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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11

Fred B. Mechling of Goldheld.
manager of the Southern Nevada
system of the Nevada-Californl
Power company, delivered an ad-
dress before the Reno Commercial
cllb last week, on the occasion OF
the session in Reno of the Farm
ers' Week" in which he einp.i =
sizeo the need fer the further de
velopment of artesian water in the
agricultural districts of the south
ern region.
The speaker, who has lved i'll
Gcldfield for several years, showed
himself to tie familiar with tie
conditions and needs in the region
Of which he spoke MI. MechllnS S
address was as fellows:
THE question that is OF Interest
tn the residents of the southern
counties of the state of Nevada is
the development OF agriculture anu
the underground water located in
these counties.
This reclamation project might
be briefly stated as follows: Tt'
state cf Nevada with populaton
of but 10000 people comprises :
land area of about 10000 squar"
miles or in other words total
acreage of about 70,OOO,OOO acres
of land. During the past so years
onlv about 2,500,000 acres Of this
-, - booo appropriatod for ayr
cultral purposes but with this land
practically all of the available sur
face water has been taken up.
1T is estimated that there are
Is 100000 acres of fertile land To-
Gated in the various valleys OF tha
state where there are possibillre5
for either obtaining an artes'aa
flow of water, or of developing an
ample supply of water which might
lie economically pumped for irr'ea-
tion purposes.
This proportion is of interest TO
every one connected with the state
Of Nevada. The federal government
is interested on account of its
l;lee land holdings. The stare
government IS interested for the
reason that if this reclamation pre-
iect is successfully carried out the
value of certain land held by the
state will not only be enhanced. h"t
a,so il will mean that the tlNab'2
prolertv within the state Will lie
materially increased and that 'E7
state government can then &c
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
G0LDf|ElO CONS.
HAS S. f. OFFICE
EXPERTS ARE EXAMINING OUI~
SIDE PROPERTIES WITH
VIEW TO PURCHASE

A report has been received here
from San Francisco to the effect
that George Wingfield, president of
the Goldfield Consolidated Mines
company, who has lately returned
from a trip to New Orleans, has au-
thorized the statement that the Con-
solidated company will open a
branch office in San Francisco thla
month for the purpose of investigat-
ing, with a view to purchase, some
of the many hundreds of properties
which have been submitted during
the past few years.
Agents of the company, one OF
whom is already in South America,
will advise as to the conditions OBJ
tanning in any of the mines thai
appear to be desirable. Wingfield
announced that the results OF the
first oil flotation process tests, to
be held in Goldfield this month,
will be determined definitely in two
or three weeks and will probably de-
eide the extent of future invest
ment He is confident that satisfac
tory results will be had.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
VELVET DRIFTS
IN NEW GROUND
PORTANT WOi,K IN UNEX-
PLORED TERRITORY

CTerat.ons of the Jumbo Exten-
ST n Mining company are progress
ing along normal lines and the us
ual production, upwards of 100 tons
daily, il being made, the product
averaging from SIS to $50 per ton
,.li including at times some 'r4
Of l,v grade that is broken in en-
tending the slopes in which the
hig er grade materials has been
Gllcd. Many high assays are Oh
ued in the course of develop
melt work in the great shaie con
tact ore channel, gu; the average
grade of ore extracted il lower than
} n.merly and the output of high
grade material is necessarily limited
by the fact that only one shaft is
yet available for Gre extraction.
Satisfactory conditions in all
par1s of the mine are indicated
" the assay sheets, which show an
excellent uniform grade of ore in
the workings throughout the shae
contact zone. Slopes On five or
six levels in this big ore-channel
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
MECRL|NG TELLS OF need FOR
developing ARTESIAN WATERS

