Show How Goldfield Richest of the New Camps F 1 J i a a a l I M aa GOLDFIELDS OUTPUT loa One 01 Tear Year Jumbo hipping role COD on shipping in re I j ton non milling j JI shipping f J i milling ml II 38 J shipping J milling I 1 snipping a t I milling 1 coo COOM H M It It It f Q Cl Ij d 1111 It S Ti Club poo t 3 V VI o 02 2 COO COOL Lc Lt 1 ar Ir u ur u SWO Y YVet Hi II it II It II 1 1 Vet let el X t tI t I Tm To to I I J iSN 4 r i 4 1 I I INN t y x I CRUMB CREEKS OUTPUT X X I tr Throe Years Tears X 1 1 x of discovery X to t year A r year to 1111 to j t tt Y t Y t Total thin years yeah i I 11 1111 a U 1 I a 0 r i II two IWO mining districts I In in iii r country which have hI be bt i 11 ij tamed named ont one on WM wAe wAeL w wL L t in II and ana the Ihl other othir Gold Geld Goldfield field fild W lh Ih i f n i H wd record I caIS CH 1 Mil hat Ime r i i I 10 durin lining the Ihl peat 1 2 21 yore yean with Ui Its 11 a r Iut I it o of r over oer and today loci Hi n mat substantial min mill mining millIng minIng ing camp i a tin United Stale Slates M to shown by ti U Milken kee made millS during the thu past pan 90 00 da la n d are aro the Ihl largest in III lt II Ire history Ami Ai yet nt ct strange arrange tran M AI it may mey seem HIm when tin um I h writer went to 10 imp 11 in there therl quite as ns mat many people coming out oUI na RS were IVero going In rand and the thu tIVI knocker knock er era could couill be found on nn every cor DOr corner DOrner ner nee and orid In lu every Iver place of ot business buln All kinds hills of ot remarks remark were made mad the Ih form r atlon right the tho veins velna win trite Oat flat I and not fissures the Ule ore was wal In U deposits and could nut not told hold out And all nil man tier her II r of at things thing were said laid condemning It ItI ml I yet Hi Its It record speaks speake for tor A little over a 1 year ago 0 when Gold Goldfield Hold field was as discovered It was said that the tho veins vens were Wre superficial and all 1111 on the surface but bul It II did not take long to disillusion the doubting When Whon the combination began belan taking out jut oro and shipping It and setting gutting nl ale molt mint fabulous returns rei urn for tor or It II t followed by tho Iho Jumbo January Kendall Flor Florence l lor lorenci ence enci and nt the others othen It became an in indisputable n disputable fact tact that here was the rich out OIt district on the surface lit at t leant over 01 found In all the land or ever known to mining history IN COLON COLOR Tho rho tendency to exaggerate a ory of at tills kind is II quite natural and for tor tide this renson the reports which have none gone out about thus this have been I It t taken nhen with many anon grains of allowance by the outside world and yet et the writer In Is bound baund to say la In all truthfulness that h hl lias Iea ha seen leen nothing which has lias ha over overruled overstated I stated ruled the s tul farts fact Speaking l lf f m an rr H i W mr extending over a arlod aJ ar r J riot o Ire n during lui Ing which he has hal lied died r f th Ih mining ram ramp pi from Irom fromI J I i i to o southern louthern Mexico 1 Ii 11 Is Ic I F f I u t I toil that he has never neverin in 6 n t rr tn to t equal It or en even com corn r t c e t tt I n nd this thie Is la the con conr r ml In Ii I n of i f I all ill the miners miner and r n mr rr ir 1 r I and experts hi tic hut hue hoer hueI II I r l u t h l I 1111 11 id 1 they thc f t 1 om ame IT rr r r rr rV rhe n I I tu tut f or r the M Mr tr f r The Then Th lh I In n r t 11 In IT ITtin r f iii all 11 is II 1 11 tt a i t th that it V y r u t r a i 1 Ingle Ki kt n L he If f h I I tin ht 1 The f r all illYs la latr tr tl 1 I I r i tu r n i MC s rItt it 1111 st an aft r 11 b 1 1 v t die dietr tr it I n i Hi tWIlI in ui have ever ee n II niN IN HI F T OP MINERAL KM BELT I t I i i ms m to be slit It t I l right light Ii ht t rt It or II a i vast mineral minerai r l n an 11 1 I 1 tl Ir