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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28

The cutting of the fifth station
from the White Caps working shaft
is proceeding and rounds are being
drilled both north and south. A
pump site is being started on the
horth side of the station.
The footage made during the
week is reported as follows: On the
third level the west DRIFT has been
advanced 10 feet, No. 3 cross-cut, .
feet, the east drift 20 feet. The
east drift face shows fractures in
the limestone with oxidized material.
The mine ore bins are being filled
at present and lateral development
work will be stopped for short
period to fill all the receiving bins
These bins will contain tonnage
of about 700 tons for the three
bins. The ore is being broken from
three raises at present from the
third level. No. 304 raise is up II
feet above the level, 301 raise is up
- feet above the level, 3O1 raise is
up IL feet, 800 raise is up four feet.
This last raise will contain the main
ore chute from this level. Ore VIII
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
VEIN CUT At
SOUTH ON
KEWANAS
NEW WORK OPENS TERRITORY
THAT PROMISES EXCEL
LENT RESULTS

The southern part of the Reor-
ganized Kewanas company's proper
ty is now being explored. both in
company operations and by the
Jumbo Junior company, which has
leased the extreme southern part,
adjoining it's own ground The Ke-
wanas is traversed at depth, for it's
entire length. by the main vein sys-
TEN or Ore-channel of the Goldfield
district and the geology or this ter
ritory is fully as interesting and
possessed of as great possibilities
as any in this region.
Development work at depth has
demonstrated that the great ore
channel or vein, at least on the
hanging wall side, comes in con-
tact with the shale in Kewanas ter
ritory, over a distance OF 1900 feet
OF more, and that this point of
contact, throughout this distance, is
at the lowest point of depression
of long valley in the shale's sur
face, extending in the same course
as the vein and deeper at the south.
This great vein, quartz mass. ore
channel or silicified zone. as it is
variously termed, is of great width
and dips to the east at an average
angle of not more than 35 degrees.
CrOss-cutS have been extended in
this zone for over 200 feet without
exposing either wall. At several
points fault displacement has been
of considerable extent and valuable
ore bodies have been found in close
association with some of the more
pronounced breaks in the vein.
Nearer the surface, in Consolidated
Mines company's territory the width
of the quartz zone on certain levels
is said to be nearly 400 feet.
A crOss-cut is now being driven
to the southeast in the southern
part of the Kewanas property, by
the kewanas company and is ira
versing the vein diagonally, for the
purpose of reaching the hanging
wall Here the vein is apparently
over 100 feet wide, but owing to
its flat dip the cross-cut may extend
for a considerably greater distance
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
RED HILL HAS
GOOD SHOWING
RAISES FROM 500 LEVEL EN-
POSE SEAMS OF GOOD
ORE

Development work of the Red
Hill Florence company is making
satisfactory progress at a depth of
500 feet and the results of recent
work in raises above this level are
said to be highly encouraging.
Three raises are HOW being driven
in the big Florence vein, two Of
them near the hanging wall and the
third near the center of the vein,
and all have strong seams of good
ore, while the showing is particular
ly good in one of the raises near
the hanging wall and good ASSAYS
are being obtained here.
The main shaft of the Red Hill
Florence company is 500 feet in
depth and working stations were
cut on the 500, 500, 700 and 500
foot levels. The shaft was retimber-
ed throughout to the 500-foot level
when the present company started
work and the property was equip
ped with one of the best surface
plants in The Goldfield district and
,
ground operations.
From the station on the 500-foot
level crOss-cut had been driven
in a northwesterly direction, pass
| ing through the vein diagonally and
showing the vein to be of great
width In the first work perform
ed here some seams of ore were ex-
posed from which high assays were
obtained. Work is being confined
to this level and to raises above it
for the present, by reason of the
fact that most of the high grade
Orebodies of the adjoining Florence
mine were found above the 500-foot
level and in the famous Rogers
worked up to the boundary line of
the Red Hill Florence, dipping east
from the latter ground.
The vein now being explored is
the main Florence vein, which has
produced millions of dollars worth
of high-grade ore in territory a
short distance to the north. The
vein has never been explored at
depth this far south and much in
terest attaches to this work, in view
of the similarity of the geology here
to that of the ground explored by
the Florence cOmpany's workings,
including identical conditions sur
rounding the occasional fault dis
placements in the vein. These faults
have been found in close proximity
to bonanza orebodies elsewhere and
three faults of this character have
been revealed in the new work of
the Red Hill company
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
CRACKER JACKS
ASSAYS BETTER
WIDE ZONE CONTAINING METALS
OPENED IN NEW DE-
VEIOPMENT


