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r=3 THE GOLDFIELD NEWS [=s] "A!! That's New and True of the Greatest Go!d Camp Ever Known" VOL. 4. No. tO. GOLDF)ELD, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, t9O7. PR<CEtO CENTS THE WEEK'S OUTPUT OVER HALF M!LUON DOLLARS FLORENCE LEDGE BREAKS ALL PREVIOUS MACKENZIE'S LUCK , SEEKING HONORS RECORDS FOR PRODUCTION] ON CURTtS LEASE ------------------------ ----------------------------- ----------------------- * Th.Fl.renc. Ledge Leasing company, operating a block of ground on * lnfrPH<sP ttf Npa!*!v F)VP Tftn< ar)H Q)V+V Thn$ICa$ir! * Fr.nc.s-M.hawkle.s. No. 3 (Curtis lease) recently purchased by the + + theFirelight claim .ttheFl.re.ee, is the latest aspirant for high grad. 4 *ULFCSbCO! HCdDy T*VC iTUHUTCU !UUh aHU ^!XLy i MOUSana UO! + Frances-M.hawk Mining and Leasing company, has made go<^i almost 4- 4< honors. A 17-foot vein was cut a few days ago on the 150-foot level. The 4* 1 f!t*C (TVPT* t!l6 Pt*f*V)(lHS WPP!c WhlGh ! 11 *F from the day the property came into the hands of its new owners. Last 4 4* ledge runs northeast and southwest, with a dtp to the east. Manager 4* * , 4 Saturday almost before the ink on the transfer papers was dry, a big body 4< 4- Meeker is arm in the belief that it is the main Florence ledge. Five feet 4- W&S & RCCOfd BrC3KCr===Wi!l be -b of One looking ore was encountered on the 380-foot level. The strike 4- 4* of the vein runs from $80 to $100 a ton and there are streaks, from an inch 4* CA*<$ A 1KT A ST r a 4 created great excitement and many declared it could not be true, that pos- 4< 4 to two Inches wide that run into the thousands. *b JtH i SjrC3tCf llCXt W CCK 4* sibly a rich stringer had been cut but nothing more than a stringer. But 4 4* The ledge runs clear across the lease block, a distance of 250 feet. 4* [ 4. it proves to be a "stringer".that any mine in the district would be glad to 4< 4. Between the 160 and 250-foot levels the ledge dips on an angle of 07 de- 4* I 4. claim for its own. ^ * grees and a crosscut is being driven from the shaft at the 250 to tap the 4< * Shipped to smelters--------—........1,502 tons; Estimated value ..............-....................$236,024.28 4< ^ The first indications of the pay streak were encountered in a drift 4. ]<M^vein on that level. A compressor plant will be installed at once and devel- 4- * Shipped to mill-------------------------------.1,436 " " " ------------------------------- 251,300.00 *4 about afteen feet from the southeast crosscut, which was started at a 4. HR?pment work will be rushed as fast as it can be done with the aid of ma- 4< * Treated at Combination mill........... 600 " " " ..............---------------- 50,000.00 4< g. point 400 feet from the shaft. The former leasers had lost the vein in the 4 ^Kthine drills. 4* * ] 4< crosscut and came to the conclusion that it had faulted. So it had but the 4< The big ledge runs directly into the Florence Aurelia block, also con- 4* *** Output - ----------------------------—3,438 tons, Estimated value ..................................$537,324.28 4* g, fault was not extensive, as shown by the fact that the Mackenzie engineers 4 Hr.lled by the Meeker-Nels.n company. The shaft on this block is down 4- * The output of the mines and leases of GoldReld during the last week was $537,324.28 and this in spite of the 4- + p^d it up again in quick time. 4. H^IO feet and some fine looking rock has been taken out. The shaft will 4- * *"<* that the shipments to the mill and smelters from several of the large producers were necessarily curtailed be- + + The vein is from six to seven feet wide between wall, and carries 4- ^4. be sent down to the 400 point without a stop, unless the vein should be 4- * cause °? ""cessity of making repairs and installing new machinery. These delays were unavoidable but their 4 + . streak of picture rock that assays from $4.ooo to 35,000 a ton The en- 4. Y 4. tapped before that point is reached. 4- * effect on the total output was apparent. In addition to the reasons referred to, the figures for one day's shipment 4- + tire ore body will run better than $100 a ton. 4. 44444444444444444444444444444444444* by rail are not at hand. The total tonnage taken from the mines for treatment was 3,438, a substantial increase ^i4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4. ________________________________________________________________________________ 4* over the previous week. . 