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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
CAMP BUSTLIN0;
EXPECTS RAILROAD SOON

The various reports hat are re-
ceived from Contact are all to the same
effect-that the camp is very rapidly
coming to the front and is destined to
soon become one Of if not the most i'm
rcrtant copper producing camp in the
state, says the Wells Herald. The fact
that a railroad will certainly be built
into the camp during the corning sum
mer and tina outside capital is being
freely invested there, are the main
factors leading to the present activity
in that region.
For many years it has been known
that underneath the earth's crust in
the Salmon River distric. there existed
vast deposits of copper ore of q very
good grade, and at times during the
past much of this ore has been sorted
up and transported by wagon sixty-dve
miles to Wells and then by railroad to
Salt Lake or Vallejo smelters. Even
under these great disadvantages, those
who have carefully sorted their ore and
shipped it out, have made it pay. Now,
hat a railroad is TO tap the region, the
dreams of those who have stood solidly
Ly the %camp-the firm believers in its
future-are about to see their dreams
realized.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
IMPORTANT FIND Is MADE
IN THE VELVET DISTRICT

c. +. Davis, who has been in the Vel
vet district for several weeks past, was
in Lovelock Wednesday of this week,
says the Review. Mr.. Davis reports a
new find in the district and says tina.
from the showing had when he left it
give all the earmarks of opening into a
bonanza.
The find was made on the Buster
claim, owned by Messrs. Pearson, Mac
farlane and Sherman. The ledge has
not as yet been opened up to any great
extent, but at the surface it shows q
width of from two to four feet and
paintings can be had from any part of
the vein where it has been exposed. On
the hanging wall side of the ledge, how
ever, is an eight-inch streak of brown
oxidized quartz which runs exception
ally high and shows no little amount Of
free gold.
The owners have commenced active
work on the Buster claim and they pro-
pose to sink a shaft and otherwise open
up the property.
Mr.. Davis says there is quite a litt,e
activity at Velvet and that the work
being done is resulting most satisfac-
tory.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
CAMP TO11N PROPERTIES
DEVELOPING FAvORABL7

H.. l.. White and Jack Kennedy, who
came in Monday from Camp Tobin,
where they are engaged in mining op
crations, left yesterday for Denver on
a visit of "a few weeks. They stated
that the outlook is most favorable for
Camp Tobin receiving a great deal at
attention this year, the development
work which has been going having been
most encouraging.
Mr.. Kennedy has sold a half interest
in his claims to Colorado Springs peopi',
who will. commence important develop
ment III a short time.
The Colorado company which pur-
chased the Hill and Graham property,
on which the original strike was mad,
is driving a long .unnel to tap the vem
which has an excellent gold showing on
the surface. Mr.. White, who is super
intending the work, believes that when
the vein is reached the property VII
prove to be 4 mine.
Hoyt and Waldo are working stead
lily on their property and have opened
up a body of ore five feet wide that will
average close to $40 and will undoubt-
eddy prove a big milling proposition
Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
NEVADA BAY STATE OIL
WELL SHOWS IMPROVEMENT

At a depth of $50 feet the oil well
locks better than ever, and those IN
charge of operations say they would not
be surprised to drop into a body of the
fluid at any time, says the Blair Press.
The formation through which they
have been passing of late, is most pc
%culiar. Some days ago it was supposed
that the cap roek had been struck, but
this proved erroneous, and it later d.
veloped TO be a rib of comparatively
narrow width. Tnis was followed by {:
stratum of oil-Lcaring sand, and this
formation has continued right along.
Each layer of sand has shown oil i'll in
creasing quantities, and upon baling
cut each morning a considerable quaa-
tity of oil is brought up. These indica-
tions are looked upon by Mr.. Pitts as
most favorable and, while he does nos
hazard an opinion as to the depth that
will be required, he is positive that th"
well will be a success.
A number of other parties have *
pressed a readiness to get in and begin
operations as soon as the Nevada Bay
State shall have demonstrated the
D. essence of oil in commercial quantities.
and the outlook is that the field will De
well occupied in a short time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
ARCADIA GROUP AT OASIS
WILL SOON HAVE A MILL

