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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
SILVER CROWN
WILL HAVE MILL
WHEELER WATSON TOCkEh
LEASH OWNERS TO TREAT
OWN ORES

DIR. f. A. Wheeler, one of the own
ers of the ler-Watson-Tucker
lease on the property of the Cotton
wood Canyon Mines company at Sill
yer Crown, so miles west of Gold
field, departed recently for Chicago,
ILL.,, on business connected with the
construction of a 10-stamp mill and
cyanide plant at the mine. Recent
tests made at the Belmont mill at
Millers have demonstrated that the
Silver Crown ore can be successfully
treated by such plant and it is the
desire of the lessees to have its erec-
ton under way within the next so
days. at the latest.
The rich orebody exposed about
two months ago by the north DRIFT
on the 75-foot level of the 150-foot
incline shaft, sunk several days ago,
continues to respond splendidly to de-
velorment The drift has been "N-
tended on the orebody approximate
ly so feet. the face showing all the
way values of better than $50 per
tOn. Pt one poIHt AZ Whi'h 'i''"
cut was extended from the drift to
determine the width of the Orebody,
an assay of $50 was obtained for
width of eight feet The lease gives
every promise of developing into q
bonanza, having the earmarks of ii
mammoth high grade milling propo-
sition Ore of shipping grade thrown
down the shaft in the extension OF
the drift is being hoisted to the sur
face. preliminary to the extension of
drifts on the bottom or 150-foot lev
ell.
John Roper. a mining man or
Chicago, arrived at the property re-
Gently to remain permanently rs the
representative of the parent COM
pany.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
RIG 0REBODY Being OPENED UP
IN FRENCH Mine AT HORNS|LVER

400 feet east of the shaft, which re-
quires that the ore be handled sew
eral times in hosting it to the sur
face. The shaft is equipped with a
% horsepower gasoline hoist.
The initial carload shipment OF
ore, "A tons, was made from the
property to the Belmont mill at
Millers about 10 days ago and since
then two more consignments of like
size have been despatched. The ini-
tial shipment averaged $9S per ton.
Returns upon the two subsequent
shipments have thus far not been oh.
tanned but they are expected to
average as high as the first. Mr.
Dunfee is extracting about Is tons
of ore daily and calculates to make
carload shipment every few days
in the future. Two motor trucks,
one of five ton capacity and the 9TH
er of three, are hauling the ore from
the mine to Stonewall siding on the
Las Vegas & Tonopah railroad,
whence it is conveyed to Millers,
north of TonOpah, by rail. Tho
freight, railroad transportation and
treatment costs at present amount
to $11.50 per ton, which, after pay
ing royalty to the parent company
and mining costs, leaves an excellent
profit upon the ore. Mr.. Dunfes
will continue shipments to the Bel
mont mill at Millers only short
time, as he has made arrangements
for the reduction of the ore at the
mill at Bonnie Clare, 3S miles south
of Goldfield and about 20 miles
from Hornsilver, the lease on which
was recently taken over from rhe
Jumbo Reduction company by Quig-
ley Reduction company organized by
Jack Quigley, a mining man of Bon
ME Clare.
Under the new arrangement The
railroad transportation expense will
be eliminated, as the ore will ne
hauled direct from the mine to the
Bonnie Glare mill, a distance OF
about 25 miles, by motor trucks and
treated at 2. total cost of 50 per ton.
Shipments to that plant will begin
as soon as repairs being made TO
its equipment are completed, which
will be within the next three weeks
The shipping dump at the property
contains, according to Mr.. Du1fee.
about 200 tons of ore that gives
average assays of $50 per ton, white
on the mill dump there is at least
900 tons of ore ranging in value
from $40 to $40 per ton.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
NET PROFITS IN JULY OF JUMBO
EX. COMPANY AMOUNT TO $4,000

