Show Ci goldfield oldfield continues conti to develop by RAY BAY A HARRIS among the producing mines of the gold eld district the various properties of the oldfield goldfield consolidated mines company handsomely maintained their stellar positions ions throughout the year 1913 and unless 11 signs fail they will continue to do likewise ise for many years to come under the guiding aiding hand of general manager albert the numerous mines of the company any have responded splendidly to development and exploration work the great ore odies bodies well maintaining themselves ves as greater eater depth upon them has been gained while ile of a more or less routine character the he results accomplished have been thoroughly in keeping with expectations and lis is appointment has fortunately not been an lement with which general manager burch las as had to contend the final report of the production and earnings of the company for the month of STo ol Vember recently issued reflects in a neasure the condition that prevailed and he results obtained during the entire year phe he november report shows that during at period the sum of was realized from tons of ore extracted rom the various mines of the company t a net cost of per ton during the ame period 2675 feet of development work yas as accomplished at a cost of per ineal foot an item of importance of the last year a connection with the operations operatic ns of the kompany was the acquisition of a lease pon a section of the property of the gold eld combination fraction mining corn com any the lease was obtained in conse bence of the fact that about the first of ov ember no K of the mohawk line reached the boundary line of the combination om oni fraction ground following tie e taking of the lease the was con imbed aed into the combination fraction but ter about tons of 45 ore had been exacted work in it was discontinued tem harily on account of the bad condition of iia 0 lower portion of it and the drift lead ig 9 to it A new drift is being driven rom which a raise will tap the 1 solid ground an event of importance toward the close t last year was the passing of control of 6 e jumbo extension mining company and 16 subsidiary the jumbo extension deduc ion n company operating under lease the tonnie nnie clare mill at bonnie clare south I 1 goldfield from edward S van dyck of holdfield fold ld field and associates to charles S of goldfield and eastern associates ter er a long struggle between the opposing tet ions the sprague interests have en rely ely replaced the van dyck faction in the goldfield nevada administration of the affairs of the two companies mr van wyck on account of his intimate knowledge of the Pole verde workings of the property of the mining company has been retained as general manager however and will be more or less directly connected with the operation of the mine simultaneously with the change in the control of the company there occurred a marked improvement in the physical condition of of the mine new ore discoveries that take rank with some of the best finds made in the early history of the property having been revealed during the last month anthe on the foot level the first carload shipment of the newly revealed ore made about three weeks ago gave average assay returns from grab samples of or ounces in gold 1060 ounces in silver and per cent copper a ton the new ore was found between a hanging wall of altered and a of and at points at which it has thus far developed shows an average width of five feet according to general superintendent walter S norris in addition to the new copper content ore which is being sold to the western ore purchasing company the mine is maintaining a shipping record of approximately tons weekly to the bonnie clare mill atlanta mines co the drift from the crosscut connecting the grizzly bear shaft of the goldfield consolidated soli dated mines company and that of the goldfield merger mines company on the 1750 level of the former having passed into the union jack claim of the atlanta mines company during the last month keen interest is centered in the present development work being prosecuted by the last named company the object of the present development of the atlanta property at great depth is to reach and explore the southern extension of the great consolidated vein from which a large tonnage of good ore has been extracted in the grizzly bear territory although no ore discoveries have been made it is said that the officials of the atlanta company are pleased with conditions that have been disclosed thus far by the development work results of an encouraging character have been attained by the florence goldfield mining company in the development and exploration of its famous estate and the future of the property may be said to be more promising at present than for several years past developments worthy of note have lately been made on the and foot levels from which an excellent average grade of ore is being extracted in addition to shipments of mill ore to theold tho old mill of the tonopah belmont development company the florence is about ready to send out a test consignment of refractory ore recently exposed to the sampler of the western ore purchasing company at millers the sandstorm kendall under the supervision of manager K M simpson the property of the sandstorm kendall consolidated mining company became a center of much inte interest interesting in the goldfield district during the last year encouraging results are being accomplished and on the whole the future of the property seems more pleasing than for several years past two raises are being put up tip respectively on the seams of ore exposed on the and hanging walls of the large vein on the foot level A new 6 by 10 inch triplex electrical elec electrically trica lly driven pump has recently been installed on that level the new pump is capable of handling gallons of water daily under a foot head and will take care of the heavy flow that has several times in the past been a hindrance to operations on the bottom level of the property goldfield oro operations on the property of the gold fjeld oro company particularly on account of its proximity to the vast estate of the goldfield consolidated mines company have for some time past been watched with interest it is confidently expected by persons familiar with conditions that the oro shaft now down over feet will reveal interesting conditions within the near future it has been estimated that the bore would penetrate the columbia mountain mounta irr fault channel which traverses the property at a depth of not greater than feet for some time past the bottom of the shaft has revealed broken material of varying width and character some of the rock being highly and appearing to be affected by fault action although hampered lately by an increasing flow of water operations in the property of the silver pick consolidated mining company have been prosecuted vigorously during the last year and developments of a pleasing character in the shape of ore discoveries of importance are not at all unlikely at any time the shaft is nearing the foot point and for the last seventy feet has been passing through quartz yielding assays essays of from of good appearance 2 to 10 a ton it was originally the intention of superintendent walter norris to determine the exact width of the body of quartz before cutting a station and a level sump but the flow of water has become of such volume that he is considering the inauguration augu ration of su such ch work at once the blue bull work of an extensive scale has marked the development of the property of the blue bull mining company during the last year and conditions prevailing contain much promise for the future on the foot I 1 level on one e crosscut is being advance to the east for the purpose of revealing the downward extension of the strong vein that is being explored on the foot level where seams of ore have been found assaying around 40 while another crosscut is being sent out to the southwest the latter has entered the victor claim of the C 0 D consolidated mining company the east half of winch which claim is held by the blue bull company under a five year lease the southwest crosscut is being driven with the purpose of intercepting and exploring the downward extension of the main victor vein of the C 0 D consolidated drifts are also being extended north and south on the foot level of the blue bull and the ledge is making an encouraging showing with ore in places from a foot to two feet wide reorganized booth at the reorganized booth mining company property drifts are being extended north and south on the main booth vein on in the south drift encouraging the foot level have been obtained from cou raging assays essays K M simpson recently time to time manager started some new work on the foot boot level in the shape of a crosscut to the east for the purpose of exploring the main vein and the contact of the and shale C 0 D consolidated operations on the C 0 D consolidated mining company property aside from the work being done on the victor claim at depth by the blue bull company have tor the last year been largely larg ely confined to the work prosecuted by the goldfield mines operating company under a five year lease recently this company was reorganized P Ps as s the nevada operative cooperative co mining company and placed upon an assessable basis highly encouraging conditions prevail in the lease workings on the foot level drifting is in progress on about a foot and a half of ore that gives assays essays of 40 per ton according to the management and is being sacked n f j 1 |