w. n. Parker, or Goidfeld, stoppe
in Blair a short time Monday morning,
while en- route home from a trip to
Oasis, says the Press. He was accom-
panied by Messrs. Newcombe ami
Crosby, mining engineers in the employ
o. a coterie of eastern people who have
ranged TO take over the Arcadia group,
lying about six miles cast of Oasis.
A careful sampling of the property
was made by these gentlemen, who r.
pert the average value of a large body
of ore exposed as "a. with frequen.
shoots that run up pretty well Upon
this showing they recommend the pur-
el ase of the property and the erection
Of a mill at once, work upon which, M.
Parker states. will be commenced as
soon as the preliminary details Of con-
struetion can be worked out.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
DEVELOPING BIG PRODUCER
FROM PROSPECT NEAR BLAIR

Sunblaw and Mailman were in from
their group of claims this week, and
were very jubilant over their prospects,
says the Blair Press. They are con-
fining their work at present to the loca-
ton work necessary to be done. After
that is completed they will begin devel-
opment on the ledge, which the former
owners seem to have overlooked. Two
samples sent to Burlingame, of Denver,
for assay, gave returns Of 1854 and
1886. Sixty-five sacks have been filed
with dump ore, and will be sent to
Millers for treatment. The RAUL will
be by wagon, as the distance from the
mine to Millers is but little more than
to Blair, and that course will obviate
some handling of the ore. They are
quite positive that sixty days work
will develop a sufficient quantity OF ore
to keep a four-horse team on the road
constantly.
A load of supplies and blacksmith
outfit were taken out when they re-
turned Tuesday, and they will push the
work as fast as possible
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
HIGK GRADE IN LUCY GRAY
MINE NEAR LAS VEGAS

Things have been happening down ut
the Lucy Gray mine in the past few
days-things that nave brought joy u
the hearts of the management, says the
Las Vegas News.
Two weeks ago sulphide ores were
struck on the 2o0-foot level that ran
high in values, and whose presence in-
dieated permanency, and the success q
the mine.
On Thursday of last week a crosseat
was started from the main drift on
the 200 level toward the east, the first
round of shots bringing to view big
stringers of ore that ran over 5000 10
the ton. The next day. work exposed
ore worth $3.50 per ton, and on Monday
of this week T. l.. Bright was in this
city with specimens so rich it would be
hard to conceive a value. A grab sam
pie from a box of this ore that had been
assorted, assayed in gold $~1,616.l5;
silver, 1888 ounces and lead 2S per cent.
The ore is cfystalllzed lead ana possibly
tellurium, and lies next to a vertical
seam of tale gouge 10 inches in thick
ness.
The company is carefully collecting
and sacking this ore, which is conserva-
lively estimated worth 81 a pound.
Later, a series of assays just COM
pleted on ore from the latest strike
give values per ton of $37 ,6l9.40,
$3,959.27, 1927. 04, $3,473.90 and sew
cral others running above the 5000
mark
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
HIGH GRADE SPECIMEN ORE
IL SHIPPED TO LONDON

There passed through Lovelock the
unique shipments perhaps sent out from
any mining district in the state of Ne
vada, says the Review. The shipment
is from the famous Seven Troughs dis
triet and consists of between fifty AMI
sixty specimens from various properties,
some of them going as high in value as
the average milling ore of the camp.
The collection is bound for London,
where it is to be placed on exhibition
at the Bank of England, the Roths
chiids bank and the London Stock ex-
change.
The collection was gathered by G. ).
Floyd, general manager for the London
syndicate which is putting up the big
mill in the district, and who have also
IL contemplation the disposition of con
siderable money in the purchase OF
properties here. These gentlemen have
had their engineer all over the distric-,
and have relied on his rcpor.s without
themselves having seen the country ar
any of it's productions. Word was ~
ceivcd by Mr.. Harris, the agent ON the
coast of the syndicate, asking him to
get some specimens of the high grade,
of which they had heard considerable,
as they wanted to see it for their own
satisfaction and wanted also to put it
on exhibition. Mr.. Harris instructions
to Mr.. Floyd went further than this.
He requested him to get all sorts of
specimens, and this has been done.
The effect of an exhibition of this
sort can be imagined. The high grade
will speak louder for the district than
any words or any reports, for the rock
blistles with gold, and the milling rock
appeals instantly to anyone with a
knowledge of ore. The London invess-
ors have had so much experience in
mining that they have to be shown, and
there ia no doubt thas the exhibition
viii! be one of the greatest boosts to the
district that Seven Troughs has yet re-
ceivcd. Once big capital is headed this
way there is nothing, in the opinion III
mining experts, that will stop Seven
Thoughts from being one of the greatest
producers in the state.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
MINING NEWS FROM ALL NEVADA
JESSUP COMPANY INsTALLs
HOIST FOR PUSHING WORK

