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THE GOLDFIELD NEWS
AND WEEKLY TRIBUNE
>ew*»nd Tribune The Goldfield New., Volume 13. No. 28 GOLDFIELD, NEVADA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1918 PRICE TEN CENTS
Vol. 10.' No. 30 Toldfield Weekly Tribune, Volume 15. No. 28 _T ____
GOLDFIELD MEN AGAIN PUT
TQL1CHA PlSimCI ON HAP
A mining district from which
little has been heard since the
boom that accompanied its discov
ery is again on the map, for To
licba, near Quartz mountain, 50
miles south of Goldfield, has been
given a new lease on life by B. A*.
Ludwick, C. W. Webster and Hugh
McCloskey. Ludwig and other
Goldfield men until a short time
ago operated a lease on the C. O.
D. mine here. This lease was
closed, it is understood, because
of dissension among the lesees, and
Ludwig, seeking new fields, inter
ested McCloskey and Webster in
Tolicha. The agreement under
which work is being done is not
known. Several men have been
employed for one month and it Is
reported that a wide body of ore
assaying $30 in gold and silver
can be worked at a profit and that
shipments will start in the near
future. Several days ago, while
here, the lessees were anxious to
buy or rent a truck for use in
hauling ore.
It is said that during the past
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month they have built a good road
to the property and are about to
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start a tunnel toward the bottom
of the 50-foot shaft sunk when the
claims were worked under option
of purchase shortly after the dis
covery.
The Tolicba excitement started
late in July of last lear, after the
discovery had been made by Jack 1
Jordan and Ed Yaiser. The dis
trict was regarded as one of ex
ceptional promise and claims were i
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staked for miles surrounding the
ground held by Jordan and Yaiser.
In a short time an option on the
Life Preserver group was taken by j
Zeb Kendall of Tonopah, who in '
turn interested George Wingfield !
with him and 17 men were put to [
work prospecting the ground. At!
that time this group, consisting of j
three claims, was said to be travers-1
ed by two large parallel veins and
it was said that the main vein
.showed ore of milling grade over
a width of from seven to 15 feet
on the surface. The men now
working the claims say they have
in sight 13 feet of |30 ore, which
they say they can ship at a good
profit. The veins are fault fis
sures of large size with well-de
fined walls and good assays have
been obtained over a distance of
300 feet on the surface.
Good reports continued to come
from the district for several
months last year, but early in No
vember the option on the propertr
was relinquished. It is reported
that the exacting terms of the op
tion, with distance from rail trans
portation and uncertainty as to
methods required to treat the are,
led to the enterprise being aban
doned.
Many people were optimistic re
garding the district when work
was stopped and Ludwig, Webster
and McCloskey are confident good
profits can be made.
EAST DIVIDE SHAFT
IS 125 FEET DEEP
The shaft of the East Divide
company, in the Divide district, has
reached a depth of over 125 feet,
with no change in the formation.
The shaft has been timbered for
its entire depth and in general un
usually rapid progress is being
made.
A large and comfortable bunk
house for the miners has been
completed on the ground and the
daily journeys to and from Tono
pah are no longer necessary.
The newly installed electrically
driven surface plant continues to
operate with entire satisfaction. 1
GRANDMA STARTS
FIRST DRIFT TO
DEVELOP AT
815 FEFT
The drift being driven southwest
from a short crosscut on the 815
foot level of the Grandma has been
advanced 50 feet and is being driv
en rapidly along the surface of
the shale. The starting of this
drift and the one that will be
driven in the opposite direction
have been awaited, as mining men
generally predict that important
developments will result from the
work.
The drift is being driven where
the shale reaches almost its great
est depth in the district and it is
the general opinion that an im
portant ore-bearing zone will be
opened in work along the shale
contact.
OCTOBER PROFITS OF
BUTLER WHERE $5000
Tonopah Miner: The results of
the mining operations at the J‘m
Butler Tonopah Mining company
for the month of October have been
announced. From the shipment
and treatment of 1054 tons of ore,
a profit of $5942.50 was made. All
the tonnage produced by the mine
was sent to the Belmont mill at
Tonopah.
As in the past few weeks, the
principal work done at the Jim
Butler was on the 800-foot level
from the Wandering Boy shaft,
where exploration and development
operations have been under way
for some time in connection with
operations that were planned for
the opening up of the Fraction
vein at depth. Fairly good head
way was made in the mining oper
ations at this level.
