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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
GRANDMA SHAFT
At GOOD POINT
AIR DRILLS MAKING GOOD
PROGRESS IN SINKING
TO SHALE

Satisfactory progress is being
made in sinking the main shaft Of
the Grandma Consolidated Mines
company, near the center of the
Grandma claim, and a depth Of
about $40 feet has now been at
tanned. 1t is apparent that the big
vein, which has it's apex to the west
of the shaft and within the boun-
daries of the Grandma property, has
Strengthened nearly to the vertical
at depth, as its dip near the surface
indicated that it should have been
cut by the shaft before this time.
Lately the shaft has progressed in
rather soft, highly oxidized ma
terial, dark purple in color and in
dicative of near proximity to an ore
channel, but the shaft is again
showing the gray andesite of this
part of the district, with little min
eralization. The same vein, short
distance to the south, has been
prospected to some extent in Spear
head ground. just over the boundary
line, dt uepIHS VI IoO dHu foV lCot,
and some ore of high grade was
found at the former level.
In view of the fact that the shale
is found to crop at the surface on
Vindicator mountain, east Of the
Grandma, and that the dip of the
shale's bedding plane in this terri
tory is to the west, it is deemed
probable Il at the veins, appearing
to dip to the east at the surface, as
they do in all the territory west of
here, are Influenced by the shale
and underlying formations and that
they turn sharply downward or back
to the west at depth. Evidence of
this condition has been found in the
work of the Spearhead company, at
a depth of 90 feet, a short distance
south of the Grandma workings,
where the general dip of the con-
tact zone and of the deeper vein
formations is all to the west.
The fact that the vein has not yet
been cut in the Grandma shaft af-
fords no ground for discouragement,
but on the other hand indicates that
the point of contact between this
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is
EXPLORING
CONTACT
REPORT OF MANAGER SHOWS
PROPERTY IN EXCELLENT
CONDITION

An interesting report on condi-
tions in the Kewanas mine was pre-
pared recently by Manager A. l. D.
Arcy and has been forwarded to the
stockholders. Since this report was
issued development work has con-
tinued along the lines described,
with results that are altogether
satisfactory and that promise to
place the mine in the first rank
of producers of the Goldfield dis
trict in the near future.
While a considerable quantity of
pay ore is now in sight in the work
ings at a depth of $40 feet, the
management does not deem it good
policy to attempt any regular pro-
duction until additional develop
ment work shall have been COM
pleted, to connect up to the pre-
sent workings and afford a more
direct outlet for the ore The south
drift from the east cross-cut, in the
northern part of the property, has
been following ore of shipping grade
ana OF good width Tor distance or
over 100 feet, but this ore has been
reached by circuitous workings and
it will require the driving of con-
Meeting cross-cuts to effect an eco
nomical extraction.
The report of Manager Darcy is
as follows:
Operations on the property of the
Reorganized Kewanas Mining COM
pany, since the last report, dated
Oct. 26th, 1916, have been con-
fined to exploration of the north
end of Kewana No. 2 claim on the
840-foot level and the starting of
an east cross-cut from a point south
of our winZe to encounter the ex-
tension of an Ore-shoot the Jumbo
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
CRACKER JACKS
WORK ADVANCED
LONG EAST CROSS-CUT Is NEAR
ING JUNCTION OF TWO
VEINS

