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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
ARRIVE IN CAMP FOR
VISIT OF SEVERAL DAYS

Accompanied by George Wingfield
,f Reno, president of the Goldfield
Consolidated Mines company, as his
guest, and w. ID. Forster, general
manager of the Tonopah and Gold
field railroad, who went to Reno to
meet him, President M. B. Cutter Of
that railroad arrived in Goldfeld
this morning in his private car
from his home in Minneapolis, Mimi.
The arrival Of Mr.. Cutter precedes
by several days that of other officials
of the railroad who are coming from
Philadelphia for visit of inspec-
tion of the road and the various min
ing properties in which they are in
terested, including that of the To-
nopah Mining company.
Mr.. Wingfield stated this morning
that he would remain in camp few
days on business connected with his
varied interests.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
STREAK OF ORE
IS WIDENING OUT
FOOT AND HALF OF ROCK GIVES
ASSAY OF $54 A
TON

The workings tributary to the
Gold Bar shaft on the Victor claim
of the property of the C. o. D. Con-
sOlidated Mining company, being
operated under long term lease by
the Nevada-Co-operative Mining
company, of which Charles s..
Sprague of Goldfield is the control
ling factor, came to the front a few
days ago with notable develop
ment, according to the management
The find has increased the confidence
of the officials of the leasing COM
pany in their holdings and has had
the effect of renewing interest in the
property.
Recently the drift south on the
230-foot, or intermediate level, has
been following small seam of good
ore. A few days ago it widened out
to one and half feet, and yielded an
assay return of $54, or 16 per cent
copper and $40 in gold per ton. Ore
extracted from it is now being sack
ed and shipment prepared.
In connection with this develop
ment, the old raise on the vein be-
tween the $50 and 30O-foot levels is
being cleaned out preliminary to the
installation of wooden chute to per-
nit of the economical handling of
the ore from the former level by way
of the latter and the shaft The new
streak of ore trends northwest and
southeast, dips to the east at an
angle of As degrees and has an ex-
ceptionally promising appearance,
According to ]. X. Turner, consulting
gineer for the company.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
JUMBO EX. MINE
IN GOOD SHAPE
OF EXCELLENT CONDITION
PREVAILING

According to figures and state
ment given out Wednesday by the
management, the net earnings of the
Jumbo Extension Mining company
from it's operations during the month
of December amounted to $11, 1,05S.O3
and the property appears to be cap
able of producing three cars of ship
ping ore and five cars of milling ore
a week The management is much
pleased with the condition of the
mine at present and maintains that
its future was never more promising.
The official report of the compay
for December shows that during that
month the mine produced 1929
tons of ore at cost of $3647 or an
average of $30S3 per ton. Ship
ments to the Western Ore Purchas-
ing company amounted to 1S4.67 dry
tos of ore of gross value of $12,-
32I.69, an average gross value of
$9,57S.64. The leased mill of the
Jumbo Extension Reduction COM
pany, subsidiary corporation, at
Bonnie Glare, treated 1880 dry tons
of low grade ore, which yielded $3.50
dry tons of concentrates of gross
value of 1,S20.35, or an average
gross value of $142.60 per ton and
net value of $10,766.14. Miscel-
laneous earnings amounted to $13.35,
making the total revenue $2O,359.13.
Expenses of operation were as fol-
lows: Mining costs, $3647; develop
ment costs $107392: milling and
transportation $4321.16, additions to
stores $20S.02, and additions to equip
ment $50, making the total expenses
$93O0.1O and leaving profit of SILL
O5S.03. Development work meas
uring 313 feet in the shape of drifts,
cross-cuts, raises, etc, was accom-
plished during the month. ;,
,J. x. Turner, consulting engineer OF
the company. and Mill Superintendent
Lockman are just at present giving
centration. The plan involves tho
pumping of the concentrates, after
they have passed from the lower tier
of tables, to the upper Deister tables
below the second batteries.
The equipment of the mill includes
pump for this purpose and Engi-
neer Turner is confident that the plan
will give eminently satisfactory re-
suits in the shape of a better recov-
cry of the concentrates.
With a force Of abOut thirty men
work in the mine is being diligently
prosecuted with excellent results. Ex-
traction of ore and development work
are being confined to the 921 and
1017-fOOt levels, as well as to a por-
ton of the main orebody extending
from the former level to the level
above.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
DRIVING TOWARD
RICH ORE SHOOT
DEVELOPMENT ON VERNAL ES-
TATE GOING STEADILY
AHEAD

