The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-31
MUCH LEASING IN
G0LDF|ELD DISTRICT
Operators Following a More
Workman-Like Policy Than
Heretofore.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
| GOLDFIELD, Nov. Oct, 3o.-Whie ore
shipments from leases and outside prop
critics ip the Goldncld district have been
of comparatively small volume during the
past few months. large amount Of de-
relopment work Is being carried on OF a
character better calculated 10 produce
results than much OF The work performed
during the early period OF development.
large par. of the work done In the past
and which has proved unsuccessful has
served to point out the location and trend
Of the mineralized veins OF the district
and 10 demonstrate the geological char
acteristics TO which the ore channels
are related. Fronting by the costly ex-
periencc OF the past. mining men are
now conducting their operations in the
| light OF greater wisdom and in A thor
ouGhiy mincr-likc manner. with CORE
! cess.
This applies with particular force to
| the ol%r2tions OF leSsees throughout The
district Many leasing projects have been
| launched and much money expended with
little consideration for the probability OF
opening deposits Of large volume or fol-
lowing ore indications 10 depth. Many
worked upon the hope Of finding. near
tho surface and with little expense. bo-
nanza deposit such as that opened by
the Hayes Monnette lease on the Mo-
OF high grade orc, was taken within a
| short period. Work now in progress con-
| templates sinking 10 depth and thorough
! y exploring the veins for the rich shoots
| lenses or chimneyS characteristics OF the
| camp.
But one lease is now operating OH Con-
solidated ground, the Grizzly Bear lease
on the Grizzly Bear claim OF the Jumbo
group. This company. formed of Pa
risisn bankers who made up the Nc
vada Coldheld Reduction company, and
VINO erected the twenty stamp mill now
under lease TO the Combination Fraction
company. sank a double compartment
! shaft TO depth OF over 1900 feet, the
| deepest in the district, and has per-
| formed considerable amount OF de-
velopment work. chiefly on the Il70-foot
| level None but low grade ore was found
| In this work and recently the hackers .of
| the enterprise had determined 10 abandon
| the lease as II expires by limitation on
| February l next. and the Consolidated
| company has refused il an extension OF
time, Within tho past few days, how
ever, work has been resumed. the water
having been kept out OF ihe workings.
and three shifts arc now at work This
resumption Is thought to he due 10
] knowledge Of the recent highly import
ant developments on The .l0OQ-foot level
| of the Clermont m!no OF the Consol
dated. but short distance TO tho north.
| A lateral has been driven on the 1000
| foot level to connect the Clermont work
| inga with the Grizzly Bear and il is. re
| ported that rich ore has been discovered
lessees will endeayor TO pick lip the ore
shoot on The 1l70-foot level 10 the north.
Another deep shaft Is that sunk by
the, Goldield Annex leasing company to
| n depth OF over 100 feet on the Pole
verde claim of the Jumbo Extension COM
| pany, This claim adjoiDs the Jumbo Of
! the Consolidated. the Atlanta and the
| st. Ives and Velvet claims Of tho Mnr-
ger Mines company. Tho shaft penetrat-
| ed strong orc shoot al a depth OF zoe
| feet and a number Of shipments were
| made from workings on the foot level
but the grade deteriorated 10 such an cN
| tent that shipments could not be made
| profitable and II was decided TO open the
| vein AT greater depth. The work has
some time. but has not reached the large
| cross vein from which the shipping ore
was obtained above.
Two leases working on the Blue Bull
have secured small quantities Of pay
ore and developing veins of excel
lent promise, ono working the vein which
has yielded shipping ore for lesSees op
Grating on the adjoining Commonwealth
where cross-cut Is being driven from
the old shaft to reach an ore body ex-
posed In the lower adit. The ST. Ives
lease shaft on the property Of the Mer-
ger Mines company has been sunk to
n depth of 700 feet and the company
shaft is over 500 feet deep. with a con-
siderable amount OF development work
Ives has shipped quantities OF good orc
and negotiations are under way 10 en-
large the scope OF operations at this
point and to cut the rich vein at great
depth.
Five leases are operating in a vieor-
GUS manner on the Atlanta. al depths
| varying from 25o TO 73O feet. and at
least two veins have been Welding most
encouraging assays. particularly the vein
exposed at a depth of $40 feet by the
old Cherokee lease and now being de-
veloped BY the Queen Consolidated com
pany which has sunk the original At
| shaft. TO a depth Of over 700 feet. The
Precious Metals lease is following a
strong quartz vein on the 72o-foot level.
| Two leases OH the Booth are still in
| force, but bad done little work of late.
although some good assays were obtained
| at depths Of i50 and ESQ feet. A lease
on the Columbia Mountain claim Is now
| idle. awaiting treatment facilities for
some excellent orc exposed near tho sum
NIT OF the mountain in the lio-foot shaft.
| An excellent showing is being made
| by the Golden Pick lease. on the Pipe
Dream claim OF the Silver Pick and with
| In a few yards OF the boundary lines OF
| tho Mohawk and Combination claims OF
the Consolidated strong veins OF quartz
were exposed on the 80 and $50 levels.
but recently the shaft has been sunk to
| the 440-foot level and drifts have been In
material yielding low assays and iden-
| teal In cha racter with the ore bearing
veins on adjoining properties for over 50
| feet At this depth the formation shows
an entire change, and The dip and strike
| OF the veins are both different from those
| on the upper levels. indicating that they
| Dre part OF tho vein system that has
been so productive on the adjoining claims
Of the Consolidated This is by far ibe
best showing ever made on the Silver
| Pick property, and Manager Raymond
| Brooks Is convinced that his long and
patient labors In the direction of locat-
ing ore at this point are about to be
rewarded. a strong flow OF water re-
Gently encountered on the $40 level is
taken as All indication favorable TO the
near proximity OF an orc body. typ
ical sign OF ore channels here. Work Is
| In progress on the Goldfield Gro where
| the Manning lease has been sinking the
old Orc shaft and prospecting the ground
| near the surface
| In the Diamonfeld section several leases
have been producing and developing.
| Shipments have boen made frequently
| from the Morrison lease on the west end
OF the Daisy. where operations will be
| extended to open the vein 3t greater
depth. Three leases have bcon working
on the Diamondheld Black Butte. one
of them having shipped Il considerable
quantity OF good ore from which the
| Black Butte company has profited by the
| royalties paid. Applications have been
made for several more leases on this
| property and tire directors Of the re
| rcutIy raorga nizrJ Black Butte cnr,o m