4< ______________________________________________ 4< The total output is now well over the half million dollar mark and there is every reason to believe that 4* M C \ / A !T A W A P i TTTT C ! 4* $l,OOO,OOO will not tell the story within the next thirty days. As the properties that are now producing ore are 4* C T T) T* A DC 'T C H \X / C I 7 i^AAVi^Y w7 a a fa 1 * k a xvfi 1 1L4 4 further developed, the output will naturally be increased, and it must not be forgotten that there are a number 4* ^ i' * Z^Y L, ! aD!!!-r TV AJ A*\r) D$n AAWMCC CHT AT`C * of mines andleases, which are not yet numbered among the shippers, but which are in ore and will soon be convert- 4<! AD! !**' r`"m raw**' ik T w nn a g Ur DiU iYliiiEj Ur oiAlE* mg the rock mtoyeuow gold 4 LUiibiHEnyAtiLE blKEiiUin ----------------------------- 4< The shipments to smelters by rail from June 24 to June 28 inclusive—five days—were: 4< ___________________ Luning has one of the coming big prospecting. There also were two or 4* (6 cars at $100 4* } The stock market opened Monday The trading was spasmodic but rather mines of the state in the Nevada Cham- three shallower shafts on the ore body, 4< June 24 Jno. 8. Cook & Co.......................................15 cars (450 tons)...............(4 cars at 400 4< morning strong and active, a condition more spirited than is usually the case , and the nronertv is so favorably ^ which workings were in fine cop- 4< (5 cars at 200 4< that was entirely unexpected as it was at this time of the year. The greater P P P y y per eye. Since the new management 4. "25 Mohawk mine ,.......................... 6 cars (240 tons) 100 4 believed that the strike of the telegraph portion of the buying is on the eastern located, that its product can be mined took over the property prospecting has "26 Mohawk mine ___; 4 cars (114 tons) 100 g, operators would have a depressing effect, account, many of the eastern investors and marketed at the lowest cost. continued, and the ore bodies, which .,07 - a r nir A C ...................................17 ,- The market has maintained a fair de- having finally awakened to the fact that /* ,. A party of Goldfield mine owners come nearly to the surface, have been * ^OOk 8 LO,...;---------------------...------IV cars (448 tons)-------------- 100 4* gree of activity ail the week and al- Goldfield stocks are bargains at prevaii- i it d L i thi eek assom anied °PS**stl up in at least a dozen places, 4* "28 Mohawk mine ---------------------- 6 cars (250 tons).... 100 4 though it sagged a little at times the ing prices. On the other hand, condi- v s e un ng s wee , assompan e from anyone of which shipping ore can 4. Total shipments to smelters for Rve days, 48 cars (1,502 tons), average value $157.14. 4< prices were generally well maintained tions in San Francisco continue to exert by a representative of The News, an be taken. In fact it would seem as if For the week ending yesterday, the Nevada Goldfield Reduction Works received consignments of ore as 4* ^ first few days, although there a pronounced influence in keeping down all were amazed at the splendid showing the whole hill is one huge mass of cop- . . ^ has been a gradual falling off in the prices. A strong active market is not of the Nevada Champion This prop- Per and that it might be worked much * IOIIOWS. * prices of some of the favorites during looked for during the hot summer formerl called the Parrot *" ^ is at Bingham, with scoop shovels. 4< Consolidated, 90 tons; Little Florence, 293 tons; Mohawk Jumbo, 118 tons; Combination Fraction, 40 tons; 4< the last day or two. months and the heat is beginning to antf has^^shinnet^^considerable ore under ^ 75-horse power hoist and a compressor 4. Mohawk-Combination M. & L. Company, 294 tons; McNaughton lease, 92 tons; Codd lease (St. Ives), 42 tons; 4* Consolidated opened the week at $6.55 exert an influence already. The shorts the former owners who were Boston P**"t will be installed in a short time gheets-lsh lease, 192 tons; Bed Top mine, 64 tons; Higginson lease, 16 tons; Loftus & Davis lease, 66 tons; Reitz 4* passed the $7 mark by Wednesday are having a hard time. They are not me iormer owners, were cusruu constructed from . , ^ , . ,r* ^ ^ , _ .but dropped back to $6.75 and has since "crazy with the heat." but are frantic people. But when they mined, copper .. , . , 4* lease (Frances-Mohawk dump). 129 tons. Total. 