Mohave County miner., 1910-12-03
Butte is Excited Over Recent Strike
 in the Goldsmith.

in the Goldsmith.
 A Butte dispatch to the Mining Rec ord says: A recent strike of rich ore In the Goldsmith property, adjoining on the west the Moulton mine, north of Walkerville, by lessees, has caused considerable excitement in mining cir cles in Butte. The ore encountered by the lessees runs in three grades. The first class or highest grade of ore runs from 800 to 600 ounces in silver and about 1908 in gold to tbe ton, with traces of copper. The medium or second class ore runs from 250 to 300 ounces and from sos to eos in gold and the lowest grade runs from 50 to 60 ounces in silver and has gold values of approximately 6S ton.
 The vein which carries the ore values is approximately five feet wide, and the ore extends almost the width of the vein. The depth at which ore is now being mined is 100 feet, al- though the vein was first encountered on the 60-foot level of the mine. The Goldsmith is by no means a new prop erty. It is estimated that at least a million and half of dollars has been taken from the property since 1885, when it was first located by George Tong. The discovery of the new body in supposedly worked out property will be quite boom to that section of the Butte district. While as yet the extent of the ore body cannot be fully determined, the indications are that it is extensive and that at lower depths the ore will become richer. When the vein was first opened up on the 60- foot level 1t measured only a few inches in width, but gave such promise that the lessees went down to the l00- foot level and began a crosscut to the vein, which resulted in the present strike.
 The property is owned entirely by c. w. Ellingwood of this city. Mir. Elllngwood himself has made a for tune out of Ine property in past years. It is understood that he took approxi- mately 6OO,OOOS worth of ore from the working. The property was first To- cated by George Tong and other min- ing men in 1885. At that time a large amount of rich ore was mined from an incline shaft now abandoned. Shortly after the location of the property Mir. Tong purchased the interest of his other partners and worked the mine with great success until the silver de- cline in 1893. From that time on until almost 1900, the property lay idle. Then MT. Ellingwood took a lease on the mine and encountered another body of rich ore, which netted him many thousands of dollars. Several years ago Mir. Ellingwood purchased the property from Mir. Tong, but he has done very little work on it since that time. The property was leased by him to Henry Griffin, the Postleth- NdllC DIOS. anu INlCudIuS anu INlltl last winter. The lessees prospected about the different shafts on the prop erty for a number of months before be- ginning any actual development or mining. The new vein was first en- countered last September and the showing made was so satisfactory that the men decided to crosscut for the vein at lower level. The first ore was shipped from the property on October s and netted very favorable results. Since that time the lessees have shipped several carloads of ore to the Washoe shelter. The returns from the ore shipped shows a total value of over 6O,OOOS. One carload of B tons netted the leasers over I3,OOOS. Yesterday two more carloads were shipped which the lessees believe will run between IA, ,OOOS and 15.OOOS car load.