i ti 1111 nn the following t I l i i ii h wall w an Uncovered In InI 1 t I I I I l Is tl 80 90 I r d I hare h re also allO allOI V I iii Id eight miles south louth v Vv t h at r h K k 29 8 miles southwest L i I k Tule can cany y 1 n fl i a district 16 1 years ar cut I a tn nl ii Ith h Reveille 30 80 years yare yarer r 11 a I I apt t In this old district rr 11 I II h an i OMeara ot of SaltI Salt Halt I a a 11 m li ill n a 1 fortune In leasing r II 51 dr a ii have hae io just struck Bruck It In InI J I r e M hl I Ih h M II people In InI r I x t U tl I r rI line hll In eight I I 1 It is i only noty about miles miless mil t J IJ Is s vino aleu al o not very tar far lara fara a aa y J rl I J IT ITt X V A 0 r I i i ty rt Ia the district rand rr i M n tm has hili thi lh hI following i t 11 I l rat fit f which G hl eld elda Ii n e a r J rI t t IH d rota n II point abo I an au K a 1 through Burt tat Iut t t t ira o 1111 t h r Home flit nl i f II I lI t tale aun ln belt bait he extends through l i iThe liza Z i mad II l Into Old Mexico The ilna oele Jele i i i t N k lode ut at Vir lIr ginia ginta City N I In III title this same belt hrit i tr i Ii c n m w mining of 01 n fl it II Ili old Crater ral rater r and an 1 At tt plates plan title this mineral belt belli I n Ilava I with a allow flow of 1 lava generally sene roily I mala pl which t does docs not contain mineral mineraI and It Is Ie I only at nt the points here where w the mala pi I covering has haa been men eroded ur was Will not notI nott a I I t I I f r 5 lIre fi rJ z r rif if r 1 I ff 1 I f I a I i l I a att tt imir t i i 0 T tr r j 1 a r j jr I maw son r 1 L I 1 r Le r rr e 1 1 r t t tl t l I l 4 rl rt 1 l x 1 v vIr a 1 t r r MI h I M M WN Mh w N J M w MN MM MJ d po that the Iho Is At ld It Is Ie exposed for tor a u of ot eight miles tong long Ion I by six nix miles wide and title whole area arn show II evidences o ot of mineral MintS Mines have already been found over oer on fill Area three thre miles north and south couth by three east and west vest with whit a recent reported two Iwo muse mill still further east The fact of ot finding veins In widely separated Bel rated shows the formation to contain a 1 series of ot lodes lode and In an proves that the tho values canted are not co ca Into In one ane large vein or orThus Iy for Thus Thull th Ian s are realer greater g ler for i making making a 1 laTuff I r of pt Inloes ininee on II rate throughout thou the Ih whole length and breadth of ot the the Gold fl nerd nehl ld district eu The beating rock In the Gold Goldfield GoldfIeld field Held district It le of ot volcanic origin orilin and andIs andis Is II termed turned in Nevada lode lade porphyry It is Ii I traversed tra by b hard dykes dyke m mIllIn Ming IllIn the veins usually trend trendIng trendIng Ing parallel with those thoe dyk s The veins eln are ar numerous and run In every ever direction On the western edge ede of or the tb belt they run north and an south lOuth white while on an anthe the northern and southern edge they tile trend tend east and west The eastern edge of the belt has not received enough nough development to 10 determine the general course mim of 01 the tile veins velna but from Irom cropping tutu It would seem lum that they thy alto also trend north and south between the larger larr dykes and veins In III Inthe inthe the district cross crop era veins and feeders oc oe occur cur making a 1 complete network of separate sep lep separate arate and distinct fissures The Tha district Is le much like the he Cripple Creek district of 01 Color Colora Colorado do clo In that the general country rock Is 18 Isa isa a R porphyry crossed by numerous dykes The Th lode loda porphyry of ot Goldfield Is le t very ver Similar to the breccia of ot Cripple Creek The rhe network of ot vita vein Int at Is I also similar to the vein system of ot Crip Cripple pie Creek The veins In are arl of or various arlou elsee aril have ha VI spread II as s wide wid M ae 40 feet tet