The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-07-18
CALL LEVIED BY SANDSTONE
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especially on the 200-foot level,
where assay values of from a few
dollars to over a thousand dollars
per ton have been obtained. A small
Slope on this level was started and
four car loads of ore from this stope
gave net returns of $5S26.08. This
ore was in irregular masses, some of
it occurring as rounded pebbles and
boulders, while some of it was In
streaks in the heavy gouge and clay
in the contact vein.
The contact assure as found in
the upper workings on the 100, 200
and 350-foot levels, leaves the con-
tact between the $50 and 500-foot
levels at the point where the Mill
town andesite %flattens, and the ifs
sure or vein continues on down
through the rhyolite at a slightly
sleeper dip than it assumes along the
contact. This fact makes 1t clear
that the ore on the 500-foot level is
of the same origin as that which oc-
Cured on the 200-foot level. The
absence of copper in the latter and
the presence of copper in the former
being due to a teaching of the cop
per content on the upper levels and
a secondary deposition in the lower
portion of the vein.
After thoroughly prospecting the
contact vein on the upper levels, 1t
is the intention of the management
to sink a Wine from the 500-foot
level to catch the intersection of the
vein with the Sandstone rhyolite
and shale contact.
From the foregoing summary of
the development work as done dur
ing the year it will be seen that the
contact vein between the Midtown
andesite and Sandstone rhyolite has
produced assay values of from a few
dollars to over one thousand dollars
per ton, that from a small stope on
the 2OO-foot level four cars of ore
were shipped, which Melted the COM
pany the sum Of $~5S26.OS, and, while
no other mass of sufficient size to
Justify a stopping operation has been
encountered, the values have been
very continuous, and in view of the
fact that the extent of drifting on the
100, 200 and 35O-foot levels along
the contact amounts to approximate
ly 200 feet for each level, and as the
company owns ground along the con-
tact for a length of approximately
5000 feet. it would seem that the pos
sibility of encountering large masses
of ore which would produce the nee
essary tonnage for a profitable stop
ing operation, are very good. Also,
from the fact that the vein on the
500-foot level in addition to the
gold and silver values, showed a con-
siderable copper content, these val
ues decreased and finally vanished
as the raises were advanced upward
in the vein, which would tend to
show that the values would continue
downward, especially in view of the
fact that the 500-foot level is ap-
parently at or near the permanent
water level, and the natural place
for a deposition of this particular
character of ore would be expected to
be below the permanent water level.
The sinking on this vein below the
5J0-foot level has been deferred for
the reason that water would be en-
countered. which would require an
additional equipment for handling
same, and it has been the hope of
the management that sufficient ore
would be encountered on the upper
levels to pay for the development
work to be done below the 5OO-foot
level.
Improvements on the property dur
ing the year consist of a new change
room fitted with lockers and stove
for the convenience of the men, and
an addition to the hoist house for
the accommodation of the new COM
pressor. New machinery and equip
ment consists of an Ingersoll-Rand
Imperial Type 10, two stage air COM
pressor, a 1~7x14-inch and 1Ox14-
inch with one 100 h. p. General
Electric, Type 10, motor, a 6x1O-
inch Gould triplex power pump, to-
gether with one 35 h. p. General
Electric motor; three 100 X. w.
General Electric transformers, two
2 "A Inch Ingersoll-Ran piston drills,
and two Waugh hammer drills.
COALITION PRODUCTION
FOR PAST SIX MONTHS