Show GOLDFIELD STILL HOLDS ATTRACT attractive ICE POWER by al H martin goldfield nev june 10 Is the long scorned columbia mountain section destined to again place goldfield in the van of nevadas gold camps that is the question nevada mining men are eagerly awaiting the future to solve with all indications favoring the belief that Coh imbia mountain holds the key to a situation which has long perplexed local operators in this always neglected section of the field the silver pick company has open ed a huge deposit of shipping ore with many mouths of work failing to define the ore limits on the intermediate level with the workings on the third level entering the ore body and drifts advancing from the fourth level to establish the downward extension of the huge 6 ledge on the intermediate located between the third a and nd fourth levels the vein is 30 to 40 feet in width and has beon been exposed for a length of 90 feet with the drifts still in full faces of ore the entire ore body averages 30 to 40 per ton with numerous shoots one to three feet wide sampling to 2200 per ton in gold are in sight the management will make no attempt at sensational shipments but is sending tons of 35 ore each week to the belmont mill at tonopah To and expects to double the production within a short time a on oi the ad adjoining i binin za mohawk I 1 no 1 claim the crackerjack company has exposed good ore in a vein paralleling the silver pick ledge and is completing preparations for development of the ore body from the bottom of the old kalfus shaft several eastern concerns are negotiating for claims adjacent to columbia mountain and the greatest activity goldfield has witnessed in many years is centering in this part of the district approximately thirty leasing companies are operating on the holdings of the florence and goldfield consolidated companies with kith lessees lessels also active on the great bend be nd spearhead and other properties the yellow tiger company reports the main tunnel at its Sto neway 6 group has intersected a vein and should reach the firt first 0 of f an important series of ore bodies in a few weeks the tunnel has entered more favorable formation and is recording more rapid progress in the nevada eagle property of the lewanas company ore conditions are improving with deeper work and the reserves have been increased by late work to a point where the management is contemplating erection of a mill before the end of sumar H G mcmahon is secretary drifting along the starlight vein on the tunnel level is being actively pressed by the consolidated mayflower company and dinzes are going down to determine the dip of the ore body this work will be followed by lowering of the shaft to feet and inauguration of coni comprehensive developments from this point splendid ore is showing in all the new workings on the starlight and general manager W J tobin expects the drifts to break into shipping material at any time consulting engineer J K turner states the values occur largely in calcite with the ore conditions similar to those found in the united eastern mine at oatman arizona profitable ore is also under development in the mayflower mine with work centered on the deeper levels the strike declared by the underground employees of the united comstock company at gold hill has been officially fici ally called off by unanimous vote of the virginia city and gold hill unions the unsatisfactory working conditions have been modified by the company a and nd mining is proceeding with approximately men employed construction st of the ton mill is making rapid headway and the plant will probably go into action about the middle of september A new syndicate is said to have taken an option on the holdings of the middle mines Ag association and examination of the workings has begun the option held by the comstock Midd lemines company including charlesm charles M schwab and associates has been surrendered it is understood that friction among the principal stockholders caused the company to abandon the project |