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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
SHAFT OF SILVER PICK TO BE
SUNK TO Depth OF 1900 FEET

west of the main shaft, has now
reached a depth of over 1900 feet
and has not yet penetrated the
shale. Three distinct veins have
been cut by the drill, according to
the management, all of them yield
ng high assays in gold and copper.
and near the present bottom of the
pies have been found in the cores.
In sinking the drill from the
bottom of the main shaft, then 100
feet deep quartz zone was penetra-
ted at a depth of about $50 feet.
This quartz proved to be of con-
siderable thickness and below this
the drill entered the shale, in which
it continued for about 40 feet,
passing again into a channel of
quartz and then entering alaskitc
1t is the present plan of the
management to explore both these
channels from the shaft and to
sink to a depth of about 1900 feet,
where a cross-cut will be driven
to the west to reach and prospect
the contact zones between the alas
kite and shale and between the
shale and latte. The proof, es-
tablished by drilling operations, that
the shale is deeper at the west,
opens up new possibilities in this
region and has served to attract
renewed attention to the western
part of the district. President Her.
man Zadig is expected to arrive in
Goldfeld with:1 the next few days
to inspect the Silver Pick property.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

fit, but with flotation it will be pos
sible to secure a profit from the
treatment of ores of every character
found here, even of low grade.
1t is not generally realized that
the Consolidated company's mill
was designed originally to treat 500
tons of ore daily. The tonnage was
gradually increased, through inn
provements worked out in a large
measure by Manager Hutchinson but
without enlarging the crushing capa-
city, until the average treated dur
ing the entire year 1915 was 1850
tons daily.
An important adjunct to the big
plant is the concentrate treatment
plant, designed and perfected in
its operation by Mr.. Hutchinson.
This plant does away with the
heavy cost of shipping concentrate
to- the smelters and reduces the en-
tire product to bars of gold bull
lien.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
CON. MINE
IN FINE CONDITION
SHIPMENT OF BETTER GRADE
ORE YIELDS EXCELLENT
RETURNS

A carload of high-grade ore was
shipped lately from the Pioneer Con-
solidated mine to the local sampler
of the Western Ore Purchasing COM
pany, and reports state that the re-
turns were gratifying. The ore was
divided into two lots, the better
grade yielding nearly six ounces
gold per ton. A powerful motor has
been installed in the shaft house at
the mine and the compressor is now
driven by electric power. The mill
is operating successfully and is
more than paying for the large
amount of development work i'll
progress.
High-grade panningG have been
obtained in sampling the ore expos
ed in new stope on the 150-foot
level and excellent results have been
obtained in the recent work on the
deeper levels of the mine.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

One of the richest discoveries re-
corded in the history of the Horn
silver district has been made in
the workings of the Hardwick Reid
lease, on the Orlean property and
near the boundaries of the Silver
King and Great Western proper
ties The ore was exposed by a
drift, extended to the west on the
1OO-foot level from the old Orlean
shaft, now being used by the les
sees. In the last 40 feet the high
grade ore has widened from one TO
three feet, averaging around $50
per ton, and with foot-wall seam
several inches wide that yields as
says up to 100 ounces silver and
five ounces gold
Howard Hardwick and w. A.
Reid secured lease on the west
ern part of the Orlean property
some time ago and later obtained
under lease an adjoining block Of
ground on the Silver King, owned
by the Horn Silver Mining company
and covering the same vein system.
In this vein, a short distance far
ther east, the ]. w. Dunfee lease
has exposed large tonnage of ship
ping ore on all levels down to the
4OO-foot point.
A substantial production of high
grade ore is now assured from
this territory. Hardwick and Reid
already have started to ship and
have several carloads of ore ready
for the trucks. On the Dunfee lease
the ore-bins are full and chutes
underground are congested with
shipping ore, which has been broken
faster than it is possible to ship
it. The mine now enjoys the dis
tinction of being compelled to sus-
pend mining operations owing 20
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