Ircptrly maintained without over
taxing any of its people.
The public utilities are inter-
ested in the success of this en-
.eipr.se as it will increase their
field of service to the Ieople, will
insure better busine for them in
the future and will tend to REFUGE
their present high rate of taxation
The people of the state are in
tcrestei in the success of this de-
vo!onment as it will mean better
General business conditions and a
In.e livable state il which to re-
side.
THE University of Nevada is nat
urs1y much concerned in this
project which is directly within its
field of operation. President Heu-
drlck, together with Dean Sci dg-
ham and Dean knight, has dur;n2 2
t: past year been actively Co
vi ulerating with the federal and
state government in the promotion,
OF this matter and has also pel
sonally surerintended large mum
bCr cf tests made in tie fed VIII re
the water conditions were berg
determined and where the char
avtcr CT the soil was doubtful.
This task in carrying out these
plans is not altogether an easy ore.
In some instances failures are to x
expected. From Investigations
which already have been made we
feel assured that the land which
will be successfully reclaimed even
through a small percentage of the
total available land estimated 2,
100000 acres will amply JUS
tify the efforts made in promoting
this enterprise.
Certain land in the Amargosa
valley in the vicinity of the town
of Beatty, New, recently planted
to alfalfa, has during the past year
demonstrated a yield of $50 an
acre season, there being fonr
tons cut from each acre which
which brought $40 ton in the o.
cal markets.
The Nevada-California Power
company is at present constructing
three miles of power distributing
lines in order to furnish power for
irrigation pumping on this Land
rig the coming season.
Sat 'sfactory progress has been
made during the past year and with
tctter teamwork end cooperation
from all parties interested We hone
rc- further success in the future"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
DRILL INSTALLED
BY SILVER PICK
EQUIPMENT ARRIVES AND BOR-
ING WILL BEGIN FROM 700
FOOT LEVEL

Deep drilling operations will he
in progress on the property of the
Silver Pick Consolidated Mining
company within another week OF
ten DAYS, under the direction of
George F. Dyer, who has assumed
charge of the property as mana
gel. The drilling equipment, con-
sisting of a Davis-CayliX drill and
all accessories, has arrived at the
property and will be installed, as
soon as necessary preparations are
completed, on the 7OO-foot leVe''
from which point holes Will De
tc1ed to depth of from 100 TO
100 feet.
Three drilling experts of wide
experience in operating drills OF this
tyre have arrived for the purpose OF
installing and starting the drill.
These are A. G.. Wright, drill cX-
pert for the Standard Oil company;
Gus Schcnburg, associated with the
Ingerso,-Rand company, from whoH
the drilling plant was purchaseu'
and Herman Took, drill operator
familiar with this work. A large
station is being opened near the
shaft. ON the 7OO-foot level of the
mine. where the drill will be in
stalled.
Manager Dyer states that he mas
seen this drill used with good re-
suits at a number of places, notably
in west Australia, where 1T mas
attained a depth Of 1900 feet. The
drill pre- iuces core > 5s inches in
diameter and bores a finch hole.
1t can be operated from five cif-
feIent angles in one position ana
is capable of making high speed.
The principal OF the drill diTets
frcm that of diamond drills o.
those used in the oil fields, as tue
cutting is effected by means OF
small chilled-steel shot, fed through
the center Of the grill and groun
against the rock by soft steel
Bit
While the mining force OF the
Silver Pick has been reduced, it IS
the int entlon df Manager Dyer 20
continue work on ore that has beaa
expcsed recently at two or three
Doints and it is believed that a
rrcfital!le output of ore can be made
by col tiruing raises on ore AT
continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11

comprehensive manner in the neai
future.
A considerable amount of work
on local properties that has been
planned for some time past, but
which has been delayed by winter
weather, will be in progress shortly
and it has long been recognized as
an axiom in this district that as long
as development work is in progress
there are good chances for opening
orebodies of great value. The prop
critics that have been the foremost
producers here still embrace large
areas of unexplored ground, in
which new mines may be developed
at any time.
Two flotation plants have been
practically completed here and infor-
nation regarding the results obtain
ed in treating the lower grade, cop
per-bearing ores of the district by
this process should be available very
soon. There is no doubt that other
local companies will erect similar
plants for treating the product of
their mines in the event of these
plants proving as successful as all
the tests have indicated. Drilling
is about to start on one of the CEN
trally located properties, with a core
drill that will be sent to great depth
to explore the deep formations, ana
this work is attracting great inter-
est and may be taken up by other
companies during the present sea-
son. Development work in several
of the local mines is nearing a point
where there is good reason to expect
results of Importance and in every
way the prospects for the imme
diate future are most encouraging.
Goldfield Consolidated
Preliminary estimates of the pro-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11

