The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-06-19

ground, the air haNiuS a pressure VI
mounds to the square inch.
1.-The air forces everything that Is
loose and not too large to come UP
through the casing into sluiceboxes.
About two miners inches of water are
required to loosen the material.
lit is practically a plan Of
ing and hosting dirt by air pressure. Ii
cleans the bedrock perfectly-petter
than you could do it with a oom-tak
ing every particle out of the creviees'
The boulders, which you do not want
anyway, it leaves; but it takes all the
loose material from them, leaving them
perfectly clean. 1t will sink oo feet
IN one nour, and in many places twenty
minutes, handling 500 tons Of dirt a
day"
May Sink on W~olftone.
II. O.. Clinton, president of the Wolf
tone Extension Mining company, and
who holds large stock interests in the
various mining companies of Manhattan
arrived from San francisco SATURDAY,
and Will spend a week or ten days look
ing after the interests of the company
he represents. lie will investigate the
conditions in the lode claims, and 1t IS
possible he may decide to put the Wolf
tone snatt down another 100 feet, at
He put "a force OF men to WORK
on Monday On the placer ground held
by the company, and will put a shaft
uown to bedrock in the dry n
next to Black Mammoth hill, where he
believes the old original cnannel Will
be found.
He is very much elated over the splen
did snowings OF the leasers who are
operating on the placer estate OF the
company, and may interest a number
OF them IN a power sIuicing machine IN
wnicn he owns a controlling interest.
He claims that TINS machine IS a
world beater, wnen it comes to saving
lut ROlu, may oSSA
be entirely satisfactory III the placer
nous OF AUSTRALIA. he VIII visit BEL
mont Letore ne returns TO the coast,
IN tne interest OF the Belmont Anal
ganlateu Mining ana Mining company,
IN wnicn he is interested.
Mr.. Clinton has been "a persistent
booster for Manhattan properties every
since he became interested in the camp.
he claims that San Francisco will soon
furnish a market for Manhattan mines
and stocks, and unreservedly predicts
Manhattan viii be the leading camp In
tue state WITHIN the next two years.
hicn Dirt on Fidelity.
The Fidelity Placer Mining company,
wnlcn mas a lease on the Union No. IA,
of the Dexter Mining company, has two
snarts GOWN to bedrock and Is getting
good values. Out of the drift run from
.ne last snaft SUM a test OF a yard OF
gravel was made yesterday and 1t re-
turned a value OF $24 per yard. The
company has an electric hoist and
pumps en- route mere and will operate on
an extensive scale as soon as the ma
cnlnery arrives. Inc oncers OF the
company are: X. T.. Denny, president;
James u. uIvens, secretary ami treas
urer. ". W.. GRAY, one or the promo
,.rs OF the company has charge OF the
operations ana Is associated with AIR.
Owens in the Fidelity Trust company
OF Goldfieid.
John s. Cook and w. +. Kern, who
purchased the Black Cat claim in the
main gulch, adjoining the Goldfeld and
Bald Mountain company's property on
the west, are moving the steam plant
from the Yellow Horse mining claim to
their diggings. They will have work
well under way within a week.
Work is progressing rapidly in the
North Manhattan section. Anyone
standing on the Bald Mountain summit
can see a large amount of work being
carried on in different sections. On the
south side of the mountain b. V. Tarash
is running a tunnel. 1t is now In about
400 feet. A little further east Davis
| outfit is running a unnel west to cut a
contact which outcrops plainly on the
surface. To the west Martinson and
Durgin are sinking a shaft and are now
down close to $50 feet on a promising
ledge. On the north side of 'Old
Baldy' the j. d. Johnston company, OF
which Arthur S. Putney is superintend
ent, is continuing its tunnel. Altogether
the north section is rapidly coming t.
the front.