Developments of the past week
in the Cracker Jack company's
workings are declared to be of the
first importance and indicate that
the property has chance to be
placed upon a substantial producing
basis. The south drift from the
main east cross-cut on the 500
foot level, following a course near
the hanging wall of the big Column
bia Mountain fault vein, has ex-
posed ore of varying grade and ap-
parently in considerable volume,
containing gold and copper, with
some silver.
At the point where the fault vein
was penetrated by the cross-cut a
cross-fault was disclosed. The vein
at this depth has a rather flat
dip and the throw north of the
fault is to the west, causing the
flat vein to drop dover here than
at the south, although apparently
the displacement is not of great
extent In the faulted zone, which
is filled with crushed quartz and
kaolin, width of six feet was
shown to contain from 81 to $40
per ton gold. The cross-cut was
continued through this faulted area,
beyond the hanging wall of the
vein.
Near this hanging wall a drift
was started to the south and is
now in wide zone which appears
to be all ore. 1t is shown to De not
less than II feet wide at one point
and some of the assays taken from
the sampling of the entire mass have
run well up in the shipping grade
figures in gold and copper. At some
points there are seams of ore eX-
ceedingly rich in copper, while the
silver content is high in many sam
pies of the ore.
The discovery of pay ore at this
point is regarded as particularly
significant in view of the fact thar
large bodies of lower grade ore,
the greater part of which is of ex-
cellent milling grade, we're found
at corresponding point in the vein
on the 120-foot level.
The flat dip of the vein brings
the deeper discovery far to the east
of that on the upper level, the in
tervening distance on the vein. with
badly not less than 500 feet. The
east cross-cut is being continued to
reach the parallel Rabbit Trail vein
and apparently it is about to pene>
trate the latter vein.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
LONE STAR 5
PLANS ARE
FORMED
VIDE FUNDS FOR DEVEL-
OPMENT

AS the first step toward a con-
summation of plans for the re-
sumption at an early date of active
development work on the property
of the Lone Star Consolidated Mines
company, announcement has been
made that an assessment of two
cents per share has been levied up
on the outstanding stock of that
company, in order to raise funds
for this work. Notice has been
published and sent to the stock
holders that the assessments now
due and payable and will become
delinquent on September 1.
President Nathaniel II. Wheeler
of the Lone Star company has ad-
vised local stockholders and officers
that he will probably come here
late this month for the purpose of
completing all preparations for
starting work. He will then con-
suit with Tom w. Kendall, the COM
pany's local agent and one of it's
directors, upon future operating
plans. Mr.. Kendall has familarized
himself with the properly, from
every angle, and is we'll qualified
to supervise the company's future
operations.
The forthcoming assessment will
supply the company with ample
funds to conduct it's operations on
a liberal scale and it is probable
that the first work to be under
taken will be at point where good
assays were obtained some time ago
in prospecting a large and well-de-
fined vein at the surface. The
showing at this point, after careful
sampling, was pronounced by Di-
rector Kendall and others to be one
of the best that, has been revealed
in recent years in the Goldfield dis
trict.
The fact that the shale was found
at a depth of only 80 feet farther
to the west, and that it appears at
the surface not far away on Vim
dicatOr Mountain, supports the be-
lief that good results can be OBJ
tanned here at relatively little
depth.
The Lone Star property is the
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
GRANDMA SHAFT
NOW IN LATTE
PENETRATES FORMATION IN
WHICH GOOD OREBODIES
ARE FOUND

