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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-30
GOLDFIELD development TO Mill BIG TONNAGE

return of s25 per ton. This is an
indication of what the Development
company may open through pros
pecting. When the company was
first organized lessees to work in
the Combination were anxiously
sought, but no new leases have
been granted in several months. The
reason for this reversal of policy
may be found in the March and
April production figures, for in
these two months lessees, practically
all in the Combination, mined ore
of gross value of $55.152.91, one
carload being worth close to $1O,-
900 and another carload over
$4,000
The first shipment was made from
the Combination in November, 1908,
when a carload of ore of an average
value of $3.50 per ton was hauled
65 miles to Candelaria. To, Decem-
Der 81, 1916, exclusive of the ore
that vas "high-graded," the mine
produced $14,134,289.11, according
to the Goldfield Consolidated report
for that year. The Development
company, the estimate being based
on the assay returns from 1000
samples, will produce ore of gross
value of $S,4O0,O60 from the Com
bination. That the 'high-graded"
production of the Combination was
not small item may be judged
from the fact that, according to eye
witnesses, some of the ore that
never went on the record books
went. down Combination hill in a
nightly burro train. There were
well authenticated instances of this
as late as 1905 and "high-grading"
did not stop in Goldfield until the
fall of 1907.
The production of the Laguna-
Red Top to December 81, 1916, was
The banner years
for the Consolidated were 1910 and
1911, and in these years, with $5,-
4O1,271.S1 and $5.507.346.57. the
Red Top-Laguna led all other mines
of the company. 1t is possible that.
with a tonnage one-quarter as large
as in the Combination mine. the
value Of the ore the Development
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NINE At AUSTIN Il
BEING RECLAIMED

sEvery mine in the Austin district
has a history. Oldtimers tell of
good ledges passed up by chloriders
or pocket hunters, in this shaft or
that incline, and how the water
drove back many a faithful miner
from a fortune. So the rumors float
about Truth has earmarked one
'of these many rumors and w. b.
Cummings and Charles Kearns, both
Austin miners, are the men that
can prove it. Cummings and Kearps
located some old claims, known as
the North Star group, in Amador
canyon, about seven miles north of
Austin. There were rumors that
there was vein of solid ore, which
measured at least four feet across,
and ran as high as $40 in silver and
gold, in the old incline. To verify
his rumor the incline, would have to
be dewatered.
In the early days of mining in the
Austin district. this incline was
worked to a profit, even with the
high cost of milling by the old
method--the pan-amalgamation pro-
cess--which cost the miners about
$35 ton to have their ore treated.
The former owners run the incline
800 feet on the vein that was pay
ing large profits, but water was en-
countered, and as they were unable
to purchase the necessary machinery
to continue the work, abandoned
the ground.
When Cummings and Kearns be-
came the owners of the property
they Immediately set about trying to
open up the ore that was said to be
at the bottom. 1t was a hard task,
as they are working men and the
only capital they had was their
wages that they earned during the
winter months. AS they did not
have the means to buy machinery to
pump the water out of the incline.
they did the next best thing-run a
tunnel to try to catch the ledge,
They got it in about 1900 feet.
Last spring Messrs. George Coates
and Carl Newman bought third in
Iterest in the property. Machinery
was ordered and set up, and the sur
face of the water began to drop.
Last Friday night report was
brought to town that the bottom
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romical for the company to have
used new dynamite in this manner
in mining So ore, which was the
maximum grade expected, but with
ore averaging we'll over $40, this
method will be continued as soon as
the workings have been cleared.
The Red Top ore will be the first
filled because it is of far higher
grade than any other found in
quantity and the profits will pro-
tide the company with fat baak
roll as margin of safety.
Construction of a 70-foot head
frame has been completed over the
shaft in Combination Fraction
ground that will be used for hoist
ing the 100000 tons of ore in the
Combination and the estimated
100000 tons in the northern part
of the Florence. This has been
christened the Development" shaft.
although nothing was broken on
her bow when she was sent down
the ways. The ore bins under con-
struction at this shaft will hold 500
tons and are being built SO the ca
pacity may be increased by the addi-
tion of units of any size.
The main haulage way for the ore
that will be hoisted through this
shaft is at a depth of $50 feet. At
the shaft below this level an ore
pocket with a capacity of 1000 tons
has been excavated. The ore, hauled
to the shaft by an electric locomo-
tive. will be dumped into this pocket
which will have two outlets, one
for each compartment of the shaft
that will be used for hosting. The
gates will be equipped with devices
that will make it impossible for the
skips to >be raised or lowered be-
fore them while they are open. A
three-ton skip will be used in each
compartment and a 150-horse power
motor will drive the hoist that will
operate them.
Twelve 6x1O raises have been
driven from the haulage way in the
Combination. All of these were
driven in at least so feet of solid
rock that was thought to be barren,
Ibut the material broken in one, SO
feet high, gave an average assay
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MANGANESE OUTPUT
DECREASING FAST
SHIPMENTS FOR YEAR MAY NOT
EXCEED 1000 TONS

