Show serl strike ke 1 m n pioneer pi aneer consoli consolidated dated GOLDri GOLDFIELD goldfield ELD NEVADA TRIBUNE the pioneer consolidated company operating at pioneer fifty miles south of here has just made a strike that is declared to be of more importance than the rich ore deposit mined from the famous bonanza the ore is apparently an extension of the bonanza and was exposed by driving to the northwest on the foot level from the old workings some ten days ago the drift began to show ore of good grade and the improvement has been marked with each successive days work at this point thorough samplings of the face of the have been made independently by three men experienced perien ced in mine sampling and all have shown ore of uniformly high grade for a considerable width J K turner the companas comp anys consulting engineer and superintendent of the jumbo extension mine has just completed an exhaustive hau stive sampling of the and his report to president william J tobin establishes the fact that the is of bonanza value and proportions engineer turner states in his report that in extending the work northwest from the bonanza on the foot level a face of ore twelve feet by eleven feet in extent has been exposed in order to thoroughly sample this oret ore the face was divided by mr turner into sections first and then dividing horizontally into li halves alves the upper and lower portions into sections three by five feet in size all samples in both horizontal sections were taken across a width of five feet vertically Is high grade A sample from the first upper three feet says the report taken from right to left gave per ton the second three feet gave per ton the third three feet gave per ton and the fourth three feet gave 20 per ton the first lower three feet from right to left gave per ton the second three feet gave per ton the third three feet gave per ton there is a well defined streak of jasper quartz having a width of about six inches running through the center of this face horizontally that assayed for a length of feet per ton the foregoing sectional samples did not include any of this streak these assays essays show the upper twelve feet or length of section taken across widths of five feet average per ton and the lower twelve feet in sections across five feet averages 75 per ton the ore hody body according to the statement of mr turner appears to be lying nearly flat with a slight lip dip into the mountain and it is recommended that in further developing ve loping the vein raises be driven from the northwest crosscut on the foot level this it is pointed out will reduce the cost of production and will obviate any danger from caving in the old bonanza mr turner speaks in the highest praise of conditions in the mine declaring that they are better than at any time since lie he has been connected with the company other developments good results have also been obtained in further developing the lower grade ore bodies of the mine east of the bonanza drifts are advancing in a large body of 0 ore averaging 6 per ton and good mill ore is being broken in the northeastern part of the big mill on the foot level the west crosscut from the rickard shaft on oil the 75 foot level has advanced sixty feet and is being extended to reach tile the large ore zone exposed at the surface lessees lessels have gained a depth of sixty feet in sinking a shaft on the bimetallic no 3 claim president W J tobin has sent copies of mr turners report to the stockholders together with a notice apprising them of the improved conditions in the mine A call has been issued for the annual stockholders meeting of the company to be held at cheyenne wyo january 4 for the purpose of electing a board of directors |