The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-28
MINES in DEATH VALLEY REGION !.
ARE Being WORKEDENERGE7ICALLY
From Tonopah Miner:

of Za briskie, a station on the Tone
pah & Tidewater railroad in the
Death Valley section, and in a re-
gion where the thermometer climbs
as high as 100 or 140 degrees in
the shade, there is a degree of min
ing activity now in progress that is
little known, even by many whose
business it is to quite closely follow
mine developments throughout the
country.
From Jack Salsberry, who controls
the Carbonate Lead Mines company
at the camp of Carbonate, Az miles
from Zabriskie, and from other
sources as well, the following details
of the present activities in that sec
tion were obtained:
Camp of Carbonate
The camp of Carbonate is in the
Panamint range, at an altitude of l.
$50 feet, but in reaching the camp
from Zabriskie the road crossed the
Funeral range of mountains and
drops down into Death Valley, the
lowest point on the road being PA
feet below the level of the sea. Since
at Carbonate itself, which as stated,
is at an elevation of 1880 feet, the
thermometer at times reaches 134
degrees in the shade, it can readily
be seen that the heat of the valley
would be u~nbearable. but for the
almost complete lack of humidity.
At this time the Carbonate Lead
Mines company is keep 10 trucks
busy hauling ore to the railroad, the
capacity of the trucks being from
four to six and a half tons each. Ten
trucks more have been ordered, are
now on the way, and will oon be
placed in commission. There is very
little rain in that region as a rule,
but there were two good ones recent
ly and it has resulted in putting the
roads in splendid condition.
The ore from the Carbonate mine
averages about 81 per cent lead, 90
ounces in silver and S. in gold, max
ing a product worth about $40 per
ton. The truck haul to the railroad
costs $12 per ton, and this with 9TH
er expenses leaves a comfortable
margin of profit to the company. To
show how easily the ore is mined it
is only necessary to state that three
miners breaking ore keeps the 10
trucks now in use busy.
The Carbonate mine has about
800 feet of development, principally
adit tunnels on the vein. The lower
tunnel attains a depth from the sur
face of about 200 feet. The vein
varies from two and a half to Is feet
in width.
McCausland Mine
The McCausland gold mine. owned
by B. W, McCausland and his son,
r. D. McCausland, wealthy residents
of Los Angeles, is in ScOtty's can
yon, in the Funeral range, 16 miles
from Carbonate and closer to Ia
briskie. 1t was close by that the
famous "Scotty'' had his alleged
mine, by means of which he secured
a great amount of notoriety.
On the McCausland mine there
are a series of veins from two to six
feet in width, the ore going, it is
said, from $12 to $40 per ton in gold.
A Acton Lane mill is now reduc-
ing the ores, but the owners are fig
uring on increasing it's capacity to
1g0 tons. The mine Is at an eleva-
ton of $500 feet, while the mill is
1876 feet below sea level.
The Acacia
Three miles from the McCauslands
in the Funeral range again-is the
Acacia, owned by Walker p. Graham,
whose headquarters is in Los Angel
es. This is also a free milling gold
ore and includes eve claims in all.
Mr.. Graham has given an option on
the Acacia to Los Angeles people
and hopes to devote his energies to
the opening up of the Bronx, a cop
per mine he owns a short distance
from the station.
The Confidence
Nearby is the old Confidence. This
was the great mine of the Mormons,
who put much money into building
the stone houses and into the ma
chinery and developing. There are
great bodies of low grade ore and
many thousands of dollars taken
out, but owing to the stagnation IN
the mining world for many years,
eastern men, the place was shut
down. However it is now practical.
ly assured that a new management
will soon open it up.
American Mines
The American mines are located
in the same vicinity. but closer to