The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
EAGLE VALLEY DISTRICT.
A Great Gold Camp That Is Pushing
Steadily to the Front.

C. A. Short, one of the enthusiasts of
Eagle Valley district, in Lincoln couu-
Nv. Nevada, who is in the city on bust
ness, informs The Herald that the out
look for his portion of the district,
which has been given the euphonlous
name of Nelson, is daily growing
brighter, and that there is every reason
to believe that in due time this sec
ton of the country will make a great
record for itself as a wonderful wealth
producer.
In an interview with Mr.. Short rela-
tive to the progress being made in the
development of prospects in the near
vicinity of Nelson, he states that of
late several new and important dlscoV-
cries have been made there, concern
ing which the owners prefer to say
nothing until further work has been
done in the opening up of the new tlnds,
one of which consists of fiVe-foot vein
of quartz, which carries gold values
ranging from $50 to $40 TO the ton,
while in this deposit there is an 1S-lnch
streak of mineral, which, according TO
assays made on the rock since Mr..
Shorts arrival in the city, runs up TO
SIC in the yellow metal, and the 1ndl-
cations are that this will open out into
one of the bonanzaS of the caClp.
The other discovery is in the near
vicinity of the one mentioned above,
and shows a four-foOt vein that r'enS
as high as $120 in gold and II ounces .
silver to the ton, while running through
this deposit there is a pay streak OF
% inches that assays from SZ60 to S4SV
III gold to the ton.
Work is being pushed in an 'endeavor
to determine the value and extent of
these ore bodies, and should they hold
out according to present indications,
they are likely to cause intense eX-
citement in the mining world, and to
bring the camp to the front more Tor
chilly than ever before in its history.
Work is also about to be resumed In
the development OF
THE COMSTOCK GROUP,
near Nelson, the property of Camppell,
Lund and Johnson, contract having
been let for the sinking of two shafts
on the richest portions of the vein, one
shallow hole now being down on a solid
body of quartz which assays from sic
TO $40 in the precious metal, and the
values are improving with depth.
In the same locality r. G.. Nugent is
pushing operations in the development
of his group of three claims, on which
he has an excellent showing; while ad-
joining him is the property of q. Drake,
of Drake &, Lambert, of Stateline, who
is now showing up a large body of
good gold ore. To the south of the
Nugent group Tom Coffey is prosecut-
ing work in the develop !; ent of prom
sing prospect in whic'; he has exposed
large body of mineral, which carries
values ranging from So to S13S in gold
10 the ton, and this is accounted as one
If the coming producers of the camp. |
J. c. Donohue is another prosDector
who is beginning to feel that he has the |
world by the tail on n down hill pull. |
Mr. Donohue's mine is located west of |
he Nugent group, and in it's develop !
nent he has disclosed a streak of min |
,ral from four to six inches in width |
hat horns freely, samples from which |
lave assayed as high as $1,269 to the |
on, and if Mr.. Donohue should be-
,ome short in his cash account. he !