chow shou lag Ing nl values the entire width In the Com Combination Combination mine mite the veins Ina range from two tuo to 40 feet tet wide the January has lias one on II vein 20 10 feet leet wide 1 1 all of ot which Is le I ore oreIn oreIn oreIn In the Jumbo the vein vela Is smaller be he being being ing from two to 12 11 feet wide but Jut very rich In the Florence lorence l the vein Is II from front two to to 10 teat feet wide being all ore run rune running ruing ning as R high BB as a KOO per ton to A across tour four feet Ceet 01 of 0 the ore In the Tonopah Club claim a vein has hat been IMell opened 26 feet wide the lowest assay Bay obtained across the 20 16 feet reet being 10 0 shut Ihl the highest away aMIt I MO Title This remarkable shoot lull haq hl been opened for torn furR a length of or feet and retains Its It high values alu the whole distance In the Uie U Black Blick Butte Hutte property there Is le a vein 81 SI feet wide giving the following values Nine feet reet IN u 11 1 N hl 11 1 11 a h h I 1 h I 1 a 11 i u u MI II II I N I IrN N u hh u II N u N II I h rr y rr t r I r I r r t 1 y t d I i ei i I I Ii 0 Ia J t S I I Y Y Yh t h y yh 1 v 1 I i h r L k i JF th t h l Yai P T 1 h f 4 h h h V Y y j to f y h h y Y t t e e 1 till t y 1 X f y yU yv 1 v U V M M V U Photographed Specially for tor tine the Christmas News New THE FLORENCE FLORINCE AND SOME OF ITS AT GOLDFIELD I of ot 40 0 ore orb tour four feet teet of ot HO tO 0 ore feet tet of ot 93 13 ore and end eight feet fHt of al 12 ore Thus ThUl It would a seem sm m that the veins ar art are large lafe and antl strong and the well distributed DOWN A strong tro point in hi In VOl of ot Goldfield Is I that It has virtually been proven that th the on ore J continues to a great rat depth While the he deepest shaft In the camp amp Is la only about 30 feet deep on OD the Com Combination Cornn mine at feet the ore changed clanged to a sulphide carrying equally Mood good values val Uti as the oxidised portions portion above This same aam condition lute bas u re remained r remained to the entire depth dc th of 01 the th thIh shaft Ih and the slightly Increased oread I The January Florence and nd Jumbo have reaches reach the zone lone and amI show the values continuous Three These four tour mines are the only ani ones H which have hav gone Irone lx below Ilu low the ox nn i 1 In the Florence mine minI huts has ben been found Other point 10 to the Ih ore ort IX x tending to II great greit From the strength of 01 the veins and the dykes dyke on the surface It Il would appear that they penetrate the earth to a greet great depth I At AI Tonopah 27 miles north of rand and located III In a 0 similar r formation on or has hUll been en found round to a R depth oC of feet test with no diminution of at values vahle has produced to date About Since the first ore was wa VI not shipped until November 1803 1 and ami the Jumbo mine did not begin its It I big tarn iu until March ot of thus this year for this record Is 18 a phenomenal one and antI ties has scarcely been equaled by any oth other r camp In the world New strikes are being made so rapidly and new ship shippers shippers pers pars coming corning In that It is I hardly I ble bl to 10 predict the total amount for the tile I year with accuracy It to oy sO I that it 11 will produce over twice AS na much In Its it first year ear as did Cripple Creek In Inthe Inthe Inthe the first two years ear of at Its 1111 existence GRADE OHAD IS VERY HIGH The grade grado of ot ore pre nt at Is la very high and am some onto wonderfully rich ship mints have bave been mode made In one of 01 the leases lease on the Jumbo mine min theft Is a n abreast abreast I breast bret of at ore over four tour feet wide av nv averaging I trotter 1 than Ulon 1000 tier per ton tan In another lease the owner reduces tho the tree free gold In a R mortar and am takes out Over per day which U l i sent ent di It directly to the mint On the St Ives vee the tho general ore