The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-11
IMPORTANT FINDS
At GOLDF|ELD CON.
Deepest Workings in District
Show Ore of Increasing
Values in Gold.
LEASERS MAKING
SPLENDID PROGRESS
Camps List of Shipping Prop
critics Now Being Added
to Steadily.
SrAci,l IN The Tribune

Special TO The Tribune.
GOLDFIELD, New March lo.-An I'M
portam announcement In the February
report of Manager j. r. Flnlay oi the
GoldfIeld Consolidated mines. is that the
extension OF the 150-foot level from the
Clermopt has entered the main Mohawi>
ore channel. running parallel 10 the stSal
Clermont vein. and ore OF good puallty
is exposed $50 feet deeper than hereto
fore developed In the Mohawk, The ore
samples. as broken for hosting. vary
from $40 TO $50, with the characteristic
seams of high grade. This ore channel
is about 800 feet from the rich shoot eH-
posed in the Clermont workings; ana
while development Is not sufficiently iar
advanced 10 determine It's value 1t bears
every Indication OF maintaining the quai
ity and volume opened on the levels
above. The most momentous news IN
the camp in recent times. and perhaps
in all time, was the announcement that
rhe ore had been exposed on the lOoo-
foot level Of the Clermont, the deepest
workings in the district The vein at
this depth shows a constant improve
nnent as the drift progresses, the assays
running TO six ounces gold and the mine
car average being around $40 per ton.
with the usual seams Of exceedingly
rich telluride, and even less copper than
occurs at some points near the surface.
Beyond question the richest showing
the world today Is at the 75o-level OF
the Clermont workings OF the Consoli-
dated. In the faces, walls and tops OF
the great slopes may be seen the seams
OF shining dark quartz some OF which is
almost one-half pure gold. and the aV-
erage product has been so rich that IL
has been necessary 70 mix 1T with ma :,
terial OF low grade from the walls and
from other parts OF the company's mines
The Clermont alone is now capable or
producing 500 tons Of ore daily, and the
gauge railroad are kept busy hauling the
product from the four working shafts
10 the gigantic orc bins al the mill where
the ore is automatically weighed IN ihe
through the sampler In order to main
tain the desired grade OF heads.
Tonnages Increased.
Despite the fact that the additional
machinery. the installation OF which in
creased the capacity Of the mill from
tion only four days before the first OF
the year. the January treatment aver
aged we'll above 500 tons daily, and shows
a gratifying advance during the past
month New development work. which
in January amounted TO 1853 linear feet,
has been continued in proporiionate vol
ume. but estimates OF new ore reserves
rendered availabl have not yet been
made public. BY far the greater amount
OF new work has been devoted to follow
Ing the known ore-beariDg veins and de-
veloping and blocking out ore bodies In
these channels. Production from the
Combinetion mine has Increased largely
since repairs TO the levels In the caVed
area about the Hampton stope were
completed.
Occasional shipments Of good ore are
made from the Godfeld Belmont. north
Of the Daisy. The Yellow Tiger shaft
has been uDUatered 10 the 70O-foot level
and repairs are being made TO air pipes
and other fixtures in preparation for eX-
tensive development at the 600 and 700
levels where large veins OF low grade ga
Nancy Donaldson. in the eastern part Of
the district. is drifting on a vein carry
Ing seams OF pay ore, and recently a
by the drift Shipping orc is being talk
en- from the company workings OF the
Diamonfield Black Butte in the original
adit on the north side OF the Butte, from
which a raise is being driven to tap the
ore-shoot exposed by lesseeS. and from
which the sltter have made several ship
ments averaging well above 500 per ton.
Company work will be resumed on the
Grandma shortly under the direction OF
Henry Weber.
Some New Leasers.
a notable revival in leasing opera tions
has been apparent throughout the dis
trtct during the past two months, during
which period at least thirty new leases
have begun work al points scattered over
A wide area. Several important discov-
cries OF ore have already resulted from
this work. the most noteworthy Of which
is the opening OF three feet OF shipping
ore at a depth of 500 feet in the Annex
shaft on the Poleverde claim. the joint
property OF the Consolidated and Jumbo
Extension companies. The Annex lease
operated by Philadelphia men and man
aged by E. c. Watson of Goldfeld. has
e three compartment shaft and excellent
equipment and has installed ore bins
and slx-drill compressor. Drifts are
being driven on the vein cast and west
and raise is following up the orc on its
dip This vein is apparently independent
Of either the main Mohawk or Jumbo
veins. and the discovery Is regarded as
ono of the most important OF recent
times in the district.
Shipments are now being made regu-
larly from the Gold Bar workings OF the
G. O. D Consolidated by W F. Gray. B.
F.. Thomas and associates, who have Sc
cured A fiveeyear lease on tho Gold Bar
end who will soon erect so ton mill on
the ground. In further opening up the
OLD workings, which have produced A
large amount OF rich orc in the past. ore
OF excellent grade was exposed at sew
eral points on the 100, 200 and 350-fooi
levels. and in addition TO the ore oi
shipping quality there is large tonnag &c
exposed OF excellent free milling orc
which will be Immediately available fol
the mill. Tho lessees are using machine
drills and have large force OF men