With working force of % min
ers and with equipment of the most
efficient type the Cracker Jack Min
ing company is developing it's ground
in thorough manner and will soon
reach most important point in it's
operations. The east cross-cut on the
320foot level has been advanced
500 feet from the main shaft and
within a short distance is expected to
penetrate the main Columbia Noun
tain fault vein at q point where it
forms a junction with the Rabbit
Trail vein.
At the surface these veins crop
at some distance apart, but the for
mer vein dips at a rather flat an
gle, while the latter stands much
nearer the vertical and a close study
of the geology of this territory has
led to the conclusion that the two
veins will be found to unite at about
the depth of the cross-cut.
Farther south, the big fault vein
forms the principal ore-channel Of
the Goldield district and neither
vein has been prospected at depth
in this northern territory, although
substantial tonnage of good mill
ore has been exposed in the fault
vein, above the 120-foot level of the
Cracker Jack property
For a period of nearly three
months and a half the work of the
Cracker Jack company was practic-
ally at a standstill, as a result of the
driving the cross-cut on the 320-foot
level. Pumps and motors at this
level were drowned and it was neces-
sary to unwater the mine and to do
a considerable amount of retimber-
ing.
With this work completed, the
management installed powerful
walking beam pump, which is oper-
ated from the surface and which will
remove all possibility of future trou-
BILE from water All efforts are now
being devoted to advancing the
work on the 320-foot level and the
east cross-cut has been progressing
in highly silicified. oxidized ma
terial, containing seams of ore that
have assayed as high as $40 per ton.
With the excellent showing of me-
dunn grade ore on the 120-foot lev
ell, it is felt that good results should
follow the opening of the great lode
at the 320-foot level.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
JUMBO JUNIOR
SHIPS CARLOAD
Is SENT TO w. o. p.
SAMPLER

A carload of smelling ore of ex-
cellent grade is being shipped by the
Jumbo Junior Mining company and
from the present appearance of the
mine workings this will be follow
ed by a number of shipments that
will yield a substantial profit. The
ore was discovered in the drift on
the SSOfoot level. extended into
Jumbo Junior territory from the
Velvet shaft of the Jumbo Exten-
sion, adjoining on the west.
An agreement was concluded re-
has secured under lease block of
ground 600 by $50 feet in extent,
covering the southern extremity of
the Kawanas property, which ad-
joins the ground of the former COM
pany on the north, and the develop
ment work of the Jumbo Junior is
now progressing in the leased ter
ritory, following the hanging wall
side of the big vein, and is show
ing good ore.
The point at which the high-grade
ore was discovered is near the Jum-
bo Extension boundary and an in
cline raise. following up the dip
of the vein, has been driven back
into the latter company's ground,
where a drift from the raise is now
showing 1S inches of ore that has
been assaying up to $500 per ton.
Beyond the northern boundary of
the Junior, in Kewanas territory,
the drift has pursued a course far
ther toward the center of the vein
but is now being turned back to
reach the true hanging wall, where
the best ore has been found.
With the favorable showing on
the SS0-foot level, it is the opinion
of the men directing this work that
the vein holds important possibili-
ties in Jumbo Junior ground below
this level, and steps will be taken
later to prospect the vein at greater
depth, by extending into this ground
one of the deeper levels of the ad-
joining Velvet mine of the Jumbo
Extension.
A winze was sunk for a short
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SANDSTONE HAS
SEAMS OF ORE
DRIFTS ARE BEING DRIVEN
FROM RAISE ABOVE
35O-FOOT LEVEL

Development work continues
without interruption on the Sand
storm-Kendall Consolidated prop
erty, where drifts are being extend
ed on the vein from a vertical raise
that was driven from the south
drift on the 350-foot level. The
raise has been extended above these
drifts, on the incline of the vein,
and later will be continued to con-
meet with the old slopes of the Lof-
tus-Davis lease. 1t has been the
plan of the management, however,
to do some prospecting in the vein
at this depth before proceeding with
the raise.
Many seams of good ore have
been exposed in the progress of
this work and while pay ore has
not been exposed in commercial
quantity, the character of the veins
in the Sandstorm, and former pro-
duction from these veins, stimulates
the hope that larger deposits may
be found in driving and exploring
the walls.
Ore of fairly good grade was still
in sight in the bottom Of the old
lease workings when work was sus-
pended upon the expiration of the
lease and it is believed that the bot
tom of this ore had not been reach
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
RED HILL PLANT
NOW INSTALLED
LY WITH LARGE FORCE
OF MINERS

