Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-10-01
Big Mining Transfer

Ifiiu NoisOliudlSu Mining 10. Ol OIL
| opah is considered TO be master
stroke that will add big value to
| West End stock The Garfield mine
is known to contain vast tonnage OF
ore OF good mill grade, in place and
i'll the stope fills in the extensive un-
derground workings, and on dumps,
estimated to contain 1900 tons or
more OF ore that will pay a good profit
if milled on theground
Further development of the Mabel
ground is to be undertaken without de-
lay under the direction Of Supt. Marsh,
a member OF the company's staff at
Tonopah, who was sent here to take
charge. Supt. Marsh will install ar
compressor at the portal OF the Mate
tunnel, which is located on the west
end of the Garfield, and a gasoline
hoist.
The Mabel tunnel cut three veins,
the first two about 10 feet apart and
he third about 20 feet beyond No. ?
and there are indications that at depth
they will merge into one vein. On one
of these veins a winze has been sunk
ITO feet. The plan of development is
to raise from this winze, install gas
oline hoist and continue sinking. Tie
high grade streak in the mine is II to
20 inches in width but il is not the
intention of the West End to mine AIRY
ore for shipment.
The first work TO be done in the Gar
field mine will be to sample the old
workings, which will require several
weeks. Upon the result of this work
will depend the exercise of the option
to purchase. 1t is believed that thous-
ands of tons of good mill ore will be
found i'll the old Slopes and stope fills,
| sufficient to warrant the early con-
struction of mill The mine was open
ed by series of tunnels and no work
has been done below the deepest tun-
mel, hosting not having been in fashion
| in the big days of the old producer
which was before the time of the gas
oline engine and in country where
fuel was scarce.
The Garfield was one of the famous
bonanzas of Western Nevada and pro-
drced many thousand tons of high
grade silver ore. J. H. Miller, Of Haw-
thorne, one of the vendors to. the West
| End, says that Archie harrington, or
iginal owner of the mine, shipped hun
dreds of tons of ore that ran $500 to
5000 per ton. Harrington sold the mine
to an English company which shipped
ore to three mills, one at the mine and
two down on the Carson & Colorado
railroad. The big production was from
1880 to 1887 but operations on small
er scale continued sporadcally until
six or seven years ago, when the COM
pany defaulted on some of its obliga-
tions. l.. K. Gregory, now a resident
of Reno, who was in charge OF the
mine, had claim against the company
and Miller & Adams, doing merchan-
disc business at Hawthorne and Nina,
also were creditors. Gregory and
Miller & Adams joined issues and
brought suit, finally securing title to
the property in the courts. There are
five patented claims in the property
and ore is said to have been mined
continuously for over 1000 feet on the
course of three parallel veins.
| On the west end of the Garfield mine
the ore was lost through faulting,
which threw the veins uphill. The op-
orators crosscut in the opposite di-
rection and failed to find the ore, which
since has been mined through the Ma
bel vein to the Garfield end line. About
SEQ feet of virgin ground in the Gar
field mine lies between the Mabel
slopes and the most westerly of the
Garfield workings. The Mabel prop
erty west of the developed area offers
promising field for exploratory work.
AS the Mabel undoubtedly has the ex-
tension OF the Garfield veins, which are
said to have produced not less than
$6,000,000, with the same highgrade
ore, the property has great possibilities
Some OF the old stopos i'll the GARFIELD
mine have maximum width of Is feet
and there are said to be exposures OF
ore in the Mabel equally as wide, with
a streak of high-grade that makes the
entire vein filling ore of good milling
grade.
The Ma'0el was located several years
ago by man named Fish who came
to Hawthorne, county seat OF Mineral
county, from Dayton. Fish employed
miners to drive the tunnel, which cut
the three veins, and did considerable
drifting on the second vein, running
alongside the ore i'll the first vein. Fish
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