The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-25
The Mines of GoLdfeld

With the proven mines of the district, namely, the properties of the
Goldfed Consolidated Mines company, the Jumbo Extension and the
Florence, steadily maintaining their output, and the near mines and
prospects showing better results than at any time III their previous his
tory. Gold6ed faces the future assured of a longer and more profitable
existence than even the most sanguine of the early locators eve dreamed
OF. With the developments at depth, particularly in the Atlanta, where
on the I75ofoot level a great body OF copper-god-slver ore has been
disclosed, the real possibilities Of the district have been made apparent N
a small measure and are proving a great inspiration for a renewal OF
effort on the part of operators generally throughout the camp.
Among the number of properties that are likely to come into the
lmehght soon by reason of the discovery of ore at depth is the Gold
field ORC, which adjoins o the north the productive estate of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company. AT a depth of 800 feet the Orc
shaft revealed conditions that presage the early discovery OF ore. For
many years it has been the accepted theory of a majority of mining
men conversant with local conditions and developments at depth in the
ground OF its neighbors that the Orc is traversed by the Columbia
Mountain fault plane, along which the greatest orebodies of the district
have been revealed. Results obtained in the sinking of the Orc shaft,
particularly during recent months, have tended to bear out the theory
and there seems to be but. little doubt that the hopes OF the management
will be fulfilled in the near future.
Importance attaches to the resumption of development work o II the
property of the Reorganized Kewanas Mining company, the successor
OF the Goldfed Kewanas Mining company, adjoining on the east the
Iaguna mine of the Goldheld Consolidated Mines company and only
slightly removed from the Orc property. The future development II
the Kewanas will be carried forward at depth by way of the 7oo-foot
level of the Iaguna mine. Preliminary to the actual resumption OF
work on the Kewanas, a crosscut toward it on the level named of the
Laguna is being repaired and put into first class condition. 1t is esi-
mated that it will be necessary to advance this crosscut a distance OF
approximately $50 feet from its present face to get into the kewanas
ground, which, in addition to being highly regarded, has the advantage
OF being excelenty located. If Kewanas does not prove another of
Gold6elds treasure vaults it will be a big disappointment to a large
percentage of the local mining talent.
As an evidence of their faith in their property in the extreme eastern
section of the district, the officials of the New Jersey Mines company
a close corporation OF New York and New Jersey capitalists, have ar,
ranged to enlarge the mechanical equipment and sink the shaft from the
present bottom, Or 4oofoot level, to a depth of 600 feet, the expense
incident thereto being amply justified by the results that have followed
the development OF the ground. The properties mentioned are but a
few of those that are rapidly coming to the front. There are numerous
others that are showing up we'll under vigorous development; therefore
the assertion at the outset that the future OF Goldheld is exceedingly
promising is not made without justification.