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Show I UMTS STRIKE SIGNIFICANT ONE Considered the Most Notable Development in History of Goldfield. Special to The Tribune. GOLDFIELD, Nov., April 26. The- full significance of the recent ilecp .develop-ment .develop-ment on tho Atlanta property Is apparently appar-ently not generally realized, outside of circles most familiar with geological conditions con-ditions In tin: Goldfiold district "While some- enthusiasts declare that the discovery dis-covery opens possibilities for a production produc-tion as great as that of the Comstock, xho moro conserwitive regard tho proof of the continuity of pay ore to this depth ns the njost notahlo development in tho camp's history. In affording assurance of longevity, and regard tJte facts surrounding sur-rounding the discovery as of vital Importance Impor-tance to the entire district. No official statements regarding tho results re-sults of development In the Atlanta property prop-erty hn'e been given out stneo tho annual an-nual report was Issued early this monllu excepting that the management has continued con-tinued to atato that results of development develop-ment were In every way satisfactory. Tho vein wna penetrated nt a vertical I depth of 1750 feet by a crosscut driven 700 feet from the St. Ives shaft of the Merger Mines company. According to tho , latest official report, the crosscut had I penetrated the vein for twenty-two feet, i exposing six feet of oro that averaged $27 per ton, tho remainder of tho vein up to that point being of low-grade materia!, ma-teria!, and with sen ma of oro still show-I show-I ing In tho crosscut. Must Proceed Carefully. Atany perrons have expected immediate i results from this discovery in the'shae of ore production. This Is manifestly unreasonable, un-reasonable, as operations of this character char-acter and magnitude cannot be consld-, consld-, ered in the same light with any that hava been conducted here in tho past, or, for that matter. In any other mining district dis-trict In this section of the country. While i tho St. Ives shaft is equipped with a highly efficient, modern plant, the dis-i dis-i tance to the point of operations undor-i undor-i ground Involves difficulties In supplying I sir and In pumping out the heavy flow of water that was encountered upon penetrating pene-trating the vein. It cepted in this district as an infallible Indication In-dication of a continuous vein, since the veins are In reality channels. The pumping pump-ing plant at the shaft has been called upon to handle a. How of 250 gallons per I minute recently. Another difficulty is found In supplying ventilation at this great distance from tho collar of tho shaft to permit of anything like con-h con-h tlnuous work by tho miners, who are sickened by the powder fumes In the ab-I ab-I eence of fresh air, and in this depth workings become exceedingly hot and tho ; water reaches a high temperature, j Ground Unstable. In addition to these obstacles, and the. i one wliich often causes the most serious and vexatious delays; Is unstable ground, known variously as moving, sloughing, running or slipping ground. In some Instances In-stances the walls of drifts, crosscuts or raises will crumblo. sloush or "come, in" like quicksand, while elsewhere the ground will swell, exerting a pressure that the heaviest mine timbers fall to withstand and crushing or bending them like sheets of papier maclic. This difficulty diffi-culty has been met In all deep workings in the district and on Beveral occasions It has been necessary- to completely abandon shaft stations and to seek i "harder ground In which to open thorn. ) No Insuperable difficulties have been encountered In the Atlanta work, but conditions con-ditions upon entering a large vein at this depth, with quantities of water, render i progress exceedingly slow and necessl-; necessl-; late tho most careful and substantial 1 timbering. Any effort to begin at once ' extracting ore from the six-foot body ex-. ex-. posed hero might result In the caving of workings and in damage that would Involve In-volve costly results. According to the ( best information obtainable, the only ore , thus far shipped from this deposit has gone to tho Gold field Consolidated com-j com-j pany's mill, where It is undergoing tests. Is Consolidated Vein. The normal dip of this great vein, which is shown to bo considerably over 200 feet wide In places, Is 15 degrees at depth, but apparently It is considerably . flatter than this nearer the surface. The. i enriched area, forming a continuous zone" of mineralization and mined on various levels down to the 1300-foot level by the , Consolidated, appears to have a pitch on I the a eln even more nearly , horizontal than Its eastward dip. If the ore zone followed the dip of the vein, ut right angles to Its strike or trend, the point of discovery in the . Atlanta, at a vertical depth of 1750 feet, i would be approximately 2500 feet deep on 5 the Incline of the vein. Adding to this the distance made by the pitch, dlagon-( dlagon-( ally on the slanting vein, the depth of ! this ore is over 4200 feet from the point where It reaches the surface, and this oro I r.ono has now practically been demonstrated demon-strated to be continuous, since development devel-opment has determined beyond question that the Atlanta vein Is no other than that which traverses the Clermont and Grizzly Bear mines of the Consolidated. The Importance of this discovery is by , no meant; confined to the Atlanta prop-I prop-I orty. but affects In almost equal degree ' the entire central part of the district , Boston Milling Stocks, i Logan & Bryan, members of nil lead- , Ing exchanges. 159 South Main street, j furnish the following, rccolved over tholr ' 1 private wire ycsteiday afternoon: BOSTON COPPER RANGE. ; , I Salfty.l H. L. IClso Algomuh 1 1.00' 50 !I0 Butte & Superior ! 1.000 33 I 35J .123 Calumet fc Arizona..) SIS 621' C2 621 k Chief Con 1 70 67 67 Copper Range 22-f 55 ?,5i 35J Daly West 2 2 2 Davis Daly 100 53 55 55 Bast Butte 265 10 10 10 Granby Con 670 7S 7G 77 Greene Cananea ... 1,700 27; 245 27a Hancock 100 16 153 15? Indiana Copper 33 ?,i Zl ""-rtke Copper ., 260 C 6 fi Rose IS! li Ij Mason Valley 1 21 2J 2J Mpilnz GO C, 61 Oi North Butte JS20 25 243 2-H 1 1, Superior & Boston... 170 1J l; 1? Trinltv 31 3 3 l U S Smelter, com... 1,910 31 33 33 J Preferred 1,000 433 44 i I'tah Con S00 10 93 10 I Pond Creel; 17 16j 163 BOSTON COPPER CLOSE. I Bid. lAsked. Swift ' 10G I 105J j Aluneck 255 260 i. Calumet & Hccla. 415 ' 4l Old Dominion 47 I 4"i ' Kerr Lake 4 I 4 3-10 I Mason Valley 2' 23 1'tah Apex ljj i i i:agle Blue Bell 1 n 1 I nltcd Fruit 155j 156 , Allouez 37 I 3S Osceola 71 Shannon gi, j) . Tamarack 31 i 323 j Alanka 242 25 Ojlbway 75 100 Flint National ij j j Oltlo Copper :o 30 Verde 55 65 La Salle Ys Quirky 57 52 Sliattuck 231 o Utah Consolidated 03 101 Tuolumne .1 . 50 60 Boston Ely 2S 35 Caotus 1 2 ( onsolldatcd Arizona 45 50 Con Copper Mines 15 13 Nevada Douglar, 90 03 Onoo I 25 '35 1-16 Stewart ! lj' n Yukon I 2j 23 |