1.436 tons. 4. . , ^ ' ^ ^ . . _ '* . the company s artesian wells to the tunny;, r,no tons. ^""***, ^ been hovering between that figure and because they can t force the market ^ s, f r ^ mine. The railroad company has also 4'***4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4*4'4'6'4'4'4'4'4'4*4'4? 4*4* 4*4*4*4*4*^4'4'4'4'4'4''&4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4'4*4'4'4' $7. Jumbo Extension opened the week lower. Tire few failures reported from had^toleave^it to others to*manage*w!th ^Kreed to build a spur track to the ore _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ at $1.90 but yesterday the stock was Goldfield and San Francisco made no .. . , , ... . s?.' bins, a distance of one and one-half ____ ____ _____ _____ ____, _____ ____, selling at $1.68, notwithstanding the fact impression whatever on the market. As the not infrequent result of disagree- ^en men are employed at the AH T T that two more rich strikes have been a rule they were "short" traders, and ment ana nnai snut aown. mine at present but the force will be H It/H H—< ] ] H—( ] K—( ] ] H /% ( reported by the leasers and the prop- there seems to be a feeling that the McCormack & Dorsey, and Scott and increased as fast as room can be made A v\ ^ j Y ) A % y ^ ) ) H A A F y y H A ) ^ H A H A) A/tAz) AAF erty is in better shape than ever before, stock market is in better shape for rea- Amann recently purchased the Parrot, for them in the workings. There is at ' Florence held its own and closed yes- son of the elimination of these profes- They found two thousand tons of ship- least three times as much ore in sight --------------------------------------- terday at $4.10 slightly more than the atonal bears. *" """*e was three months ago and The g._,,.rse power electric hoist, of July. A like dividend will be de- ducting all charges for handling, treat- 3"°^ at,'he beginning of the In ^ ""^act has just been made for the ^ been installed over the Mohawk dared at about the same time by the ing, etc., amounted to $28,367.45. *"eek. Combination Fraction dropped GOI.DFIBM) FAMO rnnnl^ ^m V tf 20 ner cen^ Ind Florence shaft and Dr. Robinson esti- Mohawk Florence. As the Little Flor- During the same period the Goldfield gradually from $3.40 to $3 for no appar- The Goldfield Fargo Mining <m?,pany ^rM^? Is eniL on at the rft. of to be put up at Lunng which will afford ^es' that the output from the Little ence has $3M,0.0 in Its treasury and the Nevada Reduction works treated 51.84 ent<-eaaon. except lack of buying.rder^ ha. expend ^5.000 in ^loping its fhn! r^. car Jv ^ convenient market for the ores of the ^nd the Mohawk Florence sub- Mohawk Florence has considerably ove. tons ore received from the Higginson Hills held closely to the 40 mark ^ase on the C. O. D. The shaft is down about a car per day. district. Luning is fast coming to the „f which is being taken out $100,000, there Is no financial obstacle le9.se on the Jumbo Extension which ^d closing sales were made yesterday 425 feet and crosscuts are be ng driven The Parrot had one shaft down 400 front as one of the big copper camps of through this shaft will average 100 tons in the way of the proposed dividends, netted $10,689.99, while 249.8 tons of ore f ^d 42, two points higher than on the 300 and 400-foot levels. Occa- ^u-t?et . with _.consHqrqt(le_,un(l,e_rgcoyud the country. ^ day, beginning the first of the week, which will undoubtedly, be welcomed by from the Mohawk Jumbo lease on the Mtmday. ....... , . .. ----------... . As the work has heretofore been per- the stockholders in the two companies. Jumbo Extension for the same period _________________________—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ _ _ ^ _ _ _ _ . , ____ formed by a 15-horse power hoist, with Mill returns from the GoldReld Ne- netted $8,599.14. The Mohawk Jumbo ------ , —- , _ _ _ __ _— , —— _ —- !-! ! ^ A arecord of betweenflfty and sixty tons vada Reduction works from June 20 to ore however was not sorted or sacked \/ A A —A ( $ $ AA A ! R yy t ^ nX 1 iLf W AA VA ! A !-yi l\-fA In x! a day, the prediction seems a modest June 27 inclusive, give figures on 196.7 but shipped as it came out of the drift. ilJL; T Ik !v la ! 4 Aj aA!