The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-04
AGREEMENT 10
EXPEDITE WORK
ROCHESTER, PROPERTIES To
HAVE ACCESS TO WORK
INGS OF NEIGHBORS

Joseph F. Mcneil returned to Ro-
chester yesterday to start important
work in the Mcneil Crown Point
OF which he is president and man
ager. Mr.. Mcneil was in Reno Fri
day and Saturday of last week con-
ferring with President II. G. Hum
phrey and other directors of the
Rochester Merger Mines company,
under agreement with whom he
will operate through the Pitt tunnel
OF that company as published in the
Gazette on Saturday.
This agreement between the Mem
eel Crown Point and Rochester Mer-
ger companies will directly benefit
the town of Rochester, al hereafter
practically all the work will be
done fro mthe west side of the hill
and all supplies for the mine will
come in from the town instead of
being hauled by wagon over the
"high-line" from the station of Mem
eel. And the change may result in
the company's mill being built on
the west side of the hill, though
that is only a guess.
The east side of Nenzel hill, on
which the Crown Point shaft is To-
Gated, is highly mineralized and has
a number of veins of ore, of which
Nenzel Crown Point workings have
cut 20. The deepest workings are
200 feet from the collar of the shaft
which is some distance below the
apex of the hill. Coming in from
the west side through the Pitt tun-
mel the Crown Point will get several
hundred feet of depth below the
top of the hill, and also much great
CT depth that the present shaft work
ings. The Pitt tunnel is within 800
feet of the dividing line.
I'VE are going to start a cross-cut
from the Pitt tunnel without delay"
said Mr.. Nenzel, land push it clear
through Nenzel hill. There are in
dications that several of the veins
We have cut in our west cross-cut
on the 107-foot level have their ORR
gin in one large ore-bearing fissure
somewhere below, and this cross-cut
will reveal the true condition and
We believe will open some large
bodies of ore.
"Our shaft workings will be con-
nected with this cross-cut eventually
and the ore already blocked out
above this level will use 1t as an
outlet. This work will be vigor-
ously prosecuted with machine drills
and three shifts of men. BY the
time spring rolls round we expect
to be ready to consider plans for
our mill"
The report of the agreement be-
tween the two companies led to ru-
mors Of a consolidation of interests.
These reports are denied by officials
of both companies, however, and the
agreement, they said, was merely
one of convenience for the Nenzel
Crown Point. The companies on
Nenzel hill are working under ar
rangements which permit them to
use each others tunnels and under
ground workings, which is greatly
to the advantage of all concerned.
c. H. Mcintosh, secretary of the
Rochester Merger, and original
owner of the ground comprising the
company's big estate, states that
Clyde A. Heller, president and man
aeer of the great Belmont Develop
ment company of Tonopah, has pur-
chased a substantial stock interest
in the Merger and has beer elected
first vice-president of that company.
Mr.. Heller's membership on the
board of directors will give the ON
pany the proper hall mark in eastern
financial circles, where he is in high
repute.-Reno Gazette.