The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-14
LEDGE REVEALED
BY Cl0UDBURST
OWNERS OF PROPERTIES IN
CARRARA DISTRICT GET
GOOD RESULTS

CaftttAftA DISIfflCI UEI
GOOD RESULTS
Local mining circles are agog with
excitement over the various ru-
mored deals on mining properties
now pending in this district. One
thing is certain, something big will
break before long, but who will reap
the rewards of the work, tx there
are to be rewards, is an entirely diff
ferent question. 1t is an impossi-
bility that a ledge so clearly defined
and so richly mineralized as the reef
running along the lower side of Bare
mountain can long go unnoticed, and
with even comparatively reasonable
demands some portions of the
ledge at least will pass into the
hands of men capable of putting big
things over, capable of developing the
of the producers. Whether the light
ming will fall at the northern extern
sion, or come down by the Little
Brown Hill is open to argument, but,
barring accident, the district should
see a paying mine on Bare mountain
c~entering from Carara during the
ear
Prospecting has slumped since the
coming of the hot weather. But lit
tie work is now going on in proper
ties fairly proven, for there are few
who care to chance water shortage
in the canyons on the north side of
the mountain while the heat is there.
In the fall, when the weather is
cooler, prospecting should result in
finds on the other side of the noun
known m~ineralized zone of the Sec
ton. Intensive prospecting is requi-
site to development here, and inten-
sive prospecting should give excel
lent results.
The cloud burst which struck here
last week did one thing for the min
ing enthusiasts. 1t stripped a por-
ton of the ground over on the Haley
Comet and showed up an extension
of the mineralized reef in which the
values have been found a mile to the
north. incidentally the extension
would probably have yet been buried
had not the water torrents plowed a
considerable channel across the foot
hill, in the bed of which the reef
showed up. The find vas made he
latter part of the week, and men
were at once put to work by the
owner to continue the exploration
work begun by the washout. AS the
rock seems to be precisely the nature
of that found in the big reef, and
the location is right, there is little
doubt that the find is a true extern
sion. This increases the known
length of the reef by nearly three
quarters of a mile.
On the Little Brown Hill develop.
ment continues to meet with encour-
agement. The mill is well ~gophered
now, most of the cuts having been
made with the idea of determining
the direction and width of the reef,
and the majority of the cuts being in
ore. With the rumored activity with
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Little Brown Hill stands forth in
the limelight as a candidate for the
first honors in the sale field. 1t is
said that a deal is under way where
by this property will change hands
should there be any unexpected de-
lays in plans tentatively proposed by
outside capitalists.
FIuOrine, on the other side of the
mountain, is another of the promis-
ing prospects that are well worth
investigation and development. For
the number of years that work has
been done in that section, surprising
ly little notice has been taken from
the world at large. A fair sized
body of low grade ore has been
LOCKED out on the properties there
and intensive development should
produce something worth while.
At Rhyolite, the Sunset is running
smoothly and p%rofitably. KeaneWon-
der is also operating without Incl
dent. About five sets of leasers are
on the Shoshone now, and some of
them, at least, are making better
than wages.
No Developments are reported
from Beatty in a mining way. At
Telluride some activities are to be
expected in the near future. 1t
would not be surprising should some
leases start up in that section.
Pioneer is again in the field, but
not talking very much. The mine is
reported as being in excellent physi-
cal condition and operating without
incident.
When all is said and done, a close
survey of the mining field in the dis