velOpment of the property. The
boundary line of the st. Ives claim
of the Goldfeld Merger Mines COM
pany is only ESQ feet distant and the
line of the Sunflower claim of the
same company about 800 feet.
From the east drift on the 975-
foot level, close to the point at
which vertical raise 5O3-D from the
1017fOot level "hOled through" a
winze has been started on the shale
vein which at that point shows four
feet of $22 ore. On the same level
-957-fOOt--a southeast crosscut
has just been started from the east
drift to catch the downward extern
sion of the ore body in the contact
vein which has given such splendid
account of itself on the 91S-foot
level.
The slopes above the 964 and 945
levels have excellent showings. The
stope above the 964 level is being
broken for a width of five feet, the
yield averaging $50 per ton, while
from the 945 level four feet of $75
ore is being extracted The east
drift from raise 504-C above the
932 level is being extended on six
feet of SIS ore. On the same level
5O7 west crosscut toward the
Clermont claim of the Goldfield Con-
sOlidated Mines company - is being
continued.
High grade showings prevail on
the 91S and $50 levels. Four feet
of 500 ore is exposed in the face of
north drift from raise 524-A above
the $50 level. This drift is designed
to connect with 503-D raise from the
1917 level. A like width of ore as
saying 1925 is being extracted in the
extension of the east drift on the
91S level. The mixed output of the
mine, as shipped at the rate of 80
tons daily, is averaging around $50
per ton. Sinking operations in No.
shaft have reached depth of $50
feet.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
LEASE WILL Be
FULLY EQUIPPED
GOLDFIELD MEN ACQUIRE IN
TEREST IN LEASEHOLD AT
HORNSILVER

Nick Theo of Goldfield has pur-
chased the half interest of his part
ner, J. w. Grain, in their lease on
the property of the Gold Mountain
Mining and Milling company in the
Hornsilver district and H. Sagen-
dorf and Sam Statham, both Of
Goidfield. have become identified
with the enterprise. Mr.. Grain for
the present will confine his efforts
to the development of property
near Blair.
Mr.. Theo announces that the lease
will soon be equipped with necessary
machinery and the development of
the property pushed with all possi-
bic vigor. A 20 horsepower gasoline
hoist will be installed on the shaft
which was sunk to a depth of sos
feet several years ago. Miners en-
ployed at the lease are extending a
drift on the 175-foot level on three
feet of ore yielding average va,re-
of $40 per ton. In partnership with
Joe Vernon and M. Curwin,, Mr..
Theo is also operating lease on the
property of lie Champ dor Gold Min
ing company, Limited, a French cor
poration, in the Tokop district, sew
en- miles from Hornsilver.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14

Ell the first of the present year tust
at time when it gave promise, in
consequence of new discoveries at
great depth along the famous latte
shale contact, of re-establishing
itself in the mining world through
general revival of activity and pros
rerity of a measure that prevailed
in the boom days.
Although absence of litigation is
always desirable, the settlement of
tie internal controversy of the
Go,dfield Merger Mines was effected,
so to speak, at an inopportune time
in that, coming in the middle of the
summer, which period Is always
characterized by marked apathy of
investors in mining issues it has had
no appreciable favorable effect on
general conditions. Had the set
tlement been made a few months
earlier or later, when investors and
SPECTATORS have more desire to give
attention to business than to
pleasure, it is quite probable that it
would have had a stimulating effect
upon the mining share market, at
least upon Goldfield and Nevada is
sues. However, there is reason to
believe that the powers having con-
troll over such matters are holding
in store the beneficial effects of the
termination of the litigation until
fall 1t is the prevailing opinion
among the local mining talent that
as autumn approaches speculative in
terest will return, and, in conse-
quence, Goldf1eld will soon again be-
gin making telling strides toward
the goal of rejuvenation. This opin-
ion is justified for the simple reason
that mine conditions at present are
even better than they were at the
first of the year when the late liti-
cation developed and upset the plans
of many companies, idle for years, to
resume operations.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14

