The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-08-10
G0LDF|ELD FINDS
COPPER At DEPTH
PROPERTIES ARE IN
CREASING ACTIVITY-DEEP-
EST ORE SHOOT YET FOUND
Is UNCOVERED IN CONSOLIDA-
TED SHAFT.
GOLDFIELD.


duction will be resumed at once
from the Victor shaft of the C. o. d..
Consolidated The extraction of
ore was suspended while this shaft
was being sunk from the 800 t the
450-foot level, where the ore has
been exposed again and a good ton
mage of pay ore is assured. This
ore carries a high per centage of
copper and is shipped to. the smell
tiers of Utah, as its base character
precludes its treatment by the mill
ing processes employed here. 1t is
announced that work will be resum-
ed on the workings of the Goldfield
Fargo lease on the c. o. D. claim,
and Thomas Lister. manager for
this company, has secured a long
term lease on the old workings of
the c. o. D.. Mining and Milling COM
pany, where some good ore has late
ly been found near the surface and
from which a small fortune in high
grade ore was taken over two years
ago.
The Consolidated company has ex-
posed ore at a depth of 730 feet.
This is the deepest ore shoot yet
opened in the Goldfield district and
the find is doubly important from
the fact that it proves the downward
extension of the famous Macmillan
ore shoot, from which a fortune in
rich ore was taken at a depth OF
from $50 to $50 feet. The weir was
penetrated in prosecuting at the
73O-foot level from the new Cler-
mont shaft on the Jumbo group, and
this is the first pay ore encountered
in the new workings from this snaft,
which is 1850 feet deep, and from
which laterals are being driven to
explore the surrounding territory
from the 730, $50 and 1oOO-foot
levels.
There has been much speculation
regarding the character of the veins
of the Consolidated at depths greater
than 500 feet, the lowest level at
which ore has been developed here
tofore, and this latest discovery Will
serve to set at rest the many reports
that the ore has disappeared at
points deeper than the lower Slopes
of the Mohawk mine.
From the 600-foot station a DRIFT
is being driven toward the ore body
which was exposed several months
ago on the. Lucky Boy claim in the
south workings from the Red Top
and at a depth of 260 feet. This ore
body has since produced a large ton
mage of top grade milling ore, has
been opened at the levels above and
below the original point of discovery
and has proven second in value only
to the great Hampton slope vein OF
the Combination, several hundred
feet to the west. 1t is expected that
at least two months time will be
required to reach the vein at this
point and the drift will probably be
extended north to the Laguna, upon
which claim lessees have secured
good assays at a depth OF 72O feet-
Both mills of the Consolidated are
now working at capacity and treat
inc about 700 tons of ore daily, the
value being held down to around
s27 per ton. The work of produc-
ton has been systematized in a man
ner insuring the best possible ex-
traction and the policy OF gettlng
ont the low grade ore of pfohtaDle
quality will greatly prolong the lie
of the property.
The Florence Goldfield company
has installed an aerial tramway from
the shaft of the old Little Florence
lease to the receiving bins at the
mill. the tram being operated by
gravity, as the lease shaft was sunk
at a point high up on the Florence
hill. William Lawrence a been
appointed general manager OF the
Florence and has assumed charge OF
the mine. He is familiar with the
Goldfield district, having formerly
operated a lease on the Lone star
group, and was called here from
Arizona by President Lockhart 10
take charge of the property. Ad-
ditional machinery for the Florence
mill is now in transit from the east