runs 1280 1210 per ton and tin the th sorted ore 1370 per tort ton On the Ien Ken Kendall dall dal claims chime two miles nulles north of 01 the nU Jumbo ore or Is IB sacked lacked running to the ton Ion At the Lone Star property 20 o to 1100 tOO ore Is II being snaked sacked from Irom rota about t two o feet of the vein the balance or of the tl th vein being b a good grade of 01 mill mull millON car oro On the Q of ot the Diamond field add company com pan over three miles from th Ih the original find In the ore Of l I Ic found running from uno 0 to 10 I r 1 ton ion Recent Roi R hay have been node on the Tonopah Club Host Hos hush fill VI I r Tip and other claims which prom pron lt Ip Iw lo to equal i In n the tho Ih older Ante or of the camp For extent nf it surface I showing the Ih Tonopah h Club strike lur eur ur puree panes JIn anything yet Jet t discovered AT TIn B Aa R a n 1 rule rull Hie the vein nt of the thC eld eldI I ere arc pra barren lunen hul n at nl the them I m ur ire e It ll IH le tint th t ae a ays of m rare re than s 2 to 6 can nn flit bo be d Wily Why this l is 18 so has haJ not 1101 yet hen ben ex X Xi i lined train standpoint but hut It Is II a IL fart larl The rulo rule II Is In gold rold ramps camps that the values value are concentrated near the top lop of or the hll vela ehl clad and arc are consequently higher for tor tho the fret first few lew feet but Is le the exception lion tion to the ruin rull ax as almost almont Invariably the veins are barren for tor from tram six to 0 IG feet teet In depth When the barren harun portion potion l is III passed cassed 1 through the ore oro will I In in value IU suddenly from 13 3 or St Sf 1 per ton tonto tonto tonto to per ton or better belter This condo condi condition tion wits was particularly noticeable In n th the Jumbo Florence Combination January and nd a number r of ot other mines mine There The are art exceptions to this rule In Inthe Inthe inthe the district such as a the Vel Vol Velvet Velvet vet Sandstorm and Club where the value came directly to the surface On the other hand hana in the Ute Sliver Silver Pick property It was Val necessary nt to lo sink 40 feet In n the thO th vein vain which gave ve only anI 84 4 per ton before the oro ore shoot was at reached which yielded values value of ot per top ton and better betterIn In the UtI Quartette was VII expended upended before exceeding ex noli 1300 per ton Ian toner were er found THE TOWN OF OP hUll hue sprung up almost t In a night nl bl and Ir the same lame features feature its III other new mining camps of ot the lh w west t the population Is II living In Intents I tints tents as ne It II In le I hlll i to tD secure lumb r to build boxes for tor the Ibl of or the lilt p people oile are being erected every day II but bill It will require Mix fix months to 10 meet the demand demandt There Is II no hotel h hof an ani newcomers newcomer newcO 1 depend t on of th the of 01 some friend or ormay may be bp lui lucky ky enough to secure lodging In one of ot several lodging Iodising tents tente A hotel company vas teas formed during the visit of the writer to the camp Amp recently and the stock of ot subscribed by tho rho citizens of ot the town ton in one on day How However However however ever It U will require at Rt least leut four months to complete the building if It not longer There are several restaurants and eat cat catIng I lag Ing In housea hou but customers are Arc often obliged to walt wait their turn for tor n a 1 sent at atthe the table able Prices are abnormally high for tor all nil commodities on account of the th congest congested ed condition of at the transportation ties Lumber brings 70 10 per 1000 feet Icet and hay ha W 80 p per r ton Cots In the Ihl rooming tents bring it 1 a night and meals from 60 10 cents to SI 11 t according to 10 the capacity and demands of ot the eater The one bath Ing hug The area Is BO so largo and the dl die convey eDver of the camp so 0 recant that the claim |