The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-10
ATLANTA MINES MEETING
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iCet WIFI NeTN eHCOuTdslHS results
the sorted ore assaying $50 pei ton
and an average assay of s27 per tor
across five feet of the vein, the
values being in gold silver and cop.
per. The c%rosscut has since been ex.
tended for a distance of 60 feet. but
the best portion of the vein had been
disclosed at the time and the bal.
ance of the crosscut did not deyel-
on other veins.
You were informed that drifts
we're started on the vein in each di-
rection, and since that time the north
6rift has been extended for a dis
lance of so feet. and from the end of
this drift, a crosscut driven across
the vein for a distance of 20 feet
without disclosing either wall of the
vein, the south drift has also been
extended for a distance of 70 feet.
All of the above mentioned work
'ngs are in low grade ore, which
probably could be mined If a suit
able concentrating mill were placed
Tpon the ground, but of too low
value for profitable mining as a
shipping product.
1t was thought that the intersec-
ton of this vein with the latite-shale
contact might afford ore of a bet
ter grade, and consequently a cross
cut was started from the main cross
cut for this purpose.
On May 81, 1914. this crosscut
penetrated the hanging wall of the
vein, disclosing a two inch stringer
of ore assaying $22 per ton and at
the same time developing an increas-
cd flow of water, which could not
ment then installed.
A bulkhead had been provided In
the main crosscut for this emergency
and was closed as soon as it vas
apparent hat the pumping equip
ment would not handle the water. A
new pumping equipment of sufficient
size to handle $50 gallons of water
per minute has been installed in the
st. Ives shaft at a cost of $13,S67.-
"a, and as it was felt that this new
equipment was mainly for the pur-
pose of handling the increased water
from the Atlanta workings, your Of
ficers have agreed to reimburse the
Goldfield Merger Mines company to
the amount that company has adj
vanced in payment for the equip
ment. The new equipment had been
installed and the water drained from
Atlanta workings on November rs,
1914, and consequently work was
again resumed in Atlanta territory.
A drift was started northerly
along the hanging wall of the vein
to follow the stringer of ore en-
countered on May 27, 1914. This
stringer gradually widened and i'm
proved in value until it had reached
a width of five and one-half feet and
contained an average value of $40
per ton in gold, silver and copper
This ore was followed for a distance
Of 80 feet, at which point a fault
7 a encountered which displaced the
vein and brought the latite-shale
contact into view in the drift. Drift
ing on the latite-shale contact was
then continued along an irregular
contour in a circular direction to the
south and after drilling a distance
of approximately 100 feet a assure
in the shale was encountered from
which several samples ave assay re-
turns of better than $40 per ton
across a width of four feet, and the
- o l-, - Tho Iriff
gave average assay returns of better
than $40 per ton for a distance of
approximately so feet. A raise was
started at this point and after reach
ing a height of 90 feet above the
175O-level had improved to such an
extent that all the material broken
was saved and shipped to the West
crn Ore Purchasing company.
Conditions in this raise have con-
tirued to improve and after reach
ing a height of approximately 100
fec above the ~1750-foot level the
raise was widened and disclosed II
feet of ore giving average assay re-
turns of $3.50 per o in gold, sill.
YER and copper, and six feet giving
assay returns of $40 per ton. This
raise has since advanced 80 feet in
this ore and approximately 800 tons
of ore have been shipped to the West
ern Ore Purchasing company. The
west crosscut from the main south
west crosscut was also advanced for
a distance of 107 feet, and for this
distance ore of low value was dis
closed.
Owing to the poor ventilation in
these workings. it vas decided 70
make a connection with a crosscut
which had previously been driven
irto the Union Jack claim from the
workings on the 140O-foot level of
me Grizzly Bear claim belonging 20
the Goldfield Consolidated Mines
company, and for this purpose a
raise has been started from IL 1850
foot level and has now reached a