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Show OVER AT GOLD FIELD. A Prosperous Community Following Chapter of Discoveries. In an interesting letter from Tonopah. James F. O'Brien, for many years identified identi-fied with Western mines and mining publications, pub-lications, says- "The dovciopmonts at Goldfiold contlnuo to produce the most encouraging results, and the hope of three months ago, that It would make ono of tho great gold camps of tho country, arc rapidly becoming becom-ing realties. Where four months ago were three or four prospectors, numerous coyotes and several bands of wild horsos. there are now at least 400 people, and the coyotes and wild horses aro making themselves scarce. "Two townsItes-Goldficld and Mllltown -have been established and substantial buildings aro being erected in each. A telegraph and telephone lino is under construction, and within a woek Goldfiold ?M1 bo .connected "-1th tho outside wor d 2ctddu yntly,on the mQE- Uncl Sam has established tho postofflco of Goldfiold. and location work has been done on 400 c a ms and tho same rccocrded in tho district and with the Countv Clerk "News baa Just reached Tonopah of a new strlko of sensationally rich ore In the Jumbo, but as tho telephone lino Is not working yot tho report cannot be verl-fied.. verl-fied.. Tho rumor is that tho strike was iiiauo In the shaft and that two feet of the oro is richer than any horctoforo encountered en-countered In the Jumbo, though six' feet of ore was recently struck In a drift on tho vein which averaged above $600 to tho ton clear across the face. The Jumbo Is owned by Kcrnlck. Taylor and McClcl-mnd McClcl-mnd and a controlling interest Is under bond to John Mnlvnnn thn 1. "r operator, who is associated with Charlea M. Schwab and other prominent capitalists capi-talists of tho Eost. "Sinking the shaft on the Combination s being pushed steadily and this youn-bonanza youn-bonanza la maintaining its wonderful rec" ord. There arc fow people oven in Gold-field Gold-field who seeom to realize that the combination com-bination has a bettor record for tho no-nod no-nod and amount of development than oven tho famous MIzpah of Tonopah in sinking tho shaft eighty fceot a llttlo more than $50,000 worth of oro, averaging nearly $200 to the ton, was taken out and most all has been marketed or la now on the road. At tho SO-foot point in tho shaft drifting both ways on the vein was started. start-ed. In one drift tho ore decreased In value val-ue averaging less than $100 to the ton. but In the other tho value of tho oro Increased In-creased and avoraged about $300 to tho ton. A crosscut was run, which showed tho vein to be 11 fceot wide, and aa all tho oro of Goldfiold is free milling In character char-acter and tho values In gold. It can roadlly bo seen that with such big veins cres of a much lower grado would pav handsomely. "Tho area of the district with pay oro has been greatly Increased by tho strlko which was recently mado by Kano and McMahon about four mllca northeast from tho Jumbo. Tho ledgo on this property prop-erty Is about tho samo slzo as that 01 theo combination, and tho character of tho oro appears identical. The rock pans gold rreely and Indicates values at tho present depth of $10 to $200 to tho ton. Tho owners havo had no assays made, as they say the pannlngs satisfy them of the valuo of their find. They havo refused all offors to put a price on the proporty, saying say-ing that If tho mlno is as valuable as thoy believe thoy wan. It thomHolvcs, and If it Is not valuablo they do not wish to foist It unon others. "Jame3 P. Hnrvoy, representing Patsy Clark, tho mllllonalro mining man of tho Northwest, has roturuod to Goldficld and taken a bond on a groim adjoining Kane and McMahon's and which is owned by "Dlamondfleld Jack" Davis, Dr. Whlto Wolf and company. This group has the extension of Kano and McMahon'3 ledge, and the fact that such a thorough miner os Mr. Harvey has taken a bond upon It for such a big price Indicates that bo has much confidence in the values that development de-velopment will show. "Decidedly the most encouraging sign In tho situation at Goldfiold Is tho ora of leasing which has Just beeen Inaugurated. It was leasing more than any othor agency that mado Cririplo Creek and other great camps, nnd tho leasers on tho MIzpah, who produced $4,000,000 in a fow months, mado Tonopah famous In a year when otherwise It would have taken many times that long. Tho properties of Goldlleld aro principally owned by poor men and they realize that tho leasing system offors tho best solution of tho question of quick development. de-velopment. "Within the past weeko half a dozen leases havn ben let and nearly every one is In strong and capable hands. L. L. Patrick. John Jones and Zeb Kendall Ken-dall havo taken a loaso on tho January and February claims, adjoining tho Combination Com-bination on tho west, and thoy oxpect to catch the extension of tho latter's ledge. Mr. Patrick Is tho man who secured the year's bond calling for $75,000 on tho Combination Com-bination four months ago when It was a prospect. Tho first payment of $5000 I3 all that Mr. Patrick and associates will havo to pay from their own pockets on the Combination as tho full purchase price has alraady been taken out with five times that amount In olght and eight months' tlmo boforo the final payment Is due. It la this fact that makes him realize rea-lize that If ho can catch the Combination vein, even a year's lcnso without bond and 23 per cent royalty Is a good enough thing when nothing better Is to be had. "Tho other leases havo been given on the Florcnco group, adjoining tho Combination Combi-nation on tho southeast, and owned by Keralck, Taylor, McClolland, Larkhart and Parker tho latter being tho well-known well-known railroad man of Donver. J. P Sweonoy, formerly a well-known operator of Cripple Crock, and Jack Hennessy of Tonopah. took the first leaso on this group. Cook brothers of the Nye County bank, Tonopah, have a lease adjoining. L. L. Patrick Sz Co. havo another and ono was also taken by Rlggs, Collins & Llmo of Goldfiold. Work on these leases will not begin until about tho first of tho month owing to tho papors having first to bo sent to Mr. Parker at Denver for his signature. It is confidently belloved that many of these leases will soonstrlko good oro and that It will result In 'many promising prospects In this vicinity being be-ing developed In like manner." |