| At a depth of 43O feet the main
shaft of the Grandma Consolidated
company is apparently entering the
| latte, after having passed through
zone of altered andesite, above
which were found small intrusions
of broken shale. The appearance
of latte is regarded as somewhat
significant, as no dacite has been
observed in the course of sinking
and the andesite extends to consi-
derably greater depth than in terri
tory either to the west or east OF
the Grandma property.
The point at which this work is
being conducted is essentially virgin
ground, as no development work
has attained any appreciable depth
nearer than the Kewanas, adjoining
on the west, and the Spearhead,
adjoining on the south, and the
work of these companies does not
afford any definite guide to geolo-
gical conditions here, or at least not
until the shale contact zone has
been reached.
1t has become apparent that the
geology of this region is affected to
some extent by the west-dippins
shale and everything formations from
/ the Vindicator mountain side, but
no sufficiently we'll defined west
dipping vein has been exposed to
indicate that geological conditions
generally differ in marked degree
from those on the producing proper
! ties to the west and south. AT depth
of about go feet the shaft passed
through wide zone of silicified
material, much broken and carrying
only small quantities of metal of
value, apparently dipping east.
According to the present plans
of the company and of Consulting
Engineer J. X. Turner, sinking will
continue without interruption to
reach the shale contact zone, but
it is realized that the possibility
exists of opening an Ore-channel
here at any depth in the course of
sinking. The discovery of large
quantities of pay ore in the Ke-
wanas property, short distance to
the west and dipping toward the
Grandma, has aroused renewed in
company as well as confidence in
the successful outcome of it's pre-
sent work.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
H|GH-GRADE IN
JUMBO JUNIOR
SHIPPING ORE is BROKEN IN
GROUND LEASED FROM
KEWANAS

seam of ore two feet in width
and yielding average assays of SOL
per ton is showing in the new winze
of the Jumbo Junior, whch is being
sunk from the north drift on the
SS0-foot level, in territory now be-
ing developed under lease from The
kewanas and at a disLapco of about
100 feet from the northern boIhd
airy of the Junior property. Tl.is
ore is being broKe1 for 'h'Dment
and the winze will continue to fol-
low the dip of the ore-shoot, with
the object of exploring this part of
the vein.
In driving to the north on this
level, at a point some distance be-
yond the winZe and the nearby
raise, the drift exposed the big
fault which was known to exist
here and which has apparently
caused throw to the west of the
southern part of the vein "a.
considerable distance.
The extent of the fault displace-
ment is indicated by the fact that
the Kewanas company is cross-cutt-
ing the vein diagonally, to the
southeast, and without yet expos
ing the hanging wall. has reached
point far to the east of where
the same wall has been exposed
south of the fault.
Near this winze raise was start
ed short time ago, following a
seam of good ore, but the incline at
which it was driven appeared to be
taking it away from the ore-shoOt
and it has now been turned and is
being extended back toward the
handing wall, near which the ore
body lies. Good progress is now
being made in the work both in the
raise and winze and the ore eX-
posures throughout this ground in
dicate that the company will be en-
abled to make a profitable produc-
tion in the near future.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
GREAT BEND IS
MAKING PROFIT
GOOD TONNAGE OF EXCELLENT
GRADE Is SHIPPED TO
SAMPLER

Returns from the last carload of
ore shipped from the Great Bend
mine to the sampler of the Western
Ore Purchasing company were at
the rate of SIS per ton and the
recent shipments indicate that the
company's profits for the month of
July will be exceeded by those of
only one company operating in the
Goldfield district. Another carload
of ore of similar character is now
at the sampler and still another is
ready at the mine for delivery to
the sampler ore-bins.
Ore of shipping grade is now be-
ing broken on both the 160 and
3OO-foot levels. The main stope
above the 160-foot level has prog
gressed for some so feet in the
form of an incline raise, all in ore
of excellent grade, and the extent
of the orebody has not been deter
mined here. The full width of the
back has yielded some sensational
assays at times, some of the figures
being above $1,000 per ton and
many above $500, while the entire
output of this stope has been OF
uniformly excellent quality.
On the 3O0-foot level the main
east drift was stopped for short
time, while a cross-cut was being
driven across the vein for the
purpose of driving a raise on the
orebody opened here. This drift had
progressed in ore of good shipping
grade for over 60 feet along the
trend of the vein when the cross
cut was started and the drift will
be continued to the east. High
grade ore was exposed in the work
ings of the DR.. Lockhart lease,
which operated several years ago
near the eastern extremity of the
property, and rich ore has been ex-
tracted from the same vein just
over the boundary line, on the Dia,
mondfield Daisy property.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
REVIEW OF mining OPERATIONS IN GOLDF|ELD District