duction and earnings of the Goldfield
critics in February show an output
of 29,400 tons of ore, yielding a
gross extraction of 1921, 900, with
operating expenses of $161, 900 and
net realization estimated at $50 900.
The mill continues to treat over 1000
tons daily and there is apparently
no lack of ore in the mine workings
to supply this tonnage. Equipment
for the initial 50-ton flotation unit
has been installed in the mill and
this experimental plant will be
treating ore at once, while the ca
pacity will be materially increased as
soon as necessary adjustments are
made and the most efficacious meth.
ods of treatment determined.
Jumbo Extension
New development work has been
started from the Velvet shaft,
which has lately been completed to
the 9O0-foot level. Stations have
been cut on the 7S0 and S90-foot
levels, where connections have been
made with cross-cuts from the main
Paloverde workings. On the 800
foot level a drift is being driven
south, along the contour of the
shale. to connect with the top of
the 5O3-D raise, which exposed a
large body of high-grade ore above
the 1O17-foot level This drift is
now entering unexplored territory
of considerable interest, as strong
veins are known to exist here. An
other cross-cut is being extended
north from the Velvet shaft, also on
the S90-foot Level, and will be con-
tinued to the south boundary line of
the adjoining Kew anas property.
Slopes on several levels in the shale
contact zone continue to yield ore
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
ATLANTA SLOPES
PRODUCING ORE
PRODUCT OF MEDIUM GRADE II
BEING SHIPPED REGUULAR-
LY TO SHELTER

Ore of profitable grade is being
shipped regularly rom the Atlant |
mine at the rate of aloIt $50 tons
weekly, the product coming from.
tie slopes on the 15S0foot leye-,
which have now been extended to
a feight of over so feet above
this level A face of high-gra 10
ore, assaying over $50 per ton
in gold and copper, was exposed
rec Gently in the main stope on The
1880 level, but it was found tn II
the volume O tn S ore was limited,
IS IN the greater art of this area
the metallic content is distributed
over a great width of vein MIA.
ter and few points have been fol I'd
where the concentration of metals
is such as to make ore of high
grade.
Cn the 1920 anl 1750-foot levels
the development wol", which hes
extended over a considerable are',,
Ia exposed large quantities of low
grade material and it is believad
that much of this ore can event
TALLY be mined and treated proti.-
ally, with facilities near at hand
sor treating it by the flctation pro-
cess. SONS good ore was founl -
winZe SINK IRON the main norts
dr;ft ca the 1750-foot level, nea:
the hanging VIII of the Zig vel.
aid punrs wi p: obably lie install
cd later 20 unwater this VIM!
end ermit cf following this OF
- or~otor 6ortN
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
DRIFT EXPLORES
SANDSTONE VEIN
NEW WORK GIVES SUBSTAN-
TIAL PROMISE OF DENEI.-
IPING PAY ORE

Hhc new vein exposed a snort
t..,;t ago by the west cross-cut on
t.c 10G-foot level of the Sand
storm Kendall Consolidated is of
good appearance and has been
showing seams of black material,
similar to the ore Of value that is
found in properties farther to the
soIth. Low assays in gold have
been obtained throughout this
vain. although no deposit of ore of
co nmercial grade has yet been ex-
Tcse3. a drift is Icing extended
II the north of this vein, starting
from the west crCss-cut from The
wine below the east cross cut rH
the 500-foot ell.
The west cross-cut on the 100
le;cl will be continued, as this is
apparently not the large vein 'lAt
ass cut ly the 500-foot level ana
which should be expoesd ty ths
"rcss 1T within no great distance.
Trc east cross-cut at a depth Of
7co feet is being continued and
sn all size, which is believed to be
o'f-shoot of the main Sandstorm.
vein. exposed on the 500-foot lev
1. Unless the main vein is cut
shortly, raise will be driven from
tn oross-cut to determine it's po-
stIon. with a view to exploring it
2s this depth by means of drifts.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
COPPER ORES TO
BE Treated BY
FLOTATION

