The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-03
FLORENCE HAS ORE
OF REILLY LEASE
Rich Vein Uncovered Again
Above Fifth Level in Gold
field Ground.
Special TO The Tribune

Special to The Tribune
GOLDFIELD, APRIL AT the Flor
ence Goldield mne q station is being
cut at a depth of about 700 feet the
main shaft having passed that point
some time ago. Owing 10 tho loose
character OF the ground In places IL has
been necessary TO cut the deeper sta =
tions al points varying from the rcGula =
lion l00-foot intervals. but good prog
rcss has been made in sinking and In
opening new ground. with the result that
some ore bodies OF excellent value have
recently been exposed on the old levels
above the 500. particularly that at the
the territory OF the old Reilly lease. This
discovery IL in the vein from which the
Consolidated has mined large tonnage
Of high grade ore just across the line,
and the ore is over twelve feet vide In
places.
Al this point the vein has ITS apex on
the Combination claim Of the Consoli p
dated. but i'm an adjustment Of apex DIS
putes several wears ago II was agreed
that q small fraction living between the
two properties and not included IN either
in the early surveys. should be evenly
divided tetwecn the two companies. and
this gives each $50 feet or the strike
OF the vein and On its apex, \ peculiar :
ity OF the, vein at this point is that II
dins TO the west for a depth OF less
than 100 feet and then buckles back 10
the east and into Florence ground.
Improved Mill Heads.
The Florence has opened the orc on
tho %50-iooi level and is now raising
and stoping in il with excellent results
and the mill heads have shown de-
csGcd Improvement with the coming oi
this ore. Development from the main
shaft 10 the east and south is progress
Ing with good results and high grade
ore Is now exposed al several points.
while the drifts are being pushed on
the 500 and 66o-foot levels To get under
nanza leases took vast tonnage OF
high grade.
The c. o. D. Consolidated company is
about to begin extensive deyelopmese,inlI es,ill
shaft on the Gold Bar claim in order
10 open the veins developed on the VIC
tor claim and which have Welded a con
Siderab amount al good orc IN the VIC
tor workings on levels above. Later. the
SiiIs shaft will be sunk to q depth of
1000 feet. The Buckcve company lease
is also operating from tho Sills SHAFT
on the 600 level and driving 10 explore
the territoy OF the old c. o. d. NJ q l..
lease from which considerable amount
of high grade ore was taken. and lur-
development has been mostly confined TO
shallow workings. The lease on the
old company workings of the Gold Bar
IS still in force and the lcssees expect
TO erect 4 50-ton reduction pant
Booth Leases Busy.
operating and the Lind lease. using the
company shaft is developing on the "B0-
foot level and will sink deeper Some
highly encouraging assays have been OBJ
iained In these workings and ore OF low
Ia milling grade exposed. but nothing OF
shipping value In sufficient quantity 10
render the enterprise u paving one. Inc
Manning lease on the GoldHeld ORC. ad-
Joining the Booth. continues. exploring ON
the 400-foot level. and is in the dacite
at all points and seeking TO solve the
nroblem OF the continuation OF the great
Colum ola mountain fault. The Yellow IT,
ger has recently exposed large vein
of milling ore with seams running into
the shipping figures. the work being al
depth of zoo feet Development con-
tinucS regularly on the Nevada EAGLE,
three miles west Of town, with good re-
suits. and several shipments have been
made.
Ore from the Sandstone Kendall Con-
Solidated is being shipped to the Nevada
Goldheld twenty-Stamp mill. north OF
town. This mill has been under lease TO
the Combination Fraction Mining com
pany which retains the lease. although
the latter mine has been leased TO local
operators The Kendall shaft has been
cleaned out and retmbered. Develop
ment is progressing on the 350-foot Level
and ore IL taken from this point and
the old lease workings and dumps.