Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-03
COMBINATION FRACTION
IMPROVES IN NEW DRIFT
Assays Show Constant Increase
in Value of Quartz Exposed
on 750-Foot
POLlVERDE MAKES SHIPMENT
crosscuts on 800-Foot Level
Disclose Fifty Feet of
Shipping Ore
PoLIvERDE MAKES SHIPMENT
RY r. L. RICHIE

BY II. J.. RICHIE
GOLDFIELD, New, April 2.-At a
depth of $50 feet in the Combination
Fraction mine, where station was
recently cut in the main smart ASSAY ;
are showing a constant improvement
in the quality of the large vein OF
ouartz exposed, and the drift Will pe
sent to connect with the 750 Clermont
workings of the Consolidated, in order
to afford proper ventilation and IN case
of congestion of ore in the FRACTION
arrangements will be made with the
Consolidated company to MOIST some
of the product through the Clermont
shaft. The vein of excellent mining
ore exposed on the 500 level is max
ing a good showing, and it is apparent
that the Fraction will soon be IN d
position to again begin profitable mill
ing operations. On the 2S5 level the
ore body is also of excellent character
and will be opened from the lateral on
the 3OO-foot level. This is apparently
an entirely different vein than tnat
exposed at the 800 level, the latter be
ing the extension of the Mohawk ore
shoot.
Shipments have been started from
the Annex shaft on the PoleVerde
claim of the Jumbo Extension COM
pany, adjoining the Clermont. DrlIts
have been extended over SO feet east
and west from the station on the SUI
foot level and a raise has been sent
up so feet in ore from the east drl1t'
The ore body is larger than the raise
and no walls are in sight at this point.
The entire face of the raise is now in
ore of shipping grade and the material
broken is all being hoisted to the snip
ping bins. This is a double compart-
ment shaft and both drums of the MOIST
are now in use, as is the siX-drlll air
compressor, with three shifts OF miners
employed. A spur track from the main
line of the Las Vegas and Tonopah
railroad will shortly be laid to the
Annex ore bins, and the tonnage al
ready exposed gives promise of a reg
ular output of ore of good grade for
some time to come.
SHIPPING ORE IN FTssURE
Ore of shipping grade is exposed in
n strong fissure vein at a depth of
$50 feet in the Gold Bar workings of
the c. o. D. Consolidated. The vein
gives indications of proving the best
vet exposed in this territory, and re-
turns from two carloads of this ore
shipped to the smelters show a salts
factory profit and sufficient copper and
silver in the ore to offset the cost of
smelling. The presence of S2.5 per
cent silica in the ore renders 1t most
desirable for the smelters, and the
analysis indicated rs per cent alumi-
mum. The terms of the tiVe-year lease
under which w. f. Gray and asso-
ciates are operating the Gold Bar call
for the construction of 5O-ton mil
this year and the further sinkiE< Of
the shaft to at least the 500-foOt level
A large tonnage of choice free-milling
ore is exposed in the workings and on
the old dumps, and this property has
Welded high grade ore in large quanti-
ties in the past.
The Florence is making a regular
production of $50 tons daily and the
mill is effecting a saving of 95 per
cent from the product, averaging
around 500 a ton. At the southern
part of the company workings a drift
is being driven through the Little
Florence and Rogers blocks, and is
opening large reserves of good milling
ore. particularly in the latter ground,
where but little work has been done
since the old leases expired, and
where large quantities Of mill ore were
exposed by the lessees, who were un
able at that time to extract it with
profit With the completion of the
work of enlarging the main shaft from
the 500 level to the surface the terri
tory in the immediate vicinity Of this
shaft, where little has been done be-
low the $50 level will be thoroughly
explored and material economies will
be effected through the cheaper ham
ding of ore and the better facilities
for maintaining a uniform grade for
treatment
MARCH OUTPUT LARGE
Final returns for the production in
March of the Consolidated Mines COM
pany are not yet available. but it is
probable that the figures will establish
r.fi
the mill has been treating over $50
tons of ore daily. New development
continues on the established broad
scale, and a large tonnage of add
tional ore is constantly being placed in
sight. The opening Of the main Mo-
hawk ore channel on the $50 and 600
levels has added largely to the known
ore reserves. affording between these
levels some 220 feet of stoping backs in
ore of excellent character. A continued
improvement is reported i'm the con-
ditions on the 1000-foot level of the
Clermont, where ore is being broken
from the large body running we'll
above the established mill grade, and
makes a showing better than that on
the 900 level.
An increased production is being
made from the Combination mine of
the Consolidated, and the earlier plans
for mining the entire Combination and
Hampton veins from the lowest levels
to the surface are now being carried
out. Some ore Of high-grade, scanned
with telluride and the characteristic
powders showing free gold, is being
mined near the southern end of the
Combination, adjoining the Florence
where the Slopes have been opened
to width on both the fourth and
fifth levels. An extension of the fa-
nous '403' ore-shoot waS opened re-
Gently on the Mohawk %nd carries
some of the richest ore yet found in
this bonanza mine. High-grade ore
is now exposed on all the levels of the
Clermont down to the 1000 point, and
this is now the principal avenue of
production of all the company's mines.
The Grizzly bear shaft on the Jumbo
group has passed the 1100-foot mark
and is now the deepest shaft in the
Goldheld district Narrow seams of
pay quartz, accompanied by the char
acteristic tale of this section, are be-
ing cut in this shaft and a station
has been opened up at a depth of 1920
feet, from which a cross-cut will be
driven to the west for the Mohawk
vein.
TRANSFERS LEASEHOLD