The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-07-24

"orAing on the leases. The camp il
supplied with good water piped in from
about four miles back in the hills, 90
that this usually tormenting problem
of the desert is eliminated. 1t is also
a "down-hill pull" from all of the
mines for hauling the ore to the rail-
way station at Thorne, about IL miles
from camp, and near the southern end
of Walker lake.
Hubbard Lease . Wonder.
To the rich discovery on the Hub.
bard lease, on the Mountain King
claim, about 1000 feet west of the dis
covery made by the Plant brothers, is
due the phenomenal progress of the
camp. This lease, controlled by j. u
Hubbard, of Chicago, will expire by
limitation of its time on August /, but
it has produced more than a million
dollars worth of ore during the last
six months. At expiration further de
velopment will be instituted by j. ID.
Miller and associates, who control the
Alamo Mining campony, which now
owns the Lucky Boy Mountain King
group of claims. The Hubbard lease
has been a producer almost from the
surface to a depth of 500 feet on the
dip of the vein, at which point water
level was reached and sinking discon-
tInued by the leasing company. In
various levels and extending almost
from endline to endline of the lease,
the ore, which was nearly solid metal,
has ranged from one foot to three,
four, five and six feet in width. This
values have averaged about 800 per
ton in lead and silver throughout the
shipments, which will total in the
neighborhood of $1,l00,000 when the
final cleanup is made after the expira
ton of the lease.
The shaft has been sunk TO a depth
of 500 feet on the dip of the vein, II
which point water level was struck.
Perhaps IS feet above the bottom OF
the shaft, the vein split, the hanging
wall continuing down on it's regular
dip of about 60 degrees to the south
and the footwall dropping back to Al
angle of about 80 degrees. Sinking
was continued IN the hanging wall,
which carried but a small streak of ore
below the split, but a crosscut at the
bottom level opened good ore IN the
footwall, and stopping has connected
with the level above. The crosscut
shows the walls of the vein to be about
feet apart at the 500 level. A winze
sunk on the footwall about 20 feet be
low the lower level SHOWS that the ore
is still going down, although it is ap-
parently undergoing a change due to
its proximity to the water level. All
indications, however, justify the pre-
diction that phenomenal ore bodies will
&c encountered within a short distance
below the water irveI, ana cunsru6rffy !.
the great width of the vein, and the
fact that there is ore on both walls,
some sensational disclosures are posi-
in the water zone.
There are also great possibilities
from prosecuting into the footwall at
points on levels above, where
.stringers of solid ore ranging from two
to five inches in width strike off into
the footwall. These stringers V not
been prospected at any point, due very
to the fact that the main ore
body along the workings where these
stringers were encountered was from
two to six feet wide, and attention was
to getting the big game and
time devoted to the lesser prospects.
1t is possible that beyond what has
been designated as the footwall, there
is a parallel ore one of considerable
extent. These stringers will be thor
prospected when Miller and
his associates take up the work after
the expiration of the Hubbard lease.
The shaft will also be sent down into
the water zone and the ground com
prehensively developed.
Mccormack Has Bonanza.
Another bonanza is being opened by
&. Mccormack of Goldfeld, on a
lease which he secured IN behalf of the
Broken Hills Mining company, and To-
Gated on the Lucky Boy vein about
900 feet east of the Hubbard lease.
There is every promise that the Me
Cormack lease may prove to be quite
as prolific a producer as the Hubbard,
and it is now producing more ore at
the same stage of development than
did its million-dollar %neighbor. Six
weeks ago the hoist and other equip
ment for the Mccormack lease was
just being delivered on the ground. To
day the shaft is over 200 feet deep,
drifts are being driven east and west
at the 100 level and east at the 100;
there is a fine showing of ore ut caci
heading, and 800 sacks of ore are be-
ing shipped every day. The ore is as
good as ever went off the hill. and is
averaging from $40 to $40 per ton in /
lots.
The east drift at the 100 foot lever
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