Reports sent by operators of man
ganese MINES to the United States
geological survey, department Of the
interior, covering the first three
months of 1919, show that the ship
ments of manganese ore during that
quarter were much smaller than
during any other quarter since
1947. The shipments OF high-grade
ore We're 23.937 tons. against 75,-
465 tons during the last quarter OF
1918 and 3O5,8G9 tons during the
entire year. The number of ship
pers was only "a against 247 dur
ing the year 1918. The shipments
of low-grade ore, containing 10 to
35 per cent manganese, were 35,561
tons, against 32O,455 tons during
the last quarter OF 1913 and &c.
1853 tons during the year.
The extraordinary decrease in
shipments is due to the unwilling
ness of the makers of ferromanga-
nese to increase further their rather
large stocks of ore, which were pur-
chased at high prices, especially as
there is now only a small market
for the alloy. Early in November.
1918, the stock of high grade ore
and ferromangenese were equivalent
to nearly nine months supply, the
price of SO per cent ore ranged from
500 to $67 ton. and the price OF
80 per cent ferromanganese was
$500 a ton. In June, 1919. the
prices offered for so per cent ore
by the few furnaces that were max
ing purchases ranged from $25 to
$35 a ton and the price of 80 per
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GOLDFIELD-On August 5 the
Goldfield Development company, fol-
lowing delivery by the Tonopah 4
Goldfield Railroad company of the
locomotive that will be used continu-
ously in this work, sent the first
ore from the Laguna shaft to the
mill. This ore came from the Red
Top, ali material from which will be
hoisted through the Laguna shart-
The shipments will be continued un-
til the mill bins, which have CO.
pacity of 5000 tons, have been
filled. Sufficient raises to draw this
tonnage rapidly were completed early
in the month and others are being
driven to tap the ore for the entire
length it has been broken, which is
200 feet This is the territory in
which the Development company
broke 100000 worth of ore in two
blasts late in July.
The breaking of this tonnage, al
though it was economical mining.
resulted in blocking of the workings
above the 165-foot level, from which
the raises are being driven, and the
shipment of the ore to the mill will
clear these workings and permit fur
ther sampling in ground the COM
pany is anxious to explore because
of the unexpected high average
value of the 5000 tons already
brought down. This ore, which pre-
liminary work led the management
to believe would break under $40,
broke over $40, 5000 tons assaying
$22.4O and 6OO0 tons assaying
$23.S0.
The breaking of 5000 tons of ore
in two blasts was widely considered
a publicity stunt but the firing of
the charges in this manner was
done because practically all the dy-
Mantle used cost the company moth
ing. The plan originated with Ell
mer Burt. mine superintendent, who
found 500 pounds OF old dynamite
that he used in this way. Burt first
looseneds the ore with light charges
in six-foot holes and then brought
it down by placing heavy charges in
small drifts, using $50 pounds for
the first and $50 for the second
blast. 1t would not have been eco
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REDUCES
FORCE BECAUSE Of
TON0PAH STRIKE