On the property of the Vernal
Mining company in the Diamondfield
section, drifting south continues to
make excellent headway on the 200
foot level in the quartz vein that on
the 100-foot level varies in width
from to 80 feet, trends north and
south and dips to the east at an
angle of 45 degrees. In the face of
the drift on the 2O0-foot level, the
quartz is returning assays around
81 a ton.
The purpose of running this drift
is to reveal the downward extension
of the rich shoot of ore exposed in
the great mass of quartz on the 100
foot level and to accomplish this OBJ
ject it will be necessary to continue
the drifting a distance of 20 feet
from the present face, which is being
done as rapidly as possible. In the
shoot of ore, a winze was sunk to
depth of &C feet below the 1O0-foot
level. The first two carload ship
ments of ore extracted in the sink
ing of the winze yielded returns of
$50 to $50 a ton. while the last and
third carload. shipped October IL
last, ran $91 ton, which would in
dicate that greater depth on the ore
shoot will reveal correspondingly
larger assays. Some of the ore ship
ped from the winze carried as high
as 3 per cent copper, and the streak
showed an average width of 80
inches
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
FLORENCE IS IN
SPLENDID SHAPE
DIRECTOR TURNER ENTHUSIAST.
&c OVER CONDITIONS PRE-
VAILINGG IN NINE

THE Florence mine is in splendid
shape. There is more ore in sight at
present than there has been for about
a year and the mine is maintaining
in good shape it's shipments of about
six carloads a week. President Park
er of Denver, Colo, and James T.
Burns of Cripple Creek, Colo, a di-
rector of the company, are much
pleased with the improvement in the
conditions prevailing in the mine
and will make personal inspection
of it when they come to Goldfield, to
to attend the annual meeting of the
company on March g."
Such was the statement of j. K.
Turner, the well known local mining
engineer, who is a resident director
Goldfield Mining company, today fol-
lowing a thorough inspection of the
workings of the famous property
Mr.. Turner did not conceal the fact
that he is much pleased over the re-
cent new ore disclosures in the mine,
particularly that above the 35S-foot
level north of the main shaft, where
picture rock was about two weeks
ago revealed in virgin territory, CIV
ing promise of adding to the high
grade shipping record of the prop
erty.
Connection for air having recently
been made with the winze below the
250-foot level, drifting north has
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
SILVER PICK CON. TO install
AIR DRILLS IN THE NEAR FUTURE

size close by in which will be placed
a station pump.
1t is the plan of the management
to install in the immediate future on
the bottom or 50O-foot level by
IL triplex, electrically driven pump
capable of handling 200 gallons Of
water per minute. The sinking pump,
used in the shaft work, has been in
stalled in the newly completed drift
sump out of the east end of the
shaft and is handling about $4,000
gallons of water in "a hours. 1t is
calculated that upon the replace
ment of the present sinking pump
with a stationary pump of the char
acter described, the water can all be
handled in eight hours, it being es-
timated that the new drift sump will
be capable of storing all the water
that accumulates in the sixteen hours
that the pump is idle. AS at pres
ent, the water will be pumped up to
the 270-foot level and handled from
there to the surface by the pump now
DelnS uSoQ.
At the 396-foot point, the shaft
penetrated body of quartz that has
proven of gigantic size. Although it
is 1O4 feet from the point at which
it first appeared, the shaft all the
way to the bottom passed through
the quartz mass and a second wall is
vof IN ho REVEALED The entire mass
of quartz gives average assays of 81
a ton. About As feet from the bot
tom of the shaft, there was revealed
in the quartz mass a streak ten feet
in width that yielded average assay
returns of $40 ton. This streak
trends northeast and southwest and
dips to the northwest at an angle of
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
RICH OREB0DY
IS DISCOVERED
IN PIONEER CONSOL-
IDATED