Figures contained in the prelimi-
nary estimate of the production and
earnings of the Jumbo Extension
Mining company in July, made pub
lie by Secretary Ben Gill, constitute
an excellent commentary upon the
physical condition of the mine. They
show that the property is steadily
maintaining the wonderful showing
it has been making for more than
year. Although an enormous tom
mage of ore has been extracted in
that period, the condition OF the
mine is better today than at any
time in it's entire history, due to the
splendid results that have attended
the extensive campaign of develop
ment work under the supervision oil
j. X. Turner, vice president and con-
sulting engineer of the company.
The preliminary estimate shows
that there was shipped from the
mine last month total of 1900 tons
of ore of the gross value of $1O1,5Oo.
Operating expenses, including
freight, treatment, sampling, mining,
development and Administrations
costs, aggregated SAL, 500, leaving
net profits of 100000. The same
rate of production is being kept up
and there is every reason to believe
that the earnings this month will
equal, if not surpass, those of July.
The exploration of the shale and
contact veins is progressing stead
lily and with uniformly good results.
The two veins are one and the same
above about the 945-foot point. At
that depth the ledge proper, so to
speak, splits. One branch, termed
the "shale" vein continues down into
the shale, while the other segment
follows along the contact of the la
tite and shale. This split occurs at
a point where a fold fault in the
shale has been revealed. Stopping on
the shale vein has just been start
ed above the north drift from the
main southeast crosscut on the
1017-foot level. The stope is going
up on four feet of SIT ore that has
been opened up for about 100 feet.
or the full distance the drift has
thus far been extended from the
crosscut. The east drift from raise
526-A above the main southeast
crosscut on the 1017-foot level.
which is following the contact vein,
is exposing three feet of SIG ore.
The face of this drift is the south
easternmost point reached in the de-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
Jumbo Extension


Notwithstanding it's steady yield of
ore, the physical condition of the
Jumbo Extension mine is better to-
day than at any time in its entire
history; it is clearly evident that
ii is still in its ascendency That this
is an incontrovertible fact is shown
by the preliminary estimate of the
production and earnings OF the mine
in July, recently made public by Sec
retary Ben Gill. The production
totaled 1900 tons of ore of gross
value of $101, 500. Operating ex-
penses aggregated $41,5O0, which
left net profits of $4,000. Few, #
any, other gold mines anywhere are
making a better showing, all things
considered.
The excellent conditions that made
possible the splendid showing in
July continue and the August pro-
duction and earnings should be as
good, if not better. The daily out
put of so tons, as shipped to the
smelters through the Columbia
sampler of the Western Ore Purchas-
ing company, is averaging at pres
ent around $50 per ton. The most
notable showing in the mine is found
in the face of the east drift on the
91S foot level. which is being ex-
tended on four feet of ore that gives
average values of $125 per ton.
Four feet of $50 ore is being broken
down from the face of the north drift
from raise 524-A above the $50 foot
level. The stope above the 964 foot
level is being extended on five feet of
$50 ore and the stope above the 945
foot level on four feet of SIS ore.
A winze has been started from the
east drift on the 975 foot level near
the point at which connection was
made with the drift by vertical raise
503-D from the 1917 foot level.
Uniformly good results are being OBJ
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
W|NGf|ELO BUYS
WASHINGTON MINE
PROPERTY LOCATED ONE MILE
FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA
BOUNDARY

Announcement was made today
that George Wingfield, through Wal
ter Trent, had purchased the con-
trolling interest in the Boundary Red
Mountain Mining company, situated
in the state of Washington, one mile
from the British Columbia boundary,
and about 80 miles east OF Vancouv-
er, says the Reno Gazette. The
amount of the investment is not
made public, but it is said to be In
tie neighborhood of 100000.
The property is a gold mine, al
ready considered one Of the import
and gold producing properties in the
west The vein crops for distance
of 5000 feet above Glacier creek,
and can be developed to this depth by
tunnels. One tunnel now cuts the
vein at ESQ feet deep and another
cuts it at depth of 400 feet. There
is $50 feet of lateral work in ore on
these two levels, the lower level be-
ing connected with the upper by two
raises in the ore body.
The vein as exposed averages three
feet wide and SIS ton in gold, the
ore being entirely free milling. There
is a mill and aerial tramway on the
property. The property was exam
ined by E. A. Julian, consulting en-
gineer for Mr.. Wingfield, and the fu
ture improvements and operation OF
the mine will be under his direction.
A new tunnel already has been start
ell to cut the vein 800 feet below the
No. 2 tunnel and the other drifts
are being extended along the strike
of the vein. The mill is being en-
larged by the addition OF 10 stamps
and a complete hydro-electric power
plant will be installed on Glacier
creek, an electric transmission line
will be run to the mine and mill to
operate the machinery and new
compressor plant will be installed at
the mine.
Owing to the fact that the proper
ty can be mined through tunnels to
an ultimate depth of 5000 feet, that
there is enough timber standing and
that there is an abundance OF water
power, that the vein has true fis-
sure and similar in formation to the
deepest mines in California, Trent
says the mine promises to have a
profitable life of ten to twenty years.
The vein is a true fissure in diorite
and shows no faulting or dislocation
along either the groupings or in the
workings. The ore is white quartz
containing small amount OF phyro-
sotite mineral and some tellurides.
The mine is almost duplicate of
formation, size and value of vein of
North Star and Empire mines of
Grass Valley, California, both of
which are mining to a depth of 5000
feet and have produced millions.
These mines. however, have not had
the advantages of tunnel mining, free
timber and water power.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
Results being accomplished

