Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-10-16

aspoFlsd Discovery Of a Rich Gold Nine
Not Par Hrsn Kansas City.

REroRfEp DISCOVERY OF A Rreit ooLp MtSE
EEAN fTHE LINZ JACKSON AN3
cAsg ~c0usrfnsa w a
Isp~ciai 70 The Kansas CITY Tam,s.1t
BElroN, Mos OCT. ia few days aeo
Out. psople were thrown into = high state Of
e~xeisfnsnt over sho .allsged discovery OF
g9'a % the AFta ~ nc. josh Sseriss, q Cor
man, living apout two miles north OF This
plscs. MI subsa II Mastin b ving inspect
q sSno Of the ore came 10 the conclusion
that the aarae consained goid, when he. in
estnscsuy lNish hit hrothor. John 8. Mastip.
peocsreo on fnrapsds gf ihe same. aud
vita , Wow Of hayIf g1t assayeds TO desermine
yaloes submittsd the same 70 Usdy 1
Olmstaad 81 Eont city. who assayed ,hs
same and m1ae tho following tsperts
KARsAs CRY. Mo-. Sept. 20, Is7s-.rhis
70 eaftiiy that we have this day mada an
assay Tor silver q gold on the ore left Win
us ~ John J. Mtaiin, and End IN silver only
O trace. ~ aadsN
Gold, 22lOz,l value. sao-$4ss.
~ - 03Dx q OLmsrKAn.n
To Which Mr.. r. r.. MAslih n.akss The fol-
lowing csFtiacataa
BELroN, Mo.,s Oct IL. 1871, RI,
hastins hereby csrt Ety that the ore above
assayed by 0ady d oImstead, was taken
from the pines Of Mr.. sscrIsi, situated two
and one halt miles north Of Bolton, Caa
county, No, and that the same was A bons
ade specImsn Of me ore found there.
r. y. MAsTrE.s
After this assay was made and reported.
81 Mt. Masiin, some believed, some doubted,
until faaily Mr. Geo. w. Scott, 4. 7. Gar.
nett and Or, r. N. Slaughter visited the
mines above referred to, with . view Of
tasting the correctness Of the shove ASSAY.
and selecting some samples which they
themselves dug from q different plaza ana
some distance from where The other SAM
plea were p rocafsd, and having tAken these
70 Kansas' CITY, left the same with Messrs.
pAdg d 0lmata.d, Of which the following n
ArapoEk Of Their asaay Of ths same: y Hioc
KANsAs Crrr. MO-, OF. sth, 1a7g,--Geo.
y. Segit Bolton, Mo-Dear Rirs-Wa this
day nnAde assays. Of tbs two kinds % rock
you left with u IS follows. 1884, black
spit mesailicstaE, shows n silver 10 10 .on
o. 9fa8 o.. fars
l.l2 per ozs.,.,.-..----..-.......... si0Os
do 90 gold, 25'2O OK, value. .....,,,. AGO
49,
Aiae psf ons...'@.r,..ss. ..... %. $1,000
aC cAnx q 0EnsrkAn
Te which Mr.. sSost makes the following
sta 70 N " uN1f 6sns
hereby earthly that the ore, allows assay.
cd was taken from th6 land OF NJ. joss
senHst two and one-haff miles north OF Bal.
10 lCass county. Mo- and chat oss sas a
genuine spsQamsa nom said mlnss.R 5 isa
fsAs FsHs' 'iHa YHGRo. W. guoTr.
Having visited The locality nyse.f. / be-
lieye the ore shove described can ba aouad
abundance. Great excitement prevails. |
Peppls living In the vicinity are slrsadv
prospecting. Several having bslisyed That
lhey leo have found ore are digging. .. p |
HarR IL owning landEadjoinlng thai Of Mr.
5eeriat and is sinking a sbAft. ~
The Seerst mino has been chsistened the |
Little Josh.n there having already been
lug fton the same about 3 car load OF ore
wbieh will be shipped to 81. Louis. next |
Faesdsg, when a aaal test will be- asoeNaIp.
ID az V the vsius per ton.
Considerable excitement has been created
q tho surrounding country. and visitors and
'rospssiors are already on the ground, and,
dcpbb the mines WIN DO visited by bup-
lreds within he next few days.
7; h-1hAt your readers may noA DO de-
Iappend the following gm
BEEToE; Mo-; Dot. u.-"We, the under-
igned faldsn;s Of the town Of Bslton, Mo-,
entire confidence In r. y. Mastin and
leoFee w. Scott and others who have had
above AssAys made, and also from our
obberyations and tsssf, behaving gold 10
Q found on the farm of N SeorIst, two and
nIIes north Of Bolton, Cass comfy.
To- khd tisosthat wShsve heard she above
reed apd haze no hssIspney Ia pno-
oupelng cha sauna 70 DO true Ia every pAr-
Iculaf. Ft9tIeU D aaaH fa
or. HAm d. Hoax.
&C Lxonas q. Y. LOVE- 81. Z
4 Nv. MARcH, 4wDR. Il N SLAUanExR, /,
John o. eMIrH, Csc. D.Hots. Is
sno. W. soorF, 4. G, u. HARess,
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