depth of $40 feet, in the south drift
from the east cross-cut and in the
shale contact zone. stOpe is be-
ing advanced from this drift, at
point about 100 feet from the cross
cut, and has been yielding pro-
same OrebOdy has been exposed by
raises farther to the west, indicat-
ing that it is of considerable magni-
tude. In the southern part of the
property cross-cut is being driven
to the southeast, traversing the big
vein or ore-channel diagonally, and
has progressed for over 100 feet in
vein matter, showing quartz of
good character. The object here is
to reach the hanging wall, near
which, a short distance to the south
and in ground leased from the ke-
wanas company, the Jumbo Junior
is breaking high grade ore. The
great vein, which is the main ore
ground for distance of over 1900
feet between these points.
Atlanta Mines Co.
Ore that is well suited for treat
ment by the flOtation process is be-
ing placed in sight in large quanti-
ties by development work on the
various main and intermediate
levels of the Atlanta below the
1400foot point. In the progress of
this work sufficient ore of higher
grade has been exposed to maintain
regular shipments at the rate of ii
railroad car daily and the company
is now said to be making q good
profit from these shipments. Later
a large production of lower grade
ore will be made, this product be-
ing shipped to the flotation plant
of the Goldfield CONSOLIDATED Mines
company for treatment
Cracker Jack
Developments of the greatest in
terest are reported from the new
east workings of the Cracker Jack
at a depth of 800 feet and in the
main Columbia Mountain fault vein
Continued on Page Eight
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28

Mine conditions at a number of
of such a character as to afford
the greatest encouragement and ore
of shipping grade is now exposed in
a number of properties, distributed
over a wide area. In the central
part of the district, development
work that is being conducted on
broad scale is yielding satisfactory
results in point of new ore disclo-
sures, while in outlying territory,
north of Columbia Mountain and
along the DiamOndfield ridge, dis
coveries of great value have been
made and ore of good grade is be-
ing placed in sight in substantial
quantity.
Additional development work,
that will be comprehensive in it's
scope, is being planned for proper
ties that have been idle for some
time past, including ground that is
known to contain veins of great
promise and upon which pay ore
mas De6n lOunu III earlier NOTk. Al
several other points, where it has
been necessary to perform a large
amount of dead work in order to
reach the ore-bearing zones, the
preliminary work has now advanced
to the point where concrete results
may be confidently expected in the
near future. The large number of
miners employed in the Goldfield
district and the size of the monthly
payroll afford an indication of the
large amount of development work
in progress, in shaft sinking and
lateral exploration, as we'll as in ore
production.
GOldfield Consolidated
Deposits of good ore continue to
appear in the workings of the
Consolidated Mines company as a
result of the large amount of devel-
opment work that is being carried
on, particularly on the deeper levels
where the ore contains a greater
percentage of copper than nearer
the surface. Work is being con-
fined more to these levels, with the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28

object of blocking out large ton
mage of gold-copper ore for treat
ment by the flotation process, the
success of which has been fully es-
tablished in the treatment of the
company's deep-level ores. The eX-
ploration department of the Con-
solidated company has a number
of engineers in the field and has
examined a number of properties
with a view to their purchase if
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28

found to possess sufficient merit.
Several properties are said to have
been reported upon favorably and
it is understood that options have
been taken, under which certain
properties will be prospected to de-
termine their value.
ReOrganiZed kewanas
Ore of excellent grade is being
broken for shipment in the north
The Ordway new era., 1917-07-27
OUR MAIL SERVICE