Results being accomplished III
the development of the Orleans
property of LIE Champ dor Gold
Mining company, Limited, a French
CORPORATION at Hornsilver, south OF
Goldfield, by ], w. Dunfee, operating
under the leasing system, warrant
the prediction that the mine will he
the means of greatly reviving the
interest of the mining world in the
camp. Incidentally, it will be sur
prising should Mr. Dunfee not amass
a fortune through his operations.
Convinced of the merit OF the
property through knowledge gained
in performing the annual assessment
work for the French company for
several years past, Mr. Dunfee OBJ
tained a lease upon it about two
months ago from ]. P. Charra, con-
sulting engineer of the company,
who recently returned to his home
in France after stay OF several
months in Goldfield Since inaugu-
rating operations on the 214-foot in
termediate level of the 3O0-foot YER
tical shaft, sunk several years ago
when the Hornsilver district was at
the height of the boom it experlen-
ced. Mr.. Dunfee and his six work
men have opened an orebody which
is showing daily improvement.
Thus far drifts have been extend
ed east and west in the orebody a
total distance of II feet. In the
face of each drift there is exposed
at present four feet of ore aver
aging $3S per ton in gold and sill
yer. On the footwall side of the
vein in the east drift a streak OF
high grade ore, measuring at pres
ent about three inches in width and
showing chloride of silver, recently
appeared, in addition to the fonr
feet of ore above referred to. The
high grade streak is distinctly a
new discovery and gives promise OF
developing into an important ore
body of itself.
In view of the success which ls
attending his operations. Mr.. Dun
fee is contemplating the sinking oil
a new shaft on the property to per :
NIT of the development and explor-
alton of the orebody he has exposed
in a more advantageous and ecouc-'
mical fashion. His operations, as
already stated, are being prosecuted
on the 214-foot level of the prop
erty, which is reached by way OF a
o4-foot winze from the 150-foot lev
ell The winze is located at a point
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
JUSTICE GOING
STEADILY AHEAD
CROSSCUT FROM DAISY LEASE is
NEARING GOLD COIN EN-,
CLAIM

Highly pleasing results continue
to attend the operations of the Jus
tice Gold Mines company in it's lease
on the property of the Goldfietd
Daisy Mining company, adjoining the
Gold Extension claim owned by the
corporation. Superintendent John
LaFoe is we'll pleased with the con
ditions prevailing and is confident
that the company will be amply re-
warded for the campaign of work be-
ing prosecuted.
The south crosscut being extend
ed from the west drift on the middle
Daisy vein on the 265-foot level Of
the Daisy lease has been advanced
thus far about 175 feet and will soon
enter the Gold Coin Extension claim.
The crosscut recently cut six-foct
ledge carrying low values. The
working is designed to cut three 9TH
er known lodges, which have been
opened up on the surface of the Gold
Coin Extension claim.
The west drift on the middle Daisy
vein in the leasehold is being con-
tInued and measures at present ?15
feet in length. The face is exposing
two and half feet of ore ASSAY
ing $9.10 per ton in gold and sill
yer. The drift is being extended
with a view to revealing the down
ward extension of the orebody which
gave an excellent account of itself i'll
the Detch-Brewer lease on the Daisy
in the infancy of Goldfield
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
TALNAGE WILL
SINK new SHAFT
SUPT. LA FOE INSTRUCTED Io
PROCEED WITH NECESSARY
PREPARATIONS