= Two oil flotation plants have +
+ now been practically complet- +
+ ed in Goldfield and will be +
+ treating ore within few +
+ days. The Goldfield Consoli- +
+ dated Mines company has in +
+ stalled equipment for a So +
+ ton experimental unit, in it's +
+ main mill structure, while +
+ the Nevada Metal Extrac +
+ tion company is reported near +
j. ly ready to begin operating its -
+ plant on the Florence proper +
+ ty, with capacity of 80 tons +
+ daily. The success of the +
+ process, in treating the low I
+ grade, copper-bearing ores of +
+ the district, is now well estab- -
+ lished, and experts declare +
+ that it is impossible to exag- +
+ gerate the importance to the +
+ Goldfield district of the appli- +
+ cation here of this process +
l. q. Il IL 4. 4, Il 4, z, 4, = = = l. =
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
KEWANAS DRIVES
FOR FOOT-WAlL
GPMENT WORK ESTABLISHED
BY THE MANAGEMENT

In the property of the Reorgan-
i-ed Kewanas company develop
meat work contin e along estah-
Iele1 lines at depth of $40 feet
and tie north drift has followed
orr of varying grade for over 300
fec and has reached a point coo
feet north of the main winze,
from which all operations in the
Kewanas are conducted. Near the
present face of the north Grift an
OTHER cross-clt has Just Leen driy
ca to the footwall OF the VEN, Du,
exposed nothing of comm mercial va
wall about 100 feet south OF this
poir: exposed body of ole aver
aging around SIC per ton.
1t is the plan of Manager Darcy
to continue the drift to the norih,
following the seam of ore near t'o
har e ing wall and keeping near the
shale, with cross ITS to the fo1t-
wall at intervals. A considerable
area still remains unexplored north
of the present work, and as ore
OF high grade has been found near
Red Top and Laguna claims Of
the Consolidated. adjoining on tbs
west, it is believed that there are
good chances for opening deposits
&C pay ore in this territory.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
CUPRI7E CLAIMS
SHOWING GOOD
COPPER ORE

+ In the Cuprite mining dis I
+ trict, II miles south of Gold !
+ field, development work is in !
+ progress on a larger scale I
+ than at any time since the I
+ first year or two after the ear !
+ liest locations were made. Ex- !
+ Senator w. A. Clark of Mon I
+ tana has force of men at 7
+ work on a property, embrac- I
]. ing about 900 acres, upon !
+ which he secured options some !
+ time ago, and two shafts are 7
r now being sunk, one on the I
+ Cuprite Copper company prop I
20 erty and the other on an ad- I
+ joining group. The Irst-nam- I
+ ed shaft is down nearly 100 I
+ feet and is said to be showing !
+ copper-gold ore of high grade. q
+ Iany new locations have been I
= made since the first of the I
+ year, covering wide area.
4. 4. 4. 4 \ i j. i. j. i. + =. + j + j
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
REVIEW OF mining OPERATIONS IN GOLDF|ELD DISTRICT

of excellent grade, although the ors
s. tipped is averaging lower than for
merly, by reason of the larger ton,
mage of low-grade material being
handled. Shipments continue at
the rate of over 100 tons daily, but
there have been occasional breaks
in this average through a shortage
of railroad ars.
Atlanta Mines Co.
The usual shipments are being
made from the Atlanta, amount
to approximately $50 tons weekly.
and the ore, of medium grade and
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11