-A ! AA ik VA1 T n kA n V ____________________ one. ' tons of ore from the Little Florence. The shipments from both these leases _____________________ ,^ _ ^ . . ,, —. , , ^ .. It is semi-ofHcially announced thal The values of the ore handled during have been retarded during the last ten - — — . , , ,. ...1-- (From our own Representative.) dollars. Then look at the other prop- .. , ,,, . , , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ , , ^ . J. R. Young, who is connected with is carrying considerable sulphide. The , „ „„ —. . . ,. —. — I* the Little Florence will declare a divi- that time ranged from $114.66 a ton to days by the necessity of making certain ,, , .... Tonopah. June 28.—The mill of the erties you have besides. The Tonopah, .... . , ^,, , ,. . . , , , . ,, , , lccvnda-U'rfsbea M<ntnc and Leas- drift is being extended in order to cut __ , ^ , ... . ,. , , J dend of ten cents a share on the first $266.59 and the net returns after de- repairs and installing new machinery. the Nevada-*rtsoee aitntng ana *,eas , _. . . Montana Tonopah is rapidly approach- the Belmont, the Jim Butler, Tonopah - , . . , frnm a ^"e big ledge which outcrops on the Ing completion, and If the electric peo- Extension—see what all those mines ....— --------- ---- ^ *UP 3b 3 top of Gold Ridge and which dips to- ple In the East are to be depended upon mean toward the support of the camp. ^ _ . , k-w4 k . —— —- — — — — — — ——— ^ , trip of inspection of the company s ward the Frisbee shaft. The company the structure will be ready for opera- Yes, indeed, there are many years ahead ^ 7 H—A A ^ H ^ H A A A H T H ! ' H ` E—n ! H—N H H H mine on Gold Wedge at Lida, Nevada. looks to see not only this big ledge cut tion by the middle of next month. F. L. in the life of Tonopah. ] H /A H H H ] ) H H) ^ H H H H He reports considerable activity in but anticipates cutting the vein show- Bosqui, the designer of the mill has "They claim that Tonopah is a camp y y R R AM. R A-/ Rv \—F R i. 1 \—R R i. 1 R R R R-^ R R R R-^ R—/ 4^7 the old camp and stated that there are ing considerable copper which has been returned to Tonopah, and will stay of steady growth. It Is, but you will _________________________ several plants of machinery being put opened on the surface. The company here until the work is completed. He see it again the camp of speculation, as in place and that he looks for a great expects to get their largest values out will have full charge of it when It is is the case in other camps. Why? Da The June Atlanta lease on the Union tion and expect to strike pay ore in a tion Is favorable for getting into ship- deal of vigorous development for that of the big ledge as it is on this that the in operation, and the naming of the you not think that the properties which Jack claim has installed a hoist and short time. ping ore in a short time. camp during the summer months. There Snowstorm people are getting such rich men who are to be employed. have been lying dormant here waiting the shaft will be dropped to the 250- Red Mills M. & L. Codd on St. Ives has been just completed a new 10-stamp ore. Another adjoining property which The greatest Interest obtains in this to be shown the way, will resume work, foot point before any crosscutting is The GoldQeld Red Hills Mining and The St. Ives Leasing company shipped mill which was erected by one of the is owned jointly by a couple of promt- mill for there have been selections when the mill of the Montana has begun dona Leasing company's shaft is down 255 50 tons of ore last Wednesday and mining companies there and they expect nent mining men. is producing some ex- made from the best of modern works to drop its stamps? Don't you think Sunflower on Velvet feet and sinking is still going on. No Manager Codd. expects to make regu- to start operations during the coming tremely good looking ore. in each department, and the success of that there will be further developments The Sunflower lease on the Velvet is drifting has been done below the 100- lar weekly shipments of that amount week. From the report which Mr. Young re- it means much to this camp. That it along the strike of the Montana ledge? down nearly four hundred feet, at that foot level, although a station will be hereafter. The shipments will average Regarding the present conditions of turned with from the Frisbee property, will be a success the designer is ready "There could be no better ground point a station will be cut and a cross- cut and a crosscut later at the 235-foot 3100 a ton. The ore is being taken the Frisbee mine: Mr. Young says that it looks as if they have an exceptionally tostakehisreputatlon, forhehasmade for development, and there could not cut