The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-03-21
TRINITY RANGE
COMING TO FRONT

The Trinity range, twelve miles
northwest of L~ovelock, or known by
the geological surveys and maps as
the MonteZuma range, gives excel
lent promise of developing into a
future, saws the Lovelock Review
Miner. 1t is a matter of history
that during the early days when s:l-
yer was at par, Arabia on the north
east end of the range produced some
thing like $40, 900, 900 in silver. The
entire range from northeast to south
west is highly m~ineralized and where
work has been done, rich ore shoots,
although not very extensive, have
been opened up and when followed to
any depth have proven rich.
One of the promising prospects in
the distrist is being operated by E.
L.. and Walter Cornell. This prop
erty was located some years ago by
the Bishop brothers and the late ID.
S. Baker. and later Bishop brothers
left the country and Baker relocated
the ground in his own name. Short
ly after the first location the Bishops
and Baker shipped two carloads of
ore practically from the grass roots
which netted them a return OF $4,000.
The vein was followed for a
short distance but the richness was
not maintained and work was aban-
doned.
About two years ago E. l.. Connell
secured the control of the ground
and set to work with his limited re
sources to develop the vein which
was prominently exposed. He would
go down the hole, load the bucket
and then go up to the top and wind
lass. This slow work was kept up
and the vein followed to a depth of
80 feet, and as depth was attained
the lead showed stronger and richer
the work to any degree of success
alone and SEM for his brother in Col
orado, who is a practical and expert
miner. The Councils went to work
with a determination to open the
prospect, believing that they would
eventually be rewarded in finding
the ore shoot at depth.
The incline shaft was continued to
a depth of fifty feet on the vein. AS
says here showed the ore to be richer
than on the surface. From this
point a drift was run 65 feet east
and another 35 feet west. The
vein was again opened in these two
drifts and showed better values than
at the point from which the drifts
were started. The shaft was con
tinued to the hundred-foot level and
here the vein showed stronger and
richer than at previous time. From
this level a drift was run SIS feet
to the east and one IS feet to the
west. The vein on the bottom level
and in the two drifts developed a
width of two feet and samples taken
$40 to $500. The ledge lies almost
in perpendicular shape between two
granite walls, and is believed by min
ing men who have examined the
property to be a true fissure.
A well-knOwn mining engineer,
connected with one of the largest
companies in Tonopah, who recently
visited the property. had this to say:
II consider this a good prospect
with excellent chances of its devel-
oping into one of the biggest mines
of Humboldt county. l consider the
vein exceptionally strong and it's
richness has surprised me-"
A Huntington mill with eleven
tons capacity per day is on the
ground and will be in operation by
the first of the month. With the
$50 feet of ore blocked out and
ready to stope, and the water which
can be developed in the mine, Messrs.
Connell figure that they can keep
the mill running steady for at least
one year. They very c~Onservatively
estimate the average value of the
ore at $40 per ton, which is a low
figure. BY those who are cOmpe-
tent to judge the ore will average
nearer to $50 per ton.