The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-20
TUNGSTEN FOUND
NEAR COLUMBUS
DISCOVERY OF MUCH-SOUGHT
METAL Is PRONOUNCED
IMPORTANT

Last week Nina was thrown into
quite a fever of excitement by the
announcement of a big discovery of
tungsten ore south of here in the
vicinity of Candelaria and Redlich,
in what is known as the old Column
bus Mining district, on the boundar-
les of Mineral and Esmarelda coun-
ties. The report was verified when
The original discoveries, j.. c. Lii
kens, Fred c. CRUDE and Paul KEN
APPEL arrived last Saturday morning
from the scene of the strike loaded
down with samples OF the ore, soluv
of which carried values up in the
pictures.
After making a number of acid
tests, all of which gave good re-
suits, they hastily got together a
bunch of supplies and bedding and
piling them into S. NJ. Summerfield's
car, peat it Sunday night for their
find. From that time on the pot be-
gan to boil and by Tuesday the hills
around Redlich and Candelaria were
filled with men looking for locations,
a large number being made.
The original locations were made
by F. c. CRUDE, l. c. Likens,, S. NJ.
Summerfield and Paul Kienapfel.
They secured a group of claims which
showed numerous outcrops of rock
which carries this much sought min
eral. After considerable %trenchine
and sinking of prospect holes they
succeeded in ~uncovering the vein,
the ore from which gave much better
values than did that found on the
surface. Parties from Oakland, CAL,
who had a representative on the
ground, wired the owners for an OPP
ton on their entire holdings, which
was given, and they viii have their
experts here in a few days to exam
inc and sample the ground with a
view of taking up the bond, which is
said to be a good, round figure.
Adjoining these claims r. l..
Wood, Otto Zeigler and Ellis NJ
secured well located claims which
show strong outcrops of ore of
value. While adjoining their GROUND
and extending to the track of the
Tonopah & Goldfield railroad, B. NJ.
Sheppard and S. M. Summerfield Sc
cured locations. Some of the ore
from this ground carries tungsten
values as high as so per cent. The
character of the ore is what is known
as hubernite.
East and south of the original find
j. Holman Buck and Joseph X. Buck
located a group of five claims, upon
each of which Is an outcrop OF rock
which carries the mineral. Besides
this a shallow shaft exposes the vein
for a width of four feet, which dips
into the hill and can be traced for a
distance OF 1000 feet. On another
claim a short tunnel also exposes a
ledge about two and d half feet in
width. Representatives of eastern
capitalists will arrive here the COM
ing week to make an examination OF
the property and bonding it. Near
this property are some claims owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E. Cornelius,
Joseph K. Buck and ]. Holman Buck
Jointly. They have splendid show
ings and expose strong evidence OF
making good with development.
The district is an old one and has
been extensively worked in former
days for gold, silver, lead and cop
per. A number of other locations
have been made. From the present
outlook it is one of the most import
ant mineral discoveries made in this
section of Nevada.-Western Nevada
Miner.