for the ledge started. level, at which point, some highly miner- from the 100-foot level. Development )t jg more than gratifying. The shaft big milling proposition and In fact he tests as the work has progressed, and be offered to the speculative market, The Gold Bar Leasing company is alized rock was cut through. work is progressing on the 311-foot [g at a depth of 200 feet and the cross- further stated that one of the main is satisfied with everything that has better securities, with stronger backing working three shifts on its shaft, which Mohawk Mo. 1 level, where two' ledges that assay well „ut has been extended for a distance of reasons of his visit there at the present gone Into the building, from the behind them. Mark my word, when the is rapidly approaching the 300-foot The Mohawk No. 1 Leasing company have been cut during the last week, about 175 feet. ' time was for the purpose of conferring ' crushers to the cyanide plant. stamps of the Montana Tonopah mill point. has cut a four foot ledge in the drift The big ledge is expected to be reached There is one vein opened which meas- with the superintendent of the property Fred W. Bishop, a mining man and begin to drop, you will see a greater Mappy Munch about 110 feet from the shaft, on the in a short time. The shaft will be sunk ures at least 20 feet across and which and looking into the ore bodies before - a stock broker from San Francisco was speculative field In this camp than In Two leases have been let on the 160-foot level. The ledge is widening to the 400-foot point as rapidly as possi- pans freely. There is another vein cut the company erects its mill on which ^Hfhere this week, and went through the any other In Nevada. I am not dis- Happy Hunch property, eight miles east and the values are steadily increasing, ble. which Is fully 8 feet in width which they hope to start work very shortly. and the mine. He was loud in his paraging any other camp. I have not of Goldfield. The company is also A crosscut is now being driven to cut Chicago Florence M. & L. __________________________________________________________________________________ praise of both. The mine he pronounced been to Goldfield yet, but I have yet to sinking a shaft to a depth of 160 feet. this ledge in the 300-foot level. The Chicago Florence Mining and _____ ----- as one of the biggest In the world, and visit a camp in this southern country Xett Bros, on Atlanta Nevada Fearl Leasing company, which began opera- PROGRESS OF WORM ON WILE BEGIN AC^nvE declared that if it were the only mine that is a failure. Still, with all the Kett Brothers' lease on the Atlanta The Nevada Pearl lease on the Combi- tions on the Red King claim two weeks FLORENCE EXTENSION I ,, *MZ BANC in the camp, that when It Is running camps, Tonopah will hold her own, both is down 200 feet and they are still sink- nation is pushing work on its shaft, ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Florence Extension Mining com- President H., F. Band, of the Go)d- to its full capacity, with the mill in as a speculative and an Investment ing. They are in an excellent forma- which is down 200 feet. Every indica- (Continued on Page Five.) p^y has put down two shafts on its ^HehT eaHy in ^h^^'k*and witl .operation, it would be sufHcient to sup- camp." _ . . .. --------------—--------------------------------------------- strip of ground surrounded by the remain for sometime. President Band '°"^°"M^aJ ^^h,"^saM°°hA Tonopah ^tension,*'returned from the IMY7-k A r^R ITT`C D 1R 1 Florence. C. O. D. mine, and the Gol- say. a hoist will be installed on the "ha. two great veins, which are equal East thi. week and left again for Los ^ # ) ] ) SL K]-<] )-< )-< [\ <=onda ""H"* *"* the O. K. and Rustler to the majority of those on the mother Angeles for a few days. He said that ^ iR jT R^V*. R JL R-F R—V R T Y R—^ R-^ 1 1 fractions of the Consolidated. started as soon as the necessary prepa- lode of California, the great veins which the mines of Tonopah were never look- Shaft No. 1 is down 289 feet but the rations can be made The work will be ^Ev^^: x ^h., n iMon CV A MM METilHRUDQ ^ ^ *" ^ """ir °r- Montana Tonopah is as great, if not "is in a flourishing condition, and the H ! ] !Wt A /\ ! ! § ! R ] \ B H [ ) ! R§ W ! H\ now condned chieHy to developing the B. Stevenson, who recently came here greattr.than &es. veins, and the sul- depression is in no sens, due to the *RSJ i Y RR^`^f R^VY. 1 R^ 1 1 R^RIYRR ground through the double compartment ^'^dMd^n^ning phide is fully as great In the sul- condition oh the future outlook of the --------------------------------------- shaft, known a. shaft No. 2. which Is company'owns practically the who!. f^mth*Ta^ %^ntJr`Montana*!s at"th*eprese^tim.' there is not a. ! flfktlHrt f)f the !um!lO FxtetlSiOtl atld Ma!iaPer FitlCh ^"^0 feet and ha. just broken Into town of Columbia and ne.Hy all It. ruling to it. capacity, there will be much ore going to the smelter, as rTeSiaent LOLKndrt U! MIC JU!MUU pALCMMUH dHU iY!dHdgCr r!ULH . „.