A 60-horsepower, double-drum,
electric hosting engine is being in
stalled at the collar of the deep
shaft of the Red Hill Florence COM
pany; the new compressor will be
in operation within a few days, a
massive head-frame has been erect
ed over the shaft and timbering has
been completed to the 5OO-foot level
and will now be continued to the
S00-foot point. A working force
of over 20 men is employed, in
three shifts, in clearing out and
timbering the old workings on the
500-foot level and drifts will be
advancing on the vein in a few
days.
When work was resumed by the
new company, which is a merger of
the old Florence American and Red
Hill companies, the mine workings
had been neglected for several
years and had fallen into a condi-
tion requiring much work in tim
bering and catching up caved
ground. Rapid progress has been
made in this work, under the super
vision of Manager H. G. Mcmahon,
and the point has now been reached
where development work will pro-
ceed vigorously in territory of ex-
cellent promise.
In starting it's development work
the new company has the advant-
age of three-compartment shaft,
sunk to a depth of over 500 feet
and which has been pronounced one
of the best shafts in the district
Levels had been opened and work
ing stations prepared and timbered
on the 500, 500, 700 and 8OO-foot
levels, but only on the 500-foot
level had development work under
the old company's regime advanced
to the point of cutting any of the
veins of this region.
On this level a cross-cut to the
northwest penetrated the main
Florence vein, showing it to be
fully 20 feet wide, and exposed
some small seams of high-grade
ore, but work was suspended at this
point and the vein was never eXplor-
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BONANZA ORE
SHOWING IN
JUMBO
BOTH LOCAL AND COPPER
MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES RE-
CORD IMPROVEMENT

Eighteen inches of high-grade
ore, yielding assays up to more
than $500 per ton, is now showing
in the new drift above the 880-foot
level of the Jumbo Extension mine.
This drift is being extended from
an incline raise that was driven
back into the Velvet claim of the
Jumbo Extension from the workings
of the adjoining Jumbo Junior,
where the rich ore-shoot was dis
covered and where carload of
shipping ore has been broken lately
by the latter company
In extending the drift along the
hanging wall of the big vein, the
leaving the waste and ore of lower
grade to be handled in the future,
and Forthcoming shipments from
this part of the mine are expected
to make substantial returns. The
ore thus far extracted has been re-
covered in development work and
no stoping has been done. There
are good prospects of substantial
tonnage of shipping ore of exceed
ingly high grade from this deposit
and a large area of stopping backs
is offered above this point.
Far to the west and in the north
western corner of the Velvet claim,
a raise is being driven from the
foot-wall drift on the 770-foot level,
prosecuting the vein on an in
cline to the east, for the purpose of
picking up the bonanza ore-shoot
exposed by the Goldfield Console
dated Mines company, in the strip
of ground leased from the Jumbo
Extension company. This raise is
apparently nearing the hanging
wall, at which side the rich ore
was found by the Consolidated at
a depth of about 700 feet.
In extending an intermediate
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
BLUE BULL IN
NEW TERRITORY
PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED TO En-
PLORE BLOCK WORKED
BY SIMMERONE

