The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-03-28

Will c. Higgins, editor of the Salt
Lake Mining Review, was in Battle
Mountain during the week. says the
Scout, and, during his stay mere,
made a trip of inspection to Copper
canyon and Willow creek, where he
examined the gold placer diggings,
photographing features of special in
terest and getting data for an article
which will Don appear in his publica'
ton.
When seer at the Nevada hotel yes
terday, Mr.. Higgins, expressed him
self as being well pleased with the
showings in these now fields and
expressed surprise that what looks
to be another Klondyke has remained
so long undiscovered at our very
doors; and he is of the opinion that
with development, the various placer
deposits so close at hand will become
producers of the yellow metal on SO
large a scale that universal interest
will be aroused. The shallow depths
to pay gravel was another feature of
this new industry in our section that
was noted by Mr.. Higgins, and the
coarseness of the gold recovered, he
stated seems to give every promise
that in the hills and gulches to the
south and west of Battle Mountain,
another Yukon will be given to the
world, to reach which no hardships
or great expense need be incurred.
while every facility exists in the mat
ter of railroad transportation, freight
ing and securing of provisions and
supplies.
For odd stunts in mining the men
developing the Battle Mountain plac-
ers will become noted. The latest
successful freak venture is that of
Weber, who went into Major SCOTS
lode tunnel and made an upraise to
reach the bedrock of a placer deposit
and they got it. And they are now
taking out SIS per day per man.
This is at Bannock, high up or the
mountain, and under the malapai.
They have developed 400 feet in
length of the old channel. Beyond
both ends of this 400 feet the chan
mel seems to have been washed away.
On the end highest up the mount
ain Charley Grue is leasing from
Williams and associates. He is SO
high up that he cannot get water,
so he is doing dry washing. The
gravel is run owe a screen 25 feet
and then put through a dry washer
in the same manner that Walker
worked some years ago when he
took out $4,000 from a point only
200 feet away.
On the other end of this 400
feet Williams and associates are able
to secure water and are running a
canyon Anthony and Porter have a
shaft down so feet and while they
are getting good paintings have not
yet reached bed rock.
Copper Basin has forged to the
front during the week with a number
of strikes. Lon Pickett and Myles
Lyons got into the rich pay just be-
low the surface last Monday, on
Hawkeye No. Z, the entire claim be-
ing leased from Jasper Vail. One
painful yielded 81 Tuesday ON G..
&C. Extension. c. H. Gibson reached
the channel at seven feet below the
surface and found gravel that is es-
timated at $40 to $50 per cubic yard.
After working one day Golf broth
ers, from Round Mountain, leasing
on Hawkeye No. g., reached the pay
streak at about three feet deep.
These three discoveries are within
a radius of amOut 500 feet. They are
situated away above the other work
ings on Wallis ground. and are prac-
tically on the summit of the ridge.
This condition refutes the theory
that the gold came from the erosion
of veins above, and proves hat the
gold vas deposited long before the
upheaval occurred which formed the
canyons and ridges.
C. w. Burge has taken a lease on
Hawkeye No. 6 below Golf brothers