“Fill” REDUCES
COPPER OUTPUT
It has been pointed out that the;
world’s production of copper has |
expanded 40 per cent in the last
five years. This has been done not
by an increased number or a more
efficient set of men, but by the
use of men who have been engag-'
ed in development and construc
tion work. This fact of larger out
put will have an important influ
ence in determining the fate of the
copper market when normal times
return. Whether government con-:
trol will obtain after peace comes
is another factor. Some think that
when an open market again rules
prices will not go above 26 cents,
no matter what the demand may
be. citing the fact that before the j
war the highest price had been 12 |
to 15 cents per pound. Output of i
refined copper is lagging, due j
largely to influenza. When op-,
erating at capacity the refineries |
can turn out 250,000,000 pounds I
per month: lately their production
has been from 17,000,000 to 200,- j
000,000 pounds per month.—Min-'
ing and Scientific Press.
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BELMONT EARNINGS FOR
SEPTEMBER WERE $41,000
A better production was made by
the Tonopah Belmont Development
company during the month of Oc
tober than in the preceding month.
The September records were 8103
tons milled, 933.751 ounces of gold
and 89,475.48 ounces of silver:
produced, and the resulting profits
$41,736.80.
The shortage of men due to the
prevalence of influenza in the To
nopah district, extended to the Bel- (
mont mine as well as to all the
other properties in the camp, and
caused a temporary diminution in
| the amount of development ■ ork '
j done.
PIONEER MINE PREPARING j
TO SINK SHAFT TO DEPTH
The Reorganized Pioneer Mines
company is preparing to sink the
main shaft to a depth of from 800
to 1000 feet, or to water level, j
The shaft will be timbered from
the 324-foot point to the bottom, j
or a depth of 415 feet, in prepara
tion for sinking.
A drift is also being run north
west along the contact to explore
the territory below the Rickard
winze, where Tex Rickard and as
sociates made a good production
some years ago. This drift is be
ing extended along the contact that
marks the boundary line of the
once-famous Bonanza stope in;
which $100 ore was broken over a '
width of 20 feet. The drift is ex- j
pected to cut good ore when it en-1
ters the territory immediately be
low the Rickard winze.
Power drills are being used in
the work, air being obtained from
the Mayflower mine, whicu adjoins |
the Pioneer and is under the same
management. W. J. Tobin Is man- I
ager of both properties. Power
for ail equipment, including the
lighting plant, is furnished by en
gines burning low-grade oil, at low
cost.
The northwest drift is being run
into the K. K. claim, which has an
excellent surface showing. This
claim was acquired by the Pioneer
recently, and the opening of this
ground is the most important work
undertaken by the Pioneer in many
years.
Work in the Mayflower has re
sulted in large bodies of good
mill ore being exposed and a re
cent sampling has shown a general
average of $12 per ton for the
large blocks, with the smaller ore
shoots showing shipping ore.
In the Starlight shaft a body of
ore five feet wide and 60 feet long
has been opened, assaying $12 per
ton. Good bodies of ore also have
been uncovered at depths of 200,
300 and 400 feet In the main
workings of the Mayflower.
TONOPAH MINING DUMPS HAVE j
ALL BEEN TREATED BY COMPANY
Tonopah Miner: Because of the
prevalence of influenza during the
past few weeks in Tonopah, the To
nopah Mining company, along with
the other operating mines in the
district, has been handicapped to
a greater extent, possibly, than waf
caused by the government’s call for
miners and laborers for shipyard
and other war work. In conse
quence of this situation the com
pany fell far short of its average '
in the matter of development work, |
there having been only 34 feet of
new ground broken in what are
known as the regular mining oper- j
ations. The stoping work, how-1
ever, was continued at the usual !
rate at each of the veins on the |
different levels of the several sec-1
tions of the mine, and the output .
from the underground workings j
was about up to normal.
The dumps have been cleaned
up and there will be no reports in
the future concerning tonnages |
from this source. In the mean- :
while, however, the mill manage- [
ment is engaged in a series of ex- j
periments to determine whether;
the immense piles of sand which j
remained from the previous opera- ,
tions, before the company adopted
the all-sliming process at the mill, j
are susceptible to economical hand
ling and treatment. These experi
ments will be continued for at
least a month and possibly longer, j
and there is every reason to hope
that within that period the mill ex
perts of the company will have1
devised some practical method to
extract the remaining values from 1
the old sands and what remains j
in the slimes. I
The footage record for the week
was 34 feet, that amount of work
having been performed in extend
ing a drift to the footwall of the
Mizpah vein in the section of the
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mine designated by the same name.
