The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-03
JUMBO Elk. CUTS ORtBODY.

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wide, has continued in ore of excel
lent grade, while some of the assays
taken from this drift and from the
raise indicate the presence of pic
ture ore. An average assay across
the face of the drift, for a width Of
six feet, gave an average of $71.64
per ton. A five-foot face in the raise
yielded an average of $112.4S. A
sample taken across 80 inches near
the top of the raise and in the north
side gave s496.04 per ton, and an
other across 80 inches in the east
side yielded $271.12 per ton.
On the intermediate level, be-
tween this new level and the 921,
the northeast drift, extending into
the Velvet claim, has been extended
116 feet in ore that is of high uni
form grade throughout the entire
distance, and it is estimated that this
drift alone has placed in sight no
less than 100000 worth of COM
mercial ore. One of the recent sam
Piles from this drift, for a width of
three feet, gave returns of $77.S5
per ton and the ore throughout this
level will average, according to the
estimates of the management,
around SIS per ton.
Car samples of the ore now being
hoisted for shipment to the sampler
indicate the high average now being
maintained. A grab sample of SO
cars gave $3.50 per ton; another
sample from a like number of cars,
$49.24 per ton. Many of the SAM
Piles vary from $50 to $50 per ton,
and the assays from many points in
the mine workings show a uniformly
good average.
Shipments are going forward to
the sampler of the Western Ore Pur-
chasing company at Millers at the
lower grade product is being treat
ed at the Goldfeld Consolidated mill,
where but five stamps are o de-
voted to the crushing of Jumbo Ex-
tension ore. Returns from one of
the 50-ton cars shipped to the
sampler last week gave an average
of $64 per ton. Ore of shipping
grade is exposed on six levels of the
mine. On the 500, $50 and Cpl
levels, as well as in intermediate
workings between these levels, q
large tonnage of commercial ore is
exposed. The upper levels are pro-
ducing much ore of lower grade, av-
eraging from $12 to SIS per ton,
which is mixed with the richer ore
for shipment to the sampler, and
when this is not convenient, or where
the ore contains a low percentage of
copper, it is sent to the Consolidated
mill.
In the Paloverde claim the old
slopes on the main levels have been
greatly extended and have continued
to produce a large tonnage of good
ore. On the 921-foot level the big
stope had been opened only up to
the boundary line of the Velvet
claim prior to the purchase of that
claim by the Jumbo Extension COM
pany, but it has now been opened
farther East and into Velvet terri
tory, while drifts and raises to the
west, back into the Paloverde claim,
have developed m in large quantity.
1t is estimated that the earnings OF
the Jumbo Extension for the month
of September will be shown by the
final report to exceed those of any
month in the history of the COM
pany's operations. A large part of
the company's earnings are coming
from the Velvet claim, purchased
from the Goldfield Merger Mines
company, and the present admins
tration of the Jumbo Extension has
been accorded the fullest justifica-
tion by the stockholders for its &C
tion in acquiring this valuable
ground, in which ore has been ex-
posed to the value of several times
the purchase price.