The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-06-05

,. B.. Columbus, Ohio.-Development
Of the big ore body known as the
Hampton stope has been carried on IN
n systematic manner since its discovery,
lint no attempt has been made to rush
the work with feverish haste. 1t takes
time to prove up the full extent OF an
ore deposit of the dimensions OF TINS
ono and weeks of work can be put IA
without making an appreciable impress
sion mon it. During the past W
months the area of the stope has been
considerably increased, in length and
breadth. it having been found that the
width of forty feet at which III was
started did not reach the limits OF the
width of the ore shoot, and the stope
now averages more than fifty feet WIDE.
Stopping has been started along the
strike of the ore for a length of eighty
feet, but it has been opened by drifting
between $50 and 200 feet without
reaching the limits of the ore in the
heading of the drift. How much long
err the ore shoot may prove to be VIII
be determined by development. You
need have no fear of the Hampton
Slope or any of the other recently dis
covered b~onanzas in the Consolidated
s.petering out" for some time to come.
In fact, the more development done, the
greater become the ore reserves of this
great mining estate. 1t has been ex-
planned in these columns several times
recently that the Clermont working
shaft was sunk in the country rock
several hundred feet from any of the
known veins, with the expectation and
intention of prosecuting to them at
various levels below the 600-foot point.
The shaft has been sunk to 1850 feet,
and stations are being cut at 1873, s66
and 1000 feet preparatory to erosseut-
ting to the veins and drifting to the
points where known ore shoots should
be encountered on their dip or strike.
A erosscut has already connected the
Clermont shaft with the Mohawk work
ings at the 600 level. One of the strong
est bodies of ore developed in the Mo
hawk since the big mill was started
has been drifted on along this level.
1t is now being stopped above this level
and is very strong along the bottom of
the drift, giving every logical indica-
ton that it will continue downward
with great persistence. Don't let the
clears brighten you, and be assured
that no one can pull the Consolidated S
big ore bodies up by the roots, for the
ore is too deep-seated for that.
G.. L. p, Los Angeles.-The work
was not kept up and the property was
relocated two or three years ago.
B. A. O., Bowdle, s. D.-You ask if
the reports concerning the Goldfeld
Mine and Ore Reduction company are
exaggerated. Not knowing what reports
you refer to, we cannot say. Make
your question more definite.
+. A. B., Birmingham, Ala.-The Dia-
mond Queen property consists of five
claims, southeast of Bullfrog. Work
consists Of about 5000 feet of shafts,
tunnels, drifts and crosscuts. The
property is now being worked by the
company and by three l~easers; $50 tons
of ore shipped of a value of $4,000.
The ore is an iron oxide, containing Is
to q per cent iron and % 10 30 per
cent lime. The working shaft is loo
feet deep and a crosscut into the hill
some 60 feet and within 10 to 30 feet
more it is expected that the ore will be
cut, at which point there will be a depth
from the surface of 100 feet. +. l..
Warburton, Beatty, Nevada, is secre-
tary of the company.
T. T. L., Beverly, Mass. and others
There are two sets of leasers working
on the property of the Rawhide Min
ing company at Rawhide. The deepest
shaft is 300 feet deep, where there is a
large body of $40 ore, which, under
present condition, in the absence of
closely milling facilities, is not of
commercial grade. The property is
well-equipped with machinery and sur
face improvements and the company
has money in the treasury.
j. H., Reno.-See page 20, Handbook
of Nevada Mines for Frisco Group Gold
Mining company.
r. F. j., Weston, Oregon.-You surely
have no reason to complain of this de
partment as many of your questions
nave received attention through these
columns during the past few months
We want to give all a chance and do
not intend to overlook you. ~ The
company has several leases that are
shipping, but we do not like the way
the company is being conducted, AMI
are dubious about the dividend period
ever arriving. Stock jobbers are at the
head of it and will not give the mine
a chance. If they intend to work the
property in a mining way, they would
probably have lone some work on their