and having capacity of 1000 tons
daily, will be in full operation with
in few days, and it's beginning
will mark a new era of production
in the life of the Consolidated COM
pany. which has established rec
ord that has no parallel in American
mining annals. With a 100-stamp
mill designed to treat 900 tons
daily, the company has actually
treated during the past year an
average of 1850 tons daily and dur
ing it's productive life has paid divi-
dends amounting to $29, 900.
This has been accompli he'd without
touching the large reserves of cop
per-bearing ores, found on the deep
er levels of the mines, excepting for
a relatively small quantity that has
been shipped to smelters for treat
ment. With the flotation process
available, this deep-level ore can be
treated at low cost and with high
extraction of the metallic contents. 1t
is predicted that the company'S
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
SHAFT GOING DOWN
At MOUNT JACKSON
TOR CLARK PROGRESSING
ON REA GROUP

In the Mount Jackson Cuprite
district sinking is in progress on
the Tom Rea property, which is
being developed under option by
men in the employ of Ex-senator
W. A. Clark of Montana. The shaft
has reached a depth of about 800
feet, at which point it was planned
originally to start lateral Work.
but it is probable that sinking will
continue for an additional so or
60 feet, in order that the vein
may be explored we'll below the
permanent water level, in the sui
phide zone.
Copper ore of good grade has
been opened on property adjoining
the Rea group on the southwest,
while there is an excellent surface
showing on the property adjoining
the latter and owned by a group of
Goldfield men. who have lately in
corporated their holdings.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

to $50 per ton, and near this is
another II feet of $17 ore.
Jumbo Extension
The directors of the Jumbo EX-
tension company met during the
week and decided to pass the divi-
dend, as the cash reserve and value
of ore in transit were not sufficient
to justify a dividend without impair
ing the reserve. 1t has been the
policy of the directors to maintain
a cash balance in the treasury of at
least 100000, and it is the inten-
tiOn of the company to purchase an
other producing property, in order
to perpetuate the corporation. 1t is
said that the company has. certain
properties in view, which will be
examined and sampled by the COM
panys consulting engineer and vice
president, Mr.. j. X. Turner, with a
view to acquiring property of es-
tablished worth. The mine is said
to be in good condition with encour-
aging indications in the newly open
ed territory in the Velvet claim and
further possibilities below the pres
ent deepest levels.
Goldfeld Great Bend
The sensation of the week has
been the Great Bend mine, where
seams of bonanza ore have been
found on both walls of six-foOt
vein, exposed in driving to connect
the vertical shaft with the bottom
or 300-foot level of the incline shaft.
Assays ranging up to $1,000 per ton
have been obtained from these
seams, and the vein, while it does
not show any large bodies of ship
ping ore, contains much low-grade
material that can be treated profit
ably on the ground. Tests are be-
ing made by flotation and it is pos
sible that equipment for this pro-
cess will be installed in the mill on
the Great Bend property. The ore
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

earnings will henceforth show ma
terial increase.
Florence Goldfield
The enlarged flotation plant is
now in operation and for the pres
ent will have capacity of about
200 tons daily, effecting an eX-
traction of at least 92 per cent of
the gold and 80 per cent of the cop
per in the ore. The mine is in
better condition than for long
time past, with high-grade shipping
ore exposed in considerable quantity
on and above the 530-foot level and
large tonnage of lower grade ma
terial that will return substantial
profit when treated by flOtatiOn. In
the southern workings on the $50
foot level, in the foot-wall of the
old Rodgers lease slopes, the recent
work has shown four feet of $50 ore,
while at point 80 feet above this
the ore is from two and one-half to
three feet wide and assays from $40
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
LONE STAR CON.
DRIVES IN VEIN
DRIFT APPEARS TO BE NEAR
ING ORE-SHOOT ON
FOOT-WALL

