The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-11-06
WILL REJUVENATE MINES
IN HISTORIC OLD DISTRICT

ridge form the source Of revenue for
the famous May Lundy group that has
produced its millions of dollars and is
still adding to the worlds wealth on
a large scale.
As o as possible Mr.. Mccormack
will install a power and compressor
plant for driving the big tunnel, and a
stamp and cyanide mill sufficient to meet
any demands Of the property will be
constructed when needed, which will he
during the summer OF next year, as the
tunnel will intercept strong, ore-bearing
veins every few hundred feet along
its course. A depth of 24O0 feet can be
secured under the crest Of the mountain
by this tunnel, which will open an i'm
mense and rich stopping territory. Two
sets Of lessees have already secured
blocks Of ground from Mr.. Mccormack.
Water sufficient for generating TO-
000-h. p. is available and has beca
secured along the main gulch, and TIE
mill and power plant can be constructed
in places that are safe from snowslides,
of which there are q few old-timers in
that section, q couple of which have at
different times shown a particular fond
ness for cutting of the corner Of
"Uncle Jap's" arastra building dur
ing unusually severe winters when the
snow gathered deep in the draws up
the mountains on either side Of the
gulch, and covered record breaking dis
tances when they ran.
In a mining way, it is evident to
even a casual observer that the Lundy
district is one Of the most promising
in the country, but it has been neglect
ed to a degree that is almost beyond
understanding. The mountains are
traversed by a network Of very strong
and rich veins, the values being ex
clusively in gold, and the draws with
which the mountains are scored are
with "fioat'' IN such quantities
that it would probably be profitable to
mill the entire mass of millions of tons
of debris that has eroded from the
veins and the mountain sides and form
ed great rock-slides downward from the
top to the bottom.
The May Lundy property, immediate
iy adjoining and covering portions of
the same veins as the Parrett group, is
one CT the most famous producers Of
California, and has output of several
million dollars to it's credit. The main
workings are in a big basin about 1909
feet higher than the town of Lundy,
and the property is equipped with .
20-stamp mill and other modern i'm
provements at the mines, while the
power is furnished by a water-gener.
ated electric plant at the base Of thu
mountain, and the juice sent up the
hill by the wire route from there. The
water for power is secured from Crys
tai lake, which covers a portion of the
big basin near the mine, and it has a
fall Of approximately 1000 feet through
] 800 feet of pipeline.
Leaving Lundy Monday afternoon.
went back to Hawthorne for the
might, and next day inspected the
mines at Lucky Boy. While a great
deal was naturally to be expected there,
the result Of recent development on the
Lucky Boy and Mountain King prop
critics was surprising. On the old Hub
bard lease which is now being worked
by the parent company-the Alamo
under the direction Of "~Johnnie' Mil
Ter, depth is demonstrating higher sill
yer values and a slight decrease in the
per centage of lead. Some of the best
bodies of ore ever opened in the mine
have been disclosed on the $50 level,
below the water-level, and the 500 level
is also disclosing immense bodies OF
rich silver-lead ore. The breast OF both
of these levels west from the shaft is
entirely in ore, and the drifts have
been following ore for long distances.
Crosscutting into the footwall in vari-
GUS places has opened other rich ore
bodies, and it looks as though the real
life Of the mine is just beginning. Mr..
Miller is accommodating high-grade for
the champion car that he proposes to
soon send out, and it will certainly be
a record breaker.
One of the finest ore bodies yet found
in the district is now being developed
in the Mccormack lease, where a wirze
is being put down from the ZIG eve
on four feet of solid metal that has
been drifted on for nearly 60 feet.
Great masses of "black metal the
characteristic high-grade silver ore Ct
the camp, appear through the oig
streak, and will send the values up to
abnormal figures. A big production IS
being made from the stope above this
level, and also from the 100 level west
- %bo shaft