The tonnage report is consider
ably less than in previous weeks,
because of the fact that the ship
ments to the company’s reduction
plant at Millers, following the
cleaning up of the dumps around
the Silver Top shaft have ceased,
and the only ore that is being
shipped consists of the product
from the underground workings
in the mine. The quantity of this
ore, which was shipped to the Bel
mont mill on the other side of Mt.
Oddie, remained about the same,
the company having kept up the
stoping work as much as practic
able while curtailing the amount
of the development work.
With the one exception, there
fore, where drifting was done, the
weekly report contains no items
other than those of stoping on the
various levels. In detail, the work
clone was as follows:
At the Silver Top shaft, on the
340-foot level, stoping is still being
carried on at the western end of j
the filled stope. A good grade |
ol’ mill ore is being pulled from
this place and the usual produc- 1
tion was made and sent to the Bel
mont mill.
On the 440-foot level the regular
sloping operations were forwarded
t.i the footwall of the Mizpah vein |
a., a point east of the shaft. A,
width of three to four feet of ore ,
continues to be exposed as tnls
pi ogresses, and its excellent values
show no signs of diminishing The1
tonnage extracted from the stope
was about normal.
On the 540-foot level, the stope
on the Burro No. 4 vein continues
to break against a face of milling
grade ore about four feet in
width. There has been no change,
so far as 'quantities or values are
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PROMISING LEASE BEING WORKED
In prospecting under option of
purchase the Silver Fox and Silver
Moon claims, situated nine miles
from Silver Peak, Frank Hertzer
and Dan O’Keefe have sunk a shaft
36 feet feet and have crosscut to
the vein, which was found to be
four feet wide at this point. Good
assays were obtained across the
entire width, some as high as $200,
practically all in silver, and as
soon as crosscuts have been extend
ed to the vein at greater depth
the ore will be stoped back to the
surface and a shipment made to
provide funds for developing the
claims on a broader scale. The
lessees say they have saved in
work done thus far several tons of
ore that will assay from $175 to
$200 per ton, and that the entire
vein will average well over $50.
They say they can ship $50 ore at
a profit.
The claims are owned by J. E.
Peterson and K. Lukeman of Gold
field, who located them last sum
mer. The latter has held other
claims in the district for several
years and has done considerable
work, making one shipment. De
spite repeated efforts he never was
able to interest Goldfield or Tono
pah men in the district until
Hertzer and O’Keefe saw possibili
ties in the Silver Fox and Silver,
Moon claims.
""According to the lessees, the
vein has been traced on the sur
face for 2000 feet and claims have
been staked in all directions for
long distances from where they
are working. The lessees have
staked seven claims adjoining the
original discovery and have named
them the Linotype group.
Mining in the district is costly,
as supplies have to be hauled from
Goldfield, and the nearest water is
at Railroad springs, nine miles
from the property.
REPORTS FROM OVER STATE
SHOW MANY MINES ACTIVE
Tt is predicted that if the close
of the war does not break, the price
of tungsten greatly the two big
tungsten mines at Tungsten City,
in Humboldt county, will make
fortunes for their owners. This
district is said to contain the larg
est and richest tungsten deposits in
the country. Two mills of 123
tons daily capacity each are oper
ating and 500 men are said to be
employed in the district. A. A.
Codd is operating a lease on one
of the Loring mines and is ship
ping to a custom mill at Toulon.
Later it is planned to have the
product treated at the Pacific mill,
a new plant treating ore from the
Loring mines.
It is planned to reduce operat
ing expenses at the Northend Com
stock mines by permitting all lev
els to the 2G00-foot point to fill
with water, thus materially reduc
ing pumping costs. No work is be
ing done in levels below the 2G00
at present.
A carload shipment of gold-sil
ver ore assaying $100 a ton is be
ing prepared by Paul Joubert, John
Watters and George Smith, owning
claims at Indian Creek, in the Un
lonville district of Humboldt coun
ty. The ore is being extracted
from an 18-inch vein.
Gold-silver ore valued at $100 a
ton is being hauled to Winnemuc
ca from the Gem Five mine in
the Sunshine district of Humboldt
county. Forty tons recently was
shipped . to a sampler by lessees.
The ore Is sent to the United
Smelting & Refining company at
Kennett, Cal. The Gem Five mine
is situated a short distance from
Winnemucca and men living in
that town are the principal stock
holders. It is said that work by
the lessees has exposed a good
quantity of shipping grade ore.
