The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-24
Significance of NeU Finds

The progress of evolution of Goldiield into 4 dis
trct of many producing mines goes steadily forward,
despite minor interruptions caused by litigation that is
now approaching a final settlement. Within a short time
all the clouds that have arisen owing to this litigation Will
have been dispeled and the camps production Will be
greater than ever before. New mines OF great wealth are
in the making here and ore now exposed will vastly in
crease the wealth of the camp in the immediate future.
The past few months have been an important period IN the
progress Of the districts development, as large bodies OF
commercial ore have been placed in sight and development
work at many points has reached the state where tangible
results may be expected at any time.
With the discovery of rich ore in great volume, with
in large assures that extend far into the shale, a new vista
OF possibilities is opened for Goldfield. This discovery, as
demonstrated. in the work conducted at depth in the Jumbo
Extension mine, has been pronounced by some OF the high
est authorities upon geology and metalurgy to be one OF
the most significant and important in the history of the
district, and it is likely to have a highly important bearing
upon the future of the camp. Until a few months ago only
one instance of assuring in the shale or of fault dlsplace-
ment extending into this underlying formation was known
to mining engineers here, but in recent development this
condition has been determined at a number OF points, in
the Jumbo Extension, Atlanta and kewanas properties
and elsewhere.
While this condition does not, in the smallest degree,
detract from the opportunities for finding paw ore on the
1atite-shale contact, it adds UNNECESSARILY to the prospects
for obtaining ore at great depth and effectually sets at rest
the doubts that were once entertained as to the units OF
enrichment being attained when the shale appeared. 1t is
shown that while pay ore may not be found on the shale
contact, extending along the shale beyond a point where
a vein has reached the shale, it may be found extending to
great distance within the shale, in the form of a fissrre, and
fully as rich as at any point above the shale.
Beginning as a h~igh-grade camp, the enrichment pro-
nounced by many supposed good authorities to be merely
superficial, Goldfield is developing into a district of deep
mines, such as have made the greatest producers in the his
tory of the mining industry. Until recently, however,
even the most enthusiastic champions of the camp did not
take into account the possibility that rich ore would be
found below the shale, as this sedlmentary formation has
been generally regarded and pronounced by biologists to
be the basic formation or floor of the district, below which
no enrichment could be expected. While the discovery OF
ore on the shale contact served to greatly stimulate devei-
opment at depth in Goldiield properties, the new discov-
cry. OF ore extending far into the shale, will inevitably
cause far greater confidence to be reposed by mining men
in the future of the camp and will result in the opening OF
mines at depth throughout the district.