Superintendent John La Foe OF
the Talmage Gold Mines company
has received from General Manager
C. w. Hayes, who is now in Los An
geles, instructions to proceed with
preparations for the resumption OF
operations and the sinking OF new
shaft on the property, which mas
been closed down for about TWO
months. Manager Hayes is expected
to return to camp in the near fu-
ture and actual work on the new
shaft will begin Immediately follow
ing his return.
Recent operations on the property
particularly surface exploration, mas
demonstrated that the present sha1t'
which has a total depth of 800 feet,
with laterals at the 200 and 3OO-
foot points, is not situated at a point
advantageous to the economical de-
velopment of the two main veins
which have been opened up, namely,
the Talmage and Vindicator noun
tain lodges. 1t is, therefore, the
plan of the management to sink a
new shaft to a depth of 500 feet ver-
tical. 1t will be located at a point
about 500 feet south of the present
shaft. 1t is calculated that it will
reveal the Talmage vein at depth
of 400 feet and the contact vein at
500 feet. Both of the veins have
yielded highly pleasing values on the
surface and at depth in the workings
of the present shaft and the ola
Pierce lease shaft.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14

Although developments of late in
the local mines have been of a more
or less routine character, they have,
nevertheless, exerted a sustaining in
fluence, and, on the whole the out
look for Goldfield is manifestly
pleasing. This is particularly true
when it is taken into consideration
that the camp only recently witness
ed the conclusion of the legal con-
troversies which developed soon aft
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
SILVER PICK DRIFTING
ON PHELAN LEASE VEIN

Drifting north and south on the
old Phelan vein is in progress from
the west crosscut on the 500 foot
level of the Silver Pick Consolidated.
In the south drift there is an
eighteen-inch streak of ore that as
says $12 per ton and in the north
drift two feet OF So ore.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
TUNNEL BEING EXTENDED
TO CUT VEIN AT DEPTH

Sheriff w. A. Ingalls, made visit
of inspection Wednesday to prop
erty five miles south of Railroad
Springs In which he is interested
with Deputy Sheriff j. A. Bogard and
Henry Hollensten. A four-foot vein
opened up on the surfaces gives assays
of $50 a ton.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
ASSESSMENT OF
one CENT LEVIED
ORS MAKE REPORT TO
STOCKHOLDERS

The board of directors of the
Goldfield Great Bend Mining COM
pany at a recent meeting levied as
sessment No. l of one cent per share
on the outstanding stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately.
Stock upon which the assessment re-
mains unpaid on September 10, will
become delinquent and be sold on
October 10. Copies of the assess
ment notice and statement by the
directors of operations since the re-
sumption of work at the property on
May 26 are being mailed to stock
holders The statement, in part fol-
lows:
Your company began operations
at the mine May 26 Previously a
complete plant of machinery had
been purchased. most of which was
new and of the most modern type
and installed in newly erected
buildings A new gallows frame was
erected over shaft No. (verticaD
and the process of dewetering the
workings begun with a high capac-
ity Cameron pump. This work was
continued uninterruptedly until the
dewatering was completed August 1.
''The work was more expensive and
of longer duration than expected Ow-
ing to the caved condition of the
shaft at depth and the accumuia-
tion of muck below the ESQ level.
In recc cvering the shaft and work
ings, 100000 gallons of water
was hoisted and lat feet of muck
taken from the shaft Considerable
retimbering was necessary in the
shaft and especially at the station on
the 4OO-foot level The mine IS
now dry of accumulated water and
the various levels are being retim-
bered where necessary, preparatory
to a thorough sampling of the mine.
1.-The expenditure on machinery
and mine to date has been approx
imately $4,000, derived from the
sale of treasury stock. But as the
summer market is SO unfavOrable, 1T
has been deemed inadvisable to at
tempt at this time to sell more; at
prevailing prices the stock is worth
more to the company hence assess
ment is necessary.
IAN impression prevails that a
change from worcestershire to an
assessable company was made unon
the company's reorganization. THIS
is erroneous. The old Great Bend
company was assessable, but as oper'-
ations were always carried on by
leasers and not on company account,
no assessment was levied"
rIIEnDND DnTJnFE nf tha
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14

f. r. COOKE, formerly of Cold
field bat now resident CT LIS Vegas
where he is interested in farming,
came up from that town last night
for visit of several days. He is
registered at the GOldfield.