After a period of many months,
in which development work has
been going forward persistently and
quietly, with no great measure of
encouragement from the results OBJ
tanned, the ReorganiZed Blue Bull
Mining company now appears to be
nearing the point where success
will be realized. Development work
has been confined to the 700-foot
level, where an east cross-cut has
been advanced several hundred feet
and has exposed several strong veins
continuing low-grade ore, with oc-
casional seams of commercial
value.
Plans of the company, outlined
in the report of Manager Darcy, to
explore the territory formerly work
ed under lease by the Simmerone
company, are of particular interest,
as ore of excellent grade was found
here. 1t is the general opinion that
only the exhaustion of its working
funds prevented the Simmerone
from opening producer of some
importance at this point. Ore of
bonanza grade was mined near this
territory in the early days of the
camp. Manager D'Arcy's report,
just issued, is as follows:
Since the last statement, dated
September 1S, 1916, exploration
work on the property of the Re-
organized Blue Bull Mining COM
pany has been carried forward by
advancing the main east cross-cut
on the 7O0-foot level from the Hat
shaft. The purpose of this cross-cut
has been to intercept a series of
veins on their dip, and the cross-cut
has disclosed several of these veins,
but samples taken from the veins
have not shown values of any con-
sequence.
This cross-cut will be continued
for while longer, or until this
portion of the property has been
thoroughly prospected for valuable
ore bodies.
On the first of May, 1916, lease
was granted to the New Goldfield
Simmerone Mining company upon a
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tension property is virgin ground
and offers possibilities of wide areas
of stopping backs above the point of
discovery. Near the western bound
airy of the Velvet claim a raise is
being driven from the 770-foOt level,
through the vein and to the hanging
wall, to prospect for the continue
tion of the rich ore-shoot opened on
the same wall and above this point
by the Consolidated Mines company,
in the ground under lease. Late re-
ports from the Copper Mountain
property, upon which the Jumbo Ex-
tension has a working option, indi-
cate that the company is opening a
big copper mine at that point and
that the property will prove an as
set of great value.
ReOrganiZed Kewanas
Ore of shipping grade has been
exposed continuously in the south
drift on the S40-foot level for a dis
tance of over 100 feet, in addition to
some high grade ore in the incline
raise above this level Throughout
the long drifts that have followed
the shale contact zone, large quanti-
ties of lower grade ore have been eX-
posed, of a character and average
value insuring substantial profits to
the company whenever facilities are
made available for treating this
product by flotatiOn report has
been issued lately by the manage
ment, showing that the property is
in excellent condition and stating
that any slight improvement will en-
able the company to begin producing
at good profit.
Jumbo Junior
A carload of high-grade ore has
been shipped from the Jumbo Junior
during the week and there are good
prospects of further steady produc-
tion from the orebody opened on
boundary Some of the ore broken
lere has returned exceedingly high
assays in gold and copper. The vein
is lew being followed to the north,
into the fdjoining Kewanas property,
the southern part of which has been
leased to the Jumbo Junior COM
pany
Great Bend
Slopes on the 160 and 300-foot
levels Of the Great Bend are pro-
drcing Gre of good average grade,
which is beng shipped regularly TO
the smelter for treatment. Returns
from the last several carloads
shipped have averaged around $50
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
MERGER OPENS
1350-FT. LEVEL
NEW WORK is STARTED TO EN-
PIORE SHALE CONTACT
ZONE

Work is now in progress in the
property of the Goldfield Merger
Mines company calculated to
arouse renewed interest in that COM
pany's operations, as it will serve
to prospect territory that has al
ways been regarded as holding i'm
portant possibilities. Manager
Willis Lawrence has started work
from the main st. Ives shaft, at
depth of 1850 feet, and is driving
in a northerly direction from the
long crosscut that connects the
Merger workings with the Grizzly
Bear shaft of the Goldfield Consoli-
dated, adjoining on the west.
This work has as it's object the
exploration of the shale contact
zone and is now being extended
into the shale, to seek fissures OF
ore similar to those that have been
we'll within the shale.
When this cross-cut was driven to
connect the two shafts some seams
and small bodies of pay ore were
found and some prospecting was
done on this level, but this work
was of limited scope and was with
out the benefit of knowledge gain
ed in later development, regarding
the conditions and manner of ore
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REVIEW OF mining OPERATIONS IN GOLDF|ELD District

with prospects that the mine will
supply a large tonnage of ore of this
character. AS soon as arrangements
are completed for disposing of con-
centrate, Manager Darcy will be-
gin shipping 100 tons daily to the
fotation plant of the Goldfield Con-
solidated company. Ore that con-
tains gold and copper, averaging in
value around $17 per ton and an
ideal product for flotation, is block
ed out in the mine in great volume.
The company is now out of debt and
is accumulating substantial cash
balance, which will be largely aug
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12
Atlanta Mines Co.

