The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-05-22
GREAT BEND IS
RAISING WATER
ACTUAL MINING OPERATIONS IN
PROPERTY WILL SOON BE
RESUMED

With a large sinking pump un-
watering the main vertical shaft as
rapidly as possible, the management
of the Goldfie!d Great Bend Mining
company will soon be enabled to re-
sumo the exploration and develop
ment of the ore bodies opened up On
the lower levels of the property in
the early days of Goldfield. The
pump was placed in commission sew
eral days ago and the water mark in
the shaft is gradually being lowered.
IT is estimated that to completely
drain the workings the pump will
have 10 handle approximately 4,000,-
800 gallons of water. 1t is expected
that this task will be accomplished
within the next three weeks and then
will follow the work Of placing the
workings in prope, shape for exten-
sive mining operations.
The pump is being operated by air
from the new eight-drill compressor,
the installation OF which was COM
plcteG several days ago. This COM
pressor will also operate the machine
drills when actual mining operations
are resumed. The work of erecting
corrugated iron building around
the hoist and compressor plant has
been completed and the property is
now one of the busiest spots in the
district.
A study Of an old assay book dat
ing back to April l. 1906, when Lof-
tus and Davis began leasing opera
tiOns on the property, disclOses in
teresting facts as to the resources
Of the mine. For instance, fifty
sacks of ore from the east drift on
the EO-foot level sampled 1880 per
ton and a similar shipment on the
, same date gave returns Of 5000
per ton. Another fifty sack lot OF
ore from the west drift on the same
level ran $65.60 per ton. From the
I face OF the east drift at a depth of 20
feet only three shipments OF fifty
sacks each ran. respectively, $171.20,
$22G.4O and $179.20 per ton. Four
sacked lots of ore from the south
veir at shallow depth shipped the
follow ing week gave returns OF
$544O, $50. 20. S44.S0 and $40, re.
spectively. These values did not di-
minish with depth, for on the 120-
foot level a two foot streak of ore
gave assays OF s65 so per ton. A two
foot vein on the footwall averaged
$104 per ton. Three feet of a four
foot section in the top Of the east
drift on the same level yielded re-
turns of $51.20 per ton. An aver
age assay OF $40 per ton was OBJ
tanned for a width of four feet in
the top of the west drift. few feet
from short crOsscut into the hang
ing wall of vein. An average SAM
rle from ore broken in the stope
above the west drift on the 12O-fOot
level assayed $50 per ton.
Samples from the winze between
turns of 1880 per ton. five-foOt
section of the hanging wall side OF
Tie west drift from the winze gave
similar assay while some of the
higher grade rock exceeded 500 per
ton in value. One streak in the west
drift. measuring six inches in width,
ran s116.8O while a ten inch streak
sampled $144.
The assay book has frequent en-
tries of $3.50, $36.S0. $3.50, and
s25. so from samples taken from the
200. foot level. One buck sample
from the west drift 20 feet from the
crosscut on the first vein ran $44
rer ton. On the 300-foot level two
feet of ore in the eastern section OF
ihe east stope. 20 feet up. gave
So 20 The winze between the 60
and 120-foot levels, however, yield
ed the best values during the leas-
ing operations A few of the entries
from assays obtained on samples
from it follow: "Best streak in the
winze drift $780," "cinches quartz
back of winze stope $156.S0." and
"12 inches OF ore in the 60 stoDe
t196.SO." An average sample from
~ cars in the ore bin ran $240. On
the 900-foot level samples from the
footwall vein in the north crosscnt
gave returns OF $62.40 across two
feet. One sample Of quartz from
ten inch streak gave $3.50 in gold
and IS ounces in silver. making
total of $99750 per ton.