Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-01-20
FOUGHT Fon MINING CLAIMS.


jeremiah Langford, ex.P Policeman George
Raleigh and others have returned from a
hard and a somewhat perilous visit TO some
gold properties near Pshrump, in Nye
county, Nevada, where they, it is said,
went in the interest Of a w~ell-known Salt
Lsker, with the intention of locating some
alleged valuable gold mines upon which
assessment work had probably not been
done.
Mr.. Raleigh, when seen yesterday, pro-
tested that he had not been out Of the city,
but as a matter Of fact he has been absent
for some time, and with him was Jerry
Langford, Of salt works fame. The mines,
or prospects, are situated in Nevada and
near the California line. The country for
hundreds Of miles about Is barren In the
extreme, and the prospects about which SO
much has been said are ITO miles from the
railroad, the nearest postofice being Manse,
Nevada.
1t is near where the properties coveted
are located that Phil Foote, the gambler,
met his death while endeavoring to stand
off some other men who wanted certain
claims about four years ago, and also where
Thomas T. Gillespie died from the effects
of a gunshot wound, supposed to have been
inflicted by a man named Harry Ramsey,
who was arrested on the charge Of having
murdered him, but who was subsequently
acquitted. Gillespie was defending some
properties to which others laid claim.
The Salt Lakers, it is alleged, did not
have their own way 10 the matter Of locat-
ing the claims desired. Arriving at their
destination, they discovered there were
others who had an eye single to their loca-
ton. By very good authority it is said
that guns played a prominent part, but
after a parley of some hours, a compromise
was effected by which the Salt Lakers
secured two claims while the Nevadans
held one.
The claims are in the vicinity Of those
at one time owned by the Sterling Mining
Company. in which several prominent men,
bers of the Mormon church were interested,
and were considered very valuable a few
years ago. The ore is heavy in gold, but
the distance from the railroad and the cost
Of transportation, it was said by John NJ.
Cannon last evening, ate up the greater
proportion of the revenue.
The above is from the Salt Lake Tribune
of January II.
A letter received in Eureka from NJ. b.
Bartlett this week states that in the settle
ment finally effected it was arranged that
the Salt Lake parties should have the So
called johnny group" of mines and the
Nevada parties the "Chispa group" the
latter consisting of about twelve claims.
The Johnny and Chispa are the most i'm
portant and valuable of each group, and
have produced considerable gold. Mr..
Bartlett secures a o~ne-quarter interest in
the Chispa group, together with one-fourth
of the water and eight miles of the water
pipe leading the water to that group of
mines and the boarding house. The other
three-fourths interest in this group will
stand in the name of w. A. Powers, who
deeds one-quarter to G. II. Rose and the
balance to the men with him, whose names
are not mentioned.
How the interests in the Johnny group
we're divided is not stated. A miners meet
ing was called for the eleventh instant, no
Of which has yet been received. MI.
Bartlett will not return until everything
regarding the necessary location and
development work on the Chispa group 10
in good shape.