The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-05-29

ison promises to be II big mine and the
boys are happy.
John Babcock located the north ex-
tension OF the Hutchison. and his pros
pect work is showing up some free gold.
As soon as he gets under the ground a
little more the writer thinks John will
make a strike.
j. L. George and j, G. Driscoll are
pegging away at the Homestake, and
their prospect work shows very promis-
ing rock. We believe this claim will he
a payer, as the surface indications arr
tirst-class.
On the V claim owned by Jos. Casteel,
W. T. Golding and n. A.. Hummel free
gold and quartz are founi at the grass
roots. Work is going on here and the
prospects are very promising.
From the Robert ~Fitzsimmons, owned
by w. d. Linton, good ore has been
taking out, and the claim only needs
prospecting to make a showing.
In the Butte, Brooks Mechanics prin-
cipai mine, the ore is getting richer
We saw IA 20-pound chunk that "a
taken out the other day and it was lousy
with gold, not only on its surface but
through the rock. We do not think We
are overestimating this at 1000 u ton.
There is plenty OF it, and ii this thing
continues there is no telling the value OF
" 70 b. N La
the Butte.
Judging by the prospect work done to
date on the Butte, the Gold Center, the
the Gold Ledge, the Mountain Boy, the
Hutchinson and the V, it looks as ii the
entire green mountain is milling ore
and rich at that.
1t is now known that at the least the
gold belt is two miles wide and two
miles long and until more prospecting is
done we will not know its true extent.
There is vacant ground in the very
heart of the, district and it only needs
the prospector to show up its richness.
The boys in the camp laugh heartily at
the manoeuvres of the locators OF the
Gold kidg and suggest that it be placed
on q turntable instead OF moving the
monuments every "a hours. They ridi-
cule the idea that there is anything left
Of it.
The cratic Williams runs to locations
only, and mounted ON "A white steed, u
shotgun on his shoulder, he is daily n
D..t-. a,ll.A,Atn ~ ...ak tI.. l1.,a aLx-
The boys were wishing for a flying
machine SO they could follow him in his
peregrinations and drop rocks on him
when he is engaged in making multi
locations, SO frequently regardless OF
others rights. They regard him as a
nuisance.
We judge there are between rs and
100 tons OF ore on the various dumps,
but nobody Is in pressing need Of money
and too busy TO bother with it at this
time.
The district has many visitors, among
them prominent mining me On the
outlook for good properties. Some offers
have been made and taken aud others
refused. The outlook is very bright and
continues to improve.
NOTES.
The camp has been named Mechanics
burg. Address your mail that way.
They say Joe Casteel i. u great frog
player and gets hopping when they ring
in a marked deck.
jeff Poole and Fred Plane entertained
us until one o'clock in the morning,
chatting like girl chums in bed. We all
took u trip to Paree, Ia our dreams of
wealth.
An occasional rattlesnake helps make
the hills interesting. Always 20 loaded.
As a cork il to u distiIlery 70 is one
bottle OF whiskey to that camp.
The scribe acknowledge special
courtesies by Brooks ,McClane and gem
eral courtesies all around.
Charlie McEchren IL u tirst-class cook
and the girls ia have an Tn him here
after.
As John Babcock climbed the hill we
could hear him mutter my kingdom
I Or my black hwse." He would lave
yelled had he the wind.
Bob Pollock can't take signs at the
frog gan,e for fear somebody will kick
his sore leg.
Mrs. Proctor and Mrs. Norris planted
watermelons last week and cauie to