Show good news from goldfield miner JV Oada probably the most important developments at goldfield during the week occurred in the lease of J P F bradley on the red top near the base of columbia mountain the shaft which was started in the discovery trench last week is now down eighteen feet and the vein shows sixteen feet of ore giving average assays essays of 22 with several streaks carrying good shipping values A new trench is being run about forty feet below and to the north of the shaft and has exposed a large body of ore even richer than that in the shaft it looks as if the ledge at this point would prove to beat least thirty feet wide captain Br adleys lease is by feet in area and all who have examined the new discovery believe that he has a fortune in sight the red top mining company is running a trench on the south end of the claim preparatory to sinking a shaft the lease of kendall reilly jones and patrick on the january is maintaining its position as the banner producer of the camp there are now sacks of ore piled up awaiting shipment and there is enough shipping ore on the platform to fill another thousand sacks on account of the difficulty in securing teams it is impossible to reduce the quantity of ore awaiting transportation por tation it is estimated that there is fully tons of milling ore on the dumps and everything coming out of the workings carries values no waste whatever being raised oddle oddie ickes ray and others struck the ledge tuesday in their sublease on the january at a depth of about ninety feet the character and the trend of the ledge indicates that it is the extension of the combination the hornings show good values and the outlook is very encouraging judge ray left tonopah yesterday with a whim which will be installed on the lease immediately and sinking will be continued with renewed energy in the combination the drifts from the and foot points are being pushed with the usual results and large quantities of ore of excellent grade are being produced the zinn lease on the jumbo continues to make a fine showing and as predicted last week has already been added to the 11 list st of shippers and ore is being sacked for shipment myers ramsey forman and nixon are getting some very fair rock from the mohawk which lies between the combination and the red top good hornings are being secured from the trench which is being run on the mohawk no 1 and this property is looking good the wingfield hennessy and sweeney on the florence continues to make an excellent showing they have twenty two inches of high grade ore which is being sacked for shipment oddie gardner have opened up a four foot ledge in their lease on the sandstorm which shows assays essays as high as the ledge is wi widening dehing out with depth and while it cannot be ba hoped that the high values obtained where the ledge was narrower will be maintained it seems quite certain that the lease will develop into a first class shipper the most disappointing news of the week is the announcement that J P haryey harvey the representative of patsy dark clark has thrown up the bond on the vean vernal ix I 1 at D dia 1 a mond field owned by jack davis dav s at the time of the abandonment the shaft was down about sixty feet and a drift had been run thirty feet there is a large amount mount ft of high grade ore already exposed but the showing was not sufficiently encouraging in mr harveys opinion to justify him in making the accruing payments mr davis however is well satisfied with mr harveys action for he believes that he can ship enough ore from the ground already opened up to net him more than he would have received if the terms of the bond had been carried out 1 |