Shipments of smelling ore of good
grade continue to go forward to the
Western Ore Purchasing company's
sampler at the rate OF 80 tons daily,
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mented when ore is sent to the tiOta
ton plant.
Jumbo Extension
Some of the richest ore ever
found in this bonanza territory is
now showing in drifts from the raise
Extension ground from the drift on
the 880-foot level of the adjoin-
ing Jumbo Junior. The north drift
is now showing Is inches of ore that
in places has yielded average assays
of $500 per ton and some assays up
to $3.50 per ton, in gold and cop
per. This part of the Jumbo Ex-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-12

The marked improvement in mine
conditions in Goldfield, which has
been apparent for several weeks
and which has been the cause of
much qualification in mining circles
generally, has been maintained up
10 the present time and several de-
velopments of the greatest moment
have been reported during the week
that has just closed. Mining men
here see promise of an early and
substantial growth in the volume Of
ore produced by Goldfield mines,
and new life is offered those proper
ties that contain only lOw-grade or
refractory ores, as result OF the
auccessful application of the oil flo
tation process here.
Developments of more than ordi-
nary interest have been recorded in
at least half dozen Goldfield
mines recently, and while all Of
these will not result in Immediate
production, every one is regarded as
significant and as pointing the way
to early success in the quest for pay
ore. Properties of more than 20
mining companies are being explor-
ed, either on company account or
by lessees, and this work is distrib-
uted over an area several miles In
extent. The next month will, ac-
cording to the plans of several COM
Ioi Wi
further expansion in the scope of
development work in this district.
GOldfield Consolidated
Recent reports issued by the man
agement of the Goldfield Consolidat-
ed indicate that high-grade ore is
still being broken at number of
points in the company's mines and
that the possibilities for opening
large deposits of smelling ore are
far from being exhausted. Rich ore
is being extracted from the ground
leased from the Jumbo Extension
Mining company, covering a block
extending along the western side of
the Paloverde claim and adjoining
the Clermont claim OF the Consoli-
dated. Gold-copper ore of excellent
grade is now coming from the low
er levels of the Laguna mine, while
the Mohawk, Combination and Cler-
mont mines are supplying their
quota for the reduction plant.
Atlanta Mines Co.
Shipments of smelling ore of good
grade continue to go forward to the
Western Ore Purchasing company's
sampler at the rate or 80 tons daily,
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
WHERE RATS ARE PROTECTED
In Copper Mines Of Michigan Rodsnts
Are Regarded as Preventors, Not
Carriers, Of Dlsease.

There are few places in the world
where rats are we'll thought of, but in
the copper mines Of Michigan there ro-
dents, so universally despised, aad
causing so much danger to health and
damage to property everywhere else,
are regarded differently. In the shafts
Of the copper mines hundreds Of feet
below the surface dwells species Of
rat that never sees the light Of day
and is held in high appreciation by
the miners. It is because these under
ground rodents are valuable to santa.
tion, preventers rather than carriers
Of disease. They indulge In no depre-
dations for the reason they exist with
in rockbound walls inclosing nothing
possible for animals such as they de-
stroy.
The rats are the scavengers Of the
mines. They keep the workings clear
Of refuse. They are protected by the
men; are often fed from dinner pals
and have become so accustomed to
the miners that they frisk about the
workers wholly unafiaid secure in the
apparent realization that, while else
where thcy ere hunted and slain as
enemies of mankind. underground they
are treated as allies and are immune
from harm.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-13
End View Of seIf-Feeder.

young hogs, and is useful device
where many hogs are to be fed. The
feeder shown in the illustration is SIM
pie in construction and may be made
in the farm workshop. At the left is
4 sketch with portions cut away, ex-
posing the interior construction. The
view at the right shows the end of
the feeder, with the right half cut
away to show the details of the franz
ing. No length is given, as this may be
varied to suit the individual needs.
The framework consists of sections
built up Of 2-by-4-inch material and
set on 1S-inch centers. Fixed to them,
Mt the bottom, are 2by-4-inch supports
for the ridge-shaped bottom of the
feed bin. The sections are feet high
to the upper side of the plate,
as shown in the sectional view, and
4 feet wide ut the top and bottom.
They are strongly braced, to resist the
pressure Of the contents, 2.by-4-inch
braces being used at the top and 1-by.
8inch braces at the apex of the bot.
tom Of the bin.
Tongue-and-groove stock is best
for the flooring and siding, as well as
the roof, and should not be over 6
inches wide. The flow of the feed
into the trough is regulated by an g.
inch board, 1 inch thick, fitted to slide