The Jcssup Mines company, which
owns the Mary II. and Mary II. No. |
claims, is now doing extensive work
opening up the rich ledge which shows
for 800 feet on the surface, says thc
Lovclock Review. Since the camp of
Jessup was located this property he's
been looked upon as the banner prop
crty of the district owing to its strong
aud olldefined Lodges and the un-
usually rich values found on and near
the surface.
Charles l.. Cobb of New York, who IS
president and general manager of mis-
company and who owns controlling in
,erest in the same, has purchased a 10
Lcrse power gasoline hoist and all nee
essary equipment, which is now being
Installed on the property. This equip
ment, in all its details, is up-to-date AMI
aiming men who have inspected it all
unite in saying that it spells business
from start to finish. The installation of
this plant not only means continued
work here, but it means confidence in
tie camp, and especially the greatest
confidence in this property. Mr. Cobb
is having a new shaft sunk north of the
main dyke, and at the intersection OF
two lodges. The work is being done by
Mcssrs. Buzzard. Blood and Mcneil.
who have a contract to sink the first
fifty feet before the hoist is used. This
work is now well under way, the shaft
being down forty feet. At the com
Fiction of this work a new contract
will be let for $50 feet more, it being
the purpose of this company to continue
the shaft down through the broken up
surface until solid formation is reached
or to the sulphide zone, where it is
confidently expected large ore bodies
will be found. This work will be done
under the supervision of Charles Buz-
card, who will look after the interests
Of the in the absence of Mr..
Cobb, who leaves for New York nex
week.
The prospecting done On this property
up to date has uncovered ore of the
very highest grade, and the quartz in
which values is found is not only free
milling, but as fine looking quartz as
enc could wish to see.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20

w. J.. Corbett returned last week
from Dolly Warden where he has been
completing some mining work. Mr..
Corbett states that there is but little
going on there at present but the resi-
dents are looking for considerable ac-
tivity during the coming summer.
A good strike Of a new copper body
vas made a short time ago when the
:nnua assessment work was being com
pleted on the Hidden Treasure claim,
which is now recognized TO have been
properly named. The property is owned
by the Root interests of Denver.
Frank Herrill is developing some of
his properties and has fine showings on
the Bimetaliic and White Horse groups.
Moore and McAuley are still sinking
in the Moore shaft and have nearly
reached the 300-foot point from which
they expect to run drifts to explore the
ground. In sinking the shaft many
specimtn ms of copper glance nave been
found Lut the formation which con
tanned them dipped out of the shaft.
The Dolly Warden district has some
surface snowings that surpass anything
ever s., en- around Ely and II develop
mt mt proves the ore bodies extend deep,
the district will make one of the large
copper producers in the state.-Ely Ex-
positor.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
BAD WEATHER INTERPRETERS
WITH WORK ON PLACERs

Continued cold and SNOW has retarded
work in the gulch, and no sensational
placer discoveries have beer made dur
ing the week, but Notwithstanding the
ccId and snow considerable work has
been done, and in all shafts on the dry
channel there has been no cessation OF
activity but gravel is being daily
hoisted to the surface.
On the Davis Wilson ground they
have finished the gallows frame, have
the pump and hoist engine in place AMI
are now timbering the shaft and build
ing a storage tank for water to be used
in sluicing. Mr.. Wilson, one of the own
ers of this lease, has secured Interests
in two other leases in the gulch during
the week. Manhattan Mail.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
MYERS LEASE ON BLACK
WARRIOR PROMISES WELL