y. unprr5pected areas which were
0 thy OF attention. A total cf
.6I2@ feet Of work was done, at
. cost OF $l1,1S6.5S, distributed
IS follows
Drifting and prosecuting, TIC
-tcr at $S.G1 per foot; raises, 10Ol?a
ect at SS.45 Per foot, and winzcs,
feet at $30.S3 per foot.
The Nevada Hills Vein, west of
he big" fault and between TIE
l00-root level and surface, received
lUrther development by short
4Gpging wall raises and drill holes
Nh.ch exposed cOnsidera le
III mt of low grade ore and pro-
-Ucel nearly twc-tbirds of the en-
i @ Tonnage mile during the year.
Any further work on this vein
will lie near surface, as the posi-
iiiries at depth are considered oy-
'hausted
The Eagle vein was stopped to
"a, surface, and old pillars re-
mcTed. Tie country adjacent was
luther explored without encour-
agement. All known ore has been
extracted from this vein and sufi-
lent development work done to
render the existence of further ore
bodies a very remote possibility.
The 500 vein and region adjacent
On the 900-foot level were further
eXploIe1 by several hundred feet
"f work. The vein was followed
l,.- y-inyn fn nF
were further drifts were extended
a lCti direction. m all the work-
inGe the vein was found to be very
.'rl aular in size and value, show
Ing marked improvement with in
ere. Sc in depth. A small tonna .e
OF low grade ore was recovered
and the development work stop
ci The vein is considered wor-
taI of no further prospecting.
Storing Operations
The following table. which IN
cludes 1920 tons of a total value
)f s5l99.41 obtained from devel-
oQElent, indicates the source and
value of the ore produced
Tons Amount Per Ton
Nevada Hills Ven:
West of Big
Fault ..3569 $ 13.54S.4O $3.50
East of Big
Fsult ,,S9S96 2OS.642.3O 5.23
Eagle
Vein .-.-15266 1O1.392.72 G.6f
sos Vein 434 1.216.3S $50
CONTINUED Oh Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11

Signs of increased activity in the
mining industry are now plainly ap-
parent in the Goldfield district, as
we'll as in surrounding districts.
Prospecting is being conducted on a
broader scale and in q more thor
ough manner, and greater area of
ground is under development than
for many years past. There is No
abatement or decrease in the amount
of development work being conduct
ed in the producing part of the
Goldfield district, and several proper
ties that have been idle for several
years are to be developed in a
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
CONSOLIDATED
ESTIMATE FOR FEBRUARY

lie preliminary estimate of pro-
dIct on and earnings Of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company in
Fehraa, Y. just issued by Assistant
Secretary +. c. Favier, shows net
realization for the month approx
in,ately the same as in January.
Production for month was %
400 tons, yielding gross extrae-
Ton of $221,00O, with operating
expenses Of $l61,000, and net real.
,zati Il estimated at 100000.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
SPEARHEAD GAINS DEPTH

The main shaft OF the Spearnead
Gold Mining company is being sunk
at a good rate of speed and with
the aid of excellent equipment. II
is now believed that the shale con-
tact will be reached at no distant
date. when lateral work will be
started to explore the contact zone.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
RLUE BULL DEVELOPING

The usual work continues in the
Blue Bull property, at depth OF
700 feet. At one point cross-cut
has passed through quartz nearly
100 feet in width and of good ap-
pearance, but too low in grade foi
shipping.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-11
SINIMERONE Is PROMISING

The drift on the 250-foot level of
ing quartz and apparently nearing
the downward extension of the ore
shoot exposed on the 100-foot level.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-07-26
Sale Of Valuable Real Estate.

Pursuant to the terms of o certain
Mortgage Trust Deed executed Dscsm-
Der 10, 1912, by j. @. Fair and wife,
Sadie A. Fair, to John L. Rendleman,
trustee, which 10 duly recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds for
Rowan county, in Book of Mortgages
No 46, page 30, default having been
made in the payment of the indebted.
ness therein secured, and ct the re-
quest Of the holder of the note therein
secured, the undersigned will expose
for sale at public auction for cash ut
the court house door in salisbury,
N. c.. on "
Saturday, July goth, 1916,
at tie hour of twelve M, the follow.
ing described real estate:
Situate, lying, and being in the Great
West Ward Of the city of Salisbury;
Beginning ct . stake at the EAST corner
of the intersection Of Horah and Craig
Streets and runs thence in q north
easterly direction with the edge of
Craig street u feet to q stake: thonce
in q south eastefly direction and in 9
line parrellel with Horsh street 30
feet to q stake; thence in q south
| westerly direction in . line parallel
with Craig street. "a feet to the edge
of HoReh sire ct ; thence with the edge
of Horah street in q north westerly
direction to the beginning corner at
the intersection Of Horah aad Craige
streets the same being q Iart of lot
No. 3 in the division Of the Nj. L.
Holmes lands and being known as the
Craige lands.
For back title, see Book of Deeds
No. 122, page 1875.
JOHN L, REnDLRMAN,
EruStae,