The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-04-08
YELLOW PINE.

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HE FOLLOWED PIoCHE INDIAN AND
HE GOT A BIG GOLD MINE-RICHNESS
OF THE wHITE-TENTED CAMP OF VAN
DERBILT.
[San Francisco Examiner.l
J. K. Patton, one of the discoveries
of the famous Vanderbilt gold mines,
San Bernardino county, who, with his
partners, r. G. Hall ami J. P. Tag
CERT, lately sold the Gold Bar and Gold
Extension mines to John w. Mackay,
James Flood and w. D. Lyle of this
city, is at the Grand.
Mr. Patton has come up to get the
money for the mine, and it has been
paid over to him and Mr.. Hall since
their arrival. The amount for which
the Gold Bar and its extension were
sold was $40, 900, although the dis
patches said it was much larger figure
However, they seem to be very import
ant properties. Messrs. Flood and
Mackay received word yesterday that
the new shaft which was being sunk
had made new strike of two feet of
rich gold in white quartz. Twenty
FIVE men are at work in the mine.
The main ledge is from one to twenty
five feet wide. A lot of ore has been
shipped and there is a lot now out for
shipment.
There are also 400 tons of ore out at
the Gold Bronze mine, so Mr.. Patton,
says, that will average from 800 to $25
a ton. Besides this 200 tons have been
shipped that average 500 ton.
Though the ore is principally gold it
runs FIVE or six ounces of silver. Mr..
Patton is the owner of the Gold Bronze,
he having reserved this.
"The fact is" said Mr.. Patton,
"that we have now the iveliest new
camp in the country, and undoubtedly
there will be big rush there this sum
mer. There are hundreds of prospec-
tors in the hills about there now, and
they are making some good discoveries
The town of Vanderbilt consists OF
about forty tents and few cabins
The people have been unable to gel
lumber until now. There are already
two general stores, three saloons, ane
two daily stage lines running. W.
expect lot of people this year, and al
lumber can now be procured building
will go on at rapid rate.
"The altitude of the district is bu
$500 feet, SO that there is but very
little snow, but eight miles to the west
on New York mountain, where 10
of heavy Denver capitalists are mining
there is deep snow. Vanderbilt il
; thirty-fve miles northwest of Golf, thu
station on the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad, and is but four miles from tn
Nevada State line. Golf, where pas
sengers change, is thirty miles west o
The Needles.
"The Denver people are now rush
ing through railroad, called the Ne
vada Southern, which is to pass through
the New York District, come in K
Vanderbilt, and go forty miles further
to Good Spring, which is a big leae
country, and near the famous Key
stone gold mine. Seventeen miles o.
this road are already completed, anc
four miles or more of it are graded il
addition. There are big forces of mer
at work, and cars will soon be running
to Vanderbilt.
81 got into this great gold camp in 6
peculiar way. and my partners were
mining on Providence mountain, wher
Phoebe Indian came over to getso
ore assayed. I found out the ore ran
big, and got the Indian to locate the
claim for me. Then / went over and
located more claims. It's great
country, and I believe millions of dol
lars will be produced from it.
"Mr. Patton is an old Nevada and
California miner. He was at Eureka
many years ago and has since mined
in many different camps. He will
leave this afternoon for Vanderbilt
with good portion of the $40, 900 OBJ.
tanned from Flood, Mackay and Lyle
in his inside pocket.
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