The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-03-28
LESSEES STRIKE
HIGH GRADE ORE
RICH POCKET REVEALED On
PROPERTY IN PINE TREE
CAMP

cidentally, the lessees exploited one
of the richest pockets of high grade
ore ever found in the camp. The
strike was made in their tunnel,
driven into April Fool hill north and
west for about 40 feet, to catch the
lime-shale contact which has proven
tocarry the ore in other places on the
hill. The specimen ore will average
higher than $500 per pound in gold,
and the whole face of the tunnel
shows ore averaging better than SAC
per ton, the surrounding country
rock having been sweetened by the
superabundance of gold in the
pocket. The scene of the strike,
being practically in the heart of the
town, has been visited by many of
the townspeople who were curious to
see the rich gold ore in place. On
the west slope of the April Fool
hill. the Train-Todd lease is drifting
on the ledge and proving up con-
siderable medium grade ore.
Dexter-UniOn
The Coley-Walters placer lease on
a portion of the Dexter No. IA claim
is busily engaged these days in sluic-
ing the pay gravel found at the foot
of the Big Four hill. This is also
well within the town limits, and
serves as an object lesson to visitors
as to the riches under the streets
of Manhattan. A placer lease was
-,o,taI hu Tho Dnn,nonyy
covering the northern slope of Liti-
CATION hill within the boundary lines
of Union No. ) claim. The erosion
from the rich Quartz lodges cropping
near the apex of the hill undoubtedly
served to enrich the side hill with
placer gold. Water for sluicing pur-
poses will be obtained from pump
ing operations of the Bath quartz
lease.
Gold Reef
The Gold Reef Mining company
property, situated about three miles
from the main portion of the Man
haitian district, northwest from the
old town of Central, is proving under
development to contain a large ledge
or dyke carrying silver and gold
values in commercial quantities.
This property is developed by tunnel,
shafts and drifts, the deepest work
ings being on the 2OO-foot level.
From this level, some rich ore was
recently encountered.
Development work on the Broncho
hill by Train and Coop, l%essees, is
being continued to pick up the eX-
tension of the rich ore found near
the surface, at the BronchO hill.
From the 5O-foot level a ledge of
SIG ore las been encountered, and
also %stringers of $50 ore.
Big Pine
The Mushett- Wittenberg opera
tons continue to develop the zone
of enriched schist which crowns Big
Four hill. The ore being trented
at present comes from the glory hole
work on the north end of the Big
Pine claim. The ore is broken by
churn drill holes and low grade OF
dynamite, and is dropped through
from the surface to. the 2OO-foot
level. From that level it is trammed
to the shaft and hoisted and placed
in receiving ore bins from whence
it is hauled by freight teams to the
mill, a distance of a mile and a
quarter. The mill at resent is
and our tenths tons per hour, the
daily average including s%toppages
being owe 100 tons per day.
Little Grey
The operations of the Rakestraw
lease on the Little Grey claim have
been resumed. The shaft at present
is being unwatered, and then will
be continued down for about 35 feet.
From that level, a total depth of over
800 feet for it's entire depth, a drift
will be extended south to tap the
large orebody opened up from the
present deepest workings of the lease.
This orebody was exploited and one
milling made from ore extracted
during development several months
ago. The average value of the mill
ing was $23 per ton. From the size
of the ledge as developed, cOnsid-
cradle tonnage will be extracted with
but little extra development work.
ChalcedOny Quarry
The interest taken in the output
of pebbles from the Maris-Chalcedony
quarry by the many mills of the
southern portion of Nevada demon
startes that one more profitable in
dustry has been added to the varied
interests of the state. The model
tube mill installed at the quarry for
the wearing own and sizing of the
fint-like pieces so that an average
size of pebbles can be made for use
by the milling industry as grinders
for tube mills, has proven eminent
ly successful. A larger mill capable