Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
FLORENCE PREPARES To
SINK ITS MAIN SHAFT
Work on GoIdfieId Property Pro-
crosses While Mill GrindS
$50 Tons Daily

GOLDFIELD, Aug. S.-while the
Florence mill continues it's daily grind
of $50 tons OF medium grade ore from
outskirts of the old workings, prepar-
ations are being perfected to begin
sinking the main shaft from the 500
level within about two weeks to open
virgin ground that has not yet been
dismantled of its riches.
Pending completion of the enlarging
of the main shaft to three compart-
ments, which has now been done from
the 500 level to within 200 feet of the
top, hoist will be placed underground
at the 800 level to handle the rock that
will be broken in the process of sinking.
AS 1t will still take about sixty days
to finish enlarging the main shaft, the
plan that has been decided upon by
Manager Willis Lawrence will get the
work of sinking well under way before
the main hoisting plant can be used
for this purpose and will bring them
into the ore on the proposed new levels
just that much earlier than would
otherwise be possible.
Pockets having 100 tons capacity each
have been blasted out at the stations
on the 500, $50 and $50 levels and but
one more large station remains to be
established, which will be at the $50
level In the work of sinking below
the 500 level the present plan is TO hoist
the waste to the big pocket ON that
level after each round of shots, and
at night when the skip is not tied up
with hoisting ore for the mill this muck
will be hoisted to the surface from the
pocket.
WILL PUSH DEVELOPMENTS
Sinking will be pushed as rapidly
as possible and levels established at
the 600 and 700-foot points for lateral
development at the earliest moment,
downward to 1000 feet or as far as
the ore showings in additional levels
justitieS. While the greater proportion
of the country above the 800 level has
been pretty we'll honeycombed by the
old leases and the company work, and
it is acknowledged, that the available
supply of milling ore from these work.
ings will not last Indefinitely, there
is visible and material assurance of
the existence of immense ore reserves
Immediately below the present lowest
workings. In fact, it is apparent from
what is already known that out in
the Little Florence and Rogers syndi-
cate territory one of the longest ore
shoots ever opened in the property will
be developed by the new levels, and the
grade of the ore promises to be equal
to the general average of the millions
produced from these two famous bo-
nanzaS.
At present a large amount of the ore
handled by the mill is being produced
from the old Reilly lease block at the
northwest corner of the Florence
ground and adjoining the Combina-
tion of the Consolidated. Considerable
ore is also being pulled through the
Little Florence shaft from the lower
workings of the Little Florence and
Rogers Syndicate lease blocks. AS this
is getting close to the tail end of the
ore reserves now available in this ter
ritory, the general average of the mill
headings is not up to the figure mani
fest a few months ago, but it is never
theless sufficient to leave profitable
margin above operating expenses and
increase the cash reserve in the treas
urv for prosecuting the extensive de-
velopment work that has been outlined
on an energetic basis .