<,y .ulphlde or. that run. $18 claims have become residence sites. employed there between 500 and 600 there was a year ago, but the mines are T flkr)Cr$t)ft!$'l^43ll Mif)$*C H!ctHlC a ton. The extent of the, vein has npt men. These men will average families shipping great quantities of ore to their Vi HiC %7ViiBWMtHCM I*HiiLS U4 L743HU4CH"tS yet been determined. It covers the en- MIGGINSON PREPARING of four, which means a population of mills, ancl the total tonnage is greater D<xt*zru*c Aizrtlli* A rt/3V Qtlii*O Rn+\IfUUft tire bottom of the shaft which is being FOR MEAVY PRODUCTION between 2,000 and 3,000, all being sup- than it was a year ago. With regard to i\tiLHVrS ADVUt APCA DCiWCCil driven through it. The vein has been The Higginson lease shipped 40 tons ported by this one mine. That alone the shipping ore there is a very good T`t- - /v * penetrated for 4% feet, with no walls of ore, averaging $260 a ton this week would make a camp of 4,000 to 5,000 reason for this, which can be easily un- iilC!f vOtliPR!HCS in sight . This ledge.parallels the fam- and expects to tsegin shipping twenty people. The Utica supports a camp of derstobd by anyone who will give the ous Little Florence ledge, which the tons a day as soon as the shaft has 4 Q0Q matter a little study. For several ----------------;---------------------- management expects to tap in a cross- reached 307 feet at which depth it is "So you can see that there is no years past Tonopah mines were ship- Since the opening up of the enormously rich bodies of** of the Lucky Boy claim of the Jumbo, and the ledge runs cut that Is being driven to connect with expected to catch the dip of the rich need to worry over the future of Ton.- ping and producing only their highest x-xtension around, within a short distance ^ Jumbo Extension ground for at least thirty feet. Gatzen lease on the Red King claim, vein that was opened up on the 232-foot pah for many years to come. If the grade ores, this being necessary on ac- ore on the Jumbo Extension grouna,witnin a snorraistance ^ ,n+— ? +t, ** +ii + +h 4 The crosscut is in about 80 feet and level. A compressor plant is on the ore on the Montana Tonopah averaged count of the existing conditions at the Mohawk bonanza, there have been persistent rumors the absurdity of the report that the vein ^ about 75 feet to go. The Florence ground and will be Installed aa rapidly only twelve dollars a ton, and I know time. Today every property In Tono- __ . . ... . ^ ^ ^ + different apexed in the Mohawk ground, it was first cut by the Extension Is controlled and managed as possible, the foundation having al- - that it goes away beyond that figure, ---------------------------------------------------------------- "" andthisbngaboo has been nsea at umerent McNaughton lease, operating on the Mohawk and followed by Webb H. Parkison. ready been prepared. it is a min. worth easiiy Hfte.n million (Continued on Pag. Five.) times to influence the stock market to the disadvantage of ^ ^ Then the surveyors mad. the discovery______________________________________________________________________________________ the Jumbo Extension. It can be dednitely stated that there ° ^ ^ , ' MftF! AW!^ f (IMR!N AT!(IN Ext.nZ°.!^s,a^.J..Lh.^i.^prJ..^,.. int<^urterHt.ry andmad. them move back.'' M 0 H AW K JUMBO LEASE MOMAWK-LUMO^AilU^ t.mpla^byth.