H. G. Mcmahon, secretary-treas-
urer of the Goldfield Development
company, issued the following state
ment today:
Unsettled condition as a result
of labor troubles at Tonopah and
Divide forces the management of
the Goldfield Development company
to take steps to safeguard its cash
reserves. 1t is therefore necessary
to Temporarily reduce the working
force at the mine and mill to one
half, to take effect immeditely.
Meanwhile plans are being formu-
lated to place the company's opera
tions on a much larger scale at botn
tmine and mill, Immediately follow
ing the settlement of the present
difficulties.
"Other companies in which we
are interested will not be affected" +"
Part of the men discharged have
been engaged in moving timbers
and pulling rails from the mines for
use in the Divide district. The re-
duction of the working force is
made to meet problem that is en-
tirely financial, or as Mr.. Mcmahon
says in his statement, to conserve
the cash resources of the company
against all possible contingencies in
the Divide and Tonopah districts.
with consequent unsettled financial
conditions. affecting all southern Ne
vada.
The mines of the company have
been prepared for production on a
large scale and the mill would have
been ready to start shortly after
lSeptember ] were it not for the
Tonopah and Divide trouble, which,
through reduction in the size of the
repair crew, will delay the work.
Ore in much larger quantity than
was first; estimated is being ex-
posed in the mines and, following
the return of Manager A. l. Darcy
from hiss vacation on September 1,
Mr. Mcmahon will go east to confer
with his associates there regarding
enlargement of the mill to 1000
tons daily capacity mainly through
an increase in grinding and filter
ling.
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PROSPEClOR OPENS
PROMISING GROUND
HIGH ASSAYS OBTAINED ON
CLAIMS ADJOINING SILVER
DOLLAR

c. II. LocIson, one of the pioneer
prospectors of the region south of
Goldfield, Is the owner of a group
OF claims in the Tule district, ad-
joining the Silver Dollar group
Extending north through the
claims owned by Locuson are a
number of veins that have been de-
veloped in places for 100 feet. One
of these veins, known as the Allan
tic and Pacific, has q maximum
width OF four feet and the others
are narrower.
Four shipments have been made
of ore mined in doing assessment
work. The first shipment consisted
of 95 sacks, the second of 35 sacks,
the third of "a sacks, and the fourth
of SO sacks. Smelter returns from
the first shipment were 20S ounces
silver, 8 per cent lead and 50 in
sold; from the second 227 ounces
silver, 8 per cent lead and 14-10O
ounces gold; from the third 100
ounces silver, 8 per cent lead and
$4,000 gold; from the fourth 175
ounces silver, per cent lead and
16-1O0 ounces gold.
Rich ore. assaying principally in
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SOUTHERN NEvAOANS
TO DRILL FOR OIL

For many years past the people OF
White Pine county have invested
much of their earnings in oil propo-
sitions located in California, Wyom-
ing, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Some of these ventures have been
legitimate, and others of the wild
cat variety. Some have made good
many have failed. But the time
has now come when the oil fields
of White Pine county are beginning
to attract attention, and strange to
say, residents of the county have
so far failed to "get into the game.
although these fields have long been
known and have at different times
in the past been located by home
people. For some weeks past there
has been considerable talk of the oil
fields of the southwestern portion
of the county, situated almost i'm
mediately south of the Currant
creek summit, and many locations
have been made there, principally
by residents of Tonopah and parties
from California.
According to examinations and re-
ports of biologists, that section pre-
sents a most favorable field for ex-
,ploration and at last it seems that
people of sufficient means to give 1t
a try-out have become interested,
and will soon have at least two
drilling plants in operation there.
o. M. Smith, resident of Tono-
pah, who is associated with other
residents of the great silver camp.
was an Ely visitor during the week.
and informs the Record that he and
his associates have secured three
sections of land in that section and
expect to have a drilling plant In
operation on the ground within a
few weeks. He also says that Grant
Crumley and others of Tonopah,
who recently organized an oil COM
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LATE DEVELOPMENTS
IN SIMON DISTRICT