Development work on the 225-
foot level of the Lone Star Con-
solidated property is progressing at
satisfactory rate, in exceedingly
hard rock, and is apparently near
ing the foot-wall of the great vein
or dixie in which ore of high ship
ping grade was found by lessees in
the early days of the camps ac-
tivities. The rich orebOdy, which
netted the lease operators a con-
siderable sum of money, was found
on the foot-wall side of the vein
but was not followed below depth
OF about 180 feet.
Starting from the Nelligan shaft,
superintendent Emory Arnold has
been driving in southwesterly ji-
rection, diagonally through the big
dixie and toward the point where
the drift should cut the extension
of the ore-shoot exposed above. The
dixie is shown to be far wider at
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
FLORENCE SHOWS
H|GH-GRAOE ORE
GOOD SHOWING IN ROGERS
LEASE GROUND ON $50
LEVEL

Conditions in the Florence Gold
field mine are reported better than
for a long time past, with ore Of
excellent shipping grade exposed
in the southern workings and a
large tonnage of mill ore than will
yield large profits under treatment
by flotation. There is now every
assurance that the company's earn
ings will in the future attain sub
stantial figures.
Superintendent H. B. Clapp re-
ports a discovery of great impor-
tance on the 530-foot level, in the
foot-wall of the old Rogers-Syndi-
where the ore was cut on this
level it shows four feet of ma
terial containing about $25 gold
per ton and sufficient copper ani
silver to make the product worth
$50 per ton.
Thirty feet above this point the
ore, from two and one-half TO
three feet in width, has been yielding
assays of from $40 to $50 per ton,
while near this point the work has
exposed ore for a width of II feet
and averaging around SIT per ton.
Large quantities of lower grade ore
have been exposed at other points
III the mine The flotation plant is
now in operation and for the present
will have a capacity of 200 tons
daily
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
.H0RNS|LVER Discovery
IS EXCEEDINGLY RICH

plethora of ore, and Lessee Dun
fee is improving the opportunity for
a lay-off by spending a few weeks
at Long Beach. Cal
Low mining costs are indica ted
by the fact that recently one miner,
in a single shift, raised 16 feet and
broke A tons of ore. The ore is
soft and easily broken and is
easily handled, both in the mine
and in shipping. The product is
transported to the shipping point
at Stonewall siding by auto trucks,
over a road that is nearly as flat
as billiard table.
The Horn Silver Mining company
has completed the work of Install
ing 40-horsepower hoist and is
the lower levels of the mine and
to sink the main shaft for a con-
siderable distance below it's present
depth of $40 feet. During the
past three months the work has
been confined chiefly to the 100
foot level, where 600 feet of work,
consisting of drifts, cross-cuts and
raises, has exposed large quantities
of milling ore. together with some
of shipping grade.
Several other veins of good pro-
mise, which will eventually be work.
ed through the main shaft, have been
prospected at verying depths
and pay ore has been min
ed to the amount of several
carloads. Tim Connolly of Goldfie- d
is opening ore of good grade in a
drift in the Grand Central pro-
perty, owned by the d. Mackenzie
interests. Several other properties
in the district give promise of a
substantial production with further
development
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
ORE Of HIGH GRADE IS FOUND
IN WORKINGS OF GREAT BEND

Results of development work in
the Goldfield Great Bend property
during the past week have been such
as to afford gl eat encouragement, as
the seams of rich ore have been fol-
lowed for considerable distances by
the drift to the east and by a raise
and winze from this drift. The
question of whether there is any
considerable volume of his rich ore
will he solved in the near future by
extending drifts along the vein from
both the raise and the winze, as this
method will serve to block out the
ore between three levels.
Many sensational assays have
been obtained in sampling the vein,
the company's assay sheet one day
late this week showing four assays
as follows: Car sample, 2.72 OF.
gold and 1.3S OF. silver; 14-inch
seam in cross-cut, 2S.42 OF. gold
and 31.3S OF silver; car sample,
1.26 OF. gold and GA OF. silver; plat
sample, 1.52 OF. gold and AS OF.
silver.
The high-grade material appears
in seams on both the foot-wall and
hangingwall of the vein, which is
six feet wide and the filling of which
consists in large part of good mill
ore. Tests are now being made to
determine the possibilities of treating
this ore by flotation and if these
tests indicate that the product can
be treated profitably by this pro-
cess, the Great Bend company's mill
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
GRANDMA SHAFT
IS BEING SUNK
NEW SURFACE EQUIPMENT
WILL PERMIT OF NsAKING
GOOD HEADWAY