The lease on the Black Warrior IS
looking fine, so P. R. Myers reports. A
shipment will be made about the 10Th,
and will, in all probability, go direct to
the smelter at Salt Lake. The lot will
consist of about thirty tons and from
estimates made from a careful sampling
will net a very fair margin Of profit.
Grab samples taken from the dump
gave an average value of $40.1O, and
ore from the face of the old drift which
is being followed, ran very much better
than ihis. Mr.. Myers feels very much
encouraged as to the outlook OF the
prooerty.-Blai Press.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
MAYFLOWER MILL IS NOW
IN SHAPE FOR BUSINESS

Sydney Addition, superintendent of
the Mayfiower, expects to put the new
mill in commission by February 20, pro-
vided the big pump arrives on schedule
time. The machinery is placed and
everything is in readiness for the trial
run, which is expected to be highly sat
isfactory. The Mayfiower has some
large reserves of rich ore, as well as
low grade mill rock, and will start
operations on a splendid grade of me-
terial. The interested parties are very
hopeful of results in the trial run, and
if the same is as satisfactory as an
ticipated there will be talk at once of
more stamps Rhyolite Herald.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
MAZUMA HILLS Co.
PROSPEROUS YEAR

The second annual statement of the
Mamma Hills Mining company for the
fiscal veal ending December 81, has
bcep issued. which shows a marked IN
crease in the production of this prop
erty for the year 1905.
President John Harnan, in submitting
the report, announces that the past year
has Witnessed an unusual amount OF
development work, as well as the cree
ton of a ten-stamp mill with which the
ore from the various company work
iugs and the different leases is now be-
ing reduced.
He dwells upon the fact that the
operations of the mill is marked by the
maximum possible saving of values. and
that the tailings are being very care
fully :mpounded, so that at some future
date, when a cyaniding attachment IS
installed, the ma jor portion OF the taii-
ing loss may De reeoNeieu-
Mr.. Harnan speaks encouragingly or
the coming year, and Is certain that a
much greater quantity of ore will be
handled of a superior grade, than dur
ing any previous year in the life of the
mine, predicting that under these con-
ditions the property will become a divi-
dend payer.
From a glance at the financial state
ment embraced in the annual report, i
can be seen that the company, not
w~ithstanding the heavy outlay of funds
during the year just closed, and which
is represented by hoists, pumps and
other necessary equipment, to say moth
ing of the erection of the mill, which
cost approximately $4,000, is in good
condition, with a net profit for the
years work of $25,001.4 49,
A summary of the mine and mill pro
duction for the past year shows ore u
the value of $19,924.s7, with the bullion
output of 500, 000.s3, and the eoneen-
trates $500, making a total produc-
tion for the year 1908 of $l13,725.S0, or
an increase over the production for the
previous year of $94, 707 .S3.
The production of the year 1907-the
first year of the life of the property rs
q shipping proposition-was $19,707.S3,
bringing the grand total of the entire
production of Mazuma Hills Mining
company up to $133,433.63 for the two
years of it's productive career.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20

+. p. Cailow is in Cherry creek where
he will superintend the erection of the
new mill of the Star Mining company.
This mill Mr.. Callow expects to have in
working order by the middle of April.
The plant will have 20 stamps and is II
combination concentrating plant and
cyanide mill, capable of handling so I,
30 tons of ore a day. Cherry creek
promises to be one of the liveliest camps
in Nevada during the coming year.
Many of the properties are being
opened up on a large scale and plenty
Of activity will be seen.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
HIGH GRADE SHIPMENTS
CONTINUE FROM BUzzARD

Another shipper that has recently
come 20 the fore and is now occupying
the boards in this district as a regular
producer of high grade gold ore, is the
buzzard mine situated in Iron canyon,
l. miles %southerly from Battle Noun.
tain, says the Herald.
The property, both in point of rich
ness and indications for
ranks among the most promising gold
producers of this district. The devcl-
opmcnt has now advanced to a stage
where the property can no longer De
classified as a prospect, there being
sufficient ore blocked out to insure ship
mcnts for some time in the future.
There are now over 1000 sacks of ore
piled up at the mine and on the rail.
road platform here, and this will be
shipped to the Utah smelters as fast as
it can be hauled to town and loaded o,
the ears.
inis IS peihg added to daily by the
force OF men employed in stopping in
me fo-foot level of the south shaft. The
ore averages about 800 per ton in COL
and the vein is about four feet i.
width.
The property has in all about 400 fec,
OF development work, consisting prin.
eipally of two shafts, tunnel. driftiuo
and prosecuting.
Information has just been received
ttat a new body of ore of practicable
the same value and averaging about
four feet in width has been opened mn
200 feet down the hillside from ,ha
Other workings, the assumption being
that 1t Is the same vein.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
LEASERS REVIVE
SILVER PRODUCER