The most notable discovery Of
high-grade ore in the property of
the Pioneer Consolidated Mines COM
pany in the Pioneer district was
made last Tuesday, according to
President William ]. Tobin, who ar
rived in Goldfeld last evening from
the mine, stopped over night at the
Goldfield hotel and returned to camp
this afternoon. To bear out his
statements as to the richness of the
strike, Mr.. Tobin exhibited a huge
piece of blush gray quartz with red
dish tale seams and mixture of
dark red jasper that showed an
abundance of free gold, evenly dis
tributed through it.
In the cleavages of the specimen are
large leaves of gold, while free gold
is readily discernable in the bug
holes" of the rock. Although no
assays have been made of the ore
from the new find, Mr.. Tobin consid-
ering such a course unnecessary, he
is confident that it will yield returns
of several thousand dollars to the
ton. In describing the new strike
and relating the general conditions
prevailing at the property, President
Tobin said:
1.-The new discovery was made In
a drift on the 225-foot level about
100 fee: northwesterly from the main
working shaft. We were following
p full face of SO mill ore when
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SUBSTANTIAL evidence of the faith of
the officials of the Silver Pick Con-
sOlidated Mining company in the
property, which under recent de-
velOpment has responded in man
ner that has placed it in high regard
among mining men familiar with To-
cal conditions, is furnished by iae
fact that through an order placed
upon the suggestion of Superinten-
dent Walter S. Norris the slow hand
drilling which has characterized op-
erations in the past will soon be su-
shape of a two-stage air compressor
capable of operating four 2 "A Inch
piston machines, to be driven by
electrical power. The order for the
equipment calls for delivery upon the
ground within six weeks. Following
it's receipt and installation, it is the
plan of the management to prosecute
the exploratory work upon II more
extensive scale than ever before at
tempted.
The expense incident to the equip
ment of the property with machine
drills is eminently justified by the
improved conditions prevailing. The
work of sinking the shaft from the
270-foot point, it's depth at the time
of the resumption of operations
about four months ago, to the 500
foot level, was recently completed,
since which time a drift 40 feet out
of the east end of the shaft. with
depth of ten feet below the drift
level, for use as a sump, has heen
cut on the bottom level. SuperinteE-
dent Norris is at present directing
the work of cutting station 80 by
IL and Is feet high, on the 500-foot
level, for use in handling rock hoist
ed. as well as another station of like
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
WORK KEWANAS
THROUGH LAGUNA
DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY IS
TO BE STARTED
SOON

Headway is being made in the
negotiations incident to the lateral
development of the property of the
GOldfeld Kewanas Mining company
through the workings tributary to
the Laguna shaft of the Goldfield
Consolidated Mines company. The
Kewanas company was recently Or
ganiZed as the Reorganized Kewanas
Mining company and the mining men
at the helm are authority for the
statement that development of the
property will be resumed in the near
future.
The reorganized company has been
placed on an assessable basis. Secre-
tary Howe recently mailed to the
stockholders of the old company let.
ters advising them of it's reorganiza-
ton ana their privilege of participant
ing in the new corporation by the
payment of bonus at the rate Of
one and one-half cents per share.
This privilege expires on March 81,
1914.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
NEW VENTHATING SYSTEM
PLACED INTO COMMISSION

