The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-25
Mining PROPERTIES AT OA1MAN
DEVELOPING ON A LARGE SCALE

i; vas announced at the time q:
The disclosure of the big ledge Old
the 400 level about a month ago
I, at the next lateral d~evelopmen;
MUGld be performed at the objec-
tive point. it IS more than probable
that Il cross -cut will be run at The
soc loot - ut % the vein in col
ter in the shaft. Big Jim stock
was listed a few days ago on tae
Nav York stock curb market.
The Murdcck Mining C Milling
cou pahy vii. in .hc next few days
great! .ncrvas" IT,. scale of opera
tue. 1t il lie intention to sink
tEy new main vertical working shaft,
low dow 80 feet, to the 500-foot
loint with all possible despatch. A
42-foot gallows frame has been
erected and the machinery, includ-
ing a 25-horsepower gasoline hoist
and a $40 cubic foot compressor,
driven by a 65-horsepower gaso-
line engine, is being installed.
1he Arizona Tellurium Mines
company, operating in the May
n.ru district, Is miles east OF
.-Insman, has just completed the
building of a road from the county
DAD to the main shaft on the prop
eTty, a distance of about a mile ana
u quarter. Drifting will now be
resumed north and south in the
Ohio vein from the tunnel level,
winch gives a vertical depth OF
dtnut 100 feet. In the extension ui
lie north drift prior to the TEN
lorary suspension of work at that
point ln.I ers exposed for a leng:,
ot % feet j the bottom a 14-inch
5t'ihgcr =, ore assaying $500 O.
ton II sold and silver. Greater
deGth will be required to deter
n'.re the Importance and extent OF
the new find, which has a splendid
appearance.
The management plans to soon
resume sinking operations in the
main vertical working shaft, which
has already been cut down sos feet
DetWeen the Ohio and Gaddis veins,
which parallel each other through
he property a short distance apart.
At is the intention to continue the
hit down to the 300-foot point
nd at that depth thoroughly on
pore both veins, which have given
IN excellent account of themselves.
II C. ossing the fractional claim o!
:. NJ. Benedict and associates, ad-
dining the Arizona Tellurium on
he north, in their road buildin :
! o eraIions, the workmen Of tn;
trbiraEy recently exposed the OK
,ension of the Ohio vein, showing
up about three feet of ore OF
-ouL value.
A shipment of 100 wireless to,
ograph crystals (lenzite) contained
in a cigar box to hold so cigars,
has just been made to New York
City from kingman by General Man
aGer w. ID. Grennis of the Arizona
Venture corporation upon the VALID
IItu DIODcl " vi "hiShp N"e -
the Cedar valley district, Sc miles
southeast of Kingman, operations
were recently resumed. The val
lie of the shipment was estimated at
from $1,000 to $4,000.
On account of their superior quail
ity and efficiency, the crystals of
this company have, particularly OF
late. attracted the attention of wire.
less telegraph companies and GER
tain i ~lterests in New York are try
ing to close a contract for the en-
tire output Manager Grennis Is
making preparations for h con
t~inuation of the main vertical shaft
on the property from the $50 to
the 5O0-foot point. The property
is well equipped with machinery and
there is EO doubt that future OPP
erations there will be crowned wish
treat success.
The American ~Molybdenum com
pany, operating in Deluge wash
about three and a half miles west
of the Arizona Venture, is operating
is five-stamp mill two shifts daily
on purchased ~mOlybdenum ore aDC
turning out approximately SOC
pounds Of concentrates each dag
The company plans to increase the
capacity of it's mill in the near flu
ture. 4