Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-02-15
RUMOR OF GREAT
GOLD DISCOVERY
CUPRITE AST0NISHES OLD
TIMERS WITH STRIKE
AT THE 15o-FooT LEVEL $500 ORE
APPEARS
Dry Crushing Plant Will Be Installed
at Eureka-HornsiIVer Again
Comes to Front with
Big Strike

GOLDFIELD, Feb. 14.-From the
Cuprite district comes the rumor of
discovery of such magnitude as to
cause the old-timers to sit up and
take notice, but which at this time has
not assumed anything like a substan-
tial form, although, if true, the dis
covery will undoubtedly arouse that
section of the country as it has never
been aroused before
AS the story goes, it appears that at
a depth of $50 feet in a shaft half a
mile south from the Goldfield and
Cuprite road, ore has been found from
which grab samples run 1852 and
picked samples 5000 ton.
The strike is reported to have been
made in lease where values were
being sought in a red formation. How
ever, nothing of any consequence came
of this red deposit, and very recently.
by what would seem to be a mere
chance, an assay was made of a GER
tain dark rock found in the shaft,
when, to the surprise of those in
charge, the startling values men
toned were obtained. Six samples of
this rock, it is reported, were assayed
and each of them gave returns of bet
ter than 800 ton.
Are All in Gold
The values are all in gold, and it
is said the whole bottom of the shaft
is in the formation, which gives the
promise of developing into a big dixie,
no walls having been found.
Nothing of a definite nature can be
learned concerning the strike, or the
personnel of those interested.
The rumor has it that Captain Nc
Dougall is engaged in exporting the
Transvaal ground, and that Mrs. Rose
Baker of Goldfield owns fifty-tWo
claims surrounding the strike.
1t is claimed that ten or twelve tons
of the dark rock had been thrown
over the dump before tie value be-
came known.
Work is shortly to start on the dry
crushing and cyanide plant of the Eu-
reka- Windfall Mining company prop
erty, at Eureka, New, part of the ma
chinery of which, together with the
lumber to be used, is now on the
ground
The work of construction is being
done by the Kaeding Construction
company of Goldfeld, and George
Kaeding is now in Eureka superin-
tending the preliminaries
Is Pleased with Outlook
Charles Kaeding, who is familiar
with the character of ore which will
be treated by the plant, is back in
Goldfeld. and speaks enthusiastically
of the outlook
They have an enormous body of SIS
rock blocked out, which, in my opin-
ion, is the finest ore for cyaniding to
be found in this state. / have tested
the ere myself and know that it is ideal
for this method. It comes from the
mine in the form of sort of sand
and in my experiments / found that
20 per cent of this sand will run right
through an 1S-mesh screen into the
cyanide tanks For this reason I am
of the opinion that this plant will do
the cheapest reduction work of any
in the state. The plant will probably
be completed about May 1, and is
expected to handle about $50 tons of
the ore per day.
w. c. Rannells of Goldfield, general
manager sof the Broken Hills Mining
company, at Helena, is interested in the
development of the Windfall
Hornsilver again comes to the front
with reports of a big strike. this time
on the Cotterell ground adjoining the
Great Western on the west.
Worked for Some Time
This property has been worked for
some time, and, while values have been
encountered from time to time, vet the
unusual meandering of the ledge
through the workings made it neceS-
sary for an unusual amount of ex-
ploratEon work to be done, which has
permanent ore shoot.
The strike is said to have been made
on the 55-foot level in a cross-cut
which had been run for a distance of
seventy feet. The owners say ten tons
of rock have been taken out and will
soon reach the -Goldfield re-
ouetion works for treatment
James E. Cox has returned from an
inspection of certain ground in which
he is interested twenty-five miles west
of Goldfeld, near Paymaster canyon.
Mr.. Cox brought samples of ore which
has been found on the ground that
carries big values in copper, lead, gold
and silver.
81 have had assays made of this
rock, and if these values can be MAIN
tanned there can be no doubt but that
in the very near future will find a
busy district to the west of Goldfield.
At present the district is unorganized,
but this condition will not prevail long,
since others are becoming interested in
the section. For years that ground
has been unnoticed, every one con-
tenting himself apparently with
staying on the east side of the can
yon, and not venturing across the
range to the vest