P. A. Simon, president and gen.
eral manager of the Simon Silver
Lead Mines company, states that
1.-THE main hanging wall drift on the
40O-foot level continues in high
grade ore, showing at this stage a
shoot of almost solid sulpdide ore
over 20 feet in length. This head
ing is being advanced at the rate of
eight feet per day.
An entirely new discovery of
three feet of rich sulphide ore was
made yesterday on the tunnel level.
This surprising discovery is of prime
importance, on account of the fact
that, while large bodies of carbonate
ore of a shipping grade were known
to exist on this level, no sulphide
ore has hitherto been found.
1t suggests the possibility that
the chimney of sulphide ore, in the
so-called Jewel Room" on the 230-
foot level may extend to the hori-
zon of the tunnel level.
The new 60 horse power hoist and
10 drill compressor are being rap
| idly installed at the mine, and will
be in operation in a very short time.
| The Simon Silver Lead Mines
company is also installing greatly
increased facilities for receiving and
shipping materials at Nina. Six
hundred and fifty feet of additional
track has been laid on the Southern
Pacific spur and big oil storage
tank and pumping outfit are on the
ground.
Plans have been made for lam
Der yard and for storage warehouses
adjoining the spur track.
Recent developments at the Con-
solidated West Extension Simon
! Mines company are of a favorable
nature. The three-compartment
shaft is down 115 feet, with some
water coming in.
The company will continue sink
ing as long as the water can be coz
trolled and will then start drifting
with the expectation of striking the
continuation of the great ledge of
the Simon Silver-Lead company
Frank House has q force of men
/ at work on the Mineral Bell Just
north # the Simon Silver-Lead, pre-
pairing 10 start sinking shae.. Nj
ueroIa samples taken at intervals
near the surface have shown very
satisfactory assays.
AS this property adjoins both the
Simon Extension and the Simon
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SILVER PICK STARTS NEW
WORK ON 35O-FOOT LEVEL

The Silver Pick has started cross
cutting toward the Mohawk vein in
leased territory on the 350-foot level
and when the vein is reached drift
will be driven to reach point un-
der an old lease shaft in the bottom
of which ore was found recently.
Drifting in material giving low as
say returns is being continued on
the 700-foot level in the Silver Pick
vein in leased ground.
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FLORENCE HAS new
DRILL EQUIPMENT
ASSAYS BEING SECURED FROM
SEAMS CUT IN WEST
CROSSCUT

Jackhamer drills from the Copper
Canyon mines at Battle Mountain
are now in use in the Florence, re-
placing the drills formerly used,
which were considered too expensive
to operate. The new drills are being
used in prosecuting southeast to
what is believed to be the extension
into Florence territory of the great
Jumbo vein, which r. C. Mccarthy,
superintendent, claims to have found
80 feet wide south of the east-west
fault. The west drift into the foot
wall of the vein is being continued
rapidly with promising results. This
work, on the seventh level, is the
first real exploration to be done in
the mine in many years and is con-
sidered of great importance as one
crosscut will enter vein in which
was found one of the richest of the
Consolidated oreshoots and the
other will cut far into the footwall
of the main Florence vein. The lat
ter will be continued into the Com
bination No. claim of the Develop
ment company, which the Florence
holds under lease. and the claim
will be thoroughly prospected for
the first time.
Seams from which low assays are
secured are being cut at short in
tervals in the west drift. The south
east drift is approaching the sup
posed Jumbo vein from point 800
feet south of the shaft.
The lease situation continues ex-
cellent and two carloads of ore were
shipped during the past week, one
by the Florence Divide and the
other by the Ogilvie lease, making
two for the latter since work was
started. The Florence Divide ship
ment was the fifth carload since the
high grade was sent to the smelter.
Control assays are still being
made for the high grade shipment.
but final returns are expected to be
received in the near future.
Applications for leases under the
liberal policy of the new company
continue to be received and pros
pective lessees are inspecting de-
sired blocks daily.
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HIGH GRADE ORE BETNG
SHIPPED FROM NATIONAL

