Show STRIKE AT GOLD CRATER news goldfield nev what Whai looks to b be e one of the b best est sf s bilies trl kes that ha has s been made in all of southwestern southwester L nev nevada ada t this his year was uncovered on the frone ironclad afi d owned by curtis and ridge and in the block of ground that is be being worked by judge E R collins under lease atla ata depth of 50 feet a high grade ore shoot shao measuring four feet in width and between well defined walls was entered on monday the quartz showed free gold all o over ei i it not only in the seamie but in the fractures fracture sf and assays essays ta taken kenon on large samples went bet ter than a ton the ore was broken from clear across the breast of the drift driff some of the picked pieces of cherock the rock would woula run dollars a pound A drift is now be being ing extended on the shoot and ore bre is ben being S saved for shipment gold crater has been known as a camp for the past IS 38 months and several small shipments in the nature of mill runs have been made from the various shafts on the curtis and ridge group of properties seams of very high grade ore were encountered in sinking on the wide ledge on the ironclad but they were too narrow to work at a profit the ex postmaster of goldfield however and for far the wd was s not discouraged past six months has had a small forde force ot 01 miners at work on his lease at a depth of 50 feet he crosscut and drove 18 feet through gli quartz which panned and assayed about pay before finding the when this point was reached high grade ore wag found and a drift was started the entire breast is now in a highly mineralized rock which is called sugar or california quartz by miners almost every piece of the ore shows bright specks of free gold and it appears to be free milling the news of the discovery became known to mr air collins late monday evening last and at midnight he had H W hammond on the road for the purpose of making ingan an examination of the bonanza bonan ery A large number of samples were vere brought back to town and all of the ore showed the yellow metal no essays assays were made on it the stuff showed for itself the strike will be welcome news to hundreds of goldfield people who are interested in locations in the camp the drs discovery covery started the usual stampede and at least prospectors and investors have left goldfield this week for gold crater which is about 25 miles southeast of town it is one of the tributary camps of the metropolis of southwestern nevada |