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Show I FLOflENCE HAS ORE I OFJEILiy LEASE 1 Rich Vein Uncovered Again li Above Fifth Level in Gold-HH Gold-HH field Ground. Hfl ' Special to The Tribune.' Hfl GOLDFIELD, April 2. At Uio Flor- Hn nice Goldtleld mlno a .station is being HI cut at n deptli of' ubout 700 fect. tho JftRH main shaft having passed lhal point SSjM Bome lime ago. Owing to tho loose BSnS chnracter ot' tlic ground In places it lias BjS been necessary to cut tho deeper sta- HfH lions at points varying from the regula- H9 lion 100-foot Intervals, but good prog- HH ress has been inndo in sinking and In opening new ground, with I lie result that IHB some ore bodies of excellent value have KjH recently been exposed on the old levels above tho 500. particularly that at the KJK northern oxlremltv of the property in fjW tho territory of tho old Reilly lenso. This discovery 1 2 in the vein from which the A Consolidated bus mined a large tonnage BIS of hlgh-grndo ore Just across the line, BIV and t ho ore Ik over twolvo fcot wide In mum At this point the vein has Its apex on mLW the Comhinatlon claim of the Consoll- w3j dated, but in an ndlustment of apc. dls- BW nutes several years ago It was agreed B tnnl n :nifll fraction lying between the j Hifl two properties and not Included In either HI In the onrly surveys, siiould be evenlv H divided retwecn ilie two companies, and HI this given eai-h ISO feet on the strike I of the vein and un its apex. A peeullnr- 9 Itv of the vein at this point is that it BUM dips in the west for a depth of loss H-H than 100 foet nnd then buckles hack to jffH 'be east and Into Florence ground. SKI Improved Mill Heads. BH The Florence lias opened tho ore on the ."50-fooi level and is now raisins MM and sloplnc in it with excellent results. mWt 5,n,l hf' in'" beads have shown a de- KXj elded Improvement with the coming of l this ore. Development from the main MS, abaft to the cast and south Is progress-In? progress-In? with pood results and high-grade. SI ore Is now exposed at several points. wljile the drifts arc being pushed on il (he TiOO und fii'.o-foot levels to got undor KK tho big ore shoots from which the bo- Kl nanza leases took a vast tonnage of ffiVJ Tho C 6. 1"). Consolidated company is mm about to begin extensive development work from tlie (iOO-foot level of tho Sills MM shaft on the Gold Rar claim. In order WW 1(1 Don thn veins developed on tho " left' le-ft' M t01' vnm and which have yielded a con-mM con-mM slderable amount of good ore in tho Vlc-kH Vlc-kH tor workings on levels above. Later- the mm Sills shaft will be sunk to a depth or MM 1000 feet. The Buokevo company loase jl Is als-o operating from tho Sills shall MM on the '00 level and driving to explore HH 1,10 territoy of the old C. O. D. M. & L. K lense. from which a considerable amount mjm of blah-grade ore was taken, and fur-mm fur-mm tht-r along on the C. O. D. claim, where II development has been mostly confined to Km shallow working?. The lease on the HH old comnnnv workings of ilie Gold Bar Mm ls sli11 ln force, and the lessees expect mmm to erect a fiO-loii reduction plant. BUN Booth Leases Busy. Mm On Roolh two leases have been MM operating and the Llnd lease, using the Bjl company shaft. Is developing on the- MO-iW.W MO-iW.W foot level and will sink deeper. Some Jf Jilghlv encouraging assays have been ob-K91 ob-K91 talned In these workings and oro of low Mm tf1 milling grade exposed, but nothing of HHM shipping value In sufficient quantity to KltU render the enterprise u paying one. The 15111 Manning lease on tho Goldlleld Oro. nd-fil!tt nd-fil!tt iolnlnc the Doolh. continues exploring on Sjl the 400-foot level, and is in the ducitc MVi at all points and seeking to solve the mm nroblem of the continuation of tho great Sffl Columola mountain fault. Tho Yellow TI-)w TI-)w sor has recently exposed a large vein laWB of milling oro with seams running into SmS Ibe shlppinc figures, the work being at Kgaj a depth of 700 feel, development con-Xfl con-Xfl Unites regularly on the Nvvada Eauly. BjC ihreo miles west of town, with good ro-RJl ro-RJl suits, and several shipments have been RQj Ore rroin the Sandstorm-Kendall Con- MM snlldated Is being. shipped to the Nevada Bro Gold field twenty-stamp mill, north of mm town. This mill hns been undor lease to K-l the Combination Fraction Mining com- BH pnnv. which retains tho loase. although BHI the latter mlno has been leased to local Bfi operators The Kendall shaft has boon Wit cleaned out and retlmbered'. Develop- BO ment Is progressing on the .".50-foot level MM and ore Is taken rrom this point and mm the old lease workings and dumps. |