Ore estimated to be worth $50
pound is being shipped by lessee
on the National mines at National
in Humboldt county. 1t was from
lease on this mine that the Stall
brothers shipped over $1,000,000
worth of ore in less than four
months in the early days of Ma
tional. The National Nevada and
Buckskin National are being de-
yeloped on good scale, with three
lessees at work in the Buckskin in
addition to the company work.
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HIGH PRAISE FOR
SUNSHINE DISTRICT

Reports of rich ore disclosures az
the camp of Sunshine, located about
16 miles south of Winnemucca. on
the east side of the Dun Glen range,
are confirmed by mining men who
have visited the district during the
past week.
All speak An glowing terms of the
great mineral showings. One of the
big ore exposures in the camp Is on
property owned by w. s. O'Brien.
one of the pioneer locators in the
district. Mr.. O'Brien has been doing
considerable surface stripping and
II is said that he has a most Won
derful showing of high grade ore.
At one place he has about 20 feet of
ground uncovered and at this point
the vein shows q width of over 20
feet and nearly all the material in
sight in this glory hole is Shipping
ore. Not long ago a sampling made
by a disinterested party at this
opening gave values of $50 for 10
feet and another sample from "a
inches of the vein assayed S232, the
values being mostly in silver. This
is not the only big disclosure on
the o O'Brien property. for it is stated
that at another point whore consid-
cradle work has been done there
is fine showing of ore. At this
opening there are number of car
loads of ore on the dump ready to
be shipped.
Another property in camp that
has big showings of shipping ore is
that owned by Verne Johnson and
Sam Baldwin. On this estate there
are number of openings where
rich ore is exposed. At one of the
disclosures ore has been extracted
that goes as high as $4,000 to the
ton, but at the same opening there
! is at least three feet of ore that as
says over $500 to the ton. The
Baldwin property is consid-
cred one Of the big showings in the
camp and it will not be long before
shipments will be going out from
this estate.
Since the discovery of the rich ore
on this property the owners have
been doing surface work, proving
| the continuity of the rich vein. In
| fact, they have more than one vein
that is showing rich ore. 1t seems
that that particular section is a net
work of veinlets and ledges of good
size Verne Johnson and Sam Bald
win are in town today and stated
that they are working steadily on
! their property and are extracting
! very rich ore, which is being sacked
! for shipment
! The busiest place in camp is at
the lease under operation by j. B..
tRatliff on the property of the Gem
Five Mines company, situated to-
ward the south end of the camp.
Considerable development work has
been done on this lease and 1t Is a
steady producer of rich ore. At the
present time shaft is being sent
down on the ledge and in sinking
exceedingly rich ore, showing horn
silver, chlorides and native silver,
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MERGER DRIFTS IN FAULT

The Merger lis drifting southeast
in the fault found in drifting on the
shale-latite contact from the 80
foot level of the Spearhead shaft.
Assays of as high as 1886 were Sc
cured from the fault drag and the
present work is designed to open
ore in place at the source of the
powders found in the drag.
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LOW ASSAYS IN KEWANAS

Assays Of IS are being secured
in the southeast drift on the 100
foot level of the Kewanas, in the
northern part of the ground. The
drift is being driven in promising
vein OF quartz.
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RICH ORE AT ROSEBUD

Ore four feet wide and assaying
s33S per ton in silver is reported
to have been found in the Rosebud
district of Humboldt county, so
miles west from Winnemucca. The
Rosebud district formerly was noted
as q producer OF rich silver ore.
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WHITE CAPS TO SINK

The White Caps at Manhattan
will sink the shaft an additional 135
feet. or to a depth of TAO feet. Six
thousand tons of $22 ore has been
taken from a stope five sets high
on the sixth level.