Equipped with one of the most
substantial head-frames in the Gold
field district and with it's 40-horse-
power electric hoist in operation,
the Grandma Consolidated company
is now sinking rapidly, with the
prospect of cutting the main Grand
ma-Spearhead vein at depth of
about $50 feet. The new head
frame is counterpart of that in
stalled some time ago at the Velvet
shaft of the Jumbo Extension and
the hosting plant is housed in the
building purchased from the ke-
wanas company
Prospects for opening pay ore in
the Grandma property are regarded
by good authorities as in every way
encouraging. The main vein is well
defined and of large size, extending
in a northerly course, in line par
allel with the west side-line and hav-
ing it's apex we'll within Grandma
territory. The vein has been opened
by surface trenching at many points
over a long distance.
Some ore of good grade was found
in lease workings at at depth of
about $50 feet, farther to the south,
on the Spearhead property. Drifts
will be extended on the vein as soon
as it is penetrated by the shaft, and
Consulting Engineer j. X. Turner
is confident that good results will
be obtained in this work
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
SULPHUR SHIPMENTS TO
BE STARTED AT ONCE

Native sulphur is being mined III
large quantity in the Cuprite dis.
trict, IA miles south of Goldfield, by
the Los Angeles Sulphur company,
and shipments will begin early in
the coming week Manager A. w.
l.. Dunn has engaged teams to haul
the product to the railroad spur, p
short distance from the mine, and
has a force of men developing the
large deposits of sulphur, which is
uniformly of high grade Edgar
Baruch, president of the company
and a chemical engineer of high
standing, is expected to reach Gold
field within a day or two and will
Inspect the property at Cuprite.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
CRACKER JACK DRIFT
CONTINUES IN QUARTZ

On the 12O-foot level of the
Cracker Jack the south drift from
the east cross-cut, opened from the
main shaft on the Adams grouud,
continues in quartz yielding as
saws, from car samples, of 81 70
81 per ton Material of similar
value is exposed in the raise above
this level, while uniformly lower
assays have come from the north
drift, also following the foot-wall
of the Columbia Mountain fault vein.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
JUMBO EX. PLAN
FOR EXP ANS|ON
DIVIDEND IL PASSED IN ORDER
TO MAINTAIN CASH
RESERVE

The directors of the Jumbo EV-
tension Mining company, met Wed
resday and after transacting routine
business adjourned without declar-
ing dividend. After the meeting
President Sprague gave out the
following statement:
The cash in bank and ore re-
rectors, do not warrant the payment
OF a dividend at this time. No
new commercial ore has been
opened in the mine for the past
six months and the ore production
has come entirely from the one
ore-shoot, first opened IS months
ago. The drain has been very heavy
and the end of the productive life
of the mine is rot remote, unless
further development discloses new
orebodies.
Engineer Turner's plan of de-
velopment will require at least
100000. 1t is also the purpose
OF the company, in order to per-
petuate the corporation, to acquil
a new producing property. One
year ago. having the present con-
tingencies in view, the directors
adopted a policy of keeping on hand
a reserve of 100000 and distri-
buting only the surplus cash and
ore in transit in dividends when
the necessary amount accrued.
''The cash in hand and ore in
transit do not permit of the distri-
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
BIG FL0TAT|ON PLANT
RESUMES WORK MONDAY

