The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-06
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yer have enough ore blocked out to
supply a custom mill with at least
200 tons a day for a period of three
years.
Ore of shipping grade has been
sent out of the district for years,
and while 1 was in the section j. w.
Crane, who is now operating a lease
on the property of the Gold Noun
tain Mining & Milling company,
made a rich surface strike of ore
that runs over $500 a ton. He had
a carload of this high grade ore IN
the dump, ready to ship, when I left
the camp. The newly discovered
vein seems both to increase in size
and values as depth is attained.
The discovery of this rich body
of ore on the Gold Mountain COM
pany property has caused Mrs. Helen
G. Wood of Goldfield, Who owns the
adjoining Argentite group, from
which she has heretofore shipped
considerable rich ore, to resume OPP
e~rations on her holdings and to &C
quire several other groups of claims
nearby which have excellent surface
indications.
"Of course, the Great Western
and Orleans properties are both well
known. particularly to Goldfield peo-
pie, and it is hardly necessary to
make any mention of them further
than to say that the former is con-
trolled by s. H. Brady of Tonopah
and associates. Mr.. Brady visited
the property last week in company
with w. A. Brady, manager of the
lPittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining
company at Blair, and Marion Rus
sci of Goldfield to inspect a forty-five
foot ledge of good milling ore which
Mr.. Russell has uncovered on the
property. 1t is hoped that the dis
covery of this ledge will induce the
French Western Exploration & Re-
duction company, which owns the
Orleans property, to complete its ar
~rangements for the erection of a
mill.
During the five weeks I was in
the field I visited many of the mines
and prospects not only in HOrnsilver,
but those in the Slate Range, Gold
Mountain district, Tule canyon and
the upper arm of Death Valley.
There was not a property at which l
stopped that did not have consider
able mill ore either on the dump or
in sight in it's workings, and many
of them had shipping ore already
sacked. Among the latter proper
ties were those of John Greenwood,
who owns the Silver Top in the Slate
range; Wesley Westfall, near Orien-
tai wash, on the southern slope of
the Slate range, and the may prop
erty, which has a small quantity of
specimen gold ore.
"The potential possibilities Of the
Hornsilver district and contiguous
country have caused me to write
some wealthy friends of mine, both
in San Francisco and New York,
looking to the early erection of a mill
in the event of the failure of the
plans of those at present working
with the same end in view.
From conversations l have had
with many of the pioneers of the dis
trict, the name of 'Hornsilver' is
not only a misnomer, but has de-
tracted considerably from the public
interest in the camp. While horn
silver has been found in some of
the properties, all the ore I saw there
carries considerable gold and the sill
yer values are principally confined
to silver glance and brittle silver. A
movement has been launched to
change the name of the postoffice to
a more appropriate designation of
the camp in the light of the late
discoveries.
my initiation into the mining
game has been a most novel one,
and I do not know of any experience
through which I have passed that
has been so interesting and instruc-
tive. With the advent Of the new
banking system and the approach of
good times, I am confident that not
only Goldfield and the adjacent coun-
try will enjoy we'll deserved prosper
ity, but that Nevada will soon be-
come the leading state west of the
Rocky mountains"
Mr.. Kingsland leaves Goldfield in
a few days for an extended tour
through the state.
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