The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-02
WORDS INADEQUATE
TO DESCRIBE FIND
ericsson STRIKE AT CRIPPLE
CREEK OVERAWES ALL WHO
GAZE UPON 1T.

Regarding a recent strike OF fabu-
lous richness made in the property
of the Cresson COMPANY in the Grip
pie Creek district. Frank G. Peck,
president of the Portland Gold Min
ing company, is quoted by the Den
yer Post as follows, after he made
a visit of inspection to the scene of
the wonderful find:
THE strike is all that l have seen
written about it, and l have no word
adequate to describe it," said Mr..
Peck.
He explained his verbal inability
to do justice to the strike by the fact
that the sight of the golden cham
Der" so staggers the imagination that
one is overawed by it.
"As l stood in this wonderful
chamber l was trying rather to fig
ure out how such a creation of ma
ture could have been brought about,
rather than think of the instrinsic
value of the ore in sight. Imagine a
circular chamber not less than twen-
ty feet in height and from fifteen to
twenty feet in diameter, literally
plastered with crystals of gold. shin
ing with the brilliance of a jewelry
shop, no matter into what corner
you throw your light.
1T is useless to try to figure the
amount of gold represented in that
chamber, because it is impossible to
tell how thick the walls are, or rath-
er, how far into the walls these Won
derful values extend. / have see
many wonderful 'vug holes or pock-
cts of small dimensions, that glitter
ed with gold, but never even conceiv-
ed that a 'vug hole of such great
dimensions could exist"
Other mining men who. have seen
the wonderful chamber have made
estimates of from Sc, 600 to $780,
600, 900 for the chamber, but Mr..
Peck says the strike is so big that it
staggers the Imagination and any ef-
fort to estimate its value in dollars
and cents is impossible.
In fact, the big vein in which the
treasure vault was opened is in it.
self a treasure vault, leaving out
of consideration the big vug hole
find. The vein has been drifted on
for a distance of 500 vein, and in
$50 to 1876 feet nave been driven. I'm
doubtedly the big vein will run up
ward to unknown distances. and it's
full distance, and it's full length is
only a matter of conjecture.
James T. Stewart, state mine in
! spector of district No. 2, who was
a member of the party that examined
the Cresson discovery said:
Il have no hesitation in declaring
that it is the most important strike
ever made in the Cripple Creek dis
trict. 1t is the largest rich body. of
ore that it was ever my pleasure to
examine.
In the first place. this deposit is
found in a body of r whose di-
mansions are from seventy-five to
| $50 feet in length. This ore alone
will run from two to three ounces
gold to the ton by the carload. Lit
tie or no sorting will be required
on the main ore body.
When last seer by me, there
were six men working in the stope,
who were sacking ore of two grades,
the richest of which would average
$4,000 or better per ton; the second,
from $1,000 to $500 per ton, and
they had sacked between eighty and
100 tons of the phenomenally rich
ore at the time of my visit, and from
all indications, will continue sack
ing this ore for some time to come"
Commits Suicide.