A tungsten mill is being erected
at Minerva, in White Pine county.
Thirty miners and inillmen are em
ployed at a mine there, which is
in charge of W. J. Stewart, man
ager for the Tungsten Corporation.
A. K. Kramer, discoverer of the
Kramer Hill mine at Golconda, ir
developing a prospect near Iron
I Point, in Humboldt county, whic h
I he says is proving a winner,
cording to Kramer, while he has
I done only a small amount of de
velopment work, he already lias
jmade several shipments of $50 ore.
The main vein is four feet wide.
! Lessees are also developing a
number of blocks. At present
shipments are being made from a
; 40-foot shaft and trenches and i
is said that a number of good ore
bodies have been exposed in
work. The claims are situated
three miles from a railroad.
Fred H. Vahrencamp, for many
years one of the most widely
known mining men in Nevada, has
disposed of his interests in this
state and will make his headquar
ters in Madera county, Cal., where
he will operate the Texas Flat
mine on the Mother Lode.
Mining activity is increasing in
the Unionville district, in Hum
boldt county, according to re
reports from there, and outside
capital is appearing for develop
ment of mines. The old Ari
zona mine is being operated on a
broad scale and large quantities of
ore of milling grade is exposed A
100-ton mill being erected at the
mine is nearing completion.
CYANIDE OBTAINED
TOR NEVADA MILLS
Cyanide worth over $750,000
[Will be used in Nevada mines dur
ing the coming year, contracts for
this amount already having been
signed by the Nevada Mine Opera
tors’ association.
The price is now 25% cents a
pound, or six cents less than last
year. This state is the largest
user of cyanide in milling in the
country and tl& association had dif
ficulty in securing a supply suffi
cient for 1919.
With the war over, it is expect
ed prices will drop, as raw mater
ials will no longer be needed in
[the manufacture of munitions.
GREAT TONNAGE
IN DIVIDE MINE
The long crosscut on the 260-1
foot level of the Tonopah Divide
has been advanced nearly 600 feet j
and low assays are being obtained,
leading to the belief that the croBB
cut is nearing the ore-channel j
opened on upper levels. The drift
on the same level is 176 feet from
the shaft and is being continued
in a full width of milling grade
ore. Workings on the upper lev
els continue to add to the great
tonnage blocked out and ship
ments are being made steadily to
the Consolidated mill in Goldfield,
by way of Klondyke.
NEVADA DOUGLAS
LOOKS PROMISING
Henry I. Moore, a director of the
Nevada Douglas Consolidated Cop
per company, with holdings at Lud
wig, Nevada, sayB: “We tre going
into the old cave at the south end
of the 70-foot level in the Ludwig
and are getting anywhere from 12
to 2 5 tons a day of oxidized ore, av
eraging about four per cent. We
are mining from the high grade at
the north end of the 800 level about
30 to 35 tons per day, which is now
averaging approximately 7 per cent.
We are preparing in the course of
the next few weeks to put the
Western Nevada on a basis of 100
to 125 tons per day. The property
as a whole never looked more
promising than it does today, and
unless we receive a set-back from
some source which I cannot fore
see at this time, before the begin
ning of the new year the Nevada
Douglas and the railroad will be
showing an actual net over all op
erating expenses of from $25,000
to $30,000 per month.”
CON.COPPERMINES
AT ELY MAXES
BIG OUTPUT
IN SEPT.
According to a statement Issued
by Managing Director Robert Lin
ton, the Consolidated Coppermine*
company at Ely produced 1,196,884
pounds of copper in September.
The grade of ore milled at Kimber
ly showed a marked improvement
from the previous month.
It is planned to unwater the
shaft to the 1100-foot level in the
near future and development worse
will then be conDn 'od rapidly on
th» 1300-foot level.
Frank H. Probert, dean of the
school of mines of the university
of California, recently made a re
port on the property, particularly
the Alpha territory, and stated that
the results of development work
had been excellent. The heavy
ground in the mine has been held
and work on the thirteenth level
is well under way toward the ore
bearing zone. The present rate of
production is certain to continue
for many months.
MINOR CHANGES IN MILL OF
SILVER STATE MINES CO.
Glory hole mining at the Silver
State Mines company ground at
Packard continues to produce good
ore. The results in Tunnel B have
been particularly good, showing up
high-grade rock, while the Shepherd
is producing its quota of mill ore.
Because of minor changes required
the mill was shut down for a couple
of days, but it is expected to show
an average daily tonnage put
through for the month of 200 tons.
—Review Miner.