With a capacity of 1000 tons
daily, the 10O-stamp mill of the
Goldfeld Consolidated Mines COM
pany, converted in it's entirety from
cyanide to the flotation process,
will resume operations on Mon
day, after having been closed down
for several days in order to effect
the change. The plant now in
cludes the most approved and eff
cacious equipment used in flota-
ton, employing the Callow pneu-
matte system.
or 500-ton unit, has been operating
successfully and obtaining a high
extraction; approximately 90 per
cent of the gold and 80 per cent of
the copper content of the, ore. Tests
were conducted by Manager J. w.
Hutchinson and his assistants dur
ing a period of several months with
a 50-ton experimental plant, finally
establishing beyond question the
efficacy of the process in the treaG-
ment of the company's ores.
The primary Importance of the
successful application of the pro-
cess here lies in it's effectiveness as
a means of recovering both the
base and precious metals, at a rela-
lively low cost. Heretofore copper
bearing ore, other than high-grade
could not be marketed at pro-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
WORK ON 500 LEVEL
OF ORC PROGRESSING g

Work is in progress on the 500
foot level of the Goldfield Orc pro-
perty, but has been impeded of late
BY necessary repairs to timbers,
which have been displaced by swell
ing ground. The drift on the deep
est level will continue in material
which contains seams of good ore.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

A pump of large capacity is be-
ing installed in the new pump sta
ton in the main shaft of the Sill
yer Pick Consolidated and sink
ing will at once proceed at the same
rapid rate accomplished recently.
1t is announced by the management
that the company will sink this
shaft an additional 200 feet, beyond
the point decided upon some time
ago, or to a total depth from the
surface of about 1900 feet.
This decision has been reached as
a result of the fact that the Calyx
drill, operating from the 500-fcot
level and at point some $50 feet
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
SANDSTORM ADVANCES
DRIFT ON RICH VEIN

: The south drift on the 350-foot
level of the Sandstorm-Kendall is
progressing toward the point where
it should cut the Ore-shoot from
which early lessees took fortune
in high-grade ore above the 65-foot
level
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

stalling the necessary equipment.
a considerable quantity of good mill
ore has been exposed in this work
and at other points in the mine.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-26

words on your ballot. that ballot Viii
be counted as fovoring the amend
ment. All other propositions 10 be
voted on will have squares for yes
and mo" as usual. The reason for
the difference is very plain The pro
motcrs Of this substitute for the
grandfather law expect to get for the
measure not only the votes of those
who favor the measure. but Of all the
Improperly marked ballots and all
those which are not marked at all.
SO the voters cannot dodge this ques-
ton His vote is bound to count one
way or the other, no matter what his
wishes may De, and unless he votes
exactly right it will Doe counted in IA
vor of the amendment This is a
mean trick. Of course and desper-
ate one but perhaps it may have a
comp, nsation in training the voter to
be more careful how he votes
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-26
TIRED or POOLING.

As The world predicted, the soldier
and beginning TO ASK embarrassing
questions. As long as there was
prospect that their services would he
needed TO uphold the honor of the
flag and do battle for the protection
OF their fellow-citizens, they were
ready to go into the fray with stout
hearts and cheerful bravery. What
they cannot understand is why the
president is calling for all this sacri-
flee of home and friends and business
on their part at the same time that he
Is evidently determined to do any
thing else rather than to right the
wrongs that have been committed
AGAINST MS. As long as they could be
persuaded that their going was an act
of patriotic duty, they were ready for
any trial or hardship to accomplish
that duty; but II all this cbullition OF
patriotic fervor is only part of a
scheme TO make the nation pay for
the whims of one man ana aid him IN
his political ambitions, they will fee
like rosiening and coming home. \
great many of them are coming back
anyway, because congress has failed
to make any provision for their fam
tiles and forced the secretary Of Wal
to offer release TO those on whom
other people were dependent Thi
; attempted mobilization of an Amuri
can citizen army has doubtless had {
good effect in convincing the MeM
cans that we meant business after all
vet the moral effect upon those brav
boys who have left everything at thei
'country's call only to find themselrc
/ made the puppets in n political in
trigmc will bc decidedly bad. Th
'prcsdent h9d better find some wa
, to keep the boys down on the borde
p 'tn after election, else they might al
fvote against him to express their re
sentiment at being played With.