w. S. Wilhelm, who is directing the
operations of the Omaha-Nevada CON
pany, now being conducted ON the Betty
O'Neal and George properties, consol-
idated. has let a lease to Messrs. Miller,
Beck, Borchcrding and Blose, says the
Battle Mountain Herald. The leases
have shipping ore to start with, and it
is said to be their intention to take ont
and ship a car as soon as practicable.
The Betty O'Neal, one of the famous
producers of the olden days, is situated
at Lewis, IL miles southeasterly from
Battle Mountain, and is at present be-
ing worked under a bond by the operat-
ing company from the Blossom estate.
A tunnel, which is being driven to
eOnnect with the old workings, has nov
reached a distance of $50 feet. This
tunnel will attain a depth of $50 feet
1T the point where it will connect with
the present shaft.
Like many old silver properties that
were closed down on account of the de-
probation of silver and have remained
inactive for a number of years, the ex-
act production of the Betty O'Neal can
not be estimated with any very great
degree of accuracy, but it is placed bv
men who worked the property when it
was at the height of it's glory, at the
near million mark. Those best situated
to know whereof they speak say that
there was a great deal of rich ore in
the mine when it was closed down.
The resurrection of so MANY of these
old mines that have past records of pro-
duetion to their credit, is one of the
most encouraging signs of the times
and augurs well for the district.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
WASHABLE HAS GOOD ORE

Some very gratifying assay returns
were received by the officials Of the
Washakie-Nevada company on the sam
Piles sent to Salt Lake last week by
General Manager Edmuns. The high
est value was from ore in what As
known as No. l vein, the value being
$61s in gold per ton. Another assay
from the same vein went $172. From
the east vein a sample averaged $21.2O,
and a general sample went $44 per ton.
The largest vein of the same went $3.50
per tom. The property from which this
ore came is located at Washable camp,
about twenty-five miles south of Winnie
mucca.-Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
GETS GOOD LEASE RENEWED

james Shea has secured a new lease
on Union No. 3, covering the same
ground on which he has beer operating
for more than a year. Mr.. Shea j.
moving from his lease at Belmont to
his Union Q holdings at 25-h. p. gasoline
engine, and as soon as it is in place will
60 to work blocking out and hosting
ore. This lease has produced probably
AS high values as have been milled in
the camp, and there can be no question
but that during the coming year il win
continue to be one Of the leading bull
lion producers. Manhattan Mail.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
MoauL CON. GAINING DEPTH

G. w. Dove, superintendent of the
Mogul Consolidated Mining company, is
in town for a brief business trip. Work
in the property is now being carried on
in a big lime and porphyry contact.
On the 300-foot level a crosscut Is
being run to tap a vein from eighteen
to twenty-five feet wide, which pans
well on the surface. Within the next
week or two the shaft will have reached
the 5oo-foot point, where the vein, if it
continues the dip, will cross the shaft.
Sensational developments are then ex-
pected. One shift is all that is en-
ployed at present. The men are making
from fifteen to eighteen feet a week
Tonopah Sun.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20

The machinery for the Crystal Bull
frog Mine, Mill and Water company -
now en- route from San Francisco. This
il intended for the custom reduction
plant to be installed 1T South Bnllfrog
by the above named company. 1t is cal
eulated that the works will be in opera
tion within ak weeks and prove Of
much beneAt to the district Rhyolise
Herald
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20

The two leases on the Manhattan Earl
are actively at work developing AMI
taking out ore. Swanson and Veith ara
using a within and are daily hosting
good ore to the surface. 1t is under
stood that the Earl company is arrang-
ing to go to work on company account,
and with the ore bodies determined by
leasers who have been and are now
working on this ground, the company
should be able to make a good showing
with but a small treasury sale. Man
haitian Mail.