Work in the long cross-cut on the
175O-foot level of the property of the
Atlanta Mines company, by way of the
ST. Ives or main shaft OF the Cold
field Merger Mines company, will
make greater headway in the future,
as the new ventilating. system has
been placed in use and will afford
better air for the miners. BY the
repair of the timbers, which work has
been in progress for the last week or
two, the long cross-cut has been
placed in perfect condition and the
work of advancing it toward the big
vein will be carried forward with all
possible despatch.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07

in the immediate future. He says
that no such action is contemplated.
The physical condition of the prop
erty continues good. The ore show
ing in the drifts on the 500-foot
level is maintaining itself in good
shape. The new big pump of 200,-
900 gallons daily capacity and a
compressor capable of handling all
the machine drills that can be used
on the levels was placed in actual
commission a day or two ago. Man
ager X. NJ Simpson stated that the
new equipment is working perfectly.
With it he will push the develop
ment of the property more vigorous
ly than ever before.
GOldfield Orc
Developments of an interesting
character are likely to occur any day
en- the property of the Goldfield ORC
Mining company The shaft is near
ing the 715-foot point and the work
of cutting a station will be under way
within the next week or ten days.
The shaft work continues to reveal
highly silicified and oxidized rock
that could he rightly termed vein
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
NEW CAPITAL IN
M|LLARO LEASE
TINUE THEIR WORK IN
DEFINITELY

Aside from the fact that excellent
headway continues to be made and
encouraging results obtained in its
exploration, the most noteworthy de-
velopment in connection with the
Millard lease, on the Dlamondfield
Blaze Butte estate is the infusing of
new life into the enterprise through
acquisition of an interest by New
York capitalists. This fact furnishes
a further unmistakable indication
that Goldfeld mining operations,
aside from those conducted on a
large scale by the older and organiz-
ed corporations, are receiving favor
able and steadily growing attention.
Guy Millard, who came into Gold
field several days ago from his camp,
is authority for the statement that
coterie of New York capitalists
lately became interested in the VEN
ture. Manager Millard stated that
he is prepared to continue the de-
velopment of the lease for an in
definite period in search of the ex-
tension of the famous quartzite vein
For the most part, small but en-
couraging assays continue to be OBJ
tanned in a drift in the fault of the
vein, east of the old Quartzite stope,
which in the early days of the camp
produced over 100000 worth Of
high-grade shipping ore. Results OBJ
tanned recently in the work have been
of an encouraging character.
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REVIEW 0FM|NING OPERATIONS IN G0LDFIELD DISTRICT

matter. Manager Thomas F. Man
ming is favorably impressed with the
continuance of improvement in con-
ditions and is comforting with his
associates in the company upon the
advisability of inaugurating lateral
work after the station work is COM
pleted. decision on this point will
next week or two, it is understood.
Merger Mines Company
At the property of the Goldfield
Merger Mines company, which is be-
ing operated jointly with that of the
Atlanta Mines company, under the
supervision of X. M. Simpson, man.
ager of both estates, the new ven.
tiating system has been completely
installed and it is now possible to
prosecute the underground work
with greater facility. During the last
few days Manager Simpson has been
giving particular attention to the re-
pairing of timbers in the long cross
cut that is being sent into the At
lanta Mines company estate on the
175O-level from the Merger work
ings.
Other Properties
Operations in the estate of the
Combination Fraction Mining COM
pany, which are being conducted by
the Goldfield Consolidated Mines
company under lease arrangement,
continue to return good results and
excellent progress is being made in
the development work. There has
been little change during the last
week in conditions prevailing in the
property of the Booth Mining COM
pany of Goldfield The development
work is going steadily ahead. Con-
ditions in the Blue Bull Mining COM
pany estate continue to be encOurag-
ing. The showing of ore in both the
north and south drifts on the 500
foot level is maintaining itself in
good fashion. On the 700-foot level
the east cross-cut is apparently near
ing the downward extension of the
vein being followed on the 500-foot
level Good progress continues to
be made in advancing the southwest
cross-cut on the 70O-foot level into
the Victor ground.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07
ESTIMATE
FOR MONTH OF JANUARY

