The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-28

AT present there is a suspension OF
work owing to dissolution of part
nership, but within a few weeks
matters will have been adjusted and
work resumed.
Rusty Pick
Another mine with it's tragedy is
the Rusty Pick, which was pros
pected by the early Mormon miners,
but not worked until IL years ago
when G.. Donahue and Fred Ericsson
opened it up. They struck the high
grade gold bearing ore that has
made the region famous. and Dona-
hue started across the desert with
six sacks of it on his burros- On his
way he died of the terrific heat. but
Mrs. Donahue and Ericsson recovered
the burros and realized $1,000 from
the six sacks of ore. Superstition
impelled the owners to se', to Bush
brothers, also of Nevada. A few
years g one of them died in Death
Valley with plenty of water in his
canteen, but simply unable to with
stand the heat. The present owners
then acquired the property and are
working it to advantage.
hex Mine
Two and one-half miles from the
Rusty Pick, 80 miles southeast of
Carbonate, and Is miles from Ia
hriskie, is the hex mine, owned and
operated by Frank Barbour. There
are nine distinct veins on this prop
erty and there are two kinds of ore,
one carrying the values in lead and
the other in zinc. The two kinds of
orc occur in the same vein, with DO
separation OF waste or other mater
ial between them, but they are alb
sCiutely distinct. Both the lead and
the zinc ores run from 38 to 68 per
cent in the respective metals.
The veins are parallel and the
ore SO far mined comes from a series
OF incline shafts. none of which at
tain a greater depth than Is fee.
The mountains, however, is rugged
and abrupt and q tunnel is nov bein :
driven which will tap the ninth vain
at a depth of 600 feet and within
3 feet will tar the first vein at a
vertical depth of $50 feet. About
20 men are employed, the ore is
packed down the mountain on bur-
cos and regular shipments are
made.
Yeoman's Manganese Deposit
Thirty miles from Carbonate,
near Owl Holes, is a big manganese
deposit owned by Alec Yeoman. The
deposit is 100 feet in width and av-
erages about so per cen manganese.
IT is shipped to the Baldwin steel
works at Baltimore, by way of the
Panama canal, and brings $35 per
ton at that point. The auto truck
haul to the railroad costs $3.50 per
ton, railroad freight to San Pedro
$3.50 and the water freight from
San Pedro to Baltimore "a per ton.
With the cost of mining little, if
any vel 81 per ton, the profit on
this ore is very good.
Gladstone Mine
Nine miles northwest of Zabris-
briskie, high on the range, lies the
much : debated and Justly famed
Gladstone mine. Forty years age
ore was taken from this property and
hauled almost 100 miles across the
desert, to Daggett, whence it was
shipped to Swansea, Wales. Despite
it's long journey acros desert. con-
8 tinnnf on6 nnnon tho uy0o1fh 80 I1o1
copper and gold was such that the
expense was justified, and the esti-
mate of money made runs high in
the hundreds of thousands. The
property changed hands several
times. men interested died or lost
faith. and finally a litigation en-
sued and that has held it in check
for many years. Recently it was
purchased by J. S. Stottler of Santa
Monica, who is running it to the
fullest capacity. and who will be
able to properly treat his ore in this
country now.
Pages Gypsum Deposit
Six miles from Silver Lake, which
is 20 miles south of Zabriskie, a
Mr.. Page has a big gypsum deposit.
lie has put on a big 1S-ton cater
pillar engine to haul the product to
the railroad. which is six miles ais
tant. Thirty tons can be hauled at
a load and the engine will make
two round trips a day. A platform
will be erected over the railroad,
the engine will IL up over same,
and the gypsum dumped into the
cars without unnecessary handling.
TecOpa Consolidated Co.
The TecOpa Consolidated Mining