The postal department at Wash.
1ngton plans to cut Off the mails on
Missouri Pacific trains No. 3 and 4
These are the first trains in the morn.
ing and the late train ut night. I'm
less the people along the line pro-
test this action will be taken. The
change, II made, will take place
WITHIN couple of weeks.
In this connection "a meeting will,
be held In Ordway tonight, Friday,
10 discuss the matter and enter a
protest.
Like other communities this COM
munity has bought liberty bonds,
this community is sending its young
men to the front, we are bending
every effort possible to produce ali
the soil will turn out to help feed the
world, so we are entitled TO a hear
Ing and IL we deem we cannot well
get along without this mail service
we should say so, and we know that
the postal department at Washing.
ton Will heed to our pleas. The lit
tie revenue saved by cutting off this
mail will not amount to much any
way.
The Ordway new era., 1917-07-27
MAGAZINES FOR SOLDIERS

In sending magazines to soldiers,
place a one cent stamp on each maga-
zine, regardless of weight, and leave
them at your postoffice. with no
wrapping and without address. When
sufficient quantity have been turned
in at the postoffice the postmaster
will do them up and send them to the
proper places.
This is a special order issued by the
postoffice department, and Post
master Ilgenfritz will see that they
are sent. But magazines to be mail
ed at this rate must have written IN
the upper right-hand corner OF the
front page of the cover the follow
ing:
when you finish reading this
magazine place . one cent stamp
ON this notice. hand same TO any
postal employee and II will be
placed in the hands of our sol ~
diers 1t the front.
No wrapping--no address.
The Ordway new era., 1917-07-27
100000 MORE MEN

Hardly before the drafted men
have become familiar with their po-
.ition in the registration draft for
Gs7 900 men comes the advice that
500, 900 more are to be called to
arms. This Is not surprising because
II has been generally believed that
the first call was only the beginning,
and that IA second, and third with per-
hapS more calls, would be made. 1t
has been said by some who are fami-
liar with tho conditions that five
million men would be needed before
victory could he secured. That be-
ing the case 1t will take every one Of
the eligible men Of the June regis
t"ati0n, allowing so per cent of the
e. 'trations exemption because OF
rl,ysical disqualification and exemp-
ton because Of home neetis-mSn
with dependent families.
The Ordway new era., 1917-07-27
HOME FROM LONG TRIP

Thomas Gallavan and daughters,
Mae and Aileen, accompanied by
Mrs. Gallavan's mother, Mrs. E. M.
Haynes, arrived home last Saturday
evening from a long auto trip, COW
ering a good part of California and
Oregon and the highways between.
Mrs. Gallavan remained in Portland,
Ore, with her sister, but will return
in a short time. While on their trip
they visited at the homes OF Clyde
Fields, at Sawtell, Calf; H: l. Ohm
stead, Riverside, Calf; j. F. John
son. and E. E. Sirres, Pasadena
Calf; w. ]. Steinmetz, klamath,
Ore; Mrs. Belle Gallavan and Dick
and Linda, in Boise, Idaho. These
people all asked to be remembered
to their Crowley county friends.
The Ordway new era., 1917-07-27
TOO MANY ANIMALS
THINGS I'D LIKE TO BE

I'd like to be a farmer, and with
the farmers stand; with sweat upon
my forehead and callous on my hand.
I'd like to be a dairyman and in my
barnyard see nineteen Holsteins and
silo and I'd also keep a bee. I'd
like to be hay king and count my
crop in tons. I'd ship 1t out in train
loads as one Bill Auck has done. I'd
like to be man with orchards. with
fruit in boards to sell. I'd can 1t
dry 1t. ship it, and pack 1t down in
wells. I'd like to be soldier and
in the trenches fight. With Perish.
as my general think I'd do my mite.
Yet after all the things I'd be I'd
want to live in U. s. A. to hail Old
Glory from the barn yard, house or
;ield Of hay.