Show LATE DIVIDE developments REFUTES discouraging REPORT by AL H MARTIN official statements issued by the tonopah divide gold zone east divide and other active corporations in the divide district in the past week have done much to scatter the clouds of discouragement settling 0 over the field as a result of the decidedly pessimistic report made on the tonopah divide group by J al farrell for the hayden stone jackling interests according to the last statement of the company the crosscut on the 1000 foot level has crosscut the for approximately fifty feet with the material assaying to 10 and growing richer as the is approached on the foot level the new vein continues to average around per ton and is said to be increasing in size as developments advance the gold cold zone company announces net profits of 1350 per ton from the first fifty tons of ore shipped to tonopah from the dump this product assayed 2150 per ton and the net returns are considered to strongly disprove the statement in the farrel report to the effect that 20 ore could not be shipped at a profit from the divide district goldfield deep increases wages the goldfield deep mines company has increased wages of its shaft crew to per day and is rushing the three compart ment shaft at top speed arrangements are being made to place the giant merger merger hoist in commission commiss ibn in the immediate future and to move the temporary irs horse power hoist to the foot level at present rate of progress general manager A I 1 darcy expects the shaft to enter promising territory before the end of january no lateral work will be done until the shaft enters the goldfield consolidated ore channel at an approximate vertical depth of 2400 feet in the but when this point is won a station will be cut and extensive developments prosecuted the crackerjack florence goldfield development silver pick red hills great bend lone star and lewanas companies are busily engaged in important development projects with the activities of the crackerjack and lewanas commanding chief attention the crosscuts cross cuts sent out by the crackerjack company to pick up the lost south segment of the famous florence vein appear to be nearing their objectives and the management is confident the position of the faulted has been located the long crosscut being driven by the lewanas company to locate the st ives iv vein in territory sub leased from the deep mines company is also advancing rapidly rapidly and is entering promising ground this work will determine whether the st ives is one of the principal ore are bearing veins of the district or of scant value below the old workings the crosscut is being driven from the eighth level of the goldfield WWI merger shaft haft renewed activity at birch creek in inactivity after a year of almost complete district about twelve twe the birch creek miles from austin again holds much inter int est the cahill lode Compa in stalled a gasoline 2 hoist and resu resumed nied sink shing of the shaft now down ninety feet the shaft is expected to intersect the continua conti the tion of the high grade cahill lode below be capping As soon as the shaft enter com mineralized area lateral work will wa of the deposit dep mence to determine extent the company owns two groups of clain claim of 10 the the north and south extension lode y rethe nevada birch creek cota company inter bently passing into the hands of ne ile aarle for fo ests is completing preparations large of 3 scale operations development tt deposit of milling ore is proceeding proceed n fro upper tunnel with the medium grade grader pa it of rich quart Q accompanied by shoots wa tun is understood that the lower the for driven off the course of the lode dy by devel for mer management and is valueless lude purposes new plans ine inc colver rhew ing on the vein and opening of a lode bas g tunnel as soon as the dip of toe the ivor Y I 1 deeper 06 r by been conclusively proven |