The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20

tines Day was marked by the discoy
cry of a well minera,ized ledge at q
depth of 200 feet in the Victor lease
workings On the estate of the Rawhide
Coalition Mines company. 1t has a
strike north and south aud is distinct
from any other deposit exposed in the
lcasehold. Juding by its strike the
ledge makes in from the Nugent lease,
adjoining, and is the continuation
south of the ore body from which the
Nugent management g mining pay
quartz. At time of filing these dis
patches the Victor lease management
rad not ascertained the full breadth
of the ledge, nor its general average
value. The crosscut has intersected il,
however, a distance of 3H feet, with
the paintings indicating an average
value of $50 per ton, a circumstance
which caused the lease management q,
welcome its advent as the best sort OF
valentine.
Ships Is Tons of Ore
Late last week a consignment of Is
tons of ore having an average value OF
$35 per ton went out from the Victor
lease to the Truitt- Rankin mill near
Schurz. Prior to the close of the cur
rent month another shipment of like
tonnage and value will be made to the
same plant. For the past three months
the ore production from the lease eacn
30 days has aggregated about 80 tons.
1t is the intention, however, to at least
treble the output from March 1, on.
All ores at present going to stamp are
mined on the 200-foot level and form
a vein having an east and west strike.
1t was by following this deposit that
the interesting deposit before referred
to was encountered. General Manager
Cook of the Rawhide Victor Mining q
Leasing company left Rawhide a few
days ago for Goldfeld, and before his
return may visit the east on business
matters connected with future develop
ment Of the leasehold. He informs
your correspondent that he hopes be-
fore the close of spring to have the
property equipped with a compressor
and air-drills, and to have a small mill
ing plant established near the. dump.
The ore now going to mill is netting
the company about $25 per ton as it is
handled under a combined freight and
reduction charge of $40 per ton.
The Proskey No. 1
The 2-horse power hoist formerly In
use at the Mint lease on the Coalition
estate is now doing efficient service q.
the Proskey No. l lease on the same
property. Until recently it's energy was
expended in hosting water from the
drifts on the 65-foot level, their in
undation being due to a surface flow.
Now, however, it is lifting several
hundred pounds of shipping grade ore
each day, representative of the deposit
exposed in the drive west on the level
mentioned and in the winze sunk in the
floor thereof. Several small shipments
have been made from the lease in the
past, most of which netted Colonel
Proskev and associates about $500 4
ton. 1t is the purpose to increase the
output now that more adequate hoist
ing facilities are established and to
that end a drive is being run west on
the 90-foot level to a point directly be
meath the winze. There an upraise IS
to connect with the Wine. Exposed on
both levels is a large tonnage of very
profitable milling grade ore, while piled
on dump are about 800 tons of quartz
TIA Proskey estimates to have an aver
age value of $25.
Marigold Ships Ore