^.nt.f.l^mpan, Thomas DEAnV PUP HPAVV UHTPHT TINHPPW A V PUP PPf (inn Lockhart, president ofthe Jumbo Extension company Mohawk and Jumbo Extension said: "Nothing has d.v.l- KtAUY FUK HEAVY UU 1 MU 1 Ur`)UEKYYAY r UK KEL<UK.LF Med at the suggestion that a s^t was threatened^at .,.4 present to Jm*ify bringing ,.ch a suit. The ----------------------------- --------------------------- the same time disposed of another rumor to the e ect at ^,^^k is working in three large ore bodies, and it has 4< The Mohawk Jumbo lease expects to begin regular shipments of 60 + The Mohawk-Comblnatlon Leasing company now has 150 men at work 4< an agreement had been entered into between the two com- ^ appeared whether any of them is the same as that * *°°' h'sh grade a day by the first of next week. The dead work has 4< A on the Sheets-Ish and Ka!fus leases and It Is expected that before the explr- 4< panies on the matter. ., . — + . / . . . . + been completed and everything Is in readiness for a big and steady output. + 4< atlon of the leases, fully 400 men will be employed. The output for the 4* "There is absolutely no possibility of a suit over the ^""Ch the Jumbo Extension has opened. An apex between owing to the large amount of water that was encountered in the vein mat- 4< 4< last few days has been at the rate of 100 tons a day, of high grade ore that 4 the companies would Involve the most Intricate and difhcult ter, and the consequent heavy deduction made by the reduction works for 4< 4< will run $125 a ton and about 60 tons a day of milling ore that will run $50 4* apex question,'' said Mr. Lockhart, "and there is no agree- geological proposition ever presented to engineers, as the 4 moisture, it was found necessary to put In troughs to carry o!f the water. 4 4 a ton. 4* ment between the Mohawk and the Jumbo Extension re- bodies are not continuous, but great deposits, as in the ! * Because of the delay caused by this and other preparatory work, the out- 4 4 The shafts are being sent down to greater depth and the drifts and 4 garding extra lateral rights. Sometime ago the Mohawk Combination. Anvhow an anex snit between anv nroner * during the last week has not been large, although there Is a large 4 4 crosscuts are ali being extended, while a large force of miners are working 4 . _ Combination. Anyhow, an apex snit between any proper ^ amount of exceedingiy high grade ore ready to be hoisted to the surface. 4 4 in the stopes already opened up. More is being broken down than can be 4 People mane some suen a proposition to me ana 1 tnougnt Meg would be a very serious thing for the camp just now." 4. Beginning with the Hrst of the week, work will begin on three stopes on 4 4 hoisted to the surface. There is also a scarcity of cars for hauling the 4 favorably of it; however, the matter went no further and From the forgoing it will be seen that the rumors that 4 the 430-foot level. A cage has been installed and cars will be used in hoist- 4 4 product to the mill, but this dlHiculty will be overcome in a few days, the 4 no agreement was ever signed by either party. have been Hying everywhere the country over, are without * *°k the ore. 4 * railroad having promised to furnish an ample supply of cars. The quality 4 __ ..__ ,_ ________ ._____________ ,. .... .' . , _. . , ... ,_ 4 Sinking will continue, with the bucket In the other compartment of 4 I ^tl^or^l. stilly improving and as soon a. the connection, between 4 "However there is no reason for an agreement of this foundation, at least so far as the Immediate future is con- + shaft, the intention being to go to the footw.n of the ledge. I 4 the two leases is made, which will be in a few days there will be a sub- 4 hind, for ail the rich veins that have been opened np on corned, and the statements of President Lockhart of the 4, The company has been using three machine drills in Its work, air being 4 4 stantlal increase In the output, as the company will then begin hoisting 4 the Jumbo Extension ground run across the sidelines and Jumbo Extension, and General Manager Pinch, of the 4 obtained from the Loftus and Davis lease on the Combination Fraction. 4 4 through al! three shafts. The operations of this lease are being watched 4 not parallel with them, therefore there is no apex question GoldReld Consolidated, owners of the Jumbo and the Mo- * Manager J. H. Macmillan has mads arrangements to purchase the Loftus 4 4 with keenest interest a. it 1. conHdently believed that it will make a record 4 Evolved. Th. Higginson ledge, for instance, runs from hawk, which surround the Jumbo Extension, should b. re- t t*P'r*"on of their lease, and eight 4 * in production th&t will far surpass that of the famous Hayes-Monnette. * . * ^ ^ _ . , ^ ^ + machine dri!!a w!H then be operated. + ^ + l, + + t..t. + l..H..H.t. + + .H. + + + + .H. + + + + + + + + + + + the point at which the last strike was made to the side Mae assuring in the extreme. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +