth of July
= mountain, -four miles east of town. {
& G.. B. Smith, one of the owners, in Z
= relating the incident, states that .
& the point of discovery has been for =
= years a favorite resting place be- .
= SIDE the trail. .
= On this particular day Mr.. Smith .
= idly picked up a piece of rock and, =
= as it looked pretty good, he de- =
= cided to do a little digging. Al .
= most the first jab of the pick =
= turned up a handsome specimen. =
Z Others were also found and indiea- =
Z tions are that a shoot has been UNI 2
. covered. 2
Manager Chas. Vanina of the STRAIT
ford now knows why a certain pros
peetor was so anxious to secure a lease
on the Iron Clad No. l of the company
group, says the Searchlight Bulletin.
Only this week Mr.. WANNA was ap-
preached by the prospeetor who stated
that as he was convinced that it was
impossible for him to secure a lease
from the company he was willing to
show where he had found high grade
ore and to leave it to the company to
name his reward.
Mr.. WANNA was shown a place on the
western edge of the claim where pieces
of float were to be had that would
easily pan several hundred dollars. The
prospector explained that he had found
the place nearly a year ago, but had
carefully kept the secret to himself in
hopes of securing a lease. Also, he had
packed off some of the ore and done his
best to hide the find.
Needless to say, the discovery will be
exploited and should it prove as good as
present prospects indicate Mr.. Pros
pector will have no cause to regret his
action.
Sinking Deep Shaft
Out at the Searchlight NJ. & NJ. Co.
the principal work under way consists
of the sinking of the main shaft. Ex-
progress has been made with the
exception of one enforced shut down Of
so hours caused by a break down in the
pumps, necessitating a special trip into
Los Angeles by President Lic~htenberger
new parts. The shaft has now
reached a depth of 375 feet.
Sinking has been resumed at the Port
land at Camp Kendall, and the main
is to be pushed down to the 100
foot level as rapidly as possible. Su-
p~erintendent Edward CARLSON was in
the first of the week after
more miners and stated that the prop
srty never looked better than it does
1t the present time. The high grade
found at or neal the surface did
not continue and all that there was to
last work was a lime streak,
which, however, assayed. Now, at o
depth of Sc fees tie ore has come in
again, and apparently the apex of a
has been uncovered. Mr.. Carleson
states that the ore is still somewhat
and that he looks for a still
further Improvement with more depth
md when the area of the second enrich
.ent has been reached.
New Company Starts
AS a result of the visit of G. Z.
property of the Duplex Contact Mining
company. The first arrangements pro-
vide for the sinking Of 100 feet, after
a power plant will be installed
md the work continued down to water
The Duplex Contact is a newly organ
ized company composed of leading Los
Angeles men. It's stock has been listed
On the Los Angeles-Nevada Exchange
opened up quite active.
Mr.. Heber is an experienced mining
man, having formerly operated in
In addition to having charge
Of the Contact he is also operating at
.oldfeld. He stated that as a result
Of his examination he was confident
that one or more of the famous Duplex
veins crosses the Contact, and that he
the prospects very promis-
ing for his company bringing in another
dividend payer.
The Contact estate parallels the town
on the south and touches both the New
Gift and the Piute of the Du.
pick group.
Walter Hopkins and Robert Mockbee
of the Quartette and w. J. Rouse Of
the Boulder visited Mob Hill last Sun
day under the guidance of E. NJ. Mar
tin. The party made the trip by auto
and visited the leading properties in
that section, including the Rich Hill
and Combination. 1t was Mr. Hopkins
first introduction to the district and he
;s n,otod 90 doclarinO IL to he the hest