= A. Fl. Howe, secretary and =
\ treasurer of the Goldfield Con- =
\ solidated Mines company, has =
just made public the pre- =
! liminary estimate of the COM =
: pany's production and earnings =
! for the month of January. The :
! figures follow:
= Total tons mined, 3O,249; =
\ gross value recovered, $780, =
= 900: operating expenses. $780, =
! 900; net realization, $156.0OO. =
! = y + y y y y y y y = y y y y =
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Inc recent Improvement in min
ing conditions through the Goldfield
district splendidly maintained itself
during the last week, Among the
producing mines there was a healthy
continuance of the gratifying condi-
tons prevailing, with the result that
the output remained normal and, in
some instances, showed a slight i'm
provement. There is a growing feel
ing among the mining fraternity that,
although Goldfield is not likely to
witness a third BOOM" such as i'm
mediately followed it's discovery and
the era it passed through in the years
of 1907 and 1908, there will be a
vival of operations throughout the
district; that it's greatest prosperity
is yet to come and will completely
Overshadow the "boom days" in a
manner that will insure longevity.
GOldfeld Consolidated
The preliminary statement of the
Goldfield Consolidated Mines COM
pany covering its operations during
the month of January, just issued
by A. H. Howe, secretary and treas
aler, showed an Improvement over
the results obtained in December, as
set forth in the final report for that
month of General Manager Albert
Burch. During last month a total
of 30,249 tons of ore was mined of
a gross recovered value of $336,OOO,
or net realization of $156,000, as
against 2S,S04 tons of net realiza-
tion of $153,353.33. Operating ex-
penses last month, according to the
preliminary estimate, tOtaled $780,
900, as against $1S6,O73S4. ac-
cording to the final report for De-
cember
Florence GOldfield
The Florence mine, which recent
ly came to the front with a discovery
of ore of sensational values, is well
maintaining it's improved condition.
j. K. Turner, resident director and
advisory engineer of the company,
an inspection, statement to the eff
feet that the mine is enjoying bet
ter physical condition than for about
year. A drift to the north on the
rich body of ore has been started at
the 7S-foot point in the incline raise
above the 359-foot level, in which it
was revealed, to determine it's extent
in that direction. The drift is ap-
parently skirting the top of the rich
shoot and has been advanced about
ten feet. The belief that the drift
is passing through the uppermost or
least valuable ore of the shoot is
borne out by the fact that samples
from the bottom exceed those of the
top of the workings in assay returns.
A grab sample of the ore, as it is
broken down in the drift face a few
days ago yielded an assay of $50 a
ton and an eighteen-inch streak of
high-grade rock is returning values
ranging from 5000 to $500 a ton, ac-
cording to Mr.. Turner.
Silver Pick Con.
Pleased with the recent steady i'm
provement in it's showing, official an
nouncement has been made by the
Silver Pick Consolidated Mining
company that it will soon replace
hand drills with machines, pre-
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liminary to the Inauguration of op-
erations upon a scale that will far
surpass those previously undertaken.
An order for two-stage compress
sor, capable, of operating four IA
inch piston machines, has been
placed and the equipment is due to
arrive on the ground within the next
six weeks. The shaft has reached a
depth of 500 feet, huge drift sump
has been cut and two large stations
for the handling of rock and to pro-
vide space for stationary pump of
large capacity will be cut immedi-
ately. 1t is the plan of the COM
pany to install the pump at the
earliest possible date, preliminary to
the inauguration of lateral work to
explore the gigantic quartz mass that
has been revealed in the shaft recent
ly.
Sandstorm-K X endalI
Secretary A. H. Howe is authority
for the statement that there is no
foundation to the rumor to the effect
that the Sandstorm-Ken Con-
solidated Mining company intends
levying an assessment upon it's stock
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07

M. WOOLF of New York is regis
tered at the GOldfield.
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-07

Pleased with the recent steady i'm
provement in it's showing, official an
nouncement has been made by the
Silver Pick Consolidated Mining
company that it will soon replace
hand drills with machines, pre-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-23

tentiary, was one of its. customers, under an assumed name.
 Wilson, Wilbrandt and Burke were indicted April 12, 1913. charged with criminal conspiracy to defraud a United States depository. The theory presented by the United States attor- ney's office was that Baker was known to his brokers and that he was encouraged to plunge with funds that the firm had reason to believe were not his own, and that the transa ctions were kept in special account, under a fictitious name. The three defend ants have been at liberty on $10